07-21-2016, 11:56 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-22-2016, 02:28 PM by Eric the Green.)
Lots of comments about the trophy wife's speech. A whole thread. None so far about The Donald's. What did you guys think about the blowhard's message tonight?
The PBS pundits called it dark and fearful, and less entertaining.
One thing I wonder about; maybe it's my memory, but what about Donald's speeches were "entertaining"? Wasn't it the insults and the taunts? If so, he had little choice but to be less "entertaining" tonight. (OH yeah, he also brags a lot too.)
(He even had the chance to cheer on the police as they removed a heckler; this time the champion of all hecklers, who I know personally and have seen time and again on TV doing her disruptive thing, and who I interviewed on my radio show when she ran for CA Senate on the Green Party ticket, Ms. Medea Benjamin; great and courageous lady! No worse for wear after all these years of heckling and disrupting!)
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https://acronymtv.wordpress.com/2014/09/...interview/
Here she is!
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-r...nce-speech
A little bit of 1968 Chicago there!
Code Pink Protester Interrupts Donald Trump's RNC Speech
I thought that, for his followers, and maybe some reluctant supporters, The Trumpian gave an impression of being a strong leader. If you do what he asks, and "believe" him, then maybe it works for them. He made lots of promises and set lots of goals that would be accomplished "now" and "fast." Very little about how to do them, especially considering that when you take even a brief look at these goals, you see they are contradictory. He says he will fix our rigged political system, dominated by special interests and cronies like himself; then a while later he says he wants to appoint another Scalia. Those two goals cancel each other out completely. He wants to give huge tax breaks, more than any other candidate Democrat OR Republican. Then he says he going to build airports, bridges, walls, roads. With what money? He proclaims himself the law and order candidate, says he's going to support the police, and that Obama doesn't, but instead is stirring up "division." Imagine him saying that! Then in the next breath he talks just like Obama. Everyone in America, even in Ferguson, deserves to be treated fairly, he says. Isn't that just what Obama said? He doubled down on blaming immigrants, putting out lie after lie, after declaring that he will tell nothing but the truth. His promise to renegotiate trade deals sounds good. But how is he going to do that all by himself, and after insulting those he would be dealing with? I think he thinks he can. Just as he says "the army will go along with whatever I tell them to do, believe me," even war crimes, maybe he thinks he can get congress to support the things it has opposed; like better trade deals, and even reducing college loan debt. How? By doing what he accused Obama of doing and ruling by fiat?
He sounded ponderous, and the speech was longer than any other acceptance speech ever. He did sound confident; that's not hard for him. But his tone of voice was angry, almost like Hitler. Not that bad, by any means, but still, it reminded me of him a bit. He asks his followers to believe him to be their "champion." We will win again. OK; he gives the impression of being able to convince people in power to do things. Maybe he can, at least sometimes. He says "I'm with you," instead of Hillary's "I'm with her." But it's not like the magic of JFK, who asked Americans to do things. No, he's going to do it for us. El Duce reincarnate, I say.
The PBS pundits called it dark and fearful, and less entertaining.
One thing I wonder about; maybe it's my memory, but what about Donald's speeches were "entertaining"? Wasn't it the insults and the taunts? If so, he had little choice but to be less "entertaining" tonight. (OH yeah, he also brags a lot too.)
(He even had the chance to cheer on the police as they removed a heckler; this time the champion of all hecklers, who I know personally and have seen time and again on TV doing her disruptive thing, and who I interviewed on my radio show when she ran for CA Senate on the Green Party ticket, Ms. Medea Benjamin; great and courageous lady! No worse for wear after all these years of heckling and disrupting!)
https://acronymtv.wordpress.com/2014/09/...interview/
Here she is!
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-r...nce-speech
A little bit of 1968 Chicago there!
Code Pink Protester Interrupts Donald Trump's RNC Speech
I thought that, for his followers, and maybe some reluctant supporters, The Trumpian gave an impression of being a strong leader. If you do what he asks, and "believe" him, then maybe it works for them. He made lots of promises and set lots of goals that would be accomplished "now" and "fast." Very little about how to do them, especially considering that when you take even a brief look at these goals, you see they are contradictory. He says he will fix our rigged political system, dominated by special interests and cronies like himself; then a while later he says he wants to appoint another Scalia. Those two goals cancel each other out completely. He wants to give huge tax breaks, more than any other candidate Democrat OR Republican. Then he says he going to build airports, bridges, walls, roads. With what money? He proclaims himself the law and order candidate, says he's going to support the police, and that Obama doesn't, but instead is stirring up "division." Imagine him saying that! Then in the next breath he talks just like Obama. Everyone in America, even in Ferguson, deserves to be treated fairly, he says. Isn't that just what Obama said? He doubled down on blaming immigrants, putting out lie after lie, after declaring that he will tell nothing but the truth. His promise to renegotiate trade deals sounds good. But how is he going to do that all by himself, and after insulting those he would be dealing with? I think he thinks he can. Just as he says "the army will go along with whatever I tell them to do, believe me," even war crimes, maybe he thinks he can get congress to support the things it has opposed; like better trade deals, and even reducing college loan debt. How? By doing what he accused Obama of doing and ruling by fiat?
He sounded ponderous, and the speech was longer than any other acceptance speech ever. He did sound confident; that's not hard for him. But his tone of voice was angry, almost like Hitler. Not that bad, by any means, but still, it reminded me of him a bit. He asks his followers to believe him to be their "champion." We will win again. OK; he gives the impression of being able to convince people in power to do things. Maybe he can, at least sometimes. He says "I'm with you," instead of Hillary's "I'm with her." But it's not like the magic of JFK, who asked Americans to do things. No, he's going to do it for us. El Duce reincarnate, I say.