Besco's Campaign Manager MySpace Page
(WARNING, SUGGESTIVE MATERIAL IN THE VIDEO PORTION)
I've been torn about writing this piece but after conferring with some legitimate journalists I've come to the conclusion that it's appropriate to write this piece.
I've been sitting on this information for almost 2 weeks.
First, let me explain why I had reservations about this piece. In my opinion, Tim Besco, the Republican Party's nominee for congress facing Congressman Sylvestre Reyes, is not a viable candidate. He's gonna lose big so part of me said that its pointless to write the piece because he's such a non-factor.
However, after some deep thought on the issue I've decided to post the information because there is a lesson to be learned here. The lesson is that if you are politically connected or have political aspirations, you should make sure you are aware of your internet presence. And you really shouldn't have images that many women might find sexist or offensive.
A reader contacted me after recognizing Oscar Gonzalez, the campaign manager for Tim Besco, in a previous post. The reader said that there was something I should see on the MySpace page of Gonzalez, who is a Democrat. Gonzalez played with the spelling of his name, which is often done by people who want to make sure that only certain people can find the page, though Gonzalez may just be a fan of the Greek alphabet.
As you can see in this image, Gonzalez posted his status as "naughty" on September 21st.
The images that I presume he uploaded to the photo portion of the page personally, are pretty harmless, though this one is pretty interesting.
The page, which can only be viewed by friends of Gonzalez, has several sexually suggestive images on the page. WARNING!!! There is partial nudity and strong language in addition to the sexually suggestive pictures.
As you can see, I took this video of the screen and scrolled down through the page to give you all an idea of the content.
I know what you are thinking, who the hell has a MySpace page these days other than 14 year old girls? I was thinking the same thing.
According to the reader, if only friends can view the page, then only friends can post images and video to the page. The images may be something along the line of Spam, but he has the ability to delete the images and delete the "friends" he accepted and gave permission to post on his page.
It's entirely possible that Gonzalez doesn't monitor the page very often, but the lesson is, he should.
His last status update was the 21st of September. I reviewed the content prior to that date just to check to see if perhaps it was just a recent development. The content was similar to what you see in the video.
The other lesson here is about Besco himself.
I think this demonstrates just how disconnected he is to El Paso.
He has only been here a few years, had internal disputes with the Republican Party, he didn't receive the endorsement of the College Republicans who refused to endorse him and endorsed a write-in candidate over Besco, and he hired a Democrat to run his campaign with virtually no political ties in town and has this type of material on his MySpace page.
I've hinted to this issue on the air for over a week, almost hoping that Gonzalez would get the hint and remove the content, but as of the time of this posting, the content is still on his page.
I've been torn about writing this piece but after conferring with some legitimate journalists I've come to the conclusion that it's appropriate to write this piece.
I've been sitting on this information for almost 2 weeks.
First, let me explain why I had reservations about this piece. In my opinion, Tim Besco, the Republican Party's nominee for congress facing Congressman Sylvestre Reyes, is not a viable candidate. He's gonna lose big so part of me said that its pointless to write the piece because he's such a non-factor.
However, after some deep thought on the issue I've decided to post the information because there is a lesson to be learned here. The lesson is that if you are politically connected or have political aspirations, you should make sure you are aware of your internet presence. And you really shouldn't have images that many women might find sexist or offensive.
A reader contacted me after recognizing Oscar Gonzalez, the campaign manager for Tim Besco, in a previous post. The reader said that there was something I should see on the MySpace page of Gonzalez, who is a Democrat. Gonzalez played with the spelling of his name, which is often done by people who want to make sure that only certain people can find the page, though Gonzalez may just be a fan of the Greek alphabet.
As you can see in this image, Gonzalez posted his status as "naughty" on September 21st.
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| From The Lion Star Blog by Jaime Abeytia |
The images that I presume he uploaded to the photo portion of the page personally, are pretty harmless, though this one is pretty interesting.
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| From The Lion Star Blog by Jaime Abeytia |
The page, which can only be viewed by friends of Gonzalez, has several sexually suggestive images on the page. WARNING!!! There is partial nudity and strong language in addition to the sexually suggestive pictures.
As you can see, I took this video of the screen and scrolled down through the page to give you all an idea of the content.
I know what you are thinking, who the hell has a MySpace page these days other than 14 year old girls? I was thinking the same thing.
According to the reader, if only friends can view the page, then only friends can post images and video to the page. The images may be something along the line of Spam, but he has the ability to delete the images and delete the "friends" he accepted and gave permission to post on his page.
It's entirely possible that Gonzalez doesn't monitor the page very often, but the lesson is, he should.
His last status update was the 21st of September. I reviewed the content prior to that date just to check to see if perhaps it was just a recent development. The content was similar to what you see in the video.
The other lesson here is about Besco himself.
I think this demonstrates just how disconnected he is to El Paso.
He has only been here a few years, had internal disputes with the Republican Party, he didn't receive the endorsement of the College Republicans who refused to endorse him and endorsed a write-in candidate over Besco, and he hired a Democrat to run his campaign with virtually no political ties in town and has this type of material on his MySpace page.
I've hinted to this issue on the air for over a week, almost hoping that Gonzalez would get the hint and remove the content, but as of the time of this posting, the content is still on his page.
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