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======= Upstaging Before the Show in True New York Fashion By TODD S. PURDUM
Published: August 30, 2004
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"I left God's country," said Leon Mosley of Waterloo, Iowa, co-chairman of his state party. "They could use a bunch of people from Iowa to come here to show New Yorkers what life is all about, what being patriotic is all about, and what country is all about. I'm as confident about Bush being re-elected as I am that eggs are going to be in New York tomorrow morning.''
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A certain clash of cultures is inevitable when so much of red-state America crams into so few square miles of the blue-state Big Apple. The White House was so concerned that the Republicans be gracious guests that it issued a stern warning to administration officials attending the convention not to misbehave at cocktail parties and turn down gifts worth more than $20, The Chicago Tribune reported.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/30/politics/campaign/30assess.html?th
Dennis Perrin wrote:
> Violent, Weird, Cretinous -- And Proud
> As GOP Descends on New York, Delegates, Pols, Revel
In Backward Image
>
> New York (AP, Aug. 27)-- Randy Tuckman hates
liberals. With a passion. "To
> me they ain't no better than a rabid coon," said
Tuckman, as he arrived in
> New York as part of Mississippi's Republican
delegation.
>
> "You can tree 'em or catch 'em with traps, but
they's best just shot dead.
> Twelve gauge'll do the job."