RNC 2008: Day 2

Well yesterday. was. exciting. (All links go to image slideshows or video.) What news did you notice?

Today I'm looking at these items:

RNC revelers turn parties into charities
Fresh from News Cut: Denver 2 Minneapolis 1: Where's the 'there' here?
By the numbers: 284 arrested on convention's first day, nine injured
MPR News: Report: Bush to address RNC today
Depending on your viewpoint, one or both of these might be useful: RNC Survival Guide or the RNC Visitor's Guide

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Julia Schrenkler
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Comments: 6

Diana Raabe Sep 2, 2008, 9:55am EDT

It's interesting that Mr. Bush has found a way to put energy and offshore drilling at the heart of the hurricane. The folks at MSNBC are having just a tiny bit of fun with that as they segue into new topics.

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Winston Smith Sep 2, 2008, 11:59am EDT

At what point do the "peaceful" peace protesters denounce and separate themselves from the people that think damaging private and public property is "free speech"?

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Don (are we Marxist yet?) H. Sep 2, 2008, 2:42pm EDT

At what point do we deny the RNC and all those people the right to freely assemble without being kicked, sprayed/hosed with urine and otherwise threatened?

There is a reason there are barriers between those in the convention and the moonbats on the street.... all have a right to free speech and nobody is stopping that from happening. Of course, the lefties only think the rights apply to them -- they feel denied if they can't get up close and into the faces of those they disagree with.

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Julia Schrenkler Sep 2, 2008, 2:59pm EDT

Diana, have any transcripts or links?

Can't say Winston. I can tell you & Don that Politicians and citizens alike should be safe.. Tim Nelson's slideshow shows peaceful protestors and highlights the transition when things went wrong.

For me, looking through all the photos, it looks like there were two kinds of people attending: people voicing out and people acting out.

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