Not near a TV, but why has Trump hijacked the Dem convention?

[Doodley]

This is terrible for Dems.

[skylucy]

1. No...Actually it is ok. He is coming across as the idiot/nutjob

that we all know him to be. It is (as the Donald would say) a total DISASTER.

[Doodley]

16. Good, but he's been sounding like a nutjob since he launched his campaign.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

2. He's holding a press conference. I think you are allowed to do that.

He's also making an ass of himself, maybe the biggest so far. He just advocated treason.

[auntpurl]

6. Awesome! How so?

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

12. He told "Russia" to release more emails and they will be rewarded big time

Then he said "by the media!"

[auntpurl]

15. F*cking WOW. Uh, FBI? You might want to take a look at this guy??

[Doodley]

18. No way! You are kidding? Was he joking?

[NWCorona]

23. Nope!

Trump is playing a very dangerous game

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. It's actually great for Dems. The more his stupidity is front and center

the better for us. One dumb press conference is hardly a "hijacking."

[vollehosen]

4. Because he is an attention whore

And can't stand that no one had paid him any attention in 24 hours.

[Chimichurri]

5. He's just rambling

But msnbc has him on without commercials. Yet the Dem convention was so full of commercials and talking head interruptions I had to go to c-span

[skylucy]

13. I can just imagine what the GOP is doing right now as

Trump is providing even more material for the Dems anti Trump commercials.

[Chimichurri]

17. It's like listening to a mental patient

[Doodley]

20. Reply to posters above. I wish I could see it! Is this really bad even by Trump's standards?

[Chimichurri]

26. Putin has way better leadership qualities than Obama

[auntpurl]

25. Hey!

I work with the mentally disabled. They are FAR MORE lucid and competent than this assclown!

[radical noodle]

7. He couldn't stand the Dems getting all the attention

So he's doing this to get attention back to himself. Bad attention... but attention.

[Tatiana]

8. Just let him run his mouth. It will give us more material to work with for the convention.

What a blowhard narcissist he is.

[Satch59]

9. This is very helpful...

Shows him in his most assiness light and then we see what we offer... BAM!

[sufrommich]

10. There's not much going on at the convention right now.nt

[Old and In the Way]

11. If by terrible for Dems, you mean

Volunteering to expose himself as being unfit to be POTUS, then I agree.

[Doodley]

22. I mean terrible, that the more media Trump gets (however stupid he sounds) the better he polls.

[FSogol]

14. The more Trump's sphincter-like piehole flaps, the better for the Democrats.

Buy popcorn.

[TwilightZone]

19. Any time that Trump rants incoherently, as he seems to be doing today,

it is not terrible for Dems.

He's providing a very relevant example of just how far apart the two parties are.

[Loki Liesmith]

21. Forget it, he's rolling.

The only time Trump does remotely well is when he doesn't speak off the cuff for a few weeks.

[NJCher]

24. I don't know what Trump did

Because you provide no context.

However, it almost doesn't matter anymore. He is playing a game that no one in the DNC or even HRC or the genius politician Bill Clinton know how to play.

Their standard tactics of attacking him only speak to the choir.

I was astonished this week when I learned two faculty members with whom I work are voting for Trump. These are people that I never thought in a million years would entertain such an idea.

I am a communications teacher and have also worked in marketing communications. I've worked for Fortune 100 companies in positions at the director level. I do not know what I would do if I had to advise anyone about how to deal with Trump.



Cher

[NJCher]

27. to answer your question:

Not near a TV, but why has Trump hijacked the Dem convention?

Answer: Because he can.


Cher

[NWCorona]

28. To those saying this is a good thing. I disagree.

I can see both sides but he's throwing things out there that he knows will be talked about long after he steps away from the mic.

He said some crazy stuff and I only caught a tiny part. Him goading on Russia is insane. If they do dump the emails then wouldn't he be an accomplice to a crime?

[Kingofalldems]

29. FYI, The Dem convention got much higher ratings than the Trumpfest.

[cynatnite]

30. He has convention envy. n/t