Comments on: Update on California’s 32nd Congressional Race

By: Dante

Dante — Mon, 18 May 2009 14:10:39 +0000

Back to Anna’s original point about not splitting the vote, all the numbers say that this is either going to be Cedillo or Chu. And Cedillo is clearly more committed to Latino issues. It’s not that non-Latinos like Teddy Kennedy can’t also do good work but it’s the job of district voters to put people in congress that represent the district’s interests and over half of this district happens to be Latino.

By: DelToro

DelToro — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 03:09:46 +0000

Anna,

The saddest part in all of this is that with your thinking we will continue to get the same trashy people who care nothing for us. The people most hurt by this naivite are those working hard everyday, casting their votes in the hopes that some guy with the same last name with a cousin from the same town in Vera Cruz as he is looking our for his best interest. Your blindness hurts your own the most.

By: Anna

Anna — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 22:57:51 +0000

I think your tin foil hat is on too tight.

By: Michaelr

Michaelr — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 22:39:54 +0000

If I was as guttural and profane person as you are, I would have done that. The U.S. Attorney’s office has been doing its own investigation. I just simply connected a lot of their dots.

By: Anna

Anna — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 20:37:48 +0000

No, you haven’t. The blogosphere is waiting for your evidence.

By: Michaelr

Michaelr — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 20:12:33 +0000

I’ve already done that.

By: Anna

Anna — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:53:01 +0000

Give names and specific criminal acts otherwise you’re talking out of your pie hole.

By: Michaelr

Michaelr — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:43:06 +0000

Cash…Anna, envelopes of cash for rendering services all circumventing federal, state, and local laws. A lot of your state and federal political deities spend the bulk of their waking hours engaging in this practice, hence their long absences from the legislative and public duties. They are the point men orchestrating downward this cash economy, feeding certain local politicians, certain superior court judges and certain law-enforcement officials. I realize this may be too complicated for your mind to grasp, but if you’re going build a reputable coalition of Latino politicians who have and will rise above the muck, you have only three female Latino politicians you can really rely on. The rest are in essence, criminals.

By: DelToro

DelToro — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:18:18 +0000

Game, set and match. Only latinos can represent latinos. Right Anna? Racism is alive and well. You make more accusations about corrupt politicians than anyone else but none of them are latino. You make accusations of newspapers covering for people but none of them are latino. You do all this with no evidence. Unbelievable.

By: Anna

Anna — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:14:10 +0000

MICHAELR: “the politicians highlighted on a regular basis on this blog are individuals of criminal status, and they would all be in prison if they were not protected by their political status.”

ANNA: Care to provide any proof of that? Just because you believe that some representatives are ineffective, mediocre or even incompetent, it does not make them criminal or corrupt. It’s hard to take anything you say seriously when you make unfounded accusations about people.

As for your contention that I’m a dreamer, I disagree. I know that some of these people are not that great, but I see this as a process. Most of these seats only became available to Latinos in the early 90s, and many of the people already involved in politics were working class people in the UFW and the unions, and they’re the ones who ran for office. That won’t always be the case.

It takes time to build a political foundation and like it or not, we’re still in the early stages. As I said before, I remember when we didn’t have any representation at all.

I think it’s important to hold on to these seats because they were so difficult to win. They used to divide our districts into four or five different districts to prevent us from being able to vote for anybody would represent us.

Don’t forget, Hilda Solis replaced the Marty Martinez. But it’s much more difficult to replace a seat that’s been lost.

If Chu wins, that seat is gone. As of a few weeks ago, she had raised almost 1 million dollars from outside of the district. (I would love to see a list of her donors, but I can’t find one.)

In future elections, she will be bankrolled by the Democratic Party, Emily’s List, and business interests.

I probably won’t convince you Michaelr because I think your issues have little to do with politics. But I hope somebody who lives in that district will read this post and get a clue.