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Originally posted by GeekyPenguin
Rob,
I don't think the loyalty pledge would bother me so much if protests could occur close enough to the rally for Bush to see them. Every time he's been in Wisconsin the protest zone was blocks away. When Kerry has been here the protest zone has been wherever the Bushies want to go. I just don't feeling like it's playing fair, something that I know hasn't happened in politics in years. I just hate the fact that if Bush was in Milwaukee today I'd be protesting six blocks away surrounded by security guards, and if Kerry was in Iowa right now, you could be protesting so close to him he could see you.
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The difference is that Bush is the sitting American President during wartime. There are certain things that are going to happen security-wise because of this. Bush has also chosen to do this because when someone protests at one of his speeches, they seem to make more news than his actual speech does. It's ridiculous. Personally, I'd like to see the news networks take the same stance with these folks as the NFL has taken with people running on the field -- don't show them and don't acknowledge them. I have a good feeling that it'd stop after that.
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