Because it’s going to be confusing.
- Loretta Sanchez is the Congresswoman from California who tried to vulture fellow-Democrat Gabby Giffords off of the powerful House Armed Services Committee; who race-baited her Vietnamese-American opponent last year; and who has been turning PMA contributions into PMA earmarks for years now.
- Linda Sanchez is the Congresswoman from California (sister to Loretta) who thinks that the majority of the population of the United States is made up of white supremacists*; who crafted a bill attacking First Amendment rights in such a way so as to make roughly 95% of the blogosphere potential felons; and whose first action as Ethics Ranking Member should be to recuse herself (due to a conflict of interest) from the Ethics Committee’s investigation of Maxine Waters.
- If you’re trying to remember which Sanchez sister was the one that got the Pelosi-era Ethics Committee to whitewash a violation of House rules about hiring other Members of Congress’ staffers as a favor, it’s a trick question, of course: they both were.
I hope that this helps. One heck of a political dynasty that these two are building for themselves, huh? – And here I thought that the Carnahans were… suboptimal.
Moe Lane
*Yes. It was fun to watch her have to retract that. No doubt seething all the while.
The glory and the terror of democracy is that it gives the majority of the electorate the government it deserves.
Remember, these two delightful creatures have been elected by their constituents. Repeatedly.