Former Dana Rohrabacher Aide Sent to Jail
Oh my… Today is just not a good day for Rep. Crazy Dana Rohrabacher (R-Insanity). Not only does it looks like his best lawyer buddy’s frivolous lawsuit against Debbie Cook’s placement on the ballot is going nowhere, but another friend of his is on his way to jail. The Register is reporting that Jeffrey Nielsen, a former Rohrabacher aide, has now been sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to charges of child molestation.
In case you don’t remember Nielsen, here’s a quick primer:
Nielsen, a lawyer and former aide to Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Huntington Beach), was arrested by Westminster police in May 2003 after authorities found thousands of images of pornography on both his work and personal computers. He was also accused of molesting a second boy, a 13-year-old Virginia resident, while he worked in Rohrabacher’s Washington D.C. office in 1994.
Authorities said he brought the Virginia boy to California from Virginia in July of that year to visit his family in Fountain Valley, and repeatedly abused the boy for the two-week period. He also molested the boy for more than a year and a half prior the California visit.
The Orange County youth, a 14-year-old, was abused in March 2003 after meeting Nielsen on a gay Internet site.
Wow. I guess Crazy Dana really knows how to pick great friends. I bet he must be feeling great about helping Nielsen get into USC Law School and bolstering his career in Republican politics. And oh my, what must the voters in the 46th Congressional District be thinking now? Are they happy with Crazy Dana and the OC GOP Machine that supports “family values” like this?
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Matt only posts about crime stories when it suits him. Look at his extensive coverage of the pedophile-protecting John Urell–what did that have to do with Republican inside-baseball politics? The Nielsen case is much more relevant to his readers than the (in)actions of the Diocese of Orange, no?
Andrew,
I do not believe that Jubal is trying to belittle us, he is just trying to persuade folks that the Neilsen story and Republican politics are not intertwined.
I agree with him in that it isn’t because Neilsen is a Republican he is a child rapist. Neilsen is a child rapist that happens to be a Republican. I also agree that Neilsen’s actions have nothing to do with Republican politics or policies.
Where I disagree with him is in his assertion that this has nothing to do with the local Republican party. Neilsen has close ties to many in the local GOP. We’re not talking about ties to people who happen to be registered Republican’s, but major leaders in the local and state party.
Dana, Baugh and others have all been tied to Neilsen. That doesn’t make them guilty, but it does make this story one that is political in nature. For Jubal to dismiss this as some court case is way off the mark.
Scott:
There are many things that are of interest to OC Blog readers, but they don’t come to OC blog to read about all of those things. they are also very interested in state and national politics, neither of which I blog about very often.
I’m sure, during the 1st Supe District special election, lurid details of Tom Umberg’s marital problems would have been a great interest to OC Blog readers — and I didn’t blog about those either. Funny how I never heard any complaints from these precincts for “ignoring” that.
And am I to understand that whenever you or any other OC Weekly writer doesn’t write about a story or issue or event of which they are aware, then they are “ignoring” it?
Gustavo:
I write about anything “when it suits me.” So do you. So does anyone in the blogosphere. My posts about Msgr. Urell are the exception that proves the rule.
“he is just trying to persuade folks that the Neilsen story and Republican politics are not intertwined.
Sean. respectfully, that is not my point.
My point is exceedingly simple. Andrew claimed that Dana and the OC GOP “Machine” support Jeff Nielsen’s behavior.
Do you think Andrew is right or wrong?
It’s plain that Andrew’s wrong
My other point is that Nielsen’s behavior has nothing to do with his party affiliation or activism.
Again, Andrew: what facts am i allegedly not refuting?
Matt/Jubal-
Your question has already been answered repeatedly. And no, I’m not saying that the GOP is “pro-child molestation” or that Dana was physically there when Nielsen did his disgusting deeds. I’m just pointing out the hypocrisy of Dana & the OC GOP Machine lecturing all of us about “moral values” when they can’t even take care of the immorality hiding beneath the surface in their own party. Really, it’s not that difficult to understand.
It doesn’t “suit me” to write most of my stories. If it were up to me, all I would write about is The Simpsons. But because I work for a paper that purports to tell Orange Countians the stories that should matter, I must often push aside my interests and write about something else I might not necessarily like to cover.
OC Blog, on the other hand, is a vital place for county Republicans to get their news. For you to pretend that the Nielsen affair is of little interest to your readers–considering the connections Scott outlined–seems almost as strange as the Flash Report–another place where conservatives in California get their news–not talking about Carona. Speaking of which: Dan, has Jon broken his embargo yet?
“I’m just pointing out the hypocrisy of Dana & the OC GOP Machine lecturing all of us about “moral values†when they can’t even take care of the immorality hiding beneath the surface in their own party.”
You people are nuts.
“I’m pretty sure that Dana knew something strange was going on with Jeff.
And more convinced that Scott Baugh was aware. And Tom Fuentes.â€
Since I have yet to find a political staffer who isn’t somewhat strange a more aggressive method must be used so we are no longer the party of hypocrisy.
Here is the solution.
The Republican Party of OC has a Republican Staffer organization that gathers once a month. They should have a vetting process where every staffer turns over their personal email information, records to be examined.
Anything found in any correspondence smacking of sexual perversion will be brought to light and they can be terminated.
“You people are nuts.”
We’re nuts? Aren’t you folks the ones who tell us that if we allow same sex couples to marry the next thing you know people will be marrying their goat?
Your party has no problem preaching “moral values” and wanting them imposed on others. They just have a problem following those same values.
Dana ranted about Brian O’Leary Bennett being gay, yet one of his own staffers was not only gay, but a child rapist. Why does he remain silent now?
Your question has already been answered repeatedly.
No, it hasn’t. Please list the facts you accuse me of not refuting.
For you to pretend that the Nielsen affair is of little interest to your readers…
Gustavo, that’s a classic straw man. Where have I said — or “pretended” — that?
Your party has no problem preaching “moral values†and wanting them imposed on others. They just have a problem following those same values.
All of us, Sean? Every single one of the tens of millions of Republicans? More accurately, it is a tiny handful that are used by a set of Democrat partisans to paint Republicans as being hypocrites.
Bob-
So now I’m “nuts” for pointing out GOP hypocrisy? Wow, what a way to prove my point.
Matt/Jubal-
Sometimes, I wonder why I even respond when you play these rhetorical games. Your question has been answered repeatedly in this thread. And clearly, it seems like all you’re interested in doing is twisting my words… Whatever.
Sean-
Good point. How are we “nuts” for pointing out their hypocrisy problem on “moral values”? We’re not the ones saying that allowing marriage equality would lead to humans marrying toasters… Or centaurs.
Andrew:
Once again: you have accused me of not refuting “the facts.”
I think you’re all wet, but in case these facts I am supposedly not refuting do exist, then I respectfully request that you list them and I will address them. For all the effort you’ve put into dodging my request, you could have easily complied with it.
Instead, you’d rather sidestep the matter and accuse me of “rhetorical games and “twisting your words.”
“Dana ranted about Brian O’Leary Bennett being gay,”
Where’s the rant? Your mixing up him and Dornan.
How about my solution for rooting out child molesters? Do you have another suggestion for finding them in the ranks of OC Republican Staffers?
Bob,
Dana has had a long record of anti-gay rhetoric. Remember him on 60 Minutes pontificating about why gays shouldn’t be Boy Scout leaders? Maybe he meant gays like Jeffy who rape children. I agree that we shouldn’t allow child rapists to be Scout leaders. However the overwhelming majority of gays are not child rapists. In fact profiling shows us that most child rapists live their lives as “straight” men.
Scott Moxley referred to the Dana/Bennett issue above. Maybe he can help clarify. Bob Dornan however did not go on a rant against Brian. He thinks of Brian as a son. Dornan said he would “pray” that God would save Brian from homosexuality. And you call us “nuts”.
Dana had no problem speaking out against gay Scout leaders. Why does he have such a problem speaking out against child rapists that raped children while working for him?
Gustavo –
The embargo remains in effect
Matt/Jubal-
No one dodged your request. In fact, it’s been answered repeatedly. Maybe instead of immediately preparing a new snide remark about me or Sean, try seeing what Scott Moxley has already been saying in this very thread. It clearly looks like you won’t follow the links I provided in the story.
Sean-
Again, great point. None of us on TheLiberalOC.com are child rapists, so what is it about us that is “immoral”? And why are these same “moral values” Republicans always looking the other way when another one of their own is caught in a sex scandal?