RNC Convention Thread

[TPC]

PBS every election year has two 6th graders go to the national presidential conventions and ask the candidates questions.

Sitting at a table:
Dukakis got up, said nothing, no answer but had the kids removed before the cameras, immediately.

Reagan sat down, made sure the kids had snacks and drinks and answered their tough questions.
Signed & gave them dollar bill souvenirs.

Democrats are still as phony and as rotten as ever. Even worse.

 

[TeamGreene]

If he speaks at the DNC, and endorses Biden, it will show he played Trump. Cause that was not a trump endorsement

As of yesterday according to him the DNC hasn't reached out to him to speak. He said "crickets" from them.

 

[Roosky01]

Nikki Haley is up. Let’s see what happens.

 

[regor]

Nikki Haley is up. Let’s see what happens.

Bomb Russia
Bomb Iran
Bomb North Korea
Where's my cut?

 

[Roosky01]

“A strong President prevents wars…and then there’s Joe Biden”.

She’s doing ok so far, but she is trying to keep her candle lit as well.

My verdict: milktoasty

 

[2Driver]

Haley is doing a nice job. Good speech

 

[500bbc]

I hope this was the only attempt.

Nope, they'll succeed and blame it on Iran.
Then start a war with them, killing two birds with one stone.

 

[Roosky01]

DeSantis laying it out point by point.

Did a great job.

 

[napanutt]

DeSantis laying it out point by point.

Did a great job.

He was impressive.
Haley was all right. Not a total Trump endorsement but a republican endorsement.

 

[rcmike]

I hope this was the only attempt.

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[Tank]

The mom of the vet that was stabbed in New York fuckin NAILED IT!!!

Calling out shitty DA’s and shitty crime policies. Prior democrat.

 

[rivermobster]

The mom of the vet that was stabbed in New York fuckin NAILED IT!!!

Some Powerful speakers tonight.

 

[Tank]

Some Powerful speakers tonight.

Big time. Powerful stories. Great speakers. Vivek did killer too.


Huckabee- sanders is killin it right now too!!

Some
Really good speakers.

I gotta say the Republican Party is FIRED UP!!! very much in sinc and on the same page.

 

[River Dirt 2]

The women speakers are badass tonight!!

 

[Roosky01]

Marco doing a nice job!

 

[rivermobster]

Rubio

 

[ChumpChange]

Gaetz is an idiot. Of all places.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/16/politics/video/matt-gaetz-kevin-mccarthy-republican-national-convention-digvid

 

[oldman]

Gaetz is an idiot. Of all places.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/16/politics/video/matt-gaetz-kevin-mccarthy-republican-national-convention-digvid

He's proven to be an idiot in more than one place.

 

[rivermobster]

Holy shit

:bowdown:

 

[2Driver]

Laura Trump. to the bleachers.

 

[Roosky01]

He's proven to be an idiot in more than one place.

It may not have been the time or the place for it, but when Gaetz said “If you were up on that stage right now you’d be Boo’d” it was the truth.

 

[oldman]

It may not have been the time or the place for it, but when Gaetz said “If you were up on that stage right now you’d be Boo’d” it was the truth.

McCarthy made a critical error negotiation with Geatz to be able to let one member vote for the speaker out, critical error trying to hold power that will never be reversed, and causes turmoil. Geatz is a top notch POS only looking for camera time. proven by acting like a child and trolling Mccarthy's interview. It proves He can't get his own air time. F*ck him with a chainsaw. He can suck start a shotgun.
And McCarthy proved he has no spine.

in my humble opinion "Fingers in the air"

 

[oldman]

Laura Trump. to the bleachers.

She rocked it.
If the stories are true.

 

[Roosky01]

Laura Trump. to the bleachers.

Eric definitely outkicked his coverage. Does that make him one of us?

 

[regor]

Gaetz is an idiot. Of all places.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/16/politics/video/matt-gaetz-kevin-mccarthy-republican-national-convention-digvid

Agree, that wasn’t the place, but if that POS McCarty did the things he’s done to you that McCarthy’s done to Matt, you’d want a piece of him too. Again, that was the wrong place.

Gaetz is a fighter for the people and isn’t afraid to call ANYONE out. He’s the sole reason that POS is no longer speaker and our country is better for it.

 

[regor]

I wanted Ben for VP, glad he didn’t get it. Great man, too low energy for the position.

 

[oldman]

Agree, that wasn’t the place, but if that POS McCarty did the things he’s done to you that McCarthy’s done to Matt, you’d want a piece of him too. Again, that was the wrong place.

Gaetz is a fighter for the people and isn’t afraid to call ANYONE out. He’s the sole reason that POS is no longer speaker and our country is better for it.

Geatz is an attention whore for the sake of being a whore. He has no real substance. Oh ya, and he's a smug C*nt.

 

[regor]

Geatz is an attention whore for the sake of being a whore. He has no real substance. Oh ya, and he's a smug C*nt.

Bullshit, he’s pushed America First from the get go and exposed a TON of RINO’s.

We’ve taken over the party and the snakes are butt hurt!!!

 

[oldman]

Bullshit, he’s pushed America First from the get go and exposed a TON of RINO’s.

We’ve taken over the party and the snakes are butt hurt!!!

There are other ways to handle it, I watched the Dems work in lock step, him and three other members could not find a way to be united. F^ck him.
they did nothing but cause public unrest, rather than finding a way to solve it behind closed doors and show the republican party is strong. He made the party look stupid and weak.
He can gargle razorblades.

 

[SkyDirtWaterguy]

Gaetz is an idiot. Of all places.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/16/politics/video/matt-gaetz-kevin-mccarthy-republican-national-convention-digvid

I don't know why but Gaetz reminds me of this dude...

 

[DUN]

Matt Gaetz is great but I don't know why tf he would jump in and interrupt an interview with McCarthy on CNN. Also, why is McCarthy giving CNN the light of day to begin with?

 

[DUN]

 

[oldman]

Matt Gaetz is great but I don't know why tf he would jump in and interrupt an interview with McCarthy on CNN. Also, why is McCarthy giving CNN the light of day to begin with?

they are both attention whores.
Different but the same

 

[regor]

There are other ways to handle it, I watched the Dems work in lock step, him and three other members could not find a way to be united. F^ck him.
they did nothing but cause public unrest, rather than finding a way to solve it behind closed doors and show the republican party is strong. He made the party look stupid and weak.
He can gargle razorblades.

Behind closed doors is the problem. The RINO’s say one thing then do another. Put it out in the open for ALL to see.

We gave him a chance. He two-faced, attempted a power play and got dealt with, simple as that oldman.

F both RINO speakers, they’ve both used more D votes to pass spending levels larger than Pelosi.

This ain’t your daddy’s Republican party anymore!!!

 

[DUN]

they are both attention whores.
Different but the same

Matt Gaetz is far less RINO than Kevin McCarthy. He's one of like, 5 Republicans that I don't think are out to completely screw us.

 

[oldman]

Behind closed doors is the problem. The RINO’s say one thing then do another. Put it out in the open for ALL to see.

We gave him a chance. He two-faced, attempted a power play and got dealt with, simple as that oldman.

F both RINO speakers, they’ve both used more D votes to pass spending levels larger than Pelosi.

This ain’t your daddy’s Republican party anymore!!!

My daddy's republican party???
the parties have swapped sides, The dems are the party of entitlements and government handouts, staying on the teet. keeping them dependent on the man. Proof of that is the teamsters Pres Speaking at the RNC. Never in history. The Republican's are far more aligned with the working class than they have ever been.

as a 40 year union member, I can tell you the guys I live with are hard R's the D party is nothing but holding you down, keeping you on the government dime.


I grew up following the D line. It's BS. I'm well more ahead on the R mindset,

 

[regor]

My daddy's republican party???
the parties have swapped sides, The dems are the party of entitlements and government handouts, staying on the teet. keeping them dependent on the man. Proof of that is the teamsters Pres Speaking at the RNC. Never in history. The Republican's are far more aligned with the working class than they have ever been.

as a 40 year union member, I can tell you the guys I live with are hard R's the D party is nothing but holding you down, keeping you on the government dime.


I grew up following the D line. It's BS. I'm well more ahead on the R mindset,

You’re damn right they’ve switched. We’re no longer the party of warmongering back room deal Chamber of Commerce f’ing whores and Matt Gaetz is one of the leaders of it.

You want to get an idea of Matt is, you listen to Steve Bannon when he gets out of prison. I’ve been following Matt for a long time and I assure you, you’ve got it wrong. All politicians are attention whores for the most part, that’s pinned when you’re making noise.

We welcome you union boys because you’re hard motherfuckers and although I’m not a fan of the brass as you aren’t, without the middle class, America is doomed.

 

[DWC]

My daddy's republican party???
the parties have swapped sides, The dems are the party of entitlements and government handouts, staying on the teet. keeping them dependent on the man. Proof of that is the teamsters Pres Speaking at the RNC. Never in history. The Republican's are far more aligned with the working class than they have ever been.

as a 40 year union member, I can tell you the guys I live with are hard R's the D party is nothing but holding you down, keeping you on the government dime.


I grew up following the D line. It's BS. I'm well more ahead on the R mindset,

How long have you been a union member?

 

[oldman]

How long have you been a union member?

40 years, what are your thoughts on that?

 

[regor]

40 years, what are your thoughts on that?

BTW, I grew up in a teamster home. My old man drove for Safeway, and all those years he was a Republican.

When they’d go on strike, he’d go drive for O.N.C. and ETMF, you remember those boys?

 

[oldman]

You’re damn right they’ve switched. We’re no longer the party of warmongering back room deal Chamber of Commerce f’ing whores and Matt Gaetz is one of the leaders of it.

You want to get an idea of Matt is, you listen to Steve Bannon when he gets out of prison. I’ve been following Matt for a long time and I assure you, you’ve got it wrong. All politicians are attention whores for the most part, that’s pinned when you’re making noise.

We welcome you union boys because you’re hard motherfuckers and although I’m not a fan of the brass as you aren’t, without the middle class, America is doomed.

The government has put there thumb down on guys like me all my life, hard working decent steady income, I fall in the top 5% of the nations income, but to do that I clock 3200 hrs a year. the more handouts and subsidies I see the more I'm covering that. the liberal side drives more than the conservatives do.
My dads Party did look out for working class, that is not the same party.

It's funny when all the brodozers in my yard have trump stickers on them, do you think union management likes that??
We are hard working but not stupid.

The blue lost their way many years ago.

 

[oldman]

BTW
my dad was and still is a died in the wool Democrat. We can't even bring it up in passing

 

[4Waters]

I don't know why but Gaetz reminds me of this dude...
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That's gavin newsom

 

[regor]

The government has put there thumb down on guys like me all my life, hard working decent steady income, I fall in the top 5% of the nations income, but to do that I clock 3200 hrs a year. the more handouts and subsidies I see the more I'm covering that. the liberal side drives more than the conservatives do.
My dads Party did look out for working class, that is not the same party.

It's funny when all the brodozers in my yard have trump stickers on them, do you think union management likes that??
We are hard working but not stupid.

The blue lost their way many years ago.

Agree 100% and you and your boys are in the right party. MAGA IS the party of the working class.

My old man despised the handouts from the D party and came to despise the R party late in his life. He didn’t get a chance to vote for Trump, but I guarantee he would have.

Keep working on your old man, my mom was a D all her life and I got her changed in 2016. She finally saw the fake news media for who they were and now she even sees it with Fox.

 

[Sportin' Wood]

The government has put there thumb down on guys like me all my life, hard working decent steady income.

I mean no disrespect, I'm curious about this statement. I've heard it many times. What does it mean?

The Government puts their thumb down on guys like me.

Taxes?
Regulations?

 

[TPC]

Gaetz comes across like a crooked preacher. Up on a podium slinging around poisonous snakes hopping around to banjo music.

 

[stephenkatsea]

What was Gaetz trying to accomplish? Other than display a weakness which remains in the party. Appeared to be a juvenille, ego driven act. I haven’t really followed his situation that close. He has/had charges against him about having sex with a 17 year old? That seems easy enough to disprove, either she wasn’t 17 or they didn’t have sex. End of story. It needs to be investigated to clear him. He was/is against that investigation. WTF?

 

[TPC]

Reset:
4 Presidents in NYC.

3 went to a hip hop party with Colbert

One went to a policeman's funeral

It's all I need to know.

 

[regor]

What was Gaetz trying to accomplish? Other than display a weakness which remains in the party. Appeared to be a juvenille, ego driven act. I haven’t really followed his situation that close. He has/had charges against him about having sex with a 17 year old? That seems easy enough to disprove, either she wasn’t 17 or they didn’t have sex. End of story. It needs to be investigated to clear him. He was/is against that investigation. WTF?

It's been investigated and disproved, yet that POS McCarthy and his lil RINO butt hurt friends CONTINUE to push it because he called their corrupt asses to the carpet.

We're cleaning house.

 

[oldman]

I mean no disrespect, I'm curious about this statement. I've heard it many times. What does it mean?

The Government puts their thumb down on guys like me.

Taxes?
Regulations?

Generally taxes, but other stupid stuff, low income grants for schools, government subsidies checks, I was fortunate enough to be an essential employee during the lockdowns, But if I hadn't been I wouldn't have qualified for any forgiveness money, or mortgage relief.
Special programs for first time home buyers, My son is seeing that now, he makes too much.
The general working class guy that goes to the coal mine, punches the clock and puts his time in pays for the great grand pie in the sky dreams politicians that have never held a working job dream up.

It's a perception, right or wrong. My opinion of wealth and the governments are two wildly different views.