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/p> p>You are right as far as you go, but you missed Davis's monumental cynicism: he promoted Bill Simon's candidacy against Richard Riordan, thinking correctly that Simon would be beatable. Davis even went so far as to say, in effect, "I'm the one who screwed it up (I am nobly taking responsibility) so re-elect me to fix it." Simon's campaign was so awful that the S.F. Chronicle 's token conservative Deborah Saunders reluctantly endorsed Davis because he at least had some degree of competence. Not enough people believed that Simon did, allowing Davis, with a 62% unfavorable rating in the polls, to win. (I voted for Simon since I loathe Davis so much, but I did so with great trepidation.) br> -- Peter Borregard br> El Cerrito, CA /p> p> BIG HAND FOR THE LITTLE LADY br> Re: The Washington Prowler's Patty Revisits Osama : /p>

Patty, we just love to hear you talk about the wonderful things Osama has done. Keep at it. Never mind what your party and virtually everybody else is saying about how you are committing political suicide.

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