Groups gear up for big RNC protests

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Groups gear up for big RNC protests
From satire to civil disobedience, a variety of tactics likelyBy Daniel Strieff
Reporter
MSNBC
Updated: 12:29 p.m. ET May 04, 2004

NEW YORK - Resplendent in their finest evening wear, they will greet President Bush and the Republican National Convention here this summer not with a bang but a toast.

They will defend tax loopholes for corporations and celebrate defense contracts that have gone to companies with ties to the White House.

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“Leave no billionaire behind,” nattily dressed members will shout. “Hands off Halliburton” and “Tax work, not wealth,” they will yell.

For members of Billionaires for Bush, who take on noms de guerre such as Robin Eublind, Ionna Bigga Yacht and Phil T. Rich, the delivery is the hook.

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