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9/02/2004

a few more thoughts on GOP convention

1. McCain. McCain's going to be steaming mad if he doesn't get the nod in '08. First he keeps his mouth shut (mostly) about the Swift Boat smear campaign, and then he--a sitting senator--agrees to serve as warm-up act for a former mayor? Remember the 2000 campaign, when this guy wouldn't be muzzled by anybody?
2. From the Treadmill, Take One. At the Y this morning, the tvs were tuned to CBS Morning Show's interview with the elder George Bush, who was touting the GOP's "big tent" quality. At one point, Bush derided the Dems, stating that...get this...Michael Moore sitting next to Jimmy Carter at the DNC last month typifies the party's liberal elitism. An oil baron thinks a blue-collar kid from de-industrialized Michigan and a farmer are elites? I almost fell off the treadmill. THIS is why I study the rhetoric surrounding social class in this country.
3. From the Treadmill, Take Two. CBS also showed the protestor who got all the way to Cheney's rope line and yelled "stop the killing in Iraq." I almost started a "show me what democracy looks like--THIS is what democracy looks like" chant, but that wouldn't have gone over big with the a.m. YMCA crowd in Bush Country, Ohio, USA.

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