Garry South, Gray Davis\u2019s longtime guru, is at a table in the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills, trying to explain his guy. More than a few people have described South as Gray\u2019s closest friend. \u201cWell\u2026 I wouldn\u2019t put it in \u2018friendship\u2019 terms,\u201d he says. \u201cI mean, it\u2019s not unusual for politicians not to have friends. These people are not normal. I don\u2019t say that pejoratively. You know the old saying, No man is a hero to his valet?\u201d<\/p>\n
South has worked for Davis for the past ten years. He knows and respects him. He swears there\u2019s an emotional side to Gray Davis. He hardly ever shows it, but it\u2019s there.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt his inaugural lunch in 1999, he broke down and cried,\u201d says South. \u201cHe couldn\u2019t finish his speech. He was talking about how important his mother had been in his whole development and life, and how without her he would not be standing here today. And he broke down and cried. Sobbed. Hey, should I introduce myself to Larry Flynt?\u201d<\/p>\n
The porn king, who often lunches here, is rolling through the dining room in his golden wheelchair. Garry runs over and stops him midroll.<\/p>\n
\u201cHi, I\u2019m Garry South.\u201d<\/p>\n
No recognition.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe governor\u2019s campaign manager?\u201d<\/p>\n
Larry seems to be at a loss for words.<\/p>\n
\u201cI hear you\u2019re running for governor.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWelllll,\u201d says Flynt. \u201cI\u2019m havin a little fun.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFun is good,\u201d South barks. \u201cYou\u2019ll have a little competition, 300 or so people, but fun is good.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Garry South, Gray Davis\u2019s longtime guru, is at a table in the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills, trying to explain his guy. More than a few people have described South as Gray\u2019s closest friend. \u201cWell\u2026 I wouldn\u2019t put it in \u2018friendship\u2019 terms,\u201d he says. \u201cI mean, it\u2019s not unusual for politicians not to have friends. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/garrysouthconsulting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/garrysouthconsulting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/garrysouthconsulting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/garrysouthconsulting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/garrysouthconsulting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/garrysouthconsulting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":193,"href":"https:\/\/garrysouthconsulting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175\/revisions\/193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/garrysouthconsulting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/garrysouthconsulting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/garrysouthconsulting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}