Comments on: Who are they really afraid of?

By: RHackett

RHackett — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 23:16:06 +0000

I agree with both Aunt Millie and Claudio. The last thing the Schroeder’s and Baugh’s want is an overzealous DA looking into their shenanigans. It was one of the reason Capizzi was tossed aside.

Claudio hits the nail on the head when he says Schroeder is marching them towards towards Waterloo. The harassment of Janet might be better described as Sherman’s March to the Sea except there is a cliff at the end. Claudio, a point of clarification, it was the Trung Nguyen campaign that lost to Janet. But you’re correct in that for all his vaunted implied power Schroeder lost to Janet, barely got Carona re-elected only now to see him indicted, and going back he got his butt kicked Loretta when he defended Bob Dornan.

By: Claudio Gallegos

Claudio Gallegos — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:01:00 +0000

Actually Dan, I would describe Schroeder as more of a Napolean Bonaparte. He helped create quite an empire of the GOP in Orange County. But he is stubborn and hell bent on total victory, that he does not know when to admit a loss and live to fight another day. Like Napolean, he is marching his army into their own Waterloo and into disaster, which is fine with me. Like Napolean’s generals, many know Schroeder is wrong but lack the cajones to actually stand up to him.

Look at his recent losses:

Tan Nguyen and his constant harassment of Janet

Chemerinskygate

Mike Carona indictment

All three are major black marks on the GOP, yet they stick with this guy when the smart move would be to overthrow him. I have spoken to a couple of GOP’ers who believe his downfall is coming, but the later it happens, the harder the entire OC GOP will fall. They are now teetering on less than 47% of registered voters in Orange County, they have a record decline. The door has been swung open for the Dems to take the drivers seat. As long as Schroeder is leading the GOP army and does not know when to take a loss, the better it is for us.

By: Aunt Millie

Aunt Millie — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 13:33:56 +0000

Ultimately what most of these Republicans fear is an environment where prosecutors actually investigate and prosecute crimes against Republicans.

Having a Sheriff and DA who don’t ever follow up on complaints of politicians who are fundamentally crooked is pretty beneficial to some of the locals who make their living from volunteer positions.

There’s no need to rely on the idea of secret power brokers. Instead, just follow the money and the power.

By: RHackett

RHackett — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:32:04 +0000

I read the column and laughed when Greenhut described how many GOP’s were proclaiming that Carona was innocent till proven guilty.

Only proving the definition of a liberal is a conservative whose just been arrested.

By: just...asking

just...asking — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 02:36:51 +0000

One has to wonder just what the good Sheriff has on the central party members. Maybe they are guaranteeing their secrets stay secret. So much dirt will come out in the trial. I wonder if the OCGOP leadership doesn’t want Carona to take them down with him, his wife and their mistress. His connections with the D.A’s office and the central committee are the stuff books are written about.

McGill showed a lot of guts to bring the issue up, he should have stuck to his original plan and called for the sheriff’s resignation.