Words the Bush campaign finds challenging
Oct. 28th, 2004 09:01 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
solarbirdSomething is Wrong: Carl Worden makes his vote official.
Carl F. Worden
Three local teachers got tickets to the Bush rally, passed all the security checkpoints and scrutiny and got in. They never created or caused a disturbance, and they were perfectly peaceful members of the audience waiting to hear Bush speak. But before they got to hear Bush, they were expelled from the rally by Bush rally staff who objected to the words printed on the T-shirts they were wearing.
No, the words on the T-shirts the ladies were wearing did not disparage Bush, nor did they suggest support for Kerry or any other candidate. The words did not condemn or support the war in Iraq, nor did they slam any Administration policy. No, the T-shirts the three women wore showed an American flag, and under it the words, "Protect Our Civil Liberties." That was all -- I kid you not.
That was it. That was the last straw for me. That was the defining moment I'll never forget. That was my epiphany.
Bryan Platt, Chairman of the Jackson County Republican Central Committee, said he stood 100 percent behind the person who made the decision to exclude the women,
removing any doubt that one or two individuals exceeded their authority and blew it.
Carl F. Worden
Three local teachers got tickets to the Bush rally, passed all the security checkpoints and scrutiny and got in. They never created or caused a disturbance, and they were perfectly peaceful members of the audience waiting to hear Bush speak. But before they got to hear Bush, they were expelled from the rally by Bush rally staff who objected to the words printed on the T-shirts they were wearing.
No, the words on the T-shirts the ladies were wearing did not disparage Bush, nor did they suggest support for Kerry or any other candidate. The words did not condemn or support the war in Iraq, nor did they slam any Administration policy. No, the T-shirts the three women wore showed an American flag, and under it the words, "Protect Our Civil Liberties." That was all -- I kid you not.
That was it. That was the last straw for me. That was the defining moment I'll never forget. That was my epiphany.
Bryan Platt, Chairman of the Jackson County Republican Central Committee, said he stood 100 percent behind the person who made the decision to exclude the women,
removing any doubt that one or two individuals exceeded their authority and blew it.
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Date: 2004-10-28 09:08 am (UTC)WHAT civil liberties?
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Date: 2004-10-28 09:15 am (UTC)Which isn't to say that I don't think the Patriot Act infringes and that there haven't been disturbing attempts on fundamental liberties - the precidents are poor - but this is about attitude (very bad), not law (not as bad).
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Date: 2004-10-28 09:17 am (UTC)I also find it rather ironic that these people were not allowed to attend a rally, thereby denying them something their shirts were promoting.
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Date: 2004-10-28 12:32 pm (UTC)I dunno.... dye his hair, stuff his shirt... nah, he still doesn't look enough like Napoleon...
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Date: 2004-10-28 02:31 pm (UTC)no subject
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