Unsettling incident

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Wednesday August 22, 2012 · 4:34 PM PDT

2012/08/22 · 16:34

I am not sure what to make of what just happened to me. I am a 69 year old retired RN. I live in the new CA-47 district. The Democrat in the race is Alan Lowenthal and the Republican is Gary DeLong. Gary has been my city councilman for the last 6+ years. Alan represents the district next to mine. I have been registered as a Democrat since time immemorial.

For the past few years I have been cyberstalked by an employee I had terminated for inappropriate behavior in the workplace. I have an email account that I use for any accounts that I have, e.g. dKos, Amazon, etc. And, I have another email for use by my close friends and family only. I am extremely careful where I use that account and those who have it are well aware of my stalking problem. Since my retirement I no longer have a corporate email account. It was corporate security who found out who my stalker was. My stalker has not found (yet!) my family email account.

I have NEVER given my family email account to my city councilman, Gary DeLong. However, today I received an email from his city council office about some road paving in the district. And, then about an hour later I received an email from his campaign office decrying Alan Lowenthal's partisanship. Even Alan Lowenthal's campaign doesn't have my family email account!

Follow my tale of woe after the little orange curlicue:

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Thursday June 24, 2010 · 4:14 PM PDT

2010/06/24 · 16:14

I rarely post a diary and am mostly a longtime lurker. I am a retired RN who worked many years for California's largest HMO. For some ungodly reason nutMeg has decided to beat up on Registered Nurses. She has decided to take on the CNA (California Nurse's Association) president, Rose Ann DeMoro. CNA had the nerve to insist that hospitals in California follow the law about staffing levels.

Because we want to abide by the staffing laws RNs now have been labeled a "special interest group." Our girl, nutMeg, insisted that CNA give her the names and addresses of its members so that she could contact them and tell them the truth about her views on healthcare and staffing. CNA refused. Name me a union or any other professional organization that would willy-nilly give out the names and addresses of its members.

Queen Meg now has a new website devoted to RNs so that she can tell them the truth about CNA, its officers, its finances AND, coincidentally, why RNs should vote for nutMeg. On what planet do you troll for votes by telling someone that s/he is overpaid, underworked and too stupid to figure out who to vote for? Oh, and just in case we can't understand her campaign her website is called http://www.truthfornurses.com/

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Sunday October 19, 2008 · 12:04 PM PDT

2008/10/19 · 12:04

I am an infrequent diarist and mostly prefer to lurk. However, as it now seems that we are poised to gain significantly more seats in the House and the Senate, I am again given to idle daydreaming about who among the Republican survivors will switch party allegiance first.

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Saturday February 23, 2008 · 2:21 PM PST

2008/02/23 · 14:21

As we come closer to deciding the nominees of the major parties I couldn't help but think back to that time almost two years ago when the presumptive Republican nominee for President was Senator George Allen of Virginia, the Golden Boy of Republican Conservatism: Southern (or, Southern Californian, if we're nitpicking); son and namesake of a successful football coach; not bad looking; anti-abortion; hunter; 2nd Amendment advocate; not too bright; wealthy; ambitious; easily-led; _______ (fill in the blank.)

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Sunday November 18, 2007 · 3:41 PM PST

2007/11/18 · 15:41

I have faithfully listened to all of the debates, both Democratic and Republican, and I have pretty much picked out my candidate. For the record, I will vote for the Democratic candidate even if it is not my candidate. This diary is not meant to demean or denigrate any candidate or any campaign. However, I find all of the candidates and their campaigns lacking a certain something, a je ne saie quoi. What is that question that all are avoiding?

I want to know why you are a Democrat.

Poll

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Why are you a Democrat?

72 votes Vote Now!

Why are you a Democrat?

My parents were Democrats.

13 votes

My parents were Republicans.

2 votes

I married a Democrat.

0 votes

I married a Republican.

0 votes

I liked a Democratic candidate.

6 votes

I hated a Republican candidate.

2 votes

The Current Occupant changed me into a Democrat.

5 votes

Democrats have more fun.

11 votes

Republicans scare me.

21 votes

Pie.

12 votes

Ralph Regula (R - OH 16) retiring

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Friday October 12, 2007 · 3:43 PM PDT

2007/10/12 · 15:43

Ralph Regula has announced that he will not seek another term in Congress according to the local Fox News outlet in Columbus.

http://www.foxnews.com/...

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Friday July 06, 2007 · 11:19 AM PDT

2007/07/06 · 11:19

I don't diary or comment often - mostly just lurk. However, I didn't see this one coming and just had to comment. Rep. Doolittle, the Member of Congress voted most likely to win the Duke Cunningham Corruption Crown, now wants us out of Iraq.

Apparently, he had a town meeting in Rocklin, CA and then repeated his new position to the Board of the Sacramento Bee.
go here: http://www.editorandpublisher.com/...

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Thursday December 28, 2006 · 9:16 PM PST

2006/12/28 · 21:16

In the years since Watergate I have come to believe that Gerald Ford was telling the truth about his blanket pardon of Richard Nixon. I believed that he weighed the pros and cons of a pardon and made the decision that he felt was in the nation's best interest and not as a favor to Nixon. I believed that there was no quid pro quo. I believed that Nixon picked Ford as VP because he was confirmable. I didn't agree with the decision at the time and have only grudgingly accepted it over time. However, I did believe that Ford thought long and hard about the decision and came to the decision with difficulty. Even though I voted for Jimmy Carter I always felt a little sad that Ford lost the Presidency because of a decision made with difficulty and honor.

Now it can be told: Nixon picked the man he considered his most loyal friend; the man he knew he didn't have to ask for a pardon; it was understood in that Tony-Soprano-Don-Corleone unspoken request/command way so prized by felons and their minions.

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Saturday December 09, 2006 · 9:17 AM PST

2006/12/09 · 09:17

There's been much ado about George Bush, Sr's emotional speech about his son, Jeb. The conventional wisdom seems to have settled on the meme that Jeb has no chance at the presidency now that W has poisoned the Bush family well with this disastrous adventure into Iraq. It would appear to most that Poppy is understandably upset at the family name being besmirched by the designated bad boy, thereby ruining it for the "smart one," Jeb, and his ability to take his rightful, inherited place in the Pantheon of Bush Presidents. Whatever will the Republican Party, not to mention America, do without a Bush heir apparent? It's enough to make their criminal blue blood run cold.

This past Sunday the Washington Post Magazine celebrated its 20th anniversary by publishing some of its past articles. One of particular interest was an interview by Walt Harrington with George H W Bush in the summer of 1986. It was almost spooky to read words written 20 years ago that so aptly explain and clarify the Bush family behavior today.

There is only one very brief reference to W - but a telling one.

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Thursday October 26, 2006 · 10:13 PM PDT

2006/10/26 · 22:13

On election night all of the pundits, left, right, center, neutral, have their herald sign races that indicate to them whether there is a tsunami, wave or ripple.

For me that election is the Harold Ford election in the Senate and the Anne Northrup election in KY for the House. If Ford can pull this off as an African American in TN and if Anne Northrup loses after years of winning in a district that has treated her quite well then I think that we are in for a tsunami.

Party Switchers, (R)ats Leaving the Ship

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Thursday October 19, 2006 · 9:27 PM PDT

2006/10/19 · 21:27

A couple of weeks ago I asked who among the Republicans would switch parties if the Democrats were to win. http://www.dailykos.com/...

The MSNBC Politics site has a National Journal article asking the same. It is especially interesting and I suggest you go to the complete article for some rather good insights into the political calculus involved in party switching. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/...

...losing the House might be just the beginning of the House Republicans' troubles: The post-1994 political era has demonstrated that a congressional caucus newly relegated to minority status continues hemorrhaging long after Election Day.

Which (R)at will jump ship first?

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Tuesday October 03, 2006 · 8:38 PM PDT

2006/10/03 · 20:38

In past large wave elections, e.g., 1994, there were significant numbers of party switchers. I specifically recall Ben Nighthorse Campbell switching when the Dems lost the Senate. As I recall it gave the Republicans an almost veto proof majority in the Senate.

It would seem that with the Hastert/Foley Sex Scandal destined to occupy the election coverage in the forseeable future we will more than likely have a large number of seats change hands in a month. If the stars align correctly or this scandal deepens perhaps the Senate will also change hands.

Who among our Republican loyalists will be the first to decamp the Republican Party? My husband says he has no clue but predicts that with amazing cluelessness Joe Lieberman will become a Republican.

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