SHAME ON PHIL ANGELIDES!
Dictionary.com defines ethics as:
1. A) A set of principles of right conduct.B) A theory or a system of moral values.
2. ethics (used with a sing. verb) The study of the general nature of morals and of the specific moral choices to be made by a person; moral philosophy.
3. ethics (used with a sing. or pl. verb) The rules or standards governing the conduct of a person or the members of a profession: medical ethics.
After today’s news, it is apparent that Phil Angelides does not have any… Read on…
If the police are investigating a break-in into someone’s office or home, they will look for physical evidence such as a fingerprint, or perhaps a footprint or even a piece of hair that would have a DNA identifier.
With the recent controversy surrounding the Los Angeles Times release of transcripts of private conversations that took place in the Governor’s office, the theft apparently took place electronically. This being the modern era, audio-cassettes have been replaced with audio-files, which were stored on a server in the Governor office.
Now one thing about the internet is that when you move around, you actually can leave electronic evidence behind! It is very technical, but you can sometimes leave a code behind that is unique to the access-point from which you are going onto the World Wide Web. In the case of the now-infamous ’embarrassing audio tape’ where Arnold is Arnold, and says some colorful comments that were released, out of context, by Times Reporter Bob Salladay, it appears that just such an electronic ‘fingerprint’ was left behind by the culprit!
The computer that was used to in-essence "break in" to the Governor’s Office computer system belongs to the campaign of Phil Angelides!
I know, that seems unbelievable, but it is true!
The Angelides campaign, which had been quick to jump on the Governor about the recorder, it turns out was RESPONSIBLE for SNEAKING INTO A STATE SERVER and bsaically STEALING THE INFORMATION. Nice.
Cathy Calfo, lead hack for Angelides, is quoted in the newspaper today defending the indefensible – she is arguing that because Team Angelides ‘found’ this file on the Governor’s computer in a place that you allegedly could get to without a password, that it then was ‘fair game’ — well I don’t buy that.
This is the equivalent of saying that you decide to go down your local city hall in the dead of night, and because you notice that the door is unlocked, you go into the building, go into the city manager’s office, and start rifling through his or her files, making copies of private documents. This is exactly what the Angelides campaign has done. You know when you are doing it that it is immoral and wrong, but you do it anyways.
So the first big question is this — did Phil Angelides know about the cyber break-in? Did he condone it? Clearly his campaign manager is defending the action — which undoubtedly means that Phil doesn’t think that anything that was unethical.
Which leaves those who are looking at potentially supporting Angelides for Governor in a quandary. How do you even get to the point of judging a candidate for Governor on the issues of the day when the candidate himself is ethically challenged? Phil Angelides has always made a habit of hiring Democrat dirty-trickster Bob Mulholland to do his dirty work for him over the years. It is starting to become clear that Angelides and Mulholland are peas in a pod – embracing any means possible to attack and tear down an opponent.
Anyone of basic moral integrity, upon hearing that this ‘cyber-break-in’ took place, would have at minimum fired the responsible party and notified the California Highway Patrol of what happened. But not "Dirty Phil" — he loved it, condoned it, and then his campaign used it to try and embarrass the Governor.
Who’s got egg on their face now? It would be Angelides.
And who are the big losers here? Honest Democrats who now have a big challenge — the only real liberal on the ballot is a scoundrel. Peter Camejo, the Green Party candidate may become more attractive as the only ethical liberal on the ballot this November…
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