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Tim Donnelly is running for governor of California. He is a member of the Tea Party. Former Miss Venezuela, Maria Conchita Alonso, is endorsing him and has appeared in a TV ad to do just that. Ms. Alonso gained fame for such Hollywood hits like "Moscow on the Hudson," and "The Running Man."
Ms. Alonso worked for a San Francisco arts organization and was to star in its rendition of the "Vagina Monologues," which I have not seen, but I suspect differs significantly from the Readers Digest series, "I Am Joe's Heart (Lungs, Kidneys, Eyes, and so on). Eliana Lopez, the producer of the "Vagina Monologues" spoke to KPIX 5 explaining that Ms. Alonso will no longer be appearing in the play. Ms. Lopez said, "Of course she has the right to say whatever she wants. But we're in the middle of the Mission. Doing what she is doing is against what we believe." Several Latino organizations have also criticized Ms. Alonso for the endorsement.
To be fair, in the ad, Ms. Alonso "translates" Mr. Donnelly's remarks with a few slightly off-color Spanish expressions, but let's face it, if Donnelly was a liberal instead of a Tea Party conservative, there would be no story, and Maria Conchita Alonso would be lauded by the left.
To be fair, in the ad, Ms. Alonso "translates" Mr. Donnelly's remarks with a few slightly off-color Spanish expressions, but let's face it, if Donnelly was a liberal instead of a Tea Party conservative, there would be no story, and Maria Conchita Alonso would be lauded by the left.
