News clips of a television interview with Campbell were edited together to show the congressman lavishing obsequious praise on Obama after a meeting with the president, despite his vote.
“The tone was very good, the atmosphere was very good, the president is, he’s very good,” Campbell said in the edited batch of clips.
“If it weren’t for Prop. 8, this guy would be Mrs. Obama by now,” Colbert said.
Sporting a newly sprouted beard, Campbell was a five-o’clock shadow of his former self in the segment. The congressman was even less recognizable because the clips identified him as “Jim Campbell.”
Campbell could not immediately be reached for comment Wednesday.
Past hopeful alleges conflict of interest
Former City Council candidate Chris McEvoy lodged a complaint with the city, saying there may have been a conflict of interest in the recent appointments of commissioners.
The council picked two planning commissioners and two parks and recreation commissioners from a pool of about 30 at a meeting in late January by majority vote, and the new guys will have their first meeting Monday.
In a letter to the council and the city attorney, McEvoy took issue with the appointments of Planning Commissioners Steve Mensinger and Colin McCarthy and Parks Commissioner Jeff Mathews, who gave a combined $3,750 to Councilmen Eric Bever and Gary Monahan in their recent campaigns.
Under Costa Mesa’s municipal code, council members can’t participate in any decision that affects a person or business that gives more than $250 to that council member’s campaign within a year of the time the money is given.
