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You know how they say, even though nobody knows who first said it, that “a lie can travel halfway around the globe while the truth is still getting its boots on“? And that it’s very true, and it’s especially true when the excuse for the lie begins, “Well, I didn’t EXACTLY say that. [Just strongly and unmistakably implied it?]”
And look, I am still lacing up my boots. Story of my life, in the 46th Congressional District.
There have been a lot of lies spread in the race to take possession of Loretta’s well-worn Congressional seat, none of them from the Joe Dunn side, and very soon – this week – I’ll be debunking a boatload of ’em. But one of those lies cries out to be dispatched right now: Loretta has not endorsed any of the contenders for the Anaheim-Santa Ana seat, and will NOT do so until after the June 7 primary. I already knew this to be a fact; then double-checked with her campaign office, and then triple-checked with the queen bee herself, who is kind enough to take my cell phone calls.
But anyone visited by Lou’s youthful campaign workers in recent days is nearly certain to have the impression that Loretta DID endorse Lou, going by the package they are handing out or leaving on your door. All stapled together, first you see a Lou Correa mailer (with a cute little handwritten “Sorry I missed you,” if you were out shopping or hiding in the kitchen) :
Open that mailer up, and the next thing you see inside is a Loretta Sanchez for Senate mailer:
And, stapled in between the Lou mailer and the Loretta mailer like a sort of connective tissue, a yellow sheet of paper urging you, in both English and Spanish, to “Vote for OUR friend, Senator Lou Correa.”
I’ve shown this package to several people now, people who are not at all dumb, and they all took away the impression that Lou is Loretta’s choice, that they are running as sort of a ticket. Which is obviously what Lou intends – the endorsement of the very popular ten-term Congresswoman would be golden to any of the contenders. Loretta really should ask Lou to stop implying he’s got it.
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It’s hell-of interesting to speculate on which candidate, assuming Lou and Joe are the two to make it through June 7, Loretta will choose to endorse – and it could be what makes or breaks the race. I can’t pretend to guess – maybe there will be some personal, pragmatic, racial, or otherwise lame-ass reason she chooses Lou. But as I’ve written before, Loretta at her best has been a bold progressive populist, and that record of hers would be continued by Joe much more surely than Lou. Consider…
In the realm of health care reform, Loretta tried hard to get a strong public option included in Obamacare, to give the private insurance companies more competition and hopefully lead to a single-payer system. Joe has always been a champion of single-payer, while Lou, heavily funded by insurance, has pretty much fought any meaningful health care reform throughout his career. Conclusion – Loretta should endorse Joe.
On trade and the overwhelming power of corporations: Loretta opposed NAFTA and TPP, and most of the less-notorious but equally bad trade deals that give corporations more power than elected governments, even our own. On the state legislatures, Joe always opposed resolutions backing these deals, Lou always backed them. Conclusion – Loretta should endorse Joe.
Two of the Loretta’s bravest and wisest votes that we loved the most were against the invasion of Iraq, and against the PATRIOT Act. We know that Joe would have been on the same page against both of those atrocities, he said so at the time. It’s impossible to say for sure after the fact where Lou would have come down, but given that his positions on law enforcement and the War on Drugs are rooted in the Politics of Fear, I’m pretty sure he would, like Hillary, have SUPPORTED the disastrous war as well as the liberty-decimating (but “keep-us-safing”) PATRIOT Act. Conclusion – Loretta should endorse Joe.
And that’s all I have to say about that.
FOR NOW. For now.
Excellent scoop there Chairman vern. What was Lorettas response when you told her about this slanderous use of her name and image?
ehhh…. she tries to be pretty even-handed. Claims “all three of those guys like to suggest I endorsed them,” except I don’t remember Joe ever doing that.
Wow – that is narcissistic.
I’m on record as not supporting Loretta for Senate, but the drop in quality of an OC Member of Congress if Lou replaces Loretta would be the biggest since … since … hmm, has there been a bigger one?
Well, not EXACTLY “Congress” but I would have to go back to the era of the Juaneño Band of Mission Indians, Acjachemen Nation, about 700 years ago in what’s now Mission Viejo, when tribal elder Quetzocoatl met an untimely and heroic death in battle and was replaced by his half-wit nephew Corky.
Well, yeah, but come on — that’s Mission Viejo!
“Whoo ! Whoo ! Whoo ! Whoo ! ”
More recent Indians would probably see little difference.
I didn’t receive the package you describe, but did get Lou’s “Homegrown” piece (sans handwriting).
More entertaining are the two hit pieces against Joe Dunn, and the one about Deborah Pauly’s DUI. If they’re missing from your library, I’ll send you scans.
Glossy & colorful. Gawd, these people have money to spend!
For weeks now we’ve been getting about two Lou mailers a day – seems like most of ’em are paid for by real estate interests.
And only two so far from Joe … and most irritatingly, they feature Lou’s big smiling mug on them. They seem to be the first two parts of a “Who do you ask for help when bla bla bla… NOT LOU CORREA.” But they sure don’t help with Joe’s name recognition problem, when you gotta open them up to see his name and face.
Aww, I guess not being a Dem keeps me off many mailing lists. The only hit pieces on Joe I got were from Lou by name, and they both are about Joe being fired by the Bar Assoc.
What those mailers do not say is that the dispute between Joe and the bar is based on Joe Dunn’s highlighting the fact that Immigration attorneys are busy ripping off immigrant clients and then having those clients deported by reporting them.
That’s right, Lou Correa who loves to hold his Mexican Heritage like a badge on his sleeve is making common cause with con artists who are ripping off immigrant clients and then having them deported.
Loretta’s sister Congresswoman Linda Sanchez has endorsed Lou. That, more than likely, would not have have occurred had Loretta not given her okay.
Loretta gets a twinkle in her eye when you talk to her about Lou …. just sayin” …..
The lady always has a twinkle in her eyes.
Early warning for cataracts, think.
EXHIBIT FOUR, from yesterday:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (CA-46) reintroduced her Middle Class ‘Creating Higher Education Affordability Necessary to Compete Economically’ (CHANCE) Act, which will increase the strength of Pell Grants and help students afford college. The Middle Class CHANCE Act will also restore year-round Pell Grants and allow both part-time and full-time students to receive the grant. Rep. Sanchez’s legislation is the companion bill to the Senate version introduced by Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM).
“As a Pell Grant recipient, I know firsthand how Pell Grants offer life-changing educational opportunities for motivated students and I believe we should give every willing student the opportunity to succeed,” said Rep. Sanchez. “As tuition costs soar and state and community college budgets are slashed, students have been burdened with increased debt. We must increase access to higher education for all, all year round, because an educated workforce is essential to our country’s future success. The Middle Class CHANCE Act will meaningfully reduce the real and perceived barriers to higher education for many low-income students and their families across America by restoring the strength and length of the Pell Grant.”
SOUNDS A LOT LIKE John Perez’ “Middle Class Scholarship Act” which Senator Lou Correa single-handedly killed three years ago to please the banking interests who back him.
Conclusion – Loretta should endorse Joe.
No worries Vern – the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee and Nancy P. will whip Lou into line.
No they won’t. He is stubborn and proud. Which would be great if he were right on the issues, but he’s not.
District is 18% white – 66% Latino …. & D vs. R registration is tight – you figure it out …..
You want to chance losing the district in the future to an R Latino?
I can think of some R latinos I prefer to Lou – John Leos and Mark Lopez come to mind.
What are your thoughts on Mark Lopez? Seems like a nice kid.
I’m thinking that too. I’ll be talking to him more soon. He came to the Joe Dunn meet & greet on Anna Drive. Both Mayor Tait and Cynthia Ward think highly of him, and Cynthia urges me not to hold his boss Shawn Nelson’s sins against him. And there’s nobody else running in the 5th to get excited about.
What dies the Irvine Troll have to say about this? I hear he is supporting loretta. But does he know that lou corporate-rrea is carrying water for those laywers ripping off immigrant clients then reporting thembto ICE?
Henry, are you Paul Lucas?
Are you Stephan Cheng.?
Your question shows your lack of history in OC. At no time, have i ever been the one to hide behind a pseudonym. I stand firm and hold the strengths of my principles. I call out the DINO for who and what he is when ever i must waste breath on the DINO from Irvine. I see no need to mask my identity when illustrating how much that subhuman in Irvine is hated by all real Democrats for his persistent tongue bathing of DINOs and his man love for gerbals. The question you should be asking is why is lou correa making hay out of a man who stood up for the dignity and rights of immigrants who get sold literally sold down the river by con artists holding themselves out as oasis’ of assistance to immigrants seeking help. Lou is carrying water for those people who rob the very constituency for whom lou correa claims to represent. So to answer your question, I dont hide my disdain for DINOs at all. i call them out and shed light on their oily hides. I wish I knew the Spanish equivalent to the moniker of Uncle Tom because that is what lou correa is.
Tio Thomaso
Nice answer. I wasn’t asking you Paul, at least directly, but you took the bait. But, you didn’t answer the question.
Let me rephrase it and direct it to you, Paul:
“Have you ever posted on the internet as Henry Lipton”.
Be careful how you answer, you don’t want to be known as a liar too.
Speaking of The Fib OC, can you ask Senator Dunn to clear up the rumor rolling around Dan’s site that he rigged things to benefit his daughter, Sara, while Latino kids were being denied. I’d sure love to hear Joe Dunns version of that story. Doubt we ever will.
You already got the rare response from me that I almost never goveto anonymous troll. And from your retort I already know youre one of the trolls and lou’ lackey using a fake ethnic name to illustrate your racism that is also reflected in your obfuscating the fact that lou correa is making hay out of good man who was twisting the fact that latino immigrants were being ripped off and then referred to ice by con artist lawyers. But what can we expect from a coconut who votes the way “sweet lou” as he is known in Republican circles for his cuckold relationship with the GOP, voted. An Im not the one who has to be careful about shit that would be you.
Hey did Lou get permission from Loretta to lie to voters about supporting him? Sounds to me like a censure or rebuke of sine kind is in order at the DPOC like theyvdid with that closet case jordan brandman. You know that Nazi kurt pringles bottom boy.
Hey now there’s a good idea. I think the DPOC can Lou the way we did with Jordan. A candidate committing fraud that includes a local sitting democratic member of the house of representatives. Let me say that again, Lou committed fraud when he mislead voters that she supports his candidacy for the seat she holds in the House of Representatives.
That might create static in the OC during the Sanchez-Kamala Harris race when Loretta needs her base more than anything.
You got a point there. The OCEA saw this piece and was not happy at all because the OCEA is supporting Joe. Th OCEA is also supporting Loretta but they are the only ones. The CA State Labor fed and all other labor are supporting Kamala Harris and Joe Dunn. Does Loretta want to lose the only Union she has supporting her against Kamala or does Lou want to be the one to blame? Given the balance beam, I would advise Loretta to come out hard for this fraud perpetuated by Lou Correa.
The June Primary,Lou Correa is just “phonin’it in”…he is sure that he will be in the November General …vs Joe Dunn..he is acting like this congressional seat is owed to him…’Well Lou’…Guess What!!
phoning it in is a good description. He sure hasn’t bothered to show up to bany debates.
You turkey giblet — it’s http://www.donewithdun.com. You left out the “h”.
And THEY left out any indication of who produced it this soggy diaper of a site, except for this cryptic message:
Our enemies have time-traveled from the future in order to keep Crusadin’ Joe Dunn out of Congress! Are we gonna let them do that?
Either way, it’s an FPPC violation. Who wants to do the honors?
Done with Dunn – http://www.donewitdunn.com/
Good sign – Lou is scared!
I would say that it is more like that Lou doesn’t want this one to slip through his fingers …..
Um… sounds like we are saying the same thing.
Lou is nervous as hell. he lost to Andrew Do last cycle in the largest Latino Population city in the Nation, Santa Ana. his own backyard. So he has to resort to cheap tricks like committing this type of fraud to make people falsely believe that he is supported by Loretta Sanchez.
His shouting from the roof tops that he is supported by the most corrupt DA and his minions along with the most corrupt sheriff since Carona, along with all the POA endorsements dont go over very well with the population that has been suffering mass murder and mass incarceration by the aforementioned crew(s), does not go over well with the Latino Population at all.
On top of that, he OMITS the fact that the dispute between Dunn and the Cal bar was based on Joe Dunns blowing the whistle that immigrant clients were being ripped off by unscrupulous Immigration attorneys who would in turn call ICE on their jilted clients after they ripped them off. Nice one Lou. Carry water for the group thats been exploiting Latino immigrants dude!
junior, you turkey giblet — it’s http://www.donewithdun.com. You left out the “h”.
And THEY left out any indication of who produced it this soggy diaper of a site, except for this cryptic front page message:
Our enemies have time-traveled from the future in order to keep Crusadin’ Joe Dunn out of Congress! Are we gonna let them do that?
(Either way, it’s an FPPC violation. Who wants to do the honors?)
It’s me – I am preventing any easy links to that from here.
Ohhhhhh.
Pretty lousy site, anyway.
You have every right to censor comments Vern.
Some people thought that you wouldn’t allow my comment to stay up – but you proved them wrong buddy – you only censor “a weensy bit.”
It is your right to CENSOR. I would gladly lay down my life for your right to CENSOR. Well ….. maybe … I’ll get back to you on that ……. But until then feel free to CENSOR away.
If people really wanna look at this shitty and misleading site, they can figure out how to get there. But I’m not gonna make it easier for them by linking from here.
The site is literally illegal given its lack of identification. Why would any resonable person want us to facilitate violations of election law?
Zzzzingg!