"War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength" Orwell, 1984

The above video is of a woman holding a "McCain=Bush" sign being ticketed and escorted off public property by police. (Hint: such action by the police in these circumstances may be against the law and is certainly not in keeping with a democratic society where dissent is supposed to be nutured.) The police were responding to McCain's campaign people who staff his appearances with GOP supporters.

What's interesting to me is that Bush also fills his appearances with GOP (and even makes attendees sign GOP pledges of loyalty. But. He is the president. Bush's unpopularity developed over years and years of his presidency. Interesting implications are raised that a Republican nominee would feel the need to insulate himself in the manner as an unpopular two-term president.