Convention "Counter Events" Take Aim at Romney Platform
Posted August 27, 2012 05:35 am
By
Stephanie Carroll Carson
TAMPA, FL - Amid all the rain-soaked Romney supporters braving the threat of Hurricane Isaac for the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Tampa this week, there also are people protesting the presumed Republican nominee's platform. As weather permits, events are planned for protesters along the official convention parade route, near the Tampa Bay Times Forum.
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One such event, entitled "Welcome to Romney's America," will include what organizers say is a satirical look at what life under a Romney-Ryan administration might look like, as interpreted by the AFL-CIO.
Cheryl Schroeder, executive director of the West
Central Florida Federation on Labor, says the
interpretation is based on facts.
"It's not like we're digging around, trying to find a
way to vilify him. He's basically informed the American
public of where he stands on these issues."
She says the Wednesday evening event will address such
issues as economic injustice, working conditions, and
the cost of education. By then, Hurricane Isaac is
predicted to have made landfall, somewhere along the
Gulf coast.
Josh Anijar, Florida AFL-CIO communications director,
says his organization is nonpartisan, but has specific
concerns about the Romney-Ryan platform. Those include
the presidential candidate's history on employment,
health care and education policies.
"It seems like Romney will be holding the middle class
hostage with a lot of his policies, and really making
the '99 percent' pay for the wealth and decadence of the
'one percent.'"
Romney-Ryan supporters are expected to be present -
again, depending on weather - along the parade route and
at the RNC, defending their candidates' views and
pointing out the issues they have with the Obama
administration.