Protester being ejected. pic.twitter.com/7Djqd6nZ9M
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 19, 2016
Giuliani to a sea of upraised fists.
Appropriate.
What we have to fear tonight besides fear itself, are the fear mongers. They brought hate. They brought guns. Nuff said?
— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) July 19, 2016
Seems more poignant than downstairs what with Rudy
My spouse was sexually harassed by a cop. Was he there to save her, Rudy?
Today is the 91st anniversary of the first publishing of Mein Kampf. I’m sure it’s just a coincidence.
#RNCinCLE #Trump2016 RT @NotableHistory: July 18,1925 – Adolf Hitler publishes his personal manifesto Mein Kampf. pic.twitter.com/4Mv3QortFE
— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) July 18, 2016
And now speaking…Goebbels….
You’ll hurt your throat, Rudy, stop it! That’s what a P.A. is for!
Giuliani just lied like a cheap rug. Like Trump would ever do anything anonymously.
Giuliani: “What I did for New York, Donald Trump will do for America!” https://t.co/Kod7ciGwi7
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 19, 2016
re: #8 teleskiguy
Today is the 91st anniversary of the first publishing of Mein Kampf. I’m sure it’s just a coincidence.
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Thought I’d heard this shit somewhere before.
Donald Trump went down to Ground Zero to demand more police at Trump Tower.
David Clark Carnage with Don Lemon.
Where David Clark interviews Don Lemon.
Rudy gets top billing on tomorrow’s NYDN front page:
Define the enemy!
Whaaaaaaaa…???!!!!
Coming to get YOU!!!!!!!!
Your candidate wants to ban all Muslims, you jackass.
This is like watching history in old black and white reels.
I can’t believe I voted for this joker in the 2008 GOP primary. How times have changed.
Like you said Charles. Rad right wing sex tonight.
Giuliani crazier than ever.
You have to be insane to take him seriously.— joe villa (@mikeejoe) July 19, 2016
re: #28 Stanley Sea
Like you said Charles. Rad right wing sex tonight.
Angry right wing sex. I feel bad for the prostitutes.
My God - what a hack!
Again with the “political correct” nonsense re Ft Hood? And the Iran nuclear deal?
Who wrote this screed? Cliches R Us?
This convention is almost entirely about race.
— Ben Smith (@BuzzFeedBen) July 19, 2016
Rudy has rabies
Rudy is very persuasive pic.twitter.com/0JZkkgjvTs
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) July 19, 2016
re: #34 Jay C
It plays well with the wingnut base.
I am kinda glad my wife came in and muted the TV so she could talk to a friend on her phone…
The Future First Lady? See Melania Trump’s nude photo shoot https://t.co/isvLOxyAR2
— (((gocart mozart))) (@gocartmozart1) July 19, 2016
Rather than apologizing when NYPD killed black security guard in botched drug sting, Rudy released sealed juvenile record. #PatrickDorismond
— Robert A George (@RobGeorge) July 19, 2016
re: #41 gocart mozart
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We don’t need to be misogynistic. Focus on Donald; he’s the nominee.
“My diaper is itchy!!” - Rudy Giuliani
— rob delaney (@robdelaney) July 19, 2016
Make America Drink Again: @POLITICOMag’s #gopconvention drinking game https://t.co/SFGayg0mfF pic.twitter.com/N784h5oYms
— POLITICO (@politico) July 19, 2016
Who is this old man yelling at clouds on the tv?
Hard to take Giuliani serious when he reminds me of this guy pic.twitter.com/dl5LDX2tNY
— I, Hoebot. (@eclecticbrotha) July 19, 2016
Giuliani’s speech is the most genuine moment of comedy I’ve seen in weeks.
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) July 19, 2016
re: #44 Big Beautiful Door
We don’t need to be misogynistic. Focus on Donald; he’s the nominee.
I thought the family was running the campaign?
Good grief. He needs to be in a freaking straight jacket. He is nuts.
re: #36 Lidane
This convention is almost entirely about race.
This is the final proof that it has never been about economics.
Sweet Melania has to come on after this?
Donald is going to ramble yuuuuge.
re: #46 Lidane
3. Chris Christie is given a shorter speaking slot than either Natalie Gulbis, the world’s 492nd best female golfer, or Kimberlin Brown, a soap opera actress.
Now he’s calling Hillary a cannibal? Oh. He said she’s “accountable.”
This is a stunningly insane speech by Giuliani.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 19, 2016
Giuliani makes George Constanza’s father look calm & measured in comparison
— Roland Scahill (@rolandscahill) July 19, 2016
GREATNESSSSSSS!!!!!
Or was it “grapenuts”? I’m sure he needs the fibre.
re: #53 freetoken
I thought the family was running the campaign?
I don’t know that its Melania more than the kids and Kushner. Attacking spouses is just ugly, and we don’t have to do it. I think its counterproductive for us to slut-shame a woman.
im sure all this shouting, crying and screaming will be just as convincing to undecided suburbanites as uncle pat’s culture war address
imho theyre losing the election on the first night of the convention
Rudy: [furtively checks TelePrompTer for next line]
Prompter: [yell] [scream] [holler] [rant] [wave arms wildly] #RNCinCLE #gopconvention— Adam Carl (@AdamWho) July 19, 2016
Preview of tomorrow’s convention schedule pic.twitter.com/ob1NNYJMg6
— Daniel Lin (@DLin71) July 19, 2016
re: #57 Stanley Sea
Sweet Melania has to come on after this?
Donald is going to ramble yuuuuge.
Here they come!
So full of shit your eyes are brown, brown-eyed girl
Now the fuhrer will speak for the next three hours.
I thought Queen said their music could not be used?
re: #65 Big Beautiful Door
I don’t know that its Melania more than the kids and Kushner. Attacking spouses is just ugly, and we don’t have to do it. I think its counterproductive for us to slut-shame a woman.
Well, okay.
But I am sure there are some who would argue that the original misogyny was 1) the photo shoot itself, and I would argue that 2) Drumpfskind’s promotion of his wife as a trophy wife is the real misogyny.
re: #66 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸
im sure all this shouting, crying and screaming will be just as convincing to undecided suburbanites as uncle pat’s culture war address
imho theyre losing the election on the first night of the convention
Hey—They’re fresh and awake tonight. Wait until Wednesday, when the fatigue, hangovers, stress, and self-loathing kick in.
“Donald is nice, he gave me golden bidet because he says pussy is filthy, and he’s right, he is so thoughtful.” - Melania’s whole speech
— Sarah Thyre (@SarahThyre) July 18, 2016
Countdown to a Cease and Desist letter from Queen in 3…2…1…
re: #77 freetoken
Well, okay.
But I am sure there are some who would argue that the original misogyny was 1) the photo shoot itself, and I would argue that 2) Drumpfskind’s promotion of his wife as a trophy wife is the real misogyny.
Two wrongs don’t make a right.
re: #80 teleskiguy
I feel so bad for laughing so hard right now. Okay I don’t.
Wow. This is the craziest shit I think I’ve ever seen.
re: #65 Big Beautiful Door
I don’t know that its Melania more than the kids and Kushner. Attacking spouses is just ugly, and we don’t have to do it. I think its counterproductive for us to slut-shame a woman.
Also, posting photo shoot she did when she was a model like that is more or less slut shaming, which I’ve been led to believe is bad.
re: #73 teleskiguy
Holy fuck! That’s downright Goebbelian!
He. Has. Risen. pic.twitter.com/XgBxtM3Fdp
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) July 19, 2016
I hate to be preachy, but can we not make fun of her accent?
She’s the kind of immigrant this crowd likes:
30 years younger trophy wife for a narcissist rich guy.
So humble you won’t even believe it pic.twitter.com/LSpT6PEK6S
— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew_lawrence) July 19, 2016
Melania is a better speaker than Donald.
re: #91 Jenner7
I hate to be preachy, but can we not make fun of her accent?
I agree, let the GOP be hateful to immigrants.
Da only limit to your dreams is to marry a millionaire with a bad toupee
To be fair, Melania’s speech so far is the only speech of the night that doesn’t aim to make us all want to hide in a bunker out of fear.
— Dennis Mersereau (@wxdam) July 19, 2016
re: #87 Charles Johnson
Wow. This is the craziest shit I think I’ve ever seen.
Again, I reiterate, it’s only day 1.
Blob Dull. He’s the reason I voted for Bill Clinton again in 1996.
i would not watch or listen to the convention.
just getting it second hand here - through comments both brilliant and scary is enough to put me off my feed.
@SarahThyre “People say Donald is mean. This make him so sad that he did not sport-kill any homeless people for a whole week.”
— M.A. Fortin (@SeniorTeenager) July 18, 2016
“The incredible world of fashion.” #RNCinCLE
— Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) July 19, 2016
NEVER GIVE YOU UP
NEVER LET YOU DOWN
re: #94 Jenner7
You can always depend on Leni Riefenstahl to deliver on the visuals.
Look. In the night sky. That subtle flash of light was @smod2016, altering its course for Cleveland.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) July 19, 2016
On the left is Trump’s entrance. On the right is WWE wrestler the Undertaker’s entrance. pic.twitter.com/WxniQUurLq
— Gideon Resnick (@GideonResnick) July 19, 2016
re: #111 Decatur Deb
You can always depend on Leni Riefenstahl to deliver on the visuals.
Leni Riefenstahl was more subtle than this shit.
@Green_Footballs
— (((gocart mozart))) (@gocartmozart1) July 19, 2016
Let’s hope neither of us are the new Abner Louima.
Unity!
Security in Trump VIP box just invited tom cotton to come up, and he said no, @tcberenson reports
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) July 19, 2016
Who’s that Pokemon?! pic.twitter.com/rB2m4kVqDX
— Nathan McDermott (@natemcdermott) July 19, 2016
Is it wrong to assume her teleprompter is done phonetically?
Melania’s speech more credible than any I’ve heard from Donald.
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) July 19, 2016
So you know all that complaining about how liberals really shouldn’t compare Trumpism to the movie Idiocracy? https://t.co/Qx3yjdkZjT
— Poe Zandaron (@ZandarVTS) July 19, 2016
So, am I correct to assume that no positive policy proposals were put forth tonight?
Does the average American have the stomach for three nights of this?
re: #111 Decatur Deb
You can always depend on Leni Riefenstahl to deliver on the visuals.
Hey, I already got that one above!
re: #51 Belafon
I have no problem with it, I just thought that the good conservative Christians might have been interested.
How often do you think Donald Trump consults Melania for her opinions on his policy ideas?
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 19, 2016
“Simple goodness of heart that God gave to Donald Trump” somebody wrote that
— David Frum (@davidfrum) July 19, 2016
At least Melania’s address proves there is a value to English As A Second Language lessons…..
I can’t live Tweet this #RNCinCLE shit-o-drome. I’m just stunned. This is how the unjustly powerful panic. This is fear throwing a tantrum.
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) July 19, 2016
Where was the video? Did he not pay Mark Burnett?
She’s going to help children and women
Hmmmpf. If Hillary said what Melania just said about women and children, they’d boo her.
The RNC tonight:
Immigrants will kill you.
Blacks will kill you.
Muslims will kill you.
Trump loves Hispanics, blacks, & Muslims!— Jamelle Bouie (@jbouie) July 19, 2016
I apologize to the world for my wingnut past.
Melania has a look like “yeah, I’m shocked too, I’ve been poisoning this fucker with antifreeze for 3 years and yet he lives” #RNC2016
— Criminelle Law (@CriminelleLaw) July 19, 2016
re: #119 lockjawcanbefun
Is it wrong to assume her teleprompter is done phonetically?
Yes, she speaks six languages.
And here’s another intellectual property violation
— rebecca raymer (@rannray) July 19, 2016
lolwut? pic.twitter.com/zRPdF0gyJ6
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 19, 2016
re: #104 The Vicious Babushka
Blob Dull. He’s the reason I voted for Bill Clinton again in 1996.
I’ll bet if it wasn’t a Clinton running, he wouldn’t be there—but he’s still carrying a grudge. I used to have…well, not respect exactly…but a little less loathing for him than the rest of them. No more.
Only immigrants trump wants are those he can sleep with! pic.twitter.com/F6GaqTU1Oz
— John Leguizamo (@JohnLeguizamo) July 19, 2016
We’re watching the Party of Lincoln become the Party of Trump.
That’s not just a loss for our country—it’s a threat.— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) July 18, 2016
She’s not inciting violence or insurrection, so it’s the best speech of the night.
— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) July 19, 2016
re: #151 Lidane
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I’m thinking the oppo team is gonna step it up in the next few days.
Only Hacksaw Jim Duggan is allowed to start the USA, USA chant
re: #140 Frankie Five Angels
I apologize to the world for my wingnut past.
Been there, done that, burned the T-shirt.
Melania is better at speeches that her husband, but I still want to hear her say “Is big trouble for moose and squirrel.”
— TBogg (@tbogg) July 19, 2016
re: #125 Aunty Entity Dragon
Hey, I already got that one above!
You have to type it with the right accent.
re: #155 makeitstop
I’m thinking the oppo team is gonna step it up in the next few days.
They’re saving the dead hooker stuff for October.
re: #158 Lidane
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Melania is better at speeches that her husband, but I still want to hear her say “Is big trouble for moose and squirrel.”
that made the night worthwhile
re: #155 makeitstop
I’m thinking the oppo team is gonna step it up in the next few days.
This is going to be a test case for how much information is too much.
I was a wingnut at one time then I stumbled upon LGF around 2004. I lurked for a while, then in 2010 I registered and have been hanging around ever since. I owe a lot of my “seeing the light” to many people here. Thanks for returning me to sanity.
This General’s voice isn’t too strong-weak!
“New American Century”-gee where have we heard THAT before?….
Heh.
Republicans have a lot of nice things to say—when it’s not an election year. Thanks, Mayor Giuliani. #RNCinCLE pic.twitter.com/h24PKVqPFE
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) July 19, 2016
She’s done so I guess it’s back to doom and gloom.
re: #163 Frankie Five Angels
I was a wingnut at one time then I stumbled upon LGF around 2004. I lurked for a while, then in 2010 I registered and have been hanging around ever since. I owe a lot of my “seeing the light” to many people here. Thanks for returning me to sanity.
I liked Ike—until I was 14.
Rudy Giuliani has one word for America. https://t.co/tKcbWgjrQI
— Gawker (@Gawker) July 19, 2016
re: #169 Decatur Deb
I liked Ike—until I was 14.
Ike would be considered a Liberal Commie by today’s GOP.
I took off the headset. Can’t listen to any more of this shit.
Melania was actually the least obnoxious of the whole sorry swarm.
How many spouses do you know who can’t come up with a single story about their husband?
— Michael Cohen (@speechboy71) July 19, 2016
Jake Tapper is stressing this right now.
This has got to go down as one of the worst opening day Debbie-downing conventions in modern history.
re: #177 Jenner7
How many spouses do you know who can’t come up with a single story about their husband?
Jake Tapper is stressing this right now.
How many spouses have signed NDAs?
are those empty seats I’m seeing or is that just Clint Eastwood’s entourage? #RNCinCLE
— Matt Oswalt (@MattOswaltVA) July 19, 2016
re: #178 Eric The Fruit Bat
This has got to go down as one of the worst opening day Debbie-downing conventions in modern history.
Remember when the ‘84 Democratic Convention was described as the “Temple of Doom?”
What Obama did was restore the worlds faith in America,
why give melania a democrat speech about helping the poor and oppressed?
She’s not even trending on twitter.
SAD donny.
re: #178 Eric The Fruit Bat
This has got to go down as one of the worst opening day Debbie-downing conventions in modern history.
But but Laura Ingraham said it was the bestest in years!!!
re: #170 teleskiguy
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Well damn. The more you watch it, the more disturbing it gets.
Did he just call for US military action inside the US?
re: #184 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸
why give melania a democrat speech about helping the poor and oppressed?
I did not hear her say she was going to help the poor and oppressed. She said she was going to help children (like Donald Jr., Eric, Ivanka, Tiffany & Barron) and women (Ivanka, Tiffany, herself and Eric & Jr.’s wives)
re: #166 Lidane
Heh.
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Her campaign is in that stride where it could run forever. Any statement by Republicans can be answered, not by something that feels forced, but something spontaneous. Trump will die from a thousand cuts.
we seem to be having a case of amnesia as to why obama did not bomb assad after he crossed the ‘red line’
re: #178 Eric The Fruit Bat
This has got to go down as one of the worst opening day Debbie-downing conventions in modern history.
I’m really wondering how this plays, period. If they repeat this again for the next two nights, undecided voters are going to tell them to STFU.
The red line thing again. He wishes we had fought an unnecessary war to prove our toughness.
Sorry but I thought Melania’s speech sounded more like a pageant speech, so maybe Donnie did write it for her—he does have pageant experience.
re: #199 BeachDem
Sorry but I thought Melania’s speech sounded more like a pageant speech, so maybe Donnie did write it for her—he does have pageant experience.
A pageant contestant would say she wants World Peace.
BREAKING: The Murdochs have decided to remove Roger Ailes, possibly within days. My latest: https://t.co/0hP9G6fUIf
— Gabriel Sherman (@gabrielsherman) July 18, 2016
Meanwhile, one Fox host told me that Ailes loyalists are reporting back on the investigation to his attorney, and Fox contributor, Susan Estrich. “They’re scared to death,” one Fox anchor told me. “The mood is bleak.”
Life. Is. Good.
re: #200 The Vicious Babushka
A pageant contestant would say she wants World Peace.
Then she’d never win a pageant that Donald was running.
re: #198 Big Beautiful Door
A war when there were Russian Soldiers on the ground.
I honestly think the Russian Military is a ghost of its former self, and think we could do more damage to them then vice versa. However, they also have nukes, so doing that would have moved the clock to 5 seconds before midnight.
BOOM. Lt. Gen. Flynn just said Radical Islam
Did all of ISIS just fall dead?
Or does he have to say it five times in the mirror like Candyman?
re: #184 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸
“why give melania a democrat speech about helping the poor and oppressed?”
Because the plan, which was revealed recently, is for Melania to become the new Jacqueline Kennedy.
Michael Flynn sucks and he is choking on stage. Needs water!
The idea that this guy could have been vice president is basically terrifying.
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) July 19, 2016
re: #200 The Vicious Babushka
A pageant contestant would say she wants World Peace.
More free-associating music selections.
re: #200 The Vicious Babushka
A pageant contestant would say she wants World Peace.
re: #208 Lidane
Curtis LeMay all over?
re: #90 teleskiguy
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William Shatner got on the phone with his lawyer. Wants to sue Trump for stealing his entrance from Wrath of Khan!
re: #205 Smith25’s Liberal Thighs
General Flynn was practically kicked out of his last commanding position.
On April 30, 2014, Flynn announced his retirement effective later in 2014, about a year earlier than he had been scheduled to leave his position. He was reportedly effectively forced out of the Defense Intelligence Agency after clashing with superiors over his “management style” and vision for the agency.[21][22] He retired as of August 7, 2014.
No one should listen to him.
re: #206 majii
“why give melania a democrat speech about helping the poor and oppressed?”
Because the plan, which was revealed recently, is for Melania to become the new Jacqueline Kennedy.
There was supposed to be a video! trump didn’t pay the final payment I betcha.
Went low budget with the smoke entrance.
Man
Hard to follow the candidate’s spouse. Do they let people in the cheap seats move down? #rncincle pic.twitter.com/GWFg4ejf5p
— Rick Klein (@rickklein) July 19, 2016
@rickklein Man, by the time Joni Ernst speaks there will be no one there but the immigrants sweeping up
— FormerDirtDart (@FormerDirtDart) July 19, 2016
“A burgeoning Chinese economy”? This idiot knows less than Trump, and that takes effort. Stunning that he reached heights of US command.
— Joe Conason (@JoeConason) July 19, 2016
re: #206 majii
“why give melania a democrat speech about helping the poor and oppressed?”
Because the plan, which was revealed recently, is for Melania to become the new Jacqueline Kennedy.
“I’m Mike Pence, and I approve this message.”
Can we get a “reset button” for Gen. Asshole Flynn?
re: #206 majii
“why give melania a democrat speech about helping the poor and oppressed?”
Because the plan, which was revealed recently, is for Melania to become the new Jacqueline Kennedy.
And about the time that happens, my husband, George Clooney, and I will be declared King and Queen of the Universe.
re: #217 Lidane
Yeah China’s economy is a little under the weather right now.
We need to reform our officer corp.
re: #211 Smith25’s Liberal Thighs
“All the Way with Curtis LeMay Michael Flynn!”
re: #182 Big Beautiful Door
Remember when the ‘84 Democratic Convention was described as the “Temple of Doom?”
I hated the 1984 election. Between the associations with the year & the Democrats picking the anti-NASA prick from Minnesota I wanted to puke. In the end, from my base at Illesheim FRG, I voted for Reagan as the devil I knew and one other Republican (the local congress critter, Steve Gunderson who was a decent man (turned out to be deeply closeted and when his 20+ year monogamous relationship was outed he was forced out of office by … the GOP. Stupid Republicans.)
Obama chose to conceal acts of Osama bin Laden?
WTF? He is certifiable, foaming at the mouth, batshit crazy.
Is there a four-star in the audience who can tell Flynn to wrap this up?
— Karen Tumulty (@ktumulty) July 19, 2016
re: #205 Smith25’s Liberal Thighs
BOOM. Lt. Gen. Flynn just said Radical Islam
Did all of ISIS just fall dead?
Or does he have to say it five times in the mirror like Candyman?
betelgeuse?
re: #225 Smith25’s Liberal Thighs
Obama chose to conceal acts of Osama bin Laden?
He never told us where Osama settled.
Just a reminder for those of you who might not be aware -
Jon Stewart will be joining with Steven Colbert all week from the Republican Convention and next week from the Democratic Convention - all shows being live broadcasts.
Jon Stewart returns to TV for conventions
Jon Stewart is coming to back to television just in time for the Republican and Democratic conventions.
According to a report in the Hollywood Reporter, Stewart, who was the popular host of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” for 16 years, will return for two weeks on CBS’s “The Late Show,” joining host Stephen Colbert, another Comedy Central veteran. Stewart’s role for this stretch is not clear at this time.
Colbert’s other guests this week include the highly successful John Oliver of HBO — another “Daily Show” alum — comedian Lewis Black and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.).
re: #216 FormerDirtDart
Supposedly the wrestling business is in decline, with house-show attendance way down.
It should be obvious why the former Presidents decided to not attend.
Wow. Hall is half empty now. Still more speakers ahead. pic.twitter.com/cByqJdgLkM
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) July 19, 2016
Crowd now chanting “LOCK HER UP! LOCK HER UP!”
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 19, 2016
Jeesus fucking keerist on a cracker—this asshole is saying “lock her up.” Fuck these fucking fuckers to hell.
The guy speaking right now is literally on Putin’s payroll. https://t.co/oyMv4bENLp
— Ryan Grim (@ryangrim) July 19, 2016
Crooked Hillary Clinton, leave this race now! - Flynn
re: #223 William Lewis
I hated the 1984 election. Between the associations with the year & the Democrats picking the anti-NASA prick from Minnesota I wanted to puke. In the end, from my base at Illesheim FRG, I voted for Reagan as the devil I knew and one other Republican (the local congress critter, Steve Gunderson who was a decent man (turned out to be deeply closeted and when his 20+ year monogamous relationship was outed he was forced out of office by … the GOP. Stupid Republicans.)
I held my nose and voted for Fritz Mondale. That’s what a yellow-dog democrat looks like.
CROOKED HILLARY CLINTON, LEAVE THIS RACE NOW! SHE NEEDS TO GO!
-an actual quote from retired General Flynn
. Flynn I would like to take this time to tell you to go fuck yourself.
AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM IS VERY REAL
Munich wore it better.
Not to put too fine a point on it, but Flynn is absolutely batshit crazy.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 19, 2016
This is the kind of convention a political party puts on when it has nothing to offer voters except fear and loathing. There’s plenty of that on display, but nothing has been said about the party’s platform planks. Priebus, Trump, Manafort, and the others in the Trump Campaign and in the GOP know that if they focus on the party’s platform, millions would recoil in horror and get a clear message that GOPers have an intense longing for an America that never existed.
scathing anti trump editorial in the wall st journal of all places
seems like the democratic party will be annexing educated suburban republicans
On the bright side, I now have a great answer to give when someone asks what Obama’s biggest mistake was.
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) July 19, 2016
Donald “is intensely loyal. He will never let you down.” -Trump’s 3rd wife who said they’ve been together 18yrs when he was divorced 17 ago.
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) July 19, 2016
They really did open up the Richard Nixon Portal To Hell tonight!
re: #253 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸
scathing anti trump editorial in the wall st journal of all places
seems like the democratic party will be annexing educated suburban republicans
Doubt it, they may not vote for trump, but I doubt hillary gets many of them.
re: #212 Joe Bacon
William Shatner got on the phone with his lawyer. Wants to sue Trump for stealing his entrance from Wrath of Khan!
So, this is the Republican Party’s re-enactment of the Kobayashi Maru?
This Flynn dude is in a fucking alternate reality. It’s disturbing to hear him talk at this rally.
re: #228 blueraven
These tools seem to think that if they yell, “Lock her up!” over and over, it will happen. They’re all delusional, reality-denying, loud-mouthed dipsh*ts.
re: #258 danarchy
Doubt it, they may not vote for trump, but I doubt hillary gets many of them.
I bet she gets a lot of the women.
If Trump will lead from the front and is so courageous why did he get deferments so he wouldn’t have to go to Nam.
This Flynn speech leaves me very concerned about the state of our military leadership. #RNCinCLE
— Wilhelm Davis (@WilhelmDavis) July 19, 2016
He’s right, we can’t sit this one out.
Want to be more scared?
Who do you think will be “President” Trump’s National Security Adviser?
If I were a betting man, I’d lay some money on LTG Michael Flynn (Ret)
They are really afraid of Hillary Clinton. What a bunch of pussies.
At some point during this convention someone will start a chant
HAIL VICTORY
HAIL VICTORY
HAIL VICTORY
re: #263 Tigger2
If Trump will lead from the front and is courageous why did he get deferments so he wouldn’t have to go to Nam.
He was fighting Charlie in his bedroom.
Who has a live stream of the coverage? Link?
I wonder if anyone might challenge Gen. Flynn’s gripe about President Obama’s supposed reluctance to combat ” Islamic extremism” by asking Osama Bin Laden..
ohh, wait….
re: #243 Lidane
That is tapdancing close to treason with me.
re: #264 teleskiguy
This Flynn speech leaves me very concerned about the state of our military leadership
Tweeter is wrong. This doof was booted, proving the system often works.
If you watch #RNCinCLE and then try to say your “morals” keep you from voting for HRC to stop Trump, you’re a liar. You have no morals.
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) July 19, 2016
So Flynn goes overtime and the pig castrating, bread-bag wearing loon gets bumped out of prime time. Awwwww.
re: #266 FormerDirtDart
No matter who Trump would appoint to his cabinet if he were POTUS, he’d never listen to them. He’s so egotistical that he actually thinks that what his brain tells him to say and do is always right.
re: #279 BeachDem
So Flynn goes overtime and the pig castrating, bread-bag wearing loon gets bumped out of prime time. Awwwww.
Someone told me Ernsit was “punished” because of Iowa’s role in today’s fight. So this is Degrassi Junior High now, too.
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) July 19, 2016
re: #276 teleskiguy
Nothing wrong with castrating hogs, per se. I’ve field-dressed elk, deer and bear. But she touted putting a rubber band around some testicles as experience to be a Senator at the highest level of government.
re: #264 teleskiguy
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You know, Erik Loomis at LGM is an absolutist on union rights. He think every person should be able to be in a union in any field…including the military.
I tried to point out that along with grossly undermining command authority from the POTUS and other civilian leadership, you would also have an extra-constitutional veto over anything the POTUS wanted to do if the Army of navy union didn’t want to go along. Particularly and especially any Democratic POTUS.
re: #282 Jenner7
Can I steal that Kragar?
This morning a Jill Shill said he couldn’t vote for Hillary “for moral reasons” and oh yeah, posted a meme of Robert Byrd.
I don’t have those tweets available because I blocked that fucker.
re: #259 Bill and Opus for 2016!
So, this is the Republican Party’s re-enactment of the Kobayashi Maru?
It’s more like The Hindenberg!
Virginia delegation beat the traffic pic.twitter.com/GGgTRDzHaF
— DENALI (@timothypmurphy) July 19, 2016
People are swarming for the exits now.
re: #283 Lidane
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I saw stuff at TPM that Iowa was threatened with losing their caucus position if they didn’t withdraw their role call vote petition.
Chip in $1 if you agree we can’t let Trump “win so big.” #RNCinCLE https://t.co/VEDD5meehChttps://t.co/EKipgiSDky
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) July 19, 2016
Fox isn’t even running the live speeches. Hannity is interviewing Newt. Like any other night.
re: #288 Lidane
I thought Trump claimed that he could fill the building. There are a lot of empty seats there. Maybe most of them plan to show up on Thursday when Trump becomes the official GOP standard bearer?
A crowd chanting “LOCK HER UP, LOCK HER UP” is crossing all kinds of terrifying boundaries. This is way over the line of normal politics.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 19, 2016
Dunzo. No more. UNCLE! I CAN’T TAKE IT ANYMORE
*clicks the damn video off*
“Lock her up!” … Really playing with fire with top speakers leading these “lock her up” chants. This is not normal stuff.
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) July 19, 2016
re: #288 Lidane
Arizona not here anymore either pic.twitter.com/r1y78aySDw
— DENALI (@timothypmurphy) July 19, 2016
re: #277 Kragar
That’s ok. They just won’t watch it.
re: #294 majii
I thought Trump claimed that he could fill the building
Well, he’s a star, amirite? These other dudes are half a house. Yeah, Mel too.
Hell it would be no different if a Republican was President you can’t stop all terrorist.
re: #293 Tigger2
Because that is what happens when you are a Superpower.
We have the most resources, so this is what happens. We could be doing a much better job.
re: #294 majii
I thought Trump claimed that he could fill the building. There are a lot of empty seats there. Maybe most of them plan to show up on Thursday when Trump becomes the official GOP standard bearer?
Plus, the set it up sideways so it looks like more people are there. And notice there is a ton of red carpeting showing. Had they set it up with the podium at one end, they would have maybe 2/3 of the main floor filled…the rest would be empty.
Thank God we got Chachi & whoever the fuck Antonio Sabato, Jr done when the floor was packed, so rising star Ernst could speak to empty room
— Matt Mackowiak (@MattMackowiak) July 19, 2016
So what a snooze fest the RNC is so far: where are the riots and disturbances? I mean, seriously, we were promised riots and disturbances!
re: #295 Charles Johnson
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This summer is scaring me to death.
We may see an actual assassination attempt.
AMERICAAAAA https://t.co/KJA1Mrobnj
— Salvador Hernandez (@SalHernandez) July 19, 2016
re: #306 Jay C
So what a snooze fest the RNC is so far: where are the riots and disturbances? I mean, seriously, we were promised riots and disturbances!
Um, sorry, not sorry at all. Not after recent events.
re: #303 Ziggy_TARDIS
Because that is what happens when you are a Superpower.
We have the most resources, so this is what happens. We could be doing a much better job.
And that is why we are in so much debt. If we keep that up we won’t be a superpower.
The crowd is chanting LOCK HER UP but not DUE PROCESS DUE PROCESS. Bunch of fascists. #RNCinCLE #tcot #UniteBlue
— (((Beelzebabushka))) (@viciousbabushka) July 19, 2016
re: #309 Great White Snark
Um, sorry, not sorry at all. Not after recent events.
Same here.
The convention is just starting though.
re: #281 majii
No matter who Trump would appoint to his cabinet if he were POTUS, he’d never listen to them. He’s so egotistical that he actually thinks that what his brain tells him to say and do is always right.
Yeah, but I would hope for someone in his cabinet to say “No, I can’t/we shouldn’t do that…”
Joni Ernst now saying “Terrorists from ISIS are in every one of our 50 states, with knives, bombs, poison…”
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 19, 2016
What the holy fuck?????
She is claiming ISIS operatives are in every state?
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) July 19, 2016
The GOP:
WE MUST NAME TEH TERRISTS RADICAL IZLAMIZZTS SO WE CAN WIN LOCK HER UP
-Still won’t pass AUMF
If you call something by its name, you have magical power over it! I learned that from daemonologists!
re: #307 Aunty Entity Dragon
This summer is scaring me to death.
We may see an actual assassination attempt.
Coin flip whether it is on Hillary or Trump, IMO.
re: #315 Belafon
Maybe she should tell the FBI where these people are.
Just lifted the bedlinens. We’re OK in AL.
re: #320 danarchy
Coin flip whether it is on Hillary or Trump, IMO.
In either case, I’d take Priebus in for questioning.
Olivia kitteh keeps looking under the stove. Betcha one or two sneaked in and are hiding down in there biding their time.
ISIS is tricky that way.
Two really good Trump essays came out this last weekend. I urge you to read them both. 1/3
— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) July 19, 2016
First, this piece from @JaneMayerNYer. Trump’s Boswell Speaks https://t.co/jrXvOqHrVb via @newyorker 2/3
— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) July 19, 2016
Second, this piece from @mckaycoppins. Confessions Of A Dishonest Slob https://t.co/rVkzd7lQL1 via @BuzzFeedNews 3/3
— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) July 19, 2016
re: #324 Aunty Entity Dragon
Olivia kitteh keeps looking under the stove. Betcha one or two sneaked in and are hiding down in there biding their time.
ISIS is tricky that way.
Knew we were in trouble when Publix started carrying falafel.
This is what FBI director Comey actually said, that Joni Ernst distorted into “ISIS terrorists in all 50 states.” pic.twitter.com/kzL1Q5wqt0
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 19, 2016
GAWD she really wraps herself in uniform martyrdom.
Fuck you, colonel.
Sincerely, a former spec 4 helicopter door gunner and crewchief.
re: #315 Belafon
Maybe she should tell the FBI where these people are.
Think that is who she is getting it from:
re: #327 Charles Johnson
That homegrown word is difficult for a lot of people to process.
I’m not sure quite what I expected but, I did expect a little more than recycled, rehashed and mostly debunked talking points reiterated by a line of delusional idiots who are little but an example of exactly what is wrong with US politics.
Amazon prime member benefit
— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) July 19, 2016
re: #328 Aunty Entity Dragon
GAWD she really wraps herself in uniform martyrdom.
Fuck you, colonel.
Sincerely, a former spec 4 helicopter door gunner and crewchief.
The “Prairie Palin” . What a hack!
re: #328 Aunty Entity Dragon
GAWD she really wraps herself in uniform martyrdom.
Fuck you, colonel.
Sincerely, a former spec 4 helicopter door gunner and crewchief.
Door gunner tough job, much respect.
re: #326 Decatur Deb
Knew we were in trouble when Publix started carrying falafel.
OTOH, 35 years ago, every grocery store had kefir. Haven’t seen it for decades now.
I am very disappointed, though not surprised, that no commentators are saying anything (so far) about the ugly rhetoric agaisnt Hillary.
This is not normal party politics.
re: #336 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
OTOH, 35 years ago, every grocery store had kefir. Haven’t seen it for decades now.
Is that some kind of Yankee vittles?
BENGHAZI
CSPAN keeps showing the same redhead in the red dress. Pls stop.
Going to the fridge to get a drink
In other words, Joni Ernst just blatantly lied to spread fear.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 19, 2016
re: #342 Charles Johnson
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Why not lie, she’s preaching to the choir and telling lies to them is easier than feeding her hogs.
BTW…I knew and worked with good and great female officers. I saw real, ugly misogyny used against the first female combat helicopter pilots in the Cav when I was in Korea.
Joni Ernst does not hold a candle to the officers I worked with.
Oh fuck…this is becoming a constant thing now. Speakers demanding Hillary be arrested and jailed.
This is going to go all 4 days, I predict. Jesus…
Fear and bigotry is all they have. They can’t sell Trump in comparison to Clinton based on any other set of criteria. So they have to depend on bluster, lies, and bullshit knowing that the major media organizations will not start calling them on any of it.
Has anyone been following the furore down under by a morning talk show host calling for the ban of Muslims from reaching Australia?
#asamother I support @SoniaKruger. I oppose the hate speech, incitement to violence, misogyny, oppression of Islam. Stop Islamic immigration
— Kirralie Smith (@KirralieS) July 18, 2016
Alex Jones was screaming for Hillary Clinton to be thrown in prison this afternoon. They’re saying the same thing from the RNC stage.
— Matt Pearce (@mattdpearce) July 19, 2016
Florida’s a small state tho not a lot of delegates to begin with pic.twitter.com/Zm9kDxtoLs
— DENALI (@timothypmurphy) July 19, 2016
re: #346 electrotek
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Sonia is just an idiot getting her 15 minutes of infamy.
re: #341 Kilroy01
It’s becoming way too easy to go from zero to Godwin in no time flat these days.
re: #346 electrotek
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Notice that you can replace Islam with Christianity and describe the exact same problems.
@KirralieS @SoniaKruger When an anti-Muslim fascist shot 70 Norwegian kids dead at a youth camp 5 yrs ago,did you express outrage over that?
— دانیال (@danja84) July 19, 2016
I don’t envy Hillary’s secret service detail. What the RNC did tonight was disgraceful. They are inciting nuts to go after her.
@KirralieS @SoniaKruger Does this also mean you’ll call for banning American Christians since a large number hold those views you described?
— دانیال (@danja84) July 19, 2016
re: #344 Aunty Entity Dragon
BTW…I knew and worked with good and great female officers. I saw real, ugly misogyny used against the first female combat helicopter pilots in the Cav when I was in Korea.
Joni Ernst does not hold a candle to the officers I worked with.
Oh fuck…this is becoming a constant thing now. Speakers demanding Hillary be arrested and jailed.
This is going to go all 4 days, I predict. Jesus…
It doesn’t work that way. Let them beclown themselves.
re: #345 Feline Fearless Leader
Fear and bigotry is all they have. They can’t sell Trump in comparison to Clinton based on any other set of criteria. So they have to depend on bluster, lies, and bullshit knowing that the major media organizations will not start calling them on any of it.
My only hope is that if it starts looking like Trump is going down big, they’ll decide that documenting an historic trainwreck will get more clicks than just maintaining a boring horserace down to the wire and pile on.
re: #350 teleskiguy
It’s becoming way too easy to go from zero to Godwin in no time flat these days.
The GOP is basically a fully-fledged fascist party at this point. I mean it.
This despicable SOB just blamed the POTUS and Hillary for air support not being on station at a particular moment in Afghanistan.
Yeah, we are dancing up to treasonous here.
re: #353 Jenner7
I don’t envy Hillary’s secret service detail. What the RNC did tonight was disgraceful. They are inciting nuts to go after her.
Yes, they did. They are inciting violence.
re: #310 Tigger2
The reason we are in debt are incredibly dumb taxation and spending policies, plus a combination of poor hardware purchases and bloat the Pentagon did not ask for.
re: #358 Aunty Entity Dragon
This despicable SOB just blamed the POTUS and Hillary for air support not being on station at a particular moment in Afghanistan.
Yeah, we are dancing up to treasonous here.
The GOP is a bigger national security risk than ISIS.
re: #353 Jenner7
I don’t envy Hillary’s secret service detail. What the RNC did tonight was disgraceful. They are inciting nuts to go after her.
I’m really expecting a heavily-armed assault on the Inauguration. I’m not kidding. They’ve got these shitferbrains inbred fuckers in such a froth now, there’s no way this ends peacefully.
Facebook feed has calls for execution of Hillary. Christ. These nuts aren’t just playing with fire…they are throwing gasoline on it.
re: #361 Ziggy_TARDIS
The reason we are in debt are incredibly dumb taxation and spending policies, plus a combination of poor hardware purchases and bloat the Pentagon did not ask for.
No it’s because Iraq and Afghanistan were off the books and we didn’t raise taxes to pay for them, wars aren’t free.
As they are having the benediction…
Wonder how many are out near the bars “loosening up” some morals.
re: #365 Aunty Entity Dragon
Facebook feed has calls for execution of Hillary. Christ. These nuts aren’t just playing with fire…they are throwing gasoline on it.
Forward them to USSS. One of the assholes could be winding himself up for real.
I am astounded that these speakers represent a major political party in a democratic nation. The rhetoric is little short of insane.
re: #368 Smith25’s Liberal Thighs
As they are having the benediction…
Wonder how many are out near the bars “loosening up” some morals.
Whip out the CC the strip bars are still open.
re: #370 Decatur Deb
Forward them to USSS. One of the assholes could be winding himself up for real.
The comments are going so quickly I can’t even get them. Stormfront types seem to be running the feed.
re: #369 Kilroy01
It just fit the optics. It all seems to be out of the same play book.. Except the Austrian was a much better speaker.
Trump ain’t got shit on Hitler’s Nuremberg rallies, thank dog.
re: #367 Tigger2
We never should have been in Iraq in the first place, and we should have raised Taxes for Afghanistan. And gone in with more force.
In response to the tone of the GOP convention I found myself with a counterpoint or two. So many Muslims died in the attacks.
It seems a terribly telling choice. Some look at terror and associate the killers with the religion. Others choose to associate the victims.
— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) July 19, 2016
In some ways that’s anger chosen over empathy. Sadly that’s the same choice killers make, taken all the way to the ultimate act. The kill.
— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) July 19, 2016
re: #375 Ziggy_TARDIS
We never should have been in Iraq in the first place, and we should have raised Taxes for Afghanistan. And gone in with more force.
No we shouldn’t have went into Iraq but we did and it cost us a bunch.
re: #344 Aunty Entity Dragon
BTW…I knew and worked with good and great female officers. I saw real, ugly misogyny used against the first female combat helicopter pilots in the Cav when I was in Korea.
I’ve mentioned that I am an Episcopalian these days because the first parish I walked into had a woman as priest and even the conservatives there considered it no big thing. She turned out to have some more than a little flakey theology but then again, so has ever priest - male or female - I’ve ever known. No one is purely orthodox.
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re: #337 blueraven
“I am very disappointed, though not surprised, that no commentators are saying anything (so far) about the ugly rhetoric agaisnt Hillary.”
Based on my observations of many in the MSM, they appear to be GOPers. Chuck Todd pissed me off yesterday when he accused the president of “lecturing” us. He did nothing of the sort. He spoke to us the way one adult is supposed to speak to other adults, but CT found something wrong with the way he delivered his statement. I’ve noticed that CT is oftentimes very happy to repeat RW talking points, and even when he is interviewing a RW pol and knows the person is lying, he makes no effort to hold him/her accountable. He’s been a bit better recently, but his interviewing technique still needs a lot of improvement. He really needs to study the topics he’ll be discussing in his interviews. He needs tostudy Rachel Maddow’s interview techniques. If she’s interviewing someone and a certain subject comes up, she knows the facts. The child is wicked smart and well informed, which, I think, is why GOP pols avoid appearing on her program.
HAHAHAHAHA!!!!
CORRECTION: Melania stole a whole graph from Michelle’s speech. #GOPConvention
WATCH: https://t.co/8BCOwXAHSy pic.twitter.com/zudpDznGng— Jarrett Hill (@JarrettHill) July 19, 2016