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GOP Convention
| July 18th, 2016 at 6:24:48 PM permalink | |
| Dalex64 Member since: Mar 8, 2014 Threads: 3 Posts: 3687 | Before being removed from the stage, Stephen Colbert, in costume, opened the "Hungry for Power Games" "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts." Daniel Patrick Moynihan |
| July 18th, 2016 at 6:28:16 PM permalink | |
| ams288 Member since: Apr 21, 2016 Threads: 29 Posts: 12500 | The current speaker on stage started out his speech with "Blue Lives Matter" and then went on to mention how glad he was today in Baltimore when there was no conviction in the death of Freddie Gray. It got a BIG applause. The GOP is icky. I'm looking forward to their destruction this November. “A straight man will not go for kids.” - AZDuffman |
| July 18th, 2016 at 6:47:47 PM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18203 |
GOOD! It deserves big applause. The guy should never have even been tried on such charges. 4 cops acquitted in this case now! Some push has started to quit wasting time and drop the charges against the rest. Just a case of a DA doing a vendetta for a mob, trying to score points. Hopefully the Democrats keep coming out against the cops. The public will just love them for that! The President is a fink. |
| July 18th, 2016 at 6:53:12 PM permalink | |
| ams288 Member since: Apr 21, 2016 Threads: 29 Posts: 12500 |
You must have stocked up on the rightie Kool Aid at Costco. Democrats aren't coming out against the cops. The public will certainly love the Dems more than the GOP come November... I'm giddy. “A straight man will not go for kids.” - AZDuffman |
| July 18th, 2016 at 7:17:17 PM permalink | |
| Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 | Trump donor and fund-raiser resigns at the convention: http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/288227-trump-fundraiser-resigns-in-anger-after-floor-eruption#.V41mIsEGKDg.facebook #popcorn Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
| July 18th, 2016 at 7:19:33 PM permalink | |
| YeahBaby Member since: May 24, 2016 Threads: 5 Posts: 364 | uh oh litle guy better start makin them phone calls again for Hillary lol Trump closing in on Clinton in new national poll http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/07/18/monmouth-university-poll-trump-clinton/87252856/ |
| July 18th, 2016 at 7:39:25 PM permalink | |
| rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 189 Posts: 18752 | Trump should get a convention bump, or he surely will be considered doing badly. You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
| July 18th, 2016 at 8:23:04 PM permalink | |
| Aussie Member since: May 10, 2016 Threads: 2 Posts: 458 | Can someone explain to an outsider what the actual purpose of these conventions are? From what I have been watching it just seems like a circle jerk for supporters of the GOP Presiderial nominee (the DNC will be the same for Hillary no doubt). Why do thousands of people who most likely play no serious part in anything need to spend 4 days in an indoor arena patting each other on the back? Why can't the few people there who will actually have any influence do the same thing in a smaller venue in a fraction of the time? |
| July 18th, 2016 at 8:53:26 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
It's to officially certify the candidate. The people there have been working for a year on nominating and now it's time to wrap it all up and send him on his way. So they have a big convention and party at night. It's tradition that goes back to before the Civil War. The only way to make sure it was all done legally was to get together in one place. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| July 18th, 2016 at 8:58:42 PM permalink | |
| rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 189 Posts: 18752 | Tradition as much as anything at this point. I mean, it could all be done on a video conference now. But... that's unlikely. You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |