Republican National Convention (RNC) - 2020
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@Loki said in Republican National Convention (RNC) - 2020:
Nikki gave a very compelling speech.
I was hoping for Nikki 2020, but will settle for 2024 I guess.
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@Jolly said in Republican National Convention (RNC) - 2020:
People do bad things. At least most Republicans at the party level will admit that and censure them in some way. Democrats will either celebrate them or ignore the transgression. That's a generalization, but contains lot lot of truth.
Donald Trump did bad things (e.g., while campaigning for office paid Ms. Stormy Daniels to keep silent regarding their extra marital affairs), the Republicans at the party level ignored the transgression and nominated him for the Presidency. This tells you your generalization is false. That “moral high ground” you think you are standing on is just a pile of excrement.
@Axtremus said in Republican National Convention (RNC) - 2020:
@Jolly said in Republican National Convention (RNC) - 2020:
People do bad things. At least most Republicans at the party level will admit that and censure them in some way. Democrats will either celebrate them or ignore the transgression. That's a generalization, but contains lot lot of truth.
Donald Trump did bad things (e.g., while campaigning for office paid Ms. Stormy Daniels to keep silent regarding their extra marital affairs), the Republicans at the party level ignored the transgression and nominated him for the Presidency. This tells you your generalization is false. That “moral high ground” you think you are standing on is just a pile of excrement.
I'm sorry, but I think you've confused my high ground with your body.
I'm just amazed anybody could stack shit that high.
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You know, I will be sad if Trump loses this election, since I feel Biden will be bad for the country.
I will, however, be actually overjoyed to watch some folks live through another four years of Donald J. Trump. It's good for people to have a purpose in life, but it's not good to have that purpose built on visceral hate. Perhaps they can find other purpose and meaning in their life, which is a good thing.
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@Axtremus said in Republican National Convention (RNC) - 2020:
The Republican Party concerning its platform:
Basically the RNC resolved to not adopt any new platform in 2020. So it's either the 2016 platform continues to be in effect, or the GOP is not a party with no platform.
The resolution was attached to the 2016 platform, so may be they mean for the 2016 platform to continue to be in effect. Of course, in the 2016 platform, the GOP has some rather awkward bits, like multitude of grievances against the "current administration."
And Biden’s speech mirrored if not plagiarized his 2008 speech. Yawn,
@Loki said in Republican National Convention (RNC) - 2020:
@Axtremus said in Republican National Convention (RNC) - 2020:
The Republican Party concerning its platform:
Basically the RNC resolved to not adopt any new platform in 2020. So it's either the 2016 platform continues to be in effect, or the GOP is not a party with no platform.
The resolution was attached to the 2016 platform, so may be they mean for the 2016 platform to continue to be in effect. Of course, in the 2016 platform, the GOP has some rather awkward bits, like multitude of grievances against the "current administration."
And Biden’s speech mirrored if not plagiarized his 2008 speech. Yawn,
As a democratic exercise, the Democrats as a party went through deliberations and came out telling the world what they stand for. The Republicans this time around not only skipped that exercise, but also passed a resolution saying any attempt to deliberate on party platform will be ruled “out of order.” The Republican Party is at a point where they cannot even tolerate anyone asking “what do we stand for.” The most charitable thing one can say with regards to the Republican Party is that they are still stuck in 2016, or that they have no platform — a party that stands for nothing and has no principle.
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@Loki said in Republican National Convention (RNC) - 2020:
Nikki gave a very compelling speech.
Overall it was good. She left me scratching my head with the bit about how we’re not racist, its personal to her, etc then segues right into a story about how she was bullied for being the brown kid.
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@Loki said in Republican National Convention (RNC) - 2020:
@Axtremus said in Republican National Convention (RNC) - 2020:
The Republican Party concerning its platform:
Basically the RNC resolved to not adopt any new platform in 2020. So it's either the 2016 platform continues to be in effect, or the GOP is not a party with no platform.
The resolution was attached to the 2016 platform, so may be they mean for the 2016 platform to continue to be in effect. Of course, in the 2016 platform, the GOP has some rather awkward bits, like multitude of grievances against the "current administration."
And Biden’s speech mirrored if not plagiarized his 2008 speech. Yawn,
As a democratic exercise, the Democrats as a party went through deliberations and came out telling the world what they stand for. The Republicans this time around not only skipped that exercise, but also passed a resolution saying any attempt to deliberate on party platform will be ruled “out of order.” The Republican Party is at a point where they cannot even tolerate anyone asking “what do we stand for.” The most charitable thing one can say with regards to the Republican Party is that they are still stuck in 2016, or that they have no platform — a party that stands for nothing and has no principle.
@Axtremus said in Republican National Convention (RNC) - 2020:
@Loki said in Republican National Convention (RNC) - 2020:
@Axtremus said in Republican National Convention (RNC) - 2020:
The Republican Party concerning its platform:
Basically the RNC resolved to not adopt any new platform in 2020. So it's either the 2016 platform continues to be in effect, or the GOP is not a party with no platform.
The resolution was attached to the 2016 platform, so may be they mean for the 2016 platform to continue to be in effect. Of course, in the 2016 platform, the GOP has some rather awkward bits, like multitude of grievances against the "current administration."
And Biden’s speech mirrored if not plagiarized his 2008 speech. Yawn,
As a democratic exercise, the Democrats as a party went through deliberations and came out telling the world what they stand for. The Republicans this time around not only skipped that exercise, but also passed a resolution saying any attempt to deliberate on party platform will be ruled “out of order.” The Republican Party is at a point where they cannot even tolerate anyone asking “what do we stand for.” The most charitable thing one can say with regards to the Republican Party is that they are still stuck in 2016, or that they have no platform — a party that stands for nothing and has no principle.
It's amazing how you're able to flip things completely backward to reality and then continue to think you should be taken seriously.
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So, is Jerry Falwell, Jr. still speaking at the Republican National Convention? Or is he just gonna sit in the corner and watch?
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So, is Jerry Falwell, Jr. still speaking at the Republican National Convention? Or is he just gonna sit in the corner and watch?
@jon-nyc said in Republican National Convention (RNC) - 2020:
So, is Jerry Falwell, Jr. still speaking at the Republican National Convention? Or is he just gonna sit in the corner and watch?
Wrong convention, if he wants to see the American public get screwed...
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Hey Ax, Jon - watch this video. I finally found a democrat I can respect!!
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I imagine he will switch parties. The Dems will surely turn their back on him.
“I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill
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@Mik said in Republican National Convention (RNC) - 2020:
I imagine he will switch parties. The Dems will surely turn their back on him.
Seen on Twitter: "Unlike a Google lobbyist endorsing Biden, a black Democrat state rep endorsing Trump publicly takes courage."
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@Mik said in Republican National Convention (RNC) - 2020:
I imagine he will switch parties. The Dems will surely turn their back on him.
Seen on Twitter: "Unlike a Google lobbyist endorsing Biden, a black Democrat state rep endorsing Trump publicly takes courage."
@George-K said in Republican National Convention (RNC) - 2020:
@Mik said in Republican National Convention (RNC) - 2020:
I imagine he will switch parties. The Dems will surely turn their back on him.
Seen on Twitter: "Unlike a Google lobbyist endorsing Biden, a black Democrat state rep endorsing Trump publicly takes courage."
Yep.
There has been no courage necessary to publicly associate with leftward politics for quite some time. It's why notions such as "if you want to know how you would have felt and acted during the civil rights movement, it's how you felt and acted during the George Floyd protests", are so silly and self-serving. I just heard that one this morning.
