U.S. Presidential Election

Mother Jones: Arte Moreno One of the Least-Asshole Owners in Baseball!

While your Anaheim Angels underachieve through yet another season of overpriced, over-the-hill free agents (what the hell is this: the early 1990s of Von Hays and Hubie Brooks), Halos fans can take solace in at least one victory for their team: Mother Jones has deemed Arte Moreno one of the least-as ... More >>

Bat Shit Nuts Birther Queen Orly Taitz Now Bat Shit Nuttier: Claims There are 2 Barack Obamas and White House One May be Indonesian Spy

Oh, Orly Taitz, how we will fill this blog once you crawl back under that Eastern Bloc rock you emerged from? The lawyer/dentist/real estate saleslady of Rancho Santa Margarita (I know, we've also placed her in Aliso Viejo and Laguna Niguel, but her latest court filing has a RSM address) has really ... 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 >>

Dana Rohrabacher: "Illegals" Were Paid To Steal 2012 Presidential Election For Barack Obama

Cheap tequila on the Kookville Express must have been free flowing as tipsy conductor Dana Rohrabacher pulled into the Costa Mesa train station on Dec. 6 to pen another wild, late night Twitter rant.Republicans like to claim they despise class warfare, but Orange County's senior career politici ... More >>

OC LGBT: A History Archived

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

What Does 'Wey' Mean?

[¡Ask a Mexican!] And should the U.S. bring back the guest-worker program for Mexicans?

'We Will Live to Fight Again'

Election Day dispatches from around the county

Is Funny Man Rob Schneider the Most Republican Comic Ever?

For someone who has made a living out of joking around, when it comes to Rob Schneider's politics and this election, he is pretty serious about his views. And while it would be safe to say that most comedians lean towards the liberal side, Schneider isn't shy about saying he's a  Romney support ... More >>

Oderus Urungus of GWAR Says the Presidential Election Should Be Decided With Gladiatorial Combat

By: Alex DistefanoIt has been nearly 30 Earth years since the infamous, killer mutant heavy metal space creatures known as GWAR first visited this planet. Anyone who has ever had blood and entrails splattered on them at one of their shows knows that life on this planet has never been the same since. ... 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 >>

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 >>

The Fix

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Orange County Register's Freedom Overlords Sell 8 TV Stations to Conservative Concern

Freedom Communications, the Irvine-based media company whose flagship newspaper is the Orange County Register of Santa Ana, has completed the sale of its eight television stations to the company that famously ordered its ABC affiliates not to show an April 30, 2004, Nightline tribute to American sol ... More >>

Matt Drudge Blamed By California Conservative For Helping To Elect Barack Obama President

​A former Los Angeles radio show host is claiming today that Democrat Barack Obama won the presidency in 2008 with the secret assistance of the grand daddy of Republican bloggers: Matt Drudge.John Ziegler, a conservative activist who gained fame in Southern California for his talk shows on LA powe ... 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 >>

Jennifer Tamara McClain Is a Prisoner of Love

[Moxley Confidential] Black sheriff's deputy arrested for having enthusiastic sexual affair with a white supremacist inmate in OC Jail

Eric Dondero, Now Blasting Ex-Boss Ron Paul, Used to Beat Up the Register's Steven Greenhut

​Ron Paul's former aide Eric Dondero blogged over the holiday weekend that his former boss was anti-Israel, isolationist on foreign policy, uncomfortable around homosexuals and out of touch with black and Hispanic cultures. Naturally, that kicked up a shitstorm as Paul continues to poll well in ea ... More >>

Chapman Forecast That's Only Been Wrong Once Since 1944 Has GOP Presidential Win

​A Chapman University presidential forecast equation calls for a Republican presidential win in the November 2012 election.The Anderson Center for Economic Research data does not identify specific candidates, only the incumbent from each party. And before you label this the fantasy of a GOP-leanin ... 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 >>

Poll Finds Voters are Biased Against Mormon Candidates But Not Mitt Romney

​A new poll by a Santa Ana firm has good news and bad news for Republican Mitt Romney's presidential campaign.The bad news, according to Lawrence Research, is 7-to-15% of voters are biased against Mormon candidates.The good news: specific Mormon candidates, like the former Massachusetts governor, ... More >>

In Fred Karger's Presidential Run, GOP Stands for Gay Old Party

The OC resident and onetime Republican hatchet man hopes his quixotic campaign can push his party to become more gay-friendly

New Zealand Blogger Paints Larry Agran Red

​A New Zealand libertarian blogger who has compiled an online list of socialist politicians in the U.S. ("Red Reps" as he calls 'em) has at No. 6 Irvine City Councilman Larry Agran.And, no, this is not another April Fools joke.

Donald Trump Gives Orly Taitz Sloppy Wet Kiss

​Orly Taitz, the Laguna Niguel lawyer/dentist/real-estate saleswoman/frequent Navel Gazing muse, lost yet another round in court Thursday. A judge ruled against Taitz and in favor of Irvine's Damon Dunn, a fellow Republican (and losing) California secretary of state candidate she had accused of be ... More >>

DREAM Act Dies in Senate, Maybe Forever

​The dream is over, possibly forever, possibly until some time after the 2012 election--if and when the political climate changes in Washington.Once again, the DREAM Act that would provide a path to citizenship for young people who were brought into the country by the undocumented failed to break ... More >>

Rep. Ed Royce Nails Olympic Backflip!

Royce: Olympic-size fickleness​Ed Royce, the Orange County congressman who claims blocking consumer financial protections from sneaky Wall Street bankers is actually a pro-consumer stance, has found another topic to fumble. This month at Red County blog, the Fullerton Republican blasted President ... More >>

To Do Tonight 10/7

Presidential Debate, 6 p.m. Watch the candidates duke it out, town hall style. On CNN. Check local listings. Club Fever, 9 p.m. So hot right now. $5 after 10 p.m. Cantina Lounge 2736 E. Nutwood Ave. Fullerton, CA (714) 879-8094 Kirov Ballet, 7:30 p.m. Perfectly manly. We swear. It's Russian. Oran ... More >>

To Do Tonight 10/2

Vice Presidential Debate, 6 p.m. Tune in to CNN and watch Palin duke it out with Biden. Free of charge! Your house, in front of the TV Gold Fever!, 1 p.m. A safe investment in our troubled economy. Casa Romantica 415 Ave. Granada San Clemente, CA 949-498-2139 Call Sick On Friday, 10 p.m. Follow di ... More >>

Baby Hewie Attempts Stupidest Smear in History

With his book subject Mitt Romney (thankfully) out of the presidential race, Orange County's own nationally syndicated yackmouth Hugh Hewitt is desperately trying to remain relevant in this year's presidential race by trotting out the lamest smear attempt since Democratic Party nominee Barack Obama' ... More >>

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 >>

Goodbye, Tancredo, and Take Morey With You

Not to pick on Irvine Islamic "expert" Robert Morey any further this week, but I was reminded of his idiocies today, as I bide my time in Fort Collins, Colorado, before a book signing hosted by the Rocky Mountain Chronicle. The paper runs a great column called "Tancrazy Train," which monitors Colora ... More >>

Saturday's Headlines & Surprises: No Sex in Uniform

Democratic Money Man Sued in OC: Norman Hsu's legal woes continued to mount with a new civil lawsuit filed by Orange County investors who claim the Hillary Clinton fund raiser operated a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme with political overtones. A story in the Times by Robin Fields, Dan Morain and ... More >>

Loretta Taking Her Act to HBO

It's true! According to Dan Chmielewski over at theliberaloc.com blog, Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (D-Anaheim), is scheduled to appear as a guest on "Real Time With Bill Maher" Friday at 11 p.m. on HBO. Chmielewski wonders how many "pet the cat" jokes humorist Maher will utter. Perhaps not many ... More >>

Graham Drubs Dubya

On the Brink

W. on the verge of power, America at the edge of the abyss

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

The Painful Truth