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State Chapters => California => Topic started by: PeteS in CA on June 01, 2022, 05:28:58 pm
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Politico: Boudin a victim of pouncing Republicans in San Francisco, or something
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2022/06/01/politico-boudin-a-victim-of-pouncing-republicans-in-san-francisco-or-something-n473291 (https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2022/06/01/politico-boudin-a-victim-of-pouncing-republicans-in-san-francisco-or-something-n473291)
How many pouncing Republicans might there be in San Francisco? Likely not enough to put a competitive race for dogcatcher, and yet Politico sees this as the likeliest explanation for the upcoming recall of radical DA Chesa Boudin. The “well-funded recall campaign” has become “a sort of Rorschach test” on “anxiety about rising crime” … as if Boudin and the social-justice movement whence he springs isn’t just as well-funded and now responsible for outcomes in places like San Francisco.
Instead, it’s all about the pouncing:
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Yes, it’s putting a spotlight on “reform-minded prosecutors,” which is itself a rather loaded description, because the results of their policies have been disastrous to public order. Politico even notes that career prosecutors in both Boudin and George Gascón’s DA offices in LA have “revolted” at their edicts on bail, sentencing, and prosecuting cases as crime has shot upward. Gascón calls the recall process — which he may face in November — “subverting democracy,” even though the recall process is itself entirely democratic and fully available in California for voters to hold officeholders accountable.
"Republicans Pounce" is MSM-speak for Dems and other Progs getting called out for their F-ups and lunacy. That narrative doesn't work very well in SF, since SF is one of the bluest counties in CA. If, as seems likely - I've seen poll numbers suggesting Boudin might lose by a 2-1 or even 3-1 margin - he gets the boot, R votes against Boudin will be a minority of votes cast against him. With crime as with their kids' schools, even largely liberal SF residents have a threshold of pain, and uber-Prog pols have stampeded across it.
With CA's moronic Top-2 Primary system, in November some offices will pit Demledee against Demledum. But the "non-partisan" Superintendent of Public Instruction contest bears watching, as Dem/educrat-oriented Ds may be splitting voters of those views, and Christensen looks really good and may make the November ballot. Similarly, the Dem field to fill the rest of Kammie's term and for what would have been her next term has a lot of Dem candidates, potentially splintering the Dem vote and allowing an R to make the November ballot. I don't much follow Dem politics here, but to the degree there is a traditionalists vs. Socialists fracture, more Rs than usual might make November ballots. Or not, :shrug: .
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Teddy Schleifer
@teddyschleifer
CHESA keeps going after Big Donors in his concession speech.
"The right-wing billionaires outspent us 3-to-1. They exploited an environment in which people are appropriately upset. And they created an electoral dynamic where we were literally shadowboxing."
Chesa acknowledges that he made mistakes, but he basically is blaming the powerful forces that lined up against him.
Voters "were given an opportunity to voice their frustration and that outrage, and they took that opportunity."
12:38 AM · Jun 8, 2022·
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Chesa Boudin thoroughly defeated in San Francisco recall election, results show
Eric Ting
SFGATE
June 7, 2022
Updated: June 7, 2022 10:55 p.m.
San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin has been recalled by his city's voters, the Associated Press projected about 30 minutes after the first batch of results was released.
The most recent batch of results from San Francisco shows "yes" on the recall leading "no" 60% to 40%. The current results include all mail ballots received before Election Day as well as some in-person Election Day votes. ... More at SF Gate (https://www.sfgate.com/elections/article/Chesa-Boudin-recall-results-in-San-Francisco-17226495.php)
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"Pouncing Republicans"? What does that even mean?
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"Pouncing Republicans"? What does that even mean?
They're like 8888sitting kitty??
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Ben Shapiro
@benshapiro
It turns out even liberal areas aren't all that fond of human feces on street corners, heroin needles in public parks, and mass looting of local chain stores.San Fran Votes Overwhelmingly To Oust Woke Soros Prosecutor From Office In Major Rejection Of Far-Left
By Ryan Saavedra
Jun 8, 2022
San Francisco voters sent shockwaves throughout the political world Tuesday night, removing woke district attorney Chesa Boudin from office, ending his disastrous tenure in office.
Boudin could not overcome a coalition of more safety-minded Democrats, Republicans, and Independents who were furious over the rampant property crimes, open drug use, persistent retail theft, and the skyrocketing number of certain crimes.
“Voters strongly endorsed ousting the reform-minded D.A. as partial returns showed about 60% of voters supporting the recall,” The Wall Street Journal reported. Since Boudin took office in January 2020 “burglaries have risen 45%” and “homicides have increased 37%.” ...
Daily Wire (https://www.dailywire.com/news/san-fran-votes-overwhelmingly-to-oust-woke-soros-prosecutor-from-office-in-major-rejection-of-far-left?%3Futm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dwtwitter)
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What are the chances his replacement will be any better? It's SF, and they normally go with the craziest person who is willing to wear a suit.
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Calling this guy a vicitm is almost the ultimate of irony.
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There is a saying that I remember hearing that a conservative is a liberal who’s been mugged
These leftists in San Francisco had no problem foisting these soft on crime policies on the rest of the country. Only when it started affecting them did they respond
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The sad thing is that he's probably right.
John Cardillo
@johncardillo
How long until Biden’s handlers appoint Chesa Boudin to DOJ or a federal judgeship?
8:14 AM · Jun 8, 2022·
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"Pouncing Republicans"? What does that even mean?
Ed Morrissey was mocking a predictable example of MSM partisanship. Whenever the Ds attack an R pol for his/her mistake or weakness, the MSM "report" highlights the detail of the mistake. OTOH, whenever Rs attack an D pol for his/her mistake or weakness, the MSM "report" focuses on the mean Rs attacking or pouncing or jumping on or etc..
What are the chances his replacement will be any better? It's SF, and they normally go with the craziest person who is willing to wear a suit.
At best, I think Mayor London Breed's choice will be less awful. I think she "got" that homeless filth/crime and thug crime had become critical ballot box issues, but she's still a Prog D.
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NOBODY Expects The Pouncing Republicans!
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I hold no illusions that his replacement will be any better.
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"Pouncing Republicans"? What does that even mean?
How about calling Boudin a victim, what does that mean? Someone whose actions create victims is a victimizer, no?
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Yeah keep in mind these are leftists --- accountability is for everyone else. Mitt Romney's description was correct, but the 47% are not confined to an income bracket.
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"Pouncing Republicans"? What does that even mean?
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:silly:
I'm keepin' that one!
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I love your avatar. I was in Lowes 2 days ago and there was purple haired female employee wearing a rainbowed "pride" shirt. I danged near lost my lunch....
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I love your avatar. I was in Lowes 2 days ago and there was purple haired female employee wearing a rainbowed "pride" shirt. I danged near lost my lunch....
You're a biologist? ****drummer
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You're a biologist? ****drummer
No...but I did stay at a Holiday Inn last night. :laugh:
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I love your avatar. I was in Lowes 2 days ago and there was purple haired female employee wearing a rainbowed "pride" shirt. I danged near lost my lunch....
Be the umbrella, dear friend.
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I love your avatar. I was in Lowes 2 days ago and there was purple haired female employee wearing a rainbowed "pride" shirt. I danged near lost my lunch....
The young woman who assisted us in Lowes yesterday had bright chartreuse hair, but no "rainbow" paraphernalia. I told Mr. M he needed to kick it up a notch and dye his hair that color.
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The young woman who assisted us in Lowes yesterday had bright chartreuse hair, but no "rainbow" paraphernalia. I told Mr. M he needed to kick it up a notch and dye his hair that color.
:silly: I joked a couple of days ago with Mrs. PeteS that I ought to temp-dye my very white beard orange, for Halloween. Or maybe half red and half green for Christmas.
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Soros Now Actively Distancing Himself From Loser DA Chesa Boudin
Mia Cathell
Posted: Jun 13, 2022 12:15 PMLiberal mega-donor George Soros is actively distancing himself from now-ousted progressive San Francisco district attorney Chesa Boudin, who suffered a crushing defeat in a June 7 recall election. Just a day after Boudin's landslide loss in the deep-blue city, a Soros-funded PAC rushed to correct the record.
In an email obtained by Townhall, a representative for Justice & Public Safety PAC, the political action committee primarily funded by Soros, denied that the billionaire philanthropist ever endorsed or provided campaign funding to Boudin. "Mr. Soros has not—directly or indirectly—backed or supported or contributed to Mr. Boudin," the email sent Wednesday morning read. The message provided an outdated list of prosecutors with Soros-spending ties that were uploaded in April 2021 by watchdog InfluenceWatch. "Mr. Boudin is not on that list," the email from the Soros-funded PAC representative emphasized. When asked to specify which of Boudin's campaigns the assertion referred to, the source told Townhall both the 2019 general election and the 2022 recall. ...
Townhall (https://townhall.com/tipsheet/miacathell/2022/06/13/soros-now-actively-distancing-himself-from-loser-da-chesa-boudin-n2608433)
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When useful idiots are not longer useful, they're still idiots. And as former SF, now LA, DA George Gascon illustrates, idiots sometime become useful elsewhere.
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When useful idiots are not longer useful, they're still idiots. And as former SF, now LA, DA George Gascon illustrates, idiots sometime become useful elsewhere.
Gascon was worthless in Mesa, AZ and is just as bad in LA.
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A Fishrrman just-about-fearless prediction:
Whoever the next San Francisco DA is, he or she is not going to be much different than was boudin. In other words, left, left, left of center...