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About Schmitz

Posted by Paul Brennan under Main

Let us pause a moment and remember one of those people who made Orange County so very Orange County-ish: John Schmitz (1930-2001). Usually when Schmitz is remembered these days, if he is remembered at all, it is for being the father of Mary Kay Letourneau, who became internationally famous as a dedicated teacher/statutory rapist. But Schmitz was a remarkable piece of work in his own right– a barking-mad right-wing Republican politician... Schmitz also briefly grabbed a little of the national spotlight by talking about a coup, and today is the 25th anniversary of Schmitz’s famous statement. On October 19, 1981,

California state senator John Schmitz tells a TV interviewer that if Reagan’s policies fail, “the best we could probably hope for is a military coup or something like that.” He explains that he is talking about “a good military coup, not a bad military coup.”

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Schmitz’s political career came to end the following year. Not because of his political views, but because some hair was so tightly wrapped around the penis of a baby, that the little Orange County boy required medical attention. Doctors were convinced that the hair had been deliberately tied around the penis– one doctor described it as “a square knot”– and in the ensuing investigation, it emerged that Schmitz was the boy’s father, even though the mother wasn’t Mrs. Schmitz. And it was revealed that the boy with the hair-clamped penis wasn’t the only extramarital Schmitz offspring. Schmitz’s political career was over. To sum up: being pro-military coup, acceptable; cheating on your wife, game over.

So, as we come up to an election in which Republicans have been more shamed by the sexual appetites of one congressman than by enshrining torture in U.S. law while gutting habeas corpus, let’s take a moment to remember John Schmitz. He was more than just the father of a statutory rapist, he was one of the people who made Orange County so very Orange County-ish.

http://blogs.ocweekly.com/blotter/about-schmitz/

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1. I remember him very well,

and I'm from Orange County! Don't tar us all with his hairbrush!

Come to think of it, I'm probably one of about 10 Dems in Orange County!

:evilgrin:

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3. No, not all Orange Countians, only the Republicans

after all, there was Bob Dornan and now the new guy who is running against Loretta Sanchez.

From where does a Vietnamese-American get the idea to intimidate Latinos?

http://news.ncmonline.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=dddc83870eb5a8f5652f9e9bd17b79c8

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2. And the Schmitzes are related by marriage to JEB BUSH.

Jeb Bush's wife, Columba, has a sister who is married to one of John Schmitz's sons. IOW, Jeb's sister-in-law is married to one of Mary Kay LeTourneau's brothers. I think it is her brother John Schmitz (son of the John Schmitz described in the article.)

Mary Kay's brothers have been quite active in HIGH republican circles. As in, have received presidential appointments, etc.