Reep Iraq-bound Soldier Refused Admission to Bush Rally. Nice.

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Reep Iraq-bound Soldier Refused Admission to Bush Rally. Nice.

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Now comes news from here in Pennsylvania that you can be barred from a Bush campaign rally and even bodily searched if you're identified as "a Democratic supporter." No signs, no yelling, no snarky T-shirts. Just a known Democrat (We guess they all look alike.)

"The spotters, and eventually police, asked the Democratic supporter to remove a jacket, a sweater and some other articles of clothing in what was described as basically a police search."

Even worse, a U.S. Army soldier who's bound for Iraq in two weeks -- a registered Republican, no less -- was barred from the rally for apparently associating with this Demo sympathizer.

It happened yesterday in Wilkes-Barre, and was written about in the Citizens' Voice newspaper there.

According to the account, the 27-year-old soldier from the Scranton-Wilkes-Barre region -- who didn't want to be identified by name for obvious reasons -- was an undecided voter who wanted to hear what the president had to say.

While waiting in line, he noticed a stranger standing alone and invited the person to stand with him. 'I didn't think that would be a problem,' he said. It turned out to be. Individuals from the Bush campaign spotted the individual with the soldier and identified the person as a Democratic supporter.

Amazingly, the unnamed Democrat -- who didn't complain about being searched -- had a ticket to the rally but still wasn't let in. And then it gets even creepier.

The Bush people claimed the Democrat wasn't on a "master list." The soldier asked to see this list but the organizers said "they didn't have it." But, they soon told the solider that he wasn't it, either -- and they turned him away from the event as well.

The story says that the soldier who came to the event undecided walked away vowing to volunteer for the Kerry campaign.

"I thought the whole Bush message was compassionate conservatism. I didn't see anything compassionate from the Bush people."



Posted on October 23, 2004 02:26 PM http://www.pnionline.com/dnblog/ext...ves/001108.html

[baldguy]

1. It's a CRIME to be a Democrat now?

Oh, but Bush & Co. aren't a fascists. How could you even THINK such a thing?

[WLKjr]

2. They turned thier backs on soldiers every time

that you can take to the bank. Besides, why do soldiers even like AWOL anyhow?