Joanne Neft and Emil John Vodonick. Now, I refer to Emil as the crooked attorney… the Auburn Journal and it’s soft-on-crime editor whitewashed Emil’s $53,000 financial misdeed as “forgetting to pay a fee for a client”. If only Sarah Palin’s daughter was so lucky… I digress as the “businessman”-turned-editor of the Auburn Journal (now there’s something worth focusing on) is also one of Charlie’s Angels as well.

Emil John Vodonick has been quite open in his disdain for both John Doolittle and now for Tom McClintock. He is reported to have told Nevada County GOP volunteers, “I hate McClintock’s guts”. I guess Vodonick has a kindred spirit in Neft.

The amazing thing is that noted liberal Republicans like the Holmes Brothers (Jim, Placer County Supervisor and Auburn Councilmember Mike) are on board with McClintock.

Let’s take a second look at the leader of Republicans for Brown:

Who is Joanne Neft?

Joanne Neft purports to be a lifelong Republican. She is purported to be a close associate of Liberal Republican Supervisor Robert Weygant. (Weygant is staying nice and quiet even though he is rumored to be supporting Montgomery for Supervisor)

Joanne Neft has never given a dime to the Placer County Republican Party in the entire time I have been involved with it. (She may have bought a ticket to one Lincoln Day dinner)

Neft wrote Liberal Democrat Jennifer Montgomery a $1500 check, as reported on Montgomery’s 6/30 form 460.

Neft wrote Charlie Brown a check for $1,627 in 2006.

Now Republican Joanne Neft is up to her old tricks. After supporting and lending her name to the attempted recall of two Republican members of Sierra College’s Board of Trustees – she is a “leader” in the Save Sierra College effort to elect Liberal Democrat activists + “Emil the Lawyer” to that board.

In 2002, Neft was part of the Placer County Republican Congress slate of Liberal Republicans that formed to attempt the takeover of the Central Committee. They were also active in supporting John Doolittle’s primary opponent, Bill Kirby. This was pre-Abramoff – Doolittle won with 78% of the vote.

Neft is involved with the Sierra Club and like organizations.

In 2002, Neft authored the John Doolittle coloring book – that may have been a violation of Campaign Finance Laws, but nevertheless was replete with attacks against John for supporting Hunters, Gun Rights, Development and Tax Cuts.

In 2006, Neft was part of Now-Democrat former Congressman Pete McCloskey’s effort to weaken John Doolittle in the primary called “Revolt of the Elders”. Again, their mailer was replete with Environmentalist attacks.

Neft has never endorsed or supported Bruce Kranz, she supported Liberal Democrat Rex Bloomfield.

Neft has never endorsed or supported Ted Gaines in the time I have been active.

Neft is a fraud, Vodonick is a fraud. The only thing that could round out Charlie’s Angels properly is a Communist.

The Crooked Attorney
The Disgruntled General
The Surrender / Gay Rights Activist
The Congresswoman who buys stock, then votes to subsidize that company
The Drug Dealer
The RINO’s
The Luddites
... who’s next?

“Sure I could have joined the NRA or given up my ACLU membership. It may have appealed to some people here but that’s not who I am.” – Charlie Brown from a Blue America interview before getting endorsed again for 2008 election cycle.

Here we go again. McCain’s moderate political views are showing up again, and not too soon. Only 5 days until the RNC Convention and McCain is already showing his true colors. For those of us on the Conservative side of the GOP isle, we knew this all along. The RNC caved on some very important issues so that McCain can feel comfortable with the platform. What about those of us who like the platform and are in this party because of it? If McCain doesn’t like the party platform than I suggest McCain find a different party. I’m not quite sure why he’s a Republican anyway. First George W. Bush let’s the Neocons take over the party and now McCain has pulled the GOP all the way to the middle of the isle. Just as the Democratic Party left many blue collar, pro-American voters over the past 40 year, I feel the GOP is leaving, or has left, many of us Conservatives out in the cold. I may have to find a new party.

“Republicans are putting John McCain’s campaign priorities above some of their pet issues, including drilling for oil in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and denying citizenship to the U.S.-born children of illegal immigrants.

“The panel turned back a move to deny citizenship to U.S.-born children of illegal immigrants.”

“The platform acknowledges a human role in increased carbon emissions…”

“Committee member Trey Grayson of Kentucky called the document “the greenest platform we’ve ever had.”

Wow, I feel like this is the Democrat platform. I think my party has left me already…

Full article

This was posted by PCRA Member Mark Klang on his own blog and is re-posted here.

Conservative Betrayed Blog

Lets set the players:

Senator Barack Obama – Liberal Democrat and the Democratic Presidential Nominee.

Rocklin School Board

Greg Daley – Registered Republican but votes as a Democrat.

Steve Paul – Registered Republican but votes as a Democrat.

Todd Lowell – Registered Republican but votes as a Democrat.

Wendy Lang – Registered Decline to State but votes as a Democrat.

Camille Maben – Registered Democrat and votes as a liberal Democrat.

The Rocklin School Board has a majority of registered Republicans but they have more in common with Senator Obama on education.

Senator Obama does not believe in school choice. He does not support charter schools. The teacher’s union supports him. Senator Obama believes that the teacher’s union knows what is best for your children. Obama and the teacher’s union believe they are smarter than you when it comes to educating your children. This is exactly how the Rocklin School Board thinks. The President of the Rocklin School Board, the uneducated Steve Paul, will tell you he knows what is best for your children. He thinks he is smarter than every parent in Rocklin. Over the last 2 elections, the teacher’s union has donated over $20,000 to the current members of the Rocklin School Board. The teacher’s union does not donate money to school boards to represent your children. They donate money to school boards to push their liberal agenda.

While most of RUSD schools do a good job, some parents still want the choice of which school they want their children to attend. Some parents prefer to send their children to a school outside of Rocklin. If a parent wants to send their child to a school outside Rocklin, they must get permission from the Rocklin School Board. That is called an inter-district transfer. Approximately 2 years ago I attended a school board meeting when a mother got up in front of the Rocklin School Board requesting that her daughter be able to attend a school in Roseville. The mother was nearly in tears because that night the Rocklin School Board did not approve her transfer. Greg Daley told the mother “we are bound by our own rules.” I would like to inform Mr. Daley that he and the other board members came up with those rules. How does Mr. Daley and the other board members know which school was better for that mother’s daughter? THEY DO NOT.

Today, the RUSD conducts inter-district transfer appeals in closed session. They are afraid to let the public know what is really going on. During their July 16th meeting they turned down an inter-district transfer request. We will never know why because they are hiding behind their closed session policies. I would assume they told the parents, do not worry, we know what is best for your children.

The Rocklin School Board does not support charter schools. Their comments at the public hearing last month, regarding the Western Sierra Collegiate Academy’s second attempt for a charter, demonstrated that they think they are smarter than you when it comes to educating your children. Support for the charter comes from both Republican and Democratic leaders. Congressional candidates Tom McClintock and Charlie Brown support the charter. Assemblyman Ted Gaines supports the charter. It is a shame the Rocklin School Board and the Rocklin City Council opposes school choice. Not one member of the Rocklin City Council would stand up for school choice. Let’s not forget that Councilman Scott Yuill is an advisor to the Western Sierra Collegiate Academy. If you ever wanted to see an example of an empty suit, Mr. Yuill is it. How could anyone with any type of character volunteer to be an advisor to the charter but never speak up in public to show his support?

Note to the Western Sierra Collegiate Academy, you are losing credibility by keeping Mr. Yuill on your advisory committee. I would like to see the Western Sierra Collegiate Academy show some backbone and dump this resume builder.

Camille Maben, and Greg Daley have pulled their papers to run for re-election this November. I recommend you attend a school board meeting between before November. Ask these 2 board members if they know the names of your children. One must assume they would know their names because they will tell you they know what is best for them. During the 2006 election these 2 board members accepted money from the teacher’s union. Ask them if they support the union, or support your children. By their votes on the board, they march to the tune of the teacher’s union.

Mark Klang
Conservative Republican

It seems as though our conservative African American friends are more racist than they are loyal to their own political ideaology.

“Black conservative talk show host Armstrong Williams has never voted for a Democrat for president. That could change this year with Barack Obama as the Democratic Party’s nominee.”

“Among black conservatives,” Williams said, “they tell me privately, it would be very hard to vote against him in November.”

“J.C. Watts, a former Oklahoma congressman who once was part of the GOP House leadership, said he’s thinking of voting for Obama. Watts said he’s still a Republican, but he criticizes his party for neglecting the black community. Black Republicans, he said, have to concede that while they might not agree with Democrats on issues, at least that party reaches out to them.”

“Likewise, retired Gen. Colin Powell, who became the country’s first black secretary of state under President George W. Bush, said both candidates are qualified and that he will not necessarily vote for the Republican.”

I guess it’s more about race than doing the right thing. Very sad. Just another thing that’s wrong with politics and our GOP leadership.

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Mike Holmes is an Auburn City Council Member who does not like John Doolittle very much.

He likes Doolittle so much that he ran against him twice in the primary. In 2006 – he was effectively Pete McCloskey’s shill for Charlie Brown. Holmes was part of a strategy to take down Pombo and Doolittle.

After Pombo lost, McCloskey re-registered Democrat and has been out campaigning with Brown.

Mike Holmes, for his part has been busy. He refused to endorse John Doolittle after losing in the 2006 primary. Ted Gaines confronted him in front of the Placer GOP committee about that very issue and he refused.

Mike Holmes has also been very unifying in his comments about the Placer GOP Central Committee. READ THIS POST for more on Mike’s classy comments in the Auburn Journal.

Now Holmes is repeating his old tricks in 2008.

Holmes reportedly called Tom McClintock and when McClintock extended pleasantries – Holmes declared, “I haven’t endorsed you yet!”

Apparently, Holmes overestimates his importance – or he really is a Democrat who is registered Republican out of convenience.

Holmes has espoused Pro-Choice, Anti-Growth, Pro-Gay Marriage positions in the past. He opposes the Auburn Dam and endorses only Liberal Candidates when he does endorse.

Holmes should be held accountable for his behavior. Maybe it will start when he takes his seat on the Central Committee in 2009.

Doug Ose’s obsession with Per Diem and Residency has hit a new low. Obviously, his Consultant, McNerney-Temple has some sort of polling data that shows the attacks are working.

The newest advertisement has a bunch of actors speaking in Scottish accents apparently lampooning Tom McClintock as some sort of king. They bring up the $300K in Per Diem again… I wonder where Ose’s ads about his $604,000 in Farm Subsidies are.

While people are starving in thrid-world countries, Ose took money not to grow rice (amongst other things), and sat on the committee that authorized that expenditure of our money.

All those attack advertisements must be really expensive, since Ose is going to his bench looking for some assistance. The Ose Titanic has apparently hit the proverbial ICE-berg and is taking on Water.

As posted last week – Tonight, Ose’s all-stars gather for a fundraiser (In downtown Sac, out of the district btw), and in case you forgot – look at the lineup:

Larry and Marjorie Booth – SACRAMENTO, CA 95864 – Both Democrats
Marcy and Mort Friedman – CARMICHAEL, CA 95608 – Both Democrats
Marjorie and Mark Friedman – SACRAMENTO, CA 95864 – Dem and Ind
Marlene and Steve Gidaro – SACRAMENTO, CA 95864 – Dem and Rep
Maggie Abrate and Thomas Griffin – Both Democrats
Sandra and Clarke Rosa – GRANITE BAY, CA 95746 – Dem and Rep

Please note that while Ose is crying about McClintock’s out-of-district donors, 10 of the above 12 are out of district.

It makes me wonder if Ose has run out of Republican Donors!

I think the voters are going to perform a partial-birth abortion of Ose’s return to Congress.

Doug Ose – Republican Team Player…

Exposing the “Main Street” Republicans

By Michelle Malkin • November 28, 2005 12:12 PM

The “Main Street” Republicans, who I criticized earlier this month for sabotaging conservative House efforts to open up ANWR for drilling, have sent a letter accusing me of “libelous statements.” I’ve uploaded the letter from Danielle Graham, counsel for the Republican Main Street Partnership, here. (As you’ll see from the letter, it appears there are no spell checkers on “Main Street.”)
This baseless legal threat is useful because it helps further illuminate the relationship between George Soros, the Republican Main Street Partnership, and the Main Street Individual Fund–as well as the Center for Responsive Politics, which runs the website “Open Secrets.”

As you’ll recall, I linked to the Open Secrets website on Nov. 10 after a reader pointed to a $50,000 donation listed there from George Soros to the Main Street Individual Fund, 2004 Election Cycle. Forgive me for spelling out the painfully obvious, but anyone who clicked on the link that I provided saw that I was pointing to the Soros donation to the Main Street Individual Fund, which funds “Main Street” moderate Republicans, as well as to the Center’s statement connecting MSIF with the Republican Main Street Partnership:

Ms. Graham mistakenly believes that I asserted Soros gave the donation to the RMSP. Not true, but more on the connections in a moment.

In a not-so-open move, the Open Secrets website completely deleted the 2004 Soros donation from the entry sometime between Nov. 10 and Nov. 16, 2005, when a reader of this blog received the following e-mail from Center for
Responsive Politics researcher Dan Auble regarding the relationship between the Republican Main Street Partnership and the Main Street Individual Fund:

From: Dan Auble

Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 09:19:38 -0500

Subject: Re: Republican Main Street

The Center continues to believe that the groups are linked, based on the fact that Sarah Chamberlain Resnick is the Treasurer or Custodian for each, as well as on numerous news reports.

According to IRS records the Main Street Individual Fund did receive a contribution from George Soros in April of 2004 that was promptly returned to him within a week. We have changed our web page to reflect this fact.

Thank you for bringing this to our attention and feel free to contact us with any further concerns.

Daniel Auble
Researcher
Center for Responsive Politics

I called Auble to ask why no public explanation or notation appears on the webpage to explain the removal of the 2004 Soros donation listing. He has not responded. In the meantime, Ms. Graham, the counsel for the Republican Main Street Partnership, disingenuously accuses me of linking to a webpage that “does not even mention Mr. Soros.” Well, yes, the mention is now gone. It has even been wiped out of the Google cached page. But contrary to the letter’s insinuation, it was there when I linked to it and it’s still visible elsewhere.

I will await further public explanation from Mr. Auble and am amending my past post in the meantime to clarify the return of the 2004 Soros donation from the MSIF. I’ll also add any new information should the Center for Responsive Politics publicly acknowledge any error and openly explain the deletion of info on Soros’ donations.

The Center for Responsive Politics, you should know, is itself the recipient of a $75,000 grant from one of George Soros’s foundations, the Open Society Institute.

Although the 2004 donation was returned, another $50,000 donation from Soros to the Main Street Individual Fund apparently was not. As Jim Geraghty among others reported last year, Soros donated $50,000 to MSIF shortly after its founding in late 2002. Main Street Individual Fund spokeswoman Sarah Chamberlain Resnick told Geraghty:
“We had no idea he was going to go after Bush,” she said. “Since then, he has offered additional donations, but we have turned them down because we are Republicans first.”
Geraghty’s response to Resnick’s cluelessness defense:
Apparently the moderate Republicans on the Main Street board missed Soros’s April 8, 2002, speech at the University of Pennsylvania where he said, “If we assess the foreign-policy accomplishments of the Bush administration since Sept. 11, the scorecard is quite dismal.”

“There are some people in the Bush administration who have the same mentality as Arafat or Sharon,” Soros said. “I can name names, like Ashcroft, Cheney, and Rumsfeld, although that is considered impolite…. [T]he war on terrorism cannot be won by waging war. We must, of course, protect our security; but we must also correct the grievances on which terrorism feeds.”

MSIF kept Soros’s donation.

“We thought it might be a bigger story if they returned it,” Resnick said. “It’s, by comparison, only a little bit of money, and we might as well get some Republicans help with that money.”

Ms. Graham, counsel for the RMSP, denies any affiliation at all between the group and the MSIF. The Main Street Individual Fund, Ms. Graham writes, “is NOT the same as the RMSP, nor is it affiliated with or controlled by RMSP. To state otherwise is false, misleading to the public, and damaging to RMSP’s repuation.”

There is no official affiliation, but the unofficial ties and tentacles are extensive–and Soros’ fingerprints are indelible. Resnick has served as an officer in both organizations, as the Center for Responsive Politics has reported. Despite its stealthy deletion of the 2004 Soros donation, the Center’s Open Secrets website stands by its reporting on the connection between RMSP and the Main Street Individual Fund. John Machacek of Gannett investigated the ties further on 3/28/04. A few key excerpts:

A group supporting moderate Republicans, led by New York Rep. Amo Houghton, has pocketed $50,000 from George Soros — one of President Bush’s harshest critics — even as the GOP tries to stop the liberal billionaire from helping Democratic-leaning groups pay for anti-Bush ads.

The Soros connection has put Houghton on the spot at home. Conservative Mark Assini, a Rochester-area county
legislator hoping to challenge the veteran congressman in a GOP primary this fall, accuses Houghton of betraying Bush and the Republican Party by “partnering” with Soros.

But there are also questions about whether groups such as the Republican Main Street Partnership, the organization that Houghton helped establish and now finances, should use different entities to raise “soft money,” unlimited amounts of unregulated cash from corporations, labor unions and wealthy individuals like Soros.

Another issue is whether these fund-raising entities create an appearance that federal lawmakers are illegally raising soft money to help elect candidates.

“There is always that worry,” Houghton said in an interview.

The Corning-based Republican, who will announce in April whether to seek an 10th term, said he asked Soros last year before his attacks on Bush to support the Partnership. But Houghton said he wasn’t aware that any of Soros’ money had ended up in an independent soft money account.

“George Soros is a very controversial person … and I don’t like what he is doing against Bush,” Houghton said.

“As far as his contribution to Main Street goes, anything he can do to help Republicans is fine, too. It’s not a lot of money and, frankly, we haven’t asked for a lot of money from people.”

The new campaign finance law bars members of Congress and political parties from raising soft money, but exempts independent political organizations from that restriction.
Such a loophole has enabled activists in both parties to create a new set of groups, known as 527s, to raise and spend soft money for campaign advertising and voter turnout drives. The groups derive their name from the section of the tax code that gives them tax-exempt status.

To comply with the law, the Partnership abolished its original 527 controlled by members of Congress and dumped about $178,000 of remaining funds in late 2002 into new independent soft money entities.

They are the Main Street Fund, which solicits groups, unions and businesses for donations, and the Main Street Individual Fund, which raises money from wealthy individuals aimed at helping specific candidates.
The two funds are legally independent from the Partnership’s board of directors.

By the end of last year, the two funds had raised a combined $562,389 in soft money from donors that included a few New York investment bankers, high-tech CEOs, groups such as the National Education Association and Soros. Houghton also contributed $25,000.

Although Houghton and the other members of Congress don’t control the Main Street groups, their mere presence on the Partnership’s board of directors could create an appearance of soliciting soft money, say some campaign finance experts.

…[Former FEC official Larry] Noble said contributors blur the lines of the committees’ legal structures.

“It clearly raises the issue of whether or not it is putting federal officeholders back in the business of at least appearing like they are soliciting soft money,” he said. “The real question is whether or not their names are being thrown around in the solicitation of soft money.”
Main Street connections

The two Main Street funds and the Partnership’s board of directors use the same staff and have the same lawyer, former FEC chairman Trevor Potter.

The Partnership’s former chairman, former Maine governor and congressman John “Jock” McKernan Jr., also was chairman and a director of the two Main Street soft-money funds. Business commitments forced him to step down from his fund activities late last year, Partnership officials said.
But McKernan was still listed as a consultant “exercising control” over the Main Street Individual Fund, according to a fund-raising report it filed with the FEC in February. Some of the soft-money donors in that report also contributed to the Partnership’s original, now-defunct 527 operation.

McKernan’s wife, Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, remains on the Partnership’s board along with Houghton. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine and Reps. Mike Castle of Delaware, Tom Davis of Virginia, Doug Ose of California and Fred Upton of Michigan also serve on the board.

Other current directors of the two Main Street Funds are Sarah Chamberlain Resnick, the Partnership’s executive director, and Bob Duke, previously a Partnership consultant. Resnick says she works on her own time as a paid “custodian of records and contact person” for the two Main Street Funds.

Resnick said the members of Congress on the Partnership’s board do not make fund-raising decisions for the two Main Street funds…

…Soros gave $50,000 to the Main Street Individual Fund in April 2002…Resnick said Soros also offered a “seven-figure contribution” to the policy side of the Republican Main Street Partnership, which promotes the “moderate Republican agenda.”

But she said the Partnership board “didn’t care for any of
his money at that point…”

The “Main Street” lawyer claims that an informational link on this little blog is “damaging to RMSP’s reputation.” No. “Main Street” Republican stunts like the anti-ANWR drilling vote are the real reputation killers.

“Conservative” Republican Doug Ose has spent a ton of money promoting his endorsements. His supporters have also talked about Ose being a Team Player.

When I posted the MainStreet Partnership Letter on Monday – I did so without too much commentary, looking to see what kind of reaction it got. Pretty much everyone missed the fact that is used the word “Moderate” five times. Now, Ose is campaigning, calling himself a “Conservative”.

The significance of the MainStreet Partnership Letter is that it shows that Doug Ose was proud to be a Moderate in 2003 and was campaigning against Conservatives the entire time he was in office. Now he wants to become one long enough to fool enough voters into voting for him as a Conservative.

Next Week – Doug Ose’s All-Star Team are assembling at the Hyatt for a Fundraiser with Governor Pete Wilson. During the recent debate – Ose referred to Pete Wilson as a Conserative, which drew laughter from the audience.

Ose’s All-Star Team are those whose names appear on the invitation to the $500 a person fundriaser. (Apparently, all those character assassination advertisements are quite expensive.)

Michael Applegate – FOLSOM, CA 95630 – Democrat
Larry and Marjorie Booth – SACRAMENTO, CA 95864 – Both Democrats
Marcy and Mort Friedman – CARMICHAEL, CA 95608 – Both Democrats
Marjorie and Mark Friedman – SACRAMENTO, CA 95864 – Dem and Ind
Marlene and Steve Gidaro – SACRAMENTO, CA 95864 – Dem and Rep
Maggie Abrate and Thomas Griffin – Both Democrats
Sandra and Clarke Rosa – GRANITE BAY, CA 95746 – Dem and Rep

Not Bad – 10 Democrats, one Independent and 2 Republicans. This seems awfully similar to the house/cabana where Ose is registered.

If we add the Schuberts and Flints to the list – Republicans are still outnumbered. Is this Ose’s definition of being a team player?

There is a reason why the MainStreet Partnership is significant coupled with Ose’s own behavior. The RMSP has always had an affinity for working with Democrats over Republicans and the fact that Ose would have an All-Star team made up of Democrats for a fundraiser shows you where he is running in this race – to the left.

Let’s conclude this by taking a look at Mort Friedman -

$2300 to Doris Matsui 6/15/2007
$2147 to Carl Levin 6/18/2007
$750 to Nanci Pelosi 12/3/2007
$500 to John Kerry 8/1/2007
$500 to Jay Rockefeller 10/9/2007
He was also on the list for Phil Angelides and others locally.

Given Ose’s proclivity to give money to Democrats running for local office – looks like a good fit. In a Republican Primary, this should be sufficient cause for alarm.

Doug Ose is running a double-minded campaign, mailers and public communication says “Conservative”, his history and actions state otherwise.

Ted Terbolizard really blew Doug Ose up.

As many of you know – Ose has 4X8 signs out proclaiming himself to be a tax-fighter.

Ted Terbolizard sums up Ose’s stellar record on taxes in a 45-second You Tube video.

Check it out here

Can you feel the Ose momentum baby!?

According to an article in the Red Bluff Daily Newspaper – Charles Schaupp has caught Jim Nielsen Red-Handed…

The Article

Excerpt:

“His brother-in-law and sister-in-law had 10 acres and a “modular home” in which they lived in Gerber, he said. The property was divided into two five-acre parcels, and the couple decided to sell one parcel. Nielsen said he and his wife bought the parcel with the residence for a second home.

He said his relatives continue to live in the modular home while another house is being built for them on the other parcel. When that home is finished, Nielsen said he and his wife will move into the modular home. They expect to keep their home in Woodland and use it when the Legislature is in session, if he is elected, he said.”

First off – Nielsen is going to live in a trailer home…

Secondly, Nielsen is tied at the hip to Doug Ose. Nielsen should have listened to Ose… because Ose is hinging his campaign on the residency issue of McClintock (while Ose himself lives in Sacramento).

But – it gets worse for Nielsen, and we have not even gotten to his votes to send our water to So Cal and his pro-choice record…

Excerpt:

Apparently, the matter wasn’t an issue until the Pioneer Press, a weekly, did a story in its edition that hit news racks on Monday. The story tells how representatives of the paper went to the modular home Nielsen owns in Gerber and were told by a resident the candidate didn’t live there. (OOPS!)

Schaupp said he wants an official investigation into the matter. He said he’ll ask the Tehama County Grand Jury to find out who is to blame for Nielsen’s declaration of candidacy being accepted in Tehama County when he’s not a resident of the district.

This is an embarassment for LaMalfa and Johnson-Clark

Not Hardly – the dirty little secret is all that money Ose supposedly has comes with strings attached to it. (Recently, the Ose’s land just took a major drop in value with the Sacramento River levees getting downgraded by FEMA. More on that, later)

The Ose money has an interesting way of finding itself in the campaign accounts of Democrats running for office in the area. That isn’t so bad – because occasionally many Republican officeholders have had a few Democrats that they liked to help out as well.

With Ose, his membership in the MainStreet Partnership – an organization dedicated to attacking other Republicans in the primary for being Conservative and Pro-Family – gives you cause for concern. This gets even more concerning when you realize that Ose has given money to Democrat opponents of Republicans running for office.

This is a step worse than voting for a bad campaign finance law that protects your own interest while you were an incumbent. (Ironically, that law is going to screw Ose over trying to raise money to compete with McClintock)

I have blogged in the past that the MainStreet Partnership spent almost $200,000 assassinating the Character of Chuck DeVore (an assemblyman from Orange County), and MainStreet Partnership leader Christine Todd Whitman chose to support Jim McGreevey over Republican nominee Brett Schundler (in NJ gov race) almost exclusively over the Abortion issue.

When local Conservative activist Craig DeLuz, a long time resident of the Del Paso Heights / Robla area ran for City Council, Ose gave money to Sandy Sheedy. Sheedy lives in an exclusive neighborhood and has done nothing for Sacramento at all… other then keeping labor union bosses happy.

Did Ose support Sheedy because Craig is a Conservative? Why didn’t Ose stay out? Why has Ose consistently given money to entrenched liberals in office in this area against Republican challengers?

Back in 1998, when Ose was running for his seat in Congress, Ken Payne (known to local Placer GOP Central Committee / Sacramento Central Committee types) was on the ballot against Bob Matsui. Doug Ose refused to allow Ken Payne to have his picture taken with him – because the Matsui family and the Ose family are friends.

This underscores the choice for the 4th Congressional district – someone (Ose) who is in deep with local Democrats with a horrid voting record… or a true Republican (Rico Oller / Tom McClintock) that supports Republicans for office.

Look at Rico Oller’s legacy – Rick Keene / Sam Aanestad / Dan Logue / Craig DeLuz / founding the Placer CRA / of promoting the Republican team / raising money for county central committees. You can say the same about McClintock’s GOP legacy – then compare that to the Democrats Doug Ose supports and the Republicans he attacks…

Now, start asking why those supporting Ose are holding on for dear life in the face of Tom McClintock and his 60% poll numbers coming into the race. There is more going on here with local government support of Ose than meets the eye on the surface.

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It is apparent to all — Washington is broken. Politicians get elected and stay for 20, 30 even 40 years. Like a stagnant pond, there are no new ideas, direction or vision. Washington politicians are often more concerned with getting re-elected than why they should be re-elected.

When 18-year incumbent Congressman John Doolittle announced his retirement, there was hope that new ideas might come from the new representative of the 4th Congressional District. Newbie Air Force Major Eric Egland was in and former state Sen. Rico Oller jumped in.

Then former Sacramento Congressman Doug Ose found his way to Auburn to announce he was also in the race. Ose, from the neighboring 3rd Congressional District, served from 1999 to 2004, and then retired, honoring his promise to only serve in Congress for six years.

Evidently there is no cure once bit by the Washington Beltway Bug. Ose saw Doolittle’s retirement as his ticket back to Washington; his pledge to only serve six years was thrown out. No problem, though, no one really expects politicians to keep their promises or tell the truth.

At the announcement, a reporter asked him the rather surreal question of whether he would give a term limit promise. Former Congressman Ose, already intending to break his promise, answered simply, “No.” We should not be surprised. In hindsight, Ose really left his heart in Washington. He never closed his campaign account, keeping almost one-half million dollars in reserve to aid him in his return.

So, what should the 4th Congressional District expect from former Congressman Ose, the sequel, if he were elected? Well, remember that in 2006 the Republican Congress received a major “thumping” in large part due to their spending addiction. In fact, discretionary domestic spending — excluding defense and the war on terror — increased faster under Republican control than under any Democrat since LBJ. Ose was one of the big spenders. For example, with Medicare already heading for bankruptcy, the Republicans, along with confirmed big spender Ose, passed the largest expansion of the federal government since the Great Society — the budget busting Medicare Prescription Drug Bill (HR 1, Roll Call Vote No. 669, Nov. 22, 2003).

Ose also voted for a plethora of other irresponsible and wasteful spending, such as grants for studies on “Mood Arousal and Sexual Risk Taking,” “Sexual Habits of Older Men,” “San Francisco’s Asian Prostitutes/Masseuses,” “American Indian Transgender Research” and “Child Health and Human Development Study on Pandas” (HR 2660, Roll Call Vote No. 352, July 10, 2003), all paid for courtesy of the Placer County taxpayers.

But it does not stop there. Remember that big spending also requires big taxes and that is why Ose took pro-tax positions, such as support for taxing the Internet by opposing the permanent extension of the Internet Tax Moratorium HR 3709 (Roll Call vote No. 155, May 10, 2000).

Ose also voted for what was nicknamed the “incumbent protection plan,” the McCain-Feingold bill (HR 2356, Feb. 14, 2002, Roll Call vote No. 34). Will he protect our private property rights? Ose voted against an amendment that prohibited the National Coast Guard Museum from being located on any property that has been taken from an unwilling seller through eminent domain. (HR 2443, Roll Call Vote No. 604, Nov. 5, 2003). Ose voted for HR 1885, the Illegal Immigration Residency Extension (Roll Call Vote No. 53). The word “illegal” seemed to be lost on former Congressman Ose.

Ose was only one of 11 Republicans to vote against HR 4663, the Budget Enforcement — Federal Sunset Commission (Roll Call No. 305, June 24, 2004) that would have established a commission to review all federal agencies for their efficiency, effectiveness, redundancy and need. This commission would have helped eliminate government waste, and Ose opposed it.

While in Washington, Ose was not part of the solution, but rather part of the big government-spending problem. In the 107th Congress alone he sponsored 37 bills to increase spending by $46.7 billion.

Washington is full of big spenders piling debt upon our kids and our kid’s kids. Voters in Placer County should help former Congressman Ose keep his term limit pledge and look to candidates who have not been indoctrinated into the Beltway big-spending, know-it-all mentality.

It is time to clean house and get rid of the old dead wood. It is time for a new beginning with new ideas. Candidates such as Major Eric Egland, Rico Oller, and now rumored Tom McClintock are such candidates with new ideas, untainted by the Beltway. They are the kind of candidates we need representing us, not retreads who serve only their own interests.

Ken Campbell is the former chairman of the Placer County Republican Party.

According to Ken Campbell moments ago:

Reminiscent of the old Soviet Union who sent KGB to dispatch the opposition, Doug Ose sent spokesman Doug Elmets to the Auburn Journal to squelch opposition.

A column that simply laid out Ose’s voting record was to run last Sunday in the Journal. Even though Ose had no idea what was contained in the column, he sent Elmets to threaten the Journal.

The column was already on the page ready to print, but the Journal correctly pulled the column to verify the facts. This week the Journal researched the column and found it to be 100% factual. On Thursday, the Journal made the decision to run the column. Barring any other attempt to censor the press, the column should run this Sunday.

On Sunday morning log on to www.auburnjournal.com, go to guest column, to see what Ose doesn’t want you to see.

This should scare anyone who loves freedom; giving an ominous foreshadowing of the censorship of opposition and heavy-handedness of an Ose reign, should he be elected.

UPDATE-
Today, my own letter to the editor, submitted last weekend was run: LETTER

The New York Times lands a bombshell on McCain today. Interesting to note they’ve sat on this story for quite some time and decided to release this after McCain has pretty much wrapped up the GOP Presidential Nomination. This is what conservatives have been saying all along, McCain is not the guy we want representing our party or in the White House. Anyone now doubt the liberal media bias?

New York Time article

From that rag: “A female lobbyist had been turning up with him at fund-raisers, visiting his offices and accompanying him on a client’s corporate jet. Convinced the relationship had become romantic, some of his top advisers intervened to protect the candidate from himself — instructing staff members to block the woman’s access, privately warning her away and repeatedly confronting him, several people involved in the campaign said on the condition of anonymity.”

Yup – Doug Ose is spending advertising money to establish himself as the Candidate of ethics…

He is running advertisements that can easily be construed as an attack on our soon to be former Congressman…

John Doolittle has never been charged – but Ose, since it is convenient for him to do so has latched onto the campaign of his idealogical brother Charlie Brown and is saddling up the ethics train.

Doug has deployed his staffers onto this blog to make anonymous comments that are anything but ethical – so far they have called two respected Republican organizations liars, leveled ad-hominyms against this blogger and Dr. Campbell and one anon commenter is obsessed with repeating the content of an Ose mailer against Rico in 2004.

Here’s the first problem for Doug Ose – he is a McCain delegate in district 3! Yes – Ose is from Yolo County and has decided to move up here – but if he does, McCain loses a delegate. (not like it matters to McCain now – he just has to figure out how not to get his tail whipped by Obama)

Anytime Ose claims a local connection to Placer County… the response should be local as in 40 miles away from the district border.

Anytime Ose tries to point his smear campaign at Rico’s residency – see also Rico’s businesses or 8 years as a legislator representing this County. Compared to Egland or Ose – Rico has a rock-solid connection to the 4th Congressional District.

So when the high-minded Pete Wilson moonbats on Ose’s staff start nitpicking the residency issue – ask them what Ose is going to do with his RNC delegate badge?

Maybe Ose should go up to Placerville to get some Lumber from Rico’s shop up there – Ose is going to need a warehouse to store all the information on his “Republican” record.

Welcome to the Rico resurrection Doug Ose, better extend that buy on KFBK a little longer…

This is going to be fun, Ose, right out of the gate, starts lying. Ose has taken pro-tax positions such as voting against the Internet Tax Moratorium HR 3709 (5/10/2000, Roll Call Vote #155). He has consistently voted for bigger government including the Medicare Prescription Drug Bill HR 1 (11/22/03, Roll Call Vote #669). He consistently voted against the conservative Republican Study Club budgets that slow growth of government and he consistently voted for the Democrat budget that expands government.

The securing the boarders is a flip-flop. He voted for the Illegal Immigration Residency Extension HR 1885 (Roll Call # 53). Apparently Doug doesn’t know what “illegal” means.

Ose’s record is so left of center; this will be a great educational experience for Placer. Just an example of his bizarre voting record is his willingness to give the UN money with out any stipulation on reform. He voted to give the UN money for their program where they go into a poor area, and instead of giving the people food, the UN gives condoms. Ose could not bring himself to vote to give no funding to the UN International Criminal Court that can place our US troops under criminal charges from dictators that run the UN. In other words he is giving our sovereignty to the UN.

People in Placer have never been exposed to a lefty like this… like I said it will be a huge educational experience. And everytime Ose lies, he needs to have his voting record waved in front of his face.

I have been told that some well-known Liberal Republicans are pulling papers for Placer GOP Central Committee.

My main gripe with Doug Ose is his affiliation with the Republican MainStreet Partnership. The MainStreet Partnership is a pseudo-Democrat group whose express purpose it is to attack Conservatives.

Ose was responsible in part in the past for enabling a Moderate takeover of the Sacramento and Yolo County Central Committee. I have more information about Doug Ose and Central Committees, but that will be disseminated at a later time.

Correction – Mark Pruner, Chairman of Yolo County was erroneously attached the latest effort to “yank the plank”. Pruner contacted this blogger and stated, “I am 100% behind keeping the GOP Platform Pro-Life”. This blogger agrees and apologizes for the error.

Now that prominent Placer Liberals are starting to pull papers in 2008, you have to wonder if team Ose is picking up right where they left off in Sacramento and Yolo County.

Ose is about as appropriate for the 4th CD as Jerry Fallwell is for Nancy Pelosi’s Congressional District.

I will give you some clues as to the first name in the Ose Republicans for Placer GOP Central Committee sweepstakes:

The person whose name came up the most is someone who ran against John Doolittle in the primary in a past election cycle… another hint, he sits on a City Council… still stumped, he is on Doug Ose’s endorsement list, too.

Those of us in the CRA know about Ose’s behavior in the past – including signing his name to mailers calling Christians “Religious Extremists”.

As a side note – I have offered to meet face-to-face with Doug to ask him direct questions. I am a stand-up guy, and I am looking forward to it if Doug is able to take that meeting.

This is an excerpt from this AP story

Note also that the MSM puts in the headlines that Clinton is loaning herself money… things that make you go hmmm…

Huckabee scored a series of Southern victories on Super Tuesday and has said he will stay in the race until someone has enough delegates to clinch the nomination.

Interviewed on CBS, Huckabee sidestepped when asked whether he might be an irresistible vice presidential running mate on a ticket headed by McCain. “I still want to be the irresistible choice to be the president,” he said.

McCain wasn’t talking on that subject, but the vote totals and exit polls made it abundantly clear that he was weak where the former Arkansas governor was strong — in appealing to evangelical conservatives in the Bible Belt.

A Louisiana primary and caucuses in Kansas on Saturday offer an inviting target for Huckabee, who has demonstrated a strong appeal to social conservatives.

McCain didn’t say so, but there is ample evidence he is pleased to have Huckabee in the race. In state after state, Huckabee has divided the anti-McCain vote with Romney, preventing the former Massachusetts governor from emerging as a more serious threat.

On Tuesday, McCain’s delegates at the West Virginia convention swung over to support Huckabee at the last minute in a successful maneuver designed to deprive Romney of a victory.

When the MSM lets the cat out of the bag about their dearest McCain… you know that they are starting to turn on him now that he is the definitive front-runner. It also proves that the left agrees with all those Right-Wing talk show hosts – collusion between Huck and McCain.

A good article about how McCain will act if he gets into office. It’s scary how many Republicans are behind this guy, even conservatives. It’s all a fraud. McCain says he’ll end the Republican Party as it’s known today, and I don’t doubt him one bit.

“RUNNING as a conservative, John McCain rolled up huge victories last night in New York, New Jersey and beyond. But if history is any guide, the McCain we’ve seen of late on the campaign trail is the most conservative McCain we’ll ever see.

He will return to his lifelong positions as soft on illegal immigration, skeptical of tax cuts and favoring strong federal control over things like campaign financing.

McCain has so radicalized key conservatives that some have vowed to turn themselves into suicide voters next November by pulling the lever for Hillary Rodham Clinton over him.

But if those conservatives sit out the general election, they will help Democrats make history by electing either the first black president or the first female president next November.”

Full Article

If you think this is special – right here at home, we have a member of the Republican Main Street partnership coming to CD4 to spread the same Gospel… Doug Ose. Ose is a McCain delegate and Ose is a leader in the MainStreet Partnership…

I wrote the below in response to a ‘courageous’ anonymous blogger calling themself “Veritas”. I decided to introduce him to “Lux et Veritas”... Latin for light and truth.

A blogger calling their self “Veritas” made a post entitled “Render Unto Caesar” where he lambasted the religious right, claimed James Dobson was clamoring for attention and that the Bible verse containing the Words “Render Unto Caesar” was an example of us right-wing Religious Republicans not following our own holy text.

Veritas also went on to write that a McCain victory will be a victory for the “thinking man”.

McCain has long been affiliated with the Republican Main Street Partnership – a group whose express purpose it is to exterminate the Religious right from the GOP. This may not be what their website says, but their history of attacking religious conservative candidates for office – including our own Chuck DeVore, speaks for itself.

McCain has forfeited his Conservative base because he has spent 8 years sticking it in President Bush’ eye making a raft of bad votes that have been outlined here in this and other blogs. McCain has relied on non-Republicans to win a Republican primary and more recently, Mike Huckabee to split the base away from Romney.

Predictably, tomorrow will start the clarion call to “go for the win”... all over again. We did that once for Arnold, now our deficit is worse than it was under Gray Davis and we have tons more liberal Democrat judges to boot. Some Republican!

(Arnold’s name is also all over the Mainstreet Partnership’s website.)

The arrogance of Veritas’ high-minded post where has purports that the anti-Republican stances of McCain (see also embryo destruction in the name of science, preventing infastructure in the name of the environment, attacking Religious Conservatives, voting against Tax Cuts…) are something that we are going to have to accept and vote to support because the Bible says “Render unto Caesar” is absurd.

Veritas does not even understand the context of the scripture his misquoted. This further proves my point – the critics of the Conservative right act like they are intellectually superior (victory for the thinking man)... but don’t even understand or read what they are criticizing.

Those familiar with the Bible remember that passage of scripture was about a pharisee trying to trip up Jesus showing him a coin with Caesar’s bust on it. The pharisee was attempting to trick Jesus into saying something that could have been trumped up into charges of revolution. Ultimately, the pharisees were able to get the Roman rulers to murder Jesus Christ on the cross on trumped up charges (but not over this passage as Jesus rightly said, pay your taxes and follow the law).

Saying that voting and “rendering unto Caesar” are the same thing is a fallacious analogy indicative of a lack of biblical knowledge. Not voting for President (McCain v Obama/Hillary) is not revolutionary, it is someone’s right and it is also legal.

I am not going to arrogantly try to render an ad-hoc psychoanalysis on Dr. Dobson either…

I can speak for myself – I will not lift a finger to help McCain because of his Arnold-esque hostility directed at us Conservatives, he has not ever tried to offer us any sort of olive branches or conciliation at all and worse, he is a leader of a group whose express purpose it is to attack other Republicans.

I learned my lesson after I (and the CRA) went to battle in the special election of 2005 in support of Arnold – only to get blamed along with other conservatives for its’ failure. Arnold has gone way left after that and now McCain wants to carry that mantle nationally for the GOP.

I hope John McCain can get enough Democrats to vote for himself, because he has demonstrated that he could care less about half (or more) of the GOP!

However – if McCain has an epiphany and decides to become a Republican again…

Lux Et Veritas

The River City Republicans are a chartered unit of the anti-CRA, the California Congress of Republicans.

The Congress Club has its’ genesis in the same sound logic of the Mainstreet Partnership – we need to avoid the social/moral issues and attack anyone Conservative.

The River City Republicans are noted as the club that essentially controls the Sacramento County Republican Central Committee. The log cabin Republicans also call the River City Republicans home.

I am pasting the e-mail sent out by the President of the River City Republicans – Carl Burton. Carl is noted for attacking the state CRA in writing in the State CCR newsletter on two separate occasions… he is also noted as a cheerleader for Arnold. Finally, he was also instrumental in the Log Cabin Republicans taking complete control and seeing to it that the Conservatives were almost totally eliminated from Sacramento GOP leadership. In the past, Doug Ose has effected similar change when he was in Congress.

At our Republicans of River City January meeting, our members unanimously passed a motion urging former Congressman Doug Ose to run for Congress in the 4th Congressional district.

Rico Oller and Eric Egland need not apply – (they are Conservative).

This Friday (Feb 1, 2008) at 11:00 a.m., on the steps of the Historic Placer County Courthouse in Auburn at 101 Maple Street , Doug will announce that he will run Congress.

Please note that Auburn has historically been the epicenter of the ABD caucus. (anyone but Doolittle) John Doolittle’s last two Primary opponents (2002, 2006) came from Auburn.

I would like to encourage all the members of Republicans of River City and the other friends of Doug, who believe that he the most qualified and capable candidate with the leadership ability to keep the seat from falling into the hands of a Democratic candidate in the November general election, to attend this event.

With the exception of opposing the 1st amendment, the 2nd amendment, life, the family and Conservatives, I guess Ose is a Republican.

Congressman Ose has a record of fighting tax increases and he is a champion of good government and good values in Congress. He will regain his seniority on committees critical to the district. That’s why Republicans of River City urged him to run.

Let me un-spin the last setence – Former Congressman Ose has a record of fighting spending and tax cuts and he is a champion of bigger government in the name of the environment and opposes the defense of marriage ammendment. He will re-join the establishment in Washington. Most importantly, he is a liberal Republican – that’s why the non-Conservative Republicans of River City urged him to run. (Anyone But Oller)

More anger from the Right. You cannot with good conservative conscience vote for McCain, not now, not Tuesday and not this November.

As the Democrats debated Thursday night, Ann Coulter was on Fox’s “Hannity & Colmes” declaring that if John McCain faced Hillary Rodham Clinton in the general election, she would vote for Clinton.

“She’s more conservative than he is,” Coulter said.

McCain also faces a conservative insurrection over his opposition to interrogation techniques that border on torture and opposition to drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

The Wall Street Journal headed its editorial Thursday, “McCain’s Apostasies.”

That same day, Human Events headlined its lead story online, “Who hijacked the primaries?”

And then there’s Rush Limbaugh. In recent days, the supremely influential radio icon has been vociferous (even for him) in declaring that a McCain nomination will cause the destruction of the conservative movement.

“My so-called base is not rushing to vote for McCain,” Limbaugh said on his radio show.

“He relishes kind of tweaking conservatives,” said Don Devine, vice-chairman of the American Conservative Union.

“He doesn’t have, or has very few, friends in the leadership of the conservative movement. There is no question about it.”

Devine said he would likely not vote for McCain should he win the Republican nomination.

Article from the Politico

Today, the 4th Congressional race tightens with the announcement that former Republican Congressman Doug Ose joins the ranks of Former State Senator Rico Oller and Eric Egland. It promises to be another fire-breathing campaign for this very conservative congressional district. Which has me wondering; “Why do we Republicans play this game of political twister?”

Let’s call it the way it is, Doug Ose is not a conservative, he is best described as a moderate. I think Mr. Ose would agree with that label.

On the other-hand, Rico Oller is a true conservative in every essence of the word. I think Mr. Ose would agree with that label as well.

Now, this is not to say that Doug Ose is a bad guy, or that Rico Oller is perfect (neither am I). It is to say this, “The Congressional 4th needs to be represented by a conservative congressman, one who represents the morals of the majority of voters in the district as they relate to life, marriage, family and the Constitution.

From my perspective, State Senator Rico Oller is the best fit for the Congressional 4th.

True, there is a trend nationwide that reveals the GOP opening itself up to more, and more moderate (I like to use the word inclusive) ideology on certain issues. In some instances this is a good thing. I too have made some ‘changes’ surrounding my political ideology. This is necessary in some parts of the state, and the county, but not here in conservative heaven. You don’t run to change a voting ideal, you run to represent an ideal.

Consider this, an adjacent congressional district sits within the sites of the Republican Party. Congresswoman Doris Matsui has been elected to this seat because of her late, and respected husband, Robert Matsui sudden passing.

Congresswoman Matsui has accomplished very little for this left-leaning congressional district. There is upheaval with the city mayor, the district’s infrastructure and the lack of foresight and planning as it relates flood prevention. This is a Doug Ose campaign I could personally work for and send money to. Give me that opportunity.

Why is Ose trying to win a conservative seat, when he could very well win a moderate district for the Republican Party – and represent a voting block that he personally reflects – versus one he obviously just wants to ‘change’?

With all due respect, and I do respect Doug Ose, please use your large sum of money and win us back a district – for the good of the state and the country. Don’t do it again, spending more of your money against conservative candidates inside of the Republican Party.

In California, the GOP has lost a few congressional seats due to poor (some would say stupid, even criminal) thinking.

We are still suffering over the Pombo Factor; we’ve lost a solid GOP district and a good man in Richard Pombo.

Why aren’t we considering a candidate to return this district into Republican hands? Wouldn’t a Republican like Doug Ose look good in a race against the current Democrat incumbent (please excuse me for making this point Dean Andall)? Another Ose campaign I could work for.

We have not, because we plan not. We do not, because we think not.

People, the Congressional 4th is a solid Republican seat – a conservative seat. Yes, Doug Ose has the right to run, and the wealth to run, but one has to consider why he is running here.

If you desire to represent “a change”, then let us help you “change” a liberal district into a more compassionate, contemporary conservative district. Spend your money, time and energy in winning one for the country, the party and the people.

You’ve impressed before, do it again. If you want to be a congressman, let’s help you target a district that needs redemption – not one that needs healing.

“Win one for the Gipper”, run for a contested, winnable, liberal district and the GOP will help you face the challenge. I know I would!

Use your wealth to gain a seat, and leave the Congressional 4th in the conservative column, please.

I, and my family, we are voting for Rico Oller!

BTW: I’m also blogging at Hogue Blog pass the address along to others, and feed this site as well.

As we speak – the establishment is lining up behind Doug Ose.

Former Placer GOP Chairman Ken Campbell, who I have been at odds with over his actions towards John Doolittle, nails it on the head with this E-mail directed at Bruce Kranz after Bruce and Tom Hudson exchanged e-mails regarding Bruce’s decision to endorse OSE over Rico Oller.

Hat Tip – Ken Campbell!

Ken’s E-mail is pasted below:

Hey Bruce,

I just wanted to make the observation that by anyone’s standard, Doug Ose can not be considered a conservative. He holds a few far left views, and he has actively tried to push those views on us along with recruiting others to push those same views (through the Main Street Partnership).

For example, Doug believes it is O.K. to kill babies before they are born. Partial Birth Abortion- fine, eliminating the Mexico City Policy- fine, killing babies for research- fine (even though embryonic stem cell research has shown zero promise while adult, umbilical cord, or other stem cell research has shown great promise). Victims of Unborn Children – fat chance, fetal pain- too bad. Right down the line Doug has the radical view of endorsing the Culture of Death… and he tries to push it on us.

Another example, Doug believes homosexual marriage is great. Teddy Kennedy’s ENDA, no problem there. Hate Crimes legislation, sounds great. The traditional family structure is meaningless to Doug and he is all for forcing us to accept his radical view of homosexual marriage.

So he does not believe in Life or Traditional marriage, how about the war against Islamo-fascists? I really don’t know, he is a Republican so I am presuming he is O.K.

Certainly as a blue-blood, country-club Republican, I bet he is O.K. with the LOST (Law Of the Sea Treaty) currently in the Senate which hands over U.S. sovereignty to the UN.

This is a defining moment and we will see the real tightly-held principles of local politicians. Don’t like conservative Rico, fine, then go with conservative Eric Egland – they are both the same. (This Blogger agrees)

The bottom line is, whoever goes with Doug will forever be tagged on pro-life and pro-family slates and organizations as anti-life and anti-family. No one can endorse a radical pro-abortion, pro-homosexual candidate and not have that same distinction wrapped around their neck.

These endorsers will forever be tied to the rest of the “Conservative Republicans” in the Main Street Partnership such as Arlen Specter, Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins, Chris Shays and Tom Davis. All these people are the people we fight as they try to remove the pro-life and pro-family planks from the national platform and the CA platform. These people constantly try to push their radical views on our families. These people are the people who are constantly trying to indoctrinate our young children in school. And by the way, these are the same people Bush fought as he pushed his tax cuts and tried to control spending.

These Main Street Partnership people are out of touch with America. They are the perfect illustration of what is wrong with Washington… people who think they know best trying to force their values on us.

Good luck,
Ken Campbell

Most everyone can figure out why Kirk Uhler is endorsing Doug Ose… it is a 12-year old issue from when Uhler ran for the 4th AD against Rico.

That campaign got nasty, like most and the rest is history.

Why not endorse Eric Egland? He is a religious Conservative… Ose is a liberal.

Bruce Kranz- I am not sure what his motivation was to endorse Ose. What promises did Ose make him? What score is Bruce trying to settle? (if any)

The major reason why I will be opposing Doug Ose is a treasure trove of bad votes as a congressman, and his leadership in the Main Street Partnership. Ose has a career score from the American Conservative Union equal to John McCain and worse than liberal Republican stalwart Bill Thomas.

What’s worse is that Ose was a leader in and will receive a lot of financial support for his current race from the organization of the Main Street Partnership.

The Main Street Partnership sends out fund-raising letters proclaiming that we need to save the GOP from Religious extremists and keep the Moderate voice strong. Ose’s name was all over such letters. John McCain is a member of the Main Street Partnership as well – he is currently relying on non-Republicans to win a Republican Presidential Primary.

Main Street Partnership type former New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman supported Democrat Jim McGreevey over Republican nominee Brett Schundler to suceed her as governor- because in her words “He is an extremist”. (Schundler was pro-life) Those of you that follow politics remember that McGreevey while governor was forced to resign because he had an affair on his wife with a Male member of his staff.

Now known Conservative leaders are endorsing Doug Ose and I am sure they did not know about this angle before making their decision. Why didn’t any of them consider Eric Egland?

This and many more reasons I have yet to cover will be laid out in the coming months – including more detail on the Main Street Partnership and their war against Conservatives and the CRA.

James Bond said it best in the Movie For Your Eyes Only – “When you want revenge, you’d better dig that second grave”

Kirk and Bruce are friends and they have made a bad choice in the opinion of this blogger.

The number one issue for Republicans in this race should be judges, based on John McCain’s past and current positions Republicans CANNOT trust him:

Global Warming, Affirmative Action, the International Criminal Court, Guantanomo, Tax-cuts, McCain-Feingold, the Gang of 14, Amnesty(or Z-Visa if you don’t like that word), Christian leaders are “agents of intolerance”. McCain has not admitted to being wrong on any of these issues, with the exception of an apology to Christians for attacking Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson as “agents of intolerance.” I’m sure the apology was as sincere as any of his other straight talk.

As a person who believes in repentance and forgiveness I should comment on why these issues prevent me from EVER supporting John McCain. I believe that a man can repent and be forgiven, but that doesn’t exempt him from facing consequences.

I will not vote for someone who has cheated on their wife, period. McCain cheated on his wife with a beautiful 25 year old with enough family money to launch his political career.

Believe what you want about his supposed straight talk. I am grateful to him for his service to our country, but I would never vote for him.

“Ethical Conservative” Eric Egland has lost his campaign manager and treasurer in the last three weeks.

There are rumors at there as the the reasons, but two that are consistent are:

1. Egland made a comment at the CRA convention about being a Conservative at UC Berkeley. According to folks I know that are the same age as Egland who went to UC Berkeley… there is no Eric Egland on the Alumni list.

2. Egland has consistently misled people as to the nature of his service in Iraq. His supporters and website have portrayed some sort of Rambo image – in actaulity, he was a reserve officer working as a consultant for a private firm and at another time was a Liason officer (AKA Public Relations).

Compared to Egland and Holmes, Ted Terbolizard is a Rhodes scholar.

Don’t worry Mr. Tin Soldier, (Charlie Brown) we have plenty for you coming soon in 2008.

By: Avi Zenilman
Dec 14, 2007 06:16 AM EST

On the campaign trail, Rudy Giuliani touts the supply-side economics popular among Republicans since Ronald Reagan was president.

Giuliani consistently echoes President Bush’s assertion in February 2006: “You cut taxes and the tax revenues increase.”

But there’s a growing sentiment among many conservative economists — including those who generally support cutting taxes to spur economic growth and job creation — that Giuliani’s statements are simplistic and at worst misleading.

Rest of story

Huckabee shows again he’s soft on the illegal alien issue. Tancredo was the clear winner here by avoiding this debate altogether. I wish the rest of these guys stayed home as well. The voting/political process is starting to become a real joke in this country.

“It looked like a hostage take. ... [The candidates] were trying to say, ‘You should go home,’ without saying, ‘I hate you,’” said Frank Sharry, executive director of the National Immigration Forum, which favors combining tough border enforcement with an onerous legalization path for those already in the United States.

“But he clearly has developed a case of Romney-itis, the affliction that causes a top-tier Republican to turn from centrist to conservative to avoid political punishment by the party’s base.”

“During the forum, Huckabee called for a “reasonable window of time,” for an illegal immigrant to return home and get at the back of the line to legally reenter the United States.”

Article

So now we’re going to do a government bailout for all those people who leveraged their homes, used them as ATMs and then went out and bought SUVs, boats, went on vacations, etc. So people who were irresponsible and entered into loans they had no ability to repay and buy homes that were 8-12 times their income levels will be rewarded. The tax payers now will have to bailout their neighbors who lived high on the hog for the past 7 years. Unreal. Those people who knew the housing market was overheated and homes were just too pricy to buy in this market will now sufer even more. I guess this is the legacy GWB wants, just as his dad gave was the ADA which provided 25 handicapped parking spots at your local Safeway, which 99% are empty. And for some reason I thought I voted Republican in both those elections. Good job guys.

Bush Bailout:

Rex Archer, a past Kool-Aid award recipient, has failed in his bid to foment a recall of Dan Logue. Archer was propped up by $400,000+ in Union Money when he ran against Logue in 2006 for Yuba County Supervisor.

Archer could have used another $400,000 because now he has been exposed for the embarrassment he is. Sue Horne has a major headache because her campaign triumphantly proclaimed “More Trouble for Logue, Recall effort begins”...

Remember? Red County Placer Blog Posting Campaign E-Mail From Horne

Placer CRA Blog Post regarding that campaign e-mail

It does not stop there – Horne’s campaign is gasping for air as they are digging deep to find “Republican” endorsements…

Horne’s latest endorsement was a gentleman named Bruce Hagerty, the chief of Police in Chico. Sounds good until you factor that all my activist friends in Chico told me he is a Democrat. Turns out he is a Republican since 8/12/2003.

Hagerty’s Republican credentials stop there.

Hagerty has been railed on by Republican activists for his anti 2nd Amendment stance.

In 2003, he was appointed by Gray Davis: “Governor Gray Davis today announced the appointment of Bruce E. Hagerty as a member of the Board of Directors, 3rd District Agricultural Association (Silver Dollar Fair).”

Davis had a very publicly proclaimed litmus test for political appointments… they were Pro-Choice and Pro-Homosexual rights. All his appointments were vetted through that process…

What do Steve Westley for Governor, Bill Lockyer for Treasurer and Sue Horne for Assembly have in common? They have all been endorsed by Bruce E. Hagerty.

Lockyer Endorsement HERE This would dovetail well with the anti-second amendment accusations…

Westley Endorsement HERE
So even a stone-cold liberal like Arnold can’t get an endorsement from a fellow Republican Chief of police!?

Horne’s major fund raiser and Northern California supporter is recently resurrected Senator Jim Nielsen. Nielsen voted 17 times to send our water to Southern California and who sided with Willie Brown against Governor Deukmejian regarding giving California taxpayers a tax rebate voting instead to spend the money.

I make no apology for characterizing Hagerty as a Democrat… and given how Horne’s campaign has been shaping up it is very obvious that she is running to the left and Logue to the right.

It is an effective commentary to analyze Sue Horne deriving support from a recall led by Rex Archer and trumpeting an endorsement from a “Republican” like Mr. Hagerty.