It’s over. It’s finally over! I did not end up bleeding from the ears, despite great provocation. I shall sleep well tonight, comfortable in the result of Pickett’s Fizzle. They did not accomplish what they needed to do with their convention. I am energized to work my ass off even harder.
As I write this, the McTurdles, McCarthys and their ilk have seen their reflections in the dead eyes of their lord and master. Those that are still able to reason, weren’t comfortable with what they saw. The kind of lust for power displayed by tRump is scary. Together with their personal supporters, they are slinking, crawling and slithering back to relative safety under their security rocks and troll bridges. The Republicans for Biden movement is growing.
These are my takeaways from this week’s RNC:
They’ve stopped using dog whistles to rev up the crazy wing of the nutjob arm of the coalition of bigots, racists and assholes that inhabit the republican base — They are now using train whistles, foghorns and lots of those canons from the 1812 overture.
I wish Hatch Act violations meant that the guilty party had to immediately leave government employ forever.
Junior is in danger of being swallowed whole whenever Kimberley unhinges her neck like that. If I was him I’d make sure to keep a lot of rodents around to keep her satiated.
Truth in advertising laws should have required most of the presenters to wear overly large shoes, rubber noses and clown makeup.
A repeated theme throughout the week was various toadies telling us, “I wish you could see how kind he is when the cameras are off.” That note rang false every time it was repeated. If you were listening closely, you probably heard my raucous and derisive laughter.
tRump really wanted to run against Bernie and they haven’t figured out how to change their message. They are trying to paint Biden as a socialist. C’mon man. Gimme a break!
The other popular post-truth framing is tRump making the claim that only tRump can fix the mess that he got us into during the tRump presidency (They tried to blame Biden for all that’s wrong in America while using riot footage shot in Spain). Except in passing (or when busily downplaying and distorting), the republican convention didn’t bother to acknowledge our 11% unemployment rate (they crowed about the largest employment gains in history), the COVID-19 death toll (they bragged about an absurd statistic), the reason for unrest on the streets (Did you know the police are being unfairly maligned for murdering black people?) and I think something about tooth decay being part of a Democratic plot to increase human trafficking of suburban housewives (I’m not sure, I was zoning in and out toward the end of it).
tRump created the greatest economy in the history of the world by sitting on his ass while the Obama recovery continued until tRump broke it with his trade wars. [They didn’t actually say this]
tRump capped off the convention with a 70 minute snoozefest that was so festooned with bullshit that no farm within 300 miles of the White House will have any need for fertilizer. NPR, Politifact and CNN’s Fact Check were overwhelmed enough that they all had different and extensive lists of lies.
In my opinion, tRump gave a speech for the ages — the Dark Ages. It sounded like his last State of the Union, with less audience gimmicks and more open fearmongering.
The Lincoln will be mining tRump’s speech from now until election day. tRump may have surpassed his previous all-time lie per minute record. He managed to deliver them all with barely enough energy to coax some desultory claps out his adoring but clearly bored fanbase. Earlier, while introducing her father, Ivanka gave them a precious gift-wrapped present when she said, “The results speak for themselves.” I expect that add to be released any moment now.
By the way the ratings are in. The DNC won the ratings battle every night. It wasn’t close. The RNC averaged 17.3 million viewers per night; the DNC averaged 20.1 million viewers — a 14% gap. And then there’s this bit of karmic smackdown concerning just the head to head comparison — trump lost that by 19%. I’m thinking there are a pair of badly chapped orange ass cheeks blundering around the residence during “executive time” today.
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chloris creator gave us another excellent bit of advice swaddled in some reassuring news: Good News Roundup for Friday, August 28, 2020: Just Stay Focused, Folks
If I ever get in trouble I want Goodie handling my PR campaign: Biden Refuses to Define Others by their Worst Acts: Day 49 out of 100 Days of Loving Joe Biden
Yosef 52 keeps adding new topic specific summaries of bad acts: Trump and 9/11: A Shocking, Disgusting Record
And Yosef also gives us the most complete internet resource for getting out the vote. Make sure your local democratic committees all have seen this: After the "Hurricane of F***ing Lies" That Was the RNC, We're Gonna STEP IT UP!
