Nation: THE COMPLEAT DELEGATE

EMBARKING for the Balaklava of the Chicago stockyards, the foresighted Democratic delegate would ideally—and intelligently—go equipped with: goggles (to protect the eyes from tear gas and Mace), cyclist's crash helmet (from billy clubs, bricks, etc.), flak jacket (from snipers), Vaseline (from Mace), Mace (from rioters), washcloth (from tear gas), bug bomb (to kill the flies that infest the amphitheatre from nearby stockyard dunghills), folding bicycle (there is a cab strike), roller skates (carpet tacks scattered on the streets by the demonstrators may decommission the bike), wire cutters (in case delegate is trapped...

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