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Pat Cunningham offers an unabashedly liberal perspective on national politics. A note of caution: The language gets a litttle salty on some of the sites to which this blog links. So, don’t say you weren’t warned. By the way, this blog’s name is inspired by the Will Rogers quote, “All politics is applesauce.”

Posts filed under 'San Francisco Democrats'

Oh, the shame! That Barack Obama fellow has actually visited San Francisco!

2 comments May 9th, 2008

For several decades now, Republican campaigners have figured that one sure way to win over the good, decent, God-fearing, hard-working, law-abiding, white-bread eating, heterosexual folks in Middle America is to link Democrats with that infamous sin city, San Francisco.

Anybody remember Jeane Kirkpatrick’s famous “San Francisco Democrats” SPEECH at the 1984 Republican Convention? 

Well, 24 years later, the GOP elite are singing pretty much the same song. Witness the gratuitous mention of San Francisco (replete with footage of a cable car) in this new Republican ad against Barack Obama:


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