Archive for November, 2007

I know this isn’t an Orange County story, but I think it’s still something we should know. This morning in Rochester, New Hampshire, a man walked into the local Hillary Clinton campaign office and immediately took two volunteers hostage. He’s saying that he has a bomb duct-taped to his body, and he’s demanding to...
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Found this story off of the Associated Press.  If you’re a Republican and you plan to vote in Virginia’s primary, you must pledge an oath of loyalty to the Republican Party. It’s catching on elsewhere…..could it happen here? RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — If you’re planning to vote in Virginia’s February Republican presidential primary, be prepared to...
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HT to Total Buzz on this, but the number of registered Democrats in OC is growing and so are the number of decline-to-staters; Republican registration is down.  We’re still way back in second place, but give it time; we may have a Blue County yet. From Total Buzz: In 1999, GOP registration in the county...
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On Tuesday the Orange County Register reported on the comments of Orange County Board of Supervisors Chairman Chris “Darth” Norby about the 6 % raise and 3% bonus given to OCTA CEO Art Leahy. Supervisor Darth Norby said: “The 6 percent raise is fine,” he said, “but to continue to grant these 3 percent bonuses...
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Hey, you! Yeah, you. Are you starting a new Democratic Club? Or are you looking for ways to expand membership of your club? Or are you looking for a way for your club to actually be effective in growing the Democratic Party? Whatever you’re looking to do with your club, you should attend a...
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Hillary Clinton called it a “vast right-wing conspiracy.” Conservatives call it “message discipline.” Others call it the “right-wing noise machine.” Here at TheLiberalOC.com we call it “crap.” And from time to time, we will bring their swill to you in our forum called…   I read the Flash Report so you don’t have to.  Today’s commentary...
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We keep hearing about how Republican politicians are leading the way to expose earmark spending.  Rep. John Campbell (R-Irvine) has emerged as a champion of this effort despite his own well-documented record of voting for all sorts of earmarks when the Republicans controlled Congress. GOP frontrunner Rudy Giuliani is campaigning against Congressional earmarks, unless of...
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