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The California Democratic Party Hack Du Jour is disgraced Santa Clara County Supervisor George Shirakawa, Jr.</font><br>
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<font size="2">Why do I have to read about this stuff in the MSM? The California Green Party has got to stop ignoring or even defending outrages committed by our local Democratic Party Machines in places like San Francisco, San Jose, and Los Angeles. </font><br>
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<font size="2">Alex Walker<br>
Los Angeles Greens <br>
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Posted on California Greening, June 7, 2013<br>
<a href="http://cagreening.blogspot.com/2013/06/democratic-party-hack-du-jour-george.html">Democratic Party Hack Du Jour: George Shirakawa</a><br>
by Alex Walker
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The California Democratic Party Hack Du Jour is Disgraced Santa Clara
County Supervisor George Shirakawa Jr. While awaiting sentencing for
lying on campaign finance reports and gambling with public funds,
Shirakawa is faced with a new charge that is downright bizarre:
impersonating a political opponent. The critical evidence? Shirakawa's
DNA pulled from a postage stamp on an illegal campaign hit piece. The
new charges could get the supervisor-turned-defendant three more years
in the pen.
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Here is the part of the story relevant to our California Green Party:
Shirakawa was a solid good 'ole boy in the San Jose Democratic Party
Machine. He has been strongly backed by the big labor unions. His
illegal campaign "hit piece" was on behalf of a former aide, Xavier
Campos, who is, himself, a relative of Democratic Assembly Member Nora
Campos. Finally, Shirakawa was one of those "People of Color" we are
told all progressives, including Greens, should defer to without
question. And what was in his campaign "hit piece?" The piece, written
in Vietnamese, accused Campos' opponent of being a <span style="font-weight: bold; color: red;">Communist</span> (you can't make this stuff up).
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Thus, Shirakawa's saga represents everything wrong with the Democratic Party Machine politics in the U.S.A. today.
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Read More and Comment at:<br>
<a href="http://cagreening.blogspot.com/2013/06/democratic-party-hack-du-jour-george.html">
http://cagreening.blogspot.com/2013/06/democratic-party-hack-du-jour-george.html</a>
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