Subject: Jack Abramoff

• The Many Sides of Dana Rohrabacher

  Another Oscar Night has come and gone, and once again, Dana Rohrabacher has to settle for a being just another congressman from Orange County, instead of a famous screenwriter. It's not like he hasn't tried to break into showbiz. Sam Rosen of The American Prospect Online once catalogued Rohrabacher's sadly neglected efforts as a screenwriter (scroll down to "Dana Rohrabacher, Auteur"). There's a Cold War thriller, The Killing Zone, which featured "healthy doses of commie fighting and randy sex

  March 8, 2006

• The Party's Over

  Our R. Scott Moxley reports that, by the end of the night at the Hyatt Regency Irvine, the older Republicans in the room showed on their faces exactly what they felt: worry, frustration, indignation. But the Young Republican types in their 20s and 30s were not missing a beat--or a drop of hooch--as they had a ball like it was any other chance to party. By the way, Moxley--who has been covering these GOP monster truck pulls since 1994--would like to readjust his crowd figures. In an earlier post

  November 8, 2006

• Sampling Dana

  Over at Talking Points Memo, Josh Marshall catches the ex-CIA bigwig at the center of one of Washington's more intriguing ongoing scandals (the one with the hookers), Dusty Foggo, trying to pass off as his own a memorable bit of nonsense first used by everyone's favorite Surfin' Congressman, D. Rohrabacher, when another ongoing scandal (the one with Jack Abramoff ripping off Native Americans) broke. Dana deserves a royalty check.

  May 12, 2006

• Rev. Lou makes the Top 10

  Writing at Counterpunch.org, the online version of Alexander Cockburn's political newsletter, Robert Boston compiles a list of the Top 10 Power Brokers of the Religious Right. Boston used "publicly available financial data and political prominence" to rank his collection of polyester Savonarolas (Savonaroli?) and multimedia Elmer Gantrys. And coming in at number 10 is local boy and longtime OC Weekly favorite, Reverend Lou Sheldon, founder of the Traditional Values Coalition. The Reverend Lou

  July 14, 2006

• Odds and Ends

  Well, it was quite a weekend in Washington D.C. In a previous post, Alex did a fine job of spelling out the facts in the case of ex-Rep. Mark Foley (R-Predator). The only thing that can be added is that Foley has now headed down a familiar path-- as Josh Marshall puts it: "Ahhh, once again, the last refuge of the disgraced House Republican: rehab." Foley's checked himself into rehab for alcoholism, perhaps in preparation for blaming his personal demons on the Demon Rum. (Is it a Church of S

  October 2, 2006

• Duncan Hunter, Dick Nixon and "Gunga Dana" Rohrabacher

  In light of San Diego area rightwing hawk Rep. Duncan Hunter's quixotic bid for the U.S. presidency, MadCow Morning News compiles the Top Ten Reasons to Go Dunkin' With Duncan. (Thanks to the eagle-eyed pal who spotted this and passed it along). Included are comparisons of Hunter to OC's Favorite Disgraced Son ("We are currently in the fifth year of the war in Iraq. Remember the towering figure that came along during the fifth year of the Vietnam War? Right! Richard Nixon!") and a sly reference

  November 1, 2006

• Rohrabacher Comes Out Against Meetings

  The Los Angeles Daily News reported yesterday that the "newly empowered California House Democrats are extending an olive branch to a group that has shunned them for years: California Republicans." A meeting is scheduled for this afternoon when, in the basement of the U.S. Capitol, members of the two groups will try to play nice. […] The hope, said meeting organizer Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-San Jose, is that lawmakers will ultimately strategize bipartisan ways that Californians can bring hom

  January 17, 2007

• Foxes, Henhouses, and the Fashion Police

  Just like breaking a leg can take your mind off a toothache, the major traumas the Bush administration has inflicted on the body politic make it easy to forget the lesser damage it's doing.  Or, as Ruth Marcus puts in her column in today's Washington Post, "The tornado of disastrous headlines -- a Pentagon that can't take proper care of its wounded, a Justice Department that can't be trusted to follow the law or tell the truth to Congress, a top White House aide who lied to a grand jury-- h

  April 4, 2007

• 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

• Aw, FOO-ey!

  Hats off to the LA "By God" Times' politico reporter Jean Pasco. Finally, a daily newspaper that circulates in Orange County has drawn a connection between criminally tainted GOP superlobbyist Jack Abramoff and wack-packin' Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-Huntington Beach). Way to go, Jean-o! Of course, in typical Times/Pasco fashion, honed from her years doing the same at the Orange County Register, the piece was totally Rohrabacher-sided (she couldn't find one critic?), the most-troubling Ab

  January 10, 2006

• How Do You Spell Ethics? G-O-P

  Got the latest newsletter from my surfin' Congressman, Dana Rohrabacher (R-Huntington Beach). We only recall receiving these in the years ol' Dana's running for reelection (again and again and again -- and he's for term limits!). But this one is titled the Spring Newsletter, so maybe we've just tossed the previous seasons versions from non-campaign years out with the redundant Victoria's Secret catalogs. But this one does include one HEEEEE-LARIOUS page. On it, Rohrabacher essentially argues th

  March 12, 2006

• Thursday's Headlines & Surprises: Fishy Rohrabacher

  Fishy Rohrabacher? The Huntington Beach Independent features a visit by Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-Skipped Vietnam Combat Duty) to Coatings Resource Corp., a local company owned by Edward Laird. Michael Alexander's story says that the Chinese had nabbed Laird's paint contract with Mattel Toys. The lead scandal prompts Laird to call the Chinese cheaters. Laird's not mad because he says his company is hoping to work with the Chinese to certify the paint they use for Mattel toys. All good to

  September 20, 2007

• Monday's Headlines & Surprises: Ass Slapping Fun!

  Worm Attack in Dana Point? TMZ reports that Orange County police are investigating former Los Angeles Laker/Chicago Bull Dennis Rodman for allegedly committing a “crime” inside the Hennessy's Tavern near PCH in Dana Point. The celebrity website says Rodman was accused of slapping a female customer's ass so hard it left a “major mark.” No word on what part of his anatomy did the slapping. Jim Amormino, sheriff's spokesman, said dicks in his department's “sex crimes unit” are on

  September 24, 2007

• Its a Wonderful Life

  August 18, 2005

• Jerry, Be Wary

  January 31, 2008

• Letters From OC Weekly Readers

  September 25, 2008

• Janet Napolitano's Sorry Service in Arizona Makes Her a Terrible Choice for Homeland Security Secretary

  WEB EXCLUSIVE!

  November 27, 2008

• Defense Contractor Airtech, a Big Rohrabacher Contributor, Is Under Investigation for Fraud

  October 23, 2008

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

  September 18, 2008

• Main Offender

  Garden Grove merchants say the city cut corners to let insider Steve Sheldon build condos

  April 26, 2007

• Raise Those Glasses, Boyos!

  Election night with the biggest losers

  November 9, 2006

• Department of Homeland Stupidity

  May 11, 2006

• Huffing and Puffing

  March 23, 2006

• Commie Girl

  January 26, 2006

• Diary of a Mad County

  January 26, 2006

• Lou Sheldon's Movin' On Up

  January 12, 2006

• A Clockwork Orange

  October 13, 2005

• A CLOCKWORK ORANGE

  October 6, 2005

• A CLOCKWORK ORANGE

  August 4, 2005