Repug Convention, NYC. in September

[Mari333]

anyone going to protest? My husband and I are over 50 and we will drive there or take a train to protest the GOP convention..anyone have any links>? I was only in NYC once in 73...
anyone have any ideas as to whats the best place to stay during the protests?
We will be travelling from Michigan.

[EllieDem]

1. You better hurry

I'm sure the hotel rooms in and around the city are ALL booked already

[WhoCountsTheVotes]

4. you can stay at my place

I'll be there, and I'll walk over to the protest!

[CaptainClark23]

2. You will be most welcome

http://rncnotwelcome.org/

Feel free to contact me if I can answer any questions. (btw, not an organiser, or affiliated with the above site. Just love my city and glad to see folks coming for the right reasons)

[corporatewhore]

3. here is a link-i will be the one in black with a bandanna

http://rncnotwelcome.org/

[CaptainClark23]

5. OMG

I'm SO humiliated...thats what I was going to wear! ;-p

[eek]

7. yeah- lodging is tight. you might try

have a look at craigslist.org

you can post on a board looking for a place and there are always lotsa folks offering their apartents as sub-leases

I would assue that as the day drws nearer you will find more and more people offering shares

perhaps you could find a deal through AARP (even though 50 is the new 30, of course)

OR.. check throug the rnc and other repub resources. maybe there are deals to be had? and what a hoot to infiltrate!

[CaptainClark23]

10. Don't neglect the Boroughs, either!

NYC doesn't end in Manhattan! From any of the 5 Boroughs you'll still be within 45 minutes of downtown.

[greatauntoftriplets]

12. And I bet the Manhattan hotels will gouge on prices.

Between the media, delegates and whoever, the hotels will be able to get away with it.

[Mari333]

8. Thanks my husband is going to have to book rooms quick

maybe a Hotel 6 somewhere and we will take a cab to the protests..
we have to take a train because we refuse to fly until the airlines lift their blacklist against peace activists...they can kiss my ass
Ill be there as the mom of a military person in Iraq, and as a patriot against the tyranny of Bush

[Stephanie]

14. Here are some hostels

http://www.hostels.com/us.ny.ny.html

I think the Gershwin Hotel is pretty reasonable lots of European tourists stay there, and it's cool:

http://www.gershwinhotel.com/

These are supposed to be cheap - and maybe you could share:

http://www.offsoho.com/

There really is not a Motel 6 w/i cab distance. I guess you could stay in NJ and take the train in, but it's more fun to be in Manhattan. And you know they are going to have the place locked down tight.

[Cooley Hurd]

18. Mari, you might want to check for rooms up the river...

...no, not prison suites ;), but up in Westchester, Putnam and Dutchess Counties. Cheaper and more plentiful. You can always take a commuter train down to the city the day of the protest.

[liberalhistorian]

6. I'm in Cleveland, and I'd

sure like to be there, too. Maybe we can arrange some kind of DU gathering?

[corporatewhore]

9. A DU bloc!!!!!

[eek]

11. Hey Cap Clark 23

now that the WTC memorial site is a go and groundbreaking is set for 091104 who do you reckon will do the honours?

if aWol does it.....

[CaptainClark23]

13. If I had my wish?

A cop, a Fireman, an EMT, a Teacher, an Ironworker, and a child.

If its AWOL, I'll end up in jail for certain.

Just considering the idea fills me with such rage....I don't want to go there. saving it for the fall.

[WhoCountsTheVotes]

15. He wouldn't dare

He won't.

[blondeatlast]

20. The pubes had planned on it but cowered when word reached NYC.

I saw it in an online New York magazine article--I'll look for a link.

[nostamj]

21. if he had tried that, in NYC, at Ground Zero

there wouldn't be enough police to enforce the FAZ. hell, some of them would be on our side.

we would have given the chimp a 'sebastian venable' moment....

[blondeatlast]

25. Yep--the very thought is despicable.

[WhoCountsTheVotes]

27. some of them would be on our side?

Let's put it this way - it would be John Kerry leading the firefighters and NYPD, no matter how much they might not like Hillary, would simply stand aside.

He wouldn't dare. Cheney would smack him again if he even suggested it.

[jonnyblitz]

16. see you there Mari!!

I live in CT so I will commute everyday or find a floor in the city to crash on!

[tkulesa]

17. Consider

If you can't find a hotel in Manhattan, consider one in one of the other boroughs. But post your choices here so we can tell you where it is and if you can get to Manhattan easily from there.

Or, if you don't mind staying with people, some of us are offering housing.

[nostamj]

19. i will be there!

i'm in brooklyn. as it get closer, hopefully we can arrange a DU meetup and coordinate on attending the protests.

hotel space will be tight. but, I doubt that many repubs will be going for the Milford Plaza (which is a less expensive, no-frills place in midtown.)

my dream is to completely PLASTER the city with:

BUSH KNEW! and BUSH LIED, THOUSANDS DIED!

(and I do have a fold-out couch)

22. I'll be there

I was in NYC on September 11, 2001 and you can count on me and a bunch of the others who were here also on that day not being at all pleased about the convention being here.
I think it's going to be like Chicago in 1968 except this time the rest of the country will understand a lot better why people are upset.

[frank frankly]

23. see you there

I hope DU has an enormous contingent...

[FarLeftRage]

24. I'm going to be there

I'll take a train down to NYC from upstate NY.

By car, NYC is about a six to seven hour drive.

I'll definitely ask the NYC DU contingent about lodging.

[Th1onein]

26. Is the convention going to be at ground zero?

Is this true?