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Exploiting 9/11

In six days America will commemorate the 7th year since the World Trade Center towers were destroyed. The common consensus since then has been that it’s simply inexcusable to try to use the memory or footage of those who died for political gain. With Rudy “9/11″ Giuliani speaking at this years Republican National Convention [...]

Energizing The Wrong Base

I’m pretty sure this isn’t the effect the RNC was hoping for after Sarah Palin’s speech:
St. Paul delegates are giddy with Sarah Palin’s speech. The mood is buoyant, enlivened, energized. It’s a party. There are revelers. The faces shine with joy and pleasure at a convention finally fully underway. Their VP nominee did it – [...]