Voting on principle can be costly. U.S. Rep. Joseph Cao is hit with a backlash for being the lone GOP vote for the health care reform bill, even as the party’s leaders are denying they’re osctracizing him.
After the vote, a GOP colleague, minority whip Eric Cantor, refused to shake Cao’s hands, according to the Orlando Catholic Examiner.
Cao has also had two fundraisers canceled on him, and some contributors are demanding their money back, reports the AP.
Rep. Cao had always said that he supports universal health care access, but had a problem with abortion funding in the law’s previous version. Once abortion was taken out of the bill, he voted for it. After the vote, Cao told CNN’s Betty Nguyen that his vote was a “decision of conscience.” (See first video below the jump.)
Lobbying for Cao’s vote was intense, with President Obama and Cantor both vying for the man’s attention, reports The Hill in details here.
Cao later told the AP that he had asked the White House for help with rebuilding Katrina-ravaged New Orleans, but rejected the claim that there was horse trading: The White House did not promise anything, said Cao, and vice-versa, “I’m pretty sure that if I were to vote no against the bill the president would still continue to work with me to address the needs of my district.”
That, however, didn’t stop conservative pundit Rush Limbaugh from giving the only Vietnamese-American in Congress the moniker “Cash Cao” on his radio show.
Well aware that a backlash against Cao can cause a backlash-to-the-backlash, Republican leaders argue they are not taking revenge on Cao.
Cantor, the man who had refused to shake Cao’s hand, was in Cao’s hometown of New Orleans for a fundraiser for Rep. Bill Cassidy, whose district is somewhere else, in Baton Rouge. Cantor insisted that, “No,” retaliation is not planned. “Because I am well aware that Anh Cao is a thoughtful legislator. He weighed the pluses and minuses of the bill in his vote,” Cantor said.
Cao himself told CNN’s Don Lemmon (second video below) that his GOP colleagues have been “professional” about each other’s votes.
In California, Assemblyman Van Tran, a GOP stalwart who’s been a party faithful all his adult life, told Nguoi Viet Daily News (here, in Vietnamese) that he’d spoken to top party leaders and they “understood” Cao’s vote.
Tran declined to state whether he supports health care reform, dancing right around the question. Asked of Cao’s vote, Tran said, “we understand and respect (Rep. Cao’s) decision,” and said he hope Cao extracted from President Obama some “privileges and polices in the interest of his Louisiana district” for his vote.
Meanwhile, angry rank and file Republicans are still going after Cao. The above Wanted poster is from the Mad Conservative web site. The Freedom Post blog calls the anti-communist refugee legislator ”Joseph ‘Mao’.”
Here’s Cao on CNN with Betty Nguyen:
And here he is again on CNN with Don Lemmon:
Jk, are you having an amnesia?
Hahaha , It really gets to jung kim and his double miss manner, now.
Good night and good luck sweety.
Why don;t you go start on the 1,000,000 dollars drive for a handful of viet homeless….on the other thought, don’t, just don’t. I hate to see people turn you down when you ask for 10 buck on the street like a panhandler. Ouchy!
Bo May, the cheapo, don’t worry about donating for homeless because your character is surely one notch beneath anyone I know..including homeless people.
Take your wrinkled $10 and shove into your tight hole….. a tight if you have never been pregnant.
The words “panhandler and ouch” has been already used by this Guru but it reflects well with your dysfunctional mental condition.
Hahaha, Jung Kim is out of his mind right now,
Kimmy; did I irritate you enuff so that now you can see yourself as a big Zero?
Good nite kiddo.
Wake up early morning to read more lectures from this Guru.
Listen egg….. Guru does not get influenced by the slightly damaged little egg.
Bo May — Just Asking,
Have you checked in with your gang boss, the unprepared Dupervisor Janet Nguyen, before going on this blog and crap all over it? Does Janet and her gang members have enough toilet papers for you to wipe your mouth, also where the sun doesn’t shine?
Ha ha ha. This is so peachy! What a scary bunch of thugs and you, Bo May, are a made member. Just Asking is a vouched Associate.
Yo Just Asking,
For you to be a made member of Janet Nguyen’s Santa Ana gang and make it to the fifth floor, you have to spew a lot more hate and slime on this blog. You don’t have enough mud. So, produce your own Just Asking, by eating lots of soft tacos. You’ll have lots of smelly mud about eight hours later.
Good luck getting made into Janet’s gang. Remember to be the top thug, talk to Nick Le Cong, he’s got all the dirty tricks in the thug pouch.
Kim Jung, Busted Gang Member, take a deep breath, slowly, in and out, in and out, 10 times, good boy.
I will come back to see how you are doing later.
In the meanwhile, stay off the keyboard.
(just don’t wanna see yah become a police shooting target, Ouchy!)
100,000 households, $10 each, hm hmhm???…to help the viet homeless in O.C.?
Somehow I suspect this is Van Tran way to raise money for his own campaign . Just wonder…
Oops, never mind Kimmy, don’t wanna to offend your sensibility, go back to your med, see you later alligator.
Hey wankster, were you drunk last night? Why do you keep busting at the wrong tree? Go home to your papa Van Tran before they haul your a** in the big house again. Tell your papa to take care whatever it is that going on between him and the Jannies. Right now, the less people hate him, the better for him. If the student doesn’t show you any respect, may be the teacher might want to ask himself the question “why?”
Bo May, you are doing little better … however, 8:18 am is still late.
What time do you get up in the morning?
You will be ordered to put up some campaign signs in early morning hours so be ready.
Just Asking!, why are you burping out farts from your mouth?
Keep your intestine clean and go support our good Assemblyman Mr. Van Tran!
Yo Just Asking,
You are only a Gang Associate in Janet’s gang. You are low on the totem pole because you have not slime enough. Capeche? People have no respect for you until you slime like a slime master, a made member the caliber or Nick Le Cong. Bring on the slime. Ha ha ha!!!!
Btw, where is slutty Loretta’s gang. People tell me it’s also kickin back in Santa Ana. That gang is in big trouble.
Bo May/Just Asking,
You should get out of the gang life or one day the coroner will pick up your body in some dark Santa Ana alley.
You should live straight and live strong, instead of hanging out and being influened by very bad people right now. This is really bad. Do your parents know what you are up to? Are you really a member of Janet’s gang?
Starbuck latte: $4.50
Chocolate croissant: $2.50.
Enjoying them thinking about not donating $10.00 to the fouled mouth Busted Gang Member/ Jung Kim/ Missed Manner: priceless.
Now Bo May,
That’s no way to react to Miss Manners. Learn some manners that I am passing on to you.
Btw, You can keep the $3 change for lunch. JK would probably not mind seeing you as a charity case.
Bo May,
You still haven’t answered my questions. Do your parents know where you are and are you a member of Janet Nguyen’s gang?
Hey wankster, you & JK sounded like you guys are still having a hangover. Take some tylenol and go back to sleep. I wouldn’t want to deal with a bunch of drunkenstein so talk to me when all of you are getting sober. Capeche?
Bo May, you can keep your $10 bill cheapo.
We are charging joe mama for a happy time instead …..$100 a night.
Janet has a free service coupon.
Bo May, Joe mama has been making rich lately.
If Loretta need money to buy a fraud defense lawyer, have her contact us and we will chip in a buck or two.
Finally, I have enough money to pay for my gal Janet’s tummy suck surgery.
Hey bad manners, make sure you gave Van’s wife, Dina’s brother and Andy a copy of that speech you just made. It probably would do them some good! Or better yet, give it to the whole Van’s gang, surely it would do all of them good including you missy!
Hey retardo! What are you? Just Asking? or Just Asking!
Why are you so cencerned with their family members?
Are you an orphan sucking on Loretta’s mexican milk?
To the fouled mouth Busted Gang Member/ Jung Kim/ Missed Manner:
Now that you mentioned it, you should worry more for van tran’s wife.
May be you need a drive to get donation from 100,000 households in O.C. to buy a fraud defense lawyer for van tran wife criminal trial.
Ouchy!
Ooh La la! Just Asking/Bo May,
Looks like Janet Nguyen’s gang members just got their nerves seared. They ar emaking such a fuss., Ha ha ha!! Are you a made member, an official thug of Janet gang, yet Just Asking?
The only upcoming trials that coming up are Janet Gang’s family members being sued for fraud. Multiple cases. They are defendants for taking money and run. You heard anything about that? Ask Janet. She may be called as a witness. Ha ha ha!!
Bo May, your intelligence is quickly sinking south.
How about taking a free ESL classes first you cheapo!
Ask Janet to teach you some ABC’s in your lunch break.
Are you on green Viet bribe? If one of our Viet political leader or their associates are involved in some kind of scheme, it’s not something that we should be “Ooh La la” about. Those people happen to bring shame to our community, just like Van’s wife, Dina’s brother or Andy. We should feel ashamed that people like them are representing us right now, but don’t worry because there are something we could do about it. Vote them out and do not give them any more power.
Hey Just Asking?
By your twisted logic, then we kick out your gang boss Janet Nguyen because her family members are being sued for fraud, kick out the gang boss her self because she violated FPPC rules and got caught and fined for it. Andrew Do should also resign since his restaurant is full of violations. Oh, what do you do about Janet’s Tom, the gang boss husband? He’s co-owner, right.
Oh, while you at it, what do you want to do about Loretta? Now, talk about sins and skeletons. You sounded like you are very scared of Hispanic ghotsts. There’s a name for you that fits like a T: Hypocrite.
Where’s your shame in all of this? Ha, ha ha!!
Yeah, I say again, “Ooh La la!”
The gall of Bo May/Just Asking! Shame, shame!!
That’s what happened when you join a gang. You try to gang up on people.
Twisted logic? Because I want to vote out dirty politicians? Definitely there is no logic in your twisted mind! BTW, the only people that I can see scare right now are you idiots who has been barking anytime someone said they don’t like your daddy Van Tran. If Janet or Loretta are dirty like you said they are then all the smart voters should know what to do, don’t they? And by all mean, say ” Ooh La la! ” anytime you want wankster. Nobody is going to stop you from wanting to look like an idiot.
Just Asking?
Then, you must be a highly placed gang member and thug from Janet Nguyen’s crew, since you are very hum-ho about the gang boss’s crimes, right?
Or may be I am wrong. Are you one of Loretta’s crew then? She’s the boss of bosses you know.
These people are so “innocent” that make you so hum-ho … quiet. Now, repeat after me…. Hyp… Hyp … Hypocrite!!
Ooh la la! Hum-ho, Just Asking. Who woulda thought! You are so quiet Just Asking.
Just say it, “I, Just Asking, am a gang member and a thug!” Ha ha ha.
Yo Bo May/Just Asking
Mob boss Janet Nguyen is dirty alright. She plays dirty games with her Nick Lecong, a real political sabateour. Ask Ky Ngo how much he got paid by Lecong for protesting against Nguoi Viet News. It’s all in dollars. Ky Ngo will spill the beans on this whole gang one day soon. Lecong Nick is a dirtbag. Andrew Do the underbosss knows all about this too.
As for Loretta Sanchez, where do you start. Forget about skeletons in the closet. More like skeletons in the cemetery for Loretta!
Personal indiscretions abound and violations of laws are flouted.
Good job, don’t you all feel so much better already? Do us all a favor, anything else you know about any of those dirty politicians, please let it all out. Don’t let them hide behind their good title to continue doing more dirty scheme. As I’ve said already and I’m saying it again, we are the one who gave them the power but we could also take it back. If they don’t deserve it, don’t give it to them!
Whatever, Just Asking.
And why are you associating your self with Gang boss Janet Nguyen and her hired hands? Hard to explain trying to play the good guy when your hands are stained with other people’s blood. Weren’t you the one trying real hard getting “made”?
Stupid wankster, what do mean whatever? Is this how you’re going to react every time you have nothing else to say? Where did Van find you guys, a bunch of douche bags! Whenever you’re ready to have an intelligent conversation, you know where to find me otherwise stfu !
Why so upset, Just Asking! Just answer Buster’s questions. It should not be difficult for you since you are a know-it-all.
Name calling by you only show that you are a kid trying to be an adult. Grow up, please!
Ok children, you can stop trying to be the adults now. Go home and play with your dada Van Tran so he could tell you how smart all of you are by coming in here defending for him and all. For sure, he knew none of you are knowing any better and…. he’s right. So please wise up or stfu missy!
Just Asking! sound like a cat our neighbor used to have…… it was really dumb/ later died eating a poisoned rat in the dumpster.
This cat was a messy at home causing urine stains everywhere on the light beige carpet.
I hope people won’t let this self hating/anti viet aka Just asking! …be alone at home.
Just Asking!, how about a dumb dumb Quang? I am sure you want to be pregnant with this idiot’s child.
You know what JK, I used to believe that we’re all God’s children and all of us are created equally but then somebody like you showed up and then I don’t know what to believe anymore. If God truly love his children then why would he created someone as stupid as you into the world?
And JK, are you jealous of Quang? Didn’t you say he’s your friend? And this is what how you treat your friend, trash him behind his back? What a great friend you must be! Make sure you tell your associate Dina to lay off her hand, Quang is married. Do not go and embarrass herself again!
Please allow me to jumb in;
Isn’t Quang a viet? Why this JK keep calling the venerable Quang Pham dumb?
Isn’t he smarter than the horrible Van Tran by far?
As far I concern, QP has done nothing wrong,
He got more support from all viet in OC.,
He does not have a wife who was indicted for insurance fraud,
He did not go out drinking at Cytrist and involved in a drunk driving accident with another dumber person AQ.
What twisted logic?…Ah, I got it, Jung Kim is not too smart to tell the different.
I am laughing so hard every time I read JK post. Thanks JK for the comedy relief.
by the way, how much money do you make out of your 1mil dollar scheme for viet homless now? Please tell. Hehehehehe.
VC instigators are blogging here to defame all Vietnamese leaders.
Hey Bo May,
You must be Quang Pham. You are delusional and stupid.
Where do you come off telling bloggers that QP is “smarter”? More popular? What has this guy done in the area? Do people know who he is? QP is a ghostwithout name recognition.
I checked his bio and Van Tran’s bio. Tran is by far the more educated with alot more experience, relevant in the area he is running too. QP needs at least another 10 years living in the area and working in local govt. to even be in the same league as Tran.
This guy, QP, has done nothing for the community. I have never heard of him until he made the announcement he wants to be a Congressman. What a joke. Another Long Pham wanna be. But wait, QP is not even close to LP.
Note to Quang Pham:
You can’t win. Nobody knows who you are and nobody cares. Don’t embarrass yourself. You already look like a fool.
Just Asking!, I am the official Guru but I don’t dare to compare myself to God.
And you should never question him!
Look at yourself…… with pathetic low self esteemed personality hiding under thick blanket. You are the loser who is going to waste 50K for nothing.
My gal Janet had to take you on a leash to show you the “world” the other day in Little Saigon because you have not been involved with our community for many years.
Quang Pham, nobody knows your name right now and tell you the truth, my Guru name Jung Kim is 100 times more popular among likely voters than yours.
Come join me in working with in people in needs for next 5 years then I might find you an office to serve on.
I don’t believe you are a bad person but I think your ambition is only to satisfy your own ego…which has nothing to do with serving the needs of our community right now.
Hahaha, it works every time. Jung Kim just went nut when someone reminds him of the horrible Van Tran’s bad records.
Hey Jung Kim;
I think Van Tran is horrible, his life is a joke, he can not even get past 100,000 dollars mark for his campaign pledge. That tells me he is loosing his popularity and everyone knows what a fake he is. You may be one of the reason why people got turn off too. Have you ever thought of that?
I think everyone else is so much more superior than Van Tran in many ways.
Just don’t jump off the highway overpass when van tran lost his bid to the senate seat, OK? ’cause we would be having no one to make fun of.
Got to go back to work now, see you in a bit (if you still here and did not go insane yet)