It's TV
There is something about the old political conventions that can't be replaced. Spontaneity. They are so orchestrated , scripted, silly-slick that they are hardly entertaining any more. Bad enough we have to endure sound tracks at ball games, political rallies, and weddings, now each campaign has to have a theme song, or an official group that hopes to embody the candidate's "message" in a three minute sound byte. Oh I know the history of political tunes and campaign songs. I vaguely remember the "I like Ike" TV spots from 1956. Something about what we've got now that's just too slippery. Gone is all the drama of the roll-call votes. Gone are the self-serving speeches about "the great state of ..." "Mr. Chairman, delegates to this great convention, the state of (your choice), the only state in this mighty union to produce tomatoes all year long, the state of Jonathan Knox, first printing press operator in the union,