First You Say You Do, Then You Don’t, Then You Say You Will, And Then …
Okay, Trump is walking back his promise to bar reporters from the GOP convention.
They admitted that on Saturday they did say no reporters. But, hell, Sunday is a whole different day.
“Two RNC officials insisted Sunday that they are still working through the logistics and press coverage options,” the Post reported before quoting one spokesperson stating, “We are still working through logistics and press coverage options.”
Look, I wouldn’t go out and buy and popcorn to watch the GOP National Convention until the morning of the convention because I have a feeling that it’s gonna be an hour by hour thing. I’m thinking maybe this isn’t a real organized event.
Oh well, at least we can count on Trump not showing his tax returns.
It would be a blessing not to have it on TV morning til night like 2016. If they want to stand up and lie to everyone, let them do it over Zoom!
1The disorganized Republican Convention is going to make the Fyre Festival* look like a rousing success. The Fyre Festival disaster generated two (ironically) successful documentaries, one on Netflix, one on Hulu. Support staff – keep your burner cell phones on video record.
* Fyre Festival was a fraudulent luxury music festival founded by Billy McFarland, CEO of Fyre Media Inc
2North Carolina isn’t giving Donnie* all he* wants. He* should have his* nomination soiree* in a place he* controls. Cram every covidiot interested in nominating him* into the oval office with the ***king moron*. Cozy, compact no masks, and no exit for 14 days. It should be possible to fumigate and otherwise sanitize the WH by January 20th.
If not, burn the place down. Seriously. It was built on slave labor. Time for a redo. Rebuild with the provision that all contracts be filled by minority contractors with all workers paid union wage.
3Even Texas Gov. Abbott is bailing on the Republican Convention:
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/510197-texas-governor-skipping-republican-convention
4Just watched Sneakers (from 1992 or 3) again. Great quote therein reminds me of 2020 RNC
Robert Redford: Organized crime?
5Ben Kingsley: Hah. Don’t kid yourself. It’s not THAT organized.
Benedict Donald wants to see himself on the TV, there WILL be reporters.
6Good or bad coverage doesn’t matter, he wants to watch himself on the TV.
Considering that the People’s House was totally rebuilt in the ’50’s, I don’t think that tired old “slavery” meme is appropriate any more. For now, let’s just evict that traitor who is attempting to destroy our Republic.
Ballots, not bullets.
7Well, you have stuck a new earworm in my head, JJ. First you say you do and then you don’t …etc.
For some completely unfathomable reason Old McDonald had a Farm has been stuck in my head today, and I haven’t the slightest idea where it came from.
8Nope. I’m not going to watch the Republican convention, no matter how many reporters/TV stations they let in. I already know how it ends.
9WA Skeptic 7. Nice point. Sure worth thinking about.
Jane and PKM 3. What’s with all your asterisks?
10WillWheaton the single asterisk indicates that Donnie* is impeached. The triple asterisks are keeping the comment “pg” friendly: ***king moron* means the impeached what Rexxon Drillerson called him*.
If Ms. Juanita Jean Herownself is good with f cking moron*, we’re open to omitting some asterisks.
11Barnum and Bailey used to be the biggest circus in town. The GOP convention will be an epic collection of clowns and absurd characters that will be the biggest circus ever in this country. I have no desire to see 1 minute of it. I suspect the audience for it is dwindling quickly, but attendees deserve what they get- Trumpf and Covid 19 (45)!
12Jane & PKM, your asterisks are, to me, more annoying than meaningful. I refuse to call the moron by the title usually reserved for the leader of our country, so I just omit the first letter of that word (e.g., “resident Drumpkopf”). You might use an asterisk there to show that you’re omitting that letter and maybe indicate his illegitimacy to that position without the asterisks getting so much in the way of your message.
13What good is watching the convention? They’ve already decided they are going to not deal with a platform, leaving the 2016 document in place as the “official” dusty document no on cares about. We already know they won’t allow anyone nominated other than Trump. Some people have hinted there could be drama by replacing Pence, but I gotta say, I think that’s wishful thinking. So what are they going to do for their time in Charlotte?
14djw, we can work with that, especially knowing the f cking moron will be registered in history with an asterisk after his name indicating impeached. Albeit we’ll be happier when there’s a long list of criminal convictions after that name in the appendix of any history books.
resident? Better to use interloper, squatter, gatecrasher, intruder · encroacher · trespasser · invader · infiltrator or a word of your choice indicating all the irregularities and illegalities not typically associated with resident.
15Like Jame Gumm, Trump is shedding the old skin of electoral politics, believing he has outgrown parties, except as a way to recuit loyal henchmen. As one of the guys on Pod Save America said, Trump always believes the solution to every problem is More Trump.
16Please vote, don’t assume anything, the king must go.
17In all my 75 years on this earth, I have never watched a convention, either Democratic or Republican. I’ve got better things to do with my time.
18I think they are a waste of time and balloons. Watching them on the nightly news, they seem to be a bunch of drunk off their gourds people running around in silly hats congratulating themselves on doing a great (?) job.
I do vote. And certainly plan to in this election. In Texas, where I currently live, people of a certain age can sign up for a years worth of ballots.
Thank you Juanita Jean, for your efforts in seeing that we get applications for the ballots.