I didn't think he'd come in third, behind the Democrat , in OC. In the primaries, he came out ahead of the Democrat. Young picked up 17% of the outstanding vote from the primaries. Gilchrist didn't even get all the second republican's vote. Marilyn Brewer got 17% of the primary vote, but Gilchrist only went up 10%. Young got all the democratic vote from the primaries and 10% more. Looks like 7% of republicans would rather have a Democrat than Gilchrist.

We will be back.....the Primary for the 48th CD seat is up for election in June '06!!!!

yeah, if you want to lose... AGAIN!

Back in 2006? Okay then, so will I! I will be a major factor this time, count on it.

> He was running as in Independent.

I don't think that accurately depicts what he was running as.

What's relavent is that the voters probably knew who he was and what he stood for and rejected it.

At least I'd like to think so.

My opinions only and only my opinions.

You clearly do not understand the political process. This is not a foot ball game

This is just round one and Gilchrist has knocked the OC Republicans for a loop.



Absentee On Election Day Total Votes

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Votes Percent Votes Percent Votes Percent

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John Campbell (Rep) 30895 53.18% 10555 30.29% 41450 44.70%

Jim Gilchrist (AI) 10944 18.84% 12293 35.28% 23237 25.10%

Steve Young (Dem) 14697 25.30% 11229 32.23% 25926 28.00%

Béa Tiritilli (Grn) 915 1.58% 327 0.94% 1242 1.30%

Bruce Cohen (Lib) 644 1.10% 236 0.68% 880 0.90%

58095 100.00% 34640 100.00% 92735 100.00%

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Jim Gilchrist "wins" in CA-48

By: The Lonewacko Blog · Section: Diaries

Minuteman Project co-founder Jim Gilchrist lost tonight's special election in California's 48th District, but he got 25.1% of the vote and perhaps has put a bit of a scare into at least the GOP. Republican John Campbell won with 44.7% despite spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on his campaign, and Democrat Steve Young picked up 28%.

In 2000 it was 62% R vs. 26% D, and in 2002 it was 68% R vs. 28% D.

so 35% of oc's republicans decided to vote for jim antichrist and his neo-nazi agenda, big fricken' deal! nationally, about a third of republicans are stupid enough to think that god created man out of thin air, that iraq still has weapons of mass destruction, that bush is the messiah, that the bible says they are going to be raptured (and that israeli jews will covert to christianity when this supposedly happens), that they are being victimized by minorities and the poor (despite being the richest and stingiest f%&ks in the nation, and that picking on immigrants is the solution to avoiding and denying their own dysfunctions. its good to know that 74% of the electorate including the sensible republicans recognize that fascist buttcrack kills. Congrats to Teresa Dang for her victory as well, and may the Garbage Grove police department rot in their own white trash meth labs.

This election proves Jim Gilchrist, has 23, 237 friends, in the 48th District, but he also has friends all over.

Hmm, wouldn't it be neat if they could all join him at a rally?

:)

Running under the banner of the American Independent Party, Gilchrist ended up with 25%. That had nothing to do with the AIP, a minor party that polls 1% on its good days. It had everything to do with Gilchrist's fame as co-founder of the border-watching Minuteman Project.

Hammering away at one issue — illegal immigration — he raised a remarkable 0,000 without major-party backing. He even seemed to raise Democrats' hopes that he weakened Campbell enough to give their man, Young, a chance. Late in the campaign, Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean recorded a phone message urging the party faithful to vote.

Campbell won on the strength of party loyalty, endorsements and his own popularity as a state legislator. But he was forced to defend his record on immigration, and he had to disown a couple of votes he cast in the state Assembly — one to allow instate tuition for illegal immigrants at state colleges and another to accept Mexican consular cards as identification.

Republicans in the New York-Washington axis may not see it, but there's a deep divide in their party between elites and grass-roots voters. In places like Southern California, it's impossible to ignore. Voters want to see the law enforced, both at the border and against employers, and they see their elected leaders doing nothing.

When fringe candidates do a better job addressing mainstream concerns than establishment politicians do, the latter can expect trouble. This week they got their warning shot.

You guys are seriously illiterate.

Campbell lost about 1% from the primaries. Gilchrist spent between 0,000 and 0,000 for that? Gilchrist spent about /vote, conservatively (!) speaking.

and the Green Party. Illegal Immigration is an issue that is hear to stay .

> by fresca Wednesday, Dec. 07, 2005 at 2:19 PM

> "that iraq still has weapons of mass destruction"

> It does. They're called muslims.

Speaks volumes about who and what these SOSMM scumbags stand for. Rape, torture, and slaughter innocent Iraqis to the tune of some 200,000 and counting after invading their innocent country -- and that's all just fine with the SOSMM since they're brown and worship the "wrong" gods.

So much for the notion that the SOSMM isn't about racism.

My opinions only and only my opinions.

Last evening in the alt.impeach.bush newsgroup I predicted that white supremacists would proclaim that Gilchrist had some how won some victory after being profoundly defeated.

I just knew it.

Damn, I should have applied for the Randi Foundation's one million dollar prize.

My opinions only and only my opinions.

If Gilchrist does not run in June, a strong anti illegal Republican in the primary against Campbell, endorsed by Gilchrist and the MMP, with Campbell being ripped daily by John and Ken...could trounce Campbell.

And now that John and Ken have the OC Republican leadership in the cross hairs...

Politics in OC just might get interesting.

The real shocker from the election is the fact that Mr. Gilchrist, the Minuteman activist, won the largest number of votes actually cast on Election Day. Mr. Campbell only won because of the hundreds of thousands of dollars he spent getting people to fill out absentee ballots and "banking" them. On Election Day, Mr. Campbell won only 30% of the vote, the Democratic candidate won 32% and Mr. Gilchrist won 35%. Mr. Gilchrist ran an abysmal campaign, spending his money on radio ads whose audience largely lived outside the district and ignoring absentee voters and grassroots targeting. Noting that a majority of the votes cast were absentee ballots, political consultant Chuck Muth observes that "the Gilchrist campaign simply didn't show up for the first half of the game."

The lesson from the Orange County results is that President Bush was wise to discuss combining better enforcement measures with a guest-worker program in his recent speeches along the border. The House is scheduled to vote today on a bill that would tighten employer sanctions and make it easier to deport criminal aliens. That will pass overwhelmingly.

"Speaks volumes about who and what these SOSMM scumbags stand for. Rape, torture, and slaughter innocent Iraqis to the tune of some 200,000 and counting after invading their innocent country -- and that's all just fine with the SOSMM since they're brown and worship the "wrong" gods."



A quick list of irrefutable facts.

A. I'm in NO WAY connected with or even neccessarikly support the SOS/MM.

B. Since invading Iraq, the US HAS NOT EVEN REMOTELY killed, raped or tortured 200,000 innocent Iraqis. Not even close. Almost EVERY innocent Iraqi who's been slaughtered has been killed by their own muslim brothers through suicide or direct attacks.

C. The God they worship or the color of their skin couldn't be less important. What is important is that the culture they've developed is barbaric, savage and de-evolved. Women are beaten into submission. Different sects employ wholesale slaughter and torture to air greivances and differences. Minorities like homosexuals are executed and virtually every arab state is a theocracy the likes of which would send every US leftist into a fit of homicidal rage if they happened to be Christian or Jewish instead of muslim.



So yeah, we did find WMD. Absolutely.

Armed muslims.

> So yeah, we did find WMD. Absolutely.

I'd even bet that the rightard actually believes all that racist hate.