Republican National Convention - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/republican_national_convention/?source=rss&aim=republican_national_convention en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Sat, 28 May 2005 11:05:00 PDT Rush Limbaugh's tortured logic By Valarie Kaur Sat, 28 May 2005 11:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/05/28/harvard_abu_ghraib_play/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/05/28/harvard_abu_ghraib_play/index.html?source=rss Rush accused me and other Harvard students of hating America because we put on a play about Abu Ghraib. Not only did he reveal his profound moral ignorance, he lost a man who used to be his biggest fan -- my dad. Cops, lies and videotape Tim Grieve Sat, 28 May 2005 11:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/04/12/protests/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/04/12/protests/index.html?source=rss The protests at the Republican National Convention led to a whole lot of arrests, but videotapes are forcing prosecutors to drop charges in hundreds of cases. Swaggering toward Election Day By Mary Jacoby Sat, 28 May 2005 11:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/09/03/bush/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/09/03/bush/index.html?source=rss With the 9/11 tragedy as his backdrop, George Bush rediscovers "compassionate conservatism" in time to court women voters. John Kerry comes out swinging By Tim Grieve Sat, 28 May 2005 11:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/09/03/kerry/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/09/03/kerry/index.html?source=rss Angry at being called "unfit to serve" by men who didn't, the Democrat finally fights back. The truth isn't out there By Tim Grieve Sat, 28 May 2005 11:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/09/02/cheney_convention/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/09/02/cheney_convention/index.html?source=rss From Dick Cheney on down, the Republican convention's speakers haven't let the facts get in the way of their partisan ferocity. "Mom, what are asses of evil?" By Ellen Neuborne Sat, 28 May 2005 11:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2004/09/02/protest_parenting/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2004/09/02/protest_parenting/index.html?source=rss Protesters have taken over my Manhattan neighborhood. But how do I explain their signs -- let alone the dismal state of the world -- to my 9-year-old son? RNC bloggers gone wild! By Mark Follman Sat, 28 May 2005 11:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/right_hook/2004/09/01/rnc_bloggers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/right_hook/2004/09/01/rnc_bloggers/index.html?source=rss They promised substance over style -- hard-hitting, inside scoops. So say hello to Bo Derek, Miss America, TV star Angie Harmon, and "Ari Fleischer's guide to red-hot G.O.P. love." The passion of the Rudy By Tim Grieve Sat, 28 May 2005 11:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/08/31/rnc_day_one/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/08/31/rnc_day_one/index.html?source=rss The GOP's Monday night moderates try to fire up the convention's far-right true believers. But Michael Moore is more successful. Island of the cannibal Republicans By David Womack Sat, 28 May 2005 11:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2004/08/30/cannibals/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2004/08/30/cannibals/index.html?source=rss One New York writer welcomes GOP delegates with a self-published Swiftian satire -- recipes included! "We the people say no to Bush" By Michelle Goldberg Sat, 28 May 2005 11:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/08/30/sunday_protests/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/08/30/sunday_protests/index.html?source=rss Hundreds of thousands of protesters filled the New York streets Sunday. Clash songs blasted, anarchists taunted "Aida"-goers, and moms, queers and Wall Street bankers told the Bush administration it must go. Right Hook By Mark Follman Sat, 28 May 2005 11:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/right_hook/2004/08/25/rnc_protests/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/right_hook/2004/08/25/rnc_protests/index.html?source=rss Bernadette Malone rips New York Mayor Bloomberg for coddling "mice-releasing, AIDS-spreading junior terrorists." Mark Steyn deems Elton John and Hollywood Dems "deranged." Plus: Why Buchanan loves Nader. The whole world is watching By Michelle Goldberg Sat, 28 May 2005 11:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/08/17/convention_protest/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/08/17/convention_protest/index.html?source=rss If militants violently disrupt the GOP convention, it could be Chicago 1968 redux -- and Christmas in August for the Bush campaign. The Administration Awards Cartoon by Mark Fiore Sat, 28 May 2005 11:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/fiore/2004/03/04/award/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/fiore/2004/03/04/award/index.html?source=rss Now that the Academy Awards are over, the 9/11 Commission is doling out the Bushies. Bush plays politics with 9/11 By Eric Boehlert Sat, 28 May 2005 11:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/03/02/ground_zero/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/03/02/ground_zero/index.html?source=rss Republican speculation that Bush may use ground zero as a convention backdrop has some 9/11 victims' families appalled. War on protesters By Jesse Walker Sat, 28 May 2005 11:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/08/14/police/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/08/14/police/index.html?source=rss The militarization of police strategies on display this convention season has cops fighting demonstrators, not crime. Gore's stiff competition By Mark Bowden Sat, 28 May 2005 11:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/08/09/bowden/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/08/09/bowden/index.html?source=rss Republicans have zeroed in on the one thing the Democrats cannot defend: Clinton's slick willy. Do not pass Go By Anthony York Sat, 28 May 2005 11:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/08/08/ruckus/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/08/08/ruckus/index.html?source=rss Are the Philadelphia police using high bail to keep an activist leader away from the Democratic Convention? Born again, and again By Bruce Shapiro Sat, 28 May 2005 11:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/08/05/rebirth/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/08/05/rebirth/index.html?source=rss George W. Bush is betting Americans will prefer a prodigal son to a dutiful one. Bush's acceptance speech, by the numbers By Jake Tapper Sat, 28 May 2005 11:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/08/04/numbers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/08/04/numbers/index.html?source=rss Three references to drugs, two to sex, 18 mentions of children and nothing nice about Al Gore. Taking it from the streets By Anthony York Sat, 28 May 2005 11:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/08/04/protest/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/08/04/protest/index.html?source=rss Philly police face ugly allegations after hundreds of protesters are detained for more than two days. Bush bash By Jake Tapper Sat, 28 May 2005 11:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/08/04/bush/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/08/04/bush/index.html?source=rss A kinder, gentler Papa Smurf tries to reach out to those left out, laments the failed potential of President Clinton and knocks Al Gore upside the head. Back to the future By Anthony York Sat, 28 May 2005 11:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/08/03/cheney/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/08/03/cheney/index.html?source=rss Would-be vice president Dick Cheney borrows a line from Al Gore as he incites Republican delegates to restore a Bush presidency. There's a riot goin' on ... Not! By Anthony York Sat, 28 May 2005 11:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/08/03/protests/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/08/03/protests/index.html?source=rss One reporter, 200 police cars, a trapped Gummi Bear and finally: A protester! Blue Glow By Joyce Millman Sat, 28 May 2005 11:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/glow/2000/08/03/glow/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/glow/2000/08/03/glow/index.html?source=rss Salon's TV picks for Thursday, Aug. 3, 2000 Defining compassionate conservatism By Jake Tapper Sat, 28 May 2005 11:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/08/03/goldsmith/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/08/03/goldsmith/index.html?source=rss Stephen Goldsmith, George W. Bush's senior domestic policy advisor and a bit of a wonk, calls for the public and private sectors to both do their part.