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Subject: John McCain

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2007

    Even John McCain Hates the Guatemalans

    Faithful readers of ¡Ask a Mexican! know that my favorite whipping boy is the Guatemalans. Turns out, according to Time magazine's blog, chapines also serve the same purpose for presidential candidate John McCain. Is the Mexican influencing national sentiment toward the Mayan menace?

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2008

    McCain Gets his Gooks

    We like Arizona Senator and Republican presidential candidate John McCain much more than his automaton flip-flopper (and Hugh Hewitt favorite) main opponent, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney. But we've never been able to understand why Little Saigon's power brokers never asked McCain to ap ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 5, 2008

    Can Someone Please Tell Hugh Hewitt...

    ...that his attempted branding of James Dobson's diatribe against John McCain as the "Dobson Declaration" smacks of lame Churchillian aspirations? Gracias.

  • Blogs

    February 5, 2008

    Baby Hewie Also Pollyanna

    As Mitt Romney goes down in defeat after crushing defeat, Hugh Hewitt desperately continues to spin for his book subject by focusing on. . .the small margin of victory by which John McCain will win his home state of Arizona. "Given the Rush blast, the Dobson declaration, and Huck's strength in the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 5, 2008

    Clinton, McCain lead in OC

    From OCVote.com as of 8:10 p.m. Democrats:Hillary ClintonBarack ObamaVote Count: 52,602Vote Count: 25,443 58.5(.3% Republicans:John McCainMitt Romney Vote Count: 56,586 Vote Count: 38,611 42.1(.7%Note: Both Clinton and McCain are leading statewide.

  • Blogs

    February 5, 2008

    OC Vote update: 9 PM

    Top dogs are still the same as of 9 p.m. and only 106 of 2076 precincts are accounted for. It's gonna be a loooong night! Democrats:Hillary ClintonBarack ObamaVote Count: 52,854Vote Count: 25,543 58.5(.3% Republicans:John McCainMitt Romney Vote Count: 56,800Vote Count: 38778 42.1(.7%More here.

  • Blogs

    February 5, 2008

    When Your Candidate is Decimated, What's One to Do?

    Spin, of course! And that's exactly what Hugh Hewitt is doing. Despite his book boy Mitt Romney getting slammed tonight from the moderate wing by John McCain and by the right via the suddenly resurgent Mike Huckabee, Baby Hewie continues to insist there's hope for Mitt. All he can muster is that R ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2008

    Firecrackers, Rats and Some GOP guy's Mansion

    On a cool evening in the heart of Little Saigon loud firecrackers periodically exploded as Vietnamese Americans celebrated the coming of Tet (Vietnamese New Year) and something that should comfort Anaheim Mayor Curt Pringle: the launching of the Year of the Rat. Of course, I'm kidding. According t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2008

    OC Vote: Final count

    Well, the votes from all 2076 precincts have been tallied. No huge surprises, but here are the final numbers in the presidential race: Democrats:Hillary ClintonBarack ObamaVote Count: 141,668Vote Count: 96,967 55.47.9% Republicans:John McCainMitt Romney Vote Count: 117,333Vote Count: 109,877 39.77. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2008

    Baby Hewie Reveals Himself as a Party Hack (Big Surpise Edition)

    Throughout his radio show yesterday, Hugh Hewitt kept emphasizing that true conservatives despised John McCain, that true conservatives must vote for Mitt Romney. He repeatedly cited the examples of Rush Limbaugh and James Dobson, who insisted they'd never vote for McCain. To stick to one's principl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2008

    The Reg-O-Meter© -- Week Ending March 15

    Throughout his radio show yesterday, Hugh Hewitt kept emphasizing that true conservatives despised John McCain, that true conservatives must vote for Mitt Romney. He repeatedly cited the examples of Rush Limbaugh and James Dobson, who insisted they'd never vote for McCain. To stick to one's principl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2008

    John McCain in OC Tomorrow

    Republican presidential candidate and war-lover, John McCain, will be in our neck of the woods tomorrow to rub elbows (raise money) with the rich folks whom he will help make richer if he takes office in 2008. McCain's meeting with the GOP big bucks will take place at the Island Hotel in Newport B ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2008

    McCain Rhymes with "Complain"

    While John McCain was inside the Island Hotel in Newport Beach yesterday rallying funds for his general election war chest, three—count 'em, three!—separate rallies, uh, rallied outside. Let’s start with the obvious: Orange County, presidential candidate who stops short of proposing mass dep ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2008

    Democrat Boss (& Daybreak OC) Clueless on Cultural Reference

    During Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church Obama-McCain interviews earlier this month, the pastor asked McCain to identify the “three wisest people that [sic] you know that you would rely on heavily in an administration.” McCain quickly named General David Petraeus and Lindsey Graham, a Republica ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2008

    Will Rappers Cost Obama the Election?

    Please, Plies, come out in support of Sarah Palin Young Jeezy's brief flirtation with John McCain on the set of Saturday Night Live aside, it's clear rappers favor Barack Obama by a wide margin in this election. (Check out this survey, for starters.) Though emcee after emcee has supported Obama wit ... More >>

  • Columns

    March 16, 2000

    Debatemon!

    Please, Plies, come out in support of Sarah Palin Young Jeezy's brief flirtation with John McCain on the set of Saturday Night Live aside, it's clear rappers favor Barack Obama by a wide margin in this election. (Check out this survey, for starters.) Though emcee after emcee has supported Obama wit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2008

    "B-1 Bob" vs. Maverick

    Vietnam Veterans Against John McCain allege Maverick was a lousy pilot who lost five U.S. Navy aircraft, four in accidents and one in combat. Who the hell does this McCain guy think he is, Bob Dornan? As the Weekly's R. Scott Moxley so colorfully illustrated in his 1996 expose “The Secret Lives ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2008

    "This Ugly, Black Thing": The 26th Reason Why John McCain Sucks

    In the new issue of the Weekly, you'll find Greg Stacy's list of 25 reasons why John McCain sucks. To this, I'd like to add reason #26: He once referred to Bridget, his adopted Bangladeshi daughter, as "this ugly, black thing." Maybe. Or probably? You be the judge, and read this first-person story ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2008

    This Week in The OC Weekly

    In the new issue of the Weekly, you'll find Greg Stacy's list of 25 reasons why John McCain sucks. To this, I'd like to add reason #26: He once referred to Bridget, his adopted Bangladeshi daughter, as "this ugly, black thing." Maybe. Or probably? You be the judge, and read this first-person story ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2008

    The Party's Over

    State GOP chairman Ron Nehring: "Lease, don't buy..." The state GOP's "Victory Night Party" (hah!) was over before it started. Driving over to the Hyatt Regency Irvine to make the 8:30 p.m. start time, I was talking on my Bluetooth to my brother in San Francisco when he informed me John McCain was ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2008

    Red County Nearly Turns Blue!

    . . . and if that happened, would the righty Red County blog have to change its name? Final election results from OC: PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT Completed Precincts: 2109 of 2109 Vote Count Percentage JOHN MCCAIN / SARAH PALIN (REP) 430,360 50.8% BARACK OBAMA / JOE BIDEN (DEM) 401,605 47.4 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2008

    Presidency by Numbers: Orange County Edition

    Gramps is just gonna rest his eyes some... Orange County Democrats are justifiably happy today as their presidential candidate will be sworn in on Inauguration Day Jan. 20, 2009. And they can take some pride in the Barack Obama-Joe Biden Democratic ticket's 401,605 votes being only 28,755 votes shy ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2008

    Why Does Obama Birth Certificate Say What They Say It Does Not?

    Among those commenting to the extended-play interview with Buena Park Pastor Wiley Drake over his legal action contending Barack Obama was not born in this country and should not be sworn in as president is Linda from Mariposa, who writes:The Certificate of live birth is not a birth certificate--per ... More >>

  • Features

    January 24, 2008

    Moneyopoly

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

  • Columns

    January 29, 2009

    [¡Ask a Mexican!] Law & Border Hypocrisy, Part 982,776

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

  • News

    November 6, 2008

    Orange County Sings the Obama Blues

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

  • Columns

    October 30, 2008

    Letters From OC Weekly Readers

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

  • News

    October 23, 2008

    [Election 2008] Obama, McCain (Who Sucks, By the Way) and the Gayest Election Ever

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

  • News

    October 23, 2008

    [Election 2008] 25 Reasons Why John Sidney McCain III Sucks

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

  • News

    October 23, 2008

    [Election 2008] 10 Signs That People Besides Us In OC Think John McCain Sucks, Too

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

  • News

    October 23, 2008

    [Election 2008] Ron Kovic's War on War

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

  • Columns

    October 2, 2008

    [¡Ask a Mexican!®] Why Do Mexican Women Hate Spanish Women?

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

  • News

    August 21, 2008

    A Former Saddleback Congregant-Turned-Cub Reporter Purposely Drives to Rick Warren's Candidate Forum

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

  • News

    February 7, 2008

    A Bluer Shade of Orange

    The raw vote totals in OC tell the real—and really amazing—story of Super Tuesday

  • News

    July 29, 2004

    Pussies Galore!

    The raw vote totals in OC tell the real—and really amazing—story of Super Tuesday

  • Film

    June 5, 2003

    Fresh Division Appears in Little Saigon

    The raw vote totals in OC tell the real—and really amazing—story of Super Tuesday

  • Film

    May 8, 2003

    Sanitized for Your Consumption

    The raw vote totals in OC tell the real—and really amazing—story of Super Tuesday

  • News

    January 30, 2003

    Kiss My Axis!

    The raw vote totals in OC tell the real—and really amazing—story of Super Tuesday

  • Unknown

    January 2, 2003

    Lost Year

    The raw vote totals in OC tell the real—and really amazing—story of Super Tuesday

  • Music

    October 5, 2000

    A Dallas Wayne Fantasy

    The raw vote totals in OC tell the real—and really amazing—story of Super Tuesday

  • Columns

    March 30, 2000

    Letters

    The raw vote totals in OC tell the real—and really amazing—story of Super Tuesday

  • Columns

    March 23, 2000

    The Girl Who Peed Herself

    The raw vote totals in OC tell the real—and really amazing—story of Super Tuesday

  • Columns

    March 16, 2000

    Law and Odor

    The raw vote totals in OC tell the real—and really amazing—story of Super Tuesday

  • Music

    December 30, 1999

    Not Another #%&@$* Year-End List!

    The raw vote totals in OC tell the real—and really amazing—story of Super Tuesday

  • Columns

    September 16, 1999

    This weeks featured game: Arizona (9-7 last season) at Philadelphia (3-13)

    The raw vote totals in OC tell the real—and really amazing—story of Super Tuesday

  • News

    August 13, 1998

    Hail, Caesar Salad

    The raw vote totals in OC tell the real—and really amazing—story of Super Tuesday

  • News

    March 5, 1998

    Shut Up, Again

    The raw vote totals in OC tell the real—and really amazing—story of Super Tuesday

  • News

    October 24, 1996

    The Secret Lives of Bob Dornan

    The raw vote totals in OC tell the real—and really amazing—story of Super Tuesday

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2008

    The Great Debate: John McCain and Barack Obama vs. John Oates

    There are two very important cultural happenings tonight. Presidential nominees John "My Friends" McCain and Barack Obama will engage in a sure-to-be-scintillating debate of domestic policy and the economy at the David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex on the campus of Hofstra University in Long ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2010

    OC Republicans' Choice for First Lady Comes Out... Against Prop. 8

    NOH8 CampaignTale of the tape​In the November 2008 election, 579,064 Orange County voters wanted John McCain to be president of the United States right now (versus 549,558 for Barack Obama). By extension, Cindy McCain was 50.2 percent of the electorate's choice for first lady (versus 47.6 percent ... More >>

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