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U.S. Republican Party

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2012

    San Francisco Millionaires Join Scores of Rich People to Demand Higher Taxes on Wealthy

    There's a bunch of bargaining chips currently being passed back and forth between President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner as they seek to reach a budget deal before the county slides down the much-feared Fiscal Cliff. Perhaps the most notable involved tax rates for the wealthy: generally sp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2012

    Fellow Republicans: A Five-Point to Stop Our Asses From Getting Kicked

    To: Lovers of America From: The Republican National Committee RE: Emergency platform changes Dear Patriots: It seems that 47 percent was somewhat larger than we anticipated in last week's election. Henceforth, we urge all Republicans to adopt these immediate policy changes.

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2012

    Obama's Reelection Has Spurred a GOP Paradigm Shift on Immigration Reform

    One of the conventional criticisms of President Obama's first term was that he failed to live up to the "Hope!" and "Change!" rhetoric on which he campaigned in 2008. Many Obama supporters, even ones who concede this point, defended him by stressing the partisan gridlock and the key policies the pre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2012

    Worst New Song of the Week: Trace Adkins Does Right-Wing Nonsense

    If you were masochistic enough to sit through the coverage of the Republican National Convention in its entirety, then you'd have heard good ol' country boy Trace Adkins doing a heartfelt rendition of a song titled "Tough People Do" (which is ironic given that Mitt Romney hasn't had a tough day in h ... More >>

  • News

    September 5, 2012

    SF Weekly Letters

    If you were masochistic enough to sit through the coverage of the Republican National Convention in its entirety, then you'd have heard good ol' country boy Trace Adkins doing a heartfelt rendition of a song titled "Tough People Do" (which is ironic given that Mitt Romney hasn't had a tough day in h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 4, 2012

    John Burton Says He Never Used the Word "Nazi" When Talking About the GOP

    The normally unapologetic John Burton says he's really sorry for hurting any feelings over at the GOP camp after he pretty much likened Republicans to a bunch of propaganda- spewing Nazis. Burton, the chair of the California Democratic Party, issued a sincere apology to the GOP yesterday, which is n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 30, 2012

    Asian and Latino Population Growth Isn't Translating into Votes Just Yet

    Over the past few years, political journalists and social scientists have pointed out a critical flaw in the GOP's rightward lurch: with staunch anti-immigration, anti-social service, and anti-reproductive rights policies, as well as hostile racially coded rhetoric, the party risks losing women and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 29, 2012

    RNC 2012: The Seven Craziest GOP Souvenirs at the Republican National Convention

    Our sister paper, the Miami New Times, descended on the Republican National Convention this week to see what things the country's right-wingers were doing and wearing. And thank God they did because now we can regale you with a slideshow of Tampa's finest moments.Tampa's rich with GOP swag this week ... More >>

  • News

    August 22, 2012

    How to Speak Republican: Decoding the GOP

    Our sister paper, the Miami New Times, descended on the Republican National Convention this week to see what things the country's right-wingers were doing and wearing. And thank God they did because now we can regale you with a slideshow of Tampa's finest moments.Tampa's rich with GOP swag this week ... More >>

  • News

    August 22, 2012

    Fear and Loathing in Tampa: A Guide to the Republican National Convention

    Our sister paper, the Miami New Times, descended on the Republican National Convention this week to see what things the country's right-wingers were doing and wearing. And thank God they did because now we can regale you with a slideshow of Tampa's finest moments.Tampa's rich with GOP swag this week ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 22, 2012

    Barbara Boxer Diagnoses Todd Akin, Republican Party With Mommy Issues

    Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) took a brief break from politics yesterday and tapped into her inner Freud to conclude that all of this Republican crazy talk about rape and abortions is a sure sign that members of the GOP -- specifically Todd Akin -- suffer from some kind of weird mother fixation.The ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2012

    Obama Officially Wins Health Care Debate

    Now is the time to take back all the really mean things you have said about Justice John Roberts. The very conservative Supreme Court Justice gave us a reason to think that thing just might be okay when he not only sided with the liberal justices on Obamacare, but wrote the majority opinion upholdin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2012

    Meet the California Lawmakers Who Are Enabling the Marijuana War

    Losing efforts sometimes score wins. Medical marijuana scored such a moral victory late Wednesday, when 163 members of Congress voted in favor of not allowing federal dollars to be spent on busting pot growers, distributors, and dispensaries in states with medical cannabis laws.The brainchild o ... More >>

  • News

    April 18, 2012

    How Bay Area Corporations Resemble Their (Human) Neighbors

    Losing efforts sometimes score wins. Medical marijuana scored such a moral victory late Wednesday, when 163 members of Congress voted in favor of not allowing federal dollars to be spent on busting pot growers, distributors, and dispensaries in states with medical cannabis laws.The brainchild o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2012

    Michelle Obama Loves San Francisco ... and Our Money

    ​Never mind the fact that none of us San Franciscans can afford to pay rent, the presidential candidates seem to think we've got money to spare. Just a short month after making a cameo in San Francisco, First Lady Michelle Obama is planning another trip to tour fair city, and not for the scenic be ... 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

    November 23, 2011

    Pelosi Takes Shots at GOP, Lobbyists for Targeting Occupy Protesters in 'Message War'

    ​House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is rallying Democrats to defend the sundry Occupy movements that have sprung up across the country, appealing in a fundraising e-mail for money to help combat a "message war" against protesters orchestrated by GOP-connected lobbyists.Pelosi's e-mail was provoked ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2011

    Republicans Threaten San Francisco Pedestrian and Bike Projects

    ​It's not news that America has a lot of problems, foremost among them cyclists and pedestrians being coddled too much by the government.Or at least that seems to be the view of our Tea Partying lawmakers who are trying to gut federal spending for road improvements for pedestrians and cyclists-- e ... More >>

  • Articles

    December 22, 2010

    Return to Sender

    ​It's not news that America has a lot of problems, foremost among them cyclists and pedestrians being coddled too much by the government.Or at least that seems to be the view of our Tea Partying lawmakers who are trying to gut federal spending for road improvements for pedestrians and cyclists-- e ... More >>

  • News

    December 22, 2010

    How Would Immigration Reform Look if the Feds Got Off Their Duffs?

    ​It's not news that America has a lot of problems, foremost among them cyclists and pedestrians being coddled too much by the government.Or at least that seems to be the view of our Tea Partying lawmakers who are trying to gut federal spending for road improvements for pedestrians and cyclists-- e ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 1, 2010

    Naughty Nautical Nutcracker

    ​It's not news that America has a lot of problems, foremost among them cyclists and pedestrians being coddled too much by the government.Or at least that seems to be the view of our Tea Partying lawmakers who are trying to gut federal spending for road improvements for pedestrians and cyclists-- e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2010

    Republican Election Ploy: Gays Marry Goats, Dogs, and ... Clocks?

    Dating material perhaps. But you want to marry this? ​The Week In GayHave you noticed that the midterm election is around the goddamned corner? If your home is like mine you shovel 10 pounds of crap out of the mailbox and into the recycling bin every day; you have stopped answering the phone altog ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2010

    Matt Gonzalez Endorses John Dennis -- Nancy Pelosi's Republican Opponent

    Matt Smith illustrationCome on in to my big political tent​Former San Francisco Supervisor Matt Gonzalez is endorsing Republican Congressional candidate John Dennis to highlight "points of agreement" between anti-war liberals and libertarian Republicans."There are points of agreement, and we ought ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2010

    Don't Ask Don't Tell Told Off

    ​The Week In GayLate yesterday, another radical hippie judge in California ruled that queers are protected by the U.S. Constitution. A lawsuit against the military ban on gay service members, Don't Ask Don't Tell, was ruled to be a violation of the First Amendment rights of gay people. The suit wa ... More >>

  • News

    September 1, 2010

    SF Weekly Letters

    ​The Week In GayLate yesterday, another radical hippie judge in California ruled that queers are protected by the U.S. Constitution. A lawsuit against the military ban on gay service members, Don't Ask Don't Tell, was ruled to be a violation of the First Amendment rights of gay people. The suit wa ... More >>

  • News

    August 25, 2010

    Her House Divided

    The most powerful female politician in the country now teeters between long-term victory and instant defeat.

  • News

    August 4, 2010

    Republicans tastelessly milk cow-shooting controversy

    The most powerful female politician in the country now teeters between long-term victory and instant defeat.

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2010

    Republicans Following Porn on Twitter (NSFW)

    By following @_PrettyAlison, the California GOP studied the body politic...​If you're going to get hit with a sex scandal, you should at least make sure to enjoy the sex. Yet the California Republican Party has been monitoring the online offerings of dozens of porn purveyors in a situation that ga ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2010

    Diane von Furstenberg Shills for Nancy Pelosi by Creating Hideous Tote Bag

    The GOP has a new enemy: Diane von Furstenberg​Renowned fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg, apparently not content with leaving the wrap dress as her lasting contribution to the progress of humankind, has entered the political arena this season with a bold new act of haute couture: a tote bag ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2010

    'Attack of the 50-Foot Pelosi' Is Latest Bizarre GOP Attack Ad

    Monstrous Pelosi, ruthlessly destroying Republicans ability to concentrate​A new National Republican Congressional Committee ad airing in states such as Pennsylvania uses Pixar-style 3-D animation to depict Nancy Pelosi as a crazed 50-foot monster, once "confined to liberal San Francisco," but now ... More >>

  • News

    June 23, 2010

    SF Weekly Letters

    Monstrous Pelosi, ruthlessly destroying Republicans ability to concentrate​A new National Republican Congressional Committee ad airing in states such as Pennsylvania uses Pixar-style 3-D animation to depict Nancy Pelosi as a crazed 50-foot monster, once "confined to liberal San Francisco," but now ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2010

    Election 2010 Results: Demon Sheep, Gavin Newsom, Open Primaries Triumph

    Meg Whitman never liked voting, but plenty of Californians voted for her​Results are starting to roll in from today's voting on ballot initiatives and primaries for statewide office. Wanna know the latest, greatest bad decisions California's electorate has chosen to impose upon itself? SF Weekly h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2010

    It's Your Friday Morning News Quiz!

    Alameda PoliceSo, what's my story? ​Good news, readers! Since last week's winners took home surprise tickets to Oysterfest, you can still win THE CAR OF THE FUTURE! It's positively futuristic! Send us all the correct answers here; first one is the big winner. 1. Who is Richard Cochran? A. The form ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2010

    Ever-Articulate Palin Disses ObamaCare Over Whine of Snowmobile

    Alaskan street cred​Sarah Palin, Least Intelligent Megalomaniac of All Time, reacts to the House's passage of landmark health-care reform. A teaser: "Next will be the cap-and-tax energy restrictions, and amnesty for illegals, and, um, uh, things, like, uh, card-check that union bosses will allow t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2010

    Will Landmark Health Care Bill Harm Fish?

    ​Eating fish is good for your health. Expanded medical coverage is good for public health. Yet expanding medical coverage harms the health of fish.Does this mean heath care harms people's health?Probably not. But Republicans are alleging that Rep. Nancy Pelosi's intense lobbying and favor-swapping ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2010

    Guardian: A Vote for Condo Project is a Vote Against Abortion Rights!

    Not just a building -- a Trojan Horse for right-wing, anti-San Francisco values! ​According to an editorial in this week's Bay Guardian, a proposed 400-foot condo tower next to the Transamerica Building should be rejected by the Planning Commission on the merits. The paper then devotes most of its ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2010

    Report: GOP Candidates Both Have Vaginas, But Different Styles

    Who will be the face of the state's GOP?​That pretty much sums up the Chron's story today about Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina. I gotta agree with Rep. Jackie Speier on this one -- there wouldn't be a story about the contrasting styles of two dudes running for public office. Some insiders followi ... More >>

  • News

    January 13, 2010

    Republican Meg Whitman's secret past as a porn-peddling CEO at eBay

    Who will be the face of the state's GOP?​That pretty much sums up the Chron's story today about Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina. I gotta agree with Rep. Jackie Speier on this one -- there wouldn't be a story about the contrasting styles of two dudes running for public office. Some insiders followi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2009

    SF GOP Opposes Sanctuary Legislation in Letter-Writing Offensive

    Supervisor David Campos​If an angry Republican writes a letter in San Francisco, and no elected official cares enough to read it, did it ever really exist?San Francisco's local curiosity of a G.O.P. is currently seeking pen-pals in city government with a barrage of letters to Mayor Gavin Newsom an ... 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 >>

  • Calendar

    October 22, 2008

    Vote With Your Art

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    October 15, 2008

    Ask The Experts

    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 >>

  • Music

    December 5, 2007

    Butter

    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

    July 28, 2004

    Yes, These Pictures Really Are Republican Propaganda. We're Not Making This Up.

    The Republican Party wants you to know it's left no child behind

  • 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

    February 26, 1997

    Unspun

    Local Republicans band together for safety

  • News

    August 21, 1996

    Bites

    Local Republicans band together for safety

  • Calendar

    July 26, 1995

    Paper Trails

    Local Republicans band together for safety

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