Stunning election deception...or merely a typo?

[Peter Easterling]

In years past I used to get a kick out of the ethnic nicknames candidates would use to broaden their appeal. Milton "Hana Boy" Goldstein, Julia "Aunty Leimomi" Chock. Yes, I made those up but some may recall similar attempts. Also, being an immature prankster by nature, I briefly considered altering some of the candidates signs. Like gluing a flapping styrofoam fast food box over Greggor Ilagan's goofy smile with "I Love Foam" written on the inside. Or adding a new nickname to Clift Tsuji's signs. Clift "The Poisoner" Tsuji, acknowledging his vote to keep ag chemical information secret.

In that vein, I flirted with altering Eileen Ohara's signs to make her name Irish. Add an apostrophe so she would be O'Hara, a haole instead of Ohara, a Japanese surname. Lo and behold I found out her name actually is O'Hara. As the late Don Ho used to sing "It ain't no big ting," but I wonder if it was deliberate, a printing error or what?

[pahoated]

You do realize defacing a campaign sign is vandalism and against the law?

A left wing radical thing to do but rates imbecile level as far as stupid goes.

"Aloha also means goodbye. Aloha!"

[Digital_Hillbilly]

I think the best/funniset example of Political names in Hawaii is that whacko lady from Oahu that campainged on being cancer free (her opponent at the time had cancer)...

she is a haole lady from the mainland who used her Hawaiian ex-husband name and gave herself a Hawaiian middle name, can't recall exactly but was something like

'Julie Hopkins' turned into 'Julie Uluwehi Kailiawa'

[2liveque]

Ohara!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJGndrjP0i8

[Peter Easterling]

Excellent point, Ted, about defacing being a crime. I trust your activity is well-planned and you don't get caught. It is a very naughty thing to do. Imbecilic, even.