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Oilwellian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-01-04 11:06 PM
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ABC Producers Infiltrate Bush/Kerry Rallies Wearing Opposing TShirts
Note the STARK contrast in the way they were treated at each:

The rules were to behave exactly the same at each rally, to be polite participants and to leave when asked. The ABC News team obtained tickets for all of the events attended — tickets for Kerry events can be attained from the official campaign Web site and tickets for Bush events from local Republican party or campaign offices.

At an Oct. 21 Kerry rally in Minneapolis, ABC news producers were surrounded and followed by a team of dancing Kerry campaign workers with large signs, effectively obstructing the Bush-Cheney T-shirts from the view of the national press.

"My job tonight was to run interference so that we didn't have any negative situation on our hands," said a female Kerry campaign volunteer. "Our job was to stand in front of them and make sure that, number one, that press had access to Kerry stuff and not necessarily Bush."

The Bush campaign was even more aggressive in its response to the opposing party's T-shirts.

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http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Vote2004/story?id=214695&page=1
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high density Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-01-04 11:13 PM
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1. Heh, no surprise there
Thanks for the link. It sounds like the Kerry campaign handled them well.
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Straight Shooter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-01-04 11:16 PM
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2. It looks like the Kerry campaigners took the high road
As for the * people, well, par for the effin' course.
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Lorien Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-01-04 11:18 PM
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3. Not surprising
Bushbots would not admit Kerry supporters, or had them removed (even threatened them with police action), saying their rallies were "private events".

Kerry supporters allowed pro-Bush* shirts, but blocked the view of them with signs, or didn't and told them they could enjoy the rally if they didn't disrupt it.
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juliagoolia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-01-04 11:19 PM
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4. Thsi says so much about why we have to be proud of our efforst
to change the mess our nation has found itself in.

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AmerDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-01-04 11:33 PM
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5. Thanks for the post
good article
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w13rd0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-01-04 11:42 PM
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6. TOTAL contrast in class...
...and speaks to which campaign trully represents "our values" and the concept of "loving the sinner but hating the sin" ;)
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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-01-04 11:42 PM
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7. The last two sentences sum it all up
And at Kerry's Boca Raton rally, one of the faithful Democrats could be seen calming a woman upset at the sight of the Bush-Cheney T-shirts.

"Feel proud that we let them in," he said. "That's what democracy is all about, that's what we're fighting for."

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justgamma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 12:50 AM
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8. The article was better.
On the TV, they almost acted like each was equally as bad.
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Democat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 01:18 AM
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9. At one rally they were allowed to do what they wanted, at the other...
Edited on Tue Nov-02-04 01:18 AM by Democat
They were removed by police officers - how can that possibly be equal in any sane person's mind?
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