Your post is one of the main reasons I come to this site -- you never know when you're going to get a first-hand account of what must have been a splendid event.

The funniest thing I saw on the news was this woman commiserating with the police because they had to wear full riot gear on a hot August day with a very large but very peaceful public demonstration.

It truly was a sign of America's greatness and I wish I could have been there.

By the way Max, the way you talk, it sounds like the local coverage was negative -- here in Dallas, the news coverage was quite positive.

And I'm sorry that a few GOP conventioneers were heckled (in Time Square, not in a broadway show as Drudge implies). But then again, I've been called a heck of a lot worse things by New Yorkers merely for trying to be polite and wait my turn at a juice bar on the Staten Island Ferry. It's part of the whole "charm" of New York City. lol The GOP conventioneers shouldn't take it personally (and if they do, the blame should probably be put at the door of the Bush Re-election campaign that control every single appearance to avoid any protesters -- heck the Kerry campaign is used to the Bush hecklers).