Posts Tagged ‘ Hypocrisy ’

State Senator Roy Ashburn (R-Bakersfield) Comes Out

March 8, 2010
By Chris Prevatt
State Senator Roy Ashburn (R-Bakersfield) Comes Out

In the meantime, humorists already have their tongues in Ashburn's cheeks. I can't wait to see how Hollywood portrays his life story of dissociative identity disorder that I suspect will be titled "The Two FACES of Roy."
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Corporate personhood, fascism, and Libertarian-Republican double speak

January 22, 2010
By Chris Prevatt
Corporate personhood, fascism, and Libertarian-Republican double speak

With the Supreme Court’s ruling Thursday, CitiGroup, whose largest individual stockholder is a Saudi Arabian billionaire, can spend unlimited funds against any elected official who tries to regulate their activities. When they get in trouble again, legislators will simply give them another no-strings-attached taxpayer funded bailout, or else.
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Chris Norby: Opportunist or Revolutionary?

November 10, 2009
By Chris Prevatt
Chris Norby: Opportunist or Revolutionary?

We are a week away from the November 17th Special Election Primary to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of disgraced Republican Assemblyman Mike Duvall. It seems to be a forgone conclusion among Orange County’s political pundits that Chris Norby is the front runner in this race. Whether or not he garners the...
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Jeff Miller: CPAC Legislator of the Year?

October 23, 2009
By Chris Prevatt
Jeff Miller: CPAC Legislator of the Year?

Found this on Red County Thursday night as we were wrapping up our weekly Drinking Liberally gathering in Santa Ana at Memphis at the Santora. Posted by Red County’s Tomahawk (a.k.a. Truong “Tyler” Diep, Westminster Councilman) the story had us laughing so hard we had to offer a toast to GOP hypocrisy. Here is the story, with...
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More OC Supes hypocrisy: Do as we say, not as we do

September 30, 2009
By Chris Prevatt
More OC Supes hypocrisy: Do as we say, not as we do

Jennifer Muir over at Total Buzz reports that the OC Board of Supervisors has decided to join in a lawsuit against the State of California to reclaim the redevelopment funds the State took from local governments to fund education. County to sue state to reclaim redevelopment cash Orange County plans to join a group of counties...
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Help Defeat the Mark Sanford of California

June 25, 2009
By Chris Prevatt
Help Defeat the Mark Sanford of California

On Thursday evening the National Republicans held a fundraiser for Ken “Sanford” Calvert (CA 44) with the goal of raising $100k for him.  It’s part of their new Patriot Program which is supporting 10 Republican incumbents across the country they think will be vulnerable in 2010. They’re fundraising like crazy to try to hang...
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Why People Are Leaving the GOP in Droves

April 29, 2009
By Bill Spaulding
Why People Are Leaving the GOP in Droves

Arlen Specter left for strategic political reasons. Some folks have left to jump on the Obama bandwagon. Some are leaving because of the Rush Limbaugh and Sarah Palin debacles. But others are leaving out of pure shame. Today, North Carolina Congresswoman Virginia Foxx said, in a speech on the floor of the House, that the...
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