Alabama Delegation Reacts to Protesters
Mary Orndorff has a good piece this morning on the Alabma delegation’s thoughts on the protests during the Republican National Convention.I was impressed with one young Republican’s reaction to the protesters in NYC
Delegate Billy McFarland Jr. of Tuscaloosa applauded the protests as a sign of a healthy democracy.“It’s good they’re here. They have every right to say what they believe,” said McFarland, who is president of the Young Republicans in Tuscaloosa. “They care enough about America to voice their concerns.”
It gives me hope for the future. Of course, we need hope, because right now we have leaders like State Rep. Gerald Allen.
“It would have been wonderful to see 250,000 protesters showing their support for our country and our president in this time of war,” Allen said. “For them to get ugly and disrespectful, I have no regard for them.”
First Gerald, if they were showing their support it wouldn’t be a PROTEST. Second, I’m sorry if you have no regard for a quarter of a million Americans who believe strongly enough in something to take to the streets and exercise their constitutional right to assemble. Gerald also didn’t seem to have gotten the memo from the President that he doesn’t believe we can win the war on terror, so if we cannot assemble peaceably in a time of war it appears that Allen believes we should never assemble again. Wouldn’t that be convenient for him?
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August 31st, 2004 at 12:49 pm
I heard an interesting comment this morning on the talk show (liberal host of course). It was stated that if the Republicans don’t like the “uncivil” turn that politics has taken, they shouldn’t have started it when they did the same (and worse) to our THEN President and Commander and Chief!
Here, here!
September 1st, 2004 at 6:10 am
There is no doubt that all sides have been guilty, but this was the President who promised to change the tone and he has admited in recent interviews that he underestimated his ability to do so.