Word: conventioners
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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The French Quarter, filled with thousands of convention goers, hosts eager businessmen who stand on city sidewalks, luring Republicans inside. Outside a bar boasting "the only female impersonators in the Quarter," a bouncer wears a "Make Vice President Bush President Bush" button.
One Royal Street businessman, shrugs when asked if his five "Bush for President" signs will stay up after the convention. "What do you think?" he asks. He calls the signs a "way to welcome people to a town. Put everybody in a good atmosphere so they'll buy."
Best flubbed line award goes to President Reagan, who told the convention in his speech that "facts are stupid things." The presidential script called for the president to call facts "stubborn things."
Not everybody here is thrilled that Pat Robertson is addressing the convention this evening on prime time. The Libertarian Republican Organizing Committee issued a press release yesterday saying that "when Pat Robertson takes the podium on Tuesday before a TV audience of millions, the GOP is going to lose millions...
THIS week Schlafly is once again making her presence felt on the national political scene as she is attending the Republican National Convention in New Orleans. She's confident that there won't be any attempt to add a plank supporting ERA to the Republican platform. The party of Lincoln...