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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and his challenger, Phil Angelides, seeking to reach the state's fastest-growing group of voters, have jumped into a fight over threatening letters sent to 14,000 Latinos in an Orange County congressional district here. The GOP governor, who took to the streets of this Latino bastion over the weekend, called the actions attributed to the campaign of Republican congressional candidate Tan Nguyen a "hate crime." [...] The Orange County scandal reflected the Republican Party's "culture of intimidation when it comes to voting," Angelides charged. "That's why George Bush is president today -- because they wiped people off the...

Greetings: You are being sent this letter because you were recently registered to vote. If you are a citizen of the United States, we ask that you participate in the democratic process of voting. You are advised that if your residence in this country is illegal or you are an immigrant, voting in a federal election is a crime that could result in jail time and you will be deported for voting without having a right to do so. [...] Sincerely, Sergio Ramirez This letter was sent to some 14,000 foreign-born registered Democrats with Spanish surnames in the 47th Congressional...

Scroll down to "Tan Nguyen's Campaign Song," click and listen. This is a better version than one posted on Freerepublic earlier.

Tan has hundreds of the "Stop Illegal Immigration" signs which he is giving away. You can put a stake in the back and use them as a yard sign or hold them at rallies. So come by and volunteer and pick up some signs for future rallies. Meet at: Tan Nguyen for Congress Headquarters 12955 Main St. Garden Grove, CA 92840 Phone: (714) 530-1612 Tues, Wed, and Thurs, meet at 5:00 pm and start walking at 5:30 pm Sat and Sun, meet at 9:30 am, start walking at 10:00 am. (coffee, juice and donuts provided)

Who’s Fueling The Racial Hatred? -- Tan Nguyen speech, Oct. 28, Garden Grove California I don’t know for sure who’s behind the hysteria…who’s fueling the racial hatred…who’s dividing the community…but Ms. Sanchez’s fingerprints are all over this. I don’t know if my opponent had a hand in urging the raid on my office. But, on October 20, the O.C. Register reported that Ms. Sanchez had PRIOR KNOWLEDGE of the Attorney General’s intention to seek arrests. I don’t know for sure whether that newspaper article was correct. However, I do know that Ms. Sanchez speaks Spanish. Ms. Sanchez must have known...

Stand by Our Tan - recorded in Garden Grove, California at Tan Nguyen rally, Oct. 28, 2006.Go Tan Go!

I DON'T KNOW what was more disturbing, the lame attempt to suppress immigrant voter turnout in California's 47th Congressional District or the breathless reporting and hyper-indignation that followed it. Editorialists called the incident "despicable." Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger labeled it "racist" and a "hate crime." The chairman of the Orange County Republican Party called it "grotesque and obnoxious." You'd think they were all talking about a lynching, or at least a cross-burning. But no, it was a rather pedantic letter sent to fewer than 14,000 foreign-born Democrats with Spanish surnames in Santa Ana, Garden Grove and Anaheim. It didn't matter that...

If she weren't running for secretary of state, Debra Bowen might consider Santa Cruz native Bruce McPherson the best fit for the job. As state senators, both traveled to Iceland to study geothermal energy; when Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed McPherson to fill the secretary of state post last year, Bowen was part of the unanimous vote that confirmed him. "I consider him a friend," said Bowen, D-Redondo Beach. "When the governor nominated Bruce, I told him that I thought he was the second best person for the job." This November, Bowen hopes voters will agree with her. Bowen and McPherson,...

A singer, a pastor, Vietnam veterans and Vietnamese expatriates turned out Saturday to cheer beleaguered congressional candidate Tan Nguyen as he continued to defend a letter his campaign sent to Hispanic voters warning immigrants against voting in the Nov. 7 election. Minutemen, painters and political independents lined Garden Grove's historic Main Street with yellow and green Tan Nguyen signs.

Interesting to note *Loretta Sanchez' office produced the initial, incorrect translation. When asked about it, she smiled and said "oops." *Loretta Sanchez' office was give a heads up of the raid on Tan's office so it could be photographed.* Although nothing incriminating has been found, state police refuse to return the computers, which have important campaign information on them.

In the midst of all the controversy surrounding Tan Nguyen and his notorious letter to Hispanics, how many people actually read the “offending” letter? My guess is darn few. The letter in question has been translated into English and is reproduced below. Dear ----------, You are receiving this letter because you have recently registered to vote. If you are a U.S. Citizen, I urge you to participate in the democratic process of voting. Be advised that if your residence in the United States is illegal or if you are an emigrant, voting in a federal election is a crime that...

HELL NO TAN WON'T GO FREEDOM OF SPEECH RALLY The rally will be at Tan's office and he will be at the rally! "I am not going to quit this race and I am going to win this race," Nguyen told reporters called to his campaign headquarters for a press conference. Orange County Register DATE SATURDAY OCTOBER 28 TIME 12Noon LOCATION Meet at: Tan Nguyen for Congress Headquarters 12955 Main St. Garden Grove, CA 92840 Phone: (714) 530-1612 This is on the corner of Historic Main and Garden Grove Blvd

State investigators have searched the home of a Los Angeles Police Department officer they believe played a key role in mailing out thousands of racially charged letters to Latino voters in an Orange County congressional district this month. The officer has been identified as Mark Nhan Nguyen, 32, a three-year veteran of the force who works as a collision investigator in South Los Angeles, according to sources familiar with an ongoing investigation by the state attorney general into the letter and whether the mailing violated any laws.

A Republican congressional candidate whose campaign was linked to an intimidating letter sent to Hispanic voters said Tuesday he would not quit the race if he is charged with a crime. The state Department of Justice has opened a voting rights investigation into the letter sent to certain Democratic voters in Orange County. The letter, written in Spanish, warned: "You are advised that if your residence in this country is illegal or you are an immigrant, voting in a federal election is a crime that could result in jail time." William Braniff, Nguyen's campaign attorney, said a volunteer drafted an...

NEWS RELEASE CALIFORNIA SECRETARY OF STATE Bruce McPherson FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, October 25, 2006 California Secretary of State Bruce McPherson and Major Latino Organizations Send Official Election Letter Refuting Orange County Intimidation LetterLetter sent to all 14,000 recipients of previous letter SACRAMENTO, CA - Secretary of State Bruce McPherson announced today that his office and Latino organizations sent an official election information letter to all of the recipients of the voter intimidation letter sent to 14,000 voters last week. The official election information letter, in English and Spanish, was mailed by the Secretary of State’s Office in collaboration with...

GARDEN GROVE, Calif. (AP) -- A Republican congressional candidate whose campaign is being investigated for sending intimidating letters to Hispanic voters lashed out at his Democratic rival, saying she was fueling the uproar over the mailings. Tan Nguyen on Sunday rejected calls to drop out of the race to unseat longtime Rep. Loretta Sanchez, and implied the popular congresswoman was behind the probes into the letters warning immigrants they could be deported or jailed for voting in next month's election. "There has been no crime committed so why is there a criminal investigation three weeks prior to a very important...

A Republican congressional candidate whose campaign was linked to an intimidating letter sent to Hispanic voters said Tuesday he would not quit the race if he is charged with a crime. ADVERTISEMENT "If you're innocent and somebody charges you, would you give up? No, you've got to fight," said Tan Nguyen, who is seeking to unseat five-term Democratic Rep. Loretta Sanchez (news, bio, voting record) in California's 47th Congressional District. "Innocent people can be persecuted," he told The Associated Press. The state Department of Justice has opened a voting rights investigation into the letter sent to certain Democratic voters in...

The current political landscape is littered with backpedaling politicians who are succumbing to backbreaking attacks from the Left. In this environment it is good to find the occasional conservative who has the backbone to speak the truth instead of running for the high grass at the first sign of attack. Two leaders deserve special recognition for being particularly strong in the backbone department. California Republican congressional candidate Tan Nguyen is a Vietnamese immigrant who has made immigration the centerpiece of his campaign for the House. Over the weekend his campaign office, his residence, and the residence of one of his...

... "I am not going to quit this race and I am going to win this race," Nguyen told reporters called to his campaign headquarters for a press conference. .... Campaign spokesman Bill Braniff conceded someone close to the campaign, in fact, wrote the letter, which was later translated to Spanish and sent out. "I acknowledge that somebody connected with the campaign did draft it," said Braniff, adding that the translation of the text had altered its original intent to address only people who were not citizens and thus ineligible to vote. Braniff said an initial English-language draft of the...