SFist: Father to Newsom, "Don't Do It"

Xenu

Sun, 15 Feb 2009 10:25:25 -0800

Gavin should stick to running mediocre restaurants, he has a talent for that.

cablecarsam

Sun, 15 Feb 2009 01:11:24 -0800

Sorry,Lost faith in the old balboa booger.

barfooz

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:53:54 -0800

And how is this different from any other major metropolitan area?

fizzandpop

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:01:15 -0800

For some reason your comment has made me think of cosy fireside chats between W and HW.

fizzandpop

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:57:27 -0800

Was she in a AA ad? If not, I'm not interested.

manys

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:34:50 -0800

ha ha, yeah. stephen fowler ruined gavin's chances! it's gonna happen...whether you LIKE IT OR NOT!

The Angry Young Man

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:13:08 -0800

YOU tried out for the football team? I'm impressed. Judge Newsom is smart to advise Gruesome not to run for governor, but not for the ridiculous reasons he claims. I mean, c'man, he REALLY thinks Gruesome would do a good job as governor? As if. No, the simple fact is that he doesn't have a pot pie's chance in a trailer home of getting anyone outside the city of San Francisco to vote for him. Especially now, after Stephen Fowler has revealed to the whole universe what San Franciscans think of anyone who lives outside our sacred 7x7. Why waste your American dollars, Gavin? It's time for you to rest on your laurels and return to your prior drunken state. You can lollygag by the pool, being waited on by your staff of Asian women in bikinis, while your skanky wife is out pounding the indie film festival circuit, rescuing bees, etc. You've earned it! Go Moonbeam!

Generic

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:53:05 -0800

Newsom Sr. is a smart cookie. And he's right, irrespective of whether Gavin could win or not. Being a governor of any state is going to be ugly for the next few years. It’s going to be all about cutting spending and raising taxes, while dealing with increased demand for public assistance and in all likelihood rising crime rates. He's going to lose to Jerry Brown. And I'm not sure that's the worst thing in the world. His real problem is that he loses political momentum after the SF mayoralty and he's widely considered a joke among the Democratic elite.

manys

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:49:36 -0800

I base my governorial votes on the attractiveness of the candidate's daughters, and by this measure the clear winner is Phil Angelides.

wsanders

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:45:04 -0800

You mean elect a governor from the Bay Area? Whose politicians can't even build a bridge, train cops that can arrest suspects without killing them, or get a pro-gay-marriage proposition passed that everyone actually supports?

RobInSF

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:40:01 -0800

"don't do it" A very wise man indeed. Unfortunately, while Gavin is wandering around looking for his next job, there's no one at the helm in San Francisco. Then again, maybe that is a blessing in disguise. He can't screw things up any worse than they already are if he's too busy skiing in Davos or daydreaming about what he wants to do when he grows up.

benmullin333

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:25:18 -0800

Geez Gavin- Listen to your dad. You don't have a chance of getting elected.

fizzandpop

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:03:42 -0800

Maybe his dad should run. I'm already sick of seeing Meg Whitman's bloated face. It's like a partially deflated balloon you find behind the TV three days after the party. And Steve Poisoner looks like he has bad breath and would really rather have been born in 1923 so he could have joined the Gestapo.

Joel

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:02:55 -0800

This is, almost word for word, the same speech our father gave us when we carelessly tried out for the football team. Alright, this was pretty funny. On with the standard-issue Gavin-flaming.