The following program has words that were once banned in Boston as they say,

no not Bucky Dent or Manhattan Clam Chowder, much worse words than that.

It's Tuesday, August 18th, 2020, from slated to the Gist I, Mike Pesca.

Political conventions were once actual events covered by television.

Over time, the political content bent toward and yielded to the televised imperatives.

So, the pandemic just sped along what was happening anyway, and last night's DNC proved

that political conventions are nothing but TV shows with a theme of politics,

and often with but a loose theme of politics.

For instance, last night's finest speaker, immediately established credibility by saying,

Enough of you know me by now.

You know that I tell you exactly what I'm feeling.

You know I hate politics.

And yet she seems fairly adapted politics.

She hates politics like HBO's Barry Hates being an assassin,

or like Joel M. B. just isn't that into basketball.

They still seem pretty good at it from time to time.

Of course, maybe Michelle Obama was helped by the fact that her thesis was

Donald Trump, bad president.

Also, Donald Trump, worse man than president.

It does seem that the building blocks for that particular case are plentiful and sturdy,

no matter how you stack them.

Another featured speaker last night was John Kasich, the former Republican governor of Ohio.

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