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The '''Republican National Convention''' for the [[U.S. presidential election, 2004]], will be held from August 30 to September 2, 2004, at New York City's [[Madison Square Garden]].
 
The '''Republican National Convention''' for the [[U.S. presidential election, 2004]], will be held from August 30 to September 2, 2004, at New York City's [[Madison Square Garden]].
  
This year the convention was pushed back by one month; the 2000 '''Republican National Convention''' started July 29th, 2000.
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This year the convention was pushed back by one month; the 2000 '''Republican National Convention''' started July 29th, 2000. The later date will allow the
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republicans to exploit the conventions proximity to the anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks on New York City to bolster their political prospects.  
  
This is so the republicans can better exploit New York City and 9/11 to use in their lies and propaganda to further their own regressive agenda.
 
 
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== Other Related SourceWatch Resources ==
 
== Other Related SourceWatch Resources ==
  

Revision as of 01:56, 14 June 2004

The Republican National Convention for the U.S. presidential election, 2004, will be held from August 30 to September 2, 2004, at New York City's Madison Square Garden.

This year the convention was pushed back by one month; the 2000 Republican National Convention started July 29th, 2000. The later date will allow the republicans to exploit the conventions proximity to the anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks on New York City to bolster their political prospects.

Other Related SourceWatch Resources

External Links

  • Ben Smith, Iraq Media Guy Rebuilds Qatar At the Garden, New York Observer, October 23, 2003: Jim Wilkinson "started last month as the director of communications for the Republican National Convention, which will take place from Aug. 30 to Sept. 2 next year. His office, on the 18th floor over Madison Square Garden, is furnished with the essentials: leather-bound Bible, Yankee cap, Fox News on the flat-screen TV. ... His task: establish a communications center in the core of the media capital of the Western world."