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Usa!

I'm as patriotic as the next guy but, unlike the delegates in this hall, a chant of "U.S.A.! U.S.A.!" strikes me as self-parody, the sort of thing something Homer Simpson does when he wins a stupid bet.

Update: A friend writes in

to be fair, there were quite a few outbursts of USA USA at Mile High.
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--Michael Crowley