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10/09/2003 Archived Entry: "Gettin' ready for ya, GOP..."
Gettin' ready for ya, GOP...
I've been saying it for a while - we will be so ready for the GOP convention by the time they get here. Even the mainstream city media is talking about it.
Protests are an expected sideshow to political conventions, but Steve Ault, a veteran activist helping organize a massive anti-war demonstration, said the events taking shape for next year are unprecedented."There's a rather profound and unique opposition to Bush developing, and we see that in the early interest in these actions," said Ault, who helped plan a 1982 nuclear disarmament rally in Central Park that drew 750,000 people. "We haven't seen anything like this."
Some activists aren't attacking a specific policy, but are simply angry Republicans are gathering in New York City, where Democrats outnumber Republicans five-to-one. Some say the GOP is exploiting the Sept. 11 tragedy by staging the convention the week before the third anniversary of the attack.
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As a lifelong NYer, I'm bringing two like-minded friends with me to protest. My main concern is the restrictions that Mayor Bloomberg (R-billionaire) will impose on any demonstrations.
I wouldn't be surprised if the mayor locks the city down and imposes a curfew. Expect thousands of very aggressive police and a stage-managed RNC. Expect blathering, drooling mediawhores of very stripe breathlessly proclaiming the unparalleled statemanship of our presidential chimp.
You can bet on hearing hushed, reverential, teary-eyed references to the WTC victims and the HEROIC firefighters who fell on that fateful day. You'll hear how Operation Iraqi Freedom has made our virginal daughters safe from the lecherous clutches of maniacal Mohammedan satyrs.
Excuse me, I gotta puke!
Posted by Metropolitan99 @ 10/09/2003 05:08 PM NY
mark my words, they police will turn it into riots, bush will declare marshal law, and there will be no election in 2004. thats what i would do if i were a fascist dictator wannabe, of course im smarter than him, but still. hopefully he has pissed off the military enough that when he does seize power there will be a military coup, and he will be overthrown. hopefully whoever emerges will call for a constitutional conventin, and maybe we can really fix things in this country..... pipe dreams i know, but hell something big is going to happen, cant you feel it? things are coming to a head here, and something is going to happen, something unexpected, and something very drastic, whether it is good or bad is yet to be seen
Posted by justin @ 10/09/2003 05:19 PM NY
It isn't just insulting to New Yorkers that Bush is exploiting 9-11 for the convention. No, it is sickening to all Americans who actually give a damn about what happened that day. The man is a disgrace to the human race, and I hope people from all over converge on NYC to protest and let him know it. Let Bloomberg and the police try and clamp down---they'll have a war on their hands.
Posted by JeffLebowski @ 10/09/2003 05:57 PM NY
its going to get really ugly, people are going to die, i love protests, but this is going to be really dangerous. good thing i live in chicago
Posted by justin @ 10/09/2003 06:13 PM NY
Okay, someone help me out here... perhaps it's because I live on the other side of the country I don't fully grasp the New York City dynamic, but if "Some activists aren't attacking a specific policy, but are simply angry Republicans are gathering in New York City, where Democrats outnumber Republicans five-to-one.", how in the hell did Bloomberg get to be mayor?
The RNC 3-ring circus is going to be ugly and I fear for the health and well being of those who will gather in the streets. My heart will be with you. Godspeed. Wear armor.
Posted by lonestar @ 10/10/2003 09:38 AM NY
Lonestar,
Bloomberg, believe it or not, was going to run as a Democrat - but the field was so crowded that it was easier for him to run as a Republic. And doing so got him the services of Saint Rudy for campaigning.
And he's done such a piss-poor job at everything, niether party wants him now. Go figure.
Posted by editor @ 10/10/2003 11:49 PM NY
