Whats the difference between the Republican National Convention and a circus?
At the RNC, the big red noses on all the clowns are real. Oh, and there will probably be considerably fewer unicycles and clown cars. Unicycles, of course, are an alternative form of transportation that doesn’t rely on foreign oil, and clown cars… well, when was the last time you saw a Republican car-pool? But in every other sense, the RNC is shaping up to be a big, messy circus. And not some fruity French circus, either. We know how the Republicans hate the French. THE PROTESTS: The left will be marching on New York in droves, because that’s what the Left does. It marches on stuff. The Right, not so much, because the Right knows that one man with a million dollars can effect more change than a million men with one dollar. Plus, the million dollars don’t get grumpy when they’re locked in a small cage in blatant violation of the Constitution. The NYC authorities are taking an interesting, unique approach to the protests, offering tourism discounts to protestors on restaurants, hotels,