Is there something wrong with my judgement? That is what I have been wondering all day. I remember Mike Carona, a long, long time ago…when he first decided to run for Sheriff. He was the OC Marshall at that time, and he came into my then boss’s office looking for an endorsement. He was so smart and charismatic and at the same time humble and insecure. He sat on my boss’s couch fiddling and looked uncomfortable as a candidate and politician. I remember thinking that’s our next sheriff, and he is just a regular guy, a good guy and I really, REALLY liked him.
But what about the people he surrounded himself with. Are you are a reflection of those around you? Some say yes absolutely, I say not always….I dunno maybe I am just in denial.
Anyone who knows or has met George Jaramillo knows he was kinda slimy. He was one of those guys I refer to as the kind of guy who talks to my breasts lol. He was just that type of guy….a schmoozer with no substance. But even I felt sad for him when I saw pictures of him in the news…he looked like he had aged so much. And then Haidl, I don’t know him personally, but I have 2 teenaged sons and I know that if my sons EVER did that to any girl they would BEG to go to jail over what I would have done to them.
Now all this crap. I read about the indictment and some of it is not anything out of the ordinary, I mean in all reality I do not know any elected out there that has not used their “electedness” to their advantage, or to help someone else, hell I probably would too, and can probably name a few times that I have said in the past I work for or with “so and so”. The campaign money stuff….elected’s can be reimbursed for their expenses and I suspect it was mostly inexperience on the campaign treasurer’s part. But some of it what is in the indictment is not so insignificant. There is that gray area again that some push to black. WHY is what I want to know!? Then I remember the source….a pretty slimy guy and I have to wonder is he throwing Carona to the dogs to save himself?
Why do I feel so sad about it? In all reality does it effect my day? No not really, but I can honestly say that this makes me so very sad. I think about the humble regular guy who I saw so many years ago, uneasy as a politician and I wonder what the hell happened? My youngest son is thinking about being a cop. What do I tell him? By no fault of his own has lived in politics his entire life. As he looks at the picture of Carona and me on our wall and then sees the articles in the paper, what do I tell him? Carona was just recently a Hero, his hero, now this? Like everyone else, we will all have to wait n see what happens with this. At this point, my son will just have to remember that we are innocent until proven guilty and hope he knows that there is nothing political worth going to jail for.
Uhhh, This is supposed to be a political blog NOT a diary or journal entry...
Posted by: Dear Diary | October 31, 2007 at 12:39 AM
Flowerszzz,
Thank you for sharing your thought on this emotional bombshell.
Posted by: | October 31, 2007 at 01:38 AM
Ouch....LOL. A bit too touchy feely for ya? Diary, I'll try to "Man Up" on the next one.
Posted by: Flowerszzz | October 31, 2007 at 06:19 AM
Nice post, Flowerszzz. Thank you.
Posted by: OCer | October 31, 2007 at 07:01 AM
Yeah, Flowerszzz, time to start getting those testosterone injections so you can be just as macho as the boys! No emotions here on OC Blog! We readers is he-man Republicans, dammmit!
Better luck next time. Well, I'm out of here. I've got a raw steak to eat for breakfast and then I'm going to go taser the neighbor's kids.
Posted by: Missy | October 31, 2007 at 08:16 AM
Uh Hello. Those who work for this clown tried to tell you he is dirty. Wake up. He is a talented Con man and you were all conned!!!
Posted by: I told you so too... | October 31, 2007 at 08:33 AM
It's very simple, people:
"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."
Lord Acton made this comment 120 years ago, and it still hasn't sunk in to our collective political consciousness.
Posted by: MrWhipple | October 31, 2007 at 10:24 AM
"Dear Diary,"
Chill, dude. The Carona denouement is a big story; it's got many angles. If you don't like this take, there are nine other blog posts to work with right here on ocblog.
Personally, I like Flowerszzz introspective spin; an awful lot of people in the OC Blog community are (or should be) facing similar self-doubts: Carona was endorsed three times, after all. (maybe the endorsement committee should invite R. Scott Moxley to join?)
Moreover, the last thing we want on this blog is homogenized postings. You can get that at the LA Times.
Posted by: tylerh | October 31, 2007 at 10:35 AM
I feel the same way. I walked a ton of precincts for Mike in the first election and was so happy to get rid of that fascist Gates and to simultaneously defeat the thuggish union guys working for Walters. I was as happy on election night as I can remember being on an election night (I've worked for a lot of losers--it was nice to win one!).
I've grown increasingly discouraged as those close to him looked worse and worse, but tried to chalk it up to misplaced loyalty on his part. But now???
Very disappointing,
Jeff
Posted by: JTG | October 31, 2007 at 11:01 AM