For the record, Re: the size of the Jesse Jackson demonstrations, and the Rep supporter demonstrations.... I copied the whole articles and sent myself emails, so the record could be complete...there is a 14 day archive available...so these are the earliest ones...but clearly show SPIN!!!! Wonder just what the Democrats would do if several hundred people showed up and marched with them....They clearly have lots of people "ready to go"...the Repubs will have to work on the numbers....
And Carolyn, Thanks for your post, a year ago, and now!! Both appropriate always!
#1-Nov 13, 2000
Tempers Flare At Jackson Rally
By Marcy Gordon
Associated Press Writer
Monday, Nov. 13, 2000; 9:18 p.m. EST
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. –– Tempers flared between supporters of Al Gore and George W. Bush on Monday when The Rev. Jesse Jackson tried to address a rally backing the recount of ballots in Palm Beach County.
About two dozen people holding blue Bush-Cheney signs planted themselves between Jackson's marchers and the stage where he was supposed to speak in downtown West Palm Beach, chanting "Jesse go home!" Some shouting and shoving ensued in the thick crowd.
Jackson then led several hundred protesters chanting "Revote, revote" from the Palm Beach County Governmental Center to an outdoor amphitheater several miles away. Jackson addressed the crowd without further incident.
"It was a violent scene and the crowd was out of control," he later told reporters.
He said he saw some people being verbally abused and hit with sticks.
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Item #2....Nov 13, 2000....
Election Vote Battle Goes to Courts
By Ron Fournier
AP Political Writer
washingtonpost.com
Monday, Nov. 13, 2000; 9:24 p.m. EST
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Tempers flared between Gore and Bush supporters when the Rev. Jesse Jackson tried to address a rally backing the recount of ballots in Palm Beach County. There was some shouting and shoving when about two dozen people holding blue Bush-Cheney signs planted themselves between Jackson's marchers and the stage where he was supposed to speak in downtown West Palm Beach. The two dozen people chanted "Jesse go home!"
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Item #3.....Nov 14, 2000
Fla. Tempers Flare Amid Recount
washingtonpost.com
By Marcy Gordon
Associated Press Writer
Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2000; 4:20 a.m. EST
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. –– A shouting and shoving match breaks out in Palm Beach County. A Democratic congressman needs a sheriff's escort after protesters interrupt a TV interview. Dozens of people march in front of an elections office in Jacksonville over uncounted votes.
Tensions are running high and nerves are beginning to fray across Florida as the vote-counting ordeal that will decide the nation's presidency grinds into its second week.
There has been little serious violence but plenty of shouting as supporters of Al Gore and George W. Bush wage protests around the state – much of it captured by TV cameras.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, leading protesters in Palm Beach County on Monday, ran into about two dozen people holding Bush-Cheney signs and chanting "Jesse go home!" Shouting and shoving ensued but no one was arrested.
Jackson said he saw some people being verbally abused and hit with sticks, and a reporter saw one man with some blood on his face.
"It was a violent scene and the crowd was out of control," Jackson said.
Nearly 280 miles north in Jacksonvilleabout 30 Democrats and a handful of Republicans marched in front of the elections office. At issue were 27,000 ballots that weren't tallied because they had more than one vote or no vote for president.
On Friday, Rep. Robert Wexler, a Florida Democrat who has been outspoken about the presidential ballot controversy, had to be escorted by sheriff's deputies after Bush supporters interrupted his interview with CNN on a sidewalk in West Palm Beach.
A crowd waving Bush-Cheney signs "began swarming him," said his spokesman, Josh Rogin. "It was a very unsafe environment."
Ty Hart, who drove from Miami Beach to attend Jackson's rally, said he wanted to show his support because "what you must do is let every person have an opportunity. America must be fair."
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