I sat in stunned silence as bush's two daughters exchanged some truly mindless patter written for them by a refugee from the Academy Awards. It was sophomoric, tasteless, and incredibly glib - apparently their drug and alcohol problems can be written off as "We're young and foolish." And they are glad Dad is running for office because now that they are out of school they have nothing better to do.

While asking my self if I would have been as offended had it been Kerry's children, I turned to a news channel where a Dem, a Rep, and a newscaster were discussing the same thing. The dem. was horrified, the newscaster was smirking like this is the best thing that had happened in the whole convention, and the best the Rep could come up with was "Well it probably hasn't cost him any votes." The other two disagreed and he nodded sheepishly.

What the hell were they thinking? It wasn't "cute". It did not resonate of Lucie Byrd Johnson doing the Frug. Anyone else catch their act?