Beware of Gay Puppets! Is Miss Saigon a Liberal?

The excitement just continues on unabated.

This from my Patty, perusing The Week website:

Republican delegates will be stepping into hostile territory when they show up for their party’s convention in New York City a month from now. More than two-thirds of the city’s voters disapprove of President Bush, and anti-war activists say they’ll be gathering 250,000 people to protest during the convention. Mindful of the possible culture clash, House Majority Leader Tom DeLay originally proposed housing the party’s delegates and politicians on a 2,240-passenger luxury liner docked in the Hudson River, where they wouldn’t have to mix with New Yorkers. But the idea was widely mocked and has been scrapped. Still, the local host committee has tried to shield delegates from unpalatable Broadway musicals, and vetoed giving out free tickets to several popular shows deemed unsuitable; one featured gay puppets, another had an anti–Vietnam War theme. To keep order and ensure security, the city is putting on an extra 10,000 cops, but one worried police captain predicted that close encounters between red-state Republicans and irascible New Yorkers would make this a convention to remember. “The whole city is going to turn into a wild cauldron of Looney Tunes,” he said.

I wish I could be there. This may be the worst choice of convention sites since the Democrats chose Chicago in '68. I suspect another Broadway show off limits will be the BLUE MAN TUBE.