More of this please:
The scene on the floor was chaotic when the vote on the convention’s rules was called. The anti-Trump delegates, many of them clustered around the Virginia delegation, began chanting “Dump Trump,” only to be met by chants of “USA, USA.”
Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) made a motion for a roll call vote, but it was announced that the movement had lost the three of the nine delegations it needed to force a vote. [via Tierney Sneed at TPM]
A little more detail from Hunter over at DKos:
After the initial uproar, the Colorado and Iowa delegations walking out, the chair left the podium for 5 or 10 minutes. Meanwhile, there was a lot of lobbying happening apparently. The Chair came back, declared that three of the 9 states that had petitioned for a roll call vote on the rules—their chance to basically “vote their conscience” on Trump—had withdrawn their petitions, and the minimum number of states is six. Sen. Mike Lee of Utah disputes that. He says he heard there are 10 or 11 states with petitions, so there should still be enough states to order the roll call.
Mike J
HinTN
I cannot stand your laughter,
Ship of Fools
Corner Stone
“Iowa pulled out”
/ewwww Chuck Todd. Ewww…
schrodinger's cat
I know people talk about popcorn futures. I am sure you can buy corn futures in the Commodities market.
Trentrunner
Since Melanoma is speaking tonight, can we at least now ask 1/10 of the questions about their marriage that have been asked about the Clinton marriage?
I’ll start:
Melanoma, why did you marry Donald? Would you have married him if he weren’t wealthy?
Donald, this is your third marriage (and counting). Melanoma is now in her 40s. How long before she’s traded in for a younger model?
Melanoma, Donald has made numerous overt and covert references to his daughter Ivanka’s sexual attractiveness, from speculating on her breast size when she was an infant to saying he would date her if he weren’t her father. Are you looking over your shoulder at Ivanka?
Melanoma, on a scale from Jabba the Hutt to Poltergeist re-animated corpse skeleton, exactly how disgusting is it to have sex with Donald?
Yutsano
If the Bosch fits…
I expected some chaos. I didn’t expect a complete mishegas.
dr. bloor
@Corner Stone: Anything that results in fewer Republican Iowans can’t be all bad.
Mike J
We’re setting sail to the place on the map
From which no one has ever returned
Drawn by the promise of the joker and the fool
By the light of the crosses that burned
dmsilev
I love that ‘Keep fucking that chicken’ is an official BJ category. Truly a catchphrase for our times.
Omnes Omnibus
@Mike J: Her Twitter people are really good.
raven
The Doors – Ship of Fools
Amir Khalid
Stay classy, Scott Baio.
raven
Grateful Dead – Ship of Fools
MattF
I’m just stopped cold by the concept of Cuccinelli as the voice of reason.
Mary G
It’s a great start – for Hillary Clinton. They have their own BernieBros. They turned off Utah’s microphone and Mike Lee had a temper tantrum. One guy pulled off his credentials and flung them on the floor and stormed out.
LAO
I’m afraid to ask, WTF happened?
ninedragonspot
@dmsilev: On the menu at the GOP convention.
Splitting Image
I wish I could take Trump Jr’s word for it that Mike Lee’s and Ken Cuccinelli’s careers are finished, but I suppose that’s just another lie from the Trump camp.
MattF
@LAO: A cross between a dumpster fire and a train wreck. No fatalities, apparently.
raven
@LAO: Anti-Trumpers took a hike.
Ivan Ivanovich Renko
“I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: ‘O Lord make my enemies ridiculous.’ And God granted it.”
EBT
Never too much Bosch.
Renie
am so enjoying watching this circus
SteveinSC
Breaking–Trump motorcade involved in accident. Trump not injured, GOP wrecked beyond repair
Corner Stone
I had something about Mike Lee but FYWP decided he was too tasty to let past.
Corner Stone
Rue the day.
Utah
Delegation
Carl W
@Splitting Image: Er… as Tom points out, that’s not the real Trump, Jr. (“Denald” vs “Donald”)
Baud
A single Berniebro will fart at the DNC, and the media will say how both conventions were in disarray.
In the meantime, let us savor.
MattF
@Splitting Image: Is that Uday or Qusay? I can never keep them straight.
Corner Stone
Fuck it. I have no clue why FYWP ate it.
LAO
@MattF: lol. Still not watching. ?
Kathleen
On a brighter note, nice account of Hillary’s visit to NAACP Convention in Cincinnati. And I got to see her motorcade!
http://www.wcpo.com/news/insider/voting-empathy-peace-and-an-end-to-gun-violence-nine-takeaways-from-clintons-speech-at-naacp?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Insider%20Today%20M-T-Th%2018July16%20(1)&utm_content=&uref=2494473890741123838&spMailingID=26011046&spUserID=MzA4MDU0MjA0NTQ5S0&spJobID=842631022&spReportId=ODQyNjMxMDIyS0
Soylent Green
@Trentrunner: As I’ve said before, I think it’s bad form to pick on Melania Trump, who is just along for the ride, probably unwillingly. No matter how contemptible the candidate, attacking his spouse is juvenile. She has been supporting the campaign herself as little as possible, and probably has to be dragged out on stage.
Suzanne
Bosch is the best. Fits every GOP occasion.
As for this chaos: MUAHAHAHAAAAA.
dmsilev
Isn’t Trump supposed to introduce his wife before her speech tonight? I imagine the introduction will take 30 minutes, will extensively discus Benghazi and the mid-80s Atlantic City ca$ino industry, and if the Gods really like us, will include the phrase “..and a great set of knockers”.
cmorenc
If only any still-persuadable voters (or under-motivated voters leaning to our side) were paying the opening chaos to this dumpster fire convention any attention, or for that matter to Trump’s rocky, narcissistic introduction of Pence on Saturday or Trump’s rocky performance in the Leslie Stahl interview on 60 minutes (which isn’t watched so much as it used to be by suburban America).
We political junkies are tuned into that shit, but too many of the sorts of folks we would like to be exposed to these shit-show performances were/are focused on other stuff, and won’t really pay much attention until Trump’s acceptance speech on Thursday night.
Baud
@Kathleen: Yes, I’ve heard it was another solid speech by Clinton. Which, of course, no one will cover.
Baud
@cmorenc: It’s about the negative news coverage.
MattF
@Soylent Green: She’s the one in the Trump entourage who’s actually accomplished something. Unfortunately for her, it’s ‘marrying Donald Trump.’
jonas
Josh Marshall summed it up nicely over at TPM: “The whole little debacle perfectly captures Trumpism: incompetence, rule-breaking and derp, each in equal measures.”
rikyrah
Twitter has been hilarious ?
cmorenc
@Baud:
It might not be such a bad thing for her to not try too hard to steal the spotlight from the GOP convention, if it continues in similar vein to the open revolt to the delegate binding matter it began with. OTOH, it might take Trump taking an actual shit up on the podium to get through to some people what a vile character he really is.
Splitting Image
@Carl W:
So you’re saying he might actually be telling the truth?
(Thanks, actually. I missed that it was a parody. Getting harder and harder to tell.)
Mary G
@LAO: @LAO: They called for vote to adopt the rules and everybody started screaming and hollering. He called for the yeas and nays and everyone just kept yelling. He said that the ayes had it. Then the place went nuts and the chair just walked off the stage. After a while he came back and did another voice vote. If enough states ask for it, they have to call for a roll vote. After a long pause, he came back out and took another voice vote. He said three states had withdrawn their petition for the roll call.
Now people are accusing Reince of rigging the vote, arm twisting and threatening delegates if they won’t go along.
dmsilev
@Mary G: So I assume now all of the aggrieved never-Trump folks are going to go running towards anyone with a camera and a microphone to scream about vote rigging and so forth.
Leadership!
Kathleen
@Soylent Green: According to National Republican Radio, she will talk about her experiences as an immigrant, which to me is ironic considering how her spouse has demonized immigrants. Paging Mr. Cognitive. Please meet Mr. Dissonance at the Customer Service Desk.
gogol's wife
@Amir Khalid:
They have thoroughly mined the castlists of 1980s sitcoms, haven’t they?
LAO
@Mary G: so, a good time! ?
Baud
@gogol’s wife: We need to fine Loni Anderson stat.
Kathleen
@Baud: I was surprised that the local station’s (WCPO) coverage was that positive. Their thing seems to be pandering to the ex-urbanites which is why I normally don’t even watch them.
jl
@Baud:
” It’s about the negative news coverage.”
Indeed. The TPM blog story on the GOP convention flap, that commenters mentioned above, says that the real, official, genuine Trump twitter feed is blaming CNN for the mess.Way to go, Donnie, that will get the problem more media attention. Trump knows how to get more free media coverage better than some fake Trump twitter account can even dream about.
And Here’s Your First TrumpVention Debacle
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/and-here-s-your-first-trumpvention-debacle
Greg
@cmorenc:
The great thing about the convention dumpster fire is that it has got to be incredibly disheartening to all the people there, who are the party regulars that are supposed to go back to their home states and be drumming up support and getting out the vote for the next few months. Showing them how crappy Trump organizes things may do even more good at this moment than educating persuadable voters.
Mary G
@dmsilev: Yes they have already had several do that. Some of the no-Trump people have bright green baseball caps with a long message written on it. The last of it says that they refuse to rubber stamp him.
Baud
@Kathleen: I think Obama and now Clinton had the right idea in circumventing the national media and focusing more on local and alternative media.
Renie
@dmsilev: I doubt he will use that phrase but I’m sure he will make some comment referencing her appearance. More women’s heads will explode and will hate him. He’s such a pig, he can’t help but say something.
gogol's wife
You guys are cheering me up after today’s drive through the Connecticut countryside to the dermatologist, with Trump signs dotting the whole way (one Bernie thrown in there, I guess some aging hippies ended up in swamp Yankeeville).
Mary G
@LAO: @ Yes. I need to go to Costco for a pallet of popcorn .
Baud
@gogol’s wife: A small number of people making noise. Connecticut is safe.
jl
Trump’s twitter statement on the GOP convention flap:
” @CNN is the worst.They go to their dumb, one-sided panels when a podium speaker is for Trump! VAST MAJORITY want: Make America Great Again! ”
Trump After Never-Trumpers Denied Vote: ‘VAST MAJORITY’ Want Me!
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-vast-majority-want-me
I wonder if, at some point, Trump will try to tweet and speak at the same time during the convention.
Kathleen
@cmorenc: NPR’s coverage during the Rethug uproar was hilarious. Reporters were trying sooooo hard to be their usual “we’re above the fray both sides nothing to see here” selves. I even broke my vow not to listen to NPR political coverage. And, yes, Trump taking a dump would probably not even cause them to change their tone.
Rand Careaga
@Trentrunner: I’ll second Soylent’s sentiment that dragging Trump’s missus into the brawl is unseemly. As to the couple’s intimate relations, let’s confine ourselves to observing that here, as in other spheres, immigrants perform some of America’s most onerous jobs.
debbie
@Kathleen:
Yes! I was listening at work and half-expecting the ghost of Richard Daley to appear at that empty podium.
Kathleen
@Baud: Yes! Which makes the Village People hate them even more, which I love.
ETA I saw Hillary made another appearance on Ellen today, which is so smart because Ellen really supports her and her audience seems to as well. Unless it was a rerun.
O. Felix Culpa
@gogol’s wife:
Just remember the saying from the Obama campaign: Signs don’t vote.
And remember how accurate Peggy Noonan’s sign-reading was and be encouraged.
jl
Is Baud in Cleveland to rally the Dump-Trumpsters? This might be his chance to grab a nomination, any nomination at this point, and save the country.
Edit: except I turned down a guy asking for bus fare outside a Safeway last night. IF that was you Baud! 2016!, sorry I walked on by.
gogol's wife
@O. Felix Culpa:
Yeah, if signs could vote, Linda MacMahon would be both our senator and governor. But still it was depressing.
Ian
I have said it before and I think it bears repeating- Where is the emptry chair from Tampa? Why have we not seen it as a convention speaker? It made more sense than anything else they did at the last convention.
rikyrah
Alan Kestrel @AlanKestrel750
Wow. Hillary hits Trump for being investigated by the DOJ in 1973 for refusing to rent apartments to Black people.
2:37 PM – 18 Jul 2016
Baud
@jl: I think I’ll leave that job to Ted Cruz.
Kathleen
@debbie: And then the music finally came back on. It reminded me of a Christopher Guest mockumentary.
jl
Meanwhile, the respectable GOP shows its true nature: Not all that different from Trump wrt demagoguery.
John McCain: Obama ‘Allowed’ Nice Attack To ‘Happen’
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/john-mccain-obama-nice-attack
Baud
@rikyrah: What is she trying to do? Make it easier for Republicans to rally around him?
jl
@Baud: That drunk did look a little like Cruz. OK, then. Thanks. No harm no foul then.
rikyrah
From POU:
debbie
@Kathleen:
I look forward to seeing video on the news. This had to ruin the 4-day infomercial that is the GOP convention.
rikyrah
((MyBlackMatters2))
@MyBlackMatters2
ScratchinHead, This man Killed 2 Cops last week, I cant even remember his Name.We already know Gavin Long life Story
rikyrah
Jesse LaGreca @JesseLaGreca 52m52 minutes ago
So basically this floor fight is Ted Cruz’s way of reminding the GOP he can fuck things up for everyone just as well as Trump can
Baud
@rikyrah: People were speculating on MSNBC that the delegates are not bound to vote for the Veep, so they could vote for someone other than Pence in protest. Unlikely, but wouldn’t that be delicious.
Shell
Had on CNN o rMSNBC or whatever, and one of the headlines was “In an unconventional move, Trump will introduce his wife tonight.”
Of course he will. Do yo think this guy can stand one whole day out of the spotlight.?
Love how the media’s new term for anything loopy, crazy or just plain sad is “unconventional.”
Jeffro
@MattF: i’m sure if you like that you’re going to love the shenanigans that Ted Cruz pulls when he speaks
MattF
OT. Dani Rodrik is a famous economist– but it’s not that well-known that he’s from Turkey. Here’s his take on recent events there.
rikyrah
Raw Story @RawStory 1h1 hour ago
RNC forced to close convention chat after anti-Semites turn it into a Jew-bashing hatefest
Baud
@rikyrah: Both sides!
rikyrah
Awesomely LuvvieVerified account
@Luvvie
The #RNCinCLE is going to turn into Lord of the Flies. Someone is gonna get thrown off a cliff as they blow a conch.
Tilda Swinton's Bald Cap
@rikyrah: Let’s not forget the photo at the top of this story. Nobody batted an eye in the media, except Fox, they cheered it on.
bystander
Maybe not better but I’ve always been partial to Durer.
rikyrah
JoeMyGod @JoeMyGod 59m59 minutes ago
After thousands of N-word laden pro-Trump comments, the GOP has disabled chat on its convention live-stream.
The Dangerman
Colorado delegation walked out; rumor is they are headed for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with massive quantities of Denver Doobies.
rikyrah
Erick EricksonVerified account
@EWErickson
Today is the day the GOP elected Hillary Clinton president of the United States. @Reince I’m embarrassed for you.
Trentrunner
@Soylent Green: It’s sexist and patronizing to assume that Melanoma has to be “dragged out” to speak on the opening night of her husband’s nominating convention.
She is, in GOP parlance, fair game.
Baud
@rikyrah: For once, I hope Erick is right.
debbie
@rikyrah:
Except his predictions are always wrong. :(
Baud
@debbie: That just means tomorrow night will be the night that the GOP elected Hillary Clinton president of the United States.
hovercraft
Steve King wants evidence of any people other than white people have contributed as much to civilization as white people.
Edit comment was made to shut up criticism of the lack of people of color at the convention. April Ryan Charlie Pierce and Chris Hayes flabbergasted.
rikyrah
PHUCK.OUTTA.HERE.
…
Ben Carson on why young black men should vote Trump
07/18/16 02:36 PM EDT
Donald Trump plans to empower the black community in the United States by fostering an environment of “entrepreneurial risk-taking and capital investment,” Ben Carson said Monday.
“Well first of all, they have to stop and listen and recognize that the black community has been moving in a downward spiral for a while now. And a lot of it has to do with the economic situation that exists in this country,” the retired neurosurgeon told REVOLT TV in a video posted to its Twitter account.
liberal
@Trentrunner: IMHO the criterion for attacking family of candidates should depend on their level of involvement.
If she speaks and just mouths platitudes, then whatevs, and leave her alone. (Though if she trots out a bunch of cliched Hillary Hate, she gets what she deserves.)
Case study in a family member who seemed deeply involved is one (or more? don’t recall details) of the Cheney daughters, who seemed pretty actively involved in politics.
p.a.
‘When your enemy is drowning, throw them an anchor.’
When your enemy jumps into deep water holding an anchor, start a campfire on shore and make s’mores.
Still not watching.
Kathleen
@debbie: I wonder if the Village People have enough of a moral center left to have the desire to squirm.
pseudonymous in nc
@Kathleen:
Was she a beneficiary of the 1991 Kennedy amendment that classed fashion models under H-1B visas? (If you believe the comments section at Gawker, she didn’t do much modelling.)
Baud
@hovercraft:
And the media will still say that Trump is an outlier.
liberal
@MattF: Yeah, I love his globalization trilemma. Only recently found out he was Turkish. (“Not that there’s anything wrong with that…”)
jl
‘Push of Pike’ or ‘Bad War’ engraving by Holbein The Younger might be good if more chaos on the convention floor occurs.
‘Ship of Fools’ might be more appropriate when the whole convention, Trumpists and non-Trumpists alike, eagerly approve the odious, deranged, and outrageous Sovereign Citizen friendly GOP platform, which is an enormity unto itself.
rikyrah
21st Century Fox responds to report that Roger Ailes is out at Fox News
07/18/16 01:06 PM EDT
New York magazine’s Gabriel Sherman is reporting that Rupert Murdoch and his sons Lachlan and James have decided to remove Fox News CEO Roger Ailes, following a sexual harassment lawsuit by former anchor Gretchen Carlson.Sherman reports, citing anonymous sources, that the three are in agreement that Ailes needs to step down, but that there is disagreement over timing–namely whether it happens during or after the Republican National Convention.
A spokesperson for 21st Century Fox told POLITICO, “This matter is not yet resolved and the review is not concluded.”
Miss Bianca
@The Dangerman: Probably not, at least with the doobies part; this is the *Republican* party we’re talking about.
Omnes Omnibus
@Kathleen: I am sure the construction worker does.
gogol's wife
@rikyrah:
Which one is Piggy?
debbie
@rikyrah:
Yah, the spiral caused by Trump and his competitors. Idiot.
Trollhattan
@Shell:
There’s a non-zero chance he’ll introduce a completely new wife. Just sayin’.
Renie
If you haven’t heard yet, Omarosa from The Apprentice is Trump’s new Director of African-American Outreach.
i can’t even
rikyrah
Gingrich: Race relations worse under Obama
July 18, 2016, 10:09 am
Former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) says President Obama has made race relations worse by criticizing the police.
Speaking on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” Monday, Gingrich said it would be hard to improve race relations “as long as you have Barack Obama doing what he did over the last few years.”
Gingrich said that most would have expected better “if you’d had seven and a half years of a black president, seven and a half years of a black attorney general,” yet “Gallup reports race relations today are worse than at any time in the last 17 years.”
Trentrunner
Is it too soon to write off fellow lefties who avow they are not voting for Hillary?
Because I’ve just about had it with their shit. Would be happy to be talked down and/or given tools for persuasion.
Yes, they are both white, males, and relatively privileged. Aaargh.
Omnes Omnibus
@gogol’s wife: None of them, Katie.
Patricia Kayden
So the RNC is already messy and it just began. LOL!!
Could you imagine what would happen if Chelsea Clinton was on twitter acting like a douche in the same way as Donald Trump Jr is doing above? Trump and his kin have no class. There is no way that they are in the same league as the Obama family.
I’m shocked that Ken Cuccinelli is anti-Trump given how odious he is. Ditto Mike Lee.
Mike J
@gogol’s wife:
the local weekly that they throw in your driveway whether you want it or not had q&a with state lege candidates. On the favorite book question, the boring, quietly competent Dem (who is a really nice guy) said Gladwell’s The Tipping Point. The Republican said Lord of the Flies.
Trollhattan
@rikyrah:
If Ailes has been spending the last two decades playing “pass the babe” know full well there are videos and thus, actions don’t necessarily come without a price. The next time Ailes goes quietly will be the first.
My money’s still on Murdoch. If he sniffs the slightest possibility of a hit on income his mind’s made up.
Kathleen
@Baud: Shorter Savannah Guthrie: Trump is “interesting” and a “phenomenon” and he has an opportunity to blah blah since no one likes Hillary Clinton. She really just said that.
gogol's wife
@Omnes Omnibus:
To answer your question of last night — my FAA office was in KCMO (summer vacation, you know).
Trentrunner
@Patricia Kayden: That’s a fake account. Not actual Trump Jr.
gogol's wife
@Mike J:
At least he was honest and didn’t say Atlas Shrugged or the Bible.
Corner Stone
@hovercraft: That was flabbergasting.
Omnes Omnibus
@gogol’s wife: Makes sense. Appleton seemed unlikely.
Mike J
? Martin
Your chickenshit gun-owning Trump supporter.
Yes, Cleveland. It’s just like being in ‘Nam.
TS
@jonas:
Josh should practice what he preaches. Front page of TPM is Trump from beginning to end – with McCain and Jan Brewer thrown in for a change to the pictures. NO mention of Hillary’s speech.
rikyrah
Trump fundraiser resigns in anger after floor eruption
July 18, 2016, 05:55 pm
CLEVELAND — A top donor raising money for Donald Trump and the Republican National Committee says he has resigned in disgust after the party muscled through a vote on the convention floor that squashed the “Free the Delegates” movement.
Gary Emineth, the former North Dakota GOP chairman who joined the Trump-RNC joint finance committee earlier month, says he was disgusted by the floor vote and immediately texted his resignation to Priebus.
Emineth says he’s furious the campaign and RNC worked in tandem to keep delegates from voting their conscience.
Patricia Kayden
@rikyrah: So the problem is not the cops shooting down and killing Black people unjustifiably? It’s President Obama acknowledging that cops are shooting down Black people unjustifiably which is the problem? Really? I mean it’s not as if Rodney King happened in the 1990s. I suppose Obama was somehow responsible for that too.
Gingrich must think that everyone is an idiot like him and his ilk.
EriktheRed
@Trentrunner:
I’d sell my house to hear someone pose that question on live TV!
LesBonnesFemmes
Elvis Costello – Night Rally
gogol's wife
@Omnes Omnibus:
Yes, we were the Regional office for MO, KS, IA, and NE. I don’t know where the regional office would be for Outagamie County International, but it’s probably not in Appleton.
dedc79
@hovercraft: Press coverage if any: “Steve King made a comment perceived by some to be racially charged.”
Trollhattan
@Trentrunner:
What are their options? 1. not vote 2. vote Green Party. (Assuming they’re not faux lefties like our many such trolls.) Plenty of time between now and November for Trump’s threat to finally make it into their beautiful thick skulls, but lacking that they’ll continue to hate anything Clinton. Unless Liz Warren happens.
hovercraft
@Baud:
Of course he is, no one else would be so gauche as to say that out loud. They just know it to be true.
Patricia Kayden
@Trentrunner: Okay. Thanks for that. My apologies to the classy Trump family. LOL.
Frankensteinbeck
@rikyrah:
And if his wife wouldn’t take that tone of voice with him, he wouldn’t have to hit her!
Blaming the victim is the Republicans’ favorite sport.
gogol's wife
@dedc79:
What did he actually say?
Ruviana
@Ian: I thought they should have done a whole convention with empty furniture.
TS
@cmorenc:
All media is good media for Trump and the GOP. The ONLY coverage for Hillary is emails and Benghazi. Ever wondered how right wing dictators take over their countries? First thing they do is get the media.
Baud
@Kathleen:
Yep. If they had an intention of being fair, they’d spend all of their time talking about how resilient Clinton is to have overcome so many obstacles.
Kathleen
@pseudonymous in nc:
She is three years older than my daughter. I’m technically old enough to be Donald Trump’s mother in law.
rikyrah
BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA
Quote of the Day
July 18, 2016
“We don’t need another big mouth from Congress…What Donald needed was a partner who governed.”
— Gov. Chris Christie (R), quoted by the Washington Post, apparently still very bitter about not being picked as Donald Trump’s running mate.
Kathleen
@jl: How about “Ship of Ghouls”?
gogol's wife
@gogol’s wife: @Omnes Omnibus:
Des Plaines, IL is the regional office for that region. I think that’s where O’Hare is.
SiubhanDuinne
I just need to say, Tierney Sneed is a name of Dickensian wonderfulness.
gogol's wife
@Kathleen:
I wouldn’t call that Germanized to Knauss. Knauss was the original name, Slovenized to Knavs.
bupalos
I have to say, it’s pretty much malpractice for any campaign person to be recommending that Trump sit down for interviews. I just watched that Trumpster fire of a 60 minutes interview. Wowsers.
People are probably right to say it doesn’t much matter, Trumpeters are Trump ‘Til They Die sorts. But it’s hard to see how he adds anyone that isn’t already in his small-fingered fold. Both Leslie Stahl and Mike Pence are cringing on nearly every utterance.
Rommie
I believe they’ve tossed aside the Chicken and are now working the Elephant.
It may take weeks for the YouTube Hitler Rants channel to make all the video opportunities from this convention.
raven
@gogol’s wife: yes
dedc79
@gogol’s wife:
He’s just asking questions…
ETA: King apparently made this comment in response to question about lack of diversity at convention and among convention speakers
gogol's wife
You guys are almost — I said “almost” — making me want to watch this.
different-church-lady
@Trentrunner: My approach in that situation would be, “Vote for whoever you want to, asshole, because I ain’t got time for your shit.”
raven
@Omnes Omnibus: Good place to rent a Harley and ride the state!
gogol's wife
@dedc79:
Whoa. And other ethnicities are “sub-groups.”
Omnes Omnibus
@gogol’s wife: Yeah, Des Plaines is just north of the airport.
hovercraft
@Renie:
Hillary has been blessed with the people her opponents have chosen as African American surrogates this year, Mike Tyson, Don King, Cornell West, Omarossa, Katrina Paterson, people who are deeply respected by the community.
Kathleen
@hovercraft: I’m flabbergasted that they’re flabbergasted. What else would a sentient being expect from Rethuglicans?
dedc79
@gogol’s wife: Here’s a more complete transcript and video.
hovercraft
@Patricia Kayden:
Chelsea has been the daughter of politicians her whole life so she should know better, the Drump “kids” are new to this so cut them some slack. I can just hear the ‘liberal’ media saying this.
Asshole don’t fall far from the ass.
Mike J
@Omnes Omnibus:
They have a short man in a white suit that yells, “Hey boss! Des Plaines! Des Plains!!”
scav
Ship of fools, ship of fools, campaign planks…..
Clearly we need a clinker-built Noah’s ark shaped floating platform built out of unbending (if nevertheless steam-bent) fools. With multiple Yuuuuuge anchors being tossed off, gunports open, top-heavy and dangerously unstable. Or, think Vasa, only with more gilt, some of that Ark detailing hastily patched on for Pence and all those loose cannons rattling about the decks.
debbie
@gogol’s wife:
Fight it. Rewatch Wolf Hall and witness real machinating.
Kathleen
@rikyrah:
In Newtese, this translates to “I’m offended that I have to see black people on TV”.
sukabi
@Kathleen: NO, if they did, GWB would have never been selected pResnit, there is a pretty fair chance that 9/11 would have been headed off, and the Iraq clusterphuck wouldn’t have happened…. they sold their souls a loooong tiMe ago….
Kathleen
@Baud: New drinking game: Take a drink any time mainslimer describes Trump as “interesting” or “unconventional”.
Kathleen
@gogol’s wife: Ah. That was from Wikipedia, so I’m sure there are errors. I was too intimidated by the linking process to appease the Link Overlords twice in one thread.
EriktheRed
@rikyrah:
Sir, we need a link.
Please.
Redshift
@Mary G:
According to Politico’s Twitter, that was Cuccinelli!
Feebog
Hahahaha. Its a train wreck and they have barely left the station. Obvious Anagram should just resign now.
Baud
@Kathleen: You trying to kill me?
hovercraft
@dedc79:
Do the candidate and the campaign get asked about his, do they have to disavow him? I know it’s a stupid question.
Kathleen
@sukabi: Leave it to the Bard to describe them best:
I so love that quotation.
Soylent Green
@Trentrunner:
Only to immature fucks like you.
Kathleen
@Baud: It would only take about 1 hour. Mainslimers On A Mission are a deadly bunch.
wenchacha
@rikyrah: What a shame.
scav
@Feebog: The Vasa foundered and sank after sailing about 1,300 m (1,400 yd) into her maiden voyage.
Redshift
@Patricia Kayden:
He’s a big time Ted Cruz guy, and pro-theocracy. I’d give him grudging respect for following his odious religious values, but it’s as likely he thinks Trump will be a disaster and just wants to prominently position himself to pick up the pieces.
hovercraft
@gogol’s wife:
Oh go on, just a little peek. So far his announcement was panned.
He was criticized for not going back to Indiana with him.
His 60 Minutes interview was panned.
Paul Manaford started o fight with Kasich on day 1 in Ohio, a swing state.
3 delegations walked out of the convention.
He ‘s offended Tweety who has a secret crush by once again implying that Obama is anti American and anti police this morning on Fox and Friends.
It’s been such a wonderful run up and the shit show has barely begun, it can only go up or down from here.
ThresherK
@Redshift: Just because they’re all odious doesn’t mean they get along. A crowd of normal people will ostracize or drift away from bitchy, crabby jerks, but that doesn’t mean the latter like each others’ company.
Emma
@Kathleen: And risk alcohol poisoning?
EriktheRed
@debbie:
He predicted the Dem base wouldn’t turn out in the 2014 midterms.
Can’t say he was wrong about that, unfortunately.
debbie
@EriktheRed:
Not much of a prediction since mid-terms have always been a Dem weakness.
a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)
@Kathleen: Are you in Hamilton County? Would you like to help elect a Democrat as County Prosecutor? If you would, then shoot me an email. I’ll post it or any front pager has it.
Omnes Omnibus
@a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q):
I don’t know why but that gave me an odd 6060-842 vibe.
Shalimar
@jl: According to a Trump profile late last year, Trump dictates all of his tweets personally to an aide who actually posts them. That is why they always have the same rhythm as Trump’s very peculiar speaking style. Given that, it seems very unlikely any tweets will come out in his name while he is on stage.
Kathleen
@a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q): Yes, I live in Hamilton County and am interested. I can check with Kay for your email. Thanks!
Julie
@Shalimar: Though most campaigns have pre-written tweets set to go out during a big speech, personally dictated by the candidate or not. But the Trump campaign definitely has it’s own way of doing things, so… ?
EriktheRed
@rikyrah: Hope Kenny doesn’t mind that I shared his words on facebook.
Amir Khalid
@Trentrunner:
In 2008, Senator Obama (as he was then) was invited to comment by the media on Bristol Palin’s out-of-wedlock pregnancy. Obama refused, saying that candidates’ families should be off limits, particularly their children. I think that’s the example to follow with regards to Melania Trump.
Uncle Cosmo
@Patricia Kayden:
Remember that the Newt is a stupid person’s idea of what a smart person sounds like. Newt is a stupid person, therefore he thinks he sounds like a smart person, & voila: epistemic cloture. The GOP’s version of Fredo Corleone has spoke!
Uncle Cosmo
@hovercraft: Um, that’s
You’re very welcome!
burritoboy
Don’t want to be a pedant, but Bosch lived in the late 15th century and early 16th century. The painting is a hundred years or so older than 1594-1610.
JGabriel
Tom Levenson @ Top:
Nope, not unless there’s a really artful image of a shitstorm somewhere in the history of art that I’m unaware of.