...“puking Republican lobbyists” ?

[stevedeshazer]

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/gop-has-more-time-to-drink-at-conventions-2008-05-30.html

GOP has more time to drink at convention

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Last call should arrive two hours later for Republicans than Democrats at their national convention, giving GOPers more time to celebrate or down their sorrows.

Minnesota’s legislature has approved a bill allowing municipalities in the Twin Cities to extend their bar hours to as late as 4 a.m. – but only for the Sept. 1-4 Republican National Convention. Twin Cities bars now close at 2 a.m.

Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak and the city council already signed off on a resolution endorsing the idea and asking for the state legislature’s approval, according to Rybak spokesman Jeremy Hanson.

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It’s less certain if the other Twin City, St. Paul, will follow suit. In April, its city council voted 4-3 against a resolution asking the legislature to take action, according to reports in the Twin Cities media.

“It would be nothing short of a nightmare,” council member Dave Thune told the Minneapolis Star-Tribune at the time. He added that he wanted to spare residents of his downtown district the sight of “puking Republican lobbyists” in the streets.

:rofl:

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1. They're certainly going to have reason to drink

I guess an extra couple of hours will be good for business. And it's only for four days. Minnesotans are tough enough to see Republican lobbyists puking their miserable guts out. I hope they can post the video on You Tube of some clown in a McCain straw boater on hands and knees in the gutter at 9th and Hennepin, ralphing out his liquid dinner.