Tan D. Nguyen (R-Immigrant-Hater)'s office, home raided...

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Calif. candidate's office, home raided

Investigators from the California State Attorney Generals office remove evidence from home in Anaheim, Calif., Friday, Oct. 20, 2006, listed as belonging to one of Republican congressional candidate Tan D. Nguyen's staffers. State investigators on Friday searched the home of Nguyen, whose campaign mailed thousands of intimidating letters to Hispanic immigrant voters. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

GARDEN GROVE, Calif. - For two days, a Republican congressional candidate had promised to explain how a threatening letter was sent by his campaign without his knowledge to thousands of Hispanic immigrant voters. As about 200 people gathered Friday in front of his campaign headquarters seeking answers, Tan D. Nguyen was a no-show at his own news conference. Instead, 10 uniformed California Department of Justice police officers arrived with a search warrant and pounded on the glass of Nguyen's storefront headquarters.

Agents spent two hours sifting through cabinets, boxes and computers. They left carrying several boxes and plastic bags of evidence.

Hours later, they searched a home in nearby Anaheim listed as belonging to one of Nguyen's staffers, emerging with a computer hard drive and a small box. Nguyen's neighbors in a gated community in Santa Ana said law enforcement officers also spent several hours searching his home. Nguyen, a Vietnamese immigrant trying to unseat a popular Democratic incumbent, has acknowledged his campaign sent the letter, which wrongly said immigrants could be jailed if they voted. He blamed an unidentified staffer whom he said he has fired. Nguyen has resisted calls from leaders in his own party to quit the race, saying he did not approve the letter and did not know about it.

"He's the No. 1 man because his No. 1 issue is kicking out all the illegals," said Ernie Sqarlata, 86.

Entire Story:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061021/ap_on_el_ho/immigration_voting_threat_48


Can you imagine how big this story would be if Nguyen was a Democrat? But, alas, not much on the news at all about this because THIS IS A WEEKEND.... How DO the Republicans do it????


TC

[talk hard]

1. Sanchez is laughing hard

[C_U_L8R]

2. How ironic - the man is an immigrant

and here he is ... threatening other immigrants.

Why is he here at all ????

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3. The thing I can't get over (even though I'm sure I know the reason) is...

the impeccability of the Republicans' timing. NO matter what the scandal... no matter how serious... the most important part ALWAYS happens on a Friday, Saturday, or Sunday... guaranteeing that it is lost in the weekend newsdump.

They have mastered this perfectly.

TC