Ian
McGrady (ABC News, NBC4, ABC7, News 12 Connecticut) captures the
“the chill” on free speech that New York Police, apparently
on loan to the RNC, helped enforce on the evening of President Bush’s
acceptance speech for the Presidential Nomination at the Republican
National Congress in Madison Square Garden, NYC. If Bush is re-appointed,
will public political discourse be similarly discouraged? It isn’t
just a liberal vs. conservative issue: What you see shows this directive
to affect us all. But don’t blame the officers: They’re
just following orders.