[speedgibson] Speed Gibson: Something's Brewing

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Posted by Speed Gibson:
Something's Brewing
http://speedgibson.powerblogs.com/posts/1188449994.shtml


   Something called "True North" is being promoted on a number of Web
   sites. I'm on the outside with the rest of you, wondering what it
   might be. "Absolute Conservative" it says, mimicking a well known
   Vodka.
   Is it for real? And truly significant? And will our maverick Governor
   spoil the day by calling a dreaded and totally unnecessary Special
   Session?
   I remember other mysterious campaigns, like "VIP" in the movie "Lover
   Come Back" with Doris Day and Rock Hudson.
   There was KSTP-TV's first response to Channel 4's "The Scene Tonight"
   that gave us decades of happy talk news. "TNT" was coming we were
   told. "It's dyanmite!" (Yes, they really said that.) Poor John
   McDougall, an old school newsman and a really decent guy I might add,
   tried his best to do it the new way while pretending he wasn't on one
   of the silliest news sets ever seen. It bombed, you might say.
   Then there was the "1-2-3" promotion, billboards everywhere sporting
   only the name, which turned out to be Lotus 1-2-3. Actually, this was
   a good product for its day, quickly becoming the industry standard
   spreadsheet for years. But just as they took it away from VisiCalc,
   Bill Gates late overtook 1-2-3.
   It would appear to be something like Townhall.com or Real Clear
   Politics, perhaps the next incarnation of the Northern Alliance. Well,
   whatever "True North" is, we haven't long to wait.