The Republicans and the Tea Party are hell-bent on making Barack Obama a one-term president, and their tactics are shameful at the very least.

Not only are the conservatives refusing to aid the effort to jump-start an awful economy that went into the toilet under the reckless spending and warmongering by President George W. Bush, one of their own, but they are doing everything in their power to demonize the LGBT community in a blatant attempt to turn out the vote of the Religious Right.

(Editor's note: Bonnie Dumanis has served as San Diego County District Attorney since 2002. She lives in Little Italy with her spouse Denise and their dog Abby. A Republican, Dumanis is a candidate for mayor of San Diego. All candidates are allowed to submit two pieces per month for our Commentary page. Editor in Chief Ken Williams can be reached at ken@sdgln.com, KenSanDiego on Twitter or at (877) 727-5446, x713.)

SAN DIEGO -- The San Diego chapter of the Log Cabin Republicans (LCR) has chosen to endorse Assemblymember Nathan Fletcher for mayor, it was announced today.

LCR is the only nationwide Republican organization "dedicated to representing the interests of gay and lesbian Americans and their allies." With two gay Republicans also in the San Diego mayor's race, this choice may come as a surprise to some in the county.

A small town café. An eclectic group of folks commune at the breakfast counter, shooting the bucolic bull.

"How’s school?" the older, white man asks.

"It sucks," says the young woman. "I don’t like the students."

"Why? Are they Hispanic students?"

"No, actually, mostly white and privileged."

He doesn’t notice her cringe. He doesn’t notice that she is Hispanic.

And picture this.

A flight home after a hectic trip. A lovely young disciple distracts the businesswoman from her work, hoping to save her first soul.