My point is in all intent and purposes you can call them moderate Republicans. In New York we have many of those. I call them wild eyed dreamers. They THINK that represent the majority view of that party. You may seen a couple last night on TV. They dragged out John McCain. They dragged out Mayor Rudy Guliani (Note: Please if you ever get the chance ask a few my brothers from the Bronx and Brooklyn about how they feel about Guliani PRIOR to 9/11. OR better yet ask his ex-wife) America's mayor was NOT the mayor for ALL of New York. That's a story for another day and we get the last laugh when he tries to run for nation wide office as a pro-choice Republican. Today they will drag out that sexual harasser, Arnold Schwarzenegger, to show America their false face. Their "compassionate" face. Their bullshit face. People, don't believe the hype. "Moderate" Republicans are NOT the true face of that fucking party.

So I never really saw what a REAL Republican is face to face. Until today.

I had the great misfortune of actually working around the convention yesterday. I wont go in to detail about what I was doing but suffice to say it put me face to face with those bastards. My first view of a Republican actually was a hot babe I saw on 9th Ave. She looked at me rather meekly then waked away scurrying off to the Garden. For a second I thought damn that girl is hot. Then I realize she supports a man who is bombing innocent children and sending off young men against their will to commit atrocities in our name (I never have and I never will blame soldiers in combat for anything they do during war. You do what you gotta do to stay alive).

How can I look upon these people with any sort of compassion? They represent the true power of the Republican party. They ARE the rank and file. They ARE the ones who support voter intimidation. They ARE the ones who will vote for Bush regardless of the fact he froze while our nation was under attack. They could careless about his incredibly bad record on the economy. The could careless about our environment. They could careless about social justice ESPECIALLY FOR OUR CHILDREN!

That sweet innocent looking young lady that I wanted to be with may have a face the party would hope America believes IS what the Republicans are about. But most of the faces I saw on 34th St. yesterday. Were ugly individuals who knew they weren't wanted and frankly didn't want to be here.

Ugly not physically (Althouh a couple delegeates from Utah were looked pretty nasty..Yeesh) but spiritually. Ugly in thatthey endorse the use of religion as a political tool. They endorse the politics of fear and smear. They endorse using our precious natural resources for their economic gain and not for the benefit of our children to use in the years to come.

Their souls are ugly with hate and contemt for America. They see only what they want to see. However this week, despite all their efforts, they are seeing something else.

No matter how hard they tried to maintain their tunnel vision. A trick that they have mastered so well from their homes in Virginia and Texas. Here in the streets of New York its not that easy to turn a blind eye. When every other person walking around, or sidewalk had on something to show their displeasure with your party and man.

The president has a habit of suppressing dissent at all of his events. Squirreling away dissenters into a corner some were. A childish act of "out of sight out of mind". But in my town "homie don't play that". This is a town built on dissent and is DAMN PROUD of its history of dissension. Over 80% of New Yorkers SUPPORT the protest that have been going on over the last few days. Half a MILLION of us marched against Bush on Sunday! Sorry Mister pRez you can throw all of us in your fucking cubby hole as if we didn't exist! This isn't midland Texas were your shock troops do your bidding. This is NYC jack! When the PEOPLE want to say something WE FUCKING SAY IT! No matter what THE MAN WANTS!

The Republicans are getting a taste of something that normally Bush and his band of assholes are able to control. Keep it nice and neat. Not this week. Not here. Signing a loyalty oath so you can SEE The President of the United States will not play here. You will NOT be able to hide protestors miles away in back streets somewere. No. They are right across the right across the street from that building and WE WILL BE HEARD. If not by you but by your rank and file as they shuffle past the hissing crowd. Since they like to give it, especially to us in NYC, they will feel and KNOW what contempt is.

Think the opening credits for the movie THE WARRIORS.

How the gangs of New York gathered on the subway platforms on their way to the meeting in the Bronx at Van Cordtlandt Park. To see and hear the legendary leader of the biggest gang ion NYC Cyrus. Cyrus would preach to all the gangs that night, if they all united they could take over the city streets. All though he was misguided, in his message meant taking over the crime operations of NYC, his overall message of UNITY was sound. A people united can never be defeated. That night in Van Cordtlandt Park, the gangs were buying into his message. Then he was shot, by Luther, the leader of the Rouges who try to pin it on the gang from Coney Island. The Warriors.

That's how it felt this morning when I entered the subway station. All along the platform were my brothers and sisters against Bush. Just like the gangs of New York converged that night. They were easily identifiable by their garments. Each wore a symbol..badge of honor.. Labeling as one of our family. We weren't going to see Cyrus. Our problem was, Luther wasn't the leader of the Rouges anymore. He was the pResident of the United States.