Comments on: Bush Campaign Bars Protestors from Rallies

By: MichaelW

MichaelW — Mon, 18 Oct 2004 15:59:59 +0000

I still don't see what the big deal is. It's not like Kerry/Edwards (or Nader/Cameho(sp?)) supporters can't get into these rallys. They just can't do it while blatantly advertising for the other side. If they really want to attend one of these rallys, put on a plain t-shirt, some jeans and a plain jacket and they'll have no problems.

What's really ridiculous about the "reporting" on this "news piece" is that the story is always presented in a way that makes it seem like Kerry/Edwards doesn't do the exact same thing.

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 18 Oct 2004 15:48:34 +0000

I got kicked out of a Gore rally 4 years ago so I know his campaign was booting people.

Further, a bunch of union thugs came over and started pushing and shoving a bunch of college Republicans and the local media yawned.

By: Charles Fenwick

Charles Fenwick — Mon, 18 Oct 2004 13:46:54 +0000

I was at the John Edwards rally in Tallahasse yesterday with several fellow
College Republicans. No one was permitted to enter the event with "opposing" signs (Supporters of Kerry-Edwards Et Al were of course allowed in with theirs).

At one point we were "standing in line" holding Bush-Cheney signs when a campaign volunteer came down the line handing out tickets to the event. She gave tickets tto two of our people before noticing whose signs they were holding at which point she snatched back one ticket and tried everything she could think of to get the other one back.

Their campaign people tried to force us to go to the "free speech zone" that was completely removed from where the event was taking place. The police at the event allowed us to remain near the entrance where we had a lot of interesting interaction with the Kerry-Edwards supporters waiting to enter.

And yes, we did get a fair bit of press attention while hanging out.