Scare-Letter Tactic Leads to Call for Withdrawal (Cali)

[madmusic]

By Christian Berthelsen, Mai Tran and Christopher Goffard, Times Staff Writer
7:10 PM PDT, October 19, 2006

SANTA ANA, Calif. -- Orange County Republican leaders urged their own congressional candidate to withdraw from the race Thursday after he acknowledged his campaign was involved in sending out a letter intended to scare off Hispanic voters.Tan Nguyen, a Vietnamese immigrant facing an uphill battle against a longtime Democratic incumbent in central Orange County, faced a battery of questions from state attorney general investigators and potential civil and criminal liability for voting rights violations.

With a political firestorm growing just weeks before the Nov. 7 election, Nguyen said Thursday that he had fired the campaign's office manager he claimed produced the letter, but that he had no prior knowledge of it.

But his comments were contradicted by the chairman of Orange County's Republican Party, who said he had been told by the mail house that sent the letter that Nguyen was personally involved in its development.

To some, the episode seemed a jarring reminder of what they call Orange County's history of xenophobia and voter intimidation, an ugly distinction that Republican leaders say they've tried hard to bury.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/politics/socal/la-me-letter20oct20,0,868353.story?coll=la-home-headlines

[Erika]

1. This should land the Gop candidate in jail

for violation of election laws. He purposely alleged immigrants could not legally vote. This from a state who has Ahhnold as the governor.

[kster]

2. KR...nt

[Selatius]

7. Funny, Tan Nguyen's parents or he himself was probably an immigrant

I know because I'm Vietnamese myself, and most Vietnamese in America are either first or second generation Americans.

[Kiouni]

3. i wonder if the Republican

party makes people this way or attracts these people?

[madmusic]

5. Good question, and I have a theory. Wanna hear it?

Tough, here it is anyway. It's the policy of indifference. See, social darwinism means never having to say your sorry, meaning if someone gets beaten down, it's their own damn fault for being weak. Doesn't matter if it's fair or square or if someone cheats like the Rethugs do. It's all the loser's fault.

In the same train of thought we find the worthlessness of social programs. What's the point of they are losers anyway and deserve losing? It will be their fault. And since they are losers who deserve it, it is never wrong to take advantage of nature and help it along.

We have to admit though, this cut throat policy served them well for a long time, but it helps to remember Hitler committed suicide without victory.

Off soapbox now, and thanks for not hanging up on me, if you didn't. :)

[Kiouni]

6. I like your view point

but i would rather lose with integrity and dignity then win with deciet and lies. the political world is not the whole world. if they win there, i will win in life which as the law of causality states will have a greater effect on myself and those around me.

[madmusic]

8. "the political world is not the whole world"

Words worth thinking about. Thanks.

[Nicole]

4. K&R

:kick:

[and-justice-for-all]

9. Repukes get dumber by the minute dont they?! LOL nt