The Vietnamese-American community in San Jose is getting tagged with what could be the city’s worst election dirty trick, and the several Viets fighting to oust Councilwoman Madison Nguyen are busy fighting each other.
The dirty trick is a phony flyer, pretending to be on behalf of a city council candidate and sent to Viet voters, and it carries a picture of the communist flag.
Some Viet voters who received the flyer were incensed, and called the campaign offices of District 5 candidate Magdalena Carrasco to protest, and that’s how she found out about it.
It’s unclear what Carrasco did or didn’t do to make her the target. All sides rallied to condemn this fake mailer. The District Attorney is investigating. Mayor Chuck Reed in a written statement called it “a new low in San Jose campaigns.”
Councilwoman Nguyen in a message to Nguoi Viet Daily News said, “The recent mailer with the Communist flag that emerged in the District 5 council race has no place in San Jose politics. Voters should denounce such negative campaign.”
Her main opponent in the recall election, the Vietnamese American Community of Northern California, sent out a bilingual press release (English here, Vietnamese here) calling the flyer a “deplorable act of election fraud” that has “damaged the reputation of San Jose’s community.”
Even as some unknown person, who may not even be Viet, is giving the community a bad name, the Viets among themselves are slinging mud at each other and ensuring the reelection of Madison Nguyen.
As early as April 5, in District 7 (where Nguyen is the incumbent) candidates Minh Duong and Patrick Phu Le were attacking each other. Not too long before, the two were side by side in efforts to recall the only Viet councilwoman in San Jose.
Duong accuses Le of mishandling the recall campaign’s finances resulting in a fine imposed on them by the city. Le said all that happened was a late fee on the post-election report, which Le paid using his own money anyway. (Read a lengthy email from Le on the issue, here.)
Le in turn takes to task Duong’s public statement that he used to sell food stamps for cash. Selling food stamps for cash is a crime.
Things are now getting really bad. Some of the additional mud being flung (and some conspiracy theorists are saying Madison did it):
* Thomas Nguyen, another former recall activist now running for mayor, is accused of embezzling recall campaign funds and siphoning it into his campaign for mayor.
* Le’s father, a Buddhist activist in Vietnam, got called a communist.
* Duong is accused of being ethnic Chinese with the real last name Wong, as if it were a bad thing. And anyway he’s not.
Then Duong got hit with a complaint by the local firefighter’s union for a flyer featuring Duong and uniformed firemen. Apparently, it’s some kind of violation for firefighters to appear in uniform in political literature.
The funny thing is, it’s not even Duong’s flyer. The flyer is soft money, supposedly unconnected to the campaign, and paid for by the San Jose Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce PAC, which has endorsed Duong for the position. The firefighters aren’t amused because they’ve endorsed Nguyen.
Don’t vote for any Vietnamese Americans who do not demonstrate their integrity, honesty
Vietnam fell into the communist hands because of these bad candidates, and they
are going to show up everywhere including Orange County
“damaged the reputation of san jose’s community”? san jose’s reputation has long been damaged by the elected viets just like the reputation of the oc viet elected.
There’s not much you guys can do…. this type of behavior is ingrained in Vietnamese culture. Vietnam has always been agrarian, Vietnam has always been a rural, village-based culture. Even Vietnam today is primarily rural and village-based.
Why do I bring this up? Because much of Vietnamese culture is one of a village mindset…. and what do people like to do in Vietnamese Villages (now and for the 5000 years)? They like to gossip, they like to cut each other down….. anything to inflate their own ego’s.
You see the exact same thing in Thailand (a country that is also very village based).
Xu you are right. My people gossip and we backstab. We have a very hostile violent history. All that said, this whole story gets a laugh. Even though it is dirty whoever sent this letter, it is ingenius. They are messing with some of the Vietnamese (mostly older generation) voters’ paranoia and hysteria about the communist flag. Whoever is behind this tactic is a coward and a dirty politician, but a clever one. The conservative extremist anti communists are very paranoid and they know this. Politicians on both side use this “communist” label tactic in their campaigns sometimes it works. It could very well work down here in Orange County too. Watch for more dirty politics in November. This should be good and bolsavik will have alot to write about.
Yes, and the real commies are laughing their assess off.
They love it when their boogie man stature still haunts the old farts of the south.
That’s Viet 4000 yr cultural heritance for you. I ain’t trust no Yellow people in this country let alone vote for him/her.
Madison Nguyen is doing a fine job ” A-”.
People need to remove their jealous/dirty personal agenda.
Dear Fellow Dead Comrade Ho Chi Minh:
You and I are both dead and we are rotting in our smelly little glass cases.
You and I are obsolete commie bastards. Best to shut up and lie their quietly.
You should not make stupid comments on this blog. You make all commies look bad. The Chinse piss on our Southern neighbor — that’s you — because you are a stupid commie follower.
I am a fool for fowllowing the wrong path. But you are even dumber for following me! Just shut the fcuk up and lie there in peace stupid comarde Ho. Our days are done.
Long Live Chairman Mao. Lie there and lie still all commie bastards. That goes for you too Ho the Commie whore and all your comrades, xu, Bo May, Jose s.
I support Madison Nguyen;
She is the proud lady with a very clean record and
She does not bill the State for hundred of thousand of dollars,
She did not involve in a drunk driving accident,
She does not make stupid childish activities in public and later have to find excuses for it,
She does frequent the drinking places at night and get involve with shady business/ criminal characters.
She does not use ugly red-baiting tactic to get votes.
She did not need to get a third tiered law degree from a cheap private school.
She stands out among other viet elected officials
…unlike the turtle face Van Tran and the rest of the little mind elected officials in little saigon. LOL
Me personally? I’m quite apolitical. To me, the less I hear from politicians the better.
I don’t care and choose not to pay attention to political drama or grandstanding (doesn’t matter if the politician is Vietnamese or not).
Bo May, idiot……… Madison Nguyen respects/ supports our good Assemblyman Van Tran.
Go Mr. Van Tran!
http://www.joinvantran.com
All good Viets have joined Assemblyman Van Tran’s camp.
Ask Quang Pham!
http://www.joinvantran.com
Bo May the Jealous Moron,
For your info, Madison is a student and a follower of Van Tran. Tran rules all the Viet politicians in California. He is the best.
Tran did a fundraiser in San Jose several months ago and several hundred people attended! Not even Madison can’t even get that kind of turn out in her own home turf.
Bo May is an a hole and a brown noser of Loretta the hoe and for Fat Face Janet Nguyen. Bo May went underground and now reappear out of the sewer. Bo May should be sprayed with anti lice powder!
Here is an article talking about how Van Tran can’t get support of the Vietnamese people and can’t raise any money. The only people giving him money are in San Jose and some are connected to the communist government. Hope you have a tissue box Junk Kim, because you’re gonna cry after reading this.
http://littlesaigoninside.blogspot.com/2010/02/controversial-van-tran.html
Hahahahahahahahahahahahah (miss me, kimmy, da thug?)
Junk the Trash Can,
So you post a Democrat blog from San Jose as your “source”? You might as well cite the National Enquirer moron. The blog is discredited as a fraud blog.
This is the same blog that have been exposed as spreading lies and rumors. This blog whores for Fat Janet and predicted that Quang Pham can beat Van Tran. What a joke.
Junk the Moron read this. You will cry real gets for your Loetta Hoe. Sinksanchez.com and dumpsanchez.com. Good stuff Junk!
To all dumb voters who believe in van tran:
The only people who give money to the turtle face van tran are…yes, you are correct …those with money and power, and they are also…yes, you are correct again….those who have ties with rich business men from viet nam and ….yes, right a gain…the commies.
I don’t mean to say van tran is a commie, far from it, he is for himself, if that means he has to sell his soul to the devils, oops I mean to the corrupted party members from nam….Who are same specie..
Hence the term ‘bird of same feathers’. LOL
Bo May,
Your broken recording against Assemblyman Van Tran is getting tiresome and pathetic.
Van Tran got to where he is because he works hard and he has lots and lots of supporters. No dispute and no argument. He will be the next Congressman from the OC. Doesn’t matter what you said. Nothing will change ghat.
Bo May is just another jealous Viet crab trying to pull down another Viet who is miles better than him in everyway. Frustration and jealousy are his trademarks. Losers like Bo May bring down the Viet Community and give it a bad name.
Just read Bo May’s dirty posts. Lots of rants and bitchiness against his own kind.
Kimmy and Da Thug:
Tell me if I am incorrect with the statement below,
van tran billed the State for 750 thousands of dollars for living in his own home, yearly.
van tran involved in a drunk driving accident with andy quach.
van tran made stupid childish activities in public and later had to find excuses for it, (oh, the sign was thrust upon me).
van tran frequents the drinking places at night and gets involve with shady business/ criminal characters.
van tran used ugly red-baiting tactic to get votes.
van tran got a third tiered law degree from a cheap law school.
van tran is the most distrusted elected viet officials in America, surpassing Janet and Andrew Do.
if I am indeed incorrect, why? This is your chance to defend your idiot, oops, I mean your idol, I dare you, double dare ya!
LOL.
To Da Thug:
Those are news from the Bolsavik.
Why call me jealous and ‘against my kind’ ? Why don’t ya call the Bolsavik the same?
Scared?
LOL
Bo May,
You are an idiot and a moron to boot. You like to make accusations against Assemblyman Van Tran but nobody pays attention to you. You can go back into yur sand box and paly dare with your own weenie. Your ugliness is clear f all to see.
Yes, you are jealous of Tran’s success and popularity. Nobody can dispute that he is the most prominent Viet poltician in the state.
Tran will be the next congressman from the OC. Live with it loser. It’s over for your Loretta.
Bo May, here’s a dare game I want you to play.
Spread your leg out, bend over, and start rubbin your nose between your legs. You see Loretta yet? Ha ha ha!! It’s a perfect game for you, who has no spine.
Remember to get your nose close to your anus. Can you see your head now? Ha ha ha!!
Bo May = Shawn Mill the White Trash = political sabateur = Shawn Mill the A-Hole.
da thug;
So you are very eloquent and very sophisticated and not ‘dirty
at all with that post above, I see, you must have graduated from same school where van tran got his degree.
LOL
Bo May, Shawn Mill the white trash. I am not a lawyer like Van Tran but I can smell you as a rat from a mile a way. I hate all lawyers.
You give me too much credit loser Shawn Mill. You are a piece of cat littler but you still stink bad.
Shawn Mill and Art Pedroza = Racists = Viet Haters = trash mixed in with dirt.
artie, are you da thug? Gotcha!
Using multiple post names for what? Trying to make it seems more than one dumb supporter for van tran?
You must be the dumbo Jung Kim too?
So…pathetic.
No wonder van tran is going down hill with supporter like you.
LOL
I am Da Thug you stupid Shawn Mill. The only person going down is your hoe Loretta. Artie is Artie you dumb ass.
Why do you go on this blog? You are a Viet Hater and a loser.
So, who are you now? arty or kimmy or da thug?
So funny and sooooo… sad for an old man like you with a 10 year old mentality.
Lao-Ngoan-Dong are you? Making clownish acts on public display for the little children.
LOL.
Bo May is Shawn Mill the Viet Hater. You ae a stupid moron. I am your God and Loretta is your hoe.
What idiot would even try to write Vietnamese when you hate the Viets.
Bo May,
Quang Pham said ” Assemblyman Van Tran is the BEST candidate to replace Loretta Sanchez”
Bo May,
When did anti- Viet racist Shawn Mill have said ” I am a jealous jerk …….and attracted to chola loser ” ?
It’s a good sign when anti- Viet racists are showing up with great jealousy………. it means their boss Loretta is really afraid of losing her seat to our good Viet Assemblyman Van Tran!
Go Mr. Van Tran!
Go Viets!
http://www.sinksanchez.com
Bo May has been running his mouth like a “enlarged rectum out of control”.
Bo May needs to learn from joe mama ……..how to use a rectum cork to stop the flow…
Hey send joe mama to BP to help plug up broken oil pipe!
Bo May = enlarged rectum size to fit joe papa.
Loretta = losing support base
Kimmy said: “What idiot would even try to write Vietnamese when you hate the Viets.”
Wrong! On both account:
1. Lao- Ngoan -Dong is a character penned in a Chinese novels that was penned by the famous author Kim-Dung.
2. Putting down van tran in the public to read is not hating viet, I just remind of blogger here what van tran have done which was publicized by the Bolsavik.
Why don’t you call Bolsavik viet hater, too? And should I call you viet hater when you you put down Andy Do and Janet ?
You should change your post name to Lao-Ngoan-Dong, it fits you perfectly, an old man with a 10 year old kid mentality.
Have a good day (don’t bust your vain on my account)
Bo May with lose rectum muscle., Bolsavik is our community leader and proud Viet….. you are NOT!
Loretta talks trash about our Viet community members in general… she is anti Viet racist!
Loretta = Anti Viet
http://www.sinksanchez.com
Bo May,
I can bust something else on your face and head. You are a pervert and you might like it.
You can rant and fart al you like, but you ae still a stinking Viet hater. A holes like you belong in the sewer with your gang boss Janet Nguyen and her former side kick Andrew Do the idiot.
Bo May,
How do you like whroing for Loretta Sanchez? You are also a not so secret made member of Janet Nguyen and her gang.
You are a loser and you should crawl back into your hole and stay there. Coming on Bolsavik get you hstifaced! Ha ha ha!!
Loretta often make offensive racial remarks against our Viet community members.
She is BAD!
Get rid of Loretta!
http://www.sinksanchez.com
Bo May is just a Democrat Viet hating thug. Bo May is like a poltical child molester. He is a dog who likes to bark but has no bite. This dog should be muffled and shackled. What a hypocrite.
Bo May danced around the metal pole…… now his rectum is enlarged! Go figure!
Loretta = Baby killer
Loretta = BAD
Bo May = Loretta’s chipmunk.
Lao- Ngoan- Dong which one are you now?
IZ Lao Ngoan Dong of vietnamese literature ? Or is it Chinese literature?
IZ showing van tran greeds and corruption record for all to see means ‘hating viet’?
I think not, it so easy to see you are too young to know the different, albeit you are an old coot and living inside an old man corpse.
….Seen to many of them on bolsa street….(sigh)
You are a Viet hater because you are a failure, just like a frustrated and unhappy loser that you are. Your poss reeks of that loser mentality aroma.
Everybody can see that your only mission on this blog is to bash and malign assemblyman Van Tran and his political allies. You are a discredited blogger and you have no credibility.
Lao Ngoan Dong;
You are having a very acute sense of smell, like a dawg, no wonder van tran loves you.
So, just answer me this, for the last time. Did van tran commit these crimes, ugly activities:
van tran billed the State for 750 thousands of dollars for living in his own home, yearly.
van tran involved in a drunk driving accident with andy quach.
van tran made stupid childish activities in public and later had to find excuses for it, (oh, the sign was thrust upon me).
van tran frequents the drinking places at night and gets involve with shady business/ criminal characters.
van tran used ugly red-baiting tactic to get votes.
van tran got a third tiered law degree from a cheap law school.
van tran is the most distrusted elected viet officials in America, surpassing Janet and Andrew Do.
van tran have a delusional supporter like you.
if I am incorrect in any of those things, tell me WHY?
Call me what you want, but these info are from the Bolsavik. Why are you not calling the Bolsavik the same names you are giving me? Scared? LOL.
You are a stupid moron Bo May. If Van Tran did all of that, he would be sitting in prison a long time ago, and not standing as the honorable member of the California Legislature. He is the most senior and respected Viet politician in this state. There is mo debate there, except in your own muddled little head.
So, you like to use rumors, innuendoes and third hand hearsay from Tran’s political enemies to attack Assemblyman Tran. And you ask me, his supporter, to respond? Do you believe in the tooth fairy too? I am beginning to believe that you are so stupid and childish that you do.
I suggest that you go directly to Tran and get it from the source, If you dare spew your rumors and vicious lies, instead of hiding behind a lame Bo May name. What a moron and a jealous idiot.
Bo May the moron,
If you have not figured this one out already, the Bolsavik is not exactly a fountain source of fair, complete and truthful journalism. If you believe in this Bolsavik blog like the bible, then you are a three year old who still believe in Santa Claus.
But you are just a vicious Viet hater whose only mission on this blog is to attack and spread lies against Van Tran. You are a discredited blogger and your call ID is one of a dog whoring for Tran’s political enemies. Calling a spade a spade Bo May the dog. You are not fooling anybody when you are a fraud.