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The Democratic Convention
They gave out the flags at three o’clock, one for every person in the stadium. I told the woman thanks, but no thanks, I’m not American. “You are tonight,” she said.
Palin’s convention
In Saint Paul, men wore Ronald Reagan t-shirts declaring “my heroes have always been cowboys.” The image of a young John McCain standing in front of his jet fighter was a distilled manifesto.
© 2009 Andrew Purcell. 