Republicans
Inside Take: This Party (Still) Sucks
(Editor’s note: This is an opinion column from a Citified insider.) Ok, Philadelphia. Its time for real talk. Like elderly parents with their 50-year-old son […]
Remembering the 2000 Philadelphia RNC: Puppets, Police and The Rock
On July 12th, 2000, Philadelphia police engaged in a shootout with 30-year-old Thomas Jones. An Action News helicopter followed the ensuing police chase, and showed […]
Hope and Change at Last: Why a Republican Senate Will Be Good for America
This is an article that I know full well most of you don’t give two dung heaps about — the midterm elections. I know this because […]
Needed: Better Philadelphia Republicans
Chaka Fattah hasn’t been convicted of anything. He hasn’t been charged with anything. And let’s not forget: He hasn’t even been officially named as a […]
GOP’s “Fat Thighs,” “Small Breasts” Hillary Dig Is Really a Compliment
Thirty-seven months out, and we’re back to Hillary’s body parts. At the California Republican Party convention over the weekend in Anaheim, political buttons were spotted […]
*Another* PA Republican Accidentally Admits Voter ID Is Partisan Gimmick
First, there was whoopin’ Mike Turzai, declaring that Voter ID was going to “allow Governor Romney to win the state of Pennsylvania.” Now, there’s thoughtful and […]
Philadelphia Weekly Tracks Down the City’s 3 Black Republicans
“They’re here. They’re serious. They’d like to talk,” reads PW’s cover story. And one’s registered as a Democrat, another doesn’t like the state’s voter ID […]
What Do Frat Boys and the Republican Party Have in Common?
On the face of things, it feels just a little too easy to equate today’s Republican Party with a bunch of over-entitled frat boys. Sure, […]
The Republican Theater Festival Isn’t Just Torture
Back in July, the Philly Post broke the news that the city would host the country’s (the world’s, actually) first ever Republican Theater Festival, presented […]
Ann Romney’s “Real” Marriage
Ann Romney described her marriage to Mitt as a “real marriage.” It has LGBT advocates seeing red – but are they over-reacting?
Republicans Get Their Own Theater Festival
The call went out on Sunday via the Theatre Alliance of Philadelphia’s community listserv: Forearmed Productions seeks one act plays for the Republican Theater Festival, […]
Who Speaks for Philadelphia Republicans?
Last month, for the first time in recent memory, the chairman of the Philadelphia GOP issued a press release on a pressing public policy question: […]
Should the GOP Reconsider Gay Marriage?
Jan van Lohuizen is well respected within the Republican party as a top pollster. He’s worked for many GOP candidates over the years – including […]
Nobody Trusts a Republican Who Switches to the Democratic Party
It’s the bottom of the ninth, you’re down a run, two outs and a man on second. Should he try to steal? Hell no. A […]
Why is the GOP in Bed with the Ex-Gay Movement Anyway?
It seemed like maybe Michele Bachmann, former presidential candidate, may have been one of the few rising Republican stars who actually bought into the whole […]