Originally Posted By jonvn Here comes another one. Obviously, this guy was pretty desperate for votes. The Republican party, for their sake, told him to get bent, at least. He probably didn't have a chance to win anyway. <a href="http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/10/19/national/a142146D28.DTL" target="_blank">http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/arti cle.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/10/19/national/a142146D28.DTL</a>
Originally Posted By vbdad55 Well looks like he was a Dem at one time also: "In 2004, he unsuccessfully ran in the Democratic primary to challenge GOP Rep. Dana Rohrabacher in a heavily Republican coastal district. He later changed his party affiliation and declared his bid to upset Sanchez." but hey, let's keep up that non partisan rhetoric - geez
Originally Posted By gadzuux >> Well looks like he was a Dem at one time also. << Breathtaking. Just like with foley, the scandal is instantly spun like dorothy hammill in a flying sowcow. Suddenly it's the democrats fault. It's really comical to watch it happen. Over and over again.
Originally Posted By woody What scandal? It was a politically dumb letter and only half-factually correct. Illegals cannot vote, but immigrants with legal residency can vote. If you don't like him or his political tactics, the correct solution is don't vote for him. That's the way you handle it in a democracy. Or I thought.
Originally Posted By woody >>Suddenly it's the democrats fault. It's really comical to watch it happen. Over and over again. << I don't think she intended to mean it that way.
Originally Posted By Darkbeer >>Illegals cannot vote, but immigrants with legal residency can vote.<< Mostly WRONG... Folks who came to the US as immigrants ,and then became CITIZENS can vote.... But folks here legally on visas, or under Permanent Resident Alien status CANNOT vote... As of course, anyone in the US illegally! FYI, the letter was wrong, and was authorised by a campaign staffer, which was fired once the info came to light. But you need to be a CITIZEN, and not just have a "Green Card" to vote....
Originally Posted By friendofdd Rascals from both parties always seem to be found out re: past transgressions or current stupidity during October of even numbered years. Do we just elect stupid people or do they turn stupid after election? Not that this guy will ever be elected.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <Breathtaking. Just like with foley, the scandal is instantly spun like dorothy hammill in a flying sowcow. Suddenly it's the democrats fault. It's really comical to watch it happen. Over and over again.< no what's comical here is that if Beau or someone would have posted something with a title like this but included Democrats, you'd have been all over him, but it this case it's just OK because it rips the GOP in the title. No one spun this to say it's the Dem;s fault - there's that biased comprehension again, all the post was meant to show is that this guy is obviously a low life - and has tried his act on both sides of the political fence -- he is no more a GOP or DEM than the man in the moon, he is an opportunist - but hey, and chance to link him to the GOP will suit your needs. There are two sides to the fence when it comes to low lifes in politics, you just choose to only see one.
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy <the man in the moon> Whatever happened to that petition I signed that was supposed to get him out?
Originally Posted By vbdad55 So let's not hear from you and jonvn ( after titling this thread this way) - about how biased some people are on this site, the mirror is free for you to gaze into. Some people here actually do try and look at both sides..but once you try, you get ripped by one side or the other as being, 'gray area' ' non-commital' or as 'solidly GOP' or 'obviously have crossed over to the Dem side' etc. I have received every one of these comments in just a few weeks, now to me that is the comical part. There is NO room in many posters worlds here for anyone not completely commited to their 'side', even when they claim they don't have a side.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <<the man in the moon> Whatever happened to that petition I signed that was supposed to get him out?< he misplaced his Get Out of Jail free card
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy All that just for commenting on the man in the moon?? Yeesh, okay, you won't hear from me again!
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy Argh! 1 minute too late and my perfect joke is ruined...*sigh*... <---goes to sit at 2oony's table
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< If you don't like him or his political tactics, the correct solution is don't vote for him. That's the way you handle it in a democracy. Or I thought. >>> Some people eligible to vote may not vote at all because of this letter. The wording of the letter falsely stated that voting by an immigrant is a crime. Since this letter was written in Spanish and mailed to registered Democrats, it was clearly designed to scare a certain demographic away from voting.
Originally Posted By gadzuux >> he is no more a GOP or DEM than the man in the moon, he is an opportunist - but hey, and chance to link him to the GOP will suit your needs. << Well obviously that's not correct. He's a republican. Not just any republican, but a republican candidate for public office. "A chance to link him to the GOP"? Are you kidding? As much as you'd like to disavow this guy, he's a republican. Deal with it.
Originally Posted By jonvn "it this case it's just OK because it rips the GOP in the title." There is a difference. My title is actually accurate.
Originally Posted By jonvn "He's a republican. Not just any republican, but a republican candidate for public office." Yes, I find the idea of trying to "Link" him to the GOP kind of ridiculous, in that he IS the GOP candidate. It wasn't exactly a major leap to link him, in that that's what he is running as.
