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hehe That must be why Clinton watched High Noon more times than any other president ever.

As for Schwarz and history, iirc, the man said "race", not "debate".

Also, I loved Zell. He did the white version of what a lot of black politicians do: bring the oratory style of the pulpit to politics.

The Republican leaders have been described as like "gun slingers." That seems right to me. They appeal to the type of American (whether they have advanced degrees of not) that craves the simple answers and simple violence of westerns. Unfortunatley, a lot of the gun slingers were secretly immoral and unable to comprehend any long term consequences of their actions. Unfortunately for America, the world is more complicated than the scenarios in the westerns.

They won't as They report, You decide.

OMG! Did I just Parrot Fox News?!?!?!

;)

Nice Catch!

according to moveon.org, "several bloggers have discovered much of miller's speech was cribbed from a long circulating (and false) email chain letter.'" click here for more details: http://martinirepublic.com/item/481

really horrifying.

i wish the main stream media would pick up on this story. along with the one where bush has tried to get his crony on the florida election board: www.misleader.org

Sterling: Are you sure naming your first-born after a segregationist is a good idea?

On the Daily Show, when asked about it, I Think John McCain put it best:

"I think he [John Kerry] Shot his [Zell's] Dog"

The Text of Zell Millers speech can be seen here. It's a little, Um, Thick with Odd rhetoric for my taste. methinks he's jumping on the Far-Right-Wing-Sells-*MY*-book Bandwagon.

On related Note: Apparently Gov. Schwarzenegger got a little Liberal with history...

the New York Daily News articles says that only about 20 people were arrested last night, but if you were down at the 110th precinct in Queens last night, you'd have seen how crazy it was.

how do i know? because my boyfriend was arrested for accidentally biking through an area of Queens Boulevard that was blocked off. (if anyone's interested, the story is here: http://www.livejournal.com/users/zvuv/83961.html?nc=10).

make no mistake: Zell is frightning.

take that photo, put a black hooded cloak on him and shoot Force lightning out of his fingertips. Zell is channeling the Emperor in the most insane way.

http://www.starwars.com/databank/character/palpatine/index.html

Yes, of course you're right plemeljr, sorry but I mispoke. What I meant to say is that if Bush himself had actually gone out on the road and campaigned as Kerry has done.

I agree with plemeljr. The RNC is rather unavoidable. I'm not quite sure how one could get through their day without being reminded of it...unless you were in a coma. I like the updates. It's a way of reading about what other people are experiencing-- especially the photoblog roundups. Besides, the convention will be over soon enough. Then we can all go back to talking about the Olsen twins and all of the other triviality that we often engage in on a daily basis.

Well-put into perspective, plemeljr.

Stop whining about what is posted here on gothamist - if you don't like it, get your own damn weblog - they are free for god's sake! The convention has taken over all facets of life here in the city, there is just no way around it. Not only is it on everyone's mind, but we have to fucking live with it here. It isn't just some media event going on over there, it is all around us. Yesterday, because of the President, the G/F/E trains were stopped because he was meeting with firefighters - that affects Brooklyn and Queens (not even the outer boroughs can escape). I'm sorry if you think coverage has been left leaning - but dammit - this is fucking New York City. Get a freaking clue.

Oh, and the GOP did campaign during the DNC - on every damn station after the speeches Ed Gillespie was on hem hawing about the Dems. Has Terry McAuliffe been allowed on any stations? Nope.

Tim and Joe: Actually the fact is Kerry is campaigning right now and the Democrats are disputing the GOP's claims, and so technically the "gentleman's agreement" has been broken though it isn't getting played up that way in the media.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/02/politics/campaign/02kerry.html

As for why the campaign hasn't responded to specific speeches from the convention I don't know that this agreement applies. Why not check their website?

http://www.johnkerry.com/pressroom/

I'm a Democrat but I have to wonder what would've happened if the Republicans had campaigned during the DNC. How would that story have been spun and wouldn't Kerry's campaign have made a very big deal out of it?

Considering that the RNC (and the corresponding protesting) has taken over NYC this week (if not the month/summer), I'm surprised someone would bother to complain about the percentage of political-related posts.

Joe: The Kerry campaign isn't responding to any of the RNC speeches because there's always been an informal gentlemen's agreement between the two parties that the one won't do any campaigning while the other is having its convention. The same thing happened during the DNC.

Mike - you couldn't have said it better. Everyone involved has proven themselves unfit to lead and have done this city a huge disservice. Pink slips all around. And, on the bicycle thing - I was nearly arrested last night for obeying traffic laws and was grabbed and yelled at by a cop before another cop stepped in and asked him to back off. I can deal with nasty traffic, but I can't deal with getting harrassed needlessly.

I think Gothamist has been offering more political coverage because political posts generate the most comments. It's as simple as that.

To stay on topic... *cough*....

I'm sure Zell's corporate masters at Lockheed/Martin are pleased with his performance at the RNC last night, and I wish he would take his hat and leave the Democratic Party. The man has been an Elephant in Donkey's clothing for years now, and it is certainly a sign of the times that a southern democrat, particularly from Georgia (where Saxby Chambliss won an election by having that gaul to challenge Viet Nam veteran and multiple amputee Max Cleland on his 'patriotism'), would try to court his state's 'center' by pandering to the hard right.

Thanks for the coverage Gothamist-- you've made these long days-- spent clutching my knees to my chest, rocking back and forth and praying for it all to end-- bearable.

Gothamist is a "run-of-the-mill left-of-center media outlet" to some, while others see a conservatively biased corporate shill that links too frequently to the NY Post and gets story ideas from company press releases. Gothamist has grown too big with too many different sections, while also being distracted by the -ist sites in other cities. This is quite the Goldilocks scenario. Damn you Jen for not getting it "just right" for all people. Keep up the good work.