Wednesday, August 18, 2004

Lyons

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If Bush had a rock band, he could dub his campaign the "No Class" tour and sell T-shirts. Which, come to think of it, illuminates his dilemma. The purpose of Bush’s restricted-access events is to generate feel-good images on local TV. But ask anybody who’s seen the Rolling Stones live if it was more stimulating than an HBO concert. There’s a visceral excitement at live campaign rallies that can’t be matched by TV.