Bubble boy wants to be the president of ALL the people

Right.

So you thought the audience screening was merely a stupid campaign trick? Think again.

Tim Grieve in Salon's War Room:

During the presidential campaign, much was made of the fact -- and rightly so -- that George Bush's campaign events were invitation-only. Now, as the president travel the country stumping for his Social Security plan, exclusivity seems to have gone to a whole new level.

When Bush traveled to Fargo, N.D., for a forum there Thursday, more than 40 area residents found themselves on a list that prohibited them from getting tickets. Suspected terrorists? In the eyes of local Republicans maybe -- the residents on the list all seem to be known, one way or another, for their liberal political views.

Fargo City Commissioner Linda Coates made the list. So did several university professors, the producer of a liberal radio show, the deputy campaign manager for a Democratic gubernatorial candidate, and a couple of high school students, according to the Forum, Fargo's newspaper. But most of the members of the list had exactly one thing in common: They were also members of a Howard Dean Democracy for America Meetup group.