- The Republican convention is over. Between C-SPAN and Fox News, I tried to watch as much of it as I could. I thought Arnie, GWB and Rudy gave the best speeches, in that order. George's speech was good, but not his best speech. His best speech was before congress, after 9/11. I think Georgie will get a 2 to 3 point bounce out of this convention, and considering he is currently up 2 or 3 points, that should give him a lead of 5 to 6 points. That doesnt sound like much, but let me offer you these two points:
1. There are not many undecided voters left this election year, so any shift in public opinion is important.
2. No modern presidential candidate, with a lead of 5 points or greater on Labor day, has lost the election.
Let me put it another way....who would you rather be right now, George Bush, or John "I am holding desperate, midnight rallies" Kerry? You would certainly rather be George Bush right now. Here is an article by Dick Morris, who has a nice take on the president's speech. I am not a fan of Morris's political musings, but I think he gives an accurate critique of the speech:
http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/28023.htm
- Have I already posted an article about futuristic, flying cars? I am too lazy to scroll down and see if I have. Regardless, here is a new article about how scientists want to end urban grid-lock, by introducing flying cars:
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/2004-08-30-flying-cars_x.htm
- I thought I would have trouble getting into the new Batman movie. After all, virtually the whole damn cast and crew is British. Well, I have been reading things that are changing my mind. Sounds like Bats is really screwed up in this movie. Check out this article:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2004/08/28/bfbat28.xml&sSheet=/arts/200
- Football is back! Football is back! The dreaded Arizona summer-doldrums are ending. The first full weekend of college football starts this Saturday, and the NFL season kicks-off this Thursday. Here is an article previewing the big college football games this weekend. On a related note, anyone notice the high number of NFL players who are Republicans? Jim Kelly, Lynn Swann, Jason Sehorn, and Jack Kemp were all at the Republican convention. Tom Brady sat next to Laura Bush during the last State of the Union address. Joe Montana, Troy Aiken, and Roger Staubach have all campaigned for past Republican candidates.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/columns/story?columnist=herbstreit_kirk&id=1873293
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My name is Cooper, and I bring greetings from the far-flung future of November 3.
After the news that the DNC forged the National Guard memos, in collusion with CBS news, John Kerry immediately threatened to sue any network or newspaper that printed any truthful news about him. However, the last straw for his campaign were photos of him standing with Vietnamese troops, martini in hand, at the Hanoi Hilton, pointing and laughing at John McCain's box. He insisted he thought he was in Cambodia at the time. Meanwhile, PIAPS, frustrated that the poison she used to block Bill's arteries didn't work as well as she wanted, thereby guaranteeing the sympathy vote in '08, continued to secretly fund the Swift Boat Vets before finally giving up and going on record as telling her supporters to make damn sure the Republicans win the election.
It doesn't get any better.
Hehe. I am laughing at Cooper's comment, but suddenly it dawned on me how plausible it really is.
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