Bush Twins Get a Little Payback in Prime Time

New York Times ^ | 09/01/04 | JODI WILGOREN

[Prime Choice]

That's exactly the point. ... Today's speeches weren't really directed toward the Republican base; they were meant to reach out to swing voters and women.

Okay, I'll buy that. One question, though: who (besides Fox News) is even carrying the RNC Convention live? I don't recall seeing it on CSPAN, and I know for darned sure that once this night's events go through the Left-o-Filter of the "mainstream" media, the message will have been irretrievably corrupted.

[Luis Gonzalez]

Did the twins' appearance tonight turn any voters away from the President?

Doubtful.

Did they turn some toward the President?

Possible.

Nothing wrong with their being there at all.

[Prime Choice]

and it struck me that they call it the Grand OLD Party for a reason.

Bah. You're only as old as the woman you feel.

[cyborg]

LOL

[B-Chan]

a sleeveless black dress with embroidered yolk.

How did they get the embroidery needle into the yolk without breaking it and getting it all over the rest of the dress?

Yoke. Y-O-K-E. I never even made it through college and I know the difference between a yolk and a yoke, for Pete’s sake!

Can I work for the New York Times now?

[CWOJackson]

I believe a lot of folks don't seem to understand that the convention isn't for just them.

The twins were talking to their own MTV generation and did a decent job.

[Luis Gonzalez]

I don't think so, it was an entertaining show, but I can see where some might object to it, and to the joke.

[Rightwing Conspiratr1]

I thought the Bush twins speech was on target for the audience they were trying to reach --- 18-29 year olds

I think they missed the target and reached 14-17 year olds though.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

LOL ; )

[MEG33]

I watched on PBS, CSPAN and the cable networks.I rewatched on CSPAN tonight..and they'll rerun major speeches Sat. morning..Still amazed at Maryland Lt.Gov.Steele's speech..He was terrific..a new star!..The networks carried Arnie, I believe.

[alameda]

Well said and ditto that...

[B-Chan]

I dunno. My wife is 25 and she was highly annoyed by the Bush daughters. She said (and I quote), "God! They sound like a couple of airheads!"

Two UT sorority sisters that sound like airheads? What are the odds?

[Prime Choice]

Everyone should be talking about Arnold's great speech and Laura's genuine account, instead their talking about the Bush twins.

I think you just hit on a very significant point here. Almost without exception, nearly all tongues are wagging about the Bush girls. Nary a peep about Schwarzenegger's kick-butt-and-take-names speech nor the First Lady's genuinely warm and personal accounts of events of recent past.

[Howlin]

One question, though: who (besides Fox News) is even carrying the RNC Convention live?

ABC/NBC/CBS/Fox/MSNBC/PBS/CNN/CNBC.

[GoLightly]

I watched in on CSpan, gavel to gavel coverage. I was impressed by George P Bush, Rod Paige & Michael Steele.

[Apollo]

"God! They sound like a couple of airheads!"

Bet you never thought the New York Times would be kinder critics of the Bush twins than you and your wife.

[GoLightly]

I laughed & cried during his speech. Very powerful stuff.

[ladysusan]

Two UT sorority sisters that sound like airheads? What are the odds?


Only one went to UT. The other went to Yale.

[Grim]

Senator John Kerry's older daughter, Alexandra, briefly stole the show with at the Democratic convention in July. Ms. Kerry described a dad so devoted that he dove off a dock to save her pet hamster from drowning.

She "STOLE THE SHOW" with this story? Am I the only one who finds this pathetic? Must have been a pretty boring convention.

[TOUGH STOUGH]

If the Republicans continue to lose focus in their attempt to be all things to all people, they are going to lose their base.