Republicans tried to get Ron Paul rally, Rage Against the Machine concert cancelled during RNC

[Minnesota Raindog]

Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak refused, but has declined to comment further on it:

Here’s a behind-the-scenes postscript about the lengths to which the planners of the Republican National Convention went to ensure the appearance of a discord-free GOP: They tried to scuttle Ron Paul’s counter-convention across the river in Minneapolis and the next night’s Rage Against the Machine concert as well.

Speaking on background, well-placed sources at City Hall and Target Center have confirmed to MnIndy that in the days before Ron Paul’s Rally for the Republic at Target Center was publicly announced, representatives of the RNC Host Committee contacted officials at Target Center and the city of Minneapolis (which oversees the facility) to push for the cancellation of the event. They also sought the cancellation of the Rage Against the Machine concert that took place at Target Center on September 3, the third night of the RNC.

More here:

http://www.minnesotaindependent.com/8607/not-so-big-tent-republican-convention-host-committee-pushed-for-cancellation-of-ron-paul-rage-against-the-machine-events

[Frank Booth]

1. What do they have against white rap/nu-metal?

Strange. Good thing there wasn't a Korn or Limp Bizkit concert, or they really would have gone crazy.