Whatever happened to the days

[SammyBlue]

When a person could go and watch a president or a nominee speak on the campaign without a ticket to attend?

Don't give me 9/11.

I just got an email from JohnKerry.com and to attend a rally in Flagstaff (which, unfortunately, I cannot attend) on Sunday, I was told that I needed a ticket, but their were free.

What kind of crap is this? People should be allowed to see who is running for president themselves without so much as anything required, except a search for weapons since we don't want any wingnut (on either side) blasting his/her way into prison (pun intended).

I abhor this crap and hope others do too. The only consolations I can see are that Kerry's people don't deny people based on their political affiliations, that people aren't asked to fill out a loyalty oath and that reporters aren't asked their race.

But the fact that admission is necessitated by a ticket bothers me to no end.