Supporters Only At the Parade!

This morning my wife told me that somene she knew tried to get tickets for Gearge Bush's Inaugural Parade, and discovered that only supporters who donated at least $1000 were allowed to get tickets!

This Washington Post article seems to confirm it.

People answering phones at Ticketmaster yesterday said callers needed an invitation and identification number to buy a ticket. "As of right now, the onlyway you can get a ticket is if you get an invitation," one said. "We haven'theard anything yet, but I don't think they're going to release any to the public."

But there are also a lot of ticket agencies selling parade tickets. The order forms have no unusual required fields.

I also read that - like rock concerts - large blocks of tickets are allotted to people with connections, including congress members and campaign people. Maybe the Bush was campaign was using Ticketmaster distribute their allotment.

How many tickets - if any - were truly public? We'll see.