Hey Minneapolis: the 2008 GOP Convention is coming to your city.

[WilliamPitt]

Lucky you.

Time to get ready.

[SaveElmer]

1. CRAP!!!

Should be the Democratic COnvention!

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

51. Really?

[Wickerman]

2. Fuck n/t

[mattomjoe]

3. Ah, gawd....

Why on earth are they coming HERE? Seriously.

[KyndCulture]

4. Because MN is widely viewed as the next Ohio/Florida.

[MessiahRp]

5. Another pretty strong Democratic area

They must enjoy going to liberal cities and when the liberals come out to protest them, putting them in free speech zones and jailing them for free speech. They seem to get a kick out of it.

Rp

[myrna minx]

6. NoooOOOOoooOo!

:grr: :grr:

[seemslikeadream]

7. Good place for some demonstrations

I would think

[myrna minx]

9. We're very good at protests.

I can attest to that.

[ComerPerro]

12. I wish the guy in your Avatar was still around

:(

[myrna minx]

13. Me too.

:cry:

[ComerPerro]

14. I finally, just last week, got throgh "The Conscience of a Liberal"

without crying...

I've tried to read it about twenty times since 2003, and have never been able to get past the first few chapters.

But I finally did, and its a great read.

[myrna minx]

15. I still haven't finished mourning the loss of Paul and Shelia.

We lost true champions that snowy day on October. :cry:

[ComerPerro]

16. Its just devestating, especially when he talks about

his plans for the coming years...

[greenbriar]

43. I have his first TV political ad on tape

where he is looking for Rudy



I use it in my political science class

[LSK]

8. Minnesota Gov, Sec of State, Minneapolis Mayor? GOP or DEM?

[myrna minx]

11. Governor Tim Pawlenty is GOP. In fact he is being groomed

for being a VP nomination. Minneapolis' mayor is RT Rybak, who is a progressive Dem. Minneapolis is VERY liberal.

On edit: the SOS is an absolute GOP fool.

http://www.citypages.com/databank/25/1240/article12444.asp

[goodhue]

44. Gov & SOS are repukes, but that could change in 6 weeks

The mayors of Minneapolis and St. Paul are democrats. You can't get elected as mayor in either city unless you are a Dem. But St. Paul has unfortunate history of electing dem mayors who then show repuke colors (Norm Coleman & Randy Kelly).

[Stephanie]

10. Let a New Yorker tell you what to expect

Your entire city will be turned into a police state. Your city will be rented out for the GOP's private party as if it were Disneyland closed to the general public for a private event. Your streets will be barricaded, your cops will be dressed in riot gear and armed with machine guns, there will be checkpoints that look like those at the Berlin wall. Your protestors will be rounded up in orange nets, snagged in groups of 20 or more, wrapped in the nets, cuffed, herded onto buses, and jailed for the duration without charge so as not to annoy the Greedy Old Pukes. Oblivious, ignorant Republican pigs will take over your streets, your clubs, your restaurants and hotels, flaunting their irresponsibility, their cigars, their horrible outfits. You will be locked out of your favorite places, your parks, your shops. Small business ownwers inside the Republicans Only Green Zone will suffer - nobody will reimburse them. Most of your neighbors will split town for the duration. Thousands of likeminded people will join you to march in the fenced off streets while riot cops monitor your every move. The convention hall will be encircled with steel fencing, layers of cement barricades, and National Guard.

Lucky you.

[Puglover]

20. Oh great

:scared:

[greatauntoftriplets]

21. Sounds like a good week to take a vacation!

Happily, I am in Chicago.

[LuckyLib]

23. OMG, this is fascist hell, and we have to witness it up close and

personal. Our city deserves better. But we should have known it was coming. Bush and Cheney have flown in here so much in the last 5 years they should have their own private runway. Shit!

[WilliamPitt]

25. Fur coats. LOTS of fur coats.

For some reason, that's what stands out most in my memory.

[Stephanie]

30. Really? It was August. It was unbearably hot.

I remember ugly women in extra large t-shirts and how frightened they were of us. By the end of the week we were so angry we'd get right into their face and say BOO and they'd jump out of their skins. We'd get right in their face and say GO HOME. It was one-on-one combat by the end. Our protest march had to be one the largest in NY history but we felt so pushed around, so battered, from the helicopters and the barriers and the fuck-you attitude from the revelling who-cares-what-you-think repug tourists here to exploit our city's grief that I would have willingly wrestled each one to the ground just to spit in their face. There was universal outrage. New York was on fire.

[WilliamPitt]

46. I'm thinking more of the 2004 inaugural

[Spike from MN]

26. Wow, I can hardly wait. But we'll have one thing you didn't have.

They'll get to test out their torture bill on us. It'll be two years old by then so they should have the bugs worked out. I can't wait. I've never been waterboarded before so this will be something entirely new for me.

In my experience, St. Paul cops have generally treated protesters pretty decently so I suspect they'll have to haul in outsiders for this. Gotta teach them protesters a lesson ya know.

Looks like it's time to sell my place and move. I just hope this news doesn't cause property values to drop too much. Maybe I'll post an ad at Freeperville. I'd have a better chance of selling it there.

[Flying Dream Blues]

37. Spike, you made me laugh...not that it would be funny, but

sometimes you just gotta laugh. "something entirely new for me." :)

[Spike from MN]

49. Glad you got a laugh out of it. ;)

It's strange to think that something like "getting waterboarded" could actually happen but at the rate things are going, it might not be all that far-fetched. But you're right that sometimes ya just gotta laugh because in times like these, a sense of humor is about the only thing that will get you through.

[Puglover]

17. Anyone who wants to go protest can stay at my house!

n/t

[KingFlorez]

18. Why don't they go to Texas where they belong?

[Fleshdancer]

19. hey! Why should we always be forced to suffer??

Texas liberals need a little love too :cry:

[Cha]

32. They "belong"

in hell..do you think the devil would let them reserve rooms for their fucked up convention?

[Spike from MN]

22. Correction: Apparently it will be in St. Paul.

"The four-day event reportedly will be held at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul."

http://www.startribune.com/462/story/705262.html

Godfuckingdammit anyway. I don't want those bastards here. Aside from the smell and general repulsiveness, I sure as hell don't need my taxes skyrocketing just to pay for their goddamn hatefest. I hope the Mayor of St. Paul tells them to go somewhere else. I wonder if that's even an option. The taxpayers are still footing the bill for building the goddamn Xcel Center to we should have some say in the matter. Well, at least in theory anyway.

Excuse my language but this REALLY pisses me off.

[WilliamPitt]

24. Yeah, but they said "The Twin Cities"

so I get the sense it'll be all over the place.

[Spike from MN]

27. Looks like they updated the article with a bit more info.

But they still list the Xcel Center in St. Paul as the place where it will be held so I suspect most of the infestation will happen there. Goddammit this sucks.

The dates are Sept. 1-4. Shit. I suppose that means we can expect a terrorist attack here sometime between now and then. Gotta have a big hole in the ground to show off so they can remind people that they're the only ones that can keep us safe from the terr-ists. Fuck. We are so screwed.

They're claiming this will bring in about $150 million to the Twin Cities. Yeah, right. What a crock. I'll be calling the Mayor this afternoon to voice my extreme displeasure on this.

[myrna minx]

28. Hmmm...2008 when Norm Coleperson is up for reelection?

Hmm...at the Excel Energy Center where Norm Coleperson claims the credit for having ice hockey returning to St. Paul? Hmm...he must be quaking in his boots at the thought of Franken running. :rofl:

[LuckyLib]

34. It will be. St. Paul doesn't have the hotel space to keep it confined

to their downtown. The whole metro area will be affected. Humphrey and Wellstone territory is not happy about this!

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

29. Well, fuck.

n/t

[rockymountaindem]

31. That headline should read "In a desperate ploy to save Norm Coleman's

sorry behind, Minneapolis selected to host 2008 Republican National Convention".

[Stu DeBeouf]

33. Don't blame Minneapolis....

...since it's not going to (and never would) be in this fair city, but Shotz Paul: the city that elected Hizzoner Norm Coleman. Saint Paul...this is your punishment.

[myrna minx]

35. Oh good GOD, Bu$h starring as Truman Capote heading the Village People?

:rofl: :spray:

[question everything]

36. Wasn't Coleman a Democrat, first?

And... St. Paulites did kick out Bush-hugging Kelly..

[Stu DeBeouf]

38. Coleman is whatever it takes....

to get into power(see: "empty suit"). Kelly was another in what is seemingly a line of "Democratic" politicians to attempt to use the doofus St. paul electorate as a stepping stone to the halls of power. I hope we've seen the last of that "cunning linguist" (see: "Bush licker") Kelly.

[seg4527]

39. i am friggin getting ready

it's going to be the best four days of protesting i've ever been a part of.

black bloc gear, check.

[Stu DeBeouf]

40. Yep...

time to dust off the old protestin' garb.

[goodhue]

41. boo hiss

We don't want them.

[goodhue]

42. Actually, to be accurate they are coming to St. Paul

River Center

[janx]

45. This is one of the funniest threads I've seen!

Look at the first two responses...and it just goes on from there...Stephanie's post...

:rofl:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

47. Do I book a vacation or start making my protest posters?

I'm kind of surprised they chose the Xcel Center because downtown St. Paul is rather small and hard to get in and out of without getting tangled in horrendous traffic jams. Lots of narrow one-way streets and a big river right through the middle.

If one were so inclined, one could look at this as a huge money-making opportunity. Nothing brings out the ladies (and gentlemen) of the evening like a convention of family-values Republicans. Rumor has it that even New York had to import more hookers for the '04 convention, and I'm quite sure that St. Paul and Minneapolis together don't have enough 'hos of either gender to keep that collection of pervs satisfied.

[LuckyLib]

50. Please start a new thread with this theme: DUers need a smile!

"Nothing brings out the ladies (and gentlemen) of the evening like a convention of family-values Republicans. Rumor has it that even New York had to import more hookers for the '04 convention, and I'm quite sure that St. Paul and Minneapolis together don't have enough 'hos of either gender to keep that collection of pervs satisfied.


B-)

[true_notes]

48. YES!!!

I'm ready to rock n' roll with these fuck faces. I've been in Europe for 3 years and watched America fall to these crooks back in '04. '08 is MY year. I'm going up there whether or not I'm in the military and I'm gonna get gassed, beaten and scolded with the rest of my brothers and sisters.

FUCK THE REPUBLICAN SCUM!

-TN