The GOP National Committee wants Sacramento to put in a bid for the 2008 convention. Depending on your political persuasion, possible punchlines include:
- “Hide the gays and environmentalists.”
- “Are there enough cameras in town for both John McCain and Arnold Schwarzenegger to attend?”
- “Why are we being punished?”
(Note: I’m actually militantly moderate to a fault. But you can’t ignore partisan set-ups like that.)
The Sac Rag 
i’ll put my hat in the ring with:
“if Dick Cheney is coming, remind me not to wear my quail’s ass colored jacket that day…”
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Wow can we handle that kind of traffic? Normally I’d say “promote buses, promote light rail, get people out of their cars!” Yeah, that’s gonna happen for the GOP convention.
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Well, I know Sacramento’s hotels can’t handle an All-Star game, according to the league. A week of conservative elites? I can’t imagine many will be willing to stay at the Days Inn in West Sac.
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Sacramento is one of 31 cities being asked to bid. I seriously doubt we have enough hotel rooms for that size convention. Personally, I’m hoping we come in 31st.
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Whether you are a Dittohead, a radical in a skimask or just someone who likes to party, a GOP convention in Sacto would be lots of fun.
However, unless something really crazy happens, say, Mel Gibson and Arnold Schwarzenegger duel with chainsaws for the soul of the GOP, it ain’t happening.
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About that duel, how do we go about making that happen? That would be AWESOME. And where does Charlton Heston fit in exactly? Maybe in a side-stage duel with the VP?
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and could the “soul of the GOP” be played by Naomi Watts? that would make sense.
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GOP convention in Sacramento? I can’t wait to be corralled into a Free Speech Zone in unicorporated Sacramento County somewhere between Galt and Elk Grove. Am I going to need my papers and voter registration to get in and out of downtown?
Local law enforcement popped raging hard-ons when they got to dress up like Storm Troopers to put down a couple Ag Ministerial hippies — this new development would cause a priapism. A GOP convention would mean even more toys, electronic devices and “non-lethal” gizmos for our local law enforcement. When you have new toys you want to use it. Heck, if I received a brand Tazer’s new Testicle Zapper 5000, I’d probably look for the nearest gathering of one or more longhairs to try it out on, too. I hear the new rubber bullets have “smart technology” to identify dreadlocks, male pony tails and hemp fiber.
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It would take a terrorism rumor with a major flood and 20 feet of water in the capital building, including an overfunded but successful FEMA operation featuring Arnold with a bullhorn in one hand and a shovel in the other reinforcing a local levee on national news, for the Republicans to consider Sactown. In other words, it could happen.
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