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Posted by: Craig DeLuz | 05/29/2008 8:44 AM
I came across this humorous little tidbit in the Bites section of the Sacramento News & Review. It appears that Doug Ose will do whatever it takes to get his name out there...
Push polls are passé. So is puppy-kicking. But Republican congressional candidate Doug Ose has come up with a more novel campaign tactic.
As a good dad, Ose coaches his daughter's soccer team, which plays at the ISA 2000 Indoor Soccer Arena. It's the under-16 league, and the teams have cool names like the Sierra Fusion, the Red Devils and the Shooting Starz.
Ose's team? It's called Vote 4 Ose.
One parent, whose kids plays for another ISA team, told Bites that the custom in this league is for players to cheer the opposing team at the end of the game--as a gesture of good sportsmanship. So, if you're playing the Red Devils, you would cheer "Go Red Devils!" And if the opposing team is Vote for Ose,--well, you get the idea.
Bites wondered, is this legal? Does this have to be reported as some sort of campaign expenditure?
Bites called up Ose's consultant, Doug Elmets, who chuckled and said, "That's cute," and that he hadn't heard about the team. He checked it out and called back a few minutes later. "Doug has a great time with the team. He has a passion for coaching," Elmets said, adding that the team had come up with the idea to change the team name all by themselves; they'd even had a vote on the matter. "And no, it's not reportable." Cute.
Push polls are passé. So is puppy-kicking. But Republican congressional candidate Doug Ose has come up with a more novel campaign tactic.
As a good dad, Ose coaches his daughter's soccer team, which plays at the ISA 2000 Indoor Soccer Arena. It's the under-16 league, and the teams have cool names like the Sierra Fusion, the Red Devils and the Shooting Starz.
Ose's team? It's called Vote 4 Ose.
One parent, whose kids plays for another ISA team, told Bites that the custom in this league is for players to cheer the opposing team at the end of the game--as a gesture of good sportsmanship. So, if you're playing the Red Devils, you would cheer "Go Red Devils!" And if the opposing team is Vote for Ose,--well, you get the idea.
Bites wondered, is this legal? Does this have to be reported as some sort of campaign expenditure?
Bites called up Ose's consultant, Doug Elmets, who chuckled and said, "That's cute," and that he hadn't heard about the team. He checked it out and called back a few minutes later. "Doug has a great time with the team. He has a passion for coaching," Elmets said, adding that the team had come up with the idea to change the team name all by themselves; they'd even had a vote on the matter. "And no, it's not reportable." Cute.
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And I expect if Tom McClintock's kids named their sports team after their dad, it would be a demonstration of how pro-family he is.
This one should make national news, but that would just give Doug free publicity so we will keep it quiet.
I do suspect however, under the campaign finance laws that Mr. Ose voted for, that it IS a reportable expense and if the team has any corporate sponsors it might be illegal.
Senator McClintock on the other hand believes that young soccer teams should be free to cheer for whomever they please!
John
Jeff, what's with your hatred of Tom? It's pretty obvious.