This seems to be a non-issue. It was my understanding that the majority of the funds for the inauguration ceremony are composed of private and corporate donations. Granted, there currently seems to be a good amount of debate over the legitimacy of whether DC will have to use funds which were originally earmarked for "homeland security" to provide security for the event.
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Originally Posted by Superbelt
They are doing it this way because he refuses to allow dissenting opinions to be around him (see. Free Speech Zones) |
Because the Democrats would never do something like that, right? Uh, wrong. Compare the Repub Nat'l Convention to the Democratic Nat'l Convention. The DNC is the one who set up the "caged protest areas". Both sides do it.
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0726-04.htm
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Originally Posted by Superbelt
Turning their backs is not making a nuisance. It is representing the large minority of americans who took part in the 2004 elections.
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I believe that there is a time and a place for everything. Protests have a purpose in the political process, but I wouldn't agree with a protest at any presidential inauguration, democrat or republican.