Anarchists Already Planning 2008 Convention Disruptions

The sniveling left is already feverishly making plans to disrupt the 2008 GOP Convention. Naturally, the AP gives them a voice 10 months in advance.

With less than 10 months to go before the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis-St.Paul, activists are already plotting to crash the party.

On the drawing board: A mass march to protest Iraq; human roadblocks; schemes to disrupt public transportation; and talk of a temporary free state near the main convention site, St. Paul's Xcel Energy Center.

With tens of thousands of people expected to visit the Twin Cities during the convention Sept. 1-4, local and federal law enforcement are getting ready as well.

Civil rights groups and attorneys are talking with police and demonstrators to ensure laws are followed during what will likely be the largest crush of people the state has seen in years.

"It's better to be planning early rather than late," said Jordan Kushner, coordinator of the Legal Observer and Political Defense Committee, a committee within the National Lawyers Guild. "People have as much right to the streets as the Republicans who are coming here to engage in their activities."

St. Paul Police Commander Doug Holtz said the city is working out details on how to accommodate protesters, but declined to go into them. "The city of St. Paul is going to be well-prepared to have an excellent convention," he said.

They also plan to relive their glory days of 1968 and have some fun at the Democrat Convention in Denver.

The group "Recreate 68" — a reference to the troubled 1968 Democratic National Convention — seeks to serve the same umbrella function as the RNC Welcoming Committee in Minnesota, by supporting other protesters.

Recreate 68 is anti-war and opposed to the two-party system, member-spokesman Glenn Spagnuolo said.

Nothing like going back to a time when you helped drive the Democrat party off the cliff.

Maybe some year this cadre of human debris will get jobs and move on to adulthood.

I'm all for peaceful protest, but that's not what these people want. They want to shut down the GOP Convention and stifle free speech. They're the antithesis of what they purport to represent.