Thursday, September 04, 2008

Something from Nothing

bill rappleye

Fenway at Xcel

Drill baby, drill.  It seems like every convention comes up with a new chant.  Sometimes contrived, sometimes spontaneous.  The drill, baby, drill phrase appears to have been written to be mimicked.  But one that might have come from the screaming fans without a speechwriter’s contribution, is reminiscent of Fenway fans with their mocking lilt of the name of Yankee’s captain, Derek Jeter. Jee-der, jee-der…we’ve heard that echo through Fenway Park.  Last night it sounded familiar when the 45,000 delegates and guests began ringing the halls of the Xcel Center with Zee-roh, zee-roh.  As in, how much executive experience does Barack Obama have?  Zee-roh.  Zee-roh.