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Wednesday, September 01, 2004
THE DARK LORD RETURNS. Dick
Cheney has just finished his speech.
Good news for Kerry: the Dark Lord is staying on the ticket. It was a deeply
negative performance, of course, but also masterful in its way,
making Miller's and Romney's tinny attacks look even more
ridiculous.
Cheney's attacks on Kerry were
filled with inaccuracies and distortions, of course. Maybe
Somerby
will catalogue them.
Wow! On CNN, Judy Woodruff just
committed truth against Zell Miller, pointing out that Kerry has voted
for 16 of 19 defense budgets during his years in the Senate, and that Cheney opposed many of
the same appropriations that Kerry voted against. And now Jeff
Greenfield is pointing out that Bush himself has occasionally
referred to American troops as "occupiers," which had Miller so
exercised on the podium. Even Wolf Blitzer is getting into the
act.
Miller is sputtering and melting
down. He has no idea of how to respond.
Anyway ... enough for tonight. I'll
have more to say about Cheney's speech tomorrow.
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Dan Kennedy is senior writer and media critic for the Boston Phoenix.
