2016 Postmortem

apnu

(8,755 posts) Tue Jun 21, 2016, 09:41 AM Jun 2016

Trump considers speaking every night of his convention because he has no friends

From DailyKos:

Damn this is pathetic:

"I think when it comes to the program a lot of us feel that we could juice up the format just a little," Bennett told Masters in Politics. "More entertaining, more interesting. I don't know why the candidate only speaks on acceptance night, why shouldn't he speak every night from a different city? How come we are not doing broadcasts on Facebook or Google, why are we just relying on 45 minutes of network television time?”

Convention fundraising has slowed and sponsors are dropping like flies or cutting back their contributions. Few Republicans of stature are attending the convention at all, and given that even those who are may not be so keen on being tied closely to Donnie, we’ll call this idea what it is: putting lipstick on a pig. They’ve got all that time to program and no one to fill it. So why not fill it with the one guy who loves himself above all else, who wouldn’t mind sitting up there for hours, unscripted, spouting off whatever? Bring back Clint Eastwood. Fire some people! Have Chris Christie fetch Donaldo his McDonald’s on stage, for comic relief. You know, entertainment! And as a plus, Trump wouldn’t run out of time to insult all the people he needs to insult. Is that juiced up enough?

I mean, what’s the alternative? Feature Mitch McConnell and Ben Carson and zzzzzzzzzzz … Damn, I couldn’t even finish the thought. Yup. All Trump, all the time. Feed that insatiable ego, fill that empty programing space, and move himself and his party to a historically crushing defeat. Everyone wins!