Editor’s note: The Sacramento Bee writes “Endorsements: Jim Reed, Sam Aanestad for 1st Congressional District.” The unusual endorsement of two polar opposites is here, and a commenter named “Riverpaddler” raises some cogent points:
This “endorsement” really makes no sense what so ever. You just endorsed a hard core, career politician termed out of the state legislature, right wing Tea Party, Doolittle/Abramoff casino Republican in Aanestad, over LaMalfa (who is on McClintock’s sh*t list) and the so- called “moderate” Democrat Reed, whom you claim cannot win.
Given Aanestad’s background in dentistry, voters should be thinking of that scene in the movie where the guy with the drill says “what’s the frequency?”
There is this myth that McClintock, (the current carpetbagger in the area) Doolittle’s success or, handlers like to promote that he isn’t in lockstep with the Republican Party….. it is just hot air.
He votes with them whenever necessary to make absolutely sure their legislation gets passed in the house, then he sometimes pretends he was against it, so the elderly, addled tea party libertarian wannabe types holed up in the rural areas think they’re going to get their “revolution” on.
LaMalfa, who panders to the ultra right like crazy, (no different than Aanestad in that Guns,God, Gaybashing style) at least is familiar with water issues in the northern part of the state.
And McClintock does not like him. That should be a positive, not a negative. McClintock is intent on sending CA tax dollars to other states, at least Herger would sometimes throw a few crumbs back towards our way, realizing that without ag water we don’t have ag.
McClintock’s stated endorsement of the Ryan Plan, which would end Medicare and replace it with vouchers, and his desire to raise Social Security retirement ages, coupled with his constant attempts to send NorCal water south, should disqualify him and his political buddies like Aanestad from office. Did I mention his continued Tea Party pandering and support of Prop 8?
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The Bee seems to be operating under the misconception that this election in June is a primary where there is presumably a Democratic race and a Republican race. In such a race it would be the practice to endorse a candidate from each party where there is a candidate worthy of endorsement (including parties like the Green Party and Libertarian party). There is no such contest in this election, which should more properly be called first round voting. For the record, Jim Reed is the party endorsed Democratic candidate (there is another Democrat on the ballot, though he is largely an unknown). We no longer have party primaries in California. Parties no longer get to select their own candidates for the so-called general election except in the Presidential and Central Committee races. It is very likely that unless Democrats and other liberal to centrist voters turn out and vote, there will be two Republicans on the ballot for CD 1 in the fall. There will be no write-ins allowed in the fall either. So if you want to have a voice, vote in the June election because your choices may be severely limited in the fall.