Comments on: Promoting a candidate could get you thrown in jail

Promoting a candidate could get you thrown in jail

calwatch — Sat, 30 Oct 2004 06:57:26 -0800

David Dreier doesn't like free speech. The California Congressman and the Republican Party have filed a felony federal complaint against one of their own, which could possibly lead to jail time, all for opposing the incumbent. Apparently, spending a million dollars wasn't enough. More coverage of Dreier here and here.

By: amberglow

amberglow — Sat, 30 Oct 2004 09:34:47 -0800

is this connected to the outing at all?

By: Sidhedevil

Sidhedevil — Sat, 30 Oct 2004 10:07:17 -0800

This is bizarre. There are lots of talk radio hosts who spend the bulk of their show in diatribes against specific candidates; how does Dreier expect any judge to see this as any different?

By: yerfatma

yerfatma — Sat, 30 Oct 2004 10:20:28 -0800

Desperation really is a stinky cologne. All this press can possinly do is ensure he's thrown out of office. And as an aside the the fine folks at the Pasadena Star-News: Please fix the fucking quotation" marks in your "article. I have no idea "who said what.

By: 2sheets

2sheets — Sat, 30 Oct 2004 11:15:05 -0800

I guess Rush Limbaugh is in big trouble.

By: amberglow

amberglow — Sat, 30 Oct 2004 12:15:09 -0800

and FOX, and many thousands of other radio talkshow hosts...

By: The God Complex

The God Complex — Sat, 30 Oct 2004 14:49:15 -0800

This seals it. I really did get sucked into my t.v. and am living out the rest of my days in some Lynchian nightmare. I KNOW YOU'RE WATCHING ME.

By: nofundy

nofundy — Sat, 30 Oct 2004 15:09:05 -0800

Oh, Drier can go suck a ... wait, never mind.

By: calwatch

calwatch — Sat, 30 Oct 2004 18:08:45 -0800

is this connected to the outing at all? As far as the outing goes, aside from those mentions in the LA Weekly by Doug Ireland, no mention of it has been made in the print media. John and Ken interviewed Doug Ireland, as did other talk show hosts, but the main focus on Dreier this past month has been about illegal immigration.

By: amberglow

amberglow — Sat, 30 Oct 2004 18:11:24 -0800

ah. I was wondering if that was the real reason why they're trying to silence the radio guys.

By: cell divide

cell divide — Sat, 30 Oct 2004 18:58:12 -0800

Jon and Ken decided to 'sacrifice' a Republican to show the Republicans that the people are serious about illegal immigration reform, since the Repubs play lip service to the issue but then don't do anything about the 'problem'.

By: mrhappy

mrhappy — Sat, 30 Oct 2004 21:43:15 -0800

This is odd because KFI features non-stop right wing talk shows. On the other hand, a lot of SoCal conservatives are unhappy with Bush's loose border policies.

By: calwatch

calwatch — Sat, 06 Nov 2004 00:43:04 -0800

Well, David Dreier won by the lowest vote margin of any incumbent in California. Dreier lost the election day vote but locked up the early votes and the absentees, enough to give him a decent sized victory by national standards. KFI will probably run a Republican against Dreier in 2006.