2016 Republican Platform and Convention

[barfo]

Save covering this news until after the election.

http://www.houstonchronicle.com/bus...e-ripples-through-Texas-as-health-8383391.php

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-covered-california-rates-20160718-snap-story.html

If you want to show that something isn't being covered by the news, maybe linking to news stories about it isn't the best way to make the argument.

barfo

 

[SlyPokerDog]

For right or wrong all of the news networks are broadcasting from the convention. Everyone is there covering it. The convention is news, anything that happens at the convention is news. Morning shows, local news, late night talk shows, they're all there. Mrs Trump's speech was big news because it was it's low hanging fruit. Some of you try so hard to spin things that don't need spinning.

 

[blue32]

i guess im just not sure what it is that you want. hillary made headlines for over a year about her emails. do you want to read about her emails forever? and ever?

its the top story on the notoriously liberal foxnews.com as well btw.

I don't want anything.

The speech didn't bother me. Yet I KNEW someone either sabotaged it, or fucked up royally. Looks like the latter. But in the grand scheme of it, big fucking deal.

I was just merely pointing out the rabid hard-on that everyone got for the speech, yet the same people could care less about the email scandal. Yes I get it, it's their candidate so they don't want to know about the dirty laundry....but come on lets be real, that scandal is so much more worse on another level than a speech. So my point is really that they are a bunch of hypocrites. But likely everyone already knew that (except my facebook feed... )

 

[Denny Crane]

Do you want us to believe that? I thought you wanted us to believe that the FBI had 150 agents investigating Hillary for the past year (...and that she was surely going to be indicted).

Since they only had a day to investigate Melania, the media must have had 365*150 = 54,750 people working on the plagiarism case.

barfo

No I don't believe it. But I do believe the media is really interested in making the most out of this. It's far more important than reporting on ObamaCare rate hikes of > 10% going on all over the country.

 

[Denny Crane]

If you want to show that something isn't being covered by the news, maybe linking to news stories about it isn't the best way to make the argument.

barfo

Linking to stories about Benghazi that came out after the election proves my point just fine, thank you. It's a sad day when only Fox News covers the important news.

 

[barfo]

Linking to stories about Benghazi that came out after the election proves my point just fine, thank you. It's a sad day when only Fox News covers the important news.

So nobody should have ever mentioned Benghazi after the election? Your rules for the media are very interesting, to be sure.

barfo

 

[Denny Crane]

So nobody should have ever mentioned Benghazi after the election? Your rules for the media are very interesting, to be sure.

barfo

They delayed mentioning it until reporting on it would no longer harm Obama's reelection chances.

You know, "Bin Laden's dead, GM is not" sounds a lot better than "Bin Laden's dead, so is our ambassador."

 

[barfo]

They delayed mentioning it until reporting on it would no longer harm Obama's reelection chances.

You know, "Bin Laden's dead, GM is not" sounds a lot better than "Bin Laden's dead, so is our ambassador."

Ok, so are you saying that NPR didn't mention the attacks on Benghazi, in any way, until after the election, 2 months later? That seems very surprising, if true, since it was all over the (other) news.

barfo

 

[Denny Crane]

They certainly devoted many more hours to Binders of Women. With the intent to drive the real page one news to somewhere buried in the newspaper.

In fact, Binders of women deserved no respected journalist's time at all. It was a gaffe, like Obama's 57 states one.

 

[Denny Crane]

 

[riverman]

Trump loves getting hammered...it's his MO...they hired a lazy speech writer..and I don't think anybody really takes major network news seriously when it comes to public opinion anymore than they take it from a revival tent gathering that involves snake juggling.

 

[Denny Crane]

Too good not to share.

 

[Denny Crane]

Trump loves getting hammered...it's his MO...they hired a lazy speech writer..and I don't think anybody really takes major network news seriously when it comes to public opinion anymore than they take it from a revival tent gathering that involves snake juggling.

Sure. Looks like he subscribes to the notion that any publicity is better than none.

He also knows when he's going to be attacked and attacks first. It ain't pretty.

Whatever he's doing, he's kept pace with Clinton in spite of being massively outspent.

With barfo's support, he might actually win. Ugh.

 

[barfo]

They certainly devoted many more hours to Binders of Women. With the intent to drive the real page one news to somewhere buried in the newspaper.

Yeah, every day when the NPR paper arrives on my doorstep, I search page one for real news, but all the stories are about Binders of Women.

In fact, Binders of women deserved no respected journalist's time at all. It was a gaffe, like Obama's 57 states one.

It's a little bit deeper than 57 states, but not much. It reinforced a certain perception of Romney and Republicans, whereas there was no corresponding 'Obama can't count' meme that already existed, so 57 states didn't really resonate that much. Maybe if he'd said "the states of Kansas, Kentucky, and Kenya" that might have been meatier.

barfo

 

[Denny Crane]

You do realize that Binders of Women was Romney looking to hire more women to positions of high responsibility.

Shame on him.

 

[barfo]

You do realize that Binders of Women was Romney looking to hire more women to positions of high responsibility.

Shame on him.

It's certainly not as bad as 'look at my African-American", I'll grant you that.

barfo

 

[MickZagger]

Trump's sons are a couple of cheese dicks.

 

[barfo]

Trump's sons are a couple of cheese dicks.

The cheese dick doesn't fall far from the cheeto.

barfo

 

[MickZagger]

The cheese dick doesn't fall far from the cheeto.

barfo

The dog and pony show is just about to begin my friend.

 

[Denny Crane]

https://www.erictrumpfoundation.com

 

[Denny Crane]

Yeah, every day when the NPR paper arrives on my doorstep, I search page one for real news, but all the stories are about Binders of Women.



It's a little bit deeper than 57 states, but not much. It reinforced a certain perception of Romney and Republicans, whereas there was no corresponding 'Obama can't count' meme that already existed, so 57 states didn't really resonate that much. Maybe if he'd said "the states of Kansas, Kentucky, and Kenya" that might have been meatier.

barfo

The perception that... A republican appointed the first African-American man to be Secretary of State, and the first woman to the job (also an African-American).

 

[Minstrel]

The perception that...

 

[Chris Craig]

What a fucking clownshow...

Ted Cruz's Career is over

 

[Chris Craig]

Wow

 

[barfo]

And here I thought the third night would be the dull night at the Trumpster fire... thanks Ted!

barfo

 

[stampedehero]

Its only a political convention filled with hyper party members. After 1/20/2017 all will be forgotten and the same spoon fed crap will be fed to the American people as it has been since the late 19th century. Its a sham and as soon as Clinton and Trump are done bickering, we are still screwed with a winner few of us could relate to.

 

[MARIS61]

Yes, it's clear from your picture that Dems pretty much only hire black women while the Repubs have a balanced mix of males and females while including a wide variety of ethnic representations.

The Republican picture is much closer to representing all of America, while the Democrat picture represents roughly 7% of Americans.

 

[MARIS61]

For right or wrong all of the news networks are broadcasting from the convention. Everyone is there covering it. The convention is news, anything that happens at the convention is news. Morning shows, local news, late night talk shows, they're all there. Mrs Trump's speech was big news because it was it's low hanging fruit. Some of you try so hard to spin things that don't need spinning.

Not really.

CNN, the Offical Broadcaster of The RNC, only shows certain parts, and so far has completely censored the most damaging testimony against Clinton's crimes. They cut away from Real Americans telling firsthand accounts of her crimes and fill the space with their 8 liberal morons (2 of them pretending to be "conservatives") blathering on about nothing because that is the extent of their political cognizance.

It's a shill, just like their "newscasts", just like a Google search, it's only what they want you to hear/see/know.

If you want to hear the convention in it's entirety you actually have to watch the reruns on Fox.

 

[Denny Crane]

http://www.snopes.com/republican-and-democratic-interns/

Paul Ryan's photograph was actually taken at an event for the 2016 Congressional Summer Intern Lecture Series, which is open to interns from both parties. While Ryan likely drew a large Republican crowd, it's not accurate to classify this photograph as an image specifically showing only Republican interns. Paul Ryan's photograph was actually taken at an event for the 2016 Congressional Summer Intern Lecture Series, which is open to interns from both parties. While Ryan likely drew a large Republican crowd, it's not accurate to classify this photograph as an image specifically showing only Republican interns.

Khalaf says that Ryan’s speech had a limited capacity, so interns were randomly selected to attend in a lottery. The interns in the picture work for congresspeople of both parties, he says.

“I don’t think this necessarily reflects poorly on Paul Ryan,” says Khalaf. “Sure, it shows his privilege and inability to see the lack of diversity. However, it’s a better representation of the fact that so many interns on the Hill are not people of color.”

RJ Khalaf, an intern under Indiana Representative Andre Carson from Washington, says Ryan's speech was part of the Congressional Summer Intern Lecture Series, and adds the picture has both Democratic and Republican interns in attendance. However, Ryan shouldn't be the one everyone is pointing the finger at. Khalaf says, "People of color just don't have access to these high level internships like internships on the hill. This is a by-product of our society. This is what we as a society have to do to make an inclusive society for all. The hill is super white, and that's just something we have to address."

LOL

 

[Denny Crane]

We all know barfo and minstrel are leaning trump. He's going to seal the deal tonight.

(meanwhile, I'm still voting for Gary Johnson)