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U.S. Republican Party Politics

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2012

    Jelly Belly, Host of Rick Santorum Rally, Is Sweet on the GOP

    ​The Jelly Belly factory is a beacon of thriving American manufacturing -- it is also a fine choice for wholesome family outings.And considering how much former President Ronald Reagan loved jelly beans, it also seems like the perfect location for a conservative darling's presidential ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2012

    Santorum Gaining Ground Among California GOP Voters

    ​Mitt Romney, the leading contender for the GOP presidential nomination, has to watch his back among voters in California's Republican primary, according to a new poll.The poll from the Public Policy Institute of California shows that U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum is surging here, and is closing the dis ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2012

    SF Examiner Goes Soft on Us

    ​For all the time we have spent bagging on the San Francisco Examiner, it's only right that we give credit where credit is due.Alas, in between coming up with synonyms for "creep" and "thug," the free tabloid has managed to insert some more liberal prose into their copy, as promised by the ne ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2012

    Mitt Romney Will Win Republicans Over By Teaming Up With Nancy Pelosi

    Mitt Romney is all set to be the Republican nominee for president, except for one stubborn hitch: Republican primary voters -- like most people -- don't like him, perhaps because he's actually an actor playing a presidential candidate on a soap opera in 1986. Instead, lately, lots of Republicans se ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2011

    Republican S.F. Chair: I Never Wanted to Sic Government on SF Weekly

    No, no, you guys at SF Weekly are fine...​Last week, we told you about how the head of San Francisco's Republican Party threatened to sic big government on our newspaper. Harmeet Dhillon, the boss of the local GOP, now tells SF Weekly that was never her intention. She didn't want to abridge our Fi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2011

    Republican Party Chair Threatens to Sic Government on Newspaper

    Write an offending article, face the consequences​If you write a newspaper article in San Francisco that rankles a political leader, the government can step in and punish you. That sounds like red meat for right-leaning forces on the Internet, setting off a firestorm of rants about the liberal idi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2011

    Republicans Love Mayor Ed Lee

    Ed Lee welcomes support ... from everyone ​In a liberal bastion like San Francisco, what Democratic candidate would want the support of the Republican Party? Turns out, plenty. Supervisors David Chiu and Ross Mirkarimi, and mayoral candidate Michela Alioto-Pier, to name a few. But as far as the ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2011

    Tea Partier Portrays Obama as Ape in E-Mail to Friends

    Courtesy OC WeeklyTea Partier Marilyn Davenport sent this photo to fellow conservatives​Time for some link love to one of the southern garrisons of the Village Voice Media empire. We've written before about the paranoiac, semiliterate reasoning that supports the related belief systems of the Tea P ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2009

    Aaron Peskin Happily Becomes City's 'Arnoldbuck' Sugar Daddy

    Next time you see former Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin, be sure to hit him up for money. He told us he never leaves the house these days without stuffing his pockets with bills to hand off to local bartenders, restaurateurs, or even random elected officials. If you're expecting to get ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2009

    S.F. Democrats Play Game of Telephone Over Non-Existent JROTC Recall Effort

    Tonight's Democratic County Central Committee meeting features a resolution that seems to have expired in relevance not long after it was put to paper.DCCC Chairman Aaron Peskin put forth a resolution, to be voted on at tonight's session, over "threatened recall campaigns" against school board membe ... More >>

  • Film

    May 6, 2009

    Kirby Dick outs closeted pols and the media that protect them in Outrage

    Tonight's Democratic County Central Committee meeting features a resolution that seems to have expired in relevance not long after it was put to paper.DCCC Chairman Aaron Peskin put forth a resolution, to be voted on at tonight's session, over "threatened recall campaigns" against school board membe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2009

    Tom Ammiano Compares Capitol to "Alice in Wonderland" -- and He's Alice

    San Franciscans already know that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger isn't the only Sacramento politician with a background in film. That was Assemblyman Tom Ammiano playing himself in Milk -- and while it wasn't a stretch for Ammiano to play Ammiano, his next project may call for a bit more range. When ask ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 13, 2008

    A turn on the GOP therapy couch

    S.F. Republicans’ prescriptions for an ailing party By Peter Jamison I spent the momentous night of Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008, in an unlikely place — among Republicans in San Francisco. To observe the city’s longtime political minority watching their party recede to a minority nationwide, I vent ... More >>

  • News

    June 4, 2008

    Mount Flushmore

    Jokesters want to 'honor' President Bush.

  • News

    December 19, 2007

    SF Weekly Letters

    Jokesters want to 'honor' President Bush.

  • News

    December 12, 2007

    Ron Paul supporters mistakenly 'hijack' unsanctioned Republican event

    Jokesters want to 'honor' President Bush.

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2007

    Republican Democracy-Rapers Steal Another Vote -- Give Me Back My $33!

    Jokesters want to 'honor' President Bush.

  • News

    November 8, 2006

    Gomorrah by the Bay

    The GOP's last-ditch message to voters before the midterm elections was a tirade against our fair city. How do you feel about San Francisco values in the political spotlight?

  • News

    October 13, 2004

    Grand Old Partying

    Infiltrator joins the Young Republicans to experience the blue suits, big hair, and free beer of the Republican state convention

  • News

    August 25, 2004

    Brother, Can You Spare a Heart?

    "The Summer of Love is dead. You dig? Got any change?"

  • News

    May 12, 2004

    The Counter-Counterculture

    Ah, to be young and Republican at Cal

  • News

    December 10, 2003

    Intrepid Antiwarriors of the Libertarian Right Stake Their Rightful Claim to Power

    Looking into the endearing obsession known as Antiwar.com

  • News

    August 20, 2003

    Unintended Consequences

    Right-wingers cooked up the Gray Davis recall only to see it hijacked by a political moderate named Arnold

  • News

    August 13, 2003

    Gimme Shelters

    After mortgaging our future in an orgy of budget-related borrowing, the Legislature hatches new orgiastic plans: sleazy tax shelters

  • News

    January 15, 2003

    An Alias for All Seasons

    Our hero finds an interesting way to track the sources of his junk mail

  • News

    July 18, 2001

    Now, the Emphatic Colonic News

    Chevron to Turks: Bay is pristine! GOP to pot doctor: Good job! Tenants to landlords: You're illegal! Potheads to supervisors: Like, wow -- a sanctuary!

  • News

    April 26, 2000

    Letters to the Editor

    Published April 26, 2000

  • News

    March 1, 2000

    Bush vs. McCain

    A shot of Texas Shrub with a Budweiser chaser

  • News

    January 27, 1999

    Out of Sight, Out of Minds

    Local Republicans band together for safety

  • News

    February 25, 1998

    Dog Bites

    Local Republicans band together for safety

  • Calendar

    October 1, 1997

    Unspun

    Local Republicans band together for safety

  • News

    January 29, 1997

    Captains of Medicine

    Local Republicans band together for safety

  • Calendar

    September 4, 1996

    The Grid

    Local Republicans band together for safety

  • News

    April 17, 1996

    Dog Bites

    Local Republicans band together for safety

  • News

    December 20, 1995

    Chatterbox

    Local Republicans band together for safety

  • Calendar

    July 26, 1995

    Paper Trails

    Local Republicans band together for safety

  • News

    May 10, 1995

    Dialing for AIDS Dollars

    National group soaks donors for telemarketing scheme as Republicans seize Capitol Hill

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