I wish more politicians had Ted Lieu's character, backbone and desire to connect with the people they represent.

Even though he's a hardcore leftist, Lieu hasn't been a full-throttle-Obamabot. Let's hope that doesn't change.

Lieu has been critical of the NSA's unconstitutional actions, and he spoke up when it became obvious to anyone with a brain that Obamacare was sold on lies.

But sometimes I think Lieu is down with too many lefty bloggers.

In a recent interview with KABC's Adrienne Alpert (aired Sunday, Nov. 9th), Lieu sounded like he was auditioning to be an Obama cheerleader on msNBC.

It was as if he was channeling Ed Schultz or Rachel Maddow, recycling five-year-old talking points that scapegoat the Tea Party and John Boehner. (You may recall, President Obama promised to tackle "immigration reform" during his first year in office when he had a Democrat super-majority in Congress. But that was BS, just like his health reform sham.)

"(Speaker Boehner) has been captured by the Tea Party. He's unwilling to put (immigration reform) to a floor vote, so I urge the president to do what he can through executive action and get as much of immigration reform done as he can," Lieu told KABC's Adrienne Alpert.

Lieu continued, "I urge the president to do whatever he can because it's clear that Speaker Boehner is unwilling to move at this moment on immigration reform."

So while most of the 114th U.S. Congress freshman class will be going to Washington to stop Obama, it appears that the president will have an ally in "Looney Lieu" (I call him that with affection).

Best of luck to the new congressman. I know his heart is in the right place.

In typical Greuel fashion, her campaign is trying to mislead voters with information that is out-of-context.  Deceiving acts like these are the reason Greuel earned the moniker “Greuella De Vil" in 2013.

The junk mail loosely connects Lieu to Ron Calderon, who was indicted on public corruption charges in February. It references a March 2nd editorial in the Sacramento Bee:

According to the indictment, Ron Calderon met with “Senator C” – believed to be Lieu – in June 2012, and “discussed the negative impact Senator C’s proposed legislation would have on Pacific Hospital and other hospitals.”

Shortly afterward, Lieu’s bill became inactive…

Now, for the rest of the sentence/paragraph:

Shortly afterward, Lieu’s bill became inactive, though it became part of a larger workers’ comp measure since approved that closed the Drobot loophole. Ron Calderon was one of the few Democrats who voted against it.

An FBI label of “Senator C” might sound scandalous, but in reality, Lieu (a.k.a. “Senator C”) has cooperated with investigators and is not a target in the Calderon public corruption probe.

“I was interviewed by authorities,” Lieu told The Los Angeles Times in an interview. “They informed me I am not a target or a subject. I do not have a [Grand Jury] subpoena but I did answer questions as a witness.”

I was hoping Team Lieu would have taken the gloves off by now.  Instead, Greuel’s goons have him on the defensive.  You have to fight fire with fire, especially when dealing with Wendy Greuel.

Vote against Greuella in CA 33.

(UPDATE 1:15PM) Lieu operative Michael Kapp points out complete hypocrisy from the Greuel campaign regarding Ron Calderon.

In her failed campaign for #LAMayor, @Wendy_Greuel accepted $3,100 from indicted Senator Ron Calderon https://t.co/T4Cui0N5TL #CD33 #CA33

— Michael Kapp (@michaelkapp)

May 29, 2014

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In failed #LAmayor race, @Wendy_Greuel proudly accepted the endorsement of indicted Senator Ron Calderon https://t.co/SftmJ50zi8 #CD33 #CA33

— Michael Kapp (@michaelkapp)

May 29, 2014

Endorsement of @Wendy_Greuel (https://t.co/SftmJ50zi8) by Ron Calderon was later scrubbed from her campaign site. Why? #CD33 #CA33

— Michael Kapp (@michaelkapp)

May 29, 2014

Finally, here’s @Wendy_Greuel's Facebook post announcing the support of indicted Senator Ron Calderon https://t.co/6VHJHHN7T3 #CD33 #CA33

— Michael Kapp (@michaelkapp)

May 29, 2014

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