{"id":788,"date":"2004-09-02T09:48:45","date_gmt":"2004-09-02T16:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/2004\/09\/two_demagogues_with_76_trumbon\/"},"modified":"2004-09-02T09:48:45","modified_gmt":"2004-09-02T16:48:45","slug":"two_demagogues_with_76_trumbon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2004\/09\/two_demagogues_with_76_trumbon.html","title":{"rendered":"TWO DEMAGOGUES WITH 76 TRUMBONES"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Republican Convention starred two different kinds of demagogues last night: Zell Miller,
\na pit bull<\/FONT><\/B><\/A> who
\nlooked as ugly and vicious as he sounded, and Dick Cheney, an oily conman<\/FONT><\/B><\/A> who
\nplayed the role of wise old grandpa. But their goal was the same: the character assassination of
\nJohn Kerry. <\/P>
\n

Miller — who had the gall to demand, “Where is the bipartisanship in this country when we
\nneed it most?” — delivered a rant of outright lies about the Democratic nominee for president, i.e.,
\n“Senator Kerry has made it clear that he would use military force only if approved by the United
\nNations. Kerry would let Paris decide when America needs defending.”<\/P>
\n

Cheney — a notorious grump who climbed out of his bunker for the election campaign
\n— peppered his attack with canned laugh lines like this: “On Iraq, Senator Kerry has disagreed
\nwith many of his fellow Democrats. But [his] liveliest disagreement is with himself.”<\/P>
\n

Bunker Boy also had the gall to claim that the smirking cock of the walk in the White House
\nis a gentle “person of loyalty and kindness” who “brings out these qualities in those around him.”
\nHard as it is to believe his Republican bunk — see Exhibit A<\/FONT><\/B><\/A> — he also
\nclaimed, against all evidence, that the cock of the walk is “a man with a
\nheart for the weak, and the vulnerable, and the afflicted” who “has acted with patience and
\ncalm.”<\/P>
\n

If River City had a Harold Hill Hokum Award, that performance would win it hands
\ndown.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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