He doesn't. He's a should-be mental patient.

i guess i should clarify. there were kerry supporters at the rally, but the protestors were kept far far away from the action. as for those who got tix to come in, well if they had anything that said kerry on it, they were watched like hawks by the volunteers and secret service. so i guess some kerry supporters got in, but probably didn't feel very welcomed.

shelley j
sigma k

That is not true. At the Kerry/Edwards rally here in Raleigh a few months ago many Bush supporters were turned away. One woman who had something about Bush on her shirt was asked to turn her shirt inside out. When she said all she was wearing underneath it was a bra and she could not do that the door person told her he/she did not care and that she would not be allowed to enter if she did not turn her shirt inside out.
Both parties turn people away. There is nothing neat about Kerry and Edwards. (sorry that was just my little two cents) :p

Very true. I dont think you can paint either side with a broad brush... there are nuts in both parties.

I don't at all doubt your statement. The difference, as I understand if, is that at Bush events you must have a ticket to get in which is not true at Kerry.

I had to have a blue ticket to see Kerry speak at a Kerry rally many months ago in Chicago. This is not true.

-Rudey

I should have said "all" Kerry rallies. I know that some have required tickets.

Sorry.

I think that you need tickets at all Bush events.

Rallies or fundraisers?

I honestly don't know. Where did you find that out though?

-Rudey

If they weren't wearing those shirts, they could have gotten in. Anybody can get a ticket to a Kerry rally - I hand them out, I know.

To get a ticket to a Bush event, you have to sign a loyalty pledge to the Republican party. This has never been done at a Kerry event, to my knowledge.

I don't remember -- probably on NPR, because I think I heard it, not read. Most of my radio listening is either NPR or BBC on PRI.

I think it's also safe to assume that you would have to have (buy) a ticket for fundraisers. It was rallies I had in mind.

GP, thanks for the info above.

Ha! They harassed a kid at ISU that had an invite to see the Bush twins.
He was the only one at the event who had to empty his pockets, let them search his bags, etc. He finally got in and took a seat and when he got out a notebook and pen cuz he wanted to take some notes about the event they kicked him out and told him to go to the press room, where he wasnt allowed in, so when he went back to the Bush twins event room he wasn't allowed in there either.

He's on the Exec for ACLU @ ISU, so that might have been why the College Republicans didnt want him there.

Stop making up stories.

-Rudey

actually you DON'T have to sign any loyalty pledge to get into a bush rally. you DO have to get your tickets at the local republican headquarters though. and in doing that give your basic information for security reasons.

shelley j
sigma k

I can understand the higher security requirements for Bush events. He is the sitting president during wartime. It's not completely unfathomable that terrorists would see this as an opportunity to off our head of state. I don't think the taxpayers would really want to foot the bill that would be required to maintain security if Bush did a lot of completely open public speaking.

Actually COMMA you do because people have been turned away from ones here for not signing the loyalty pledge.

You actually do not know what you are talking about.