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Don Ringe is a former Republican media consultant who worked exclusively for the GOP for over 40 years and left the party to vote for Barack Obama in 2008.

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Clint Flint Sparks GOP Outrage

3 Comments | Posted February 8, 2012 | 02/08/12 01:08 PM ET

NEWS FROM THE FUTURE

CLINT FLINT SPARKS GOP OUTRAGE

February 15, 2012

CARMEL, CA - Academy Award-winning American superstar actor-writer-producer-director-composer, sometime politician, full-time Republican, gun-slinging, Cheroot-chewing, sex symbol and living legend, Clint Eastwood, called an emergency press conference in the parking lot of his Hogs Breath Inn in Carmel, California,...

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Jeb: The Invisible Juggernaut

2 Comments | Posted February 3, 2012 | 02/03/12 05:18 PM ET

NEWS FROM THE FUTURE

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

TAMPA - Former governor and Florida's Favorite Son, Jeb Bush, looking a bit bleary after 72 hours of behind-closed-doors political warfare, stepped up to the podium to welcome the exhausted applause of a weary and wary convention crowd.

"My fellow Americans," Bush announced,...

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Incumbency Insurance for Jane Harman

Posted June 4, 2010 | 06/04/10 10:57 AM ET

In the midst of an ideological battle for the hearts, minds and votes of Democrats in California's 36th Congressional District Primary next Tuesday, incumbent Representative Jane Harman has released a TV spot attacking the positions of her opponent, Marcy Winograd, on the issues of defense spending, the existence of the...

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L.A. D.A. Fried by Hit Video

Posted March 29, 2010 | 03/29/10 01:19 PM ET

Los Angeles County District Attorney and candidate for California Attorney General was roasted with this Don Ringe video at the annual American Diabetes Association fundraising dinner on March, 25, 2010. LA City Councilman Ed Reyes introduced the video of Cooley, (humorously ?) noting he was concerned that after it was...

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So to Speak: Stevie v. Meg 2

Posted March 12, 2010 | 03/12/10 08:49 AM ET

From Calbuzz.com:

California candidates for governor Steve Poizner and Meg Whitman discuss her press conferences.


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So to Speak: Prince Fritz4Gov

Posted February 28, 2010 | 02/28/10 06:53 PM ET

From Calbuzz.com:

Zsa Zsa Gabor's current (and 9th) husband, self-proclaimed Prince Fritz Von Anhalt, asks for your vote for governor of California.


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So to Speak: Sarah Sez

Posted February 17, 2010 | 02/17/10 09:29 AM ET

"Sarah Palin" complains about the lack of a pro-life Republican candidate for governor of California.

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So to Speak: Stevie and Meg Debate

Posted February 12, 2010 | 02/12/10 12:29 PM ET

First published on calbuzz.com by Jerry Roberts and Phil Troutstine - 2/11/10

calbuzz: Virtual Steve vs. Virtual Meg: Just can't wait to see eMeg and The Commish go nose-to-nose over who hates the Delta smelt more? Calbuzz Online Video Political Cartoon Consultant Don Ringe previews the GOP smackdown here. Spoiler...

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So to Speak: California Queen'in

Posted February 1, 2010 | 02/01/10 09:45 AM ET

First published on calbuzz.com


Calbuzz.com: Beyond the time-space continuum: Jerry Brown appeared to be time traveling again when he went on KGO-radio this week and launched an attack on...Gavin Newsom?

Seems...

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Obama: "I wuz Rahmed!"

Posted January 27, 2010 | 01/27/10 03:35 PM ET

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Mr. PXP Goes to Santa Barbara

Posted January 27, 2010 | 01/27/10 11:14 AM ET

First published 1/27/10 in calbuzz.com:


Calbuzz.com: PXP goes viral: After AP picked up* our story last week on the once-secret offshore oil drilling agreement between PXP oil company and the Environmental Defense Center,...

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The $100 Trillion Tsunami

Posted December 14, 2009 | 12/14/09 11:23 AM ET

The Los Angeles Times reports that "Because of global warming, ocean levels are expected to increase by 16 inches over the next 40 years, causing flooding and endangering facilities throughout the state." Does this mean I will have to spend my golden years on a houseboat floating off the corner...

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Droning Away

Posted December 11, 2009 | 12/11/09 11:15 AM ET

"Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a...drone?"

Like a lot of kids my age, many an afternoon after school meant required viewing of Superman. Having grown up in the shadow of the Empire State Building, we wondered why the Man of...

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so to speak: California Queen'in

Posted February 13, 2009 | 02/13/09 04:00 PM ET

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So to Speak: Sue Me California!

Posted February 11, 2009 | 02/11/09 04:07 PM ET

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So to Speak: A Pro-Choice GOP in California?

Posted February 6, 2009 | 02/06/09 09:39 AM ET

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So to Speak: Big John

Posted February 1, 2009 | 02/01/09 02:22 PM ET

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McCain-Palin Agenda Threatens Teens

Posted September 11, 2008 | 09/11/08 03:43 PM ET

I produced this public service TV commercial 20 years ago and have updated it to carry today's message about choice in California.

The first time I had a glimpse into the very dark world of child sexual abuse,...

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McWink and McNod

Posted July 14, 2008 | 07/14/08 05:14 PM ET

John McCain has winked at so many slivers of the political spectrum that his eyes are now permanently shut. Both of them, stuck together by the spit and sealing wax of too many promises that will never be kept, can never be kept, and will never be kept because they're...

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John's Court: Pulling a Juno

Posted May 14, 2008 | 05/14/08 04:15 PM ET

"Talk to your daughter," was the greeting I got when I answered my cell phone the other day. Never a good sign from my wife, she said, "Here, she wants to know if she can see Juno" and promptly handed the phone to our nine-year old, Margaret, before I could...

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