RNC 2016 Nights 1-3 notes
Trump will be tripling down on Authority, purity and loyalty — and framing his speech after Richard M. Nixon aka “Tricky DIck” — which is rather ironic from a standpoint of purity — also Nixon abused authority and preyed upon those loyal to him while being dishonest and disloyal to the American people.
Sean Duffy and his wife Rachel Campos-Duffy (Reality stars) — they have 8 kids they are from Wisconsin - he’s the Rep from 7th District - campy is as campy does. Think She just called Ireland a corrupt socialist regime (from 7 generations ago) — 1) it’s a republic 2) it was a part England and the people were Oppressed.
Darryl Glenn- US Senate Candidate from Colorado — not even a sitting senator. He just mockingly quoted Obama from 2004 — it’s gonna be a long 3 nights, i hate convention sheep. It’s a sheepfest
Jeff Sessions - Sen from Alabama — Has a Ross Perot vibe - ESS eating grin at all times is in full effect
Giuliani says “thank you” 15 times in a row - not sure the crowd is that worked up over Rudy — just say thank once and move on — that’s why we have microphones
Rudy is screaming his head off - again there are microphones - Rudy’s turnaround of NYC was impressive - 1) it was 20 years ago 2) 8 million people is a smaller train than 330 million and Rudy - don’t sell yourself short — you’re a better candidate than the Donald.
The GOP is calling France our ally - back in W’s day — the called french fries “Freedom fries” — convenience rules the day.
Bob Dole looks like father time stuffed him in the trunk of this car
Trump comes out to “We Are the Champions” - Freddy Mercury can’t be “pumped from the grave”
"We’re gonna win so big”- grammatically — what’s up with this phrase?!!?
Melania Trump is much better to listen to than her husband - plagiarism aside
No former GOP Presidents aka the Bush Family in attendance
Tuesday Night of the RNC -
Mitch McConnell - I’ll give the Senate Majority leader credit — at least he can give a coherent stump speech about why he hates Hilary so much.
But Mitchy — you are the leader of the least popular Senate of all time. You cite, "Opposed North Korea and opposed Human Trafficking" as accomplishments - wow, profound stance Mitch (heavy side of sarcasm)
The Freshman Senators of the GOP — the crowd couldn’t care less — apparently the GOP still hate “Harry Reid apparently” - Sen. Dan Sullivan from Alaska - horrible public speaker — must’ve learned his technique from Alaska Stateswoman extraordinaire - Sarah Palin
Paul Ryan — he’s like the king of the “do-gooder crowd” — and he’s gonna attempt to unite the party — he’s better looking than Mitch McConnell— but Mitch is a better speaker
Is it just me or is Paul Ryan kind of sort of the bizarro twin of Ramsay Bolton
Kevin McCarthy - House Maj leader from CA — is every speaker at the Convention in the 9 o’clock hour sporting an Irish Surname - McCarthy, Duffy, Ryan, McConnell.
Kevin McCarthy mentions a “Bailout” — didn’t George W Bush happen to oversee the initual bailout??? Kevin McCarthy has been talking for 5 minutes and has yet to say anything other than a euphemism
New Drinking Game - everytime a republican says Ronald Reagan’s name and the “Shining city on the hill” comment, you take a swig - you’ll be hammered within 45 minutes
Chris Christie — does he even spend time in Trenton, NJ? Has he showed up for his day job in the past 3.5 years ??
Chris Christie — playing “trial lawyer” of the century must’ve been watching Matlock re-runs
Why did Chris Christie even run for President? If he did win, would be a no show at the White house as much as he did the NJ State House?
My fave part is when the party not in power pretends that the leadership is conducting business in a bubble. It’s like in sports — you can look great in drills, but practice ain’t a game and the JV isn’t reflective of the opposition. Russia, Syria, China, Iran — those country’s are trying to “fight their way to the top, too”… going undefeated on the biggest stage is nearly impossible — W Bush didn’t go undefeated, Slick Willy didn’t go undefeated, Ronny Reagan didn’t go undefeated, and Jimmy Carter may not have even won a game. Sorry, Jimmy.
Tiffany Trump — which of his wives is she the daughter of? Marla Maples
Trump’s second wives daughter is followed by one of his employees, the esteemed Kerry Woolard of Trump Winery — really? A person who he literally pays is speaking, yikes!
Comparing turning around a winery with the 3rd largest nation in the world — tough sell
Donald Trump Jr - father of 5 — SMARMY
Not sure Donald Trump Jr is “key note speaker worthy” of a twenty minute speech. Let’s stop saying we’re going to “help every single american” in our stump speeches - helping 300 million people simultaneously without hurting some of them due to ripple effects — impossible.
There have never been 2 worse finalists for such an important job on US soil, than there are today for this election. Can we "repost" the job listing, like they do in HR.
Wednesday night of the RNC - Rick Scott of Florida kicking it off talking about Democrats leading us to a “Cliff” vs a “Crossroads” — but the house and senate are republican held and they need to be held accountable - they are the worst congress ever.
I love when both parties say it’s time to drive all partisan banners on the stump speech trail and then immediately pick them up and hide behind them to days later.
Embracing political “incorrectness” is a really interesting stance in 2016 — but that seems to be the recurring theme. Rick Scott first time i’ve heard him speak — he’s weak public speaker.
Laura Ingraham - Might be the Smarmiest woman in America.
She’s a political commentator who just scolded her fellow press members — this lady really deserves 20 minutes??
Phil Ruffin - Casino Real Estate Investor — a casino owner telling us Donald Trump’s word is stronger than any contract — how many unpaid bills does Trump have? He also said that Chicago is a “state”. Didn’t shout out NJ or Atlantic City — wonder why?
Phil Ruffin rambles like Donald Trump, but he has no charisma, not charm, not public speaking chops — why is he on TV? This is helping.
Pam Bondi - Attorney General of Florida
Missed the astronaut, missed some lady who “hates the common core” - Van Etten was her last name.
Ralph Alvarado - first hispanic american elected to Kentucky state senator — really working the “family, church, hard work message” — pretty decent public speaker.
Everybody talks about “obeying” laws. But being “free from gov’t” - double speak
The Hubris of Darrell Scott and all of the speakers about “america being the greatest nation in the history of the world” — hate that stuff. Greece fell, Rome Fell, England fell, nothing lasts forever especially when we start believing that we are entitled to something in the future because of the past. We aren’t 3rd graders.
Here’s the other issue this notion of Donald Trump “uniting everybody” — everybody doesn’t feel the same way about our direction. You can't please all of the people, all of the time. So stop promising that. Stop treating the audience like 3rd graders.
Scott Walker — Worst hair of the convention. Horrifyingly low amount of Charisma. "America deserves Better” - yes, Scott they do — they deserve a better public speaker than you happen to be —JOKES, but not really.
Donald Trump is being set up as the Grand Uniter — and I just think that there are a lot of people who don’t want to be united.
What’s the feeling on everyone proclaiming “God bless the Trump family” — feels like we’re delving into royal family territory.
The greatest thing that Trump did during this campaign — is to Take out Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz - i tip my hat to him on that one.
Ted Cruz - I can’t say anything nice — so i’m taking a pass / literally took a shower during his speech -- OH WAIT -- I came back and Ted Cruz is NOT going to endorse Trump. Interesting turn of events.
Eric Trump - meh… regurgitation of everything we’ve already heard — better speaker than Scott Walker — will give him that.
A $330 million person nation - is not a construction site. It’s not a hotel, it’s not a casino… stop equating construction projects with the geo political sphere.
Callista GIngrich - seems to be giving Newt credentials to be Donald Trump’s Secretary of Defense pick.
When did the republicans all start wearing Blue ties? Newt did, Paul Ryan did (btw - Paul Ryan show’s up a ton).
First glimpse of Mike Pence — BLUE TIE! Good speaker and fairly self-deprecating. Dude was Democrat until “Reagan Revolution” - fun fact.
How do we decrease taxes, let everyone pick whichever school they want, increase military spending, and reduce taxes AND reduce the deficit. Sounds like a magic trick.
Which ever party loses — I think they will be better off for it — because I think either way, the winner is one and done.