Conventional Blogging
I'm trying to eat dinner (late) and get other stuff done, but I'm astonished to have just witnessed Ron Silver, noted liberal actor, speak ardently in favor of Bush at the Republican Convention. I'll bet Jeff Jarvis likes it.
This will probably turn out to be a theme -- they've got Ed Koch's endorsement, and Zell Millers. (If that's not a Marvel Teamup I don't know what is.) Both have more political power than Ron Reagan's endorsement of Kerry, since that wasn't much of a surprise and in any case Reagan never won an election as a Democrat, never mind as a Democrat in NYC as Koch has.
But what's next? Ok, a Kennedy in-law (Arnold, later this week) but again, there's no surprise. But Caroline Kennedy would be a nice catch. I'm not holding my breath.
P.S. It's taken long enough for me to write this that they're now showing a very patriotic film about the armed services with a chorus singing in the background -- lot's a boats and ships cutting through the water, jets flying in tight formations, etc. Due to the Democratic Convention, I'm guessing it might be hard to say the GOP is overplaying this hand.
P.P.S. Since I'm getting more wordy than I intended, I'll add that the convention started off with the usual Pledge of Allegiance, National Anthem, etc. But then a group (I assume) of Broadway performers came on and performed a medley of Broadway Hits (Oscar and Hammerstein and Leonard Bernstein were heavily represented). My first reaction? What the F? Is it a political convention or an Awards Ceremony?