A friend called my attention to a fact I missed in a recent L.A. Times article. Jon “Flash” Fleischman, the longtime friend and former employee of O.C. Sheriff Mike Carona, is now serving as his “Public relations adviser.”
The Times reported that “Public relations adviser Jon Fleischman tried to steer the interview more to Carona’s liking. Why not ask him if he intends to resign? Fleischman suggested.”
Unbelievable. This means that the editors of the two O.C. GOP blogs are both continuing to hack away for Carona. Fleischman is the editor of the “Flash Report,” which collects right-leaning news from throughout the state of California. It is based in O.C., and it features many of Fleischman’s friends from the OC GOP machine.
The other blog I am referring to is the Red-faced County/OC Blog, where one of Fleischman’s bloggers, Matt “Jubal” Cunningham is the editor.
So we won’t be getting honest coverage about the Carona fiasco from either the Flash Report or Red-faced County/OC Blog.
Why would Fleischman jump aboard Team Carona just as federal indictments are being tossed around? This is akin to jumping on the Titanic even as it takes on water. Nice going “Flash.”
By the way, I am told that Carona’s longtime campaign treasurer is no less than “Flash’s” ex-wife. Now that’s what I call GOP family values!
Orange County DOES need a GOP-leaning blog, but clearly we cannot place any trust in “Flash” or “Jubal.” Maybe the county’s GOP activists need to start their own blog? I would love to see folks like Mark Bucher and Jim Lacy start up a Republican OC Blog that would not answer to the crooked cabal that “Flash” and “Jubal” are a part of.
Thanks Art for being willing to stand up to the GOP thugs. I’m a Republican but I’m been ashamed of the OC GOP and it’s lack of any morality.
Congrats Art for being #4 on the
Liberal OC’s 10 Scariest! Hey,
we got three of the ten with
Larry being #2 and us #10! Jon
Fleischman was probably so depressed about being #9…he had
to do something! How about Chuck
DeVore being #3….great!
“Unbelievable. This means that the editors of two of the O.C. GOP blogs are both continuing to hack away for Carona”…… said Art.
Unbelievable?… like if you do not hack away for your clique.
I put this on the Liberal OC blog.
Maybe Jon can do for Mike what Chris Crocker did for Brittany Spears.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdnW5DUFljg
LEAVE MIKE CARONA ALONE!!! CAN’T YOU SEE HOW MUCH HE’S DONE FOR OC?
Poster 3,
What clique would that be? I am registered Decline to State. I don’t belong to any political parties. I have no clique.
Do I have friends in OC’s political circles? Sure. But the OJ does not cut anyone any slack.
We answer to the people, just as our politicians should, but rarely do.
Fleischman’s been burying this story all week on Flash Report, but he can’t completely ignore it as it’s just too big (although Drudge apparently did).
Interesting that he _failed_ today to link to the OC Register’s editorial calling for Carona’s resignation.
I think you’re right about the OC’s Republican/Consertive Right Wing blogs and the need for a new one. Red County’s had its day, even though it’s useful for its ability to regurgitate press releases for GOP funding events.
“Do I have friends in OC’s political circles? Sure. But the OJ does not cut anyone any slack.”
#5
Although you may not have any friends in OC’s political circles, which is understandable, you must have many enemies e.i. Fiala, Bustamante, Pulido etc. etc. etc. to whom OJ tightens any slack.
Obviously you would be unaware of it…. would you?
As a staunch Republican, veteran, and frequent campaign volunteer, I am disgusted by the OC GOP machine. It is a self-serving, back-slapping, corrupt joke that threatens to undermine our historical stronghold in OC. If the OC GOP machine continues to sniff out the money and abandon core Republican values, the Democrats will slowly take over. The fact that Mike Carona is a GOP golden boy is truly indicative of the moral and ethical malaise that has overcome the OC GOP machine.
Bringing Jon on board is more like Jumping the Shark. Every time I read Fleischman’s defense of someone as being “honorable” and a “good conservative” an investigation or plea agreement follows shortly thereafter.
Art:
Talk about buddies in a bunker–John, Mike, and John Lewis. Woow–watch the bullets be deflected.