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    What In The Hell Was That in Cleveland?

    By oldenGoldenDecoy on Thu, 07/21/2016 - 2:05am |

     

    I mean... Really...

    If you did watch that circus leave a quick comment of your memory of the most weird moment.

    ~OGD~

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    Did any of us actually watch it all the way through. I tuned in now and them for a few minutes and watched a few videos. But Ingraham's nazi salute to Trump has to be the weirdest moment I've read about.


    by ocean-kat on Thu, 07/21/2016 - 8:25am

    I haven't watched one second of the Nuremberg rally.  Okay Nuremberg is probably a little too strong.  How about the March on Rome?


    by HSG on Thu, 07/21/2016 - 9:14am

    I didn't watch the fiasco live. I did catch some speeches on line. What caught my eye was the sad sight of black Republicans feeding red meat to an audience of white bigots. I do not believe that young black Republicans are comfortable with what they saw. Black people received lectures on behavior from black wingnuts wanting to appease their white masters. Sheriff David Clarke said that the lives of policemen are important, a fact that few in the black community deny. Many black people have close relatives in law enforcement. Clarke then labeled Black Lives Matter a terrorist group. This idiocy got thunderous applause from the GOP bigot-laden audience. The sheriff praised the fact that officers involved in severing the spine of Freddie Gray in a Baltimore police department van have not been convicted of a crime. Again thunderous applause from the bigots. Honest black Republicans know that they have the same fears as those expressed by Black Lives Matter when they see blue flashing lights behind them. Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina noted that he has been pulled over by police 7 times despite being a public official. Clarke's message was crafted to appeal to bigots. It may have served as the biggest deterrent to joining the Republican Party for young black people. The New York Times posted an article noting the negative reactions many current black Republicans have to the tone of the convention. Many prominent black Republicans like Tim Scott and Mia Love are not attending the Republican convention. They want no direct connection with Trump.

     


    by rmrd0000 on Thu, 07/21/2016 - 8:31am

    In some states Trump is actually polling 0 with black voters. That's unusual as there are always some single issue evangelical anti-abortion black voters who vote republican.


    by ocean-kat on Thu, 07/21/2016 - 8:39am

    BLM is the new ACORN now that a few conservatives noticed the org no longer exists.


    by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 07/21/2016 - 8:56am

    Ducky, it was Cruz.

    This morning Cruz said:

    So he might attack my wife and my father?

    hahahahahah

    ​And I must always close with the fact that I have always thought that Cruz was and is much more threatening than T-Rump. hahahah

    Personally, I certainly would attack his father (even though the fascist prick had nothing to do with the murder of JFK, hahahah)

    http://www.reuters.com/video/2016/07/21/cruz-says-personal-attacks-by-trump-prev?videoId=369339834&videoChannel=1003

     


    by Richard Day on Thu, 07/21/2016 - 12:05pm

    To all who have commented . . .

    Finally a subject we can all get our teeth in. To those who haven't commented... Come on and jump on in while the water's hot.

    ~OGD~

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    by oldenGoldenDecoy on Thu, 07/21/2016 - 1:39pm

    I'm just puzzled what Repubs have with Hillary and Ben Gazzara - I thought he was a fine actor.


    by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 07/21/2016 - 2:21pm

    What was that in Cleveland? It was al too weird to pick out one thing. What I watched, too much, looked like the trailer for a movie about a course in "Right" thinking at an indoctrination camp somewhere in Bizzaro World. 

     I am for leaving candidates children alone as a rule but the Trump bunch are adults and have jumped in enthusiastically. I watched maybe ten minutes of the first family-member speech given by his daughter who had just graduated college. In a nutshell, she said that proof of how great Donald is is standing right here talking to you. I have accomplished so much, she said. I have done so well. I have overcome obstacles because of a great inner strength. I am great and I am Donald's daughter. His greatness helped me be great. Its your great luck that there is a Donald because he is great enough to make America great again just like he made me great.     [click]  


    by A Guy Called LULU on Thu, 07/21/2016 - 2:20pm

    That was a great summary, LULU!  In fact it was HEUUGE. (LOL)

    I thought she was actually kind of sweet, but rather dim.  I wonder if that is her biggest obstacle.


    by CVille Dem on Thu, 07/21/2016 - 2:26pm

    Lulu... About this?

    "I am for leaving candidates children alone as a rule but the Trump bunch are adults and have jumped in enthusiastically."

    Don't fret. They're all on the grifter payroll. Some of them if not all have some kind of tax free foundation to stash the dough.

    ~OGD~

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    by oldenGoldenDecoy on Thu, 07/21/2016 - 2:28pm

    Can't even stand to watch the opining of David 'Dream Palaces' Brooks, not to mention an arena full of tea baggers. Thanks to all for noting the more exceptional weird moments in Cleveland. 


    by NCD on Thu, 07/21/2016 - 5:33pm