Obtaining Cheney Rally Ticket Requires Signing Bush Endorsement

[kskiska]

(Albuquerque)

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.
State Rep. Dan Foley, R-Roswell, speaking on behalf of the Republican Party, said Thursday that a "known Democrat operative group" was intending to try to crash Saturday's campaign rally at Rio Rancho Mid-High School. He added that some people were providing false names and addresses and added that tickets for the limited-seating event should go to loyal Bush backers.

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[nadinbrzezinski]

1. You gotta admit it, Chenney loves freedom from

protesters that is...

[Fenris]

2. Another sign of impending government collapse: Paranoia

[MrBenchley]

15. You've read the Capitol Hill Blue stories, I take it...

[Renew Deal]

3. That's the great thing about Bush rallies

Only his most loyal fuckwits will see them. No swing voters.

[cthrumatrix]

5. only brownshirts.... who is the "divider in this race"?

[baldguy]

4. Heil Cheney!

A Homeland Security agent will stop by your home/office/school to obtain your formal Loyalty Oath within the week.

[MichaelHarris]

6. isn't

that the same as getting the mark of the beast tatooed so the anti-christ doesn't kill ya?

[MidwestTransplant]

7. awesome way to wooo undecideds! Spread it to everybody!

[kskiska]

8. From the article…

Ruben Pulido Jr., a spokesman for that campaign, said the Democratic Party has no screening requirements for those interested in seeing Kerry or Edwards.
When Kerry visited Albuquerque earlier this month, a contingent of Bush supporters were in the crowd. The Associated Press has reported that the group chanted "Viva Bush!" during the event. The AP added that Kerry urged the crowd to tolerate the Bush supporters.
Moses Mercado, head of the Kerry-Edwards campaign in New Mexico, was in Boston on Thursday for the Democratic National Convention. He challenged Republicans to open their event "to all New Mexicans."

[tom_paine]

13. But of course, Kerry is Free America, Cheney is Totalitarian Bushevik

It is always a stark contarst between Free Peoples and Totalitarian Monsters.

ALWAYS!

[DeaconBlues]

9. What about citizens who simply would like to see the V.P.?

After all, they pay his salary. I wouldn't like to see the bastard, but the public does have the right to see their elected officials without signing a loyalty oath, don't they?

Just another one of the daily outrages committed by the Bush cabal!

[havocmom]

10. And remember: when apples are outlawed,

only outlaws will have apples!

[Az_lefty]

11. Sign ze papers, old man!

[sofa king]

12. Isn't that cute?

That's sort of like the "census" I received in the mail the other day. It's blurry, but I think you can get the idea of my response:



It of course concludes with a request for a contribution, which automatically "makes you a member in good standing of the RNC."

Since I live just three blocks from Bush headquarters in Rosslyn, VA I have a mind to submit this in person. But not without a film crew and a lawyer standing by.

[mantis49]

23. Oooooooooh, I received one of those today!

I threw the "census" away, but I'm going to make comments on the accompanying letter and send it back.

[MrBenchley]

14. Yeah, that's the mark of a ticket that the American people love

all right....

The people's choice...(we can tell because the people had to fill out these legal forms).

By the way, wonder what the penalty is for signing the form and then realizing what crooked and incompetent fuckwits they are?

Not to luff der fuehrer
Iss a great disgrace
So its heil (phlhlhlph)!
Heil (phlhlhlph)!
Right in der fuehrer's face!

[Trajan]

16. I know this ...

That anyone who wanted to see Bush in Springfield had to get tickets from the local GOP office .... I havent heard of any specific 'loyalty oath' being administered .... but I am pretty sure those with 'Fuck Bush' T-Shirts were disallowed ...

[Rose Siding]

17. SEND this to EVERY reporter you can think of!

Reporters who were Democrats weren't allowed into the event without signing an endorsement form!

I sent it to Milbank, asking if reporters are always expected to sign loyalty oaths to attend repub functions.

[JM]

18. "I pledge allegiance to the Dick, and the AWOL Chief..."

"...of America, and to the Enronomy, for which they stand, two nations, bent over, grabbing ankles, with heathcare and jobs for none."

JM

[Beetwasher]

19. You VILL Pledge Your Loyalty to De Feurher!

n/t

[pinniped]

20. Moran * supporters need to be microchipped...

so they can scan them for better efficiency.

Forget that wasting signature paper crap.

[MasonJar]

21. Who would want a ticket to see Cheney?

[Citizen Daryl]

22. Admission: One (1) Human Soul, Payable to Beelzebub

These fuckers redefine 'outrage' every single goddamn day.