Roger’s Rules

By Roger Kimball

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Self-hating boomer
2008-08-31 10:33:42

Ordinarily, the VP choice is much ado about nothing. It’s an opportunity for the talking heads to talk. This is different. For the first time in my lifetime, the VP choice not only matters, but is getting people genuinely excited. This is much, much more significant that when Dukakis eclipsed himself with Bensen in 1988, and far more significant than when Mondale was strong armed into choosing Ferraro in 1984.

This is beyond bold; this is something profoundly new.