RNC Day Three Photos

Jeremy Gantz

No, the Texas delegation does not just do this for the cameras. And look closely at the seated woman's face just below dead center: she is terrified of hats. Old party hands. Hawaiian Gov. Linda Lingle speaks in front of her state's defining natural feature: glaciers. The future? My friends, one thing is clear: Triumph the Insult Comic Dog puts country first. If you're prosperous, it's time to join the Republican Party. Love at first sight. A worrisome direction, as Gov. Lingle tells us why McCain is our man. A little help for Giuliani. Immovable during much of Giuliani's speech, Wolf Blitzer contemplates his own mortality. Former Minnesotan Governor Jesse Ventura, mid-interview after giving a speech at Ron Paul's Rally for the Republic yesterday. He doesn't speak, he barks.

Jeremy Gantz is an In These Times contributing editor working at Time magazine.

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