Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez’ new Christmas card once again features her in a fun pose with her cat, Gretzky. I imagine that the motorcycle she is riding on might be the one she used to run over this year’s Republican opponent in the 47th Congressional District, retired SAUSD Trustee Rosie “God is mad at Santa Ana” Avila.
H/T to Total Buzz for breaking this story. I have not yet received my card from Congresswoman Sanchez. Perhaps it is still in the mail?
I liked Congresswoman Sanchez’ message. It is nice to see that she maintains a cheerful outlook even with the very sad passing of her brother in a recent boating accident. And the election of Barack Obama has given a lot of Americans a reason to hope for a better 2009.
Merry Christmas Congresswoman Sanchez – and a Happy New Year!
Loretta has no respect for the law, and is setting a terrible example for our young people. How can we teach our kids to wear helmets when our public officials broadcast their contempt for helmet laws?
Red Barron,
If you read the story about it on total buzz you will see that there is a message non the back sideo f the card saying that the picture was taken in a studio and never on the orad and to urge people to use helmets when riding motorcycles.
That may be true, Paul, but most people will never see the fine print on the back page. And even if that disclaimer is there, it is totally mocked by the big, vivid color photo of an illegal act on the front page! In fact, her ineffectual little disclaimer constitutes an admission that she was aware of the bad message on the card. Do you know anyone with a traumatic brain injury? I do. It isn’t funny or cute. This card is like the smoking ads that portray smokers before they become yellow, shriveled, weezing cancer patients.
Loretta is definitely full of something. I don’t need to read the fine print on this one.
We have received her cards for years. They have been the butt of many jokes, but after this many years, I guess she knows it and doesn’t care. Her cards end up on shows like Jon Stewart and Colbert. I guess she must also be able to laugh at herself, so I’m leaving it alone starting this year.
Great Tits!
“And even if that disclaimer is there, it is totally mocked by the big, vivid color photo of an illegal act on the front page!”
How is sitting on a stationary motorcycle without helmet an illegal act?
That is soo obviously a studio photo. The way she sits on the motorcycle she could not even turn or change gears. And in my years of riding motorcycles, I have yet to see somebody riding a motorcycle keeping such well-kept hair, helmet or not…
Red Baron -
Get a life. Really.
Sadly, once again Democrats (Pedroza) have a compulsion to make mean spirited remarks about their opponents. Sanchez did win the contest, but why tie Rosie into the article? I guess some might think it “clever”, but I think it is stomping on someone who is already on the ground and out of the fight. In other words, just plain mean spirited and with no compassion for a candidate who spent the good part of last year working hard on a campaign.
As for Loretta and her idea of a Christmas Card …. apparently she isn’t interested in the spiritual side of the holiday if her card is any indication.
Bonnie,
Hey, you need to visit this blog more often. I have never been a Democrat. I am a registered Libertarian.
As for Congresswoman Sanchez’ card, for some people riding a Harley IS a spiritual experience!
Hey, Joe, I guess you’re just a dumbass. Of course the photo was taken in the studio, but it clearly depicts a rider committing a moving violation on the open road. The photo is intended to show a moving cycle (look at front tire) and she couldn’t balance a stationary bike like that (why would she be sitting on a parked bike in the middleof the highway???). The card has a “helmet message”–specifically, that wearing a helmet is not important, safe, rational or required by law and common sense. That is the message. She could have done the same theme while sitting on a safely parked bike with the helmet in her hand and a cute little helmet on the mangey cat. But not Loretta. Nope, it wa more important to her to show off her pretty hair than to promote reponsible behavior. Get a life, Anonymous? How hard would it be for this tart to publish a card with at least one lousy holiday symbol on it and a responsible message? How about you get a brain!
Life, Red Baron, Life. It’s a wonderful thing! Get one.
Red Baron,
It seems you have to resort to expletives if you are proven wrong. Rather immature. Grow up and get a life.
You don’t know anything, Vern. Red Baron is right on and has a right to be mad. It’s easy for uninvolved observers like you to toss out such condescending advice. Loretta ruined their lives and nobody gives a damn. Maybe if she ruined yours, you would be mad too. Loretta decided that she wanted sex with a married Army officer assigned to escort her on official travel. She didn’t care that he had a family, kids and career. She didn’t care that it was a crime for him to have sex with her while assigned as her escort. As a result, he left the Army and his family, and they have run off together. His family is broken hearted. The bad judgment on the card is a minor offense. She is a home wrecker and slut. But you don’t have a clue, do you? Merry Christmas, Clueless Vern.
Joe, Red Baron proved you wrong. Can’t you see that? The card clearly is intended to depict a moving cycle–that’s why the front tire is blurred, and she is in the middle of the road, Joe. It is irresponsible and illegal to ride without a helmet. That’s my opinion too. Why does that elicit the “get a life” comment? It is a perfectly rational evaluation of the card. I’m sure Red Baron has a life, but he’s also entitled to an opinion about the card. One can have both a life and an opinion. Afterall, youtook the time to write a comment. Does that mean you have no life?
For those of you who are such big fans of Loretta, why don’t you ask her about her “secret” boyfriend, Jack Einwechter. He’s the Army guy she ran off with a few years ago and remains with today. Happy New Year.
Right, like you Loretta-haters would give a damn if say Chuck DeVore or Dana Rohrabacher made this silly card.
Some of the comments here seem over-the-top, bitter. Unless you are the abandoned spouse/kids of the escort guy, I just don’t get what is so upsetting about this Christmas Card. It has a sense of humor about it. The woman looks great for her age. It apparently is some kind of tradition for her to do this kind of card to send out.
Why so unhappy?
4Granted,
As I said before, this is clearly a studio picture. And being on a stationary bike without helmet is NOT illegal. So, anybody who can read can clearly see that Red Baron was asserting a falsehood. Case closed.
Joe, are you saying that she is not trying to portray someone cruising on the open road? No one says she actually committed a crime. We are saying she is modelling a moving cyclist without a helmet. That is a bad message. If she was modelling a stationary bike, you’d be right. You are patently wrong and either too stupid or arrogant to admit it.
This thread 2 stoopid 2 continue?
Oh my, What is she doing to that Cat?
all in fun, the cards are great, so if you are not one of the receivers, tuff breaks.
I got the cat card a few years ago even tho’ I’m in HB… I guess I’m on some Dem list. Loretta is not above soft-porn Xmas cards. If I were her trusted adviser I’d prob’ly say “stop it.”
But I did keep that card on my fridge for a season.
4G, it seems you haven’t actually read RB’s comment:
“the big, vivid color photo of an illegal act”
Again, there is NO illegal act. I didn’t address if it is a bad message or not. It certainly is legal to sit on a stationary bike without helmet. Period. End of story.
Now get a life.
OK, Joe, you are correct–the photo on the card depicts a SIMULATED illegal act. The simulation is only intended to portray what illegal, stupid and irresponsible behavior looks like on California highways. Loretta is NOT guilty of a crime here, only of glamorizing a crime. Thank you for this very important distinction. You must be some kind of genius.
How about if she took a picture on one of those fake waves, riding a surfboard?
Wouldn’t that say something about her lack of ethics and judgement? Not only is she NOT a surfer, but she’s pretending that she’s actually so good that her hair isn’t even wet while she’s riding the wave. Really – just what would you ALLOW her to do? What else is off limits?
Really, I think these negative posts on Sanchez are being made by some folks from the Minuteman group who are just frustrated and sour.
C’mon, don’t be part of the War on Christmas – show some good cheer for a fun loving Christmas card this season.
Curse you, Red Baron!
RV, no I am not a “Minuteman” and I am not setting the bar too high for silly little Loretta. I am only suggesting that she not depict illegal acts on her holiday card. You seem to think that is an impossible standard.
I have plenty of good cheer for people of goodwill. You literally curse me and tell me to get into the loving spirit of the season? You must be either drunk or stupid.
Oh, by the way, Loretta did a surfing theme two years ago and turned it into a dirty joke about fondling her pussy (cat, wink wink). I don’t deny she is a surfer, but I wonder why she can’t make a holiday card that doesn’t employ an inappropriate double entendre. Instead she broadcast the fact that she is an immoral woman, which is a fact–she continues to live with a married man, named Jack Einwechter, who was assigned to be her Pentagon escort. She won’t deny it. (In fact, Art, why don’t you call on her to deny it?) There are other rumors about men in OC.
It is not hard to make a holiday card that actually promotes positive messages suitable for children. Unfortunately, we have a congresswoman who is unwilling or incapable of doing that.
I guess my little poke at the old snoopy cartoon of “Curse you, Red Baron!” didn’t really go over with you. Please excuse the lead balloon on that:
http://bestuff.com/stuff/curse-you-red-baron
Loretta Sanchez has tacky cards – is that essentially your beef? Apparently you are on her mailing list or something b/c you’ve seen at least another card. Is it mainly the card thing?
And you’re totally angry about her relationship with some guy that she’s apparently living with. How is that your problem or anyone else’s problem who is not actually involved in that little mess? Are you angry at Jack, too? Or is it just the slut-woman thing that’s eating you?
Please forgive my candor: But you seem to have a lot of negative energy on the woman, and I really don’t think that she could do ANYTHING that you would approve of. I think you’ve totally written her off for whatever reasons and you’ll use just about any excuse to say how horrid she is.
Red Vixen, you’re right. I missed the Snoopy allusion. Forgive me. You’re also correct about my bias. I am a personal victim of Loretta’s contempt for marriage, law and morality. So, I am too close to offer objective criticism of her. She is a disgrace to her office and a laughing-stock among military people. Her very continued presence in office offends me deeply and personally.
Nonetheless, I have tried here to offer logical criticisms of her card. My comments deserve to be evaluated on their merits, despite my bias.
Adultery is not just a “private” matter. It hurts hundreds of people. It produces endless tragedy in human affairs. It breaks children’s hearts and, in this case, ruins lives. In Loretta’s case it undermines her Pentagon oversight role. I t ended a bright military career. As a “public servant” Loretta should not be allowed to do all that without accountability.
I have tried to expose her dishonorable and unethical activities to the public and the media, but apparently no one cares. I guess I’ll have to take my case directly to Pelosi and the Ethics Committee in Congress, if I want any justice. I just can’t decide whether it is worth it anymore. Maybe it’s ok to use one’s office and role on the Armed Services Committee to ruin a military family and career for sexual gratification. Maybe everyone thinks that’s ok. So, I quit. You won’t see me on the blogs anymore.
Red Baron,
From one Red to another Red, I want to say I am very sorry for your pain and for the betrayal you have suffered. I don’t blame you for wanting to get the guilty parties into the spot light.
Career military personnel and their families make some of the greatest sacrifices for our country. The family members and in particular, the dedicated spouse, make intense sacrifices to help support the Career man/woman. “Disappointment” does not even begin to name the whirlwind of emotions that take over when that role is suddenly snatched away. I wish it had not happened in this case.
You seem experienced enough to know that in life, we only have so much time and so much energy to accomplish what we need to do. Would your time be spent best by taking this problem to the Ethics Committee in Congress? Probably. You can say your piece, make your case and rest your soul that you’ve done what you could. And then get on with the important parts of taking care of yourself and your loved ones that were left behind by Jack. Learning how to move on.
You’re right in thinking that the blogs will not get you satisfaction. You just cannot reverse the string of events. You cannot erase from your experience that there is now a permanent separation from all the past dreams and goals. Even if Loretta and Jack were to part, is it even imaginable that things could “return to normal”?
I am sorry for your pain. I wish you peace.