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Tuesday, April 11, 2006

Just for the record

Jamie’s been sick the past few days, and I’ve got whatever he’s got, so we’re home and coughing and moping with each other.  I plan to rally by 5 pm today for my radio date, of course, but I can’t manage any serious blogging. . . .

Hey, wait a minute!  Did I say “rally”?

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That reminds me of something!  Remember Ahnuld’s speech at the GOP convention in New York?  I do!  In fact, I remember reporting on it for this very blog, in my first experiment with liveblogging:

And then the highlight of the night, the man we all came to see, Arnold Schwarzenegger.  Schwarzenegger spells “diversity.” For while the Democrats think Hollywood is the heart and soul of America, Republicans know that the heart and soul of America is someplace else, like a small town in a swing state, or in a quiet, modest house in the country where immigrants are working hard to better themselves by farming the land or pumping iron or something.  Arnold Schwarzenegger symbolizes that heart and soul, having risen from humble immigrant iron-pumping origins to fame and success and announcing his candidacy for governor of California on The Tonight Show—the classic American immigrant’s dream.  And as Arnold put it so eloquently tonight, immigrants don’t have to fear the Republican party—the Republican party loves them.  And they don’t have to agree with everything in the Republican party, like, for example, the part of the party that doesn’t love immigrants at all, because we “can respectfully disagree and still be good Republicans.” Now that’s diversity—and tolerance too!

I believe Ahnuld’s actual words were, “To my fellow immigrants listening tonight, I want you to know how welcome you are in this party. We Republicans admire your ambition.”

So come on in, everyone!  Never mind that guy with the gun and that news channel with the handcuffs.

Posted by Michael on 04/11 at 11:27 AM
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