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Posted on November 4, 2013 | By cmarinucci@sfchronicle.com
Exactly a year before the 2014 election, Tea Party favorite California Assemblyman Tim Donnelly will make it official — and formally announce his run for governor Tuesday.
Donnelly plans to make the announcement at a Los Angeles manufacturing facility. It’s a move that will kick off what his campaign says will be a statewide rollout tour that will hit the Central Valley and finish up in Sacramento later this week.
The conservative Southern California Assemblyman, who earlier had announced an exploratory committee for the run, will challenge moderate former Lt. Gov. Abel Maldonado for the GOP nomination. Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown, who has not made an official announcement but is widely expected to seek a fourth term, is not expected to be challenged for his party’s nomination.
In a statement released Monday, Donnelly said he will stress three key issues in the campaign: jobs, civil liberties, and “leaving California a better place for the next generation.”
“I have traveled up and down the state over the last year talking with voters, and it’s clear to me that they want a new voice in politics,” said Donnelly’s statement. “Our current system has failed Californians.”
The state, he said, “has a jobs crisis which this governor, and the Democratic majority legislature, have done little to solve.”
“They continue to pass more intrusive laws to restrict our civil liberties,” said Donnelly, a vocal gun rights advocate who is also strongly anti-abortion and opposes gay marriage. “It’s time for a change. It’s time for a new vision.”
At the recent state GOP convention, Donnelly headlined a rally of Second Amendment backers who warned Brown that he and possibly other state legislators were in for possible recall movements because of their efforts to enact tougher gun legislation in California.
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This nut case is the best the republicans can do?
Tom
He’s the best they got.
Sad, Tea Party freaks are running what’s left of the Republican party into oblivion.
Donnelly will get into the runoff. He’ll easily beat any RINO. No big name Dem will run against Brown. When Brown collapses, Donnelly will waltz into the Governor’s mansion. CA will recover under his low tax & low regulation leadership.
jwrum
Once this campaign really gets underway, timmy(anybody seen my gun) donnelly, will have about the same hang time as a fart in a dust storm.
By the way, exactly what taxes is he going to cut and which regulations is he going to do away with , he has never said.
REPAIRMAN,
YOU SAY: “timmy(anybody seen my gun) donnelly,”
>>>>>>>>>>> DON’T MOCK HIM!!!
OF COURSE HE CARRIES A GUN, HE HAS RECEIVED MANY DEATH THREATS FOR BEING A REASONABLE, ETHICAL AND HONEST MAN…. AND HE AIN’T THE THE COWERING TYPE, THUS THE GUN; LIKE HIM OR NOT.
BESIDES, REPAIRMAN….
“You know where you are
You’re in the jungle baby
You’re gonna die
In the jungle
Welcome to the jungle
Watch it bring you to your
knees, knees
///
Welcome to the jungle
It gets worse here everyday!!!
Ya learn ta live like an animal
In the jungle where we play
If you got a hunger for what you see
You’ll take it eventually
You can have anything you want
!!!!!But you better not take it from me!!!!!!
In the jungle
Welcome to the jungle
#3 Really! – are you a freak? Are you extremist? Are you racist?
Repairman – what taxes is Donnelly going to cut?
Y O U R S … unless you are a beneficiary of taxes
Observer of Facts
The “anyone seen my gun quote,” wasn’t a personal insult, it was just pointing to the fact that timmy (anyone seen my loaded semi-auto hand gun) donnelly is so careless he can’t seem to keep tract of his own loaded semi-auto hand gun. That’s not an insult. And again would
does Jerry Brown or James Ramos have to do with this? I don’t blame you for needing to deflect , but it is you that needs to keep to the issues
and stop the never ending spin.
anonymous #8
Again which taxes is he cut, if you don’t know just say so, no one including donnelly has any idea, it’s just tea bagging lip service when he spouts it.
Repairman, you know what on your knees means don’t you? You should get off yours for the local crooks you support.
Repairman does not know what he does not know
so maybe he should repair himself or prepare himself
During the Davis recall, I listened very intently to how a vote fot tom McClintok was a vote for Cruz Bustamante. I listened to how a vote for Arnold was the only responsible choice. I voted for McClintok/
I was pleasantly please with Arnold for the first two years. Then he melted into what I feared from the beginning.
At present, Tim Donnally has my primary vote against Abel Maldonado, who may as well be running as a tax and spend Democrat If you have someone better than Donnelly, put him up.
In the meantime, I expect Donnelly to be speaking on political philosophy and trying to win over the minds of the electorate.
They mentioned Todd Donnelly on KFI for about 15 seconds today and said he was a loser who could not win. That was in the news side of things. Yes they called him Todd. Haha never ever Todd. He is a two faced jackass.
Repairman:
If the “anyone seen my gun” comment wasn’t intended to be an insult, then you shouldn’t make it sound like an insult. You could have said that you have an issue with Tim Donnelly’s apparent lack of judgment, as evidenced by the incident at the airport. That makes the same point.
For the record, I agree that the incident did display a lack of good judgment by Tim Donnelly. If it happens again, it will be a major problem for me.
Former Dallas Cowboy head coach Barry Switzer had a similar incident in 1997, and it never happened again. He is a respected businessman, and co-founded a bank.
In my book, everybody deserves a second chance, but nobody deserves a third chance.
Observer of Facts
Again with the look what that guy did, look what that guy did, BS
Come on, I thought you were better than that.
Anonymous #12
No I don’t, perhaps you could wipe that mess off your mouth and explain it, in all your usual tea baggin eloquence of course.
And while your at it, you can explain how donnelly is going to make California business’s, as as sexy as his wife.
Observer of Facts
One other thing, that “timmy (anyone seen my loaded semi-auto hand gun) donnelly” wasn’t meant as an insult, it was meant as a description of his actions, of his inability to keep track of his own firearms.
Repairman:
I don’t understand comment # 17, but I believe I responded to comment #19 in comment # 16.
If Tim Donnelly ever gets caught at the airport again with a gun, I would never vote for him for any office, and if he was in office at the time, I would ask for him to step down.
But, I am willing to overlook a one time lack of judgment. Hey, I’d even grant Mike Ramos that courtesy, and I think you know how I feel about him.
Observer of Facts
How many times do you pick up that rattlesnake? Twice?