Republican nominee Donald Trump is making “law and order” the major theme of his convention this week, reminiscent of Richard Nixon a half century ago.
For a candidate for the White House to use such a theme is always suspect, as what Presidential candidate or occupant of the White House does not believe that we need “law and order” as a basic reality?
So to use this as a weapon against Democrat Hillary Clinton, as Republican Richard Nixon and third party candidate George Wallace did against Democrat Hubert Humphrey a half century ago, is pure demagoguery, and a sign of what would happen if the nation was crazy enough to elect Trump to the White House.
One must realize that Nixon, Vice President Spiro Agnew, and Attorney General John Mitchell all invoked “law and order”, and all three were lawless, with Nixon forced to resign; Agnew forced to resign; and Mitchell indicted and convicted for crimes in the Watergate Scandal.
No President was more corrupt and lawless than Nixon, and Trump is likely to become the most scandalous President, if he won, of all time, as his whole life, in so many ways, is a group of scandals, both personal and financial!
LOL! Il Duce’s entrance at the convention looked like something you would see on his reality show. http://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2016/07/19/rnc-convention-donald-trump-arrives-on-stage-sot.cnn
Melania plagiarized Michelle Obama’s speech from 2008. http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/19/politics/melania-trump-michelle-obama-speech/index.html
The most extreme GOP platform in memory. Here’s the link: https://prod-static-ngop-pbl.s3.amazonaws.com/media/documents/DRAFT_12_FINAL%5B1%5D-ben_1468872234.pdf
An entertainment blog I read described the RNC convention best – a trainwreck.
http://www.mjsbigblog.com/opening-night-of-the-rnc-pretty-much-a-trainwreck-video.htm
Whether or not it was a mistake, I have not been daily following the 2016 United States presidential campaign of Donald Trump. (I have a life. I value enough of it.)
From what I have taken in, and absorbed, I think the role of “Donald Trump” could have been played by the late great Andy Kaufman (1949–1984). Since that is not possible, I would like to suggest Sacha Baron Cohen. (A lot of makeup, yes, but Baron Cohen is highly creative and can pull it off.)
The scary thing about Donald Trump seeking the presidency is that there exists people—millions of people—who actually take him seriously. Even worse: Our corrupt media conglomerates—who schemed to make sure the much-needed Bernie Sanders would not win the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination—ensured the 2016 Republican presidential nomination was more than possible with it having been won to the tune of 37 states (and 40 contests) by Donald Trump.
I think Donald Trump’s success, so far, makes more a statement not about Donald Trump but the people who support Donald Trump.
Yes, D, we have millions of clueless, ignorant voters, and watching the convention, I sense many are Fascist oriented racists, nativists, and misogynists. Very scary!
I disagree that the media schemed to make Bernie lose. This Wall Street Journal article gives a break down of the demographics that helped Hillary win. http://graphics.wsj.com/elections/2016/how-clinton-won/
Precisely! She won because of voters who are older, non-white, non-rural, somewhat liberal and moderates, who identify as Democrats.
Ben Carson’s strange attack on Hillary at the RNC. http://www.salon.com/2016/07/20/ben_carson_plays_the_lucifer_card_strange_attack_on_hillary_leaves_heads_shaking_at_rnc/
Republicans at the convention were chanting to lock Hillary in prison. http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/20/politics/jeff-flake-hillary-clinton-prison/index.html
Looks like Roger Ailes is going bye bye. I say Good Riddance!http://washingtonmonthly.com/2016/07/19/quick-takes-bye-bye-roger-ailes/
Sexist anti-Hillary pins are for sale at the GOP convention. http://motto.time.com/4410564/republican-convention-anti-hillary-clinton-pins-sexist/
Trump’s adviser has called for Hillary’s execution. http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/07/20/3800377/trump-adviser-al-baldasaro-hillary-clinton-execution/