RNC Convention Day 1 Commentary

[Jolly]

BTW, did anybody (besides me) catch Vance's speech?

[jon-nyc]

I didn’t. This from a summary in Reason magazine:

In his RNC speech, there were plenty of scapegoats. To highlight just a few:

"NAFTA, a bad trade deal that sent countless good jobs to Mexico."
"From Iraq to Afghanistan, from the financial crisis to the Great Recession, from open borders to stagnating wages, the people who govern this country have failed and failed again."
"Wall Street barons crashed the economy, and American builders went out of business."
"Thanks to these policies that [President Joe] Biden and other out-of-touch politicians in Washington gave us, our country was flooded with cheap Chinese goods, with cheap foreign labor, and in the decades to come, deadly Chinese fentanyl."

Literally all of those were Bush Administration (1 and 2) initiatives and/or failures. But he blames Biden?

[Jolly]

Watch the speech and get back to me.

Here, I'll help you...

Link to video

[Horace]

Great man, great leader.

[Renauda]

@jon-nyc said in RNC Convention Day 1 Commentary:

I didn’t. This from a summary in Reason magazine:

In his RNC speech, there were plenty of scapegoats. To highlight just a few:

"NAFTA, a bad trade deal that sent countless good jobs to Mexico."
"From Iraq to Afghanistan, from the financial crisis to the Great Recession, from open borders to stagnating wages, the people who govern this country have failed and failed again."
"Wall Street barons crashed the economy, and American builders went out of business."
"Thanks to these policies that [President Joe] Biden and other out-of-touch politicians in Washington gave us, our country was flooded with cheap Chinese goods, with cheap foreign labor, and in the decades to come, deadly Chinese fentanyl."

Literally all of those were Bush Administration (1 and 2) initiatives and/or failures. But he blames Biden?

Yeah I watched two thirds or more of it. I noticed the same; pinning Bush admin initiatives and follies on Biden.

The guy could easily shoe horn himself into provincial politics here with the UCP. Opportunist. Like Jolly said, a big tipi booster.

His yak leaves me cold. Will wait and see how he fairs as VP to Trump

[Axtremus]

@LuFins-Dad said in RNC Convention Day 1 Commentary:

I will carefully be going over the platform.

I have a hunch that we’re finally seeing the actual Trump that I was concerned about and voted against in 2016.

https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/288661

[Jolly]

@Axtremus said in RNC Convention Day 1 Commentary:

@LuFins-Dad said in RNC Convention Day 1 Commentary:

I will carefully be going over the platform.

I have a hunch that we’re finally seeing the actual Trump that I was concerned about and voted against in 2016.

https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/288661

Yeah, you think he's a dictator.

Drink. Drink deeply...

[Doctor Phibes]

Trying to decide who to vote for by watching conventions is like deciding what beer to buy based on TV commercials.

[Jolly]

Harold Ford (D) said he has attended 15 conventions, as a participant, elected Congressman or media.

He said this was the best convention he'd ever been at.

[LuFins Dad]

Oh Lord, I just watched the Kid Rock performance. That was HI-LARIOUS!!!

[LuFins Dad]

Here we go, I’ll watch…

[LuFins Dad]

I like his praise of the Secret Service despite the concerns…

[LuFins Dad]

And now praising the crowds for not running or stampeding…

[Jolly]

Speech needs more focus. A lot more.

[Doctor Phibes]

90 freaking minutes. My God. That's almost an entire Scaramucci.

[George K]

@Doctor-Phibes said in RNC Convention Day 1 Commentary:

90 freaking minutes. My God.

Longer than POTATUS's work day.

[George K]

Who thought this was a good idea?

[LuFins Dad]

[Jolly]

It was a different convention. And Hogan was followed later by Kid Rock rapping and rocking the house. The delegates had fun. Harold Ford said he'd been to 15 conventions and this was the best.

[Axtremus]