Tuesday, September 07, 2004

Expert summary of GOP convention

Feel the Hate: "...There was plenty of hatred in Manhattan, but it was inside, not outside, Madison Square Garden....

Why are the Republicans so angry? One reason is that they have nothing positive to run on....

Another reason, I'm sure, is a guilty conscience....

Nothing makes you hate people as much as knowing in your heart that you are in the wrong and they are in the right.

But the vitriol also reflects the fact that many of the people at that convention, for all their flag-waving, hate America. They want a controlled, monolithic society; they fear and loathe our nation's freedom, diversity and complexity....

Mr. Bush, it's now clear, intends to run a campaign based on fear. And for me, at least, it's working: thinking about what these people will do if they solidify their grip on power makes me very, very afraid."