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Tuesday, August 31, 2004Non-baseball: RNC: Night TwoI really wanted to see future president Bill Frist, but I must have missed him. Dang. I did catch Maryland's Lieutenant Governor, Mr. Michael Steele. Wow- this guy could be a rising star. You can see his fine speech, and all the night's others, here. Now the big boys: Arnold was awful, but I may be the only one who thinks so. I suppose the performance was strong, but how many cliches can one man fit into a 15 minute speech? And I think it's time to drop all the movie catchphrases. Your the governor of the nation's largest state for Christ's sake- start acting like it! All this did was remind me of why I voted for McClintock. The Bush twins. Pain. Must. Change. Channel! I have a natural aversion to seeing people make complete and total asses of themselves, so this was hard to watch. But man, that brunette is a stone-cold fox! I just ended up putting it on mute and enjoying the view. Laura Bush was quite nice to listen to. She put forward a nice account of Bush's accomplishments over the past four years, and she's just the epitome of likeable. Just putting Mrs. Bush in front of a camera is good for Bush and it doesn't really matter what she says. (BTW, has anyone seen Theresa Heinz Kerry lately?) All-in-all, this night couldn't hold a candle to night one. It's unfortunate that this was the night that the national networks decided to start their coverage. UPDATE: Line of the night, from NRO Corner, about the first twins: Wow, I'm shocked, appalled, embarrassed, and just want to look away or hit the mute button... and oddly sort of turned on.UPDATE: I just watched Frist's speech online. He should have been given a keynote, primetime speaking role IMO- instead he got stuck with an issue speech, on an issue where the Republicans really don't have a leg to stand on. I thought he did quite well with it though. His attack on trial lawyers ("...the litigation lottery...") was especially good, I felt. Is it to early to start campaigning for Frist/Romney '08? |
