Posted on 05/10/2012 12:04:00 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
Democrats who already were queasy about the site of their national convention could be excused after Tuesday's election in North Carolina if they asked, "Tell me again just why we're going to Charlotte this year?"
In fact, many Democrats privately are asking exactly that after the state's voters overwhelmingly approved a measure outlawing not just same-sex marriage -- which already was illegal in North Carolina -- but also any form of civil unions.
Almost immediately after the vote, more than 20,000 people signed a "move the convention" petition being pushed by a New York group called Gay Marriage USA. And Twitter accounts lit up with hundreds of angry tweets demanding the party pull out of Charlotte.
And it's not as if things were going swimmingly for convention organizers before Tuesday's vote. Fundraising was lagging with the Democrats' decision not to accept money from corporations, making it much more difficult to reach the needed $36.6 million.
That led to more pressure on labor unions to pony up. But they would rather spend their money on grassroots efforts and are still miffed that the party decided to go to a "right to work" state and a city with few unionized hotels.
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Awwwww - don’t move. Then I won’t be able to PROTEST!
(I work in Charlotte!)
Move it to Detroit.
That’s what they want all of America to look like, anyway.
The entire DNC (especially Barry) would be very at home at the premier shop in P-Town.....”Spank the Monkey”.
“The Detroit Silver Dome would be a perfect fit, they won’t have to dream about what “Forward” will achieve. They will be able to see it in real life.”
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