We Need Some Damn Research
Okay, Guys, the GOP has released their speaker’s lineup for the convention. This is the best they have, y’all.
I have never heard of most of these people and I truly suspect some hanky-panky.
For example, I noticed the name of a football player, Alex Smith of the Chiefs. I figured Smith was taking the job that Jack Nicklaus and Serena Williams wouldn’t do. Well, come to find out, it’s the far less famous Alex Smith who is speaking. This Alex Smith is the president of College Republicans. Nice try, though. I suspect that Trump didn’t want his other famous athletic supporters (yeah, I know I did that) to speak – Hulk Hogan, Dennis Rodman, and Mike Tyson.
There’s also Kathryn Gates-Skipper, who I looked up in case she’s related to Bill Gates. Come to find out, she’s famous for being a veteran who lies about her record. Yuge, really yuge.
Here’s the list. If you have time today (I don’t) see if you can find out who some of these people are.
Pastor Mark Burns
Phil Ruffin
Congressman Ryan Zinke
Pat Smith
Mark Geist
John Tiegen
Congressman Michael McCaul
Sheriff David Clarke
Congressman Sean Duffy
Darryl Glenn
Senator Tom Cotton
Karen Vaughn
Governor Mike Huckabee
Mayor Rudy Giuliani
Melania Trump
Senator Joni Ernst
Kathryn Gates-Skipper
Marcus Luttrell
Dana White
Governor Asa Hutchinson
Attorney General Leslie Rutledge
Michael Mukasey
Andy Wist
Senator Jeff Sessions
Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn
Alex Smith
Speaker Paul Ryan
Congressman Kevin McCarthy
Kerry Woolard .
Senator Shelley Moore Capito
Dr. Ben Carson
Co-Chair Sharon Day
Natalie Gulbis
Kimberlin Brown
Antonio Sabato, Jr.
Peter Thiel
Eileen Collins
Senator Ted Cruz
Newt Gingrich
Michelle Van Etten
Lynne Patton
Eric Trump
Harold Hamm
Congressman Chris Collins
Brock Mealer
Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn
Governor Mary Fallin
Darrell Scott
Lisa Shin
Governor Rick Scott
Chairman Reince Priebus
Tom Barrack
Ivanka Trump
Attorney General Pam Bondi
Jerry Falwell Jr.
Rabbi Haskel Lookstein
Chris Cox
Senator Mitch McConnell
Tiffany Trump
Governor Chris Christie
Donald J. Trump Jr.
Governor Scott Walker
Have fun!
I’m sorry, I have to get a pedicure today; I don’t have any interest in vetting traitors and Rethuglicans. This man is obviously going to be known by the people he associates with. (Goebbels, etc.)
Nasty.
1I plan to unplug the TeeVee for the duration of this s&*%show. My digestion would be so disrupted seeing any of this that I would have to stop eating for days to avoid vomiting continuously.
2Darryl Glenn may be certifiable. He’s trying to oust Senator Bennet of Colorado. He reportedly wants to appoint Ted Cruz to Supreme Court.
3It was nice of them to put the list in alphabetical order.
4Rabbi Haskel Lookstein, his presence would raise the question: how much did Donnie Drumpf or Jared pay for Ivanka’s conversion. His conversions are not recognized by the Rabbinical Council. Get out your checkbooks, Donnie and Jared. More is needed, if you want that marriage to be kosher.
5Re: Sheriff David Clarke
From Wikipedia: “In 2013, Clarke was awarded Sheriff of the Year Award by the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association.”
The Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association are the ones who supported the Bundy take-over of the wildlife refuge in Oregon in the spring.
He is also known for using the phrase “Black LIES Matter”
He is the sheriff of Milwaukee where he invited Christian ministers to speak at mandatory roll calls for deputies.
He gives humans a bad name.
6Another quote from Sheriff Clarke:
“And I said, here’s why people sell drugs in the black community — because they’re lazy, they’re uneducated and they’re morally bankrupt. How can anybody argue about that?”
7Looks more like a Who’s Who of RWNJ shitbirds. Lying sacks of do-do who hate Americans and love “Amerika.”
8Ralph Wiggam, “lazy, uneducated, and morally bankrupt” sums up Clarke’s statement quite well.
Saw yesterday that Trump is at 0% among African-Americans in swing states. No surprise there.
I knew that “Sheriff Clarke” sounded familiar, but I guess this was a different bigot:
But during National Brotherhood Week, National Brotherhood Week,
Lena Horne and Sheriff Clarke are dancing cheek to cheek.
It’s fun to eulogize
The people you despise,
As long as you don’t let ’em in your school.
http://www.lyricsfreak.com/t/tom+lehrer/national+brotherhood+week_20138394.html
9Cotton is a technically well educated in book learning military veteran but damn it didn’t do him a bit of good when it came to intelligence. He’s nothing but a latter day tin star Benedict Arnold!
10Mark Burns is a televangelist who wants to bring Bernie to Jesus.
11Pat Smith could be the wife of Emmitt Smith of Cowboy fame. Or it could be one of six other people listed when Pat Smith is searched on Wikipedia.
12Rhea, You may be thinking of this Sheriff Clark, remember Selma!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Clark_(sheriff)
13Harold Hamm is a multi-billionaire oil man from Oklahoma. He has already lost 9 billion dollars in the oil price crash and he only has 9 billion left.
Hamm donated $985,000 to the pro-Romney super PAC Restore Our Future.
14Mark “Oz” Geist is that a-hole standing in front of a cemetery talking about how Hillary left all his Benghazi buddies to die in that TV commercial. Is is a certifiable bad-ass in terms of his fighting capabilities, but nutso just the same. He and John “Tig” Tiegen are “heroes” of that whole 13 Hours BS book and movie, glorifying the “stand-down” lie.
They are mercenaries, who were hired to protect CIA operatives in Libya and ended up in the firefight.
So their whole role would be to stand on stage and say “Bengazi, Benghazi, benghazibenghazibenghazibenghaziBENghazibenghazi
15benGHAzibenghazibenghazibenghazibenghazibenghazi
bengahZIbenghazibenghazibenghazibenghazibenghazi
benghazibenghazi”
Band of Thieves list no doubt but found a bit on most only…
16couldn’t find a thing, nada, zip nothing on this name. Google, court records, library, Wikipedia, Facebook, Craigs List, nothin at all?
Anybody ever here of Senator Ted Cruz?
Who the heck is this guy?
Hummm, I don’t see Don King’s name on the list. I was kinda looking forward to seeing which of them, Trump or King had the weirdest hair!
17Who ever gets the short straw. Has to watch take notes and report the low lights to the rest of us. So we don’t have to. This is close to my idea of hell.
18What, Clint Eastwood’s chair is not on the list??? That’s just downright unforgivable.
19Peter Thiel, German, venture capitalist. (came here to take American’s job co-founding Pay-Pal) Also runs a hedge fund in his spare time and invested heavily in Facebook.
Famous quote: “Most importantly, I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible.” In the same article, he also wrote, “Since 1920, the vast increase in welfare beneficiaries and the extension of the franchise to women — two constituencies that are notoriously tough for libertarians — have rendered the notion of “capitalist democracy” into an oxymoron.”
Thiel is listed as a member of the Steering Committee of the Bilderberg Group, That proves he is evil or something.
Thiel endorsed Ron Paul for President and claims to be a Libertarian.
20Speaking of Republicans skipping the convention, here’s GOP strategist Rick Wilson:
“Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Elizabeth Warren — they’re all going to be out there swinging for the fences. But the Republicans, it’ll be like a hostage video of people forced on stage.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2016/07/14/yes-clinton-is-sinking-in-the-polls-no-you-should-not-panic-heres-why/
21Brock Mealer, former football player injured and paralyzed in a car wreck. Recovered and walked again. Now he gives motivational speeches. Hip Hip Hooray!
22Natalie Gulbis, pro golfer from California. Blonde and big. . .you know whats, just Donald’s type.
23OKaaay. In my younger years I watched a number of soap operas (had to watch something while I ironed)
24Both Kimberlin Brown and Antonio Sabato, Jr are soap actors.
Kimberlin played a psychopath on both Young and Restless and Bold and Beautiful.
Antonio was a Calvin Klein model and then acted (?) on General Hospital.
Why that qualifies them to speak at the convention, I don’t know.
There may be other actors, soapy or not, on the list but they are not familiar to me, and I’ve got to go water the plants so don’t have time to look them up.
Since I don’t like watching train wrecks, will someone kindly wake me when it’s over? Thanks.
25Attorney General Leslie Rutledge – Arkansas and a former Huckajeebus groupie. She “loves” children or so it might seem from her zeal to prosecute low income parents should they inadvertently receive an extra dime in SNAP benefits.
The Outlaw Jersey Whale and Neutron Gingrich are on the general speakers list. Does that mean the blank left for Donnie’s veep speaker will be Mike Pence?
26Marcus Luttrell is a former Navy Seal who began preparing for the Seals at age 14 with a neighbor who was one. He has written books on the subject, presumably unfavorable to President Obama.
27What a yawning stretch of yawning vacuity looms before the poor convention delegate.
28Great research already. Right Wing Watch is starting what may be a too late discussion of the names, but the folks here have already surpassed them. As I scan the list while enjoying my own pedicure, so far the only real surorise is seeing Capito, who was always considered as a version of Susan Collins, not great, but someone with the guts ti stand uo against the worst Republican nonsense.
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On another, somewhat related, topic, I hope we Democrats are going t be using the Republican platform as a major weapon against them. Too often we think that, because we political junkies know something, the average voter knows as much, and don’t protest because they ‘in their hearts’ agree. In fact, probably every Republican Representative has a majority of voters who would protest against what the Republican Party stands for, if they ony knew it.
Tiffany is 22 years old. 22 years old – speaking at the national convention. I am sure that will be enlightening. Why didn’t 10-yr-old Barron get to speak?
30You kids have fun watching the Rethuglican blatherfest. Slipstream hisownself will be far off the grid the whole time. Seemed like a good week for an Alaska raft trip.
When I get back, I don’t want to hear about any of you not misbehavin’.
Speaking of misbehavin’ . . . to review Natalie Gulbis’ qualifications to advise America about our next leader, see:
http://www.mountrantmore.com/girls/moisture-monday-natalie-gulbis/
31Marcus Luttrel is the “Lone Survivor” navy seal. According to Wikipedia, he now hosts a talk show in which he and other special ops. guys discuss issues in America. Oh yeah, and it’s executive produced by Glenn Beck.
32So…. who’s gonna watch this crap so I don’t have to?
Inquiring minds want to know.
33I’m looking forward to the commentary. That will be quite enough.
And slipstream, any week is a good week to visit Alaska, but I commend you for your good taste in alternate activities.
34I’m kinda surprised that he didn’t try to dig up Trent Lott. (Hey, wouldn’t that be an interesting dark horse VP…)
35@ Maggie#10 And,of course nothing at dRUMPf’s military school shot at him. This is among the reasons paper targets and road signs are so popular among ammosexuals they neither move, nor shoot back.I’ll try to avoid the speakers, but I intend to watch parts of the convention for entertainment value.
36I will do whatever I can to miss this clown show in Cleveland. The list is a list of clowns!!! I will not be attending the circus!!
37slipstream, a bit of warning with the links, s’il vous plait. If Jane had been in the office, she might not have believed that I’m working here.
38And an IQ of 100. Combined!
39A veritable who’s who of who?
Slip-is Miss Gullible your personal bare skin rug?
40Sorry, sorry, should have said NOT SAFE FOR WORK with that link. That’s not a bikini. That’s body paint. I spent half an hour peering at it just to be sure.
And AKLynne, slipstream hisownself lives in the great land. Gonna go see how the fish are enjoying the Gulkana.
41David Clarke is sheriff of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin and a 24-karat anal pore. He’s also a democrat: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_A._Clarke_Jr.
42Dana White sounds like he’ll fit right in:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/07/14/rnc-speaker-dana-white-tweets-about-his-nuts-not-gop.html
43Congressman Sean Duffy’s claim to fame is that he was a lumberjack and was on MTV’s Real World – Boston in the 90’s. I last saw him when he was whining about how his measly Congressional salary didn’t cover very much when you have
44six kids like he does (he now has seven kids unless his MTV Road Rules wife has popped out a few more).
Not sure if it’s the same Eileen Collins (hope not) but the one I’ve heard of was an astronaut and space shuttle commander. Somebody qualified for that career seems too smart to be a Trump supporter.
45From Crazy Quilter at #24: “Kimberlin Brown played a psychopath on both Young and Restless and Bold and Beautiful.” Well then, she’ll fit right in! The psychopath part, anyway, and maybe the Restless part.
46Hoping for a revolt against Drumpf.
47Thanks for bringing Kat Skipper to our attention. I checked the link.
” she was a clerk, she served 18 years in the active force and the Reserves combined. Four years active duty from 1975-1979. There was no combat for her to participate in during that period.”
Umm, first: women were not assigned to combat during the 1970’s so if she was active duty back then – – – well – – – she wasn’t, that’s all. Afaik, active duty means combat. Women weren’t allowed in combat back then. Ipso facto . . . . no “active duty” during the 1970’s.
Second: I was of military age then and, if I had been in the military, I would have aged out by the time Desert Shield/Storm came along. In the early aughts, I was in my fifties. So no combat then, either.
This woman isn’t very long in the facts department, is she? Of course that makes sense, she counts herself among the snacilbupeR, after all.
48Jill Ann, it is the astronaut. I look at the women’s names on that list, other than his poor daughters and a few wingnuts, and wonder how they can convince themselves that supporting Scumpf is acceptable. What’s wrong with them?
49Hey Debbo:
Here’s one who isn’t asking herself if supporting Trump is acceptable. She just wants to keep her job:
Kerry Woolard
is the General Manager for Trump Winery in Charlottesville, VA, responsible for overseeing all operations for the1,300 acre estate, world class winery, vineyard, and event facilities.
And here’s Karen Vaughn’s claim to fame: ” . . . demanding President Obama resign in a sensational letter.”
50So that explains that.