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Wirt Atmar <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 2 Sep 2004 17:54:08 EDT
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One person wrote me privately:

> --- Wirt Atmar <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>  > For those who don't want to read all of Miller's comments, the one-line
>  > executive summary of his speech is this: "Grumpy old man trying to scare
>  > the children."
>
> A summary of the democratic convention would be grumpy people trying
> to scare the seniors?

That's actually not an unfair point. People are at their most persuadable, if
not outrightly gullible, when they're afraid.

It's your job not to fall for these facile manipulations and ask how much
truth is actually behind what is being ranted and raved from the podium, no
matter who the podium belongs to.

Wirt Atmar

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