REPUBLICAN PARTY QUIETLY OPENS NATIONAL CONVENTION
September 02, 2008
September 02, 2008
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Sept. 2 -- The U.S. Embassy issued the following press release:
With little fanfare, the Republican National Convention opened September 1 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Political speeches, a trademark of the modern convention, were called off as Americans turned their attention to a hurricane hitting the Gulf Coast.
For what might be the first time in U.S. political history, a natural disaster derailed national convention plans. Hurricane Gustav stru . . .
With little fanfare, the Republican National Convention opened September 1 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Political speeches, a trademark of the modern convention, were called off as Americans turned their attention to a hurricane hitting the Gulf Coast.
For what might be the first time in U.S. political history, a natural disaster derailed national convention plans. Hurricane Gustav stru . . .