DELONG VS. LOWENTHAL DIGITAL DUEL IN THE LB-OC CONGRESSIONAL RACE
By LBReport.com
LONG BEACH– Councilman Gary DeLong’s Congressional campaign on Monday issued a release blasting Sen. Alan Lowenthal campaign’s in connection with actions by a “tracker” following the Oct. 5 League of Women Voters candidate forum at CSULB.
A few hours later at mid-afternoon, the California Democratic Party released on YouTube.com video and audio of the encounter. These, along with statements DeLong’s campaign and subsequent response from Communications Director Tenoch Flores, are detailed on LBReport.com. An excerpt of DeLong’s campaign:
As reported in the Long Beach Press Telegram, Alan Lowenthal’s stalker was present at Friday’s debate. The stalker, referred to as a “tracker” in political circles, continued the Lowenthal campaign strategy of bullying and intimidation Friday night at the 47th District Candidates Forum hosted by the League of Women Voters and California State University Long Beach.
The stalker violated the recording guidelines for the event set forth by the League of Women Voters. She continued video taping, even after she was notified by the League that both candidates had signed a form agreeing to the rules and that she was violating those rules, until the University Police arrived to deal with her.
“I asked her nicely several times to get the camera out of my face,” DeLong said. “When she refused to remove the camera from my face, I removed the camera and delivered it to a representative of the League of Women Voters so they could take appropriate action. I play by the rules and believe Alan Lowenthal should as well. Just because he lost the debate doesn’t mean he shouldn’t act in a more ethical manner.”
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What a weakling this delong clown is. He’s bad-ass heckling Schipske and galebich but can’t hack it under pressure. What a-and excuse the word but it is so appropriate-pussy. Back to playing telecommunications czar you spoiled brat!
There’s a point in the recording where it finally dawns on DeLong that he’s been completely unprofessional and boorish about this whole thing, possibly to the point of sinking his campaign.
It’s when DeLong is complaining to Lowenthal about the tracker, and Lowenthal explains that DeLong has sent people to his events and you don’t find him complaining about it.
Watch DeLong’s expression and his turning away from Lowenthal. He notices the tracker recording him again and as he listens to Lowenthal refuse his whining, you can almost see DeLong’s gears turning as he realizes that he f**ked up. It’s subtle but priceless.
Reporter Eric Bradley from the Press Telegram called me today regarding DeLong. Eric said he wanted to interview me about Gary DeLong and asked whether I would comment on the record. I said yes, with reservations. The Press Telegram has not been kind to me.
Eric said that almost all business owners he talked to were supporters of DeLong. However, almost all RESIDENTS he interviewed did not like DeLong. He asked my opinion of why that might be.
As I started to explain the NUMEROUS reasons DeLong might be unliked by residents, Eric told me he couldn’t write about my reasons without proof. I told him I would provide and forward to him the pictures, emails and links to other newspaper articles to back up what I said. Eric was not interested in any of that. In reflection, I’m not sure what he was interested in. Eric quickly called an end to the interview.
While it appears Gary DeLong may OWN the businesses, as far as I can determine, businesses don’t vote. Residents do vote.
Anyone in wrong beach who knows anything knows the press-telewrapper is not a legitimate newspaper. They are at the same level as the phony online “news” source that, like the IPT, prints press releases and calls it news.
My favorites from the IPT were the city of Vernon ads that the paper made look like part of the newspage and not the ads that they were. I wouldn’t know where to even begin with the other “news source”. It is as phony as garcia is, who helped squeeze it out.
Krikorian must be pissed now that archbold and tiny tim submit “shirley wild” nut polishing articles on locals like he did, minus the drinking part.
Makes perfect sense these two rags would support a phony-baloney like dewrong.
The Lowenthal fans are acting like hoods with little to back up anything. I saw the dabate in person – and since I’m relatively new to the community, I didn’t carry a lot of baggage. DeLong outclassed and outperformed the whiny-voiced Lowenthal by a wide margin. Mr. Alan seemed capable of only spouting Obama campaign slogans. If I was sitting across the table from these two, I’d be more inclined to engage with Delong; I can see why he has been able to build concensus. At the end of the day, they agreed on many things. However, DeLong demonstrated better communication, independence and critical thinking skills. How come no one is holding Lowenthal to the dismal state of California????
It appears Elisabeth Thomas carries more baggage than she claims. For instance, there is an Elisabeth Thomas who wrote the anti-Lowenthal letter to the Grunion Gazette (below link) before this debate occurred.
http://www.gazettes.com/opinion/letters/in-our-mailbox-letters-to-the-election/article_6f3d98e8-132b-11e2-b39a-001a4bcf887a.html
Then there Elisabeth Thomas attacks to an anti-DeLong blog.
http://stefanbc.wordpress.com/2012/09/14/in-the-debate-delong-balances-inanity-with-mendacity/
Don’t forget the new member meeting at the home of Elisabeth Thomas for Long Beach Republican Women.
longbeachrepublicanwomen.com/…/Newsletter%20-%20Feb%20201…
Contrary to what she says, Elisabeth Thomas has LOTS OF BAGGAGE when it comes to making a fair assessment of the Congressional debate. Why is it necessary for so many people around DeLong to lie? Why is the truth so inconvenient to these folks?
This Mike Ruehle character seems to have nothing else to do except comment on random blogs all around Long Beach…he sounds like a very angry Alan Lowenthal supporter or staffer. Is he on the Democrats payola too?
republicans still dont get how google works.