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Jon Fleischman

More GOP Candidates Reject Log Cabin Club Endorsement

Sue Horne is locked in a neck and neck primary with Dan Logue in Assembly District 3 — and was caught completely off guard when, unsolicited, she was endorsed by the state’s Gay Republican organization, the Log Cabin Club of California. Similarly, in Assembly District 71, which straddles the Orange/Riverside County boundary, Neil Blais is in a blowout primary with opponent Jeff Miller. Blais, as well, was the subject of an unsolicited "drive by endorsement" by the Log Cabin Republicans. Neither candidate went after the endorsement of the group, and as it turns out, neither candidate wants it.

Below is the text of a letter sent to the Log Cabin Republicans from Sue Horne…

Log Cabin Republicans of California

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Duane Dichiara

The May Day Parade San Diego

As readers might remember, my San Diego office is on the fifth floor on the corner of 5th and Broadway, right in the heart of the downtown. As I was writing mail Thursday I heard a racket below and looked out to find a block long parade moving down the street. At first, I couldn’t figure out what it was all about, but then remembered it was May Day.

The parade took some time to move past my window, so I had some time to observe it directly, and what I saw I didn’t like. Dozens of Mexican flags. Communist flags. Chanting in Spanish. A group of marchers from the terrorist organization MECHA, which advocates the violent overthrow of the United States government in the southwest held up signs calling for "Aztlan". Littering the ground after the parade – copies of the Communist Party of America newspaper. Later I watched the tv coverage where various community college "professors" were quoted attacking our nation’s immigration policy as racially motivated.

"Hair Long" posted video of the event on Red County San Diego that is… Read More

Jon Fleischman

From “Prison Guard” – Susan Kennedy: Puppet Master

This YouTube clip was sent to me by someone who only calls themselves "Prison Guard" and identifies his or her self as a member of the California Correction Peace Officers Association on their YouTube page. The short piece pokes at the Governor and his Chief of Staff, Susan Kennedy. Kennedy, FR readers will recall, is the former Executive Director of the California Democratic Party (hired, ironically, by then CDP Chairman Phil Angelides). It is the feeling of some (including "Prison Guard") that she is the real boss, not Arnold… … Read More

The Assembly Hillbillies

"Come and listen to a story about a man named Mike A poor pachyderm, trying to stop a tax hike, Then one day he was in a budget feud, And down from the Guv comes a comment so rude. Elitist that is, against small towns, average folk."

Yesterday, Governor Schwarzenegger speaking to the nonprofit Milken Institute portrayed small-town lawmakers as uncultured yokels by explaining that they needed special interest junkets in order to see “an airport” or “highway” for the first time. I realize term limits have cleared the Capitol of legislative veterans, but since when did Jed Clampett, Ellie Mae, Jethro and Granny get elected to the Assembly?

Read the exact quote for yourself.

"Some of them come from those little towns, you know what I am saying, they come from those little towns and they don’t have that vision yet of an airport or of a highway that… Read More

Jon Fleischman

GOP Candidates Reject Log Cabin Support

Besides Assembly candidate Brian Nestande in the 64th A.D., who commented in my original post further down, and "rejected" the endorsement of the Log Cabin Republicans, check out this note I got from conservative GOP Assembly candidate Paul Hegyi in A.D. 10… Jon, Fighting for traditional values has been an important part of my campaign. My focus on those issues is clear on my website, “And let’s not mince words about what ‘strong values’ means. Strong values mean a commitment to keeping families whole, to protecting the institution of marriage as between a man and a woman, to defending the sanctity and culture of life, and making sure our 2nd Amendment rights are not encroached upon.”Read More

Shawn Steel

The Obama we never knew: ACORN

With all the excitement aboutmoonbat Rev. Jeremiah Wright it’s easy to forget other aspects of Obama’s controversial past life.

He’s a youthful candidate with a lot of history.

John Fund’s April 29th Wall Street Journal piece onVoter Fraud, Fund noted that Obama represented the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now [ACORN] on a voting rights case in 1995.

That caught my attention. Does anyone know about ACORN?

I sued ACORN on behalf of the California Republican Party in 1998 when a mob of 50 plus people were brought to the CRP offices in a bus. ACORN invaded our Headquarters, intimidated staff and conducted a sit down strike for several hours. The party was given no notice. Someof their membersdestroyed a $5000.00 Ronald Reagan portrait. I sued for the portrait damage. . ACORN retained several high powered attorneys from major downtown law firms [ pro bono] and we duked it out. They argued we interfered with their rights to free expression! How Stalinist. We argued they were… Read More

Jon Fleischman

Gay GOP Group Endorsements – What Are Their Criteria?

The California Chapter of the Log Cabin Republicans has made their endorsements in GOP primaries for State Legislature, and they are raising some eyebrows…

First and foremost, straight (if I may use that word in a post about gay Republicans) off of the Log Cabin website is this statement under “Why We Exist”

Log Cabin Republicans work to make the Republican Party more inclusive, particularly on gay and lesbian issues. Equality will be impossible to achieve without Republican votes. Working from inside the Party—educating other Republicans about gay and lesbian issues—is the most effective way to gain new Republican allies for equality. Log Cabin also exists as a voice for GOP values among members of the gay andlesbian community.

Great – we get it. And to the credit of California Log Cabin Director James Vaughn, he and his organization are virtual Energizer Bunnies when it comes to pushing the gay and lesbian agenda within the GOP.

So… Read More

Jon Fleischman

Unions Drop $750K Into Perata’s Recall Attempt of Denham

It is well known statewide that the recall attempt currently taking place against State Senator Jeff Denham is political gamesmanship being driven and promoted by lame-duck outgoing Senate President Pro-Tem Don “The Golden Pig” Perata. Why is he so intent on pushing this recall (besides the big bucks allegedly involved for his girlfriend)? Well, can you count to THREE?

1) Perata has sour grapes because Proposition 93 failed, with help from Jeff Denham, and it means Perata has to retire this year. The naked power-grab to weaken term-limits was rejected by California voters.

2) Perata has the maturity of a four-year-old, and Denham has been too often willing to criticize the thin-skinned liberal Senate President.

3) This year’s state budget. Last year, Denham was very high-profile in his leadership within the Senate Republican Caucus in opposing the bloated budget that was being pushed by Governor Schwarzenegger and legislative Democrats.… Read More