Subject: Election Campaigns

• Of Swallows, Schwarzenegger, and Swift Boats

  The faithful of Orange County have traditionally been willing to pretend to believe in miracles, even when they know better. Consider the swallows of San Juan Capistrano. Anyone in San Juan Cap with eyes to see, or a freshly washed car to be shat on, knows the birds return March-ishly each year, and not bang on time on March 19, St. Joseph's Day, as the storyline of the miracle insists. But the miracle of the annual return of the swallows to San Juan Capistrano each St. Joseph's Day (presumably

  March 9, 2006

• Coming Attractions

  Cast your mind back to one of the grimmer spectacles of the grim days of 2004: the Bush/Cheney reelection campaign. If you recall, it was impossible to tell the difference that year between the official functions of President Bush and the fearmongering and pandering of Candidate Bush. Every official function was staged like a campaign event. Campaign events looked like official functions as cabinet officers and other administration officials hit the campaign trail for Bush. Even the nation's sec

  March 29, 2006

• The Distance Between Things

  Who knew Newton's laws of motion applied to flying politicians? Consider the case of President Bush, Governor Schwarzenegger, and Newton's third law, which states: "For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction." President Bush flies into California to campaign for two Republican politicians, Rep. Richard Pombo of Tracy and Rep. John Doolittle of Rocklin (both of whom recently made Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington's list of the Most Corrupt Members of Congress)

  October 4, 2006

• Early and Often

  As you listen to all the clichés in the days leading up to the November 7 election about how a week or a day is a lifetime in politics and how the only poll that matters is one that taken on election day, just remember that as of today, voting is already underway. Absentee ballots are now in the mail and early voting has begun in some counties, and voting before election day is playing an increasingly important part in California politics. The San Francisco Chronicle reports: About 47

  October 10, 2006

• FOO Fighter

  We're re-posting this Oct. 10, 2005, post because: a) A reader wondered why the Weekly had never connected slime-ball GOP lobbyist Jack Abramoff to our smurfin' Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-Huntington Beach). As the post shows, Clockwork had (and Moxley will mention it in Thursday's edition). 2) For reasons only the gremlins of cyberspace know, the item, "FOO Fighter," never got transferred over from our old database to our--cough, cough, cough--new improved database. thirdly) You'll need w

  January 10, 2006

• Ahnuld Terminates Fair Elections

  Perhaps you've seen those commercials showing Phil Angelides walking backward--the same direction the Democrat nominee for governor wants to take the state, according to the folksy narrator. These, of course, are not to be confused with Angelides' response ads, which show someone who looks a lot like The Terminator riding a motorcycle moving backwards--the same direction Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has taken the state, according to the folksy narrator. We don't recall who funded the anti-Arn

  July 12, 2006

• Thursday's Headlines & Surprises: Carona Camp Says FBI Case "Trash"

  Hookers take cash too, Mikey: Dana Parsons writes today that “the good news for [indicted OC Sheriff Mike] Carona is that the government doesn’t always win.” But Parsons says the “bad news” for Calamity Mike is that the feds take their “sweet time putting public corruption cases together.” He interviewed former assistant U.S. Attorney Marc Greenberg who says his old office is cautious and thorough “in cases like this where you’re trying to take down the county sheriff.” The

  November 8, 2007

• The Grainy Face of Corporate Evil

  September 26, 2002

• Tim Carpenter: Back With a Vengeance

  “I haven't seen you since 1988,” Tim Carpenter says with astonishment as he finally recognizes the progressive activist whose hand he's been shaking during a brief break between a press conference and rally for Democratic candidates at the Teamsters Local 952 union hall in Orange last Friday. Before 2002, if there was a demonstration for homeless rights or against the death penalty or nuclear proliferation, you can bet he was not only there, he probably organized it. Partially for financial

  October 20, 2008

• Dems Bringing Sexy Back?

  *Update: They just announced Papi Pulido beat out Michelle Martinez for the SanTana mayoral seat. Not much cheering. Everyone's busy bumping and grinding. *Update 2: A mean trick played by accident on congressional candidate Steve Young led him and his campaign team to believe, for a brief, exultant moment, that he'd beat incumbent John Campbell. A television blip around 10:30 p.m. flashed Young and Campbell's numbers in reverse. Champagne was popped and victory cheers were unleashed but it wa

  November 4, 2008

• Moneyopoly

  Who are the OC players who contributed to the 2008 presidential candidates?

  January 24, 2008

• Lance MacLean Has Learned That Mission Viejo's Political Players Always Go for the Throat

  March 5, 2009

• Longtime OC GOP Legislator Ross Johnson Finds New Life As a Campaign-Finance Watchdog in Sacramento

  November 13, 2008

• Surf City Mayor Debbie Cook Takes on Dana Rohrabacher, OC's Weirdest Republican Congressman

  September 18, 2008

• Hunter S. Thompson Documentary Film 'Gonzo' Succeeds When Saluting His Substance

  July 3, 2008

• [Moxley Confidential] What Tied the Tongue of Mike Schroeder, Janet Nguyen's Biggest Nemesis?

  May 29, 2008

• The Republican Suicide Bomber

  September 19, 2002

• Commie Girl

  August 17, 2006

• Their Man Tan

  November 2, 2006

• Xenophobic From the Start

  October 26, 2006

• The New Bob Dornan

  October 26, 2006

• A Fox in the Henhouse

  November 17, 2005

• A CLOCKWORK ORANGE

  October 6, 2005

• Gracious

  September 15, 2005

• From Bad to Worse

  A Karl Rove timeline

  July 21, 2005

• A Few Words on Why Tom Umberg Doesnt Want Campaign-Finance Reform

  April 28, 2005

• Murder He Wrote

  February 17, 2005

• Heartland Attack

  December 2, 2004

• Deja You

  February 26, 2004

• Blame the Democrats

  October 16, 2003

• Casting lott

  December 26, 2002

• Slate Nailer

  December 19, 2002

• The Myth of St. Curt

  Mayor Pringle wasnt a racist then, and he aint Cesar Chavez now

  November 21, 2002

• Its Her Party and Shell Sigh if She Wants To

  October 10, 2002

• Why Dont This Druid Hit the Road?

  April 25, 2002

• Mayor Moonbeam, Meet Donald Bren

  April 11, 2002

• Drive-By Consultant

  July 12, 2001

• How the F Was Won

  March 30, 2000

• Son of Dornan

  December 16, 1999

• Even Then, a Son of a Bitch

  August 12, 1999

• Burning Bush

  July 22, 1999

• October-December

  January 7, 1999

• Covert Campaigner

  November 26, 1998

• Fed Said: Ted Dead

  September 3, 1998

• How Bob Dornan Turned Political Defeat into a Windfall for his Family

  August 27, 1998

• The Loser Wins

  August 27, 1998

• Three Strikes Stinks!

  August 13, 1998

• The Secret Lives of Bob Dornan

  October 24, 1996

• Chuck DeVore's Quixotic Attempt to Twitter and Parody-Video His Way Into the U.S. Senate

  May 21, 2009

• Agran Crony and Gore Campaigner Agrees to Guilty Pleas in Federal Wire Fraud Case

  Irvine attorney Sandeep Baweja, the 39-year-old money man for that town's "progressive" political boss Larry Agran and a former official with Al Gore's 2000 presidential campaign, agreed in court papers to plead guilty to two felony charges related to a scheme where he ripped off nearly all of the $2.7 million he'd previously won for his clients, the FBI announced today.In a plea agreement prosecutors filed late Thursday in United States District Court in Los Angeles, Baweja indicates he will pl

  October 2, 2009