I’ve been following this story on TheLiberalOC.com about 34th District Senator Lou Correa and his puzzling action of voting against the Democrats’ resolution opposing the troop surge in Iraq last week. For the past nine days, Mike Lawson of the TheLiberalOC.com, as well as several other OC bloggers, have been trying to get an explanation from Correa about his vote. Well, today, rather than release an official statement about the matter, Correa decides to return calls. And he’s asking to keep the convos private and off the OC blogosphere.

He DOES realize that he’s asking this of bloggers … does he?

I don’t have a number of how many calls and messages were left with Correa asking for an explanation of his vote, but I have to agree that releasing a statement would be (if anything) more time and cost efficient than calling each person back. And why the secrecy? If he’s responding by saying that he stands by his vote, then why not publicly claim it? Instead he asks to keep it on the down-low??

It just doesn’t make much sense, and it’s crap like this that makes me sick of politicians. You (the voting public) start asking more questions and simply put, it starts to chip away at the trust you’ve placed in them.

Oh, and if you’re curious too, just give Correa’s office a call at (916)651-4034.

Filed by Maria in politics