And I still have so many things to do...
So here's a new weekend tradition that I'm starting here...
Yes, I'm starting it just for you!
SURREAL OC WEEKEND!
So here are some wild and wonderful Orange County stories that you may have missed while you were, I dunno, watching Gavin Newsom and Peter Ragone become the Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton of California politics, or following our own fit of melodrama with the still unresolved Special Election for County Supervisor:
- He's free! Finally free! My friend Art Pedroza at Orange Juice has finally LIBERATED HIMSELF FROM THE ORANGE COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY!! The OC GOP should really mourn his leaving, because he was actually trying to HELP THEM in Central County. Oh yes, and we Dems should probably take heed to what he says, and make sure that we never make the same mistakes that the OC GOP has made:
I wrote this week about what the O.C. GOP could do to rebuild in central O.C. - and predictably Tim Whitacre [linkies for a little history] came on anonymously and asked why I was revealing Central Committee secrets. He's right. What he and his cronies do ought to be kept secret - or the public might gag to death when they read about it.
I also wrote about my disappointment with the apparent election of Mexican hater Trung Nguyen [link] - and the doom that is coming when he teams up with Chris Norby and John Moorlach [link]. And predictably I got ripped by all sorts of anon GOP posters - and by [Red County/OC Blog Master] Cunningham himself...
My fellow Democrats, this is not just a warning to Republicans. This should also be a warning to us. Let's never allow machine politics blind us from connecting with our communities. Let's never, ever make the same mistakes that the Republicans have made.
- How would you feel if you were arrested in Costa Mesa for not having your ID? Wingnut Mayor Allan Mansoor says that he is arresting undocumented workers in order to rid Costa Mesa of "dangerous criminals". But how does a poor man riding a bicycle on the wrong side of the street qualify as a "dangerous criminal"? And who is now filling his job?
- Romney, Romney, Romney! So why is Presidential Hopeful Mitt Romney so popular in GOP elite circles here, even as the rest of the country casts doubt as to whether Romney has the right stuff. A guest poster at Red County/OC Blog suggests that it may be because "Romney's biggest financial supporter in O.C. also employs the county party chairman". No wonder why my friend Art Pedroza is leaving that lame party.
And last, but certainly not least...
- I call hypocrisy! My friend Gila at The Liberal OC asks whether GOP Godfather Mike Schroeder is employing irony or just being hypocritical for declaring that Janet Nguyen is a "sore loser" for asking for a recount for a race with ONLY A SEVEN-VOTE SPREAD...
While SUING TO INVALIDATE JERRY BROWN'S ELECTION AS ATTORNEY GENERAL...
And Brown won by OVER 1.5 MILLION VOTES!
Now ain't that surreal or what? ; )
(Cross-posted at Calitics)
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