Ty has a piece up about ABC producers who went to K/E04 and B/C04 events wearing the other team's tee shirts. The rules were that they were supposed to obtain tickets and act respectfully once inside. At the Kerry event, Kerry people surrounded the producers but otherwise didn't harrass them. At the Bush event, the producers were asked to leave and it was suggested that law enforcement could help them find the door.
There've been hundreds of accounts of this sort of thing. People arrested, women wearing nonpartisan "protect civil rights" tee shirts kicked out, loyalty oaths, a loyalty pledge....
Why? Why kick out people who hold opposing views? Especially since Bush has been directly addressing Democrats in the last week or so. Aside from Zell Miller and the members of the media, there aren't any Democrats in the crowd to address.
This is a very, very close election. Why alienate half of the constituancy? Why refuse to even address those people?
Obviously, I'm horribly biased against Bush, but this is something I truly don't understand. The practice has gotten a lot of press, and obviously the Rs think they get more milage out of it or they would have cut it out a long time ago. I just dont' understand why.
