Interesting display of Democracy George

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Posted by MisterOpus1 on Aug-04-2004 16:11:

Interesting display of Democracy George

A tale of two different campaign rallies:

http://springfield.news-leader.com/...lyw-147362.html

vs.

http://start.earthlink.net/newsarti...D847SS600_story

Just curious, but isn't that constitutionally illegal to turn away individuals based on their beliefs? In any event, given Bush's record of staged events and press conferences (which he is more often times aware of the questions being asked) I suppose we shouldn't be too surprised, should we?

All about appearance, I suppose. It'll be interesting to see if the press even gives the projected 500,000 protestors some coverage for the RNC in NY.

Posted by imokruok on Aug-04-2004 16:34:

Ahem...are you trying to say that Kerry didn't do what Bush did at his rally? The Democrats are complaining that they were herded into a "free speech zone." If you look at the picture in the second link you posted, that's precisely what the Bush protesters were herded into as well. The police always separate the groups at events like these, whether the Secret Service asks them to or not. It's the easiest way to keep tensions at a non-violent level.

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Originally posted by MisterOpus1
Just curious, but isn't that constitutionally illegal to turn away individuals based on their beliefs?

Nope. None of these events are classified as "public," for either Kerry or Bush, and that's intentional. It's so they can eject people who they feel shouldn't be there. Plus, these events are tightly controlled in terms of access. When I went to see Bush a few weeks ago, I had to call a week ahead of time, give them my SSN for a background check, pick up the tickets a day before the rally, and head through metal detectors once I got there. No one was allowed any signs - the proper signs would provided once inside. The Gore rally that I went to 4 years ago (just for the fun of it) was handled exactly the same way, and that was well before 9/11.