Terrorism in Tampa
Tampa is in the running for the 2008 Republican Convention. It seems no one learned about what happened in NYC during the Republican Convention in 2004, or maybe it just established a new process for electing our Dear Leaders. I am glad to see the GWOT is going so well. These are excerpts from an article in the St. Pete Times today:
Businessman Al Austin, a major GOP fundraiser who heads Tampa's convention host committee, said a private campaign should generate $39-million......Austin also downplayed concerns about protesters. Documents released last month by the city predicted as many as 500,000 protesters could show up in Tampa and pitch tents in city parks. That estimate was based on reports from the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York City.
But Austin thinks that's not likely to happen in Tampa because the city's transportation network isn't evolved enough to handle so many people. He predicts 20,000 protesters tops.
"The idea of tents in Tampa? That's impossible. It won't happen in Florida," he said.
And if it does, he said security could easily be handled from MacDill Air Force Base.
"They're the ones fighting the war on terror," he said...
So, we are lead to believe that protesting equals terrorism. These sorts of statements barely draw any reaction anymore, but this gentleman is implying that they will use active duty US Military troops against US citizens (on American soil no less) who are just exercising their right to express themselves. Is this China? Or is this Nazi Germany? What do some republicans have against the Constitution?
