My Reflection, Dirty Mirror

David Weigel | September 3, 2008

The first spontaneous chant of the night is "ZERO!" said in response to Hawaii Gov. Linda "Wait, who?" Lingle's attack on Obama and Biden for having "zero experience." It's... pathetic. Trust me, Republicans, you don't want to peel that onion. Romney could sell his business record and work in Massachusetts. Palin cannot spend two months selling her experience as mayor of a town the size of Mayberry.

Lingle's a treasure trove of ridiculous, stadium-rousing lines. "The last time I checked, Alaska had the same number as electoral votes as Delaware!" And you can fit a lot of other states in it!

Rudy Giuliani's doing a bit better, turning "community organizer" into a slur and hitting the Surge as a rallying point.