Was I hallucinating when the Dems stormed Boston by moderation?
I had a cold and admittedly dipped heavily into the NyQuil when the Democrats were in Boston behaving themselves. I presumed I was hallucinating, the effects of 50-proof cold medicine interfering with my senses. I thought the Democrats were the Amish kids from that UPN reality show, Amish in the City. The DNC was “rumspringa” in reverse. They left their “I had an abortion” t-shirts at home and their androgynous beings off-camera. They even put the PETA folks, ironically, in a cage outside the Fleet Center so that television audiences would see only the Pennsylvania Dutch in them all. Nary a primal scream escaped from PETA or Howard Dean. “No girlie-men allowed,” was the temporarily reformed DNC theme. The Dems were positively bipolar for 4 days, suppressing their Mr. Hydes via substances a might stronger than NyQuil that flowed freely at the many corporate-sponsored events on the side. Why, they were waving flags and their pupils weren’t even dilated! Still, the truth will out. Charact