[areafiftyone]

but I still think it was stupid to hold the convention in NYC. It's in the wrong color zone.

Doesn't matter where they hold the convention those people would be coming to any town they hold it in, Florida, Texas, Georgia, etc. They would swarm all over. It's Repubs and Bush they hate - not the cities.

[El Conservador]

Maybe the 2008 GOP Convention should be held in Calgary or Edmonton...

[Wallace T.]

Had the convention been held in a Southern city, the anarchists would be more likely to suffer arrest, as radical leftists are a constituency that police departments and city councils fear, even in places like Atlanta. The absence of large mass transit systems and the sort of street life that exists in places like Boston would prevent demonstrators from disappearing into crowds. Buses filled with protesters could be stopped and delayed for hours en route while state troopers engaged in "safety inspections." What sort of reception do you think 40-50 strangely dressed and tattooed East Coast types disembarking from a bus would receive at the truck stops and restaurants? It might be difficult for them to be fed, unless, of course, they packed their own bagels and cream cheese for the journey. Lawyers from the ACLU's Long Island office would not receive a welcome reception in the courts or police stations in places like Tyler, Texas or Chattanooga, Tennessee, with their stereotypical Eastern rudeness and air of superiority.

It is too bad the GOP picked New York as their convention site.

[XenaLee]

They didn't dare hold it in Texas. We're the ones that are locked and loaded, with CCPs. They really don't want to 'mess' with Texans. We have a low tolerance for commies, leftists, terrorists and war protestors.

[BushisTheMan]

One positive is that if the Bush-hating DemoRAT-loving protestors destroy and cause destructions, it will be the taxpayers of New York that pick up the tab to repair the damage.

Seems only fair since New York is mostly RAT territory and the protesters are mostly RATs.

Sorry about all the Republicans that have to pick up the tab for these morons. I think you should sue Hillary Clinton and Chuck Shumer to get a refund.

[twntaipan]

True. The likes of George Soros would just charter more buses to bring in their hooligans.