Republican National Convention **live commentary thread**

[DINGO Joe]

The GOP has become really pathetic racists. Whatever happened to the party of Jim Rhodes and George Voinovich. The cucks like Priebus and Pence are taking over #FreeDonKing

Rhodes and Voinovich are dead, bro.

[DINGO Joe]

A multi-level marketer who peddles pseudoscience—and whose product is endorsed by America’s leading conspiracy theorist (Alex Jones)—is scheduled to speak in a primetime slot Wednesday at the Republican National Convention.

Hadacol

[DINGO Joe]

Not a floor fight unless somebody throws a chair

[DINGO Joe]

Trump flew back to New York last night and stood up  a reception of his Trump Leadership Council (corporate donors).

http://time.com/4413148/republican-convention-donald-trump-corporate-donors/

[DINGO Joe]

Christie's prosecutor act suggests to me that he was kind of a crap prosecutor. I know this is all pageantry and stuff, but dang, if I was on a jury and the prosecution was making arguments like this I would be hard pressed to believe any argument they made even if there was truth to it.

I guess it was good enough to Ivanka's father-in-law tossed into jail.

[DINGO Joe]

In a way, last night was about jobs for an insular groups of Republicans, attacking the Clintons has been a cottage industry for the last twenty years.  A seemingly endless supply of rightwing billionaires willing to donate big bucks to sham organizations to pursue such ends.  Now it doesn't generate jobs of the general public, but for the insiders, who cares.  Now, one could make the argument that they would need Hillary to win to stay employed.

[DINGO Joe]

Harry Enten on Twitter posted this video of Cruz leaving the convention hall:

https://twitter.com/ForecasterEnten/status/755946089467944960

I love how there's a simpsons gif for everything, oh sure they've been on the air forever, but still.

[DINGO Joe]

[DINGO Joe]

Just a random detail, but the astronaut who spoke early tonite was supposed to end her speech with:

“We need leadership that will make America first again. That leader is Donald Trump.”

For whatever reason she didn't say the last five words

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/07/20/republican-convention-wednesday-live-blog/87355134/