Chicago is not interested in hosting RNC in 2008

[npincus]

http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/local_story_047082857.html

Ha!

Thanks but no thanks.

That's Chicago's answer to an invitation to submit a bid to host the 2008 Republican National Convention.

The Republican National Committee said yesterday that Chicago and 30 other cities were selected to submit bids explaining why they'd be a good choice to host the 2008 convention.

But a spokeswoman for Mayor Richard Daley says City Hall isn't interested.

[MADem]

1. Did NYC make any money, or even break even????

It's all about the bottom line these days, what with the federal aid cities used to get going to cities like Baghdad and Basra...and ending up in the pockets of Monkeyboy cronies...

[aquart]

10. That's it! Hold the Republican Convention in Baghdad!

Prove how safe and democratic it is over there.

Halliburton can host it.

[npincus]

18. LOL

a brilliant marketing concept

[chelsea0011]

22. LOL. I hear things a looking up over there. The Green Zone works

for me.

[Kikosexy2]

2. Thank you...

Chicago!...Love how you host IML--International Male Leather instead!

[Withywindle]

55. The absolute best was the year...

...that IML was the same weekend as a Promise Keepers convention. In hotels just a few blocks apart.

I heard there was some secret crossover. Only in one direction though.

:evilgrin:

[Kikosexy2]

80. Oh my...

Broken Promises...why those two-timing, duo-living...promising butch-bottom heteros...

[sasha031]

3. Bravo for Chicago

let the rat bastards go to Dallas. :applause:

[AnneD]

6. They asked Houston to put in a bid...

but they drug their feet so much in paying for the tab the last time they were here, I don't think many of us want to see them here. I know all our evacuees will give them a 'warm' reception. Our DEM mayor will but on a happy face but I know he'll be checking his bilfold and counting his fingers after a grip and grin. God I hope they don't come here.

[sasha031]

8. that's why I mentioned Dallas

keep them out of the sane city's

[Bridget Burke]

11. We already had them in 1992!

Bush the Smarter got his second nomination. But he didn't get a second term.

I was looking forward to seeing the R's cooking in August heat but we had a cool spell during the convention. Cool for a Houston August, that is. It was a bitter disappointment.

[madame defarge]

4. My kind of town...Chicago is... n/t

[Yavin4]

5. They Should Have It In Baghdad

What better way to demonstrate how great and wondeful Bush's Iraq policy is working.

[SoCalDem]

13. Why not Crawdad, Texas..Junior loves it so much

let them gather on the "south forty", and have a Bah-B-Que:)

[Bridget Burke]

21. They could have it in the nearest "city"!

The Bright Lights of Waco beckon!

[Xenotime]

75. they can drink and shoot their guns.

[AnneD]

64. I think they should hold it in

New Orleans...I mean what with it being rebuilt and all. A good boost to the local economy. Or better yet, Trent Lott's front porch. It's big enough to hold them all.:eyes:

[SIU_Blue]

7. That's my City!!!!!!

God I love it. Although protesting would have been really fun...

:P

[Yavin4]

19. No, It Wouldn't Be

I live in NYC, and in 2004, it sucked. Streets were blocked off. You couldn't go here. You couldn't go there, and protests were kept miles away from everything.

[MnFats]

9. i think they remember 1968. Forty-year anniversary; huge angry protests..

...which there surely will be, no matter where it's held.

[Jackpine Radical]

42. 'Course it was the Dems in town in '68. With another Daley

as Hizzoner da Mare.

[katty]

12. GOP should go to Iraq-Convention HQ already set up in Green$Zone

[Tempest]

14. Chicago doesn't want the influx of prostitutes

In 2004, prostitutes from all over the country were converging on NYC for the GOP convention.

[kineneb]

36. bingo, you have the answer!

(but I thought that you were talking about the politicians...:evilgrin: )

[Tempest]

66. There is one difference between the two

Prostitutes give you something for your money.

[Rich Hunt]

68. prostitutes, provocateurs, gawkers, hangers-on

I don't think we really want to handle that circus. We've had enough political
conventions here.

[Tempest]

73. And the way things are going

The Repugs may have their own version of 1968 in 2008.

[gardenista]

15. Hope SF does the same thing.

But I bet the GOP is salivating at the thought of showing all them gay commie protesters on the teevee.

[AlCzervik]

20. Can you imagine? I'm about 100 miles, i'll book my room tomorrow

[greenman3610]

16. Serious shortage of prostitutes for fundamentalist GOP delegates

is cited as one reason

[tcfrogs]

17. I wish the city was interested

Makes good economic sense, for the business community at least.

[deminks]

23. I hear there's a ranch right outside of Corpus Christie

They got huntin and drinkin and whorin. Just what Repugs want. 50,000 acres. No questions asked. The sheriff can be talked to, too. Whatever happens there stays there, if ya know what I mean. Wink wink nudge nudge.

[Kolesar]

26. oh, that's rotten

& quite funny

[MasonJar]

24. Maybe every other city will bow out too.

[JudyM]

35. That would be so excellent. They'd have to hold it in a rural Red town.

[Ouabache]

49. Indianapolis has bowed out. Said no thanks basically.

Indy was asked to submit a bid. I read somewhere it won't be happening.
Maybe they can hold it in Boise or Casper.

[Texacrat]

25. There are only 2 major cities (top 15 cities) with Republican mayors

New York and Jacksonville

[KamaAina]

32. And Jacksonville got to be Top 15 by annexing nearly all of Duval Co.

it's not anywhere near being one of the fifteen largest metropolitan cities.

This would tend to explain why the repukes are so antsy to take over New Orleans during the brief window of time that it stays "vanilla".

http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/capital/index.ssf?/base/news-3/1140077763249280.xml

Over the objections of Reps. Peppi Bruneau, R-New Orleans, and Steve Scalise, R-Jefferson, lawmakers approved Jefferson-Bullock's bill to waive until July 16 the state law that requires those who register by mail to cast their first vote in person.

Jefferson-Bullock's bill would apply to about 2,000 to 3,000 New Orleans voters, those who registered between the 2000 presidential race and when Hurricane Rita made landfall Sept. 24. Election officials said more than 10,000 New Orleans voters would be eligible to vote if all who registered by mail since 1995 -- when registering by mail became legal -- and never voted were allowed to cast a mail vote....

"We have had a history of fraud under the motor-voter law," Scalise said referring to the 1995 law that established mail registration....

"Why not put it in the bill if he (Ater) is already doing it?" Bruneau shot back. "The mail process (of voting) is fraught with fraud."

Repukes bellyaching about election fraud?! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: What's next? Repukes attacking rich, powerful lobbyists?

[Catchawave]

27. What are the other cities?

Would love to start planning my protest calendar now :hi:

[Endangered Specie]

28. I bet Nuremburg will let them hold it.

[stlsaxman]

30. HAHAHAHAHAAAH!!!

Touche'! :rofl:

[kineneb]

37. not modern Nuremburg, Germans would capture Chaney & Bush

and send them to the Hague, for war crimes...if they dared to show their faces there...Chaney is wanted in France as well, something to do with Nigeria, if I remember...

[jamesinca]

50. Don't forget Poland! nt

[flygal]

52. HUGE anti Bush sign in the altstadt

on the road leading up to the WWII trial museum - I love it!

[Demeter]

29. A Party Without a Country!

I LOVE it!

[SemiCharmedQuark]

31. Haw-Haw! I love my town!

:)!

[classysassy]

33. The lunar surface

fly them to the moon,a great place for those lunatics.

[calimary]

76. And then, could we leave them there?

Gee, sir, I don't understand, all our rockets have been grounded...

[Geo55]

34. Kudos Chicago ! , ...

but , hey , there's a little island out in San Francisco bay that would be perfect.
once they're all there....we stop any boats from pickin' 'em up.

[onehandle]

38. This was a safe move for Daley. Chicago is overbooked for events.

Nice of him to thumb his nose anyway.

[Vidar]

39. Thank you, Chicago. Let 'em meet in hell.

[MetaTrope]

40. So now maybe Chicago's public transport can accept Venezuela's offer

of a price break on diesel fuel that the transit authority's chief turned down all by his lonesome recently?

[AnnieBW]

41. Too Many Black People

There's too many Black folks in Chicago. Including Oprah! :D They need to go somewhere more white-bread, like Colorado Springs.

[Betty]

43. Boston was also asked

and has refused as well. Why they would ask us, when we just hosted to Democratic convention, and are also one of the most liberal places on the planet, is beyond me.

[genie_weenie]

44. Go Cubs!

[Craig3410]

46. Now, I wouldn't go THAT far.

;)

[genie_weenie]

47. Dare to dream!!!

Hell, I never thought I'd see a Series in Chicago!

[calimary]

77. Hey, I'd cheer for the Cubs. Anything good enough for Steve Goodman

is good enough for me, God rest his soul...

(Great singer/songwriter who wrote, among other things, "City of New Orleans" and "A Dying Cub Fan's Last Request")

And I'd also vote for Baghdad, OR maybe the Armstrong ranch as great places for the republi-CONS to convene.

[LiberalFighter]

45. Maybe the all invitees turn down their request

[LiberalFighter]

48. Looks like Indy Repugs don't want to host it

News stated they thought their funds would be better spent elsewhere.

[jamesinca]

51. Why don't they host it where their base is

it will cut down on protest, let them have it in Selma Alabama, or Mobile. Let them have it in Biloxi MS. Let the GOP bring in all the prostitutes for the elected officials so their base can really know what kind of bible they read from. Let all of the pageantry happen in the middle of a hurricane devastated area so their base and the world in general will see what is most important to the GOP, self aggrandizing behavior and screwing the citizens of this country.

[Dulcinea]

56. Excellent idea.

We'll see how fast Biloxi is rebuilt then!

[JNelson6563]

60. Yeah, how 'bout on Trent Lott's porch?

:toast:

[AnneD]

65. Ouch...

heads bumping while reaching for the same shiny penny. Like minds roll down the same gutter:toast:

[DemonGoddess]

53. hehehe

no surprise there :)

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[Dulcinea]

57. New Orleans.

That's the only way the city will ever be rebuilt. Sad but true.

[calimary]

78. Nope. The DEMS should go there.

They'll actually be welcome. New Orleans and the republi-CONS would be a MOST uncomfortable fit.

[symbolman]

58. Perfect location

THE HAGUE.

We can put them all in one room cells with a single window too high to reach, and on suicide watch.

Problem solved.

[obreaslan]

59. Chicago is still trying to shake off the whole Al Capone thing still...

And they don't need the influx of more gangsters and crooks. :)

[TriMetFan]

61. Chicago will Host The Gay Games over the Nazi-Repukes.

http://www.gaygameschicago.org/


:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[loudsue]

62. THIS NEEDS TO HIT THE RUMOR MILL: RNC CONVENTION, BAGHDAD!

THE GREEN ZONE!! It will be the best rumor mill that has ever hit! :rofl:

Man I love DU!!

Just to spread the meme about the mess in Iraq during the election, we need to spread it far & wide that they're holding it in Iraq to show how "safe" we've made the place....THAT'S the idea we need to spread around!!!

:littlegreenbouncything:

[Mad_Dem_X]

63. Bravo, Chicago!

:applause: Wouldn't it be great if *all* of those cities said "no thanks"? LOL

[GinaMaria]

67. I'm so happy to live here

Thank you Mayor Daley!

[jeffrey_X]

69. We should have done it....

Along with the convention would have been mandatory bus rides from certain parts of the south and west sides of the city all the way up the north shore. They could marvel out how their system has been proven right. There will be all the rich, white people who have worked hard for everything they have up on the norht shore vs. all the poor minorities living on the south and west side who just aren't working hard enough.

[whododayis]

70. you wouldn't believe how much these things cost taxpayers

having been privy to past pitches by both the RNC and DNC, there's no wonder that cities turn these things down. in addition to the additional costs for police, etc. the parties ask for 'in kind' donations from local governments, businesses, party apparatus, and donors in the way of free convention space, hotel rooms, receptions, airline tickets, everything but hookers and hand grenades. the economic impact is supposed to more than make up for the expense, but as these things have become boring weeklong infomercials, their overall importance and value to the host city has diminished to the point where they are relegated to the second tier of host cities or places where the party leaders have a special local tie in. chicago seems to do pretty well with the various convention and trade show groups that bring big money into the city.

[Javaman]

71. It would have been 1968 all over again nt

[dogfacedboy]

72. We don't want that filthy bunch of cockroaches here. n/t

[IndianaGreen]

74. The Bermuda Triangle is putting in a bid for the GOP Convention

May all pukes become part of the Triangle's lore!

[BlueIris]

79. Egh. I pray for you, Windy City.

Hey, Mayor Daley? Nice guts. Wanna national future? I'll campaign for you.