>On Sep 4, 2008, at 1:34 PM, John Thornton wrote:
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>>I didn't listen to the Dem convention so it may have been just as
>>awful, I don't know.
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>It was pretty awful, in a treacly sentimental empty way. But it wasn't
>horrifying like the RNC. As Christian Parenti said to me this morning,
>the Reps are the politics of Thanatos. That doesn't make the Dems the
>party of Eros, but they don't exude the same sort of death rays. Yeah,
>I know how awful they can be, I don't need any lectures on that. I'm
>just talking viscera.
whew. i thought maybe it was just me and me missing out on the dems this year to remind me. but man, i sat there and thought similar thoughts. i haven't been able to put my finger on the details -- too busy and stressed -- so if others can take a stab at the specific incidents and episodes that were most loathesome, i'd love to compare notes.
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