re: #4 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks

Although I freely admit to being biased in favor of (former and present) astronauts, and will tend to give them the benefit of the doubt over the average GOP official, the more I think about it the more I think you (and regrettably, the GOP) are right about this one. It’s important not to be deceptive or appear to be deceptive in these things.

It’s unfortunate that no one on his staff (if he has any) were able to advise him on this.

The GOPers may be acting like babies about this, but if CA election law says that candidates can’t tout their former profession/vocation if said profession/vocation isn’t germane to the office said candidate is running for, then that’s just the way it is. If one doesn’t like the law, fight to change it, but even that can be like tilting at windmills sometimes.

That said , however, I don’t otherwise see an issue with Hernandez touting his scientific/NASA creds and his rags-to-riches story; the only reason I can see that the GOP is fighting like mad on this is that the prospect of Hernandez beating them scares them.