Isn't it strange that there are only protesters at the RNC and other republican gatherings and not the democratic assemblies?

Joe-

I noticed that also, I just hate protesters! they look stupid, they make others look stupid!
I do however find it funny that they act suprised when they are arrested.
Then the next day they want to take everbody to court.
Somebody here not long ago asked when liberal became some sort of insult,
It became an insult when your party reps started looking and acting like guests on the jerry springer show!

My God, another one.

What I think is even more strange is that you didn't know there were protesters at the Democratic Convention. How sad an American doesn't even know what's going on in his own country. Get your news from the internet in the future.

Google is your friend. I quickly found these links when I typed in Protesters at DNC Convention

http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_9744092

http://www.kwgn.com/pages/kwgn_interships_...&feedID=202

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfISlq1gzK8

Yeah, there were protestors at both conventions. I think the protesting at RNC became more violent though. Pepper spray and arrests...

I'm not sure if one was more violent then the other. There was pepper spray and arrests made at the DNC too. There were anarchists breaking stuff at both conventions. One of the links I provided gives a recent (Sept. 4th) account of the protesters being charged.

Both parties are disliked by groups on the left and right. Lefties dislike the Dems for being sell outs.

You are ignorant.

I agree. I'm a democrat but they are sell outs. In my opinion they are setting a low bar for the next prez by not impeaching the current one.

And you probably sniff your own farts.

Silly me, I thought it was legal to protest here in the U.S.

Guess they really did get rid of that little annoying Constitution piece of paper, after all.

Protesting is legal, However protesters never seem to be able to behave them selves and disturbing the peace is NOT LEGAL, TRESSPASSING IS NOT LEGAL, RIOTTING IS NOT LEGAL.

You know damn well that the news channels can not pass up some good footage of a riot or a beating. So the rest of the world gets to see what Obama's supporters look like. yeah yeah yeah I know they are few and far between, but that isnt what gets presented to the people is it? The story you end up hearing is that Obama people are misfits and freaks that run wild in the streets.

There were protesters for sure at the DNC. They were filmed that Sunday telling Faux Newz to go screw themselves over and over till they left. The protesters were demanding the stop of an illegal war. The protesters at the RNC were wrongfully detained, searched, jailed. Some at the RNC were labeled terrorists and now have no constitutional rights. There is a video of a man and woman that went to the DNC and thought it was boring. They then went to the RNC and rode their bikes into a storm trooper roundup. They did nothing wrong other than ride their bikes while filming. They were arrested and booked for charges trumped up. Welcome to the new Fourth Reich.

Some protesters at the RNC and the DNC may have been guilty of such crimes. Whether they were there to legitimately protest is subject to another discussion.

Do you have any evidence that the majority of RNC - or DNC - protesters engaged in such behavior, versus just protesting lawfully and peacefully?

No I dont because that would be boring, and news being more entertainment than informative, all I got to see was the BAD EGGS.

I was a protester at the DNC. My veteran friends were the organizers of the IVAW protest (Iraq Vets Against the War). About 60 vets marched in formation followed by about 3,000 civilians from the Coliseum to Downtown Denver, through downtown, through the campus and up to the Pepsi Center, followed by police in riot gear the whole way. The police were stopping traffic to allow the procession. One stop was in front of the Westin Hotel where the vets read their letter written to Obama in front of his hotel. The soldiers demanded to meet with an Obama representative. When we got near the pepsi center, the police escorted two of the leaders of the IVAW inside the Pepsi Center where they delivered their letter and got to speak to a campaign representative.

At one point, when we were INSIDE the "free speech zone", the crowd was SITTING peacefully waiting for contact from a campaign rep and the police began to tell the crowd to disperse immediately. We did not. Noone left, noone moved, we just waited and then followed the soldiers to the next stop on the march closer to the Pepsi Center.

Noone was arrested or acted foolish or was gassed. The soldiers and vets were happy with the outcome and their voices were heard. I'd say it was an example of a successful protest, although more national media coverage would have been nice. The fact that it was peaceful meant that it did not receive as much attention. There were other smaller peaceful protest marches in Denver. They got no coverage at all. The only protests that get coverage are the violent ones.

The IVAW vets also went and did the same thing at the RNC. The McCain camp refused to speak to them and would not send a representative to receive their letter. Just goes to show who is on the side of free speech. From what I saw happening in St. Paul, the atmosphere in Denver was much more laid back and friendly and allowing of free speech than at the RNC.

"OUT OF THE SIDEWALKS, INTO THE STREETS!!"

do you really mean any? i didnt see this, but maybe others did, on national tv? were you on national tv at all?

Or, they exclusively focused on said "bad eggs" to give you a distorted picture of the protesters who were actually there.

I'm glad you have the media savvy to recognize infotainment, but I'm sad you're unwilling to want more than just that.

you wouldnt have liked the founding fathers of my country then...they were the original protesters

It's not all I want , it's all I can get!

lol So what if I do? and how old are you? What relevance does that bring to anything? Was that supposed to upset me?

AMEN!!!