Execellent article!

Wow, that really put things into perspective. It's still difficult for me to accept the fact that there are indeed enough bigots, hypocrites, and self-righteous assholes in this country to prevent Obama from winning the presidency. Lets pray they all get lost on the way to the polls.

Fantastic reporting, thanks for the on the street report!

When people go looking for trouble they more often than not will find it. What did you expect to happen?

The protestors didn't go "looking for trouble" they were people who have been assaulted by their government for long enough. They stood up to fight back at a precisely calculated moment.

They made a defensive move in the war that has been waged against the American people.

There is an interesting discussion about the current police state as it relates to these protests here

by "here" I meant here - http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/

Great article!

This outstanding article reads like the masterwork by e.e.cummings, "i sing of olaf," published in 1931.

http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15408

Will it be ever so?

Sure, send Kiley to cover all the insane bizarre dichotomous beauty of democracy trying to pull its head out of its own butt and then ask him to come back and review our boring-assed theatre for a living. Thanks a lot, STRANGER!

Sure, send Kiley to cover all the insane bizarre dichotomous beauty of democracy trying to pull its head out of its own butt and then ask him to come back and review our boring-assed theatre for a living. Thanks a lot, STRANGER!

this article is fucking awesome -it riles you up the way it should. i miss seattle every day b/c of this newspaper. sounds overly sentimental but seriously -thank you for doing what you dooo!!!!

I threw up a bit in my mouth when I heard that Obama and McCain were tied in the polls (McCain may even have a slight lead).

If he wins I will swim to Europe if I have to.

Oh. my. god. I'm absolutely speechless, disgusted, and pissed off! I'm even more upset about the lack of attention and coverage this riot has gotten. What happened to Elliot Hughes and others is atrocious, are we already in a fascist society? I guess we are, and I didn't even realize it, but I guess all the signs were there... are there. Something must be done about this.

Thank you for writing this story.

Thank you for this article. Jason Bogar was my little brother (McGarry's friend lost in the war.) I feel proud knowing Brady, Brendan Kiley and the rest of you were out there pushing on those guys. I do see my brother as a hero, he loved his country. I also think you are all heros. That takes serious guts. Have faith, the ground is rumbling, the people are speaking.

I am Jason Bogar's father. How dare you mention my son, an honorable man, in this facile and hate-filled article. Your rhetoric matches Obama's ignorance of the facts as you ironically wage war against war and bask in your Puritanical, pseudo sociopolitical morality at the expense of men who died to give you the opportunity to act like self righteous spastics. My son died to protest the spread of Islamofacist tyranny – a rising threat to gays, women and humanity in general.. He would find your tactics, cause and attitude to be insulting and degrading. Please keep his name out if it! Go read the brilliant gay, liberal author, Bruce Bawer’s book, While Europe Slept, and add some fire to your smoke. Bawer moved to Europe to escape Bush and the people you denigrate. There Bawer discovered a Europe being slowly overrun by Islamic Sharai Law. Bawer now defends the War on Terror, having witnessed his gay friends killed by Muslims, Muslim children told by their mothers to grow up and die for Allah and the oppression of women at the hands of ‘regular’ Muslims. Get an education before you keep spouting off your hate-filled half truths!

Hey Roselyn,
Have you ever seen old episodes of "All in the Family"?

I met the man who worked for CBS at the time, answering the mail that was sent RE: the show.

He said "There were actually 2 bigots in that household, but most of the letter writers could not realize that."

Upon hearing that, life returned to my brain, and I stopped shuffling around looking for living brains to eat - the false paradynes of left-right/liberal-conservative/democrat-republican were broken, and no more was I a mindless zombie.

Consider that.

Doesn't "fighting for what's right" entail a little more work than holding up a sign and yelling a lot?

Maybe the protesters should've bitten the bullet and gone into politics. Or more strongly supported representatives that were in line with what they wanted to see done.

We have a volunteer army. If the soldiers don't want to go, they don't have to enlist. If there was a draft, I'd see a point. But it's not like we're drugging people and putting them on a plane with an AK in their lap.

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What? Citizens aren't allowed to be involved in politics unless they are officially "involved in politcs" or something? What kind of Stalinist B.S. is that?

Also, with regards to Palin's speech, I am outraged that so many mainstream media outlets seem to play up her ability to rip into Obama, without bothering to check the facts, and also pointing out she was lying through her teeth. The Seattle times throws in her quote "This is a man who has authored two memoirs but not a single major law or reform, not even in the state Senate," on the front page of the paper, but fails to mention the key fact that this is you know, not true.

Anyone who simply bothered to type Obama+Laws into google would find plenty of articles, from USA Today, Washington Post, and several others, praising the man for the very thing Palin claims he has not done.

USA Today quote:
"This is a man who has authored two memoirs but not a single major law or reform, not even in the state Senate,"

Heck if even the papers in the one of the most liberal parts of the country aren't bothering to bring us the scoop on the glaring factual flaws in a conservative politicians speech, you've got to wonder what the hell is wrong with our media.

Oops, I failed at copying and pasting, here is the USA Today Quote:

Obama was "a full partner" in drafting and passing the state's first major ethics law in 25 years, Dillard says. Obama also helped pass laws requiring that police interrogations and confessions in capital cases be videotaped and creating a state earned-income tax credit.

worship ignorance . . . vote republican!

This should be published far and wide. Excellent view of what we have to deal with as citizens wanting to do what is right for our country.

kicks ass writing!

You guys who think it's all about Obama versus McCain are amusing.

Prove to me what the differences are. I don't see any.

According to CNN, the police in Minneapolis are denying any brutality:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/04/convention.protests/

In fact, they are saying that they only used pepper spray against a small number of violent protesters who were infringing on the rights of all the peaceful protesters.

I hope that you will not leave this alone. If you let this go now, the issue will die with this article, wonderful as it is.

Wow... what a load of garbage... not much spin here!

Really very nicely done.

sodding brilliant, chap

I think by now it's common knowledge that people get swooped up during protests, whether they're guilty or not. So even going down there you are taking a chance. You're actually lucky that you weren't one of the ones arrested.

Wow, Loved it.

well written ,witty unverifiable fiction.reminds me of "A Million Pieces of Me"

mcgarry is a douche!