Comments on: Republican Assembly candidate confronts prejudice in GOP

By: TonyG

TonyG — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 02:33:00 +0000

Good Ol Fremont… I see somethings have remained the same all these years even though the faces have changed.

By: Niles Baxter

Niles Baxter — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:20:21 +0000

It seems that only two people (the woman going door-to-door and the person who answered the door) actually know precisely what occurred in this exchange, but it appears that it was sufficient to shake this woman up a bit, and that is, of course, extremely unfortunate.

It occurs to me that, here in the liberal Bay Area, one probably runs a significantly reduced chance of encountering overt racisim than one would in, shall we say, the less enlightened areas of the country. Here we are at least exposed to a wider variety of people, rather than the homogenous societies found in some parts of the country.

I do not know what it is like to go door-to-door campaigning. I have never done it, although I expect that I will be giving it a try this summer. When I do, I will not be at all surprised to find that a certain percentage of the people I encounter in that process will be less than receptive to the information I hope to share. That is bound to happen, and I will make my best effort not to ascribe any negative reactions to my race, gender or religion.

While granting all appropriate sympathy to this woman in this circumstance, a certain minimal amount of schadenfreude is pretty much inevitable whenever the GOP feeds upon itself in such a public way. At least Adnan wasn’t there with his sidearm.

By: Marty

Marty — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:01:36 +0000

I’d like to think that Adnan is not all that extraordinary. He is a young non-white agnostic conservative, I know plenty of them. But old traits die hard, and some people need to be drilled out (or die off) before we evolve.

I can guarantee that if more people like him were put in front of voters, the grip Democrats have on California politics would be put in check.

I would hope this doesn’t deter his effort, but it looks like it has. Not only do I think an out of the mold candidate like Adnan is essential to conservatives, but I think candidates like him are essential to the success of California. Without meaningful choices, we wont have meaningful solutions.

By: euphxenos

euphxenos — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:44:57 +0000

This guy’s story doesn’t add up. Many people don’t like door to door solicitors, and many of them are quick to point out to the persistent that if they don’t leave when asked, it’s trespassing. Adnan is making some sweeping claims about racism and prejudice from this encounter, but the only thing he states *actually happened* is that the person his door to door solicitor encountered threatened to call the police. It’s a bit of a jump to go straight from that to “in fear for her life”, prejudice, and racism.

By: Walter, Livermore

Walter, Livermore — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 07:37:30 +0000

That’s very disappointing to hear. Adnan deserves our respect for planning to make up the difference by paying the filing fee another way. I’ll send your campaign $20 to help make up some of the difference. Wish I could send more.

Good luck Adnan! You would make a great rep for the people in Assembly District 20.