Birds of a feather? Nutty Congressman Dana Rohrabacher and GOP State Assembly candidate Allan Mansoor
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The race to replace termed out State Assemblyman Van Tran, in the 69th Assembly District, is heating up. My pajaritos are chirping that Garden Grove City Councilman Andrew Do won’t be running after all. But Orange County Board of Education member Long Pham is running – and he has been known to spend a lot of money on his campaigns.
But the GOP favorite will be Costa Mesa Councilman Allan Mansoor. Predictably, he is already getting ripped by the locals. The award-winning “Bubbling Cauldron” blog posted a very long and comprehensive post about Mansoor in April of this year. Here are a few excerpts:
Mansoor is no slam dunk for the 68th Assembly seat. Even though he’s been the darling of the Orange County Republican Party hierarchy ever since he decided to mount an anti-immigrant campaign in Costa Mesa, the constituency he would represent in the 68th has a much broader ethnic diversity.
An Orange County Deputy Sheriff in his “day job”, Mansoor has demonstrated an inflexibility and cultural bias through his actions over the past almost 7 years. He became a national poster boy for the anti-immigrant sentiment that swept across the country a couple years ago. His smiling face was all over the media, where his mantra gave folks all over the country the impression that Costa Mesa was a haven of redneck bigots, intent on running every brown face out of town.
So strong was his presence in that movement that he was anointed an honorary “Minuteman” by the Grand Pooba of the Minuteman Project organization, Jim Gilchrist, who also became a major player in Mansoor’s run for re-election. He, and other frothing Minuteman activists stood before the Costa Mesa City Council meeting after meeting, praising Mansoor’s “brave” stand. Wackos from Alta Loma, Upland and other parts of the hinterland trekked to Costa Mesa to support Mansoor’s philosophy.
Never mind the Republicans. Last year unknown Democrat Ken Arnold gave Tran quite a scare. Imagine what Democratic Costa Mesa Council Member Katrina Foley could do? I think she could win! She woujld almost certainly have defeated Tran last year. I hope she runs. I would bet the bank on her!
“Last year unknown Democrat Ken Arnold gave Tran quite a scare.” …LOL!!! Tran didn’t even mount a campaign and he still won quite easily.
Mansoor will win this race in double digits.
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Tran only won by ten percent. http://www.smartvoter.org/2008/11/04/ca/state/race/caasm68/.
And Mansoor won’t get nearly as much Viet support, if any. In fact I think Pham can beat him in the primary.
Sadly, my OC GOP is firmly behind Mansoor. He recently attempted to win over the Vietnamese-American community by issuing a City of Costa Mesa proclamation that the flag of Vietnam (the old Vietnam) is the official flag of the Vietnamese living abroad. 50-60 flag waving immigrants cheered him on. It’s probably the worst case of political pandering I can remember in a long time. Of course, he has to do something… no one ever accused him of being the sharpest knife in the drawer. Hmmm, maybe that’s why they chose him – an easily-manipulated dullard with a nice smile who can follow orders. And, does he walk away from his cushy job as an Orange County Deputy Sheriff (jailer) for the Assembly seat? Still hanging over his head is the whole Benito Acosta affair, wherein he violated Acosta’s rights at a council meeting in early 2006. The trial has been pushed out to the middle of October because of witness unavailability.
We do not know who the dem candidate will be there are a lot of names floating around, most think they can win the seat.
What puzzles me about Mansoor is that very few people understand that he’s just really a dumb ass. He’s very reticent, and just doesn’t seem to speak up when one would think he ought to have an opinion. The stance on the illegals was appropriate, but over the longer run he never had that much of an impact. If you deal with him one a one on one basis, he really comes across as rather a dummy. He mumbles and is unassertive, and doesn’t have much of a record to exploit. He’s a classic example of staying quiet and letting people think he’s stupid, as if he opens his mouth, he’ll remove any doubt. He’s a perfect tool for people like Argyros as well as he’ll do what he’s told for the right support.
What’s going on here. Don’t mess with my alcalde. He’s weird, uneducated, he’s been the minuto hombre poster boy for many years, minuto chicks love him, and if you mess with him during a council meeting –like “el coyote” did–, he’ll kick your ass, and get your ass in jail. He hasn’t gone to Vietnam and may not even know where this country is, but he already feels he’s from this country. Did I say he’s betrayed his own fellow brothers at work.
Mansoor is pathetic.
Foley would be thee worst choice possible. She did a terrible job on the costa mesa city council.
Katrina Foley supports the troops and for me and my familia that says it all! She is a lawyer and has a family that is deeply rooted in the community. I think she even is a UCLA graduate, go BRUINS! Vote for Foley, German Hernandez