OC Political

The email-gate saga continues with Dan Hughes for US Senate (should be mosquito abatement district).

Several weeks ago you may have been attacked in your email box like me, through a list you never signed up for, and received an email from Dan Hughes plagiarizing, verbatim, text from the United States Conference on Catholic Bishops on contraception with no attribution. 

Now this.  

I’m preparing to enjoy Good Friday with my family to commemorate the crucifixion of Jesus and his death at Calvary, when what pops up in my inbox?  

A fundraising email from Dan Hughes, the unapologetic, elusive Senate candidate from San Diego (really from New York) touting a poll in which he is at 2%, or in other words 49% behind Dianne Feinstein.  

Now, the poll conducted by SurveyUSA is certainly less than credible by any professional standards (more on that later), but nonetheless let’s assume it has some credibility.  Dan Hughes suggests he is leading the GOP field of candidates, but apparently he forgot to check the actual tally and relied on the percentage.  Whoops…..he is actually tied with Emken, 24 votes to 24 votes.

I can’t wait to hear his “bold explanation” for this error; one of many errors made by his campaign of late.

Advice to Mr. Hughes: 1) A fundraising email on Good Friday is really tacky and my devout Catholic mother-in-law was deeply offended to receive it, 2) Check and re-check your numbers before you own them, and, 3) Strategically, you should think twice before you rubber stamp a recommendation from your campaign team to promote a poll that shows you at 2%.

On that note, I bid you a good Easter weekend.