EPICENTER OF CRAZINESS

On the last night on the Democratic convention, a Charlotte corner about three blocks from Time was the epicenter of just about all the craziness one of the biggest political parties in the world had to offer.

On the corner of East Fifth Street and College Street, people shut out of the convention were being preached at by abortion foes with graphic pictures of dead fetuses.

One block to the north and west, protesters stopped during their final nightly march in front of hundreds of police officers and dozens of people snapping pictures and video on their cell phones. They chanted "Whose street? Our street!" And "this is a peaceful march!".

All along the blocks to the south, merchants were slashing prices on President Barack Obama buttons, T-shirts, books, towels trailer hitch covers and even air fresheners.

And just past that was the sand sculpture of the president which survived four days of sultry Southern storms ? and was still smiling.

? Jeffrey Collins ? Twitter http://twitter.com/JSCollinsAP

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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/epicenter-craziness-012204188--election.html

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