MetaFilter posts tagged with convention and GOP

I'd contribute to her defense if she gets caught.

sp dinsmoor — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:29:04 -0800

"A few hours after the interview, an unknown woman helped herself to Schwartz's resources."

And you thought the puppets were a bold move.

XQUZYPHYR — Mon, 23 Aug 2004 15:59:35 -0800

Urban Guerilla Warfare. The upcoming protests outside the Republican National Convention are becoming less notable for the expected numbers and more notable for the extremes each side will go to. The GOP has decided to blame everything happening outside on the Democratic Party. Liberal groups are feared to be infiltrating the convention's own volunteer staff. And some right-wingers, feeling "compassionate conservatism" means abandoning people in the middle of New York, have taken to pretending to offer housing to out-of-state protestors. Has anyone else started to dismiss the idea of a terrorist attack simply as "too obvious?"

Falwell to give opening prayer at GOP convention.

skallas — Fri, 30 Jul 2004 08:16:08 -0800

Falwell to give opening prayer at the Republican convention. Exactly who is out of the mainstream here?

baylink — Tue, 01 Aug 2000 16:12:55 -0800

What's the right answer? FEMA's plans to use the Army to quell serious civil disturbances that might crop up during the Republican Convention almost certainly violates Posse Comitatus... but can the Army National Guard cope with the stuff? And can it chop to FEMA in the first place?