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U.S. Presidential Election

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2012

    Ron Paul Ends Campaign: Who Wins The Pot Vote?

    It's being widely reported today--including right here on Navel Gazing, like one minute ago--that Ron Paul is bowing out of the 2012 presidential race, or more accurately, ceasing any campaigning in states that have yet to hold their Republican Party primary elections.This is not good news for peopl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2012

    Jim Gray, Ex-Orange County Judge, Wins Libertarian Party Vice Presidential Nod

    Following the selection this morning of ex-New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson as their presidential nominee, Libertarian Party members gathered in Las Vegas named Orange County's Jim Gray as the party's vice presidential choice.Gray--a well-respected, retired OC Superior Court judge--won 357 votes and, th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 24, 2012

    Ron Paul Supporters Invade LA Times Festival of Books, Make Asses of Themselves

    Just like their candidate, Ron Paul supporters don't seem to know the meaning of the words "sit down."It took an auditorium full of annoyed bookish types to start yelling this command during the Q&A session of the Narrating Disaster panel at this past weekend's Los Angeles Times Festival of Book ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2012

    Rick Santorum's Catchy Campaign Song 'Game On' Reminds Us of Prussian Blue

    ​ Yeah, yeah, so Mitt Romney was the big (or not-so-big) winner of Super Tuesday, but Rick Santorum didn't do too bad; he at least made off with an uber-catchy pop jingle written by two home-schooled teenagers, Camille and Haley Harris (aka First Love), called "Game On." By the way they're cheeri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2012

    Testament Guitarist Endorses Obama After Dave Mustaine Picks Santorum

    ​Last week, metalheads across the country shook their heads in disgust when they found out that Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine endorsed Rick Santorum in the Republican presidential race. In Music Radar, Mustaine said, "I think Santorum has some presidential qualities, and I'm hoping that if it ... More >>

  • Columns

    February 17, 2012

    Where Can I Find the Mexico of Donkey Shows?

    [¡Ask a Mexican!] And will Mexicans support Marco Rubio?

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2012

    UPDATED: Rick Santorum Backer to Women: Use Aspirin For Birth Control!

    ​[UPDATE: Feb. 17: About half a day after making his controversial remarks, Foster Friess did a second MSNBC interview and said he'd been joking. Doubtful most women are laughing.][ORIGINAL POST, 10:42 a.m., Feb. 16:] On MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell Reports this morning, a major backer to Rick Santorum ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2012

    Rick Santorum, Hot Off Victory, Laps Up Praise From Santa Ana Religious Freedom Nonprofit

    ​Last night, Rick Santorum trumpeted his solid GOP presidential primary defeats of Mitt Romney in Minnesota and Missouri and narrow win over the former Massachusetts governor in Colorado.This morning, a Santa Ana-based nonprofit boasted that the former Pennsylvania senator was the first--and so ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2012

    'Anonymous' Hack Emails of American Third Position Party, Show Proof of Meetings and Calls Between Neo-Nazi Group and Ron Paul

    ​The Orange County-based white supremacist American Third Position Party finds itself in the headlines again as Anonymous defaced its website yesterday, with the flag of the Soviet Union serving as backdrop with superimposed images of the seal of the amorphous hackers and a rainbow-maned pony! The ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2012

    Rick Warren and Rick Santorum: Once Married?

    ​Whoa! It looked for a second like Rick Warren had come out of the closet--and brought out Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum with him. He tweeted Sunday: "Mrs #RickSantorum once gave me her ticket to State of the Union.She stayed with kids.So we went as Rick&Rick!" That wack ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2012

    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 >>

  • Columns

    January 19, 2012

    Is Mitt Romney Really Part-Mexican?

    [¡Ask a Mexican!] And how popular is Mormonism among Mexicans?

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2012

    [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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2012

    Fred Karger, Gay GOP Presidential Candidate, Left N.H. in Bachmann-Burner Overdrive

    ​Fred Karger's goal heading into the New Hampshire presidential primary was to better a major candidate who campaigned against gay marriage, something the GOP insider accomplished by beating Michelle Bachmann by 137 votes. Of course, Bachmann had dropped out of the race before the N.H. primary, b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2011

    Michele Bachmann's Fallon Intro Music: "Lyin' Ass Bitch" by Fishbone, Chosen by House Band The Roots

    As Michele Bachmann, congresswoman and GOP presidential contender, walked across the stage to sit next to Jimmy Fallon on Monday night, house band the Roots chose to play Fishbone's "Lyin' Ass Bitch." While the audience only heard a "la la" refrain, the message was pretty clear.

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2010

    OC Gay Republican Dreams of Beating President Barack Obama

    Fred Karger: spinning himself to the White House?​Deep inside the anti-gay Orange County GOP curtain, Fred Karger--a 60-year-old gay Laguna Beach resident, actor and longtime Republican political consultant--has formed an official presidential exploratory committee in hopes of toppling P ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2010

    Orly Taitz Says Vote for Carly Fiorina, Don't Trust Jim Lacy

    John Gilhooley / OC Weekly​Orly Taitz, the famed Laguna Niguel dentist and serial suer of Barack Obama, has had her issues with the Republican party in the past. Take, for example, her bid for California secretary of state earlier this year: She ended up suing her opponent in the Republican primar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 19, 2009

    Move Over, OC, Placer County's Now Bastion of Conservatism

    Thomas Shaller of FiveThirtyEight--a website that takes its name from the 535 electoral college votes as it crunches polling data and other numbers--makes a compelling case that Placer County in Northern California is the new Orange County when it comes to bastions of conservatism.While Orange Count ... More >>

  • News

    December 18, 2008

    Buena Park Pastor Wiley Drake Believes He Still Has a Prayer of Unseating Barack Obama

    Web Exclusive Extended Play Edition!

  • 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

    October 10, 2008

    Obama Wins Presidential Election Thanks to Baby Hewie!

    The New York Observer is reporting that Orange County conservative yackmouth Hugh Hewitt unsuccessfully tried to sell a book proposal involving Republican presidential candidate Sarah Palin. We'd usually laugh at any Baby Hewie gaffe--the proposed title was How Sarah Palin Won the Election ... and S ... More >>

  • Film

    July 31, 2008

    Presidential Candidates Vie (And Pander, Plead) for Kevin Costner's Heart and Mind in 'Swing Vote'

    The New York Observer is reporting that Orange County conservative yackmouth Hugh Hewitt unsuccessfully tried to sell a book proposal involving Republican presidential candidate Sarah Palin. We'd usually laugh at any Baby Hewie gaffe--the proposed title was How Sarah Palin Won the Election ... and S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2008

    Barbara Coe's Thoughts on the Obama New Yorker Cover

    Seemingly everybody and their political consultant has opined on this week's New Yorker cover that mockingly shows Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama dressed as a Muslim imam giving a fist rap to wife Michelle, who's dressed a Hezbollah warrior princess. Even old, wretched Barbara Coe, h ... 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 >>

  • 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

  • Blogs

    February 5, 2008

    Video: Stupor Tuesday in OC and LB

    I woke early this morning to vote and talk to some folks about their choices on Super Tuesday. I started in the City of Cypress, drove down to Long Beach and ended in Fullerton. The responses ranged from excited to downright apathetic:

  • Blogs

    February 5, 2008

    Myspace Bulletin from a friend in West L.A.

    8:39 p.m. "I know it's Super Tuesday and all, but it would have been nice if I could have watched Jeopardy & Wheel of Fortune when I got home from work like I planned."

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2008

    Stick it to 'em

    As we are sure you have heard by now from one form of media or another, tomorrow is Super Tuesday; a day that will play a gynormous part in determining who will go forth to the 2008 Presidential Slugfest. In order to ensure that your fighter makes it to the final round you must root for them at a ... More >>

  • 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 >>

  • Features

    January 24, 2008

    Moneyopoly

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

  • Blogs

    December 31, 2007

    Hugh Hewitt Announces Most Anticlimactic Announcement Ever

    Over the weekend, Orange County's own nationally syndicated yack-mouth Hugh Hewitt announced what everyone who follows the fool already knew: He'll be voting for Mitt Romney in California's Republican primary. Even crazier, Baby Hughie spouted off this gem: We need another Reagan. I think that is ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2007

    Why Does Hugh Hewitt Spin for a Liar?

    Heard about Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's claim that his father marched with Martin Luther King, Jr. during the 1960s? The Boston Phoenix rips apart that claim nicely, then Hugh Hewitt tries to provide cover for his book boy--but it's just not enough.

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2007

    Obama Gets Extra Golden's Song of Approval

    Extra Golden chime in for Dem prez candidate Barack Obama. The Kenyan-American quartet Extra Golden have cut a song big upping presidential hopeful Barack Obama. You can check out “Obama” (which will appear on Extra Golden's Hera Ma Nono Oct. 9) here. Now that the Illinois Senator has this s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2006

    Nixon called Warren Commission "a hoax"

    The vaults of Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain and John Lennon COMBINED got nothing on those fab Nixon tapes -- now on their way to Yorba Linda! Recent listenings revealed that: * The Dick referred to the Warren Commission report that concluded Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone killing JFK as "the greatest ho ... More >>

  • News

    November 18, 2004

    Down With George Bush The Usurper

    OC man files largest civil-rights lawsuit in U.S. history

  • News

    August 26, 2004

    Burning Bush

    The Presidents Conservative Critics

  • News

    August 5, 2004

    Burning Bush

    The presidents conservative critics

  • News

    February 26, 2004

    Deja You

    Agran and Kucinich could be twins . . . very wee twins

  • News

    September 28, 2000

    'Hello...Is This Thing On?'

    Nader and Benjamin try to get heard

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