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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 2008 Republican National Convention 2008 Republican National Convention 2008 Republican National Convention Official Logo of the 2008 Republican National Convention Date Venue City Presidential Nominee Vice Presidential Nominee September 1 – September 4, 2008 Xcel Energy Center Saint Paul, Minnesota John McCain of Arizona Sarah Palin of Alaska The United States 2008 Republican National Convention took place at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota, from September 1, through September 4, 2008.[1] The first day of the Republican Party’s convention fell on Labor Day, the last day of the popular Minnesota State Fair, though because of Hurricane Gustav, this day was mostly a call for action to help victims and formal, required activities; most of the politicking and partying did not start until Tuesday, the second scheduled day. This was the latest any major party convention has ever been convened,[2] and the first one to take place entirely in September. Traditionally, the party who holds the White House has the opportunity to select the date of its convention second, and normally the challenging party holds their convention in July while the incumbent party holds its convention in August. This year, later dates were chosen for both conventions because the parties wanted to schedule their conventions after the 2008 Summer Olympics ended. It was also the second time in American history that an incumbent president did not attend Presidential Nominee John McCain Arizona his party’s convention (although President Bush did appear via satellite). The attending delegates at the convention nominated John McCain as the Republican Presidential candidate and Sarah Palin as the Vice-Presidential candidate for the 2008 Presidential election. 1,191 pledged delegates were necessary for a candidate to win the nomination. V Speakers Monday, September 1, 2008 • Scheduled speeches by U.S. President George W. Bush, U.S. Vice-President Dick Cheney and U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman were canceled because of Hurricane Gustav.[3] An abbreviated meeting was 1 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia scheduled for late afternoon to conduct business required under party rules. The remainder of the convention schedule was determined day by day depending on the nature of the storm.[4] • , First Lady of the United States[5] • , wife of (then-presumptive) Presidential nominee John McCain[5] The two women appeared together and delivered short remarks to encourage support for hurricane relief efforts.[6] 2008 Republican National Convention media bias, branded Democrats as elitists, and praised (then-presumptive) Vice Presidential nominee, Palin.[11] • , U.S. Senator from Minnesota • , U.S. House of Representative Minority Leader and from Ohio Wednesday, September 3, 2008 Tuesday, September 2, 2008 Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin addressing the convention on September 3, 2008 • , former Mayor of New York City, New York. Giuliani questioned Obama’s judgment and overall experience. He said, "John [McCain] has been tested. Barack Obama has not. Tough times require strong leadership, and this is no time for on-the-job training."[12] He also said that Obama and Democrats "are in a state of denial" about the threat of terrorism to the U.S.,[13] while McCain can confront and defeat "anything that terrorists do to us".[13] He further said that Obama is without a record of leadership: "He’s the least-experienced candidate for President of the United States in at least the last 100 years."[13] The former Mayor praised Palin as "one of the most successful governors in America—and the most popular... She already has more executive experience than the entire Democratic ticket."[13] • , Governor of Alaska and (thenpresumptive) Vice Presidential nominee. In Palin’s speech, she portrayed herself as a reformer and a fighter for change.[12] She introduced her family and described her life in Alaska, saying she is just "an average hockey mom", while commenting on her recent negative publicity: "Here’s a little news flash for all those reporters and commentators: I’m not going to Members of the Bush and McCain families when former President George H.W. Bush was honored on September 2, 2008 • , President of the United States (via satellite). Because of the events of Hurricane Gustav, Bush did not attend the convention, but instead delivered his remarks to the delegates via satellite. Bush honored McCain’s courage and his maverick reputation, while also stating that McCain is ready to lead.[7] • , First Lady of the United States. The First Lady touted McCain’s experience and credentials, while talking about her and her husband’s achievements in the White House.[8] She introduced President Bush who appeared via satellite. • , Independent Democrat (formerly Democrat) U.S. Senator from Connecticut. Lieberman, who ran for Vice President (as a Democrat) with Democratic Party Presidential nominee, Al Gore in the 2000 presidential election,[9] praised McCain and argued that Barack Obama, the Democratic Party’s Presidential nominee is not ready to be President.[10] • , former U.S. Senator from Tennessee. Thompson attacked perceived liberal- 2 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Washington to seek their good opinion. I’m going to Washington to serve the people of this great country."[12] She defended her relative lack of political experience and criticized Obama.[12] Her speech was well received by the convention delegates[12] and media commentators.[14] , former Governor of Arkansas. While he commended Obama for clinching his party’s nomination, Huckabee said that Obama lacks experience and judgment, especially in foreign policy.[13] He said, "I don’t believe his preparation or his plans will lift America up."[13] , former Governor of Massachusetts. Romney commented on Obama’s campaign message of change, saying, "We need change all right. Change from a liberal Washington to a conservative Washington. We have a prescription for every American who wants change in Washington—throw out the biggovernment liberals and elect John McCain."[13] Romney said that Obama "ducked and dodged" when asked about terrorism and Islamic extremism.[13] , U.S. Senate Minority Leader. McConnell performed the Adoption and Announcement of Vice-Presidential nominee Palin.[15] , U.S. Senator from Minnesota , Governor of Hawaii , former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Hewlett-Packard , former President and Chief Executive Officer of eBay 2008 Republican National Convention nominee Barack Obama, rather she praised her husband, saying, "He has shown the value of self-sacrifice by daily example and, above all John showers us with the unconditional love and support every family dreams of. I know what his children say of him. And his courageous service to America in war and peace leaves no doubt what our forefathers would make of him."[16] She also showed her support for Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin,[16] all before her husband took the stage. , Governor of Minnesota , Former Governor of Pennsylvania , United States Senator from Kansas , Former United States Senate Majority Leader , United States Senator from Florida , United States Senator from Nevada , United States Senator from South Carolina , United States Representative from Oklahoma , United States Representative from Oklahoma , United States Representative from Tennessee , 27-year-old Illinois State Representative; nominee for U.S. House of Representatives , Former Treasurer of the United States • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Hosting city selection Thursday, September 4 • , United States Senator from Arizona and 2008 Republican nominee for President of the United States. In his speech, McCain culminated the Republican convention by accepting his party’s nomination for President of the United States. He was introduced by a video tribute. • , wife of John McCain. Prior to appearing on stage, a video tribute honoring Cindy McCain was shown to the delegates. She then appeared and introduced the seven McCain children.[16] McCain portrayed her husband as a "straight talker" and a father who, by example, has passed his love of his country onto his children.[16] She avoided criticizing Democratic The Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota Four cities made bids to the Republican National Committee (RNC) for proposals to host the 2008 Convention. Those cities were Cleveland, Ohio, Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota, New York City, New York, and Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida. The RNC 3 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Selection Committee made its recommendation for Minneapolis-Saint Paul and on September 27, 2006, the RNC made its decision public that the 2008 Republican National Convention would be held in Minneapolis-Saint Paul.[1] The RNC made their decision earlier than originally scheduled because the Democratic National Committee (DNC) also had Minneapolis-Saint Paul as a finalist among bidding cities. (After the RNC’s selection, the DNC removed Minneapolis-Saint Paul from consideration which left the DNC with only two cities to choose from: New York City and Denver, Colorado). This is the second time the Minneapolis-Saint Paul area held the Republican National Convention—the first was held in 1892. 2008 Republican National Convention convention with the delegates chanting it during Lieberman’s and Thompson’s speeches on the first evening. Scheduling With the landfall of Hurricane Gustav on the U.S. Gulf Coast, the White House canceled the planned appearances of President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney.[18] Governors Bobby Jindal of Louisiana and Rick Perry of Texas skipped the convention to remain in their states during the hurricane’s landfall.[19][20] The Monday, September 1, 2008, schedule was compressed to two hours from seven.[18] McCain called on the party to reduce partisan activities ahead of the hurricane’s arrival.[18] The Republican Party chartered a DC-9 to fly convention delegates representing the affected areas back home to their families.[18] The last time a major hurricane struck in a Presidential-election year was Hurricane Andrew in 1992, which hit South Florida four days after the Republican Convention in Houston, Texas.[19][21] On March 26, 2008, the National Football League; the television network, NBC; and the Republican National Committee agreed in principle to move the kickoff time of the September 4, 2008, Washington Redskins–New York Giants season-opening football game to 7:00 p.m. EDT instead of 8:30 p.m. EDT to accommodate the convention.[22] The game ended relatively on time, at 10:01 p.m. EDT, with NBC Sports handing off to NBC News within moments of the end of the game. According to Nielsen Media Research, 38.9 million Americans watched McCain deliver his acceptance speech—a half million more than tuned in to see Obama the previous week.[23] Political significance The 27 electoral college votes from Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa as a block—equal in value to Florida’s—was judged by the University of Minnesota Elections project to be subject to swing toward either major party.[17] Even so, Minnesota has not gone to the Republicans since the 1972 election when during his re-election President Richard Nixon won every state except Massachusetts and the District of Columbia. In 1984, during his re-election, President Ronald Reagan was victorious over Minnesota’s "favorite son", Walter Mondale, in all states except Minnesota, and the District of Columbia. Since the U.S. Constitution limits the President to two terms and Vice President Dick Cheney did not seek the Presidency, the 2008 election was the first election in which neither the sitting President nor the sitting Vice President appeared on the ticket since 1928 (when neither the sitting President, Calvin Coolidge, nor the sitting Vice President, Charles G. Dawes, chose to seek the Presidency) and the first since 1952 where neither the sitting President nor sitting Vice President sought his party’s nomination (when the sitting President, Harry S. Truman, chose not to seek re-election and the sitting Vice President, Alben Barkley, lost the Democratic Nomination to Adlai Stevenson). Based on the signs that were waved by the delegates, the dominant message of the convention was "Country First." The "U.S.A.!" chant was also a part of the message of the Delegate count To be selected as the 2008 Republican Party Nominee, a candidate must have received the vote of 1,191 delegates. As of March 4, 2008, McCain had received the pledges of more than 1,191 delegates.[24][25] Although most of those delegates were not required to vote for him,[26] on September 3, 2008, McCain won the nomination almost unanimously.[27] Republican National Convention Presidential nominee vote, 2008[27] Candidate Votes Percentage 4 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John McCain Ron Paul Mitt Romney 2,343 98.45% 15 2 0.63% 0.08% 0.84% 2008 Republican National Convention Delegates that did not 20 vote Totals 2,380 100.00% Palin was nominated for Vice President by voice vote on September 4, 2008.[28] Protests Antiwar march at the Minnesota State Capitol on September 1, 2008 Approximately 10,000 largely peaceful protesters marched against the war in Iraq and 2,000 more to end homelessness and poverty.[29][30] They represented a number of organizations opposed to the Republican Administration including the Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign, link title Veterans for Peace, Iraq Veterans Against the War, Military Families Speak Out, the Teamsters, Code Pink, the American Indian Movement and the RNC Welcoming Committee.[31][32] About 1,000 people in place for the third major march, and the last to be sanctioned, were stopped on Thursday, September 4, 2008, by police.[33] The AntiWar Committee, which supports nonviolent action and civil disobedience and had cooperated with anarchist groups, had organized and publicized the march to protest at the time of McCain’s acceptance speech.[34] Ron Paul’s Campaign for Liberty and 10,000 Ron Paul supporters attended the Rally for the Republic, a protest convention on September 2, 2008, held a few miles from the Xcel Energy Center at the Minneapolis Target Center in direct contrast to the Republican National Convention.[35] The Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign march to abolish poverty on September 2, 2008 Several groups had been preparing to protest near the convention.[36] In early January 2008, protesters marched from the Minnesota State Capitol to the Xcel Energy Center in hopes of securing a protest permit.[37] The Saint Paul Police Department authorized the event, but only approved the permit through July 2008. On February 8 and February 9, 2008, anti-war protesters attended a weekend conference at the University of Minnesota to discuss the protests and antiwar rally.[38] On February 28, 2008, the Associated Press (AP) reported that the police department adopted new guidelines for the investigation of protest groups. The police department said that this did not have anything to do with the convention.[39] In early March 2008, the city of Saint Paul gave the first permits to protest organizers.[40] The city had said that it was not going to follow the "New York model" for protest security, referring to the tactics the New York City Police Department used for the 2004 Republican National Convention 5 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia protest activity.[41] Later, on March 24, 2008, the anti-war group the Coalition to March on the RNC and Stop the War, sued the city, claiming their free speech and due process rights were denied by the vagueness of the permits which did not specify a permitted route for their march.[42] On July 16, 2008, a Federal judge upheld the terms of the permit.[43] And when the time came on September 2, 2008, police led the Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign for two hours on a 2.5 miles (4.0 km) trek away from the convention which had been less than 1 mile (1.6 km) from their starting point.[44] 2008 Republican National Convention Saint Paul during the weekend preceding the convention and hundreds more were detained.[47] Several aspects of the police raids were unusual enough to merit attention from major media outlets.[48] In particular, raids on suspected protesters were performed by teams of up to 30 police officers wearing riot gear with weapons drawn.[48] Protesters involved in the raids were accused of fire-code violations at a rental hall used by a group organizing RNC protests.[48] On the first day of the convention, a group of protesters non-violently stood in front of approximately 30 to 40 delegates from Connecticut in an attempt to prevent them from entering the convention. One member of the delegation was sprayed in the face, with a toxic substance thought to be diluted bleach.[49] Paramedics treated an 83-year-old member of the delegation for breathing problems when his credentials were ripped from his neck.[49] Additionally, a black bloc smashed windows of corporate businesses and several police cars and lit at least one fire near downtown Saint Paul.[49] About 12 protesters were arrested.[49] Police raids on protesters and arrests Minnesota Peace Team and police in Saint Paul on September 4, 2008 During the convention’s first three days, more than 300[50] individuals were arrested by police,[51] including journalists (AP photographer Matt Rourke was one),[52] healthcare workers and lawyer observers.[53] Some were released, but nearly half received felony charges.[53] Of these felony arrests, many cases were dropped or reviewed, some times for lesser charges, and about 21 were found to be prosecutable.[50] About 102 persons were arrested for unlawful assembly at a Rage Against the Machine concert in downtown Minneapolis.[54] Police in downtown Saint Paul on September 2, 2008 Planning, however careful, was followed by unexpected preemptive raids at the start of the convention, initiated by the local sheriff,[45] and in coordination with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.[46] Six persons who were a part of the organizing group, the RNC Welcoming Committee, were arrested during five police raids on homes in Minneapolis and 6 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Over the four days of the convention, more than 30 journalists were arrested while reporting on the protests. The arrests included journalists from national organizations such as AP and Democracy Now!, journalists from local radio and TV stations, as well as university journalism students and advisors.[55] Three journalists from Democracy Now!—including principal host Amy Goodman—were detained by police during their reporting on the protests.[56] According to a press release by Democracy Now!, Goodman was arrested after attempting to free two of the show’s producers who were in police custody;[57] all were held on charges of "probable cause for riot".[58] Progressive news sources have criticized the arrest as unlawful and a violation of the freedom of the press[59], and warned of the "chilling effects" of such measures.[60] When a permit expired at 5 p.m. on the last day of the convention, bridges were closed and police used tear gas, smoke bombs, pepper spray, flash bangs, mounted police, 40 mm paint rounds, 40 mm sponge rounds, and all-terrain vehicles to prevent an anti-war march organized by the Anti-War Committee that had begun at 4 p.m.[61] at the State Capitol.[54][62] Between 300 and 400 persons were arrested or held including 19 journalists, among them AP reporters Amy Forliti and Jon Krawczynski,[62] reporters from Twin Cities Daily Planet and The Uptake, and Paul Demko of The Minnesota Independent.[62][63][64] Total arrests of convention protesters numbered nearly 800, although only 15 cases resulted in criminal charges.[65] Several suits were started in U.S. District Court, claiming civil rights abuses by the St. Paul police.[65] Search warrants were still being granted into 2009 in relation to the events that transpired during the 2008 RNC.[66] 2008 Republican National Convention a maximum of 10 years in prison. He is still awaiting sentencing to between 30 and 46 months in prison depending on whether U.S. Chief Judge Michael J. Davis decides that he played a minor or major role in the crime. Crowder has been in jail since his September 1, 2008 arrest for disorderly conduct. • David Guy McKay, also of Midland, Texas and the other member of the "Texas 2", was initially released on bail on February 2, 2009 after his first trial ended in a hung jury. The case never went to retrial as on March 17, McKay accepted a plea deal and plead guilty to three federal felonies: possession of an unregistered firearm (molotov cocktails), illegal manufacture of a firearm, and possession of a firearm with no serial number, in return for the government not seeking four additional sentencing points for "intent to use" the molotov cocktails. Based on transcripts from his first trial [68] [69], McKay had a good chance of proving entrapment, but if found guilty, he could have faced 30 years in prison on the weapons charges alone. McKay is also currently in jail awaiting sentencing. • A total of twenty-one indviduals were charged with felony crimes. Three pled guilty and charges were dropped for two people.[70] An attempt at charging the RNC Eight with a post-9/11 Minnesota Patriot Act statute "609.714 Crimes committed in furtherance of terrorism" was also dropped.[70] Both McKay and Crowder were arrested based on FBI surveillance and testimony by former-activist turned informant, Brandon Michael Darby[71] and Andrew C. Darst, also known as "Panda", "warchyld" or Killswitch. Darst is currently being charged in Ramsey County, MN, with two felony counts of firstand second-degree burglary as well as fifthdegree assault in relation to a January 11, 2009 domestic disturbance.[72] Post-RNC convictions of protesters • Bradley Neal Crowder of Midland, Texas and one of the "Texas 2"[67], plead guilty in federal court on January 8, 2009, to one charge of possessing an unregistered firearm (as molotov cocktails are defined under federal law) in return for prosecutors dropping two other firearm charges. Each of the three charges carried See also • 2008 Democratic National Convention • Republican Party Presidential primaries, 2008 • Republican National Convention 7 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 2008 Republican National Convention References [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] Halperin, Mark. "Joe Lieberman". 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