Discussion: Political Pros Dissect Why The Trump Convention Has Been A Disaster So Far

The Republicans can’t run their primary campaign, and they get taken over by a delusional, narcicisstic con man. Speaker Paul Ryan (aka Eddie Haskell reincarnated) can’t run the House of Representatives. Now they can’t even manage a convention.

And they think they can run the entire government? Let’s ask folks in Kansas and Louisiana how well Brownback and Jindal have done for them…

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State by state listing the delegates now…

We don’t need the true believers to jump ship; there aren’t enough of them to elect him. He, on the other hand, badly needs to make inroads on Hillary’s support, among women, the college educated, the non-evangelical, or the non-white. Blatant Amateur Hour won’t do that for him.

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Springtime For Hitler– booked for next week?

jw1

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Team Trump has just added a new campaign spokesperson, Irwin Mainway:

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Political Pros Dissect Why The Trump Convention Has Been A Disaster So Far

Why?

Two words: “Donald Trump”

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Would be awesome if Trump, the “unconventional” candidate, ends up with the unconventional outcome of having a post-convention dip, instead of a post-convention bump!

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Not normal? it’s the RNC … what’s not normal for them about this? again… it’s the RNC!

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Goeas recalled how in 2008, Giuliani had also been long winded, which ran vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s speech past 11 p.m.

As ever, a small man in search of a balcony. And always, always unwilling to give it up.

“This is not a great sign for the Trump campaign,” Ornstein said.

Is it wrong that I’m smiling?

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A disaster. Not if you listen to all the Trump folks

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It is a huuuuuge and beautiful disaster. The biggest and best disaster! Believe me!

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There is an illness abroad in the land. It’s name is Trump.

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in both 2008 and 2012 Republicans contended with literal hurricanes interfering with their conventions

In a preemptive strike, this year they brought their own blowhard.

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It may well be that a lot of these folks feel ignored and powerless. But, I think a whole lot of Trumpism Is just plain spite. The same outlook that causes many of these folks to refuse to give up their incandescent bulbs in favor of led or fluorescent, and convert, at great expense, their pickup trucks into “rolling coal”, and buy, at great expense, shitloads of guns to open carry. Because they want to piss-off environmentalists, progressives and liberals. They don’t care if Trump lies, has had three wives, isn’t really very religious, or is caught giving fellatio to Shamu the whale. Supporting Trump is their way of poking those people and the left in the eye with a sharp stick, even if the spitefulness results in self abuse and public harm.

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BREAKING NEWS (breathlessly reported on CNN) TRUMP CHILDREN ON CONVENTION FLOOR

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Funny story Ralph.
About two years ago some 'neck in a coal-roller did his smokestack thing next to me at a red light.
I tooled him over the next 2 miles-- then he pulled into a parking lot.
I went back and and razzed him for getting zoomed by an '05 Impreza.

jw1

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Not too difficult to discern. When you stir shit the stench only gets worse.

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These Trump delegates don’t seem to know how to party. There is little whooping and hollerin’ when Trump’s name is mentioned. The rest of the rank and file seem to be going through the motions but not thrilled about what they are doing.

I wonder why they are spending so much money not to have any fun when it’s reported that even Trump doesn’t have the $6 million to cover its cost.

When you have heard one Trump speech you have heard them all. There is no suspense to get the convention through to that acceptance speech Thursday. It’s like it’s running on auto pilot.

It’s a ride, Donald Jr.? No, it’s a walk to the finish…and you had to pull people along with you who would rather be anywhere else.

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It’s true, Ralph. I know a guy who followed a car for miles, blaring his horn, all because the car had a bumper sticker he didn’t like. This was when gas was going for almost $5 a gallon.

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Well, Sam Wang’s projection model, which is very good, has Clinton winning 318 electoral votes to Trump’s 220 EV, if the election were held today.

http://election.princeton.edu/wp-content/uploads/autographics/EV_histogram_today.png

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