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			=== CRITICISM FROM LIBERAL ACTIVISTS ===
	=== Misrepresenting photographs ===
	====Baghdad photo====
	]

			As Kaloogian is in the midst of a highly contentious race for Congress (likely the most expensive congressional race in history) there are numerous attacks from the far-left on Kaloogian and others who disagree with his public policy positions.
	On ], ], Howard Kaloogian's campaign website displayed a street level photograph which was claimed to have been recently<ref>. Kaloogian's trip was in July, 2005, although in speeches and on his campaign webpage he refers to it as a "recent" trip</ref>taken in downtown Baghdad (see screenshot). <ref> Erroneous photograph was removed, replaced with the caption: "We originally posted a photograph not of Baghdad, Iraq but from Istanbul, Turkey where our delegation traveled on the way home to the United States. We apologize for this mistake."</ref> The photograph was offered as evidence that the security situation in Baghdad was better than was being reported in the press.<ref>Caption reads as follows: "Downtown Baghdad. We took this photo of dowtown Baghdad while we were in Iraq. Iraq (including Baghdad) is much more calm and stable than what many people believe it to be. But, each day the news media finds any violence occurring in the country and screams and shouts about it - in part because many journalists are opposed to the U.S. effort to fight terrorism."</ref>

			Kaloogian's conservative supporters have in turn rallied around him and attacked those on the political Left who are trying to defeat Kaloogian.
	Commenters at various blogs determined this photo was most likely taken in ], a suburb of ], ].<ref> </ref> <ref> </ref><ref>. Provides evidence the location as the Istanbul suburb of Bakırköy.</ref> Various indicators in the image suggested the location of the intersection was not Baghdad. Many signs are written in ] (which uses the ]), but none are in ]. Women are seen wearing revealing (western) clothes, taxicabs are similar to those seen in Istanbul and European-style traffic signs are visible (as are signs of businesses based solely in Turkey). Once it was established that the photograph was actually of a streetcorner in suburban Istanbul, Kaloogian's campaign attributed the error to an unidentified "webmaster."<ref>] quotes Kaloogian during a phone call on March 29, 2006: "n the way back from Baghdad some of the crew stopped in Istanbul as a layover. We turned all the photographs over to the webmaster, and it appears he took one from the stopover and not from Baghdad."</ref>
	The photograph was replaced by another one taken from what appears to be an upper floor of some structure. <ref> Evidence that the photograph may have been taken from the ] in the ] in ]. </ref> <ref>Analysis of the ] data on the replacement image suggesting that it was taken at the time of Mr. Kaloogian's July 2005 trip to Baghdad. See image. ].</ref>
	<ref>. ''Baghdad on the Bosporus'', Dana Milbank, March 30, 2006. The entire Iraq trip page was temporarily pulled down without explanation, as Milbank confirms in this article. </ref>

			As such, this entry is being edited so as to reflect only biographical information that reflects Kaloogian's track record, experience, accomplishment and conservative pedigree up to his announcement for U.S. Congress in July 2005.
	Kaloogian later said using the photo was "a stupid mistake".<ref> ''Candidate admits 'stupid' Web error'', Carla Marinucci, March 30, 2006, p. B3. According to the article, "Kaloogian said the photo was taken during a layover in Istanbul and was mixed up with those taken on the Iraq tour." </ref>

	====Photo pose with George W. Bush====
	In addition to the false Baghdad photo, the Kaloogian website also posted a photo of Kaloogian with president ], which was altered to reduced the height discrepancy between the two men, to make Kaloogian appear taller <ref></ref>.

	====Photo with troops====
	In one photo which appears on the campaign website home page, as well as in the photo gallery section of the web site, the location of where the photo was taken is misrepresented. The campaign website claims the photo was taken in Iraq, whereas the same photo appears on the Move America Forward ] with the caption that it was taken at ] in ].<ref></ref><ref>The two photographs can be compared with the following links:
	(accessed 2006-04-03)
	and the
	(accessed 2006-04-03).</ref>.

	==Notes and references ==		==Notes and references ==

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Howard Kaloogian

Howard J. Kaloogian (born December 30, 1959) is a conservative Republican politician, who is a former member of the California State Assembly.

Biography

Kaloogian grew up in Michigan, of Armenian-born parents. Kaloogian earned a Bachelor's from Michigan State University and a law degree from Pepperdine University. During 1988–1996, he was an estate attorney. He got his start in politics at the suggestion of Bill Morrow, after Morrow read a strongly worded letter Kaloogian wrote to the editor of the San Diego Union-Tribune purporting to correct a reader's misleading interpretation of the preamble to the Constitution of the United States.

From 1994–2000, Kaloogian was a member of the California Assembly, representing California District 74, which covers portions of northern San Diego County. He won his seat in the 1994 legislative elections, with 61% of the votes counted. He endorsed Senator Phil Gramm's presidential bid in 1995 .

Kaloogian was twice re-elected to the Assembly. He recorded an unchanged majority, 61%, in the 1996 legislative election and was re-elected again in the 1998 election, where his share of the vote fell to 57%.

In 2003, Kaloogian became the chairman of the Recall Gray Davis Committee, dedicated to the ousting of California's governor, Gray Davis.

Kaloogian is a founder and co-chairman of Move America Forward, a controversial conservative political action group. Kaloogian considers President Ronald Reagan to be one of his political heroes. Kaloogian serves on the Ronald Reagan Legacy Project and was the Chairman of the Defend Reagan Project, which campaigned in 2003 for CBS to drop a docudrama about Ronald Reagan, The Reagans. The campaign was successful, as CBS did not show the mini-series, but handed it off to Showtime.

In 2004 Kaloogian ran for the U.S. Senate from California and lost the Republican primary with 11% of the vote, placing him 3rd out of 11 candidates. Kaloogian is currently running in the special election to fill the opening created by the resignation of disgraced Congressman Duke Cunningham in California's 50th Congressional District.

Kaloogian is divorced and lives in San Marcos, California.

2006 campaign for Congress

Kaloogian is currently running in a special election to fill the opening in California's 50th District to the House of Representatives caused by the resignation of disgraced former Congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham. Kaloogian's integrity has come into question, as claims made on his campaign website have proved to be false.

CRITICISM FROM LIBERAL ACTIVISTS

As Kaloogian is in the midst of a highly contentious race for Congress (likely the most expensive congressional race in history) there are numerous attacks from the far-left on Kaloogian and others who disagree with his public policy positions.

Kaloogian's conservative supporters have in turn rallied around him and attacked those on the political Left who are trying to defeat Kaloogian.

As such, this entry is being edited so as to reflect only biographical information that reflects Kaloogian's track record, experience, accomplishment and conservative pedigree up to his announcement for U.S. Congress in July 2005.

Notes and references

"Final California Election Results", Los Angeles Times, November 10, 1994
"20 State GOP Lawmakers Back Gramm", Los Angeles Times, March 1, 1995
"Final California Election Results", Los Angeles Times, March 28, 1996
"Final California Election Results", Los Angeles Times, November 5, 1998
Worldmag.com. How grassroots conservatives used the Internet and talk radio in the first successful drive to force a recall vote of a California governor, Lynn Vincent, August 2, 2003. Others point out the Recall Gray Davis Committee organization collected no signatures and spent no money on the recall.
Kaloogian's official website. He states "My political hero, Ronald Reagan, made a profound statement in his farewell address to the nation."
"California Elections", Los Angeles Times, March 4, 2004

External links

Baghdad photo links

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