Thursday, July 29, 2004

Strong, Stronger, Strongest!!!

Doug Henwood, the publisher of the Left Business Observer, detects "penis envy" in the Democratic Party convention and platform:
  • The daily themes for the Dem Convention
    http://www.dems2004.org/site/pp.asp?c=luI2LaPYG&b=130848:

    Tuesday: A Lifetime of Strength & Service
    Wednesday: A Stronger More Secure America
    Thursday: Stronger at Home, Respected in the World

    ("Strong, Stronger, Strongest!!!: A Party with Penis Envy?" LBO-talk, July 29, 2004)

  • The 2004 Dem platform -- a 41-page document called "Strong at Home, Respected in the World" -- includes 66 uses of the string "strong" (including "stronger" and "strongest"), and 41 uses of "strength." ("Strong, Stronger, Strongest!!!: A Party with Penis Envy?" LBO-talk, July 29, 2004)

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