Zell Miller, proving that relative brevity is the soul of wit, proves to be the biggest gun so far in this convention, spouting fact after fact after fact—facts that we’ll be accused of having taken “out of context,” as if “the other side doesn’t do it—in a stern, relentless speech that reminded me of black-and-white, archived video of election campaigns past.
Sen. Miller’s speech was a scene no filmmaker had the capacity to make.

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[...] too tired to stay awake to analyze. I’ll get there eventually. Meanwhile, check out Jay and Jaws‘ comments. Tonight is Bush’s moment and he’d better deliver. Note th [...]
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I’ve been getting goosebumps during the RNC. Koch, Silver, Giuliani, Arnold, Zell.
Now compare this to that.
I remember my first crush on a teacher. Laura has her beat by a few orders of magnitude. She has the kind of presence that says “please don’t ever leave the room” and TH-K has a different kind of presence.
Comment by Aaron's Rantblog — Sep 2, 2004 @ 12:16 am
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I doubt Gov. Arnie would call me a girlie-man but I teared up once Sen. Miller started spouting off about our soldiers.
Comment by OF Jay — Sep 2, 2004 @ 12:22 am
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Nicely put, Jay. Very.
Comment by Mike — Sep 3, 2004 @ 4:36 pm