Originally published by the OC Register.
We’re talking about Scott Baugh here, the valueless kleptocrat and convicted election cheat who just endorsed Donald Trump. We can only hope that coastal OC won’t be sending someone like that to Washington, to be yet another member of a MAGA majority stalling all progress in this land. How mortifying would that be!
How do we know Scott is dying to run against Dave Min rather than Joanna Weiss? For one thing, he just released an internal poll, in the middle of the primary – with no details or proof – showing Min polling above Weiss, obviously intended to get Democrats to stick with Dave. Also, because Scott and the Republicans haven’t yet begun to attack Dave over his misadventure of last May 2. That’ll start March 6.
Dave Min obviously enjoys ferocious support from some Irvine Democrats, but his undistinguished State Senate career has been marked by careful avoidance of angering any special interests who might obstruct his rise to Congress. California needs police and prison reform, renter protections, better fiscal stewardship, but whenever those tough votes were up Dave was nowhere to be found.
The type who “kicks down,” he even trashed his Latino constituents for their temerity in driving up to Sacramento to lobby him for rent control. Remember that?
Still, Dave could have been the one to save OC from the humiliation of electing Scott Baugh… that is, until Dave’s May 2 misadventure. He should have dropped out then, pero no – he went on an apology tour. Humility. Redemption. Forgiveness. The point was missed. The point being not that he’s a bad person because he had a DUI, but that he can’t beat Scott Baugh because he had a DUI.
The attacks you’re seeing right now on Dave are from AIPAC, the Israel lobby (they say “United Democracy Project” on them.) These attacks are AIPAC’s punishment for Dave making the lightest criticisms of Israel, and he doesn’t deserve them. He doesn’t deserve them and yet it’s kind of ironic – he’s getting punished for probably the first time he said anything slightly brave. Think how gun-shy he’ll be in the future.
But starting March 6 the attacks will be coming from Baugh and the Republicans. We’re talking about Scott Baugh here, Baugh who accused Katie Porter of calling pedophilia an acceptable “lifestyle” when it was clear she was saying the exact opposite. Think how unbridled Scott will be when the actual truth is convenient.
If District 47 chooses Dave Min over Joanna Weiss this week, you will be entering a world of non-stop DUI bashing which will last eight miserable months. Thank God you have the option of voting for Joanna.
Joanna is the founder of Women for American Values and Ethics (WAVE) Action Fund, a working mom, an award-winning litigator, and a community organizer born and raised in the OC. Without Dave’s DUI-straction, the contrast between old-OC Baugh and new-OC Weiss will be as clear as night and day:
- Baugh’s paternalistic suppression of women’s reproductive rights vs. Joanna’s longtime defense of those rights;
- Lobbyist Baugh’s loyalty to polluting corporations vs. Surfing Joanna’s passion for the environment;
- Baugh’s allegiance to Trump and his MAGA brownshirts vs. Joanna’s well-documented work for democracy.
So, coastal OC, if you care about getting back the majority in Washington and finally dealing with some of our nation’s problems, vote for Joanna Weiss this week. Or else, I fear, get used to saying “Congressman Baugh.” And hearing me say “I told you so.”
Vern Nelson, a Democrat who runs the Orange Juice Blog,
has had his own DUI’s and knows whereof he speaks.
I forgot. Only Dems can bash the opposition for their human frailty.
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You’d make a great Republican, Vern!!
Benjamin Yu! I met him at that weird Epoch Times event on Anaheim corruption. He reads this blog. He’s hard to understand, but he keeps getting elected somehow. And he sure gets in a lot of trouble!
From what I can surmise, carpetbagger Weiss’s new business address with the State Bar is the physical address of the condo/apt. complex in Newport Beach where she claims to be but not the location of any specific unit purportedly occupied by her there.
I wonder if Baugh learned about releasing a poll from Patrick Strader or vice versa. It is very pro-Israel lobby to rely on a self generated poll. It’s the ADL’s longest running trick.
Funny, antisemitism is up and so is fundraising.
Btw, I give you credit for taking the initiative to have these past two articles published in the OC rag.
Well, truth be told, the Register came to me.
Sure they did.
Whatever dude. If I cared what you thought I’d show you the e-mail.
(I think we’re seeing a case of Pen Envy.)
If you had the email, it would have been an article in and of itself about how the rag reached out to you. Remember when you claimed Treseder just showed up and surprised your congregation when the church actually invited her to speak?
You have a credibility problem Vern. Cough up the email, braggart.
Treseder surprised ME – I didn’t know the church had her scheduled; I mostly just pay attention to the music I’m gonna do.
Got no credibility problem. If I have one with you that makes me as sad as the TINIEST little violin you could imagine. And no I wouldn’t make a story just about the Register e-mailing me to invite me to write about Weiss and Min. And if you really wanna see that e-mail someday, you would have to be a lot nicer. Not that important though.
What a relief – Dan has allowed as to how maybe OC Register editor Sal Rodriguez may have “called” me. Except Dan says we are both “contempable.”
Was Supervisor Do’s refund request an act of revenge for the Vietnamese community’s concern over his alleged misconduct?
https://www.ocregister.com/2024/02/16/supervisor-do-has-requested-1-million-refund-from-westminster-for-little-saigon-arch-project/amp/
“Screw it,” said Do, “I’ll give this million to my daughter. Rhiannon can build a fine arch. She has been taking arch-building classes in her spare time.”
NOTE – satire.
PS this is not an open thread.
The Do giveth and the Do taketh away.
Joanna on FOX 11 yesterday
https://youtu.be/-u380bsJg-I?t=44