So a lot of people are gonna show up and protest:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/23/nyregion/23protest.html?pagewanted=print&position=
not that i mind, but i am really really concerned that we get 1968 and all the body-pierced anarchists manage to turn off a lot of voters and Bush ends up the main beneficiary of the protests. Are my fears unwarranted and do we think something of good will actually happen with these protests? the best thing, of course, would be to have first-responders in NY talk about being exploited by the RNC, how underfunded fire fighters and police depts are thanks to Bush. THAT would be political gold. a bunch of tattooed punks smashing starbucks windows will not be.