Wednesday, September 01, 2004

People Of Compassion Smile A Lot

With Secretary of the Press, Scott McClellan scrambling to explain what President Bush meant yesterday when he said "you can't win the war on terror", the day kicked off with a little clean up in the media. The Republicans insisted on using the Iraqi soccer team as an example of Bush's accomplishments. Despite clear objections from the team to being used for political gain, almost every speaker at the convention, from Barbara Bush to Laura Bush, has evoked their imagine in support of the war in Iraq.

Stand Up And Holla winner, Princella Smith invoked the spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King in her speech and called on her generation to be an X-ample With a family focus, there was a lot of crossing back and forth between the generation gap with talk about college kids and veterans in the same sentence.
The darling(s) of the day, surprisingly was not Arnold Scwarzenegger (who compared it to winning an Oscar) nor even the beloved Laura Bush (who talked about the man she fell in love with), it was the well heeled, and totally excellent-ly scripted impish Bush twins that stole the show dishing out a "payback" while introducing their mom. Exuding a naughty inside-secret twinkle in their eyes, they revealed the pet name the Prez and Number one Lady have for eacother: "bushies". Payback is hell.

BIRDS & BEES: Nude not prude: Playboy releases Convention-timed pictorial of sexy Republican intern.

HOLLYWOOD: West Wing vs. West Coast: Ron Silver tells conventioneers about entertainment industry hypocrisy.

JOCKS: GOP power couple: NFL star Jason Sehorn and actress Angie Harmon make MSG appearance.

TECHNOLOGY: Say it don't spray it: Geek-themed bike protest is aborted by NYC police.

TUNES: What convention? Tuesday was opening day for Sean Jean's rap-styled NYC clothing store.

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