For my GOP convention news I’ll be reading Dave Barry. Even when he makes it up, he gets more truth out than most:
“Oops! I allowed my mask of professional-journalism objectivity to slip there. We professional journalists are freaking out over the fact that no matter how hard we try to explain to the public that Trump is unqualified, a lot of the public keeps right on liking him and his bold vision for America consisting of whatever happens to cross his mind at a given moment. We journalists are like, ‘What is WRONG with you people? Why aren’t you LISTENING to us?!? We’re PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS WITH VERIFIED TWITTER ACCOUNTS!!!’ … So it’s going to be an exciting convention, and you can look to me this week for objective, fact-filled reports. You will be seriously disappointed, but you can look.” — Dave Barry (Miami Herald)
Ironically Democrats, Independents & Non Affiliateds will more likely be doing the reading in comparison to our GOP brethren. Republicans who do write may be advised to adopt Alan Smithee, Alan von Smithee, Alan Smithee Sr (or Jr) as covers. Or perhaps John Baron. Or John Miller.
hope not to ruin your day with this, but here’s the 60 min stahl interview with trumpence both video and transcript in case you missed it.
if you can stand more, here are unaired clips from same 60 min interview.
RNC in Cleveland: The Year of Voting Dangerously
from transcript, the very most humblest man in the world. just ask him:
Lesley Stahl: OK, this is my absolute final question.
Donald Trump: OK.
Lesley Stahl: You’re not known to be a humble man. But I wonder–
Donald Trump: I think I am, actually humble. I think I’m much more humble than you would understand.
Lesley Stahl: As you think about– prospect of running this country in these tough times where the world is spinning apart– are you awed? Are you intimidated? Are you humbled by the enormity of this?
Donald Trump: You just said it best.
Mike Pence: Mmm.
Donald Trump: In a world that’s spinning apart. That’s what I’m thinking of. I’m not thinking of, “Oh gee, isn’t this wonderful? Isn’t this great what I’ve done?” I’ve had people that said, “It doesn’t matter if you win or lose, what you’ve done has never been done before. You’re gonna go down in the history books.” You know what I say to ’em?” I say, “You’re wrong.” I will consider it, ’cause I funded my own primaries, I’m funding now a lot of this campaign. I’m putting in, you know– I’ve spent $55 million in the primaries. I’m spending a fortunate now. I’ll tell you, it is spinning. Our world is spinning out of control. Our country’s spinning out of control. That’s what I think about. And I’ll stop that.
Lesley Stahl: Not– humbled or– awe.
Mike Pence: I can say to ‘ya– what–
Lesley Stahl: Go ahead.
Mike Pence: Talking with him in private settings, I love the words you used because this man is awed with the American people, and he is not intimidated by the world. And Donald Trump, this good man, I believe, will be a great president of the United States.
Donald Trump: I love what he just said.
and the winner goes to mike pence!
“Donald Trump is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I’ve ever known in my life.” – Mike Pence,
ManchurianRepublican Candidate for Vice PresidentLooks like there is a Kansas city connect with the Baton Rouge cop killer.
Interesting tidbit from the local NPR affiliate
What am I going to read? The news pages of the WSJ. This site. AP reports. Cleveland.com (the Plain Dealer). And then I’ll wait until the weekly news magazines arrive this weekend–The Economist, Time, and Business Week. Our local newspaper is quite weak on virtually everything except its cartoonist, Ariail
blueid, this la times article may appeal to you: The skeptical left is lining up to make sure Hillary Clinton keeps her promises to progressives
Jack,
Appears like a bunch of thought/baggage went into that application.
be sure to click in at 1:40 minutes in to see jane and bernie
Elizabeth Warren
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@elizabethforma
You’re nothing but a thin-skinned bully and a lousy, cheating businessman, @realDonaldTrump. The sham is over.
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Well…. let’s see… this week I’m reading “Empire of Self: A Life of Gore Vidal” by Jay Parini….
it’s really good so far…
So Ted is giving a speech at the convention and still hasn’t endorsed Trump
But he is looking for someone to blame for his really poor performance. Interesting read from politico
Jack
flatus
that is probably a politer description than what I would have used, but yeah, It sure looks like it.
Jack
Ya know looking at the RNC graphic that Craig put under the Trump pic, the one that looks like an elephant and a seal to me, (circus anyone?)
We are having a year of really bad graphic design, is it bad designers or just an artifact of too much micromanaging by the candidates? I’ll include HRC”s logo too.
Just nothing out there that captures the imagination.
Jack
Ya know Elizabbeth Warrens Tweets are getting some age on them. She needs a new shtick, something fresh.
Time for Black Lives Matters to go under ground and deliver a large turn out for their cause. Their protest are more likely to gain votes for Trump than further their cause. Deliver the vote and be a political power,
I would start looking at Republican districts where a large AA turn out could make a difference.
Jack
For me it will be WaPo and Cleveland.com.
Love the Clinton ad quoting trump and asking what kind of example we want to set for our kids. Not sure it will affect anything – his negatives are so high I can’t see how it could drive them higher.
I think Craig has been right all along about her and press conferences or lack thereof, and now that the email issue is more or less gone she needs to do one and hit the Sunday shows.
WaPo has an editorial today about drumpf pledging to run the company like a business – his business.
The piece focuses on the NJ Casino and the Trump Hotels and Casino Resorts corp. The two paragraphs, first and last in the piece, pretty much sum it up.
Pogo…
Alexandra Petri will be absolutely MUST reading for this convention… and the Dem one too.
Renee, no doubt about that.
I can hardly wait for Malania’s speech tonight on security or law and order or whatever. (I will have to read about it tomorrow – I’ll be damned if I’m going to watch the pugn convention when there are other things on the tube – ANY other things.) I think wrestling is on USA opposite convention coverage tonight. Even that should be better.
I’m reading Crosshairs on Castro by John Harrigan.
Does the Slovenian have a security clearance ?
Will she be packing heat ?
Will she announce that they’re filing for divorce ?
Or, will it be bankruptcy ?
Melania will be announcing her Whitehouse line of jewelry for QVC
I will be reading the Santa Rosa PressDemocrat which will have no coverage from the conventions and this blog
“. . . elephant and a seal . . . .” – WhskyJack
It looks to me like a blue wolverine stalking a bloodied elephant.
This could be bad news for Michigan’s Poisoner-in-Chief.
“Ya know looking at the RNC graphic that Craig put under the Trump pic, the one that looks like an elephant and a seal to me, (circus anyone?)”
jack, that seal looks more like a dinosaur to me which would be in keeping for them (at least those gopers who believe dinosaurs really existed… an aside here: that stupid ark in ky contains caged dinosaurs) on way to being somewhat extinct or stinky.
it also could be an artistic metaphor of the cowering media about to be stomped on by an enormous bellowing bigmouthed bully.
goper announcement re logo:
“RNC Chairman Reince Priebus and I would like to thank the team at Falls Communications for the work they did on the logo for the 2016 Republican National Convention. The artwork combines the elephant, which has come to symbolize the Republican Party and a guitar, which symbolizes the spirit of Cleveland’s most famous museum, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,” said Chairman King. “Cleveland is a fantastic city and is the perfect place to serve as host for our 41st nominating convention and as the launching pad for the Republican nominee. As this powerful logo is seen the world over, it will come to be identified with the convention and the city. We felt it was important to utilize a local company to design the logo, and as has become the norm, the talent in Cleveland at Falls Communications did not disappoint.”
“The elephant marching forward represents strength with a positive attitude. The guitar is a proud symbol of the rock and roll history of Cleveland. The end result is a strong patriotic solution that conveys the excitement and importance of this significant event,” said Rob Falls of Falls Communications. “We are proud that this logo will be a part of our city’s and nation’s history.”
jack & xr, so we were all wrong about the seal…. it’s really a broken instrument. another fitting metaphor.
according to npr: Trump Considering Speaking Off Site During His Own Convention
Under consideration: Trump speaking to the convention via satellite from off-site locations in battleground states. Under one proposal, each night of the convention would open with a short film focused on a “problem” facing the nation — failing schools, opioid addiction, border security or government waste. People featured in the film would be introduced, followed by a 45-minute speech from Trump focused on a “solution” to the problem being presented.
imo, he’s too cowardly to show-up with all those guns on display. even if he does he’ll be wearing Kevlar and speaking behind sturdy glass walls (and diving to hide behind his family skirts the 1st popped ballon)
Ohio GOP chair fires back at Trump campaign chief
Hot damn, Show time, get out the popcorn
Jack
jack, she might be getting a bit stale but she’s still getting under his skin according to politicususa:
Donald Trump is obviously bothered by Senator Elizabeth Warren’s (D-MA) very accurate attacks on his fitness for office.
This Sunday morning, Trump tweeted that he hoped former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton picked “goofy” Elizabeth Warren “sometimes referred to as Pocahontas” as her running mate, because she would be “nothing” today if she hadn’t lied about her heritage.
[….]
So this whine is inaccurate and thus even more petulant than the rage against affirmative action.
The New York Times called this attack on Warren “straight from the Republican cookbook of fake controversy.” They also noted, “For the Cherokee Nation, Warren is ‘Indian enough’; she has the same blood quantum as Cherokee Nation Chief Bill John Baker.”
[….]
She called him out on being against financial regulations, “Donald Trump’s position is “to roll back all” of the financial regulations passed after the financial crisis”, which PolitiFact rated as Mostly True (that’s a rating Donald Trump rarely gets from fact checkers).
Donald Trump claimed on Meet the Press that Warren “lied when she says I want to abolish the federal minimum wage.” That got a Mostly False, with a nod that Warren had gotten the better of Trump.
And that’s why Trump is pouting this morning. Warren has Trump’s number.
In late June, the Democratic Senator did an interview with the View during which she explained why she was calling Trump out earlier than others, “Oh my God, that man is not ready to be president of the United States. That man is dangerous. That man holds a bunch of views that are really horrible views.”
Cue the wailing, racist whine from Donald Trump’s Twitter account. So presidential.
Donald Trump is afraid of Elizabeth Warren, so he resorts to racist taunts fit for a playground bully.
🙂
Well the open carry thing should concern him. There are nuts out there on both sides of the political divide. I think he’s just trying to show he’s working on his campaign and can’t be two places at once – or, it could be exactly as patd said.
something to look forward to:
Airing Wednesday at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT on TBS, A Very Special Full Frontal Special begins as a road trip to Ohio for the show’s writers, and their adventure ends at the RNC as Donald Trump prepares to accept the presidential nomination. According to Monday’s press release from TBS: “The journey is akin to Sam and Frodo heading toward Mount Doom. In this case, Mount Doom is Cleveland. Along the way, they accidentally discover America and the concerned, excited, and largely baffled people who live in it.”
Alexandra petri: Trump-Pence marriage is off to a rocky start
I think Bill and Hill should go away for the rest of the campaign and just let Trump out there on his own
Time to pop the top on a cold one to wash down that popcorn
If there’s a rules vote, maybe I shall tune in : PBS Woodruff, Ifill, & Martin.
Maybe, there’ll be a shootout. If so, I hope that wayne lapierre bites the dust first.
He and all gun company lobbyists, CEOs, CFOs, and Chief Legal Officers.
One of my august ancestors was a gunsmith for Winchester back in the 1800s.
Jack – any way to get an instant alert when the twit slinging begins? I would watch that – and damn little else.
I’m looking forward to the gathering of crazed nationlists tonight, with all the fanatics in ridiculous outfits endangering others while mindlessly cheering in anticipation of their preferred champion’s ascent to the podium, despite a widely-acknowledged rigged system rife with underhanded tactics and cheaters- stage 16 of Le Tour De France.
Chaos erupts on GOP convention floor after voice vote shuts down Never Trump forces
Has Chachi spoke at the convention yet? I’m waiting for his “Sit on it!” mic drop moment. Roger Ailes may be out at Fox News, so we have that to celebrate. 🙂
Guns are okay, though.
a mass shooting at the Republican Convention – and members of the NRA staff get shot as ironies go that would be right up there
I guess Donald Trump shouldn’t have insulted Kasich during the primary
OK all the excitement is over back to the regular schedule.
Jack
All of the media coverage will be on Mrs. Trump
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/politics/article/Republican-platform-Privatize-public-lands-in-8376467.php
rippers to sell Arlington for trump golf course !
Well… I do read the Hill and Congressional Quarterly for very inside info. WashPo of course. Bunches of intertube sites.
What I am hoping for is something unique, say the DT’s wife doing a bump and grind for more votes (even though she is not the VP).
Republicans are about to sell the under-used western real estate township surrounding Mt Rushmore to north Korea. The stone faces are to be changed to honor karl marx, and the three wise kings of the East, kim il sung, kim jong il, and first and foremost, kim jong un.
Meanwhile, Chairman Trump has decided to re-sell under-used US ports to the United Arab Emirates. The double advantage will be that US port security will be the responsibility of the new owners. In a related move, chairman trump has decided that the under-used San Diego Naval Base would be better employed as the tremendously exclusive Trump Yacht and Golf Club. “It will be so beeeoooteeful,” the Chairman said, “You won’t believe how beautiful. Believe me !”
Meanwhile, in St Louis, the project to double the size of the Gateway to the West arch is near completion, the application of the yellow paint will begin tomorrow.
The goopers are all blubbering about Trump They have no one to blame but themselves.
The media is still doing everything it can to make it a horserace Clinton had a bad week but the polls show she is rebounding
and yet the lying sacks of sh-t on tv are telling me the goops are in the race.
Where is Liddy Dole?
Corey – It sounds like a lot of folks in that convention hall would rather have Charles In Charge, than Trump.
I hope everyone here has stocked up on popcorn.
Poor old Scott, wants so badly to at least be a has-been………
this season most over used word ‘binary’ as in binary choice
I hope the next person who says it — chokes
Rick Perry said they are going to take care of the Vets The dems should introduce a bunch of budget bills immediately
OMG they have the crazy Benghazi Mom on
What a freak show…
The inmates are running the asylum
Chris Mathews really took the goops to the woodshed for the Benghazi Mom and deservedly so
Still have not decided what to do about television in our home. Cable, Dish etc. Will not be able to watch the GOP freak show.
You all here will have to watch because I can’t.
Now that’s what I call friendship!
Popcorn for everybody! Be careful….don’t choke on it while laughing or screaming at your tv.
“Melania will be announcing her Whitehouse line of jewelry for QVC”
Best line of the day by KGC, you are a pisser!
Could only watch about 10 minutes of Crazyland…switched to a Castle zombie episode…much more dignified…
Maria Theresa Kumar calls bullshit on the immigration, well, bullshit. Back to American Pickers
Frank just bet Mike that he couldn’t eat 72 oysters. 6 dozen. That if he can do that Frank would shave his beard, pay for the pusters and give Mike a hundred bucks. Can’t wait to see how it turns out. Gotta be better than the nonsense I was looking at for 2 minutes on MSNBC.
Me, I just finished the hustler with Paul Newman and Jackie Gleason. an old clasic that I’d never watched.
I thinkm I’m gonna rewatch The Sting
Jack
PBS coverage having great segments, “Convention Moments”, highlighting historical snippets through the ages.
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Read pitch perfect retort to the Benghazi Mom – GOP exploitation: Imagine if the Dems in 2004 had a speaker at their convention blaming GW Bush for 9/11.
whskyjack,
Thursday TCM is airing two of my favoritest (!) movies: The Taking of Pelham One, Two, Three (1974) & Dog Day Afternoon (1975). Hot, dirty, gritty ’70s NYC viewing for a summer’s night.
Attica! Attica! Attica!
Jace – It’s on PBS if you have an antenna for local channels…or crank up your radio, it’s on NPR, too.
rudy unhinged
rudy explains why you can’t find his charitable donations because they are all annonymous I think Trudy is drunk definitely drunk
can’t wait for the phone call
Is it Melania or Melanoma?
Man of the Year – Robin Williams, Laura Linney, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Christopher Walken and Lewis Black . Great fun. Now I could be watching RudyG … or poking needles in my eyes. Nah.
LIVE THREAD — GOP Convention
The Sophie character on Two Broke Girls seems to be fashioned after Melania, squinty eyes and all. (I think Donald & Rudy & Bernie would pronounce it Melani-er.)
omg Rachael Maddow just compared Jennifer Granholm to
rudy Guiliani and not in a good way Jennifer Granholm was not drunk during her speech
Blue in Dallas,
I’m a victim of low expectations. Not even PBS can polish this turd. Trump represents nothing more than a hemorrhoid on the ass hole of what used to be a political party. I don’t need to see it to know that it stinks to the high heavens.