[Speed Gibson,
Thursday August 30, 2007 at 7:01am]
Something's Brewing
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.
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.