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Brass metaphor competition now open.

Jay Tea: Geez, that’s enough brass to equip a marching band.

Brian J.: Wow, there’s more retired brass on that stage than on the floor of a firing range.

You call it, gentle reader.

Hey, that’s not Michael Williams.

Good twins video. Can I get that on DVD, perhaps a special edition where I can control the angle?

Although after their performance last night, it’s not the people I would have picked to endorse the President’s intelligence. And they made no literary allusions. And they called Bon Jovi old music.

But they’re still all that and a bag of Cheetos.

Why doesn’t the “convention jockey” get her name spelled out? Is she junior to Yohanna de la Torres, or did one of the others….

Pardon me while I go radio silent–here’s a Twins video.

Tommy Franks (cont’d).

Bush has remained loyal to those who served (unlike some who served and came home to testify in front of Congress against them….).

The “I Choose George W. Bush” refrain is an effective speaking device.

Next 200 years of history depend on choices we make today. I’d say its the weight of the trends of the decisions we make now and in the near future, but I’d inject too many nuances into his message.

Tommy Franks (cont’d).

He’s not naming Kerry, but he’s drawing subtle distinctions; Bush did everything to make sure that the commanders and troops had everything they needed (unlike some members of Congress)….

Tommy Franks (cont’d).

Cool, methodical delivery. He’s not doing a Zeller, but he knows that’s not what his role is.

Hope is not a strategy. Very true.

Tommy Franks.

Choose, and choose wisely. Sounds like the last Crusader.

Remained loyal to their country and loyal to the troops….Unlike anyone in particular?

Wow, there’s more retired brass on that stage than on the floor of a firing range.

Introducing Tommy Franks now.

On one hand, I don’t dig infomercials aimed at groups singled out by ethnic heritage, but I guess it’s important to extend a message of inclusiveness to some people who wouldn’t generally hear it.

On the other hand, I feel smart for knowing just enough Spanish to comprehend all the commercial. Which means I can grasp slogans, but if he’d have gone into detailed policy, I would have been lost.

Hey, congrats to frequent reader and JC T-Shirts Darbo, who celebrated the Republican National Convention by shooting a bunch of doves yesterday. Woo!

(What do you mean “birds”?)

Hello, chicks in tight things?

What convention have I turned on? Or what convention has turned me on?

Brooks and Dunn rock as well.

Let’s end this before I run out of Roman numerals I know.

Return here tomorrow, friends, and we’ll have a grand old party.

Cheney did well.

Some posit a lot of evil in Dick Cheney. An amount of evil I cannot find in Al Gore, Joe Liebermann, or John Edwards, or another mere political opponent.

I’ve always thought of Cheney as competence. Quiet competence in the background.

That’s what I’d like in a vice-president. Just in case.

Cheney’s delivering a calm, focused speech.

Like last night, we get the firebrand speaker, and then the resolved speaker.

Bravo.

Our icons, if not only our leaders, can come from humble beginnings to inspire.

Dick Cheney’s grandparents lived in a railcar. Michael Steele’s mom worked in a laundromat.

Yo, Joe Suburb. Don’t count yourself out of our party if your old man was a director at a pharma company.

Fortunately, though, I get to be one who reaches out from the humble end of the spectrum.

XXX. And I am going to talk about Dick.

Those who bet on the long odds against Dick Cheney for VP, lose.

Lynne Cheney knew Dick Cheney in high school.

We in the heartland can understand marrying for life, whereas some of our coastal “betters” (including those who were from the heartland and who found themselves as our coastal betters do not–hear me, unca Newt?) don’t bother.

Zell Miller really dealt the thunder. ‘Nuff said.

Enumerating weapons systems. Does he read Mark Steyn?

“Armed with what, spitballs?”

Holy, cow. Schwarzenneggar made me want to volunteer for campaign duty.

Zell Miller is speed-dialing my Marine recruiter for me.