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Saturday, July 31, 2004

The president wants to say he believes in freedom and the democratic way, but apparently that doesn't include public displays of dissent. You canot attend a cmapaign rally unless you support the GOP ticket. Check this BS out.
Some would-be spectators hoping to attend Vice President Dick Cheney's rally in Rio Rancho this weekend walked out of a Republican campaign office miffed and ticketless Thursday after getting this news:
Unless you sign an endorsement for President George W. Bush, you're not getting any passes.
The Albuquerque Bush-Cheney Victory office in charge of doling out the tickets to Saturday's event was requiring the endorsement forms from people it could not verify as supporters.


The campaign claims this is necessary because of a "known Democrat operative group" was intending to try to crash Saturday's campaign rally. Come on, what are they scared of? People can protest, no?

Apparently these organizers cannot spell either:
...An endorsement form provided to the Journal by Random says: "I, (full name) ... do herby (sic) endorse George W. Bush for reelection of the United States." It later adds that, "In signing the above endorsement you are consenting to use and release of your name by Bush-Cheney as an endorser of President Bush."

Just so you know, Kerry-Edwards opens their campaign stops to both protesters and supporters.