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« Reply #200 on: July 18, 2016, 06:58:24 PM »
Quote from: Seriously? on July 18, 2016, 06:48:56 PM
Quote from: Libertarian Socialist on July 18, 2016, 06:43:04 PM
Took a quick trip down South to Syracuse hoping I wouldn't miss much and. . .
You honestly didn't miss much.

#NeverTrump tried to get a roll call on the Rules Committee report and failed miserably. Lost the voice vote. Their attempt to force it via the majority of 8+ delegations fell flat when the vote was whipped and delegates from four of the nine delegations in favor of the coup withdrew their support so that it was no longer a majority....
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« Reply #201 on: July 18, 2016, 06:58:44 PM »
Quote from: rpryor03 on July 18, 2016, 06:55:01 PM
Who's the big speech tonight? Melania?

I'm hoping for the Duck Dynasty guy to say something funny, so I guess there's that too.
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« Reply #202 on: July 18, 2016, 06:59:37 PM »
Quote from: Seriously? on July 18, 2016, 06:48:56 PM
Quote from: Libertarian Socialist on July 18, 2016, 06:43:04 PM
Took a quick trip down South to Syracuse hoping I wouldn't miss much and. . .
You honestly didn't miss much.

#NeverTrump tried to get a roll call on the Rules Committee report and failed miserably. Lost the voice vote. Their attempt to force it via the majority of 8+ delegations fell flat when the vote was whipped and delegates from four of the nine delegations in favor of the coup withdrew their support so that it was no longer a majority....

Technically some truths there, but not convinced on losing the voice vote....

RNC establishment delayed for 20 minutes in order to work holdouts (Whipped) to strong-arm enough individuals to make it work.

Reality is that, although the coup likely would have failed regardless, there will likely be longer-term consequences for the duration of the convention, because of a perception that the "Republican Establishment" squashed dissenting voices rather than simply go through a roll call, where they could have likely claimed victory regardless, without the bad blood with a perception of acting in an undemocratic matter so that minority voices were completely overridden in violation of RNC rules and policies...
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« Reply #203 on: July 18, 2016, 06:59:57 PM »
They are singing Christian Rap
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« Reply #204 on: July 18, 2016, 07:00:43 PM »

I actually like it.

LOL
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« Reply #205 on: July 18, 2016, 07:01:04 PM »
Quote from: Human on July 18, 2016, 06:03:29 PM
I just started watching the convention. What did I miss?

Apparently the same thing has half the convention goers...the entrance. All those empty seats. What a sad, symbolic picture.
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« Reply #206 on: July 18, 2016, 07:02:16 PM »
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Is anyone shocked?
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« Reply #207 on: July 18, 2016, 07:02:40 PM »
« Edited: July 18, 2016, 07:05:18 PM by Likely Voter »
The 10pm-11pm hour lineup (which is carried on all the broadcast networks so is their biggest audience) is...

Melania Trump, Businesswoman and Wife of Donald Trump
Retired Lieutenant General Michael Flynn
Senator Joni Ernst (Iowa)
Jason Beardsley, Concerned Veterans for America
Representative Ryan Zinke (Montana)
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« Reply #208 on: July 18, 2016, 07:04:06 PM »
hour by hour schedule is here...
http://www.c-span.org/RepublicanNationalConvention
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« Reply #209 on: July 18, 2016, 07:07:15 PM »

"If you name your child Reince Priebus and he ends up becoming a functionary in an authoritarian regime, you have only yourself to blame."
-Ross Douthat
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« Reply #210 on: July 18, 2016, 07:07:46 PM »
Willie, you haven't been on the Trump Train since the beginning.
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« Reply #211 on: July 18, 2016, 07:09:33 PM »
Willie is talking tough. Very, very tough.
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« Reply #212 on: July 18, 2016, 07:09:53 PM »
Quote from: rpryor03 on July 18, 2016, 07:07:46 PM
Willie, you haven't been on the Trump Train since the beginning.
I think he has his father is the one who endorsed cruz
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« Reply #213 on: July 18, 2016, 07:10:06 PM »
This entire day has been such a turnoff for any reasonably educated and decent Republican.  Can they try any harder to appeal to the uneducated, xenophobic southern hicks?!  Seriously why the heck is some duck dynasty bum on stage?  He needs to take a shower.
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« Reply #214 on: July 18, 2016, 07:11:22 PM »
As a religious person, the constant God shout outs are even grating on me
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« Reply #215 on: July 18, 2016, 07:11:28 PM »
If you don't actually know who Scott Baio is, you'd think he was some random Republican politician.
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« Reply #216 on: July 18, 2016, 07:11:50 PM »
Quote from: Brown Line on July 18, 2016, 07:10:06 PM
This entire day has been such a turnoff for any reasonably educated and decent Republican.  Can they try any harder to appeal to the uneducated, xenophobic southern hicks?!  Seriously why the heck is some duck dynasty bum on stage?  He needs to take a shower.

Middle America likes Duck Dynasty.
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« Reply #217 on: July 18, 2016, 07:12:21 PM »
Quote from: Citizen (The) Doctor on July 18, 2016, 07:11:28 PM
If you don't actually know who Scott Baio is, you'd think he was some random Republican politician.
I thought he was a bush advisor until I googled him
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« Reply #218 on: July 18, 2016, 07:14:52 PM »
"Trump means what he says" is the funniest thing I've heard all day.
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« Reply #219 on: July 18, 2016, 07:15:18 PM »
Quote from: Alpha on July 18, 2016, 06:58:44 PM
Quote from: rpryor03 on July 18, 2016, 06:55:01 PM
Who's the big speech tonight? Melania?

I'm hoping for the Duck Dynasty guy to say something funny, so I guess there's that too.

Great !
Let's add more bigotry to the trump campaign with Duck Dynasty.
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« Reply #220 on: July 18, 2016, 07:15:49 PM »
Quote from: Brown Line on July 18, 2016, 07:10:06 PM
This entire day has been such a turnoff for any reasonably educated and decent Republican.  Can they try any harder to appeal to the uneducated, xenophobic southern hicks?!  Seriously why the heck is some duck dynasty bum on stage?  He needs to take a shower.

Here's a solution if you want to stop being embarrassed (justifiably so):
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« Reply #221 on: July 18, 2016, 07:16:30 PM »

Are you guy's kidding ?
Are they really ?
LOL.
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« Reply #222 on: July 18, 2016, 07:18:27 PM »
I wonder if this guy will support Trump in his "I like the ones who weren't shot down" position.
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« Reply #223 on: July 18, 2016, 07:19:58 PM »
Quote from: IceSpear on July 18, 2016, 07:15:49 PM
Quote from: Brown Line on July 18, 2016, 07:10:06 PM
This entire day has been such a turnoff for any reasonably educated and decent Republican.  Can they try any harder to appeal to the uneducated, xenophobic southern hicks?!  Seriously why the heck is some duck dynasty bum on stage?  He needs to take a shower.

Here's a solution if you want to stop being embarrassed (justifiably so):



If people like me leave the party, that just gives them even more power.
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« Reply #224 on: July 18, 2016, 07:23:34 PM »
Quote from: Thinking Crumpets Crumpet on July 18, 2016, 07:18:27 PM
I wonder if this guy will support Trump in his "I like the ones who weren't shot down" position.

Who do you mean when you say "this guy" ?
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