He lost me at: "First of all, it's illegal. Second of all, you can't do it" which are both 100% wrong.

I thought The Donald would fall in line, but it appears he has no interest in doing that any time soon. He tired a couple times, and I guess the suit didn't fit. You just gotta do you Drumpf.

6/19/2016 1:40:58 AM

I must admit it is fun to watch the GOP collapse. Sadly, there is no good outcome to this election. Hillary is a neoliberal corporatist who will only strengthen the Oligarchy and likely lead us into more war.

6/20/2016 7:37:08 AM

He might be right about his second comment. Logistically, there is no way the republicans select another candidate without splintering the party more than it already has. This will just enrage the tea partiers even more.

The Republicans have to accept the defeat (even if Trump wins), and focus on congress. Losing congress would be a bigger blow than either four years of Clinton/Trump.

6/20/2016 8:37:01 AM

They need to go along with Trump, but support Hillary under the radar. It will be easy for the Republicans in Congress to go against Hillary on things with which they don't agree. They will have a harder time bucking against what Trump wants if they don't agree.

The only problem with Hillary support is essentially losing the judicial branch for the next 20 or 30 years. And that is big. That is just about the only thing that has kept me going all in for Hillary.

6/20/2016 10:08:51 AM

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/07/13/us/politics/republican-convention-issues.html

well done

7/13/2016 7:43:45 PM

Seems like the Taliban has sleeper agents in the RNC.

7/13/2016 10:51:21 PM

https://t.co/EWSqVKptnN

hell of a damn lineup

[Edited on July 14, 2016 at 1:27 AM. Reason : .]

7/14/2016 1:21:18 AM

^^^when a solid half of your new additions to the party platform start with the question "how can we punish LGBTQ more," well, it's at that point where you might need to consider that you are completely bankrupt for ideas in respect to governing.

7/14/2016 7:06:12 AM

Not so fast. After Orlando Trump said he was a friend of the gays.

Jesus Christ, is that platform real? FFS, the GOP is moving so far backwards it is utterly incomprehensible.

[Edited on July 14, 2016 at 9:18 AM. Reason : X]

7/14/2016 9:13:47 AM

I guess I didn't realize how much the nominee gets to drive these things. This is gonna be quite the shitshow, especially if there are challenges to his nomination. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/14/us/politics/republican-convention-speakers-donald-trump.html

another report:

Quote :

"SPEAKERS Confirmed speakers throughout the week include Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, who is a delegate; former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani; Trump's vanquished primary rival Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas; Dr. Ben Carson, another former rival; former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee; and House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, who will discuss the House Republican agenda and party unity. Non-politicians, including former underwear model Antonio Sabàto Jr. and college football star Tim Tebow, are also set to appear, according to multiple reports."

http://www.newsday.com/news/nation/gop-convention-schedule-republican-speakers-and-dates-in-cleveland-1.12035243

7/14/2016 11:30:42 AM

Will Clint Eastwood be talking to a chair again? Also it will be a great week for the hookers of Cleveland.

7/14/2016 1:13:57 PM

It appears supposed friend of the gays Donald Trump is picking Mike Pence as his VP. Pence is the first one in the US to sign one of those anti-gay "religious freedom" bills.

7/14/2016 1:42:44 PM

absolute insanity

7/14/2016 2:23:38 PM

.@newtgingrich: "We should...test every person here who is of a Muslim background, & if they believe in shariah they should be deported."

7/15/2016 12:50:51 AM

Quote :

"“Western civilization is in a war. We should frankly test every person here who is of a Muslim background and if they believe in sharia they should be deported,” Gingrich told Fox News’ Sean Hannity."

Can we also deport any Christian who uses religion to create policy and laws? Or uses it to discriminate against anyone?

Thought crimes deserve execution!!!

7/15/2016 9:02:55 AM

newt trying to show trump he can say dumb crap too i guess

7/15/2016 9:34:26 AM

Quote :

"Much like many of Tim Tebow’s wobbly passes, presidential nominee Donald Trump’s promise that the former NFL quarterback would be speaking at the Republican National Convention next week has fallen short."

7/15/2016 11:46:41 AM

Quote :

"“What we get are things that have nothing to do with doing our jobs,” he said. “I’m doing my job today and objecting to these measures so we can actually get back to pressing matters.”"

Quote :

"“I’m not sure what version of the Constitution you’re reading that doesn’t say confirming judges is part of your job in the United States Senate,” Warren said."

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/thom-tillis-no-judicial-nominees

7/15/2016 3:35:33 PM

http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/17/politics/cleveland-police-baton-rouge-security-open-carry/

Cleveland wants a no-2nd Amendment Zone for the convention. Ha.

7/17/2016 9:29:04 PM

Not sure whether to laugh or cry and the people coming out the woodwork or finally saying out loud what they really think:

https://twitter.com/paulonabike/status/755169257386717184

Only white people have contributed to civilization. - Rep Steve King #RNCinCLE 

[Edited on July 18, 2016 at 8:09 PM. Reason : ]

7/18/2016 8:08:50 PM

^

Quote :

""This 'old white people' business does get a little tired, Charlie," King said. "I'd ask you to go back through history and figure out, where are these contributions that have been made by these other categories of people that you're talking about, where did any other subgroup of people contribute more to civilization?""

7/18/2016 9:59:21 PM

Just sit back and enjoy this televised death rattle

7/18/2016 10:02:24 PM

Rudy trying to do the old dude screaming the entire time thing.

Also lol he said the only reason he's not blaming the entire religion of Islam is because of the media

7/18/2016 10:12:49 PM

How do they square Obama being weak on terror when after 8 years of abject failure by his Republican predecessor, it was actually him and Hillary that killed bin Laden and crippled his organization?

[Edited on July 18, 2016 at 10:16 PM. Reason : .]

7/18/2016 10:16:35 PM

I guess Queen has shitty lawyers. Donald keeps using their song.

[Edited on July 18, 2016 at 10:24 PM. Reason : Wow. Amazingly short intro by Donald. I thought it was gonna milk it. +1 for his advisers ]

7/18/2016 10:23:38 PM

It's kinda weird hearing a heavy slavic accented has-been trophy wife expound on what the USA needs.

[Edited on July 18, 2016 at 10:39 PM. Reason : Hey but at least Donald provided for his kids. He's a great guy!]

7/18/2016 10:38:49 PM

Giuliani was cringeworthy, but his speech was substantially more tame than the others.

Clearly said most Muslims aren't the enemy and bad cops should be punished. Otherwise was just empty platitudes.

7/18/2016 11:37:54 PM

Quote :

"Clearly said most Muslims aren't the enemy"

Ehhh that honestly wasn't that clear to me. I'll wait for the transcript, but I thought I heard him saying the only reason he didn't blame the entire religion was because of the media.

[Edited on July 18, 2016 at 11:40 PM. Reason : and him mentioning "bad cops" was barely a speed bump in his law enforcement fellatio movement. Did he actually use the word punished?]

7/18/2016 11:39:39 PM

this reminds me of when hillary called out obama for plagiarizing, her one liner was: more like "change you can xerox"

7/19/2016 9:58:13 AM

It'll be fun watching Trump explain why his wife plagiarized from the secret muslim, america hating, loser first lady.

7/19/2016 10:51:04 AM

"She's entitled to make a mistake every once in a while"

7/19/2016 10:58:41 AM

Quote :

"Clearly said most Muslims aren't the enemy"

Yeah here it is:

Quote :

""In the last seven months, there have been five major Islamic terrorist attacks on us and our allies. We must not be afraid to define our enemy. It is Islamic extremist terrorism," Giuliani said. "I, for the purposes of the media, I did not say all of Islam. I did not say most of Islam. I said — Islamic extremist terrorism. You know who are! And we're coming to get you!""

7/19/2016 2:02:11 PM

I love how Ben Carson hasn't touched hand to hand yet, and won't

I guess Jay Pharoah got to him.

7/19/2016 10:47:10 PM

I didn't really pay attention back then but what is it mainstream to publicly yell about putting Bush or Cheney in prison for war crimes? I know it was certainly said but was it basically part of the Democrat platform?

If/when Clinton wins the blow back is going to be far worse than it was for a black guy winning last time.

7/20/2016 7:24:57 AM

yes

7/20/2016 8:03:46 AM

guilty or not guilty?

GUILTY!



[Edited on July 20, 2016 at 10:17 AM. Reason : b]

7/20/2016 10:15:48 AM

Conventions usually have some sort of uplifting, optimistic message about the candidate and the future but I haven't seen it so far this week. I don't recall anything approaching the constant, speaker-after-speaker, in your face negativity. It's been one giant screed against Hillary.

I agree completely that the Republican reaction to Clinton being elected will be a horror show.

7/20/2016 11:02:54 AM

What do you expect them to talk about...how great Trump us?

7/20/2016 11:19:19 AM

Yes

7/20/2016 11:39:18 AM

http://www.vulture.com/2016/07/third-eye-blind-trolled-the-hell-out-of-the-rnc.html

7/20/2016 11:40:44 AM

Watching the RNC doesn't feel much different from watching a plain clothes KKK rally this year. It is obvious the level of fear these people have when it comes to the changing demographics of America. Aside from rampant anti-intellectualism that dominates much of Trump's base, this is at the heart of it.

7/20/2016 11:48:31 AM

Quote :

"An adviser to Donald Trump on veterans issues said on Tuesday that Hillary Clinton should be put in a firing line and shot for treason. New Hampshire state representative Al Baldasaro, who is also a Trump delegate from the state and has appeared with Trump at campaign events, made the comments on the Jeff Kuhner Show. "I'm a veteran that went to Desert Shield, Desert Storm. I'm also a father who sent a son to war, to Iraq, as a Marine Corps helicopter avionics technician. Hillary Clinton to me is the Jane Fonda of the Vietnam," he said. "She is a disgrace for the lies that she told those mothers about their children that got killed over there in Benghazi. She dropped the ball on over 400 emails requesting back up security. Something's wrong there." "This whole thing disgusts me, Hillary Clinton should be put in the firing line and shot for treason," he added. Baldasaro has spoken at several Trump events, introducing Trump multiple times, including at an event in late May where he admonished the media for focusing on questions over Trump's donations to veteran's charities. He later added in the radio interview that Clinton was a "piece of garbage.""

https://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/trump-vets-adviser-clinton-should-be-put-in-the-firing-line?utm_term=.jim1wogDl#.ihObe836Z

[Edited on July 20, 2016 at 12:13 PM. Reason : Seems harsh]

7/20/2016 12:12:42 PM

Apparently there has been an outbreak of the norovirus at the RNC. Maybe this is how the party elite gets their party back.

Quote :

"doesn't feel much different from watching a plain clothes KKK rally"

Been to a lot of KKK rallies, have you?

7/20/2016 12:23:48 PM

Quote :

"Watching the RNC doesn't feel much different from watching a plain clothes KKK rally this year. It is obvious the level of fear these people have when it comes to the changing demographics of America. Aside from rampant anti-intellectualism that dominates much of Trump's base, this is at the heart of it."

It's really not a whole lot different from the various Tea Party candidate rallies held over the last 8 years. All the anger, fear, and xenophobia, it's exactly the same just on a larger scale now since the inmates have taken over the asylum.

7/20/2016 2:31:03 PM

probably very similar to early nazi rallies

7/20/2016 3:28:06 PM

I always thought that for most people as they got older they generally swung more to the conservative side but watching this shit show has really made me sit back and ask myself if I am becoming a democrat? If it wasn't that lying crook Hillary on the other side it would be a no brainer who to vote for but I cant in good conscience vote for either of these two asshats.

7/21/2016 9:13:12 AM

The Republican party, as represented by this convention, appears to have literally gone insane.

7/21/2016 9:23:09 AM

Also, what the hell?



I'm not sure if that's a dog whistle or a corrected mistake.

[Edited on July 21, 2016 at 12:17 PM. Reason : ]

7/21/2016 12:14:56 PM

Given the source, she doesn't get the benefit of the doubt.

7/21/2016 12:42:48 PM

wth

[Edited on July 21, 2016 at 1:01 PM. Reason : s]

7/21/2016 12:57:54 PM