Comments on: Rep. Linda Sanchez assaults free speech sensibilities

By: Anna

Anna — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:54:14 +0000

A part time legislature might work in a small state like Vermont, but not in a state like CA. I wish we had some political bosses like the Irish had in the 19th century where they would just round up the Irish immigrants and tell them how to vote.

Too many Latinos are uninformed and voting for morons like Arnold. This part time legislature is an awful idea, and will only make things worse.

By: WhatThe..

WhatThe.. — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:34:12 +0000

Unfortunately, Anna, the voters have no power anymore. The real power is in the lobbyist and unions and the CA legislature are the puppits for those entities. For a part time legislature, I’m neither Republican or Democrat, and feel that the CA legislature should meet solely on important issues of the people and to help mitigate the DemoRepublican corruption that exist between unions and lobbyist. As for the Governor we all know he really has no power and is just a lame duck, the power exist in our corrupt state legislature via the directions of the unions and lobbyist.

By: Anna

Anna — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:17:50 +0000

She’s a US Congresswoman, not a state representative.

As for making the CA legislature part time, that’s another dumb Republican idea designed to strip the voters of power. They want to concentrate power in the Governor because it’s easier to buy off one person than it is to control the whole legislature.

By: WhatThe..

WhatThe.. — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:53:31 +0000

Sounds like the dumbing down of our State Representives. Another good reason why the job of State Representives should be part time, they have to much time on their hands, and many of them lack a real spine enough to engage in real issues such as the corruption of unions raping the State of California etc.

By: Paulette

Paulette — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 03:23:44 +0000

This is the best use of Sanchez’s time?

By: El Cholo

El Cholo — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:29:45 +0000

Bloggers aren’t mentioned specifically in the U.S. Constitution. And not everything taught in school is correct and factual. People, corporations, and other entities spend millions of dollars reinterpreting the first amendment and arguing about it all the way up to the U.S. Supreme Court. This is what makes you such an ugly person. You love shouting so many lies.

By: Anna

Anna — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 01:00:44 +0000

Take a first amendment class. This law does not apply to bloggers who are criticizing members of Congress.

By: El Cholo

El Cholo — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:42:58 +0000

Anna: Political speech is protected…

How do you define written criticism of a public servant as political speech? Are you quoting an Alan Dershowitz legal brief? Then again Dershowitz wouldn’t say something so legally vague. Political speech delivered by politicians in a political context is protected by theory, but it can be easily reinterpreted by any substandard attorney in a under financed law firm. Or are you just babbling again out of the side of your mouth?

Linda Sanchez is really attempting to position herself in an Ivory tower here with this Orwellian attempt to prosecute and jail her critics. Or is that too difficult for you to grasp?

By: Anna

Anna — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:24:58 +0000

No, there isn’t, and how can compare either of them to Bill Clinton who was in a sex scandal with an intern is mind boggling. What’s scary is that you don’t even see how sexist his comments are because sexism is so ingrained in our culture.

It feels like women are losing ground. During the democratic primary we saw virulent sexism on the airwaves, and very few women complained. I can’t turn on the TV without seeing a story of some woman who has been attacked or killed by her husband or boyfriend. Women at two universities have recently been killed/attacked. Hollywood, including Whoopi Goldberg and Debra Winger, rallied around a director who is a rapist and a fugitive. Goldberg said that the rape of a 13 year old wasn’t “rape-rape.” WTF? And there was no outcry. She still has her job on The View.

If Hillary had won maybe there would have been a resurgence of feminism. But now it seems like there is another backlash.

By: webmaster

webmaster — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:52:23 +0000

Anna,

I don’t know how you construe Jammer’s comment as sexist per se. The same could be written about someone like Bill Clinton and his sexual urges or any other male politician with a reputation for extracurricular whoring.

We know that one Sanchez sister likes to play up her sexuality and put it on display, and there is ample evidence of this.