Saturday, September 6, 2008

Cleaning Up After The Circus

A couple of leftovers from the Republican convention before they turn the Xcel Energy Center over to hockey:
  • John McCain's speech got a slightly larger TV audience than Barack Obama's did. Must have been the NFL football lead-in on NBC.
  • More than 800 arrests were made by sometimes-overzealous police during the four days of the convention. Naturally, the local police is patting itself on the back. But the city councils of both Minneapolis and St. Paul may be launching investigations.
  • You know that song they played when McCain and Sarah Palin were receiving their curtain calls Thursday night? It was "Barracuda", a 1970s hit for the band Heart, presumably in honor of Palin's high school nickname. And Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart are reportedly not happy that the GOP did that. Look for them to sic a few barracudas (as in attorneys) of their own.
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