Republican National Convention **live commentary thread**

[Maxwell]

Pence is a third rate, southern-sounding Ronald Reagan.

[Ebsy]

Anyone who thinks this speech is good needs a brain scan.

[Suburbia]

Pence is a third rate, southern-sounding Ronald Reagan.

Pence is tough. I knew he would be a star.

[Beet]

Love how SCOTUS debate is always about hot button social issues and never the dozens of pro-corporate decisions that affect people just as much.

[Terry the Fat Shark]

Anyone who thinks this speech is good needs a brain scan.

Scheduled my doctor appointment just now

[136or142]

Anyone who thinks this speech is good needs a brain scan.

Just not from Dr. Ben Carson!

[Gass3268]

Very Poor Imagery

[Xing]

It's passionate, but full of fluff and blatant lies. Unfortunately, many people will only focus on that first adjective.

Also, Hillary has to attack these fools for claiming to care about SCOTUS, while blocking nomination of a ninth judge.

[dspNY]

Wonkette saying that lots of GOP delegates leaving the hall during Pence's speech

https://twitter.com/anamariecox/status/755956810998099968

[DrScholl]

I understand why Trump selected Pence. He wanted someone extremely boring who would not upstage him.

[Likely Voter]

Pence is giving a good speech. He is hitting all the GOP erogenous zones, slamming Clinton and and making the case for Trump. It is exactly what he should be doing.   

It is just kind of amazing that he is one of the few to make the positive case for Trump. Rick Scott did as well but no one was watching. I missed Newt due to the Cruzapaloza fallout but assume he did too?

[Seriously?]

There goes Pence plagiarizing the Pledge of Allegiance.

[Orthogonian Society Treasurer]

We like Mike!

[Badger]

JCL continues to be a gigantic idiot, I see.

The poor thing isn't connected to reality, and hasn't been for a long time.

Almost sad. If he didn't work extra hard at being obtuse.

[136or142]

I don't like Pence, but he gives a good speech. He's going to be the automatic frontrunner for 2020.

Yes. Pence, Ryan, Cotton, Cruz will be the talk of 2020 or 2024.

This is silly.  Politics is a 'living' things.  The candidates fro 2020 will be the people who come forward from the 2016 election to 2020.  Those four may be part of them, but not because of anything to this point, with the possible exception of Pence, as he is the Vice Presidential nominee.

[The Other Castro]

There goes Pence plagiarizing the Pledge of Allegiance.

Ok you're just embarrassing yourself now.

[Pessimistic Antineutrino]

http://www.theonion.com/article/trump-casually-informs-pence-he-going-make-one-or--53267

Turns out this was spot-on.

[Dr. Arch]

There goes Pence plagiarizing the Pledge of Allegiance.

Ok you're just embarrassing yourself now.

He doesn't even know what plagiarism is.

[Suburbia]

Pence spoke very, very tough.

[ag]

Pence´s mother did not look very happy.

[136or142]

Pence spoke very, very tough.

To idiot Trump supporters speaking tough is the number one qualification required in a President.

[ag]

http://www.theonion.com/article/trump-casually-informs-pence-he-going-make-one-or--53267

Turns out this was spot-on.

I mean, the guy voluntarily chosen to be Trump´s VP nominee. That is a revealed preference. Should I say, that is a revealed sexual preference?

[Gass3268]

[Xing]

Pence spoke very, very tough.

To idiot Trump supporters speaking tough is the number one qualification required in a President.

More like the only qualification. If I had a dollar for every time they brought up "muh PC culture," I'd probably be almost as rich as Trump by now.

[ag]

Why is an Orthodox bishop speaking? I missed: which church is he from?