Caitlyn Jenner’s punchy anti-Newsom ad is
a preview of a big challenge for Dems
New York Post,
by
Glenn H. Reynolds
Original Article
Posted By: Dreadnought,
5/7/2021 12:27:40 AM
In the California governor’s race, candidate Caitlyn (née Bruce) Jenner has landed the first blow, and it’s a telling one.
This week, the former Kardashian paterfamilias’ campaign released a three-minute ad that might as well have been titled “Make California Great Again.” It’s a killer ad because every Californian knows that under one-party Democratic rule, the Golden State isn’t so golden anymore.
Jenner’s ad juxtaposes the California of an earlier era, intercut with footage of Bruce at the Olympics, and sharply contrasts those evocations of sun, fun and vitality with images from today, featuring homeless encampments, discarded hypodermic needles and shuttered businesses.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
DARling 5/7/2021 1:05:48 AM (No. 777640)
I don't think a mentally ill man who thinks he's a woman will be particularly attractive to California voters. Especially if he campaigns as a conservative instead of a liberal.
Reminding people he was once an attractive man and gifted athlete does not help him any.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Ketchuplover 5/7/2021 1:27:27 AM (No. 777646)
The message is powerful and well-produced.....but I think the messenger will be a distraction.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
jimincalif 5/7/2021 1:56:11 AM (No. 777655)
I was born here and have lived all of my 63 years in SoCal. But we’re moving to Idaho in 18 days. If I was going to be here for the recall election I would vote for Jenner if it looks like s/he could win. California is a mess, the best candidate is the one who is (1) not part of the ruling class, and (2) has the best chance to win. In 2016 I was a Trump skeptic until a good friend said “we need a disrupter”. And we still do, now more than ever.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
GoodDeal 5/7/2021 2:27:26 AM (No. 777664)
Jenner is the modern day Ross Perot and will be the Republican spoiler allowing Newsome to keep his job
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Highlander 5/7/2021 2:54:11 AM (No. 777671)
At least he’s a better looking trans than that Levine joke if I’m to judge appearances. Still, Bruce is a major distraction. I wonder what was running through his mind, viewing his glory man-days in the Olympics in that commercial?
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Trigger2 5/7/2021 3:08:10 AM (No. 777675)
Everything she says is 100% absolutely true.
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If this thing is our political savior, I'll walk alone.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
lynngirl122 5/7/2021 6:36:52 AM (No. 777746)
Publicity grab clawing for acceptance and recognition in his new identity.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Judy W. 5/7/2021 6:57:39 AM (No. 777755)
I think Jenner is a serious person, though also seriously weird. It is startling to hear him talking and then see that voice coming out of someone with long flowing hair and boobs. He seems to have some testosterone left, and I think I would vote for him if I were a Californian. His perversion is less serious than the massive flaws of Newsom and the rest of them.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
udanja99 5/7/2021 7:08:33 AM (No. 777764)
#5, perhaps he thinks that showing himself winning the toughest competition in the Olympics will also show that he has a spine, unlike most Republicans. And showing that he “used to be a man and is now a woman” will appeal to the alphabet crowd.
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But there’s only so many subgroups of humans a person can appeal to until they lose their individual identity and become just a needy blob.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Zigrid 5/7/2021 8:00:33 AM (No. 777811)
I feel sorry for California... they are so lost.... years of socialist rule by democrats have tarnished the golden state...can California ever recover... we'll see... but a gender confused person can't be the solution... only my opinion... and I'm entitled to have my opinion...
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Bur Oak 5/7/2021 8:10:19 AM (No. 777827)
In 1967 I traveled to California for the first time. I was welcomed by the phrase, "Welcome to the land of fruits and nuts." It is even more true almost 50 years later.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
berthabutt 5/7/2021 8:13:54 AM (No. 777835)
He/She is no different than those nits who are famous for being famous. After Olympic achievements, what did he accomplish beside making himself a celebrity name? Reagan was a celeb that took on leadership positions before running for governor. Arnold managed businesses and investing along with his action film hero career. Jenner married into the honeypot of attention whores & took on hair extensions and heels. Having an R behind the name is not a qualifying virtue needed to lead Cali out of their darkness. Will make a new reality show of it.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
gone2pot 5/7/2021 8:16:24 AM (No. 777840)
He's the Republican version of the Marxist CIA ad. The CIA cis-gendered, with general anxiety syndrome, who can change a diaper with one hand and put a pod in the Keurig machine with the other shares the same kind of koo-koo as Bruce. No thanks. Glad I left that nuthouse for good back in 1994. Just freaking wow.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
hoosierblue 5/7/2021 8:48:18 AM (No. 777881)
Jenner against Newsom , that combo is enough to make anyone say to hell with it and just stay home.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
pensom2 5/7/2021 9:36:50 AM (No. 777949)
As the Arabs say, "The enemy of my enemy is my friend." Jenner is no glowing solution, no "city on a hill"; neither need he be. Perhaps he's just another axe chipping away at the rotting tree that is California politics. Pray that some more electable conservative rises to the struggle, thanking Jenner for his effort. Don't let his weirdness distract from his usefulness. He's temporary. For now, he's doing a good thing.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Quigley 5/7/2021 10:31:45 AM (No. 778009)
I don't know anything about Jenner. I do not know if Jenner really means anything in that ad or if it is all marketing calculations.
But I realize I am not a dim or a republican or a conservative but a rationalist, and dim policies are irrational and destructive (destructive policies are irrational). Strong policing is rational. Conservatism is rational.
I do not see why the messenger would distract. I think most conservatives are desperate for rationality in government. The irrationality is strongly associated with movements such as transgenderism, but if transgenders can be rational as to government policy and be the messengers I am good with it.
I do not know how broken the 30 and under generations are. But somebody needs to take them a message that will allow them to organize a functional society when they take over (if there's anything left to take over). The soccer moms I have met aren't: somehow they are able to associate themselves with the Dim "peace love" rhetoric and dissociate the Dims from the "defund the police" rhetoric and the pro riots outlook. The male persona is persona non grata so somebody else has to do it at least for now.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
red1066 5/7/2021 10:54:57 AM (No. 778041)
This ad would be more effective if Bruce was still Bruce.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
NotaBene 5/7/2021 11:00:10 AM (No. 778050)
I will not vote for a man in a dress.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
Sandpiper 5/7/2021 11:09:06 AM (No. 778062)
“The conventional wisdom, which I have largely shared until now, was that people moving to red states from California and other blue states like New York and New Jersey might take their voting habits with them and turn those red states blue. But I wonder about that now.“
This is worth investigating. The overwhelming number of Californians that I know who have left the state (and I know a lot - and I am one of them) are NATIVE Californians. People who were born and raised in the state and are now fleeing what is has become. They remember what it used to be.
I’ve taken my CONSERVATIVE voting habits with me. I bet a lot of them have too. Or have learned to be conservative.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
vinegrower 5/7/2021 11:16:22 AM (No. 778075)
I will vote for Jenner over Newsom. I know that makes me strange to many of you but hear me out. I was driving home at 6pm the night Hannity interviewed Jenner. I listened to the interview on Sirius radio so I missed the weirdness of watching Caitlyn on TV. Jenner still sounds exactly like Bruce, maybe she needs a little more testosterone. I agreed with everything she said and I had Bruce pictured in my mind the whole hour. I was thrilled with the fact that someone running for office in Calif was being so bold, we so badly need this here. I have lived all 70 of my yrs in SF Bay Area and I really don't want to leave, as odd as that sounds, I want to stay and fight to bring back that shining city on a hill.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
Citoyen 5/7/2021 11:25:32 AM (No. 778083)
Under the recall, #4, Jenner cannot be a spoiler whose candidacy could keep Newsom in office. There will be two questions on the ballot. One, should Newsom be recalled? Two, who takes his place? If the voters don’t vote to get rid of Newsom the second question is irrelevant.
If the voters vote to remove him then they select who they wish to replace him. The list of candidates could contain dozens of names. The one who gets the plurality wins. Jenner, nor anyone else, can be a spoiler. My choice so far is the former mayor of San Diego but I have no problem if Jenner gets the plurality. The most important issue is to throw the incompetent Newsom out.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
DVC 5/7/2021 1:03:10 PM (No. 778239)
Thankfully, I don't have to pay any attention to Bruce's mental problems.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 5/7/2021 2:13:38 PM (No. 778293)
I like what Jenner says about fairness. The wisdom of that statement belies his otherwise Kardashianism.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
Rubinski 5/7/2021 4:25:53 PM (No. 778419)
I don’t live in California, but if the choice was between Newsom and Jenner, I would definitely vote for Jenner.
Like him or not, he’s going to represent conservative views more than Newsom. People get hung up waiting for the perfect candidate. Jenner has a lot of courage, IMO to stand up to the left in California, and courage is needed these days.
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It should be pointed out the coming CA election is a RECALL, not a traditional 1-on-1 Governor election.
The way recall elections work in CA is that there is a special election, with only 2 questions on it:
(1) Recall Gov. Nuisance? (Y/N) and
(2) If the recall is successful, who do you want to replace him? (many choices, cannot include Newsom). In our last recall election in 2003, there were over 300 candidates!. Whoever gets the most votes wins. No runoffs.
So there is a real chance of electing a Republican governor if the recall succeeds. It will be a special election. Dims usually have a lot of trouble knowing when they should vote in those. Helps the recall. Plus the Dims like to run MANY candidates, so it splits up their power.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
Kate318 5/7/2021 8:12:38 PM (No. 778600)
A lot of these comments are reminiscent of those made during Trump’s first run for POTUS. As far as I’m concerned, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. I thought it was a good commercial. She/he has a lot of positions I agree with, so I say go for it, Caitlyn/ Bruce...whoever.
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