Is the image above the latest OC GOP newsletter? No, it is just a spoof. Let’s face it, the OC GOP machine is in a tailspin, and they are primed to be made fun of. From disgraced OC Treasurer Chriss Street to indicted OC Sheriff Mike Carona, there are plenty of Republican politicians to poke fun at. Not to mention the debacle that was the “Friends of John Urell” and the disaster that defeating Measure D turned out to be.
One has to wonder why the OC Democrats aren’t piling on. But then again, their Chairman, Frank Barbaro, endorsed Carona. As did many other prominent OC Democrats like State Senator Lou Correa and OC Clerk/Recorder Tom Daly. And Wylie Aitken, the head of the OC Democratic Foundation, is the “Urell Amigos” lawyer! And let us not forget that Nick Berardino, the head of the OC public employees union, and Wayne Quint, who heads up the OC Deputy Sheriff’s union, both fought Measure D, alongside OC GOP machine figurehead John Lewis.
And don’t forget that in Santa Ana, the only Orange County city with an almost all Democratic City Council and a Democratic Mayor, you can’t even tell that the elected Democrats are not Republicans. They did not vote to support the Dream Act. They so despise immigrant workers that they banned human signs and almost banned handbill delivery. They raised water rates such that Santa Ana residents now pay more than the Republicans in Irvine. They won’t let the people vote on mayoral term limits. They are in bed with developers, to the detriment of the city’s residents. And the Democratic Mayor, Miguel Pulido, regularly endorses Republicans, including racist nut and SAUSD Trustee Rosie Avila, OC Sheriff Mike Carona, and OC Supervisorial candidate Carlos “Space Commander” Bustamante.
So in the end a Blue County would not be all that different from a Red County, would it? Same results, different knuckleheads. No wonder so many California voters have switched to “Decline to State. Take a look at the graphic below. Since 1994, Decline to State voters have increased statewide from a little over ten percent of the overall electorate to over 18%! Can’t blame them. I expect that the DTS column will be climbing in Orange County this year too.
Nice touch to put a picture of hell alongside this bunch.
Don’t forget John Hanna, longtime democrat, is also part of the Urell gang…
Who can be considered a liberal elected Democrat in Orange County?
Pretty funny Art. I notice the GOP’s who were licking each other’s private parts for defeating Measure D have been pretty quiet since their actions can be directly tied to people losing their homes.
Poster 4,
You’re right! The Red-Faced OC Bunch does not have much to brag about right now…
Check your facts: Wylie Aitken isn’t attorney to the Urell group. But this is Orange Juice, so expectations for accuracy shouldn’t be high.
Art,
When you were a Re4publican can we blame you for helping elect Pete Wilson?
So, who can be considered a liberal elected Democrat in Orange County?
Poster 7,
Nice try, but no, I did not work on any of Wilson’s campaigns. And no, I did not endorse or vote yes on Prop. 187.
Conveniently for Art, who didn’t resume blogging until after the Measure D campaign, so we don’t have any record of where he stood on the issue.
Don’t forget John Hanna, longtime democrat, is also part of the Urell gang…
Art doesn’t want to do that too much. He gets crap from his Democrat friends when he does that. And since his few friends nowadays are Democrats, he doesn’t want to lose any. So Art will just beat up on Jubal, because Art doesn’t have any Rep friends left to lose.
Poster 11,
I have already ripped Hanna on more than one occasion. It is more enjoyable to rip Matt/Jubal. Hanna at least appears to be sorry. Matt/Jubal has yet to apologize for any of the disasters he has helped to foist on the denizens of Orange County.
As for my Democratic friends, didn’t you see that the Liberal OC’s Chris Prevatt included me on his list of the Top 10 Scariest OC bloggers? And several of the other Drinking Liberally folks have been upset with me on more than one occasion.
So be it. This blog won’t hold back when O.C. politicians do stupid things or stuff their wallets instead of serving their constituents.
I have in fact many friends in both parties. But I don’t tend to do well with those who are insufferable party hacks.
Poster 6,
Check YOUR facts. Aitken was hired by Urell Amigos founder Matt/Jubal Cunningham. I think John Hanna hired him too. They hired him because of the Urell Amigos fallout.
Actually, Art, Wylie has nothing to do with the Urell Amigos–That would be his son, Darren. Nevertheless, Wylie is also a Bishop Brown apologist
Gustavo,
Thanks for the clarification. I checked to see where Darren works. Turns out he works at Aitken, Aitken and Cohn. It sounds like he works for his dad.
I used to work for two law firms. One thing about big media-sensitive cases is that firms never take them until their principals discuss them. I take it from the name of the firm that Wylie and Darren are partners. As such, while the case is Darren’s, it belongs to the firm, and you can bet that Wylie was involved in picking up the case.
Art, I like you like a rash on my ass and at other times I am amazed that you get some stuff right.
Either way, wrong/right/ass-rash etc.. You make this blog lively.