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Wednesday, September 01, 2004
TWIN DISASTER. I'm glad to
see that someone is willing to say out loud what we're all
thinking: the Bush twins sucked. Frankly, I was wondering if they
were drunk. Slate's Julia Turner writes:
Toward the end of the
debacle, Jenna, who has slightly better timing than her sister,
explained what they were doing on stage: "You know all those times
when you're growing up and your parents embarrass you? Well, this
is payback time, on LIVE TV." Was it ever.
Yes, they're just 22. But they're
young for their age. It looks like they take after Dad, who by his
own admission didn't grow up until he turned 40. I'd just as soon we
all went back to "respecting their privacy" - if only they'll let
us.
TRICKY DUBYA. Greater
Boston's John Carroll is back writing his "Campaign
Journal." He's got a good
one today
on Arnold Schwarzenegger's high praise for George W. Bush as a worthy
heir to ... Richard Nixon. That was one of last night's
weirder moments, and I'm surprised it didn't engender more
comment.
Certainly Bill O'Reilly understands
that the comparison isn't exactly welcome. On Monday, when former
Massachusetts governor Bill Weld opined that John Kerry would
probably defeat Bush "on points" in the presidential debates, but
that Bush would come off as more human, O'Reilly immediately sought
to cast Kerry as Nixon, and Bush as - yes! - John F.
Kennedy.
Heavy sink the shoulders upon which
the mantle of Richard Nixon rests.
ISN'T IT GREAT THAT WE'RE
WEENIES? Altercation
has already pointed to it, but you must see today's edition of ABC's
"The Note," which congratulates
Republican spinmeisters for the media's supine behavior in New York.
The Note-sters gush that Karl Rove and company "[p]layed the
press perfectly." Which could only happen if reporters were looking
to be played.
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