Police fire tear gas at protestors outside the Republican National Convention

[December]

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by Stephen Collinson
44 minutes ago

ST PAUL, Minnesota (AFP) - Vice presidential pick Sarah Palin was to seek to quell a raging personal and political storm with her high-stakes primetime speech to the Republican National Convention on Wednesday.

The party's nominating bonanza is sure to give the Alaska governor a rapturous reception, but she has a tougher job to court millions of voters watching on television after her rocky rollout as John McCain's running mate.

"We're going to see an outpouring of support for her tonight that will be unmatched at this convention," House Republican minority leader John Boehner told Fox News.

While Palin is the star attraction Wednesday, delegates will also go through the fabled state-by-state roll-call vote to formally nominate McCain, a 72-year-old senator and Vietnam war hero as their presidential nominee.
She disclosed that her unwed teenage daughter was pregnant, faced claims she abused her power as governor and mayor of a small town, and sought federal cash for programs opposed by McCain.

But Palin has managed to do what McCain could not in 18 months on the campaign trail -- electrify the crucial core conservative base of the Republican Party, based on her staunch opposition to abortion and position on key social issues.

McCain flew into Minneapolis-St Paul airport on Wednesday, and gave Palin a warm embrace, and in full view of television cameras hugged her pregnant daughter Bristol and then shook hands with the father of her child, Levi Johnston.

Republicans meanwhile rode to Palin's defense. Giuliani said she would have been up to a job like his former one, handling the September 11 attacks in 2001 on his city.

"I'm confident she'd be able to handle it," Giuliani said on ABC.

Outside the convention center, police have used tear gas and chemical sprays to disperse hundreds of defiant protestors marching against Bush's policies.
Several arrests were made, bringing to nearly 300 the number of people held in two days of clashes outside the convention center in St Paul, police said.
In the latest Gallup daily tracking poll, Obama was at 50 percent and McCain was at 42 percent of voters, the first time the Illinois Democrat had attracted fully half of the vote.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080903/ts_alt_afp/usvote



Riot police fire stun grenade and tear gas

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Riot police fire stun grenade and tear gas as they clash with protesters after demonstrations turned violent during the second session of the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota September 2, 2008.


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ST. PAUL, MN - SEPTEMBER 2: Police fire tear gas at protesters near the Xcel Energy Center, the site of the 2008 Republican National Convention (RNC) September 2, 2008 in St. Paul, Minnesota. The GOP will nominate U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) as the Republican choice for U.S. President on the last day of the convention.

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ST. PAUL, MN - SEPTEMBER 2: Volunteer medics help a protestor affected by tear gas flee the streets outside the Republican National Convention (RNC) at the Xcel Energy Center September 2, 2008 in St. Paul, Minnesota. The GOP will nominate U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) as the Republican choice for U.S. President on the last day of the convention.


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ST. PAUL, MN - SEPTEMBER 2: Police tear gas protestors in the streets outside the Republican National Convention (RNC) at the Xcel Energy Center September 2, 2008 in St. Paul, Minnesota. The GOP will nominate U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) as the Republican choice for U.S. President on the last day of the convention.

[KSTornado]

Honest question December....


Who would you like to see win the Presidential Election in the U.S. this year?

[xLIBREx]

Cool, we only use tear gas to disburse unruly political protesters. In Russia you would be shot (or arrested then shot), there wouldn't be any pics since the gov controls the media, and the next day your family would disappear.

So what are you babbling on about with your Pravda propaganda piece again?

[brien]

Go sell it somewhere else the December, we're all stocked up here.

Here is the truth about why some of these "protesters" were restrained and dealt with more harshly than others.

http://www.necn.com/Boston/Politics/CT-delegates-assaulted-by-antiwar-protesters-in-St-Paul/1220309964.html

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Authorities say Connecticut delegates
were among the GOP members assaulted by anti-war protesters outside
of the Republican National Convention.

They included former Congressman Rob Simmons, who tells The
Hartford Courant that they were swarmed by dozens of protesters as
they approached the Xcel Energy Center on Monday.

Simmons, state Republican party chairman Chris Healy and other
Connecticut delegates were doused by a solution that smelled of
bleach.

A hazardous materials team checked them afterward. No serious
injuries were reported.

Paramedics also examined 83-year-old Stratford delegate Fred
Biebel, who had trouble breathing after a protester snatched a
delegate credential from his neck.

Protesters at the convention also smashed windows, punctured car
tires and threw bottles Monday. Police used pepper spray in
confrontations with demonstrators and arrested several people

[NIOSA]

Cool, we only use tear gas to disburse unruly political protesters. In Russia you would be shot (or arrested then shot), there wouldn't be any pics since the gov controls the media, and the next day your family would disappear.

So what are you babbling on about with your Pravda propaganda piece again?

:clapper: