Ah, Lou, Lou, Lou.
I wasn’t paying that much attention to the latest bank failures. It’s too much like an old movie you’ve seen too many times. Big “too big to fail” banks fail because of their reckless, gambling behavior, messing up regular folks’ lives; Congress steps in, bailing them out or not, and passes regulations to stop it from happening again; after a few years of everyone feeling safe, the sad bankers who miss gambling with your money talk Congress into loosening the regulations; the bankers gamble and get even richer until it all crashes again. It’s like Homer Simpson touching the hot stove over and over, but on a slower timeline.
Like I said, I wasn’t paying attention until Democrats ranging from the moderate Adam Schiff to the progressive Ro Khanna complained that “TOO MANY DEMOCRATS” joined Republicans in passing Donald Trump’s 2018 regional bank deregulation; and then on Tuesday Newsweek released the names of those Democrats, and of course it included MY Congressman, “Homegrown” Lou Correa.
I shouldn’t-a been surprised, and I guess I wasn’t, it’s just always jarring to be reminded that this cat represents deep-blue Santa Ana and the Anaheim flatlands. Politicians like Lou spend vast chunks of their workday facilitating the short-term profits of the already wealthy. It’s just that MOST of those politicians are registered as REPUBLICANS. We try to vote for Democrats in order to make the system work better for the 99% of us, not to make things easier and more exciting for the top 1%. But then there are “Democrats” like Lou.
And yeah, there were 30-something other Democrats who joined Lou in joining the Republicans on this, but look at most of their districts – they’re from places like Georgia and West Virginia, districts where if they don’t keep the powerful reasonably happy they’re likely to lose their seats to REAL, and WORSE, Republicans. Lou doesn’t have that excuse, although he (and Daly and Solorio) used to PRETEND they did. “We represent right-wing Orange County!” they used to claim, “we HAVE to be conservative!” I don’t think they even pretend that any more – the only challengers they could ever conceivably lose their deep-blue districts to are actual progressive Democrats, if those were not squashed down by the County Party.
Which gives me angry flashbacks to early 2022, when I tried to do a little bit to help progressive Democrat challenger Mike Ortega (left) at least make it into the primary so that there would be a fair and honest fight between two types of Democrats instead of the usual scenario of Lou just sleepwalking through an election against an unheard-of Republican sacrificial lamb. I didn’t even think Mike could probably win, just that it could be a good race with good debates, and maybe even make Lou a better representative!
But DPOC leadership, who used to be VERY critical of Correa and Daly, squashed Mike’s challenge early on, as though a challenged incumbent or a D-on-D race were the worst possible outcome. I see that I wrote all about the harrowing experience HERE. Good article if I say so myself, you should read it now.
Mike, now an officer of my Anaheim Democrats Club, makes this statement:
“Voting to ease banking regulations during the Trump era is a perfect example of Lou Correa as big-business Republican-lite representative. The people of the 46th C.D. Deserve someone that will stand up to the big banks and donor class on behalf of working people. Working class families are ready for change!”
It’s a lonely struggle, sometimes…
Congressman Correa’s action’s in voting for cutting banking regulations is completely consistent with his past actions as a Congressman. If we can look
Back a couple of years we can recall Congressman Correa and state assemblyman Daly censored by the Orange County Democratic Party for endorsement of Republican candidates.
And yet when his constituents fill out their Ballots with visions of kind old Uncle Lou dancing in their collective head. And the morning after Election Day we political geeks are checking the results but we we know the results in Congressman Correa’s race even before before Election Day.
Congressman Correa’s constituents are from deeply blue as Vern stated in his fine article. Lou describes himself as a blue-dog Democrat which means as a Democrat he shakes you hand and gives you the good old uncle Lou smile he votes like a Republican. And it is like he should run unopposed.
Correa and Daly did get censured by the DPOC for endorsing Republicans.
Funny thing though, I and many of my Democratic friends have endorsed Republicans.
The difference is we endorsed decent honest Republicans like Tait, Vanderbilt, Whitaker, Genis, Moorlach.
Lou and Tom endorsed crooked-ass Republicans like: Kris Murray, Gayle Eastman, Lucille Kring, Harry Sidhu, Tony Rackauckas, and Don Barnes. (And Jordan freakin Brandman.)
Da Fuck? We’ve been through this before !! Does Lou have amnesia ?
If you were Lou, wouldn’t you?
…. like Clockwork,2024, Lou will again run as a Democrat,
‘How Blue,Is Lou’??
My apologies to all the decent Republicans out there!
Few and far between as they may be these days….
I wouldn’t worry too much. It’s a contradiction in terms these days.
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I like Mike, but I think that Correa — with his ability to bring in obscene amounts of corporate donations whenever needed — could only by beaten by an attractive, eloquent, intelligent, driven, progressive California resident (even one without Santa Ana/heim ties) with substantial pre-existing popular appeal and a whole lot of money, with the ability to raise oodles more, who may be looking to move away from their previous hyper-successful career to become an influential star in Congress.
But where could we find someone like that? Maybe in Wikipedia?
(That person has spoken at the last two Democratic conventions and is committed to progressive issues. Read the linked page.)
Ah, the Longoria Long Shot. The deus ex longoria.
Way to give it away, Vern!
Anyway, she would crush Lou. Both Obamas would come out to campaign from her. Lou would have Hillary and Kyrsten Sinema.
Yeah but is she or they or anyone else besides us mad enough or aware enough of Lou to do that? Pretty unlikely, emphasis on pretty.
No time to foster awareness like the present!
Perhaps Katie Porter, Adam Schiff, and Barbara Lee have some thoughts on their colleague. Standing on Lou’s head to get an advantage in a Senate race could be a smart move.
*The insider story is always about Vote Trading…isn’t it? Lou is basically a Conservative Repulbican….but just not as bad as Joe Manchin. You will never know which votes that
Lou traded to get something back from his Republican Collegues back in 2018. Don’t forget that the House was being run by Nancy P then.
In other news, this is the 20th Anniversary of our debacle in Iraq. Paul Bremer had it all going his way….and then because of pressure from the International Oil Interests his refused to hire Republican Guard troops and bring them into the fold. He failed to support our Kurdish brothers as much as necessary and failed to support our Shiite pals that were working with the Iranians. International Power Politics are complex and this strategy was in retrospect a terrible decision or three.
In Afghanistan we continued the International stupidity with complex Oil and Gas lines running through that country…..with Opium Crops being sold on the Black Market to Ubekistan, to Mumbai, India to China……and then sent across the Globe. Great money for doing nothing…eh? Everyone should watch “Hyena Road”, the great Canadian look at Afghanistan and why it was pure genius for us to leave.. Meanwhile, the Republicans are still trying to have an argument over New Benghazi (Hunter Biden) and make their bones on the Trumpster! Good luck on Tuesday Mr. EX-President.
Thirteen FEMALE politicians received Dildos allegedly from Vern and Donna. Some at their homes.
I wonder if the FBI will be investigating this? Hey they could call it operation Halo II.
[Editor: We get & trash comments like this nearly every day. Just in case something like this actually happened, I’m publishing this one. – Vern]
I WISH somebody would investigate this harassment of us. If anybody DOES get weird shit purporting to be from me and/or Donna, or about us, please contact APD Sgt. Lillemoen, 714-765-1863.
This harassment of us is obviously provoked by the articles I write, such as the one above.
Dan’s Liberal OC really helps facilitate it: https://theliberaloc.com/2023/03/03/rep-correa-sponsors-citizenship-clinic-march-4/comment-page-1/#comment-284058
Have you seen the recent stuff, Vern? Floridly ripe. I had to move Lippy’s comment out of the trash for fear he’d get contaminated by mere proximity.
*We have only one question: Were those items supposed to be motorized, or battery powered? They both should have serial numbers…eh?
I bow to you guys’ knowledge of dildos. But first we have to find out, were any such things actually sent out?
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We would love if you would show up on Thursday, March 23rd, meeting starts at 10am. The address is 601 North Ross Street in Santa Ana, County Administration Building,, South, Suite 103.
We will stick with comments about the #irvinehatemonger that we can actually prove.
We are in need of public speakers because they are not allowing remote participation.
On a really strange note: Mai’s term EXPIRED last year on 12/31/22.
This alone should qualify for his immediate removal as he was not reappointed ! Ya think?
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If you cannot attend on Thurday, please join us on Tuesday the 28th of this month at 10 am for the Board of Supervisors and demand they either re-appoint Mai (despite his racism and cyberstalking of different women ) OR immediately remove him, given his term is expired.
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