Friday, August 22, 2008

Fuentes trumpets

Jubal over on OC Blog notes a brief mention of Tom Fuentes’ recent campaign event (Rick Rieff On Fuentes Campaign Event) in this week’s OC Business Journal:

It was almost like old times—a couple of hundred loyalists enjoying drinks and cigars at the Balboa Bay Club, conservative stalwart Bruce Herschensohn signing books and Tom Fuentes at the center of it all. The event launched Fuentes' re-election campaign for trustee of the South Orange County Community College District, job enough these days for the once-powerful chairman of OC's Republican Party. The old lion held court, told stories, trumpeted the college district's fiscal conservatism and blamed the GOP's woes on power brokers who value "money" more than "people" or "ideas." But a slowed Fuentes was gracious, and more philosophical than combative. He did not partake of the libations, a small price to pay, he said, for his new liver: An encounter with cancer "makes you realize what's really important."

For some reason, Tom chose not to trumpet our district's equally outstanding "accreditation brinksmanship" or its "50% Law cluelessness." And then there's its remarkably persistent "hostility, fear, and despair."

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

You sayin' Fuentes is a witch?

Anonymous said...

IMO it's a little bit ironic that you used the pic of Margaret Hamilton who played the Wicked Witch of the West in "Wizard of Oz" b/c the actress was a former teacher, even after her famous role she retained a lifelong commitment to public education. . Poor Margaret would be rolling in her grave if she knew she was even being put in the same area (even in a pic) as this reactionary rat-bastard who is out to destroy our public institution. I know you wanted to keep it to the point of the article about Fuentes, but I'm just throwing it in as irony. This is all I had to say here. Now back to the topic I suppose.:-)

Anonymous said...

The dog barks but the caravan keeps moving on ~ Arab Proverb ~

Anonymous said...

Get the man a few Martinis!

Anonymous said...

The only Arab proverb I can think of is "More food, less sleep. Less food, more sleep." Good proverb. But again, back to the topic.

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