I saw this on Atrios's blog, which linked to talkingpointsmemo.com. But take a look at these articles in the Albuquerque Journal:
Obtaining Cheney Rally Ticket Requires Signing Bush EndorsementBy Jeff Jones
Journal Staff WriterSome 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....
Lawyer Loses Bid for Open Cheney RallyBy Leslie Linthicum and Jeff Jones
Journal Staff WritersUpset by a requirement to sign an I-support-George-Bush pledge in order to see Vice President Dick Cheney in Rio Rancho today, an Albuquerque attorney went to court late Friday to ask that the event be open to people of all political stripes or shut down.
A judge quickly turned her down— because Republicans were never informed that they were being taken to court.
"It's hard for me to conclude you could not at least make a phone call to the Republican Party," state District Judge Ted Baca told the lawyer seeking an order against the GOP rally.
"They're very easy to get a hold of," said Baca, who happens to be a Democrat.
As a result, today's much-bickered-about Bush-Cheney campaign rally in the gymnasium at the Rio Rancho Mid-High School is scheduled to go on as planned.
All available tickets were reserved as of Friday night and there was a waiting list, organizers said.
Earlier, Republicans doling out tickets to the free event were limiting them to people with a record of supporting the GOP— or to others willing to sign a statement saying they support President Bush's re-election....
Feel free to make any comments you want on this. I'm just floored. How stupid can they get?
David
Ya wanted a CEO president, ya got a CEO president.
Seriously, it fits completely with their '50s Soviet command-and-control centralized play to the base mentality. Nov. will be a landslide.
Comment #1 :: link :: August 1, 2004 7:10 PMThis crosses two threads. Mine about brown people with cameras and yours about Dick Cheney.
http://atrios.blogspot.com/2004/07/sure-sounds-furrin.html
President Bush's re-election campaign insisted on knowing the race of an Arizona Daily Star journalist assigned to photograph Vice President Dick Cheney.
The Star refused to provide the information.
Danny Diaz, a spokesman for the president's re-election campaign, said the information was needed for security purposes.
"All the information requested of staff, volunteers and participants for the event has been done so to ensure the safety of all those involved, including the vice president of the United States," he said.
Diaz repeated that answer when asked if it is the practice of the White House to ask for racial information or if the photographer, Mamta Popat, was singled out because of her name. He referred those questions to the U.S. Secret Service, which did not respond to a call from the Star Friday afternoon.
Comment #2 :: link :: August 1, 2004 10:28 PM :: homepageDid anyone catch the Daily Show's take on this last night? They showed the affidavit, which was riddled with errors. Pretty silly stuff.
Comment #3 :: link :: August 5, 2004 9:24 AM
