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Article: Election 2004: Protesters to confront Republicans Democrat New Yorkers are planning to disrupt President Bush's party convention next weekend
- Article from:
- The Independent on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- August 22, 2004
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The invasion of the Big Apple is coming, and its residents could
not be less delighted. From next weekend, about 50,000 delegates and
their guests will pour into town for the Republican Party Convention.
They may be joined by up to a million political protesters, some very
noisome.
Why us, is the cry of many New Yorkers who are dreading the confab
of Republicans that starts on 30 August. Never before has the party
of George Bush chosen New York as the host city for a convention.
This is Democrat territory: fewer than one in five New Yorkers voted
for Mr Bush in 2000.
Solidarity is the answer. The Republicans settled on New York soon
after the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centre. Coming ...