(Long Beach, Calif.) - With the 2016 presidential election around the corner, is there room for one more candidate who bashes those who don’t share his views, and whose secret life is driven by lies and sexual violence?The answer lay in a novel released on New Year’s Day, entitled “Get Back on the Horse - 3 Tales of Love, Ghosts & Patriotism,” by Long Beach writer Bill Orton. The author weaves the tale of swimmer-and-soldier Lori Lewis, and her webcam-stripper wife, December Carrera, who are dragged into the culture wars of the 2016 presidential election by a brute of a politician, named Floyd Boseman. Lori’s best friend, Long Beach city councilman Larry van der Bix, is enraged by Boseman’s attacks, and absurdly embarks upon a cross-country horseback ride, carrying a cardboard sign that tells the politicians in Washington to “Leave Lori Lewis Alone.” To finish his ride, Larry joins Lisa Steel, a reknowned long-distance rider, who bears uncanny resemblance to an iconic movie star. Larry’s long ride gives voice to the anger, pain and frustration that so many people feel about politics, while highlighting the innate decency and fairness shown by ordinary Americans, grappling with the issue of marriage equality. Also populating the story are Bill and Hillary Clinton, in their pantomime horse outfit; Buck Moore, who teaches Larry to ride, and to bond with an animal; Maryann Marsh, a 19-year-old who wraps Larry around her finger, and her three best friends, all Eagle Scouts ejected from the BSA upon turning 18, because each is gay; and Sal Russo, whose customized media wagon and political savvy turn Larry’s ride - and his personal fortune - into a genuine grass-roots movement, and a national media phenomenon. Also on hand is the ghost of Richard M. Nixon, in a snappy tuxedo, who serves as the Emcee for the “Lame Duck Masquerade Ball,” the wildest party ever seen at the White House, and the site of yet another attempt by Floyd Boseman to sexually assault Lori Lewis. Not even
