Republican National Convention

[bradx]

the whole shit is rigged from top to bottom.  its more obvious now than ever.  clinton, like obama, just is a release valve to give people the illusion of choice and the feeling that theyre getting the lesser of two evils.  i dont think trump even wants to win, he is just building a brand.  romney was the same, his own party didnt even like him.  the only reason trump will get any votes is because many people treat voting like theyre rooting for their favorite sports team and will vote straight republican, and the other reason being "anybody but that hillary witch". considering black man hussein obama got elected and the fear vote wasnt enough to keep him out of the white house, i have to assume hillary will beat trump as well.  personally, i think they both fucking suck, but from a native american perspective, i will vote democrat because its in my best interests to do so. 

[I Am Not Marty Feldman]

Obviously every generation has felt this way at one point or another, but it seems like everything's about to burst. 

The DNC leaks that insinuate Russian involvement, juxtaposed against Trump's relationship with Putin...  Hey, at what point does a pub like the Times discern between conjecture and conspiracy theory?

If Trump somehow does get elected I can imagine fairly crazy and violent protests in cities all over the country, and a heretofore unknown political unrest w/ potential upheaval in the House & Senate. 

[Virgin Killer]

More lulz would be nice, honestly. 

While everybody's knees are jerking to the tune of "Stop Trump!" Wikileaks has promised more. More leaks and fallout, one last hurrah for Bernie's irascible seed in Philly. Like DWS getting shouted down today with taunts of "Shame!," like in Game of Thrones. What other shenags did the cast of Veep get into? Tune in to the Truman Show for one more week, then we'll all unite to defeat the WWE.

[Virgin Killer]

The Russian involvement angle is a canard as weak as David Brock's "Bernie bros." Putin doesn't care about US politics. Hackers typically mask their IPs by scrambling it through Russian servers.

[Mitch]

i dont think trump even wants to win

My dad actually tried to pitch this same theory to me, citing Melania T.'s plagiarized speech as calculated self-sabotage.  Seems dramatic and convenient in a "Law & Order: SVU" plotline sort of way, especially considering how many powerful / dangerous assholes have hitched on to him.  If it really is a ruse, maybe he's a hero?  Nah. 

If Trump somehow does get elected I can imagine fairly crazy and violent protests in cities all over the country

Seems like this'll be the case regardless of who wins.

[bradx]

trumps policy seems to be flat out nuts, either the guy is dangerously ignorant of how things work or he is straight up lying.  he certainly doesnt seem to be preaching what the higher ups want him to say.  he's saying alot of crazy shit, for sure.  i think he is trying to tell everyone what they want to hear, pat everyone on the back.  what he would actually do if elected is another story.  a hero?  not even fucking close.  but it is sort of entertaining watching him straight up steal the party from the republican leadership.  i really wish the dem leadership had backed bernie 100% because he would have had a much easier time defeating trump than clinton will.  almost literally noone likes her, her main selling point seems to be that she is not trump. 

[bradx]

honestly, one of the things i like about her is that she is a woman.  its about damn time we have a woman as president.

[Virgin Killer]

Thing about conspiracy theories is some of them turn out to be true, to varying degrees. I would not be surprised given that Trump announced running for president within a week of attending a Clinton fundraiser, and his past statements about hijacking the GOP.

Lots of Washington folk are confessed TV junkies. I recall reading somewhere that when asked about the verisimilitude of House of Cards, Obama replied to the effect of "It's a lot more boring than that. Just me and a number of white guys in a room being boring." Clinton's response? "It's exactly like that." Who's lying?

The DNC have been incompetent and derelict to a stunning measure during the primary cycle and hopefully Bernie is good medicine. There was a live cast immediately cut this morning when people started booing Sanders as soon as he invoked Hillary. They're gonna pretend it didn't happen and he's got a do-over speech planned tonight. Looks like the Dem convention will shape up to be a parade of asses as well. As Jeff Weaver retorted when DWS called him one, it's the party's mascot.

[Virgin Killer]

honestly, one of the things i like about her is that she is a lizard.  its about damn time we have a lizard queen as president.

[2 Cold Scorpio]

American politics is basically just the NFL or WWE at this point.  Its pretty obvious Trump doesnt really want to be President, he's already said he would leave most of the governance to Pence if he's elected.

We get the government we deserve no more, no less

[Whet Bull]

The sports metaphor is apt, and 2CS is right: each side is playing a different sport.   At this point in history more Americans are apt to watch soccer than pro wrestling, which is a sign of something, probably something stupid, because soccer is stupid, but I digress, and my metaphors suck.

You don't need a conspiracy for the theories to be true.  The system is in place and all it takes is savvy, self-interested actors to play it.  I assume Trumpp has been improvising the whole time.  He doesn't even have advisers.  He's gonna build a wall! 

[Virgin Killer]

He's gonna win so much we'll get tired of winning! He's gonna bomb the shit out of them!

Soccer is so stupid. What kind of game is all clutch like that? 0-0 now let's settle this with penalty kicks. Snooze.

Day 1 Dem Con: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/dnc-hacking-democratic-convention-226112

Poor Bernie must be exhausted. IMO, the apt metaphor is Illuminati dog and pony pageant. Patiently awaiting fresh Wikileaks bombshell. Hope it's incriminating enough to shut down the whole thing.

[Virgin Killer]

Wait, that's not a metaphor. That's exactly what this is.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/25/politics/democratic-convention-russia-hack/index.html

It was supposed to be the boring convention -- but the Democrats suddenly found that their Philadelphia party had turned into a Cold War-style espionage thriller.

[mosescarryout]

Trump scares me enough to think about doing acid again.

[AggravationOverdose]

Trump scares me enough to think about doing acid again.

You might be better off with a pacifier.

BABY, BABY, BABY, BABY...