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More Parsky Watch Parsky Watch - The Magazine Take the Parsky Watch IQ Test Visit the Parsky Watch Store	Back to Parsky Watch archives Parsky IQ Test Parsky Watch #60 June 22, 2004 TEST YOUR PARSKY I.Q.! Do consider your self an political insider? A person who’s in-the-know? As an voracious consumer of Parsky Watches, would you say you have earned a Doctorate in Parskyology? Here’s your chance to find out. We’ve put together this quiz to test the depth and breadth of your Parsky knowledge. 1. Who was in charge of the California Bush/Cheney campaign in 2000, which spent $24 million vs. nearly ZERO for Gore, yet still lost by more than 1.3 million votes? a) Senator Jim Brulte b) Art Torres c) Gerald Parsky d) Pete Wilson 2. Who was directly responsible for diverting more than $200,000 from the Republican National Committee that was supposed to go to Senator Tom McClintock’s campaign for Controller in 2002? a) Assemblyman Dave Cox b) Former CRP Vice Chairman Bill Back c) Gerald Parsky d) Bill Simon 3. What person promised to raise $10 million for the CRP during the 2002 cycle, but didn’t even meet half his goal? a) Tom Stephenson b) Arnold Schwarzenegger c) Gerald Parsky d) Richard Riordan 4. “How badly has the Republican Party slipped in California? You judge.”…”And even though Simon now appears to be a candidate who could make a real race against a weak, unpopular sitting Governor, State Party boss and Bush Administration bagman_________has been less than cooperative with his lead candidate.” – May 7, 2002 Washington Times. Who is this “bagman?” a) Danney Ball b) Ray McNally c) Gerald Parsky d) Tirso del Junco 5. “I’m very proud of the functioning of our screening panel (Boxer, Feinstein, Parsky Committees), and I’m very thankful to Mr. Gerry Parsky for suggesting it, putting it together, monitoring it, and overseeing it.” Which fan of the Parsky Commissions uttered that gem? a) White House Counsel Alberto Gonzalez b) Solicitor General Ted Olsen c) Senator Dianne Feinstein d) Senate Judiciary Chairman Orrin Hatch 6. Which trustees of the University of California voted to oppose Ward Connerly’s Racial Privacy Initiative? a) Lt. Governor Cruz Bustamante b) Speaker Herb Wesson c) All of these guys d) Gerald Parsky e) Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell 7. Identify the political genius who publicly opposed the Davis recall? “I certainly can understand why some people would be interested in the recall, but that’s not our priority,” said _______________, President Bush’s top California advisor. --- May 7, 2003, California Desert Sun. a) Gray Davis b) Sal Russo c) Gerald Parsky d) Jalene Forbis 8. Whose ego would demand that he be in charge of the Bush/Cheney effort rather than the winning team that elected Arnold Schwarzenegger? a) Senator Jim Brulte b) Congressman Bill Thomas c) Gerald Parsky d) Tim Morgan 9. Since 1916, sitting Republican Governors have always officially represented and managed Republican presidential candidates’ campaigns in California. When was this rule broken, and under whom? a) 1968 – Ronald Reagan b) 1988 – George Deukmejian c) 2004 – Gerald Parsky d) 1996 – Pete Wilson 10. Who has this to say about their former business partner, Gerald Parsky?: “I totally lost trust and confidence in Gerald L. Parsky and no longer wished to be associated with him either professionally or personally.” a) Tom Stephenson b) Dick Cheney c) Former U.S. Treasury Secretary William E. Simon, Sr. d) George W. Bush In case you haven't figured it out, the answer to every question is "C".