[ctlpdad]

I don't like the ACLU nor their tactics, but i feel everybody should have similar access. Freedom of speech is the No. 1 ammendment to the constitution, right?

If i were protesting Xlinton, i would want to be as close as any Xlinton supporter, albeit with an odor removing breathing apparatus and full foul weather gear to keep his spewing DNA off of me.

[LetsRok]

I don't like the ACLU nor their tactics, but i feel everybody should have similar access. Freedom of speech is the No. 1 ammendment to the constitution, right?

No. Freddom of "politcal speech" is the No. 1 amendment. Spewing hate of the man is different than disagreeing with his policies.

[FreeTheHostages]

no one's saying they can't speak -- they're saying that people with a proven record of violence and an inclination to get physical shouldn't get too close to the president

time, place, and manner

[Labyrinthos]

don't like the ACLU nor their tactics, but i feel everybody should have similar access. Freedom of speech is the No. 1 ammendment to the constitution, right?

The government can impose reasonable "time, place, and manner" restrictions upon free speech, provided the restrictions are content neutral. In the absence of a specfic threat to our President, I don't think the Secret Service can treat the anti-Bush wacko protestors differently than the pro-Bush supporters. That being said, I suspect that the facts are substantially different than what the ACUL has alleged in that both Bush protestors and Bush supporters are either treated the same or are treated differently for reasons having nothing to do with the content of the speech (i.e., the size of the group and general safety concerns.)

The bigger question is where was the ACLU during the Clintoon years when he and the first witch regularly used and abused the secret service to keep protestors far away from the spotlight.

[lafroste]

***PET PEEVE ALERT***

I don't like the ACLU nor their tactics, but i feel everybody should have similar access.

AAGGGHH!!!! No!! No! You do NOT FEEL everybody should have similar access, you believe or think or desire, but not feel! You feel hungry or happy or horny or sad, you do not feel abstract concepts devoid of physical sensations.

There's too much "feelin'" going on out there!!

rant

[Warren]

No one has a 'Right' to be close to the president.
Wonder if Hinckley is behind this one.
Wasn't he demonstrating his 'right' to
get close to Reagan?