Wednesday, May 16, 2012

George Wallace Comes to Orange County (Rebel Girl)

Actually he's been here all along in the form of Bob Walters, a resident of Orange who claims to be the chairman of Wallace's 1968 presidential campaign.

Some of us remember Wallace: "I say segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever." How could you forget him? but not Deborah Pauly, Villa Park Councilwoman and candidate of OC Supervisor.


Why should she?

Well, the LA Times reports today that a mailer supporting Pauly "arrived recently in Orange County mailboxes seemed from a different era, embossed with a tiny portrait of former Alabama Gov. George Wallace's face and the campaign slogan 'Wallace for President, Stand up for America.' "

excerpt:
…it was a plea to American Independent Party members to elect Villa Park Councilwoman Deborah Pauly to a seat on the Orange County Board of Supervisors.
The letter was written by Bob Walters, a businessman from Orange who identified himself as the chairman of Wallace's bid for president in 1967....
In the letter, Walters refers to an incident last year when Pauly came under fire for comments she made outside an Islamic charity event in Yorba Linda.
Protesters carried American flags as they booed and chanted at families entering the community center where the event was held to "Go back home."
That "incident" at the charity event received national media attention.

This one will probably cause some ripples too, confirming the reputation of Orange County as a kind of backwater behind the backwater.

Red Emma's favorite line from the article was: "Pauly said that she has not seen the mailer and doesn't know much about Wallace."

Rebel Girl imagines that it's probably safe to guess that Wallace campaign chairman Bob Walters is a buddy of former SOCCCD Trustee Steven Frogue who spends some of his time these days with the OC chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans. They hang out on Sundays "after church" at Johnny Reb's on Chapman.

You can't make this stuff up.

Rebel Girl wishes you could.

It's worth noting that toward the end of his life, George Wallace renounced his racist, reactionary beliefs.  Too bad some of his followers have not.

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12 comments:

Anonymous said...

One of the endorsements Pauly touts on her website is from Derek Reeve, SJC councilperson and Saddleback instructor.

I always wondered who ate at Johnny Reb's - now I know.

Anonymous said...

The banality of evil: Drive down Jamboree on a sunny early summer morning and there are her campaign signs, for miles, as if Pauly were not, well, a hatemonger and nativist.

Anonymous said...

Wasn't Wallace a Democrat?

Anonymous said...

Yes, 10:01, a Democrat, just like Obama. No historical context whatsoever.

Anonymous said...

Yeah, when I think of Obama, I immediately think of all he has in common with George Wallace. They're practically TWINS. You are SO RIGHT.

Anonymous said...

I see that the historical clueless are commenting again. For those unfamiliar with the history of our two parties and their relation to southern whites, see
Democrats and blacks --RB

Anonymous said...

One might look here as well: Nixon's Southern Strategy

Anonymous said...

Don't be fooled, it's revisionist history. The left has had control over the textbook industry for 100 years.

Anonymous said...

Breitbart News has obtained a promotional booklet produced in 1991 by Barack Obama's then-literary agency, Acton & Dystel, which touts Obama as "born in Kenya and raised in Indonesia and Hawaii.

Roy Bauer said...

1:19, you're pathetic. See ABC News: much ado about nothing.

Anonymous said...

Well, if something is from Breitbart News, we can be sure the souce is unimpeachable.

Anonymous said...

Loved Georgeand his down home cooking.

Roy's obituary in LA Times and Register: "we were lucky to have you while we did"

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