Daily Archives: June 4, 2008

Now would be a good time….

Commenter Tien Huynh here asked the Bolsavik to issue this reminder, which the Bolsavik thinks is a good idea: Now would be a really good time for Dina Nguyen and Hoa Van Tran to issue public statements congratulating Supervisor Janet … Continue reading

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The Register’s Greenhut slams Van Tran

The Orange County Register‘s Steve Greenhut (pictured) just posted this item on Orange Punch just raking Assemblyman Van Thai Tran and his mentor Mike Schroeder over the coal. A columnist with near-impeccable libertarian/small-government credentials, Greenhut is above suspicion of being anything like … Continue reading

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Results of election for Viets in OC, San Jose

The most conservative county in California voted for an accused communist(!) to be reelected to the Board of Supervisors. A rabid red-baiter who had gone so far as to protest a red belt buckle on a singer beat a four-term incumbent … Continue reading

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Van Tran’s score card

Earlier this year, Assemblyman Van Thai Tran (pictured) bucked the OC Republican establishment and endorsed presidential candidate John McCain instead of Mitt Romney. That turned out to be a huge point scored. For the June primary, however, Tran has not fared … Continue reading

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Night at the campaign headquarters

  This young man, whose name the Bolsavik failed to get (sorry!), showed off his athletic skills while watching the returns at Hoa Van Tran‘s campaign office on election night. His enthusiasm does not reflect the low number Hoa was getting. The candidate … Continue reading

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Long Pham: Surprise of the night

Who’da thunk it? Long Pham, the candidate for OC Board of Education, who’s not making any effort at campaigning, whose best claim to fame was to be present at any and all anti-communist and anti-phantom-communist protests in town, and whose opponent … Continue reading

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