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New 2020 Lexus ES 300h in Scottsdale , AZ
- $49,070
Vehicle Details
|Stock #
|Exterior Color
|Silv Lining Met
|Interior Color
|Blk W/Linear Espresso Wd
|Gas Mileage
|City:43 Hwy:44
|2.5L I4 DOHC 16V VVT-i
Additional Vehicle Information
- Features
- Specs
- Warranty
- Safety
- Comfort
- Technology
- Exterior
- Mechanical
- Interior
|Pedestrian safety sound generation
|Rearview monitor
|in dash
|Impact absorbing seats
|dual front
|Autonomous braking
|Pre-collision warning system
|audible warning, visual warning
|Lane keeping assist
|Traffic sign recognition
|Child safety door locks
|Child seat anchors
|LATCH system
|Energy absorbing steering column
|Impact sensor
|battery disconnect, door unlock, fuel cut-off, alert system
|Safety brake pedal system
|Body side reinforcements
|side impact door beams
|Emergency interior trunk release
|Camera system
|First aid kit
|Lane deviation sensors
|Crumple zones
|front, rear
|Airbag deactivation
|occupant sensing passenger
|Side airbags
|front, rear
|Knee airbags
|dual front
|Front airbags
|Side curtain airbags
|front, rear
|Side-curtain airbag rollover sensor
|Rolling code security
|Power door locks
|anti-lockout, auto-locking
|Anti-theft system
|engine immobilizer, alarm with remote
|2-stage unlocking doors
|Side mirrors
|integrated turn signals, heated, auto-dimming
|Side mirror adjustments
|power, manual folding
Comfort Features
|Dash trim
|Center console trim
|Floor mat material
|Shift knob trim
|rear center folding with pass-thru, rear center with cupholders
|Steering wheel trim
|Floor mats
|rear, front
|Floor material
|Door trim
Convenience Features
|front, rear
|Steering wheel
|tilt and telescopic
|Cruise control
|One-touch windows
|Reading lights
|front, rear
|Power steering
|Multi-function remote
|illuminated entry, panic alarm, proximity entry system, trunk release
|Cargo area light
|Retained accessory power
|Power windows
|lockout button
|Courtesy lights
|Footwell lights
|Steering wheel mounted controls
|audio, cruise control, phone, multi-function, paddle shifter, voice control
|Push-button start
|Vanity mirrors
|dual illuminating
|Power outlet(s)
|12V front and rear
|Assist handle
|rear, front
|Center console
|front console with armrest and storage, illuminated
|Rearview mirror
|Universal remote transmitter
|Homelink - garage door opener
|front seatback, grocery bag holder, cargo tie-down anchors and hooks, door pockets, accessory hook
|Touch-sensitive controls
Air Conditioning
|Front air conditioning
|automatic climate control
|Front air conditioning zones
|Rear vents
|second row
|Humidity/dewpoint sensors
|Air filtration
|Warnings and reminders
|low battery, lamp failure, low fuel, engine oil, coolant, maintenance due, tire fill alert
|Instrument cluster screen size
|7 in.
|Trip computer
|Driver information system
|Digital odometer
|External temperature display
|Multi-function display
|Fuel economy display
|MPG, range
|Trip odometer
Audio System
|voice operated, AM/FM, HD radio
|Auxiliary audio input
|Bluetooth, jack, USB, iPod/iPhone
|Antenna type
|diversity, mast
|In-Dash CD
|single disc, MP3 Playback
|Total speakers
|Radio data system
|Speed sensitive volume control
|Satellite radio
|Electronic messaging assistance
|with read function, voice operated
|Smart device app function
|vehicle location, maintenance status, lock operation
|Driver assistance app
|roadside assistance
|Wireless data link
|hands free
In Car Entertainment
|Connected in-car apps
|Google POIs, Amazon Alexa
|Enform, Apple CarPlay ready
|Infotainment screen size
|8 in.
|Moonroof / Sunroof
|tilt/slide, one-touch open/close, anti-trapping, power glass, sliding sunshade
|Daytime running lights
|auto high beam dimmer, LED, auto delay off, auto on/off
|Exterior entry lights
|puddle lamps, security approach lamps
Exterior Features
|Front bumper color
|Mirror color
|Door handle color
|Rear spoiler color
|Rear bumper color
|Window trim
|Rear spoiler
|Grille color
|silver surround, silver
Tires and Rims
|Spare tire size
|Tire type
|all season
|Spare tire mount location
|Spare wheel type
|Tire Pressure Monitoring System
|Wheel spokes
|Window defogger
|Front wipers
|speed sensitive, variable intermittent
|Power windows
|safety reverse
|Drive mode selector
|Axle ratio
|Auto start/stop
|Electric Motor HP
|Electric Motor Power Output (Kilowatts)
|Hybrid Gas Engine [email protected]
|Hybrid gas Engine [email protected]
|Hybrid Gas Engine HP
|Hybrid Gas Engine Torque
|Electric Motor Torque
|Electric motor battery type
|nickel-metal hydride
|Battery saver
|Rear brake type
|Rear brake diameter
|Front brake diameter
|Front brake type
|ventilated disc
|Regenerative braking system
|Braking assist
|Electronic brakeforce distribution
|Power brakes
|Electronic parking brake
|auto off
|Front suspension classification
|Rear suspension classification
|Front struts
|Rear suspension type
|Rear spring type
|Front stabilizer bar
|Rear stabilizer bar
|Front spring type
|Front suspension type
|lower control arms
|Rear shock type
|Front shock type
Stability and Traction
|Stability control
|Traction control
|Hill holder control
|Starter type
|Driver seat power adjustments
|height, 10, lumbar, reclining
|Passenger seat power adjustments
|height, 10, lumbar, reclining
|Rear headrests
|3, adjustable
|Front headrests
|2, adjustable
|Front seat type
|Rear seat type
|Upholstery accents
|Seatbelt pretensioners
|front, rear
|Seatbelt force limiters
|front, rear
|Emergency locking retractors
|rear, front
|Seatbelt warning sensor
|Rear seatbelts
|Front seatbelts
|Turns lock-to-lock
Drive Type
|Drive Type
|Standard Seating
|Max Seating
|Head Room (front)
|37.5 in
|Head Room (rear)
|37.4 in
|Hip Room (front)
|55 in
|Hip Room (rear)
|54.3 in
|Shoulder Room (front)
|55.9 in
|Shoulder Room (rear)
|54 in
|Leg Room (front)
|42.4 in
|Leg Room (rear)
|39.2 in
|Seating Rows
Measurements of Size & Shape
|195.9 in
|73.4 in
|Width (without mirrors)
|73.4 in
|56.9 in
|113 in
|Track Width (front)
|63 in
|Track Width (rear)
|63.4 in
Measurements of Weight
|Gross Vehicle Weight Rating
|4740 lbs
|Gross Vehicle Weight Range
|4001-5000 lbs
|Curb Weight
|3704 lbs
Truck Specifications
|Max Payload
|905 lbs
Interior Dimensions
|Cargo Volume
|16.7 cu ft
|Passenger Volume
|97.4 cu ft
Performance Specifications
|Aerodynamic Drag
|0.26 Cd
|Turning Circle
|38 ft
|Acceleration (0-60MPH)
|8.1 seconds
Fuel Tanks
|Fuel Capacity
|13.2 Gallons
Wheels and Tires
|Front Tire Type
|Front Wheel Diameter
|17.0 x 7.5 in
|Rear Tire Type
|Rear Wheel Diameter
|17.0 x 7.5 in
Crash-Test Ratings
2020 Lexus ES 300h 4 DR FWD
|Front Crash Overall
|Front Crash Driver
|Front Crash Passenger
|Side Crash Overall
|Side Barrier Overall
|Side Barrier Driver
|Side Barrier Passenger
|Side Pole Driver
|Side Combined Front
|Side Combined Rear
Green Score
EPA Green Score
( California LEV-III SULEV30
EPA and California-required standards. The names refer to tables of numerical limits for the various air pollutants allowed by the standards.
|Fuel Type
Air Pollution Score ?
The Air Pollution Score is based on the government emission standards for which the vehicle was certified to comply with and reflects vehicle tailpipe emissions that contribute to local and regional air pollution, creating problems such as haze, and health issues.
Greenhouse Gas Score ?
This score reflects fuel emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases.
Smartway ?
SmartWay is a designation earned by those vehicles that have combined Air Pollution and Greenhouse Gas Scores that place them in the top tier (approximately the top 20%) of environmental performers. SmartWay Elite is reserved for the best of the best.
EPA Green Score
( Federal Tier 3 Bin 30
EPA and California-required standards. The names refer to tables of numerical limits for the various air pollutants allowed by the standards.
|Fuel Type
Air Pollution Score ?
The Air Pollution Score is based on the government emission standards for which the vehicle was certified to comply with and reflects vehicle tailpipe emissions that contribute to local and regional air pollution, creating problems such as haze, and health issues.
Greenhouse Gas Score ?
This score reflects fuel emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases.
Smartway ?
SmartWay is a designation earned by those vehicles that have combined Air Pollution and Greenhouse Gas Scores that place them in the top tier (approximately the top 20%) of environmental performers. SmartWay Elite is reserved for the best of the best.
Available Incentives
Lease - $399 per month for 36 months / $3,999 due at signing
Available on approved credit to very well qualified customers through Lexus Financial Services and participating Lexus dealers on a new 2020 ES 300h. Security deposit required with exception of prior Lexus Financial Services financing history and/or Lexus Financial Services tier rating in which a security deposit may be waived. Not all customers will qualify. Offer based on MSRP of $42,890 including delivery, processing and handling. Offer already includes $2,000 in Lease Cash incentives applied as a capitalized cost reduction. Monthly payment may vary depending on final price of vehicle & your qualifications. You pay $0.25 per mile over 10,000 per year. See dealer for vehicle and lease program details. Must take delivery by 04/30/2020. Offer available in AK, AZ, CA, CO, ID, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA. Lexus Financial Services is a division of Toyota Motor Credit Corporation (TMCC). TMCC is the authorized attorney-in-fact and servicer for Toyota Lease Trust.
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"This is my neighborhood," said Captain Ron Johnson of the Missouri State Highway Patrol last Sunday. "You are my family, you are my friends, and I am you."
Johnson was speaking at Greater Grace Church in Ferguson, Missouri, where he had been brought in by the governor last week to lead law enforcement efforts in the wake of the killing of teenager Michael Brown by a Ferguson police officer.
Johnson's simple willingness to walk among the protesters and talk to them one-on-one were enough to make headlines when contrasted with the militarized stance that had characterized police action in Ferguson to that point. Though protests, rioting, and looting have continued in the days since, his arrival on the scene sparked a dramatic shift in the mood in Ferguson.
That change might have been rooted in some fundamental facts about who Johnson is and where he comes from. As he said in his Sunday talk, he knows Ferguson from the inside out. He grew up there, and now lives just across the city line in Florissant.
Darren Wilson, the officer who shot Michael Brown under contested circumstances on August 9th, reportedly lives in Crestwood, more than half an hour's drive away, in a community that looks very different. In the 2010 census, Crestwood was more than 96 percent white, and Ferguson more than 67 percent black. (Florissant, incidentally, is 69 percent white.)
Now, some type of incentive to encourage local residency for Ferguson police is one of the possible reforms on the table as the city goes into its twelfth day of civil unrest.
The question of whether police officers should live in or near the communities they patrol has a long and contentious history. Residency requirements for police and other municipal employees were once much more common in American cities, but they are becoming increasingly rare in the wake of policy changes and court challenges. One example is Ohio, where in 2009, in a move perceived as a tough blow to cities such as Cleveland, the state Supreme Court upheld a law striking down residency requirements. The city of St. Louis relaxed its residency requirements for cops back in 2005.
For many who oppose such requirements, it's a simple issue of a person's right to live wherever he or she chooses, without government interference. "Nobody should be forced to give up their constitutional rights to live where they want to live just because they work in the city," Republican state Sen. Timothy Grendell of Chesterland, Ohio, told USA Today in 2006. There's also an economic argument: In cities that are flourishing economically, it can be hard to live on a civil servant's salary.
Residency policies, according to some critics, are mostly about increasing a city's tax base rather than contributing any real benefit to the quality of policing. But it's also true that increasing challenges to residency requirements for police have been linked to the destabilization of communities that once were anchored by public servants earning steady salaries.
Detroit is one example of what can happen when cops are freed from these requirements. After the state of Michigan eliminated the city's residency restrictions in 1999, many officers started moving out. By 2011, incoming mayor David Bing noted, more than half of the city's police lived outside of Detroit. He even instituted policies offering financial incentives to make coming back more enticing.
Milwaukee's mayor Tom Barrett cited Detroit as a cautionary tale when he defended his city's residency requirements—in place for more than 70 years—against a challenge from Republican governor Scott Walker and GOP lawmakers in 2011. "Eleven years ago, the city of Detroit lifted the residency requirement for police officers and today, 53 percent of officers live outside of the city," Barrett was quoted as saying by the Milwaukee Business Journal. "If we want the tax base of Milwaukee to resemble the tax base of Detroit, this is the way to go."
A law ending the Wisconsin requirements was subsequently passed and signed into law by Walker, and immediately challenged in court by Milwaukee. In January 2014, a Milwaukee County Circuit Court judge ruled against the city. Milwaukee is not enforcing the requirement as the case wends its way through the courts.
In the meantime, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, city records show that 246 Milwaukee employees had moved out of town by July of this year. The moves may have reflected a distance that was already there. Before the residency requirements were eliminated, the Journal Sentinel paraphrased the head of the Milwaukee police union as saying "some officers are also concerned about living in the same community as people they have arrested."
In Ferguson, the already complicated question of residency is further muddied by the fragmentation of municipalities in suburban St. Louis, as well as the pervasive racial segregation in the region—some of the most extreme in the nation.
More than 14 years ago, Governing magazine senior editor Alan Ehrenhalt wrote about the demise of Detroit's residency requirement and the increasing disconnect between police officers and the communities they serve. "One has to wonder whether the anti-residency movement isn't part of something larger: a subtle reaction against the idea of old-fashioned geographical community," he wrote. "We keep hearing … communities will be virtual—America will really just be one big chat room. In that case, what's the difference whether the cop on your neighborhood beat lives in your city, or in a suburb 20 miles away where his family can have a bigger yard?"
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With cities in lockdown and workplaces closed, the big drop in traffic and transit riders allows road repair and construction projects to rush forward.
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Two girls spend an adventurous night trapped inside the public library during a terrible blizzard.
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Rather implausible, but still fun and satisfying. Better for ages 8-10, or younger if you're reading it to them. Too bad the girls don't actually wind up spending that much time among all the books ... Read full review
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The dialogue is somewhat stilted, and the girls aren't very interesting (except for their names, why would an author call two characters Mary Rose and Jo-Beth.) though the story was interesting. "Kids don't faint, only grown-ups faint." Tell that to my eight-year-old fainting self. Read full review
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iTooch: touch, learn.
We are a self-funded startup launching a multitouch education game for kids between 6 an 13 on iPad and other tactile tablets.
Once we have chosen the iTooch character you'll design, we will use it for an unlimited number of animations, because it will be central to our software. So if you are rocket-fast at generating animations, stay tuned!
Kids between 6 and 13.
We want them to want to use the software... to learn things (!!!!!), so we badly need to make our software fun and engaging for those manga and video game overfed kids.
Bart and Lisa Simpson are our target audience. They must be fans of your creation!
We are looking for the design of a character based on the letters of the name iTooch, the eyes being the two O's. iTooch's role is to embody the educating game we are currently developping.
iTooth is young, engaging, fun and high-energy. He behaves like a kitty. He loves playing and kidding. He is highly expressive. He can be naughty at times.
iTooch's letters (except for the two O's, that is: the i,T,c and h) are the character's members. iTooch can mortph into whatever needed in order to express how iTooth feels or what he is doing (color & general look of the letters remain see attached files).
The O's (iTooth's eyes) don't morph the same: they express the character's feeling (surprise, concentration, tiredness, anger, joy, relief...).
In fact iTooch will behave very much like the old MS Office assistant.
Font used to "write" iTooch must be original, with no copyrights.
Design should keep very simple, so that animation & morphing of the character is easy.
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Furniture store has new name
After 30 years, Sweet"s in the Nude is now Sweet"s Wood Furniture, as owner Mark Campbell keeps up with the times.
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Sales staffer Dean Ihara estimated 80 percent of customers today want finished furniture. Years ago, 80 percent bought unfinished and then picked a stain or finish that fit their decor.
The store has a new website at www.sweetswoodfurniture.com, a better choice for online searches. Campbell said the old name created "all sorts of problems with Google."


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Study: D1 Men's Basketball Players At Highest Risk For Sudden Cardiac DeathPosted by jstevrtc on April 29th, 2011
A study published earlier this month in the American Heart Association journal Circulation has found that Division I men's basketball players are at the highest risk among all college athletes for sudden cardiac death (SCD). According to the authors of the study, there is one incident of SCD for every 3,124 men's college basketball players in Division I per year. This is an alarming number for many reasons, especially when compared to the incidence of SCD among ALL college athletes that was measured at a much less frequent 1 in 43,770 athletes in a given year.
If you're like us, you saw that 1 in 3,124 SCD rate for D-I men's basketball players and immediately remembered that there are over 4,000 guys playing D-I college hoops each season. That would imply that there are between 1-2 players dying from this each year, or between 10-20 over the last ten years. At first blush, that may seem like an impossibly high rate — how many D-I players over the last ten years can you name who died because their hearts stopped? — but the researchers note in the article that during the five year study period (January 2004 through December 2008), nine players suffered SCD. Their math is unfortunately backed up by what really happened.


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American Idol semi-finalist to entertain at Fiesta 2011
American Idol semi-finalist Julie Zorrilla will perform at Clínica Tepeyac's 2011 Fiesta, "A Celebration of Culture and Life!" A native of Colombia, Zorilla grew up in Denver and is a longtime patient of Clínica Tepeyac, a safety-net clinic and model for providing health education, prevention, and primary medical services to underserved patients.
"I've been going to Clínica Tepeyac since I was a little girl," Zorrilla says. "I am honored to perform at Fiesta 2011 and support an organization that has helped me throughout the years and cares so deeply for Denver's Latino community."
Fiesta 2011 begins at 5:30 p.m. Oct. 28 at the Police Protective Association (PPA) Event Center, 2105 Decatur St., near Sports Authority Field at Mile High. In addition to Zorrilla's performance, there will be Flamenco dancing, live and silent auctions and a buffet dinner. Awards to be given that night include Volunteer of the Year, Dr. Robert Williams; Community Partner of the Year, the Health Center at Auraria; and Health Advocate of the Year, Dr. Chris Urbina, executive director of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.
The 17-year-old Clínica Tepeyac works with other public health agencies and medical providers in the Denver metro area to ensure its patients have access to specialists and programs that assist low-income families. This year, Clínica Tepeyac is projected to provide more then 15,000 patient visits.
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* At 6 p.m. today, there is a cocktail party at MAX, a boutique at 264 Detroit St. in Cherry Creek North, to raise money for the Project Angel Heart capital campaign. The get-together is co-sponsored by TOWN; hosts are Joyce Pashel, Max Martinez, Scott Seale, Mikhail Dantes, Eddy Doumas and Ron Dantes. The $40 donation includes cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, deejay music and informal modeling. Call 303-373-6940.
* Theatre Threads, a luncheon and fashion show featuring costumes from the Denver Center Theatre Company closets. Chaired by Gayle Novak and Lisa Daniel-Johnson, the $100-a-ticket event begins at 11:30 a.m. Friday in the Seawell Grand Ballroom. Models — all members of the Denver Center Alliance — are Edna Chang Grant, Jody Charmatz, Keri Christiansen, Sharon Cooper, John Farnam, Terri Fisher, Adrienne Ruston Fitzgibbons, Alice Foster, Gail Johnson, Teresa Kennedy, Judy McNeil, Claudia Miller, Arlene Mohler Johnson, Stephanie Odak, Lois Paul, Jody Phelps, Gregory Sargowicki, Jean Smooke, Susan Stiff, Judi Wolf and David Zupancic. Call 303-446-4815.
* On Saturday, MaxFund, a non-profit no-kill animal shelter and adoption center, is having its 23rd annual black-tie fundraiser, Puttin' on the Max: We Are Colorado, at the Brown Palace Hotel. The 5:30 p.m. event is one of MaxFund's largest fundraisers; 300 guests are expected. There will be cocktails, dinner, silent and live auctions, appearances by the Denver Nuggets Dance Team, music by Absolute DJ, and a pet parade. 7News meterologist Mike Nelson will emcee. Tickets (call 720-266-6081) are $100 each, $175 for couples $175 or $900 per table. Sponsors include Prudent Man Investment Group, 1stBank and Liberty Media.
* Also on Saturday, Sara Evans headlines Western Fantasy, a dinner and auction that also honors John and Anna Sie as Humanitarians of the Year. Tom and Dianne Honig chair this benefit for Volunteers of America; festivities begin at 5:45 p.m. at the National Western Events Center. Call Michael James, 720-264-3322.
* Museum of Contemporary Art/Denver is having its Luminocity Gala at Union Station on Oct. 27; Bart Spaulding is the chairman. Billed as a "sparkling evening," the festivities will include silent and live auctions, followed by dinner from Three Tomatoes. Gov. John Hickenlooper and and his wife, museum trustee Helen Thorpe, are the honorary chairs, along with Mayor Michael Hancock and his wife, Mary Louise Lee. The host committee includes Ellen Bruss and Mark Falcone, Mardi and Brown Cannon, Ellie Caulkins, Philae Dominick, David and Laura Merage, Tina Walls and museum founder Sue Cannon. Sign up at mcadenver.org.
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Forum Post: Conglomerate, Departmental Governance, TVP
Posted 6 years ago on June 27, 2013, 2 a.m. EST by Kavatz
from Edmonton, AB
This content is user submitted and not an official statement
World revolution is the only solution. Too bad no one knows how to make that happen. You'd think someone must know, but good luck. I can see a small piece of any population uniting. I don't see a movement sweeping my parents off the sofa and into the streets... or anyone else they associate with.
Try to consider how the 99% Conglomerate IS ABLE to unite EVERYONE in the 99%. Some of us are employees, some are entrepreneurs (probably more than you think), but nearly all of us are consumers. Regardless of which group(s) you're a member of, you won't be able to avoid the Conglomerate in Phase 3.
Global 99% unity is an amazing concept. Control the World is a strategy game played by the elite (those who have so much money, all that matters is supreme power). Would you like to play this game too?
If you don't know or understand the Conglomerate yet, ask questions. Make it your #1 priority to get it well. Let's determine together if it is the one solution we must focus all efforts on. I'll stop promoting it when you can convince me it's not good.
Members of the Conglomerate may one day draft the world constitution. Alternatively, the 1% will.
The Conglomerate is not designed to last forever. In fact, it's designed to die with the money-based economy. The world united would choose to end the use of money, if that was the goal of the Conglomerate.
When the Conglomerate is in Phase 3 maturity, we will be ripe for world revolution. The Conglomerate will without a doubt be the most powerful and politically influential entity on the globe, if we just decide to focus on it. Support from everyone on this forum is enough to make it a sure thing quicker than you imagine.
Departmental Governance is no sure thing, but it's the system for the future as I see it. It can be tried nationally and simply scaled up for global governance. It would be interesting to debate with someone who doesn't think it's the most democratically sound, responsible AND efficient political system conceivable. BIG BRAVE WORDS, but is it not true.
And then there's the Venus Project (TVP). I would incorporate as much of it as possible into our future. It's the cherry on the cake for me. I believe I understand everything I've heard about TVP. If there's something you don't like about it, any kind of flaw, let's have at it until we both agree one way or the other.
I look forward to your reply.


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There is no race car driver that engenders as much debate as Danica Patrick. She's controversial when she crashes, she's controversial when she finishes. She's talked about on track and off. But is she good or does she suck?
I feel I need to get this out of the way up front: I'm a Danica Patrick fan. She's worked hard to get where she is and I have the utmost respect for her and what she's accomplished, not only for herself but for female athletics in general.
But Danica is also one of the only athletes who accomplishes something, and everyone immediately places an asterisk after what she's done. Why is that? In some cases, it's totally justified. In others, it just isn't. This is your guide to Danica's career.
1998: Danica moves to England to further her racing career.
Good or Terrible? A Wisconsinite picks up and moves across the pond as part of a major commitment to improve her racing career. She ran against F1 champions like Jenson Button in karts and Formula Fords. That takes guts.
2000: Danica finishes second at the British Formula Ford Festival
Good or Terrible? This is the best finish ever by an American driver in the main event at the Formula Ford Festival, which is one of the most competitive motorsports events in the world. She started the race in tenth and finished right behind her teammate Anthony Davidson. That's damn impressive. And it was against people like Aussie V8 Supercar star James Courtney, IndyCar racer Hideki Mutoh, sports car and open wheel ace Adam Carroll. It's one of the most competitive races in the world and she finished second.
2002: Move back to America to race Indy Lights
Good or Terrible? Bobby Rahal, one of America's most savvy and talented race car drivers and team owners saw something in Danica and brought her back to America to race for him in Indy Lights. She had the right combo of talent and looks. Argent Mortgage came on board to sponsor her and she had one of the best seasons for a female racer in series history. She also got to lead Tommy Kendall, one of our most accomplished sports car racers, around the paddock at Long Beach on a leash when she beat him in the Toyota Pro Celebrity race.
2005: Indy 500 Debut
Good or Terrible? A monster run in Indy 500 qualifying saw her have a huge moment and almost hit the wall. Despite that, she still qualified fourth. A spin in the race sent her back in the pack. She recovered, got to the lead, but fell back to fourth at the finish. A monster effort from a '500' rookie.
2007: Move to Andretti-Green Racing
Good or Terrible? Andretti-Green was one of the highest caliber race teams in IndyCar at the time. It brought Danica a chance to work with champion level teammates like Dario Franchitti and Tony Kanaan. It also started her high profile sponsorship relationships with Motorola and GoDaddy. She earned three podium finishes that season.
2007: Variable Ratio Steering Controversy
Good or Terrible? Danica qualified second at Mid Ohio in 2007. Her low weight, which was an advantage on ovals, proved a disadvantage on road courses. IndyCar fitted a variable ratio steering rack to a few cars in the field, which some drivers say was to benefit Danica only. She didn't win with it. It was subsequently fitted to all cars in 2008.
2008: First win.
Good or Terrible? The race at Twin Ring Motegi ended with the first ever win for a female driver in IndyCar history. Awesome. And after she crossed the line, she was crying like mad. She had worked for this moment for years, you could tell it meant the world to her.
Here are the asterisks. First, it was a fuel mileage race, and she won because she had more fuel. Second, IndyCar and ChampCar had reunited in 2008, but ChampCar was running its final race at Long Beach that same weekend.
Here's how I see it: A win is a win no matter how it happens. You take advantage of your circumstances to beat the opposition. The team's strategy and fuel conservation won that race. How is that a bad thing? Now, half the field being in California? That's not ideal, but I truly doubt anyone would say anything about the win if Helio Castroneves, Scott Dixon, or another regular winner got the W. Still, it has to be said, this is her only win in any series since she came back to America.
2008: The real start of Go Daddy.
Good or Terrible? Danica has always been great at using her position as an attractive female to gain sponsorship. If you could do that too, you would. And don't say that you wouldn't, you know you would. Go Daddy liked what they saw and jumped in with Super Bowl ads.
The gain of recognition for motorsports? Good. The switch from serious racing driver to celebrity? Terrible.
2010: Start of NASCAR career.
Good or Terrible? As much as I defend Danica, I cannot defend this. Basically, the way I see the move to NASCAR is Go Daddy's need for exposure and Danica's want to build her brand. A move to NASCAR increases visibility, which increases sponsorship, which increases dollars in the pockets. It's that simple. Go Daddy can't really care how she performs, they have the most marketable driver in the series carrying their colors. And no matter how Danica finishes, the paycheck just keeps rolling in.
2013: First full Sprint Cup season.
Good or Terrible? She qualified on pole and ran up front at the Daytona 500. That's good. The rest? Terrible. She was obsessively covered on TV when she was running 36th. She said she was learning. But she's been in stock cars for three years. She should be starting to get it. I do still think that Kyle Petty was wrong saying Danica is "not a race car driver," but that early passion and desire to win seems to be gone. She's in the best equipment out there and is just dawdling in mid pack.
Where's the fire? Where's the passion? Where's the anger? The Danica that wanted to fight Ryan Briscoe in pit lane at Indy is gone. The Danica that wanted to run Milka Duno off the road constantly is gone. She's figured out how to make money, and it works. Complacency is the enemy of ambition, and I fear Danica is now emphasizing money over results. I mean, she's hosting the American Country Awards now...
I'm still a fan of hers, but I find I now spend a lot more time reminiscing about good days gone than celebrating any achievements now.
And that's too bad.


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Maybe the great poet T. S. Eliot had it right and April is the cruelest month, but March has been pretty nasty, and not just for weather. Pick a region, pick a country, and we often find nightmare tales of human cruelty. It seems a particularly vicious time for violent repression, especially of women — oh, and journalists (more than 900 killed since 1992, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists), anyone inclined to speak truth.
Lies seem to be the order of the day, and telling truth can get a person killed, or worse. Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, is paying the price, hounded and pursued, his life shredded, for exposing the truth beneath "diplomatic" lies. The poor soldier who allegedly slipped "secret" documents to WikiLeaks, Private Bradley Manning, has undergone nearly two years of imprisonment (including undisguised torture), with no relief in sight—and no trial.
Of course, it's almost always been against the law to tell the truth, going back far beyond Copernicus and Galileo. Why? Could the reason be that the brutality of power likes to dress in the costumes of myth and fantasy? Emperors love to parade their newest clothes. But what would happen if we just told the truth?
These and related questions came to me just yesterday when I was chatting with my old pal T. Lee. Like me, T reads a lot of non-fiction, history and such, which means nearly constant contact with terrifying information. What's strange, though — and here's an a previously hidden truth — is that we're both unreformed Romantics: despite all we know and all we learn, all evidence to the contrary, we still believe that most human beings are kind, decent, rational and peace-loving.
All right, that might not be much of a revelation, not like admitting that I actually like some merlots. But it's important to acknowledge certain facts. It can be a beginning.
Try to imagine how the world might change if, say, Rush Limbaugh suddenly admitted that, after all these years and all those rants, he's always been a closet Homo sapiens. Wow. Would advertisers return to his show? Would he lose listeners, or gain some? Would it change his hat size, or his relationship to those big cigars?
Ah, well, In vino veritas: There's truth in wine.
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Can it be? Yes! They're shouting at him! "Put the microphones down! We can't see you!"
Harry Truman, wearing a white linen suit, peers out at the delegates. It's 1948. Two o'clock in the morning. He's trying to start his speech at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. So far, it's been humiliating.
First, he knows he's a terrible speaker – so bad his aides now give him talking points, hoping he'll be livelier when he ad-libs.
Worse, most delegates don't like him. Truman knows they want to draft the most popular person in the country, Gen. Dwight Eisenhower. Only the political bosses running their delegations have kept them in line.
And the Southern Democrats? With a civil rights plank in the platform, they've walked out, likely to form a third party, which everybody thinks will doom his chances.
Even little things backfire. Just as he got to the stage, a woman rushed up to present him with a cage containing "doves of peace." They were pigeons. They got loose, flew up to the rafters and, as an aide wrote later, "did what pigeons do."
"Watch your clothes!" delegates cried, covering their heads.
Now this! He's the president! Can't he even control the microphones?
"I can't!" Truman shouts back.
Today, 64 years later, the Republicans and Democrats are gearing up to gavel in their conventions in a way that will allow them to control every picosecond of the multiday events.
When the Republicans open their conclave on Aug. 27 in Tampa, Fla., and the Democrats a week later in Charlotte, N.C., they will try to make everyone stay on message and stick to their meticulously prepared scripts in what has become one of the most tightly controlled rituals in American politics.
But since the first Democratic convention in 1832, these quadrennial events have always been full of surprises. These may be, too.
That's not to say there's any doubt about the outcome. Longtime GOP strategist Joe Gaylord ran the rules committee for the 1976 Republican National Convention – the last convention when it wasn't clear who would be the nominee.
"That was a raucous event," says Mr. Gaylord, who went on to play major roles at five more. "Now, it's such a managed stage show."
That, he hastens to add, doesn't mean that conventions aren't worth watching.
Certainly viewers will hear about big issues. This election pits a nominee who wants to carry out the 2010 health-care act against one who wants to repeal it; one who'll work for same-sex marriage against one who'll try to keep marriage between a man and a woman; one who would repeal tax cuts for millionaires against one who would make those tax cuts permanent; one who would continue a government-run Medicare program against one who might convert it to a voucher-based system.
Washington will spend about $15 trillion in the next four years. Mitt Romney and Barack Obama have different ideas about where that money should go. The conventions can highlight some of those differences.
Still, the changes in how conventions work and what they do have made people question the value of these events, which received $18 million each in federal subsidies this year, in addition to the $50 million Washington gives each host city for security. In 1996, Ted Koppel, then the popular host of "Nightline," left the Republican convention in San Diego early.
"More of an infomercial than a news event," he said, arguing that gavel-to-gavel coverage of them wasn't useful anymore.
Is that true? Does knowing who the nominees will be really mean there's no news worth reporting? How exactly have conventions changed over the years? Are they still important?
* * *
Asking whether conventions are important is not the same as asking whether they've reflected important things. There's no doubt that since 1832, each of the 44 Democratic and 37 Republican conventions has featured clashes over wrenching national issues.
The fiercest early battles took place with no spectators and no formal speeches. They usually revolved around slavery: In 1852, after three successive Democratic conventions filled with bitter debate, the exhausted delegates passed a resolution ordering the party to resist any more discussion of "the agitation of the slavery question under whatever shape or color the attempt may be made."
The history of those early conventions is full of compromise, conflict, and, well, deals. Take 1860, when the newly formed Republican Party held its second convention.
The favorite going in: New York Sen. William Seward. But Seward was bitterly antislavery. In those days, Americans thought it unseemly for nominees even to attend the convention. Abraham Lincoln, waiting back home in Springfield, hoped that if Seward didn't win on the first ballot, delegates might switch to someone more moderate – like him. Also in the running: Ohio Sen. Salmon Chase.
By the third ballot, Lincoln was still behind. He had not authorized any horse-trading. But at that point, Chicago publisher and Lincoln backer Joe Medill leaned over and whispered to the Ohio state chair: "Switch your vote. Chase can have anything he wants!"
A deal! The Ohio chair jumped to his feet and got three others to switch their votes, setting off a Lincoln stampede. Delegates began stomping their boots. Up on the roof someone fired off a cannon. Church bells rang. Riverboats tooted, and soon Lincoln was reading a telegram with the results.
"You better shake my hand while you can," he said to people with him. "Honors elevate some men." Later, Lincoln made sure to elevate Chase. He named him Treasury secretary.
Like Lincoln, other 19th-century nominees avoided the conventions. It wasn't until 1924 that one would even deliver an acceptance speech. But in 1896, politicians saw how electrifying the well-prepared convention speech could be.
The country had plunged deep into a depression. Both Southerners and Westerners believed in "bimetallism": having the dollar backed by silver as well as gold. This, they argued, would enlarge the money supply and allow farmers to sell their crops for more money.
The national champion of bimetallism, former Nebraska Congressman William Jennings Bryan, came to the convention in Chicago intending to speak about his pet issue.
He started softly. But as he began talking about farmers, the hall exploded. When he mentioned miners, the cheers were so thunderous he couldn't go on.
At the end, he bellowed the now-famous lines: "You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns. You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold." Putting both hands to his head, Bryan stretched out his fingers – like the crown of Jesus. And held that pose for five seconds.
Delegates hurled their coats in the air, then rushed over to lift Bryan on their shoulders and paraded him around for a half-hour – and the next morning made the 36-year-old the nominee.
Michael Berman remembers a more recent speech set against a backdrop of passion. Now president of a big Washington lobbying firm, Mr. Berman played organizing roles in seven Democratic conventions.
But in 1968 he was a young staffer to Minnesota Sen. Walter Mondale. The country was torn over the Vietnam War. Outside the Democratic National Convention, also in Chicago, police tear-gassed, beat, and arrested demonstrators – one report called it a "police riot."
Inside, horrified antiwar delegates heard the news. As Connecticut Sen. Abe Ribicoff nominated antiwar candidate George McGovern, a deafening chorus of boos erupted from the regulars, led by Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley.
Ribicoff looked into the crowd at Daley. "And if George McGovern were president," he cried, "we would not have Gestapo tactics in the streets of Chicago!"
Daley jumped to his feet slashing a finger across his own neck, shouting words this magazine can't print. It was a madhouse.
* * *
"I was tear-gassed," says Berman. He doesn't make a big deal of it. Lots of people were.
In his organizing heyday, Berman got annoyed when Democratic graybeards would tell him to run conventions the way they had back in the old days. After the 2004 convention, his wife said, "You're not doing this anymore."
Why not? "Remember those old-timers telling you how to run the '84 campaign?" she asked. "It's somebody else's turn." He's no longer involved. Who better to assess what's changed since 1968?
"The candidates are elected long before we get there," Berman says, for openers. "I don't think anyone cares about the platform.... It used to be you were gathering together the party organization. But now [we] elect delegates. They're not part of the party structure."
He adds, "And communication changed."
Let me interpret: The basic tasks at conventions have stayed the same for decades. The participants examine delegates' credentials, decide on rules, vote on a party platform, then nominate and choose candidates in what for 48 years has been a four-day event.
But Berman is summarizing two big changes. First, the rise of primaries – and consequent decline in the power of party bosses. That transformed what kind of delegates came to the convention.
How did that happen? In one reasonably accurate word: Vietnam. While Democrats nominated Hubert Humphrey in 1968, the party was so fractured over the war that the winners tried to placate the anti-Vietnam faction by allowing McGovern to chair a commission recommending changes in the nominating process. Then, in a fit of idealism, it adopted them.
It had already been years since candidates went to a "brokered" convention, where party bosses, controlling most of the delegates, traded votes to pick a nominee. The last Republican multiballot convention was in 1948, and for the Democrats, in 1952.
The McGovern Commission recommendations, many of which Republicans adopted, too, paved the way for an increase in presidential primaries. They've risen from 14 in 1968 to 39 in 2012. That didn't just dim the chances of a brokered convention. Primaries forced candidates to enter and win delegates while the media breathlessly reported their rising totals.
The last time delegates arrived not sure who the nominee would be was the GOP convention in 1976, when it seemed as though Ronald Reagan might beat then-President Gerald Ford.
"Every seat filled an hour before the proceedings," Gaylord remembers. "Nancy Reagan comes into the hall and the place erupted. Betty Ford comes in – same thing. I'll never forget when the first person for Ford got up. Cheers and boos for 10 minutes."
Since then, there's been no such suspense. This year Mr. Romney effectively clinched the nomination after winning the Texas primary May 29.
The changes in communication have been no less dramatic. The first convention broadcast over radio came in 1924 – when only 60,000 Americans owned a radio. When Truman got up to speak in 1948, some 347,000 homes had TVs. By 1960, close to 35 million Americans watched John F. Kennedy's acceptance speech; 100 million watched all or part of both conventions. And in 2012?
"Forget Twitter," Berman says. "Add up Facebook and PBS, Internet, CNN. Anyone interested can find coverage." Suddenly, candidates became far more interested in talking to those at home than to those in the convention hall.
Freed of the nomination battle, able to reach millions of voters at fiber-optic speed, candidates can't resist making conventions exactly the infomercial Mr. Koppel described. But is that necessarily a bad thing?
GOP pollster David Winston demurs. "If you just want to know who's the nominee? Yeah, then it's an infomercial." But like many other experts, Mr. Winston makes clear that there are far more valuable things about the conventions than finding out who the nominees are. He puts himself in the shoes of a voter. "I'd look at it this way: What is this party presenting to me? Do they understand [me]?"
Democratic pollster Geoff Garin, Winston's opponent in many campaigns, agrees. "You really ought to think of a convention not as a one-off event," he says, "but a place where a candidate and party make a core argument."
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Watching a political party discuss ideas, though, doesn't necessarily determine your vote, any more than sticking a peach pit in the ground produces a tree.
Lots of other things matter: the state of the economy, how the candidates fare in what Mr. Garin calls that "other made for TV event" – the debates – and big news events. In 2004, Winston recalls, George W. Bush's convention speech was about national security. The next day came the school massacre in Chechnya, which, he says, helped lock in the support of mothers worried about security.
Perhaps the most important influence: what a candidate believes. Republican consultant Stuart Spencer has argued that the politicians with the most longevity are those who say, "This is where I stand."
The great majority of voters who will watch the conventions believe they know where Mr. Obama and Romney stand, and agree. They've made up their minds. But a convention can reinforce their views of a candidate's character and convictions – and help sway undecideds.
"It's like the opening moves in a chess match," says Winston, an avid chess player. "We begin to see how they frame up the election."
The candidates will differ on the issues. But they'll both aim, among others, for four things.
•Balance problems and solutions.
"They have an obligation to present the future. What would a Romney administration mean for America? You can't just say Obama's terrible," Gaylord says.
"Voters," Garin says, "hunger to hear not just what's wrong with the other guy but if anyone holds out hope for fixing serious problems."
•Be likable.
Aristotle knew this 2,500 years ago. Persuasion, he wrote, involves logos (logic), pathos (emotion), and ethos (character). Voters must like the nominee.
"Not to be unkind," Gaylord says, "but part of the Romney strategy should be to show his humanness." Is Romney just a stiff, rich, white guy who doesn't know what real people are like?
"Expect a lot of his sons, wife, people who can tell stories of him," Gaylord says.
•Segment the audience.
"Candidates open the door to problems not addressed," Winston says. "They say, 'here's what's not occurring relative to your life.' "
Convention organizers focus most intently on the problems of their base. But since different groups may have different problems, both parties will try appealing to them one at a time.
One such target: Hispanics. Strategists in both parties believe winning over this rapidly growing group could heavily influence national elections for decades. In addition to appeals targeting women, African-Americans, and gays, look for more appeals from Spanish-surnamed speakers, mispronounced Spanish phrases, or revised ideas about immigration.
•Focus on swing states.
Sorry, most voters. For Romney and Obama, this election is not about you. Right now, both campaigns know almost exactly how 41 states will vote. They are fighting over the remaining nine. Those states account for 115 electoral votes – 70 of them in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia, and Florida alone. Look for attention and speakers appealing to issues especially vital to these Big Four.
Meanwhile, here's what convention planners will try to make sure you won't see in 2012: intraparty squabbles. Like platform fights.
Platforms are fascinating and useful. They remind you that at one point Republicans were the party of antitrust legislation, and in 1972 supported the "statesmanship of the labor union movement." They remind you that Democrats once wanted to restrict immigrants from China but not other "worthy" nations, wanted to cut government spending (1904), and supported the Ku Klux Klan (1924).
"In 1980," Garin remembers, "significant platform fights were coming to the floor. Delegates took those seriously. We don't have those anymore. Conventions aren't party functions. They're for the nominees."
Still, though conventions no longer decide nominees and keep platform debates out of public view, does that mean they're irrelevant?
Berman has become deeply skeptical about their value.
"It's the most significant waste of money spent in presidential campaigns," he says. "Hundreds of millions spent to what end?"
Winston casts a qualified vote for conventions, but he has reservations, too. "I don't know if you need the four days," he says.
"It's good to devote eight hours every four years to present our best light to the American people," Gaylord says. He adds, "We probably should get rid of federal funding."
Actually, the conventions are already changing. After staging an outdoor festival the first day, the Democrats will meet in Charlotte's Time Warner Cable Arena for just two days. Obama will then accept his nomination on the final day in a football stadium, just as he did in Denver in 2008.
Flawed though conventions are, experts offer a few suggestions for people tuning in.
•Listen for solutions.
One way to do this: Use a four-box grid popular with political consultants, two boxes each for what the two parties say about themselves and their opponents. Campaigns are often about exaggerating small differences – the difference between the Obama and Romney plans on government spending are only about 2 percent of gross national product. A chart can help you see the differences.
•Look closely at the vice-presidential nominee.
Do vice presidents determine elections? Hardly ever. "But it says something about the candidate's judgment," Gaylord says.
•Watch the acceptance speech.
"It tells you what they're going to do," Gaylord says, noting it can help clarify whether a nominee is believable or not. Gaylord mentions President Ford's in 1976. His voice softens as he quotes the line he still remembers: "It's from you I come and with you I stand.' "
Garin points out that an effective acceptance speech is also what candidates need. "You want people feeling energized," he says. "Great speeches have that effect."
Even Berman, dubious as he is about the whole process, agrees. What do candidates need to do? "Give a good speech. The rest is folderol."
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Ever since William Jennings Bryan stepped to the podium in 1896, speeches have become a way to fuse intellect and emotion. They give conventions their drama. They are what people remember.
And the best speeches may not belong to the nominees. The Democrats lost in 1984, but Garin calls that year a "rhetorical high point for Democrats," mentioning addresses by Mario Cuomo and Jesse Jackson. A big speech can propel little-known politicians into national politics – Obama in 2004, yes, but also Humphrey in 1948 and Ronald Reagan in 1964.
The way listeners react to political speeches usually depends on the views of those making them. We don't care about Shakespeare's politics when we watch "Macbeth." But no matter how imaginatively a Republican uses language, a Democrat hearing it will grimace.
At times, though, words transcend politics. There's one such moment in Arnold Schwarzenegger's 2004 Republican convention keynote. Early in the speech he tells how he and his family were stopped at a checkpoint when the Soviets still occupied Austria.
"We didn't have a car," he says. "We were in my uncle's car. It was near dark as we came to the Soviet checkpoint."
The audience, which has been cheering every line, falls silent. "I was a little boy. I was not an action hero then," Mr. Schwarzenegger says. "I remember how scared I was that the soldiers would pull my father or my uncle out of the car, and I would never see them again."
Suddenly, even Democrats see him, not as the Terminator, not as a Republican, but as a scared little kid in the back seat.
And no matter what your views, when it comes to sheer emotion, few speeches rival the one little-known Mary Fisher gave at the 1992 Republican convention.
It was still a time when mentioning AIDS was the third rail of American politics. Politicians pretended it didn't exist, or came from immoral acts. Ms. Fisher was the mother of two kids. She had tested positive for HIV, having gotten it from her ex-husband.
Republicans allowed Fisher a few minutes at the podium. "I have come tonight to bring our silence to an end," she began. "I want your attention, not your applause."
Obediently, most delegates fell silent. After a few minutes came the first, small smattering of applause. It grew louder when she told the delegates she felt blessed by her supportive family. Then she spoke directly to those who weren't that blessed.
"You are HIV positive, but dare not say it. You have lost loved ones, but you dare not whisper the word AIDS. You weep silently. You grieve alone. I have a message for you. It is not you who should feel shame. It is we."
When she finished, there were no waving signs. No whoops. But the delegates rose to their feet, including a somber Gerald and Betty Ford. The applause was loud – and long.
Like Fisher, who, happily, survived, speakers sometimes provide something unexpected. That's what happened in 1948.
If you watch the black-and-white film that survives of Truman's address, you can tell from the way he repeats himself ("As I said before") that he is following an outline. But he's full of energy, merrily uttering things no aide would allow today.
Today, you don't admit your own voters might do something stupid. Truman says Democrats have helped farmers so much that "if they don't do their duty by the Democratic Party, they are the most ungrateful people in the world!" Today, a president leaves vitriol to surrogates. Truman says the "rotten" GOP tax bill "sticks a knife into the back of the poor."
Then, with pigeons still circling overhead, to the amazement of his aides, Truman ad-libs something. On what Missouri calls "Turnip Day," he says, he will call a special session of Congress – the Turnip Session. He'll see if Republicans will do what people need.
Republicans were flummoxed. What was Turnip Day? It turned out that's when Missouri farmers had to plant the turnips no matter what – a sanitized version of a saying that ends with "get off the pot."
"I'm not going to give that fellow anything," fumed a leader of the opposition, GOP Sen. Robert Taft of Ohio.
Republicans decided to sit on their hands during the special session. It turned out to be a colossal mistake. Truman had turned disaster into triumph in Philadelphia. He ran against a "do-nothing Congress" and pulled out a victory no one thought possible.
More than a century after Bryan stepped to the podium, and 64 years after Truman, speeches still matter. At the upcoming conventions, some speeches will offer clichés and distortions. Some will bring insight to issues. Some will show us a politician articulate enough to become memorable even when speaking from a teleprompter. Some will offer us only a single memorable phrase.
But, then again, we might hear something that will stay with us for a lifetime – even if it isn't in the script.
• Robert A. Lehrman is a novelist and former chief White House speech writer for Vice President Al Gore. Author of 'The Political Speechwriter's Companion,' he teaches at American University and co-runs a blog, PunditWire.