Mitt Romney

Orange County's Jeremy Yamaguchi Wins National TV Stage At Conservative Pow Wow

Orange County's Jeremy Yamaguchi--the Republican activist and Boy Scout who first won election to the Placentia City Council as a 19-year-old Cal State Fullerton student in 2008--garnered a national cable television audience on Saturday at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washi ... More >>

Dana Rohrabacher Fans Claim "Conniving, Wily Latinos" Who Stole 2012 Election For Barack Obama Were Too Smart To Get Caught

On Dec. 8, I reported that Congressman Dana Rohrabacher claimed Democratic operatives paid poor people and "illegals" to steal the 2012 presidential election for Barack Obama.Rohrabacher offered no proof of his claim and so I challenged him to name just one crony who paid one identified "illega ... More >>

OC LGBT: A History Archived

UC Irvine documents the struggles of our local gay history—yes, we have one!

Media Mail: Printed Literary Matters. No, I Mean it Matters!

The ostensible purpose of this cheerful weekly blog post is evangelizing on behalf of Orange County reading, writing, literary culture, according to The Bibliofella. Sometimes your humble (not) blogger's reach is pretty wide, solipsistic, a stretch but then again writing about my two favorite subjec ... More >>

'ex•pose: macha suzuki' Exposes the Beauty of Fail

The Laguna Art Museum exhibit meditates on life's shortcomings

Your Twitter Hashtag for OC Weekly Election Coverage: #ocelections2012

All right, ladies and germs: time to follow the Weekly at one of our favorite beats: election coverage!This is the way we'll do it: on Thursday, the dead-tree edition will have dispatches from all of us through the day, just like we did in our legendary 2004 issue, which featured George W. Bush flip ... More >>

Capistrano Terrace Mobilehome Park Residents Successfully Save Their Homes ... for $8.25 mil

In these days of shady foreclosures, robo-bank calls for mortgage payments before your mortgage is due and other assorted example of Mitt Romney's pals trying to royally fuck with us just trying to make ends meet comes a bit of happy news. About 150 families in San Juan Capistrano banded together to ... More >>

Libertarian Presidential Duo of Gary Johnson & Jim Gray Plot 2016 White House Run

No matter the results of the Nov. 6 election, the Libertarian presidential campaign duo of Gary Johnson and Jim Gray, the retired Orange County superior court judge, plan to run again for the White House in 2016.Gray, Johnson's vice presidential running mate, told a crowd this month at Tulane Univer ... More >>

Rush the Vote

[Ask Exene] Is it better to take a side in a presidential election sooner rather than later?

Dana Rohrabacherism of the Day!

Never underestimate the desire of Congressman Dana Rohrabacher--Orange County's senior career politician--to man his spot on the front lines of the lunatic fringe. A hilariously self-declared "patriot" who carefully avoided any military service when he was eligible for combat during a time of w ... More >>

Occupy OC to Celebrate One-Year Anniversary of Wall Street Occupation in Anaheim

Occupy Orange County is planning a Rally for Justice event for Saturday in Pearson Park in Anaheim, celebrating of the upcoming one-year anniversary since protesters took over Zuccotti Park in New York City. Although the occupation of Zuccotti Park lasted for a mere eight weeks, and the subsequ ... More >>

Is Hurricane Isaac and Quake Swarm God's Wrath for Not Nominating Rick Santorum?

Before we get to the shakers, if no one else has yet, may I be the first to blame Southern California's earthquake swarms and Hurricane Isaac on God's wrath for the Republicans nominating Mitt Romney over Rick Santorum?Or, perhaps the King of Kings is an Obama man and he's just pissed at the GOP for ... More >>

Looking for Obama Love in All the Wrong Places

It will surprise no one when Orange County goes Romney in November. Republicans, with 42 percent of the registered voters in the region, hold an 11-point edge over Democrats, with the only good news for donkeys being the GOP held a 55 percent chunk in 1992. However, there are some Obama supporters i ... More >>

Jenna Jameson DUI Sentence Puts the Probe in Probation

Adult entertainer-turned-Huntington Harbour mom Jenna Jameson pleaded guilty Thursday to misdemeanor driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs and driving with a blood alcohol level of 0.08 percent or more for slamming her Range Rover into a Westminster utility pole early one morning in May.Ju ... More >>

Should We Deport Illegal-Immigrant Gang Members Back to Mexico?

[¡Ask a Mexican!] And why do only Mexicans help stranded drivers?

State Assembly Candidate Troy Edgar Goes to Wacko Racist CCIR Meeting

Troy Edgar didn't quite know what he was in for when he showed up at the California Coalition for Immigration Reform (CCIR) meeting in Garden Grove last night. Perhaps the Republican 72nd Assembly District candidate was not aware that CCIR has been labeled an extremist hate group, led by venom-tongu ... More >>

Local DREAM Activists Organize Forum Surrounding President Obama's Wannabe DREAM Act

After DREAM activists courageously staged sit-ins at Obama for America campaign offices in multiple cities, the President announced earlier this month on June 15 a policy change affecting undocumented youth. Not an executive order as Know Nothings whine, the move nevertheless pressured the Deporter- ... More >>

Welcome Back, Jim Crow

[Crossing the Line] New laws in dozens of states could take out Barack Obama this fall

Arizona Senate Bill 1070's Days of Rage

[Crossing the Line] The U.S. Supreme Court and President Barack Obama leave the undocumented and their allies no choice but to escalate civil disobedience

Ron Paul Won't Fight for California Votes

It's clearer now why Ron Paul went heavy on the Libertarian cheerleading and lighter on the presidential campaigning when he rocked a youth rally earlier this month at Cal State Fullerton. The Texas congressman and Republican primary candidate has announced that he won't compete in states that have ... More >>

Libertarian Presidential Candidate Gary Johnson: Give Me Orange County's Jim Gray as VP

Saying that he'd rather die than vote for Mitt Romney or Barack Obama in November, former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson today won the Libertarian Party nomination to be the next president of the United States.An energetic Libertarian crowd huddled in Las Vegas at the Red Rock Resort and chose the art ... More >>

Fred Karger Presidential Campaign Set For Saturday Walk in Laguna Beach

A reporter calls a Republican presidential campaign this afternoon hoping to speak to the candidate, but is given an excuse:The candidate is working out at the gym.Yeah, right.Think: Newt Gingrich or Herman Cain.But, bless their sweet souls, the Fred Karger for President campaign, specifically the e ... More >>

Deer Tick Want You

To be politically aware, frolic in sandals (if you're a girl) and avoid Mitt Romney

[UPDATED with new location] Ron Paul to Speak at Cal State Fullerton (Hecklers Not Yet Confirmed)

UPDATE, 2:56 P.M., May 1, 2012: Cal State Fullerton just confirmed that the rally will take place at Titan Stadium.Ron Paul, friend of tokers, foe of pro-choicers and the bane of every neocon's existence, is scheduled to speak Wednesday at Cal State Fullerton. We'll be there to watch the hilari ... More >>

Five Politically Active College-Student Types and the Alcohol They Drink

With a college pub as great as the Anthill, you're bound to meet some drunk people every once in awhile. Some of them can be pretty cool. Others cans be super opinionated. Hilariously, people share both similar opinions and favorite drinks.

Who's the Leader of the Free World That's Made for You and Me?

​"If Mickey Mouse were running against Obama, I'd be supporting him."-Roger Pechuls, a retired restaurant supply executive from Newport Beach, who contributed $500 to Herman Cain in October, $500 to Newt Gingrich in November, $1,000 to Rick Santorum in January--and who now supports Mitt Romney fo ... More >>

Fred Karger Gets More Votes Than Ron Paul in Puerto Rico GOP Primary

​Mitt Romney easily won Puerto Rico's Republican presidential primary Sunday, but the bigger news, especially locally, came near the bottom of the ballot."LOOKS [sic] WE BEAT RON PAUL IN TODAY'S PUERTO RICO PRIMARY" reads the Twitter feed from the presidential campaign of Laguna Beach's Fred Karge ... More >>

What We Learned, Feb. 18-24

​It's the week of newsitude with a dabbling of learning from it.FEB. 18: A boozehound is busted at California Adventure after taking swings at Disney Resort employees near the Tower of Terror. The guest is then sprinkled with pixie dust, a.k.a. mace. As video from the encounter goes viral, The Hou ... More >>

Kathleen Madigan on the Presidential Candidates, Going Overseas, and Getting Good Parking.

​Kathleen Madigan has been in the business for over 20 years and if there is one thing that she knows, it's how to make a crowd laugh. Honestly, real talk, and top notch delivery is what she's bringing and when Kathleen blows through town on February 24 for one night only at The City National Grov ... More >>

Barack Obama Goes Rogue, Ventures into Corona del Mar to Scoop Up Campaign Cash

​Barack Obama will tread where Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich have already been this presidential election season: Corona del Mar.You read that right: this month our Democratic Prez Dog is venturing deep into Newport Beach, which for decades and decades has served as an ATM machine for Republican o ... More >>

Remember When OC Republicans Loved Rick Perry? He Needs Them in Texas

​Remember last fall when Texas Governor Rick Perry packed 1,000 supporters--including former Orange County Republican Party chairman Tom Fuentes, rising from his death bed--into Roger's Gardens in Newport Beach? Perry also scooped up cash for his presidential run at some private affairs with Orang ... More >>

Lady Gaga Finally Has Something in Common With Newt Gingrich and it is in Orange County!

​[UPDATED: At conclusion of the article.]Congressman Dana Rohrabacher and Mike Schroeder, his decades old travel companion and buddy, adamantly disagree on which 2012 Republican candidate would make the best U.S. president. Rohrabacher despises Newt Gingrich and is backing Mitt Romney. Schroeder d ... More >>

Hugh Hewitt: Conservative Radio King Prefers Barack Obama Over Ron Paul

​Poor Ron Paul.The veteran Texas congressman running for the Republican presidential nomination by arguing for dramatic changes to the federal government can't get love from Orange County-related political figures.This week, conservative radio host/lawyer/author Hugh Hewitt--a former, post-preside ... More >>

Mormons: A Shallow Yet Helpful Guide to See If You Should Hate Them or Not

[UPDATED with Register Tongue Bath:] Rick Perry, Texas Governor and GOP Presidential Possible, Shakes the Newport Beach Money Tree

​UPDATE, JULY 1, 8:11 P.M.: The Orange County Register Editorial Board loves them some Texas Gov. Rick Perry.After the Republican met in Newport Beach's Pacific Club with big GOP donors and the likes of Orange County GOP Chairman Scott Baugh, Flash Report publisher Jon Fleischman, OC GOP Chairman ... More >>

Rick Perry, Texas Governor and GOP Presidential Possible, Shakes the Newport Beach Money Tree

​Will he or won't he?It's the question close watchers of the Republican Party's presidential prospects want Texas Gov. Rick Perry to answer.Before he can, however, Perry has to come to Newport Beach today to ask the moneymen a question of his own: Should I?

Howard Ahmanson Jr. Only the Second Biggest Hater

Gustavo's pal Howard F. Ahmanson Jr. just missed the top spot on the Dishonor Roll published online by Californians Against Hate. The Knights of Columbus of New Haven, Conn., gave $1.425 million to the campaign for the same-sex-marriage-barring Prop. 8, while Howie only ponied up $1.395 million.Hey, ... More >>

Amazingly, Hugh Hewitt Only Classy Local Conservative Pundit for Obama Inauguration

The great tragedy of our local conservative yakmouth-gone-big Hugh Hewitt is that there is intellect in him. Yeah, he always seems to walk lockstep with wackos (see: Nixon, Romney, Palin), but the guy is well-read, fund-raises often for good non-political causes and isn't ultimately noxious. Silly, ... More >>

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 >>

Baby Hewie Firmly Aligned With Howard Homophobe Ahmanson

In the couple of years I've been listening to local conservative blabbermouth Hugh Hewitt, I've seen the two causes he most firmly aligned himself with fail miserably: the 2006 mid-term election and the laughable presidential primary effort of Mitt Romney. Let's hope Hewie makes it a losing trifecta ... More >>

[¡Ask a Mexican!®] Special Election Edición

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 >>

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 >>

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.

The only endorsement that matters

Are you a fan of Hillary but not sure she can win? A Romney follower who has questions about his Mormonism? Like Giuliani, but hate his abortion stance? Dig Obama, but worry about his pals who hate gays? It's tough to pick a presidential candidate who's just right, especially with all the pundits a ... More >>

Sunday's Headlines & Surprises: Pipe Bomb Rocks Long Beach

Bud Light No More, You Pick Again: My-Thuan Tran reports this morning that the “Starbucks generation” of Vietnamese Americans “couldn’t stand dingy” Little Saigon restaurants and is building “stylish and spotless . . . swank” restaurants in response. Bao Tran, 34, quit a job in insura ... More >>

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 custo ... More >>

Sunday's Headlines & Surprises: That Sneaky Chuck DeVore

Doctor No: The public hospital crisis has placed nearly two dozen private hospitals in Los Angeles and Orange counties “in dire financial straits and in danger of bankruptcy or closure,” according to a depressing report in today’s Times. Reporters Daniel Costello and Susannah Rosenblatt found ... More >>

Don't Tase Me, Bro!

Maybe this belongs in a Because You’re Ugly post, you tell me. Be sure to get your very own “Don’t Tase Me, Bro!” t-shirt in time for the “Ask Mitt Anything” forum at Chapman University this Sunday. The phrase, “Don’t Tase Me, Bro” was cried out by a University of Florida studen ... More >>

'Loin to Love It

Jack in the Box's new commercials openly mock the McDonalds Angus third-pounders as being inferior to the new sirloin burgers. But are they? Certainly the commercials are better. McDonalds' bizarre appeal to Californians to eat lots of Angus burgers so they'll catch on and people in Boston can have ... More >>