Comments on: Hoa Tran keeps DPOC endorsement http://bolsavik.com/2008/05/hoa-tran-keeps-dpoc-endorsement/ All Viet, all the time Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:11:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Littlesaigonese http://bolsavik.com/2008/05/hoa-tran-keeps-dpoc-endorsement/comment-page-1/#comment-1224 Littlesaigonese Wed, 28 May 2008 23:13:13 +0000 http://bolsavik.com/?p=227#comment-1224 A candidate that can't speak for himself , another that has no income ( and no income tax paid) and the incumbent is pretty much a lost cause and they all want to do the talking for us .Hah A candidate that can’t speak for himself , another that has no income ( and no income tax paid) and the incumbent is pretty much a lost cause and they all want to do the talking for us .Hah

]]> By: The Enabling Bishop | Orange Juice! http://bolsavik.com/2008/05/hoa-tran-keeps-dpoc-endorsement/comment-page-1/#comment-1215 The Enabling Bishop | Orange Juice! Wed, 28 May 2008 21:38:40 +0000 http://bolsavik.com/?p=227#comment-1215 [...] The Bolsavik thinks this was the wisest decision politically, for the future of the Democrats in the Vietnamese [...] [...] The Bolsavik thinks this was the wisest decision politically, for the future of the Democrats in the Vietnamese [...]

]]> By: ANTI COMMUNIST http://bolsavik.com/2008/05/hoa-tran-keeps-dpoc-endorsement/comment-page-1/#comment-1212 ANTI COMMUNIST Wed, 28 May 2008 19:36:01 +0000 http://bolsavik.com/?p=227#comment-1212 Chris, great comment. I am in full agreement with you there. If the Dems are looking to build stronger bonds with this community by endorsing an unknown candidate who can't even speak for himself, not only that he has no knowledge of anything in this community... Chris, great comment. I am in full agreement with you there. If the Dems are looking to build stronger bonds with this community by endorsing an unknown candidate who can’t even speak for himself, not only that he has no knowledge of anything in this community…

]]> By: Jung Kim http://bolsavik.com/2008/05/hoa-tran-keeps-dpoc-endorsement/comment-page-1/#comment-1208 Jung Kim Wed, 28 May 2008 16:36:25 +0000 http://bolsavik.com/?p=227#comment-1208 Dems need to be born again. Love God. love family and love unborn children! Dems need to be born again. Love God. love family and love unborn children!

]]> By: VietPundit http://bolsavik.com/2008/05/hoa-tran-keeps-dpoc-endorsement/comment-page-1/#comment-1207 VietPundit Wed, 28 May 2008 16:23:17 +0000 http://bolsavik.com/?p=227#comment-1207 As a Vietnamese-American, I embrace Chris. Wait, actually I embrace Chris's comments, not Chris. Oh, what the hell, I embrace Chris! (Even though I'm a Republican!) As a Vietnamese-American, I embrace Chris. Wait, actually I embrace Chris’s comments, not Chris. Oh, what the hell, I embrace Chris! (Even though I’m a Republican!)

]]> By: Sarah Michelle Spinosa http://bolsavik.com/2008/05/hoa-tran-keeps-dpoc-endorsement/comment-page-1/#comment-1205 Sarah Michelle Spinosa Wed, 28 May 2008 12:50:36 +0000 http://bolsavik.com/?p=227#comment-1205 I don't have a blue card, but can I second that? :P SMS I don’t have a blue card, but can I second that? :P

SMS

]]> By: Chris Prevatt http://bolsavik.com/2008/05/hoa-tran-keeps-dpoc-endorsement/comment-page-1/#comment-1204 Chris Prevatt Wed, 28 May 2008 07:48:32 +0000 http://bolsavik.com/?p=227#comment-1204 The problem with political calculation is that sometimes it comes back to bite you in the rear-end. Either way the Dems were screwed on this one. They never should have endorsed Hoa in the first place but chose to give him the benefit of the doubt in April. After that point they were in a no win situation. If they pulled the endorsement they would be open to accusations of not supporting a Vietnamese democrat. If they did not pull the endorsement they would be open to the accusation of being played as fools for supporting a candidate who has no integrity. In the end, the central committee chose to stand on the belief that the Vietnamese community values ethnicity over integrity. I think they were wrong, and I hope that in the long run the Vietnamese community will forgive them for their presumption. The problem with political calculation is that sometimes it comes back to bite you in the rear-end.

Either way the Dems were screwed on this one. They never should have endorsed Hoa in the first place but chose to give him the benefit of the doubt in April. After that point they were in a no win situation. If they pulled the endorsement they would be open to accusations of not supporting a Vietnamese democrat. If they did not pull the endorsement they would be open to the accusation of being played as fools for supporting a candidate who has no integrity.

In the end, the central committee chose to stand on the belief that the Vietnamese community values ethnicity over integrity. I think they were wrong, and I hope that in the long run the Vietnamese community will forgive them for their presumption.

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