Red County/OC Blog contributor Jon Fleischman today wrote a negative post about O.C. Treasurer Chriss Street. I find it absolutely astounding that he has the chutzpah to rip Street while he and Red County/OC Blog editor Matt “Jubal” Cunningham continue to IGNORE all the wrongdoings of Fleischman’s former boss, O.C. Sheriff Mike Carona. Not to mention their deleting of anti-Diane Harkey posts.
How in the world can Red County/OC Blog maintain even a shred of credibility when they rip only those machine members who are caught red handed, while ignoring the many problems associated with Carona? It’s laughable.
It reminds me of a story Ryan Trabuco shared with me. He had a conversation with Carona consigliere Mike Schroeder wherein Trabuco asked him about Carona’s “problems.” Schroeder’s response was typical, “Carona’s our guy.” Yes he is – and nothing will EVER change that.
Don’t take my word for it. Here is just one of many responses to the Fleischman post:
Flieschman, You’re the LAST person to be calling for anything from Chris Street.
When you hold Mike Carona to the same standards you try to impose on others THEN maybe you have standing to ask anything anybody to be held accountable for their actions. Until you call for a full investigation of the Sheriff’s office for the multiple scandals he has brought to Orange County, you really need to shut your mouth and watch from the sidelines because you have ZERO credibility.
There has never been a DA investigation of Carona by Carona’s buddy, Tony Rackaukus. I wonder if Mike Schoreder and his wife’s record setting, super fast-track rise to the highest paid position within the DA’s office, has anything to do with that? Everyone begs to know what does Carona have on Rackaukus – or better yet, what does Schroeder have on Rackaukus that prevents him from doing his job objectively regarding the Sheriff?
Now I know that Cunningham will turn around and say that I never say anything negative about my friend, O.C. Supervisor Janet Nguyen. In truth, I wrote about the problems her campaign had and I covered the furniture fiasco to a greater degree than all the other blogs in town. Not to mention the fact that several of my co-bloggers, particularly Sean Mill, have had their whacks at Supervisor Nguyen.
The truth is that Red County/OC Blog is pure OC GOP Machine SPIN. If you like that sort of thing, good for you. I think they are very close to losing whatever credibility they had in the first place. Cunningham and Fleischman are clearly partners in outright shameless hypocrisy.
Great post Art; and what makes the critical comment on the Sherriff so compelling is that its from Allan Bartlett, a conservative blogger from PowderBlue Report.
Truer words were never written. Thanks for having the guts to say what everyone else is thinking but afraid to say. Here, Here, well done.
Why on earth would anyone think Red County/OC Blog has any credibility? It is transparent advertising for a few politicians who pay for it.
I’ve definately been negative towards Mike Carona. Thankfully he’s not running for re-election. I believe Bill Hunt will make a fine Sheriff.
I suppose when you are one turd (like Fleischman) in a pile of Carona turds, you get used to the stench or, you actually start to believe YOU don’t stink…either way, you’re still a turd…
It’s funny, Art. If Red County is a worthless GOP spin machine as you like to believe in your special mind, why do you spill sooo many pixels ripping on us?
Now I know that Cunningham will turn around and say that I never say anything negative about my friend, O.C. Supervisor Janet Nguyen. In truth, I wrote about the problems her campaign had and I covered the furniture fiasco to a greater degree than all the other blogs in town. Not to mention the fact that several of my co-bloggers, particularly Sean Mill, have had their whacks at Supervisor Nguyen.
Art, don’t take credit for what your co-bloggers do. You are incapable of being critical of Janet. You were upset about a mailer and made peep about the infamous press release more than half-a-year ago, but exonerated Janet and blamed it all on Dave Gilliard — as if Janet doesn’t approve who mail pieces like every other candidate.
You pumped up Janet to your readers even though you thought she was — your words — an “empty suit” and you only publicly lauded her as a way to hurt Carlos Bustamante.
You live in the biggest glass house in the OC Blgospehre. You really ought to stop throwing so many stones.
Not to mention their deleting of anti-Diane Harkey posts.
What I find absolutely astounding, Art, is your continued ability to gets things wrong, even after you’ve been corrected.
Actually I don’t, because that is your modus operandi.
As I already told you, I deleted a thread of BOTH pro- and anti-Harkey comments because it had degenerated in name-calling, and closed comments on that post for day or two so both sides would chill out.
And Fleischman doesn’t delete any comments on Red County.
Lucky for you BNN doesn’t factor accuracy into their rankings. 🙂
No wonder Orange Juice is the No. 1 blog with all the hits it’s getting from Lord Voldemort of Red County.
Matt,
“It’s funny, Art. If Red County is a worthless GOP spin machine as you like to believe in your special mind, why do you spill sooo many pixels ripping on us?”
Because it is great fun to expose your partisan hackery!