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04/12/2004 Archived Entry: "RNC - getting cold feet?"
RNC - getting cold feet?
Doesn't seem like such a good idea now.
The Republican Party's hope that its convention in New York would highlight a nation healed after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks could backfire as the White House comes under fire for its handling of the crisis and the war in Iraq, strategists said on Monday.President George W. Bush's re-election effort is plagued with questions on whether his administration could have prevented the attacks, and holding his party's convention just minutes away from the World Trade Center, where nearly 3,000 people were killed, could make matters worse, they said.
"It was the wrong place to go from the beginning," veteran Republican political consultant Roger Stone said.
"They wanted to highlight the president's strong leadership in the days after 9/11, which includes the conduct of the war, and now that is going to be a contentious, hard-fought issue," he said, adding that, "The backdrop here has the potential to dominate the story."
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"It was the wrong place to go from the beginning," veteran Republican political consultant Roger Stone said.
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Posted by radam @ 04/12/2004 11:09 PM NY
And what about the lying to the people of NYC over the safety of returning to their homes and jobs in the midst of the toxic air? And the disregard for the safety of the clean-up workers? Unconscionable. It alone should be impeachable.
JC
Posted by JC @ 04/12/2004 11:20 PM NY
You just gotta love these guys.
They are just now figuring out that NYC is a bad place to hold the convention?
Stupid is, as stupid does.
Posted by JBean @ 04/12/2004 11:21 PM NY
I hated em for so long but now I love 'em for laying the ground work for their own failure and aiming for the demise of the kind..
did all the work themself
Posted by punchdrunk @ 04/13/2004 12:17 AM NY
hated'em for so long,but now I love'em for laying the ground work for their own failure and aiming for the demise of the kind..
did all the work themself
Posted by punchdrunk @ 04/13/2004 12:20 AM NY
seeing double
Posted by punchdrunk @ 04/13/2004 12:21 AM NY
Oh, no, you don't...they can't fuckin' do this to me...
I was just getting ready to make my flight reservations for NEW YORK CITY the last week of August. I will be there, you motherfuckers, to witness whatever there will be to witness at that pitiful excuse of a coronation of King George the Stupid--and the peasant riots that will surely accompany it.
It's gonna be Chicago '68 all over again--unless they're both scared enough and smart enough to CALL IT OFF.
I wouldn't miss it for the world. So DON'T CALL IT OFF, you weasels. Have your fucking convention at Ground Zero. And just see how the City reacts to your toxic, filthy, lying presence.
I can't WAIT.
Posted by Daddy-O @ 04/13/2004 12:28 AM NY
Daddy-O,
If they are dumb enough to keep it here and you do come into NYC, send me an email before you leave.
We'll have a beer and some Mexican or something.
Posted by editor @ 04/13/2004 01:19 AM NY
As a NYer, I can only say to Bush & Co.:
"BRING IT ON!"
Karl Rove is a dumbass. This won't be a "Mission Accomplished"-type of photo-op failure, it'll be far worse because there will be THOUSANDS of people protesting these idiots, no matter how many "Free Speech Zones" they try to create.
Posted by Blue Demon @ 04/13/2004 11:38 AM NY
Editor,
My girlfriend and I are considering going to NY for the convention 'activities' as well. Any suggestions on where we might find a good place to stay for not too crazy a price? She lived there for about 9 months (left RIGHT before 9/11, she lost a few friends in the towers) and takes this pretty personally. And I sure as hell want to be there to give W and his monions a piece of my mind as well.
Hopefully see soem of you New Yorkers (and non NYers goign too) there. Where do I get a TBTM sign? :D
Posted by Jason @ 04/13/2004 03:59 PM NY
I just hope NYC doesn't have a terraist incident that forces the RNC to convene elsewhere.
Posted by gmanedit @ 04/14/2004 08:43 PM NY
