Dear god it's finally over thank you thank you thank you

by kos

Daily Kos Staff

Thursday, Jul. 21, 2016 Thursday, Jul. 21, 2016 at 8:40:01pm PDT

CLEVELAND, OH - JULY 21: A screen displays Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump delivering his speech during the evening session on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention on July 21, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump received the number of votes needed to secure the party's nomination. An estimated 50,000 people are expected in Cleveland, including hundreds of protesters and members of the media. The four-day Republican National Convention kicked off on July 18. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) — Creepy photo from creepy speech.

Repeating myself from last liveblog thread, but we’re all quite done with this shit and want to do anything but think about Trump anymore, at least for one evening. So sorry for the reprise, but hey, we can all wrap up our thoughts here.

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This speech wasn’t as interesting as his usual ad-libbing boastful person. But … this was much darker, much uglier. There was little to laugh at. Less to mock. His ego was subdued by his speechwriter, which must’ve been quite the feat in itself, but still, holy shit this was nasty.

We saw every conservative trope, overtly and proudly paraded. Brown people are coming to kill your daughters! Death! Destruction! The stuff about “raising taxes” seemed quite quaint, in comparison.

So this is the new Republican Party. Zombie Reagan is good and buried, his “Morning in America” in the dumpster.

But as ugly as this is, it’s also refreshing. Because Republicans are no longer pretending to be something that they are not. This is it, modern conservatism, raw and uncensored. And despite all the lies and dishonesty we heard tonight, it made this a genuinely honest speech.

Friday, Jul 22, 2016 · 3:42:19 AM +00:00 · Mark Sumner

After that speech, celebrating has to seem wrong even to the people in the room.

We're gonna die! Now, watch these balloons.

Friday, Jul 22, 2016 · 3:51:25 AM +00:00 · kos

I never thought I'd be his target audience. https://t.co/x8iKu5UC3P
— John Dingell (@JohnDingell) July 22, 2016

Trump literally speechifies as if he were talking to to a 90-year-old with poor hearing
— Eliot Nelson (@eliotnelson) July 22, 2016

Friday, Jul 22, 2016 · 3:52:23 AM +00:00 · kos

Great Trump Speech, America First! Stop Wars! Defeat the Corrupt elites! Protect our Borders!, Fair Trade! Couldn't have said it better!
— David Duke (@DrDavidDuke) July 22, 2016