The Democrats are Going to get a Bounce out of This? The Convention Stinks. The Italian philosopher Benedetto Croce remarked that "the wood out of which Pinocchio is carved is humanity itself". Sounds great, and, sounds stupid at the same time. Pontificating, meaningful yet meaningless blather, that sounds like a speech. Sort of like, what we heard from Ted Kennedy tonight. I swear to God, I think Ted was reading us his acceptance speech for the 1980 nomination, which he never got to give because he lost it to Jimmy the Peanut Carter. He pulls out the old speech, tries...