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Thursday, September 02, 2004
THE FINAL COUNTDOWN. I'm
back in Media Log Central, ready for the final night of the RNC.
Retired General Tommy Franks was on a little while ago. Very
impressive. Why didn't the Republicans put him on instead of loopy
Zell Miller?
Miller's on Hannity &
Colmes right now, and Sean's trying to rehabilitate him. Too
late! Now Alan's having at him. But you see, here's how it works. On
CNN last night, at least, Miller was specifically hit with questions
about how he could claim that Kerry had voted to cut defense spending
when Dick Cheney, as secretary of defense, supported many of those
same cuts. Miller didn't have an answer.
Colmes, by contrast, is merely
asking Miller how he could trash Kerry last night while praising him
just a few years ago. That's easy - all Miller has to say is that he
was wrong before, but now he understands the truth about
Kerry. This is what I and other critics of Fox mean when we say that
Hannity & Colmes is basically like a pre-scripted
wrestling match, with Colmes taking the dive every time.
I would like to see Miller and
Chris Matthews have that duel.
Pistols at 40 paces. Can this be arranged?
George H.W. Bush is on Larry
King Live on CNN, sneering at the "elitists" who criticized
Miller for being "over the top." According to Poppy, all Miller did
was tell the "truth."
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Dan Kennedy is senior writer and media critic for the Boston Phoenix.
