Sanchez versus Dornan

After weeks of see-sawing ballot tallies, it looks as if Loretta Sanchez is the victor in the 46th Congressional District race. She was the Democratic challenger who ran against Republican incumbent Bob Dornan.

As of Nov. 20, Sanchez led Dornan by 665 with about 1,000 votes left to count.

But instead of dusting himself off and choosing another road to terrorize, he has decided to take shots as Sanchez's validity as a worthy candidate.

He cites voter fraud as the reason why the ballots need to be checked. He claims that illegal aliens and noncitizens have stuffed the ballots to keep him out.

And just as irrational as that sounds, Dornan has a point. The voters have plotted to push him aside. But the voters have done it in the legal way -- by casting their votes for Sanchez.

While Dornan was out in public blazing the campaign trail with useless rhetoric, Sanchez was appealing to the people of Orange County.

While Dornan was busy name calling by stating that President Clinton abused drugs and committed adultery, Sanchez was calling attention to the changes in policy that needed to be made to coincide with the changing attitudes of voters.

While Dornan was ignoring reproductive rights for women, the influx of legal immigrants into the area and homosexual residents, Sanchez recognized these people as valid supporters of her cause. And she campaigned to support their causes.

In short, Sanchez fought a long and hard battle to unseat incumbent Dornan.

Associated Press reported that Sanchez has claimed to have received threatening messages on her machine filled with racial epithets. Some of the messages demanding that she "go back to Mexico."

It has not been proved that any of the messages were from Dornan or his supporters. But the ridiculousness of his behavior has invited others to behave just as outrageously.

Michael Moore, who directed the film "Roger & Me," was compelled to respond to Dornan in kind. The Los Angeles Times reported that Moore filed papers against Dornan stating that he posed a threat to himself and to the public.

Moore cited that his grounds for doing this were based on many of the preposterous statements Dornan has made.

Whether or not Dornan is mentally incapable of remaining in government or not, one thing remains clear: Orange County voters were ready for a change.