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Wednesday, September 01, 2004
COSMIC JUXTAPOSITION. I'm
flipping back and forth between C-SPAN 1 and 2. On 1, the Republicans
are showing yet another treacly tribute film to the late Ronald
Reagan. On 2, Walter Mondale is giving his acceptance speech at the
1984 Democratic National Convention.
Just as Reagan's hearse was heading
down the highway, Mondale was promising to end Reagan's "illegal war"
in Nicaragua. The Democrats went nuts. "We want Fritz! We want
Fritz!"
Mondale was - is - a good and
decent man. He and George McGovern may be the two finest people that
either party has nominated for president in my lifetime. They would
have changed this country in a far more positive way than any
Republican president since - oh, I don't know - Theodore
Roosevelt.
Here comes Kerry Healey. Good Lord, she's dumping on Michael Dukakis. And she sounds like a second-rate game-show host!
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Dan Kennedy is senior writer and media critic for the Boston Phoenix.
