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Newt Gingrich, "Wrong" and "Dumbfounded," Stumbling into Nixon Library

A "wrong" and "dumbfounded" Newt Gingrich is coming to the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda later this month. The former House speaker and 2012 candidate for the GOP presidential nomination used those adjectives to describe his pre-election prediction that Mitt Romney wou ... More >>

George P. Bush Credits Dad, Uncle, and Grandpa With "Thoughtless Public Service" at Newport Beach Gala

This past Friday, the Hispanic 100--that group of lovable OC vendidos--held their annual gala at the Balboa Bay Club. I was supposed to go, but had a prior commitment, and it sucks because I was really looking forward to getting drunk with wabs who, unlike my progressive wab friends, have no qualms ... More >>

It Can't Happen Here: Funny and Political Novels and Non-Fiction Books, or: Toward Putting the RNC in Some Perspective

If the image at extreme right makes you laugh, your mental health is better than mine, and perhaps being so darn well-adjusted means you don't need the constant reality check required by Mr. Bib in the form of journalism, essays, memoir, fiction and nonfiction, cartoons and jokes and commentaries, r ... More >>

Juan Flores Rides, and Falls, Again: Deanne Stillman's Desert Reckoning

I swear this heat is messing with my sleep, so that when I woke at four the other morning it was as if the accumulated bodily discomfort of the previous day's scorching here in Modjeska Canyon had stuck around, morphing into some kind of itchy psycho-emotional discontent, a near-existential nervous ... More >>

[UPDATED with "Radical Idiot" Outing:] Fred Karger, Gay GOP Presidential Hopeful, Stumps in Utah

See update at end of this post about the wife of a Utah county GOP chairman calling Fred Karger "a radical idiot" and saying "thank goodness" he "cant procreate."ORIGINAL POST, JUNE 7, 2:39 P.M.: What does it say about Californians that only 6,641 voted for Laguna Beach's Fred Karger for president, ... More >>

Will Untapped Latinos Sink Mitt Romney?

You may have missed it on the tele, but apparently Latinos are being counted on to play a huge role in determining who will be elected president in November.To that end, the liberal Center for American Progress is singling out the top 10 states with the most unregistered eligible voters as well a n ... 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 >>

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 Makes Home State's GOP Ballot

​Many California gays (and non-gays) celebrated this week's federal appellate court ruling upholding a district court decision that found Prop. 8 violates the U.S. Constitution.Those waving rainbow-colored flags have another reason to celebrate: a gay man made the presidential ballot in California ... More >>

What Do I Do to Shut Up My Mexican-Hating Mexicna Cousin?

[¡Ask a Mexican!] And do Mexicans have different words for dark skin?

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 >>

Tom Zoellner, Chapman University Professor, On the Gabrielle Giffords Shooting

"What is government if words have no meaning?"

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 >>

Mitt Romney Abandoned for Newt Gingrich by Hispanic Leaders including OC's Miguel Orozco

​A Hispanic business and community leader in Santa Ana has joined other Hispanics around the country in signing an open letter to Mitt Romney that essentially accuses the GOP presidential candidate of hypocritically running away from his Mexican heritage. "Our purpose here is to advise you that t ... 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 >>

[UPDATED with Santa Ana Hypocrisy?] "Bain" of Mitt Romney's Existence: Shitty Stewardship of Anaheim Company

​UPDATE, JAN. 13, 10:42 A.M.: Even those who question Mitt Romney's commitment to conservatism would agree that, when it comes to business, he has steadfastly advocated in public speeches that government must get out of the way so they can flourish. But now, a second Orange County connection to Ro ... More >>

Dana Rohrabacher Endorsement Dooms Mitt Romney's Future

Rohrabacher: Channeling Miss Cleo again​You know a presidential campaign is desperate when it hails the endorsement of a loony, laughable and little known congressman from Orange County.On Monday, Representative Dana Rohrabacher (R-Costa Mesa) officially endorsed Mitt Romney and instead of prudent ... More >>

More Than 60 Percent of Undocumented Adults Have Been in U.S. Over 10 Years: Study

​Nearly two-thirds of the 10.2 million unauthorized adult immigrants in the U.S. have lived in this country for at least 10 years and nearly half--4.7 million--are parents of minor children, according to a new Pew Hispanic Center study. "Unauthorized Immigrants: Length of Residency, Patterns of ... More >>

Dana Rohrabacher: Newt Gingrich is a Poseur

​The broken clock syndrome that saves Congressman Dana T. Rohrabacher from a continual series of embarrassing, boneheaded decisions has struck again. Rohrabacher didn't use his Thanksgiving Twitter soapbox to take his usual foaming-at-the-mouth-but-ultimately-limp swings at journalists who long ag ... More >>

Gustavo on PBS, Arguing Why Mexicans Will Never Vote Republican!

​Ain't it hilarious how the lamestream media is all surprised how that serial adulterer Newt Gingrich is all Aztlanista now? Anyone who follows politics knows Newt has been trying to get Mexis to go GOP for well over a year now, involving himself with similar-minded think tanks. And ain't it hilar ... 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?

Fred Karger Delights OC Crowd in Presidential Bid

This is Fred​With a sparkling blue Pacific Ocean backdrop at his Laguna Beach house before sunset tonight, Republican presidential candidate Fred Karger delighted a politically diverse crowd with his trademark humor and determination to make gay and lesbian equality an acceptable stance within the ... More >>

Al Wadee Bakery: As American As Manakeesh

[Hole in the Wall] Our future Muslim overlords make really tasty flatbreads, so it won't be all bad

Recipe of the Week: Manakeesh bi Za'atar

​Yesterday, Newt Gingrich warned parishioners at a church in Texas that by the time his granddaughters are his age, America will be ruled by the secular atheists and dominated by radical Islam. Leaving aside the obvious logical fallacy there (try suggesting to a radical Muslim that he become a sec ... More >>

Slappy White Wants to Fuck Valentine's Day

Not this Slappy White...​It's been some time since the illustrious Rev. Slappy White (not Red Foxx's old pal) the brazenly Fascist impresario behind Slappy White & his Calvacade of Comic All-Stars, has graced the county with his presence. The driving force behind the sort-of-annual A ... More >>

Joe Arpaio, Maricopa County, Arizona's Sheriff and Pink Undies Distributor, Seizes Nixon Library

​Sheriff Joe Arpaio speaks in Yorba Linda tonight, but protesters may have a hard time getting themselves, their noisemakers and their picket signs near Maricopa County, Arizona's no-shit-taking, immigrant-jailing, pink-underwear-dispensing lawman.That's because he'll be inside the gated, guarded ... More >>

[UPDATED:] Bush to be Honored for Abortion Opposition at Hush-Hush Catholic Event in Dana Point

UPDATED WITH PROTEST PLANS . . . Goo-goo.​Abortion remained safe and legal during his presidency, but for George W. Bush's opposition to embryonic stem cell research, executive order barring federal funds from being used for abortion related projects abroad, appointment of two pro-life Supreme Cou ... More >>

Rohrabacher Raises Serious Allegations About Mistreatment of Uighurs

Photo by Jack GouldRohrabacher: Against at least some torture.The White House is relieved a home was finally found for 17 Muslim Uighurs from China who were held without justification at Guantanamo Bay, but their leading champion in Congress, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Huntington Beach), is still rais ... More >>

Rohrabacher Goes Against Own Party on Behalf of Uyghurs

Photo by Jack GouldDo the best hopes for imprisoned Uyghurs rest with this man?Unless it involves legalizing medical marijuana, banning U.S. weapons sales to dictators or erecting a memorial statue for Doobie Brothers guitarist Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Huntington Beach) usually ... More >>

Hugh Hewitt Says "Tit" on the Air?

Sorry for not reporting as diligently on O.C. conservative yakmouth Hugh Hewitt as I did last year, but got a gem for you: yesterday, I do believe Baby Hewie said "tit" on the air!!!The context: Hewie was interviewing former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich near the 3 p.m. hour, mostly so the two ... More >>

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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 >>

Hypocrites Unite!

As everyone surely now knows, The Drudge Report has solved the Mark Foley mystery. As you know, Republicans are all about taking responsibility for one's actions. As they demonstrate here, they are indeed taking responsibility--for having an innocent "prank" about pedophilia (nice sense of humor, gu ... More >>

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