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John McCain

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2012

    DREAM Activists Drop Pro-Immigrant Banners Along OC Freeway Overpasses

    This is Gabriel San Roman with your morning traffic report: Activists with the Orange County DREAM Team and ACLAMO have dropped three banners along the 5 freeway in Anaheim, Santa Ana and San Juan Capistrano at different rush hour times between 6-10 a.m. The coordinated effort is part of the 'Right ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2011

    Orly Taitz Birther Crazy Train Stops in New Hampshire; She Begs for $$$ to Keep Chugging

    ​Who knew? The crazy train isn't just pulling the cars of presidential candidates but also birthers and their queen bee Orly Taitz, the Aliso Viejo lawyer/dentist/real estate saleswoman/Gabor sister/mental-ward contestant. Taitz and some foaming-at-the-piehole New Hampshire state reps filed a comp ... More >>

  • Columns

    June 30, 2011

    Would Mexico Have Been Better Off if the American Southwest Remained Part of Mexico?

    [¡Ask a Mexican!] Plus why the American Immigration Council is great!

  • News

    October 21, 2010

    Grinding Justice

    Operation Streamline costs millions, tramples the Constitution, treats migrants like cattle, doesn't work

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2010

    Can a Progressive Vietnamese Candidate Win Public Office in OC?

    ​No, not Phu Nguyen, who's trying to pull an upset in a State Assembly District race against the reprehensible Allan Mansoor. The progressive Vietnamese in question is Bao Nguyen, who's running for a spot on the Garden Grove Unified School District Board of Trustees this fall.We at the Weekly reme ... More >>

  • News

    May 27, 2010

    Tea Time!

    Will the boiling-mad tea-party crowd sweep sheriff's candidate Bill Hunt to victory?

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2009

    As FCC Weighs Net Neutrality, McCain Tosses in Monkey Wrench

    ​As the Federal Communications Commission meets today to develop some "rules of the road" for the Internet, U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Sarah Palin) has thrown up a roadblock.The bitter, defeated presidential nominee today introduced legislation that would block the FCC from creating new "net neutral ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2009

    More Republi-Drama at OC GOP Meeting

    Chris Norby, in the fray​After a not-so-harmonious Western Conservative Political Action Conference last weekend and amidst a downright ugly state assembly race in north county, Red County's Alan Bartlett reports that last night's OC GOP Central Committee contained a few moments of strife and hand ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2009

    Tales Of Suicide And Tyranny From Orly Taitz In Santa Ana

    ​Whew, that was a long one. Laguna Niguel dentist/lawyer Orly Taitz, along with her co-counsel/nemesis Gary Kreep, spent a couple hours this morning in the Santa Ana Ronald Reagan Federal Building and Courthouse arguing why Judge David O. Carter shouldn't throw their case against Barack Obama out ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2009

    Shamed ex-SEC Chairman Chris Cox to Float Not on Ice Floe But Orange County Republican Party Boat

    John McCain wanted Christopher Cox fired as the George W. Bush-appointed chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Los Angeles Times opined that Cox's chairmanship will be characterized by missing the signs that Wall Street was poised for a meltdown, noting the critics who said Cox's l ... More >>

  • Columns

    July 2, 2009

    Letters From OC Weekly Readers

    John McCain wanted Christopher Cox fired as the George W. Bush-appointed chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Los Angeles Times opined that Cox's chairmanship will be characterized by missing the signs that Wall Street was poised for a meltdown, noting the critics who said Cox's l ... More >>

  • News

    May 21, 2009

    [Moxley Confidential] Remembering Nguyen Huy Vu, Who Made a Big Impression on the Weekly Newsroom

    John McCain wanted Christopher Cox fired as the George W. Bush-appointed chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Los Angeles Times opined that Cox's chairmanship will be characterized by missing the signs that Wall Street was poised for a meltdown, noting the critics who said Cox's l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2009

    Award-Winning Ad Makers Want to Turn Red County Blue

    Photo courtesy of DMedia Inc.Eugene HedlundOrange County is, of course, screaming with Republican campaign consultants but a couple youngish guys from here are making their mark creating campaign ads for Democrats--while clinging to the far loftier goals of helping to overturn Prop. 8 and turn this ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2009

    Welcome to the Poorhouse: From My Bank to Your Ears

    Every thirteen seconds, an American loses his/her home. In 2008, more than 2.3 million families faced foreclosure. If the government doesn't intervene in a muscular way, an estimated 6 million owners will lose their homes in the next three years. Those sobering stats begin a Nation piece that actual ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 5, 2009

    Welcome to the Poorhouse: a New Blog Series

    Seeing news daily about folks stung by drastic wage cuts, fending off foreclosure, paying more for everything, drowning in credit-card debt and hanging dwindling hope on Uncle Obama, a thought comes to mind: Hey, that's me! Then comes a question: Why not blog about it? Then an answer: Um . . .  ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2009

    Vanity Fair Calls Baby Hewie "Two-Time Loser"

    *Updated, with new info on the bottom...We haven't posted on Orange County's own conservative talk-show windbag Hugh Hewitt in a long time, mostly because I got tired of listening both to his program and reading his blog. But a faithful reader clued us in to the latest Vanity Fair, a magazine I usua ... More >>

  • Music

    January 1, 2009

    [Sound Guy] Recent OC Transplant Gives an Outsider's Perspective on Our Live Music Venues

    *Updated, with new info on the bottom...We haven't posted on Orange County's own conservative talk-show windbag Hugh Hewitt in a long time, mostly because I got tired of listening both to his program and reading his blog. But a faithful reader clued us in to the latest Vanity Fair, a magazine I usua ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2008

    Hitsville: The Year in Music, by the Numbers

    You don't need a half-wit music critic to tell you it's been a remarkable year for America, one historians will be discussing and researching for centuries to come. War, financial collapse, politics, technology: All have been dinner-table topics for many Americans. Racial barriers in 2008 were de ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2008

    To Do Tonight 11/4 - ELECTION EXTRAVAGANZA!

    Democratic Party, 8 p.m. Over 2000 people expected special dinner menu and club night. No cover. Sutra Lounge 1870 Harbor Blvd. in the Triangle Square Costa Mesa, CA 92627 (949) 722-7103 DJ Velvet Touch Birthday Bash, 10 p.m. Featuring Summer Darling; Years Around the Sun; Tartufi; Barrett Johnson. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2008

    Anti-Obama Vandals Target Obama HQ in HB!

    When local Democratic Party activists showed up at their west county office in Huntington Beach this morning, they found evidence of some last-minute desperation among local McCain supporters: a plywood sign calling Obama a "racist" and equating the "liberal media" with un-Americanism. One of our f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2008

    What The? Young OC Voters Go Against Mom and Pop

    By Sandy Rose Any liberal voter living in Orange County wouldn’t hesitate to tell you that theirs is an uphill battle against the county’s McCainiac majority. But young people living and growing up in Orange County, who have long-endured the Republican bubble that has defined who we are, see ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2008

    No on 8: Liveblogging from the Tin Lizzie

    By Sandy Rose Any liberal voter living in Orange County wouldn’t hesitate to tell you that theirs is an uphill battle against the county’s McCainiac majority. But young people living and growing up in Orange County, who have long-endured the Republican bubble that has defined who we are, see ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2008

    Because You're Ugly: Tote Your Vote

    What are you wearing Nov. 4? Or, hey, to watch tonight's debate on your couch, even? Harveys, the Santa Ana-based creator of the original seatbelt bag, has something for you: Tote Your Vote! Available now on seatbeltbags.com and in retail stores, their red, white and blue (what else?) Tote Your Vo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2008

    What's Bad for Obama is Good for Todd Gallinger?

    Irvine City Council races have a long, rich history of generating critical looks from the county grand jury, tireless political reformer Shirley Grindle, state Assemblyman Chuck Devore (R-Irvine), solidly Democrat UC Irvine political science professor Mark Petracca and, of course, our own R. Scott M ... More >>

  • News

    September 11, 2008

    [Moxley Confidential] The Strange Case of the Deputy-Confiscated Videotape

    Irvine City Council races have a long, rich history of generating critical looks from the county grand jury, tireless political reformer Shirley Grindle, state Assemblyman Chuck Devore (R-Irvine), solidly Democrat UC Irvine political science professor Mark Petracca and, of course, our own R. Scott M ... More >>

  • Columns

    September 11, 2008

    Letters From OC Weekly Readers

    Irvine City Council races have a long, rich history of generating critical looks from the county grand jury, tireless political reformer Shirley Grindle, state Assemblyman Chuck Devore (R-Irvine), solidly Democrat UC Irvine political science professor Mark Petracca and, of course, our own R. Scott M ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2008

    Rick Warren Superstar

    Just about everything that can be said has been said about pastor Rick Warren's performance this past weekend with underlings John McCain and Barack Obama. Except this: by getting all moving cameras in the Free World fixed on his Saddleback Church, Warren officially propelled himself past two other ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2008

    Riding Low in the Saddleback

    By Eleanor Carmichael It was hotter than Hell when I arrived at Saddleback Church (my former parish—no, seriously) for the Saddleback Civil Forum on the Presidency. Unfortunately, I couldn’t look forward to sitting in the main worship center near Rick Warren, Barack Obama or John McCain. OC We ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2008

    Rappers or Republicans?

    In May, we posited that southern hip hop and Fox News share much in common. Possessing both an anti-intellectual streak and a populist one, they’re beloved by red-staters and hated on by the coastal elites, be they liberals, hipsters, Ghostface or Nas. The piece concluded: If you're still not conv ... More >>

  • Music

    May 1, 2008

    Why Southern Hip-Hop Is the Same as FOX News

    In May, we posited that southern hip hop and Fox News share much in common. Possessing both an anti-intellectual streak and a populist one, they’re beloved by red-staters and hated on by the coastal elites, be they liberals, hipsters, Ghostface or Nas. The piece concluded: If you're still not conv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 5, 2008

    Rock the Poor(man) Vote

    So who's our favorite bikini babehound, the Poorman, voting for? “I'm not positive yet. Originally I wanted Giuliani, but as time went on I found him non-dynamic. McCain scares me, but I bet his wife was hot when she was younger. Now I think Obama—I like the idea of change.” Informed that, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2006

    Dornan in '08

    I don't want to get anyone's hopes up, but judging by this report from Drew Cline, editorial page editor of New Hampshire's Manchester Union Leader, the race for the 2008 GOP presidential nomination could prove to be very, very entertaining. Cline writes on the Union Leader blog: I just got off the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2006

    The Tortuous Path

    George Bush has fundamentally reshaped the "conventional wisdom" of American political life in a way that most presidents can only dream of. Ronald Reagan elicited only agreement, at least rhetorically, that "the era of big government is over." George Bush has elicited agreement that "those claiming ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2006

    Keeping the White in White House

    I've never doubted that Aliso Viejo's Jim Gilchrist, founder of the Minuteman Project, was deluded, but until now I've never suspected he's delusional as well. Gilchrist tells the rightwing news service WorldNetDaily that he's seriously considering running for President of the United States. Gilchri ... More >>

  • Film

    January 26, 2006

    Why Film Critics Fight

    Our reviewers go warhead to warhead over Why We Fight

  • Columns

    November 17, 2005

    Grass or Ass

    No one gets out of Kona Village for free

  • Web

    August 4, 2005

    A CLOCKWORK ORANGE

    No one gets out of Kona Village for free

  • News

    July 21, 2005

    From Bad to Worse

    A Karl Rove timeline

  • Features

    October 7, 2004

    Burning Bush: The Issue

    A year in Dubya-dumping by his conservative critics . . . and Howard Stern

  • News

    July 29, 2004

    Pussies Galore!

    What local candidates dont want voters to know

  • Columns

    June 10, 2004

    Dog Day After June

    Reality: its not just for leftists anymore

  • Film

    May 8, 2003

    Sanitized for Your Consumption

    Saigon, USA white-washes local history

  • Columns

    November 14, 2002

    Writers on the Storm

    Flying around with the Bill Simon press corps

  • Columns

    January 4, 2001

    The Year in Bits: January- June

    Flying around with the Bill Simon press corps

  • Features

    January 4, 2001

    Year in Review

    Flying around with the Bill Simon press corps

  • Columns

    January 4, 2001

    Year in Review

    Flying around with the Bill Simon press corps

  • News

    April 13, 2000

    Cash Cow!

    Make money or unplug your computer

  • News

    March 16, 2000

    You Are Surrounded by Idjits, Mostly

    Our cruel but insightful wrap-up of OC Elections

  • Columns

    March 16, 2000

    We Love a Parade

    And Dolly Parton loves the gay folk

  • News

    July 15, 1999

    The Phantom Menace

    Are American POWs still being held in Southeast Asia?

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