Turns out that they’re having it in Philly after all. Personally, I would have picked somewhere that wasn’t a day trip from NYC, but they didn’t ask me, either? …Seriously, though: security is going to be a really big issue for both conventions this cycle. The Republican party is going to have to worry about crazy blackshirt progressive lunatics who want to disrupt the proceedings, and the Democratic party is going to have to worry about… crazy blackshirt progressive lunatics who want to disrupt the proceedings. The really major difference is that the Democrats probably have to worry a little bit less about the aforementioned crazy blackshirt progressive lunatics trying to kill them some delegates*.
Hey, maybe that’s why they picked Philly: the cops there have a certain reputation…
Moe Lane
You’d think the GOP could hold it’s convention in a city that’s *not* a hotbed of complete moonbat-ery. I know, most cities will lean left, but even Cincinnati or Indianaopolis would be an improvement on the turf of Dennis Kucinich.
Like Chicago , Philly has a problem with gangs of yutes of a certain persuasion mobbing up and terrorizing the good citizens in what’s left of the downtown Should be fun to watch the Black Lives Matter crowd deal with those Black Lives
Philly’s a smart pick optics-wise…the Dems will incorporate Philly’s diverse neighborhoods and historical landmarks as patriotic background.
As of the census of 2010, there were 396,815 people, 167,490 households, and 89,821 families residing in the city. The population density was 5,107.0 inhabitants per square mile (1,971.8/km2). There were 207,536 housing units at an average density of 2,671.0 per square mile (1,031.3/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 53.3% African American, 37.3% White, 0.3% Native American, 1.8% Asian, 4.4% from other races, and 2.8% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 10.0% of the population.
There were 167,490 households of which 29.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 22.4% were married couples living together, 25.3% had a female householder with no husband present, 6.0% had a male householder with no wife present, and 46.4% were non-families. 39.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 3.11.
The median age in the city was 35.7 years. 24.6% of residents were under the age of 18; 11% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 26.1% were from 25 to 44; 26.3% were from 45 to 64; and 12% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.0% male and 52.0% female. -wikipedia
Yeah…just our demographic. What genius thought of this media disaster-in-the-making?
Cleveland and Jeb…we’re so boned.
Sorry…the stats are for Cleveland…I forgot to add paragraph tags.
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So, how soon before one of the geniuses re-cuts the Fresh Prince opening theme .. with Booker’s pic and D.C. as the destination?
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(bonus points for leaving the Quincy Jones cameo intact)
At the DNC, the progressive lunatics have delegate credentials …