Posted on 10/21/2002 1:49:06 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Gov. Jeb Bush and Democratic challenger Bill McBride will have to pass through a phalanx of student activists and outside agitators to get to Tuesday's debate at the University of Central Florida.
No one's ready to declare UCF the next Berkeley, but perhaps for the first time a left-wing activist organization is emerging -- and it's planning to use the gubernatorial debate for a coming-out party.
"I definitely think this event will give the Progressive Council the credibility it needs," said co-organizer Michael Tiner, a senior from Fort Lauderdale studying liberal arts.
The Bush and McBride debate will be in the UCF Student Union at 7 p.m. Tuesday, sponsored by the Orlando Sentinel and television station WESH. The UCF Progressive Council booked the grounds outside the entrances for several hours before, during and after the debate for a rally called "We the People 2002."
Union organizers, civil-rights activists, death-penalty foes, feminists, environmentalists and drug-law reform advocates are scheduled to speak and staff booths. They've also invited elected office candidates to take turns on their speakers' stage.
Bush and McBride could hardly have expected this when they agreed to debate in front of a handpicked audience on UCF's notoriously politically apathetic campus.
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"I definitely think this event will give the Progressive Council the credibility it needs," said co-organizer Michael Tiner, a senior from Fort Lauderdale studying liberal arts.
Our Freepers can take 'em. Jeb can, too.(^:
Bump!!
Donna Shalala's on Gannett's Board of Directors. Emily's List seems to be a favorite cause of a few board members.
They could use a major Freep, and their anti-Jeb poll, too.
Bush/Brogan Sign Waving, Tuesday 5:30pm
As many of you may have read in today's Orlando Sentinel, several liberal organizations are planning a rally tomorrow preceeding the debate. We plan to counteract their rally by lining the entrance way to the debate with Bush/Brogan supporters.
Please help us sign wave tomorrow before the debate. We will be meeting at 5:15pm at the McDonald's restaurant on Alafaya. (1/4mile past University Blvd. -in shopping center w/movie theater)
If you can't be there by 5:15pm, head to the Student Union on campus. Parking on campus is $2 or by meter. We will be sign waving until approximately 6:30pm, and then will head over to the Holiday Inn to attend the debate party.
This happens to me, too....can they block votes from certain websites? Keep trying, sometimes it takes a few tries. I consider it a battle of wills.
It's up to the UCF administrators to keep these students from harassing our Governor, not simply because it's the right thing to do as hosts for this important debate, but because Jeb (and every member of the extended Bush family) is a target...it's a militant Muslim M.O. to go after family members of political enemies...especially during national elections.
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