Curb Your Authoritarianism? The 2016 Conventional Wisdom Thread (Elections, Part 6)

one of the best songs ever.

the aryan overtones make it problematic in context though.

it's mostly about a coke addict chasing the next high, though, which fits in with trump's addiction to diet pills, short attention span, and pathological need for attention/adoration

i feel like g.e. smith has been taking the piss with most of these song selections

he played "Eminence Front" earlier!! on the coke theme

Republicans forget they're hiding

Eminence Front is a coke song? oh I guess "The snow packs as the skier tracks".

from 1980 for a good long time afterwards all townshend songs are coke songs one way or another

this reminds me of my private east coast college's annual "snow ball"

Was Charlie Sheen the early-2010s version of whatever Trump is doing now?

Sheen-->McAffee-->Trump

yeah. trump is a shitty knock off of everything bad. a xerox of a screenshot of a polaroid of a piece of garbage.

"The Return of The Thick White Trump/Spewing Tweets In Clinton's Eyes"

"This is not a meeting of the Republican National Committee, it's a meeting of brown shirts." - former Republican US Senator Gordon Humphrey

Some of the stuff they'd rather keep off TV is on TV right now. Probably just a last-gasp for the anti-Trump faction, though.

actual lol at grisso xxp

lol the "we want trump" chant. what a bunch of degenerates.

"we are disgusting" not easy to chant

Rightwing anti-Trump Twitter absolutely apoplectic.

they might have been saying roll call vote. i am reading up on it now.

that's the problem with chants. they're never crisp.

i'll care when they endorse hillary until then it's just a temper tantrum xp

I don't know if the MSNBC video feed is live but the last GOP Virginia gubernatorial candidate is burning all the bridges. "They cheated"

It's definitely "roll call vote," which is what the anti-Trump people want. I think this is more in order that their numbers might be precisely counted and marked as part of the party, etc., rather than out of any hope that they could win.

man, Chuck Todd looks like I did after my successful date two weeks ago.

youtube feed is down?

i'm sure donald trump is very upset by this turn of events

Apparently he was watching CNN and complaining about biased panels.

Funny (paraphrasing):

CNN: But by asking for a role call, you're essentially asking for a vote on amendments to the rules.
Roll-Call Guy: We had that vote already two days ago.
CNN: Yeah, but we weren't here.

Examiner: You say that you identify as a conservative but you also say on the other hand that you don't like labels. What is it that makes you conservative?

Trump: Well, I've never liked labels, but I'm a conservative person but I never like labels but I'm a Republican and a conservative. But I was never one for labels.

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/8c/87/25/8c87250967094b6cedb4f0edb02aca54.jpg

kevin drum analyzes the roll call vote sitch

http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2016/07/donald-trump-crushed-ted-cruz-yet-again

Eminence Front is a coke song? oh I guess "The snow packs as the skier tracks".

― akm, Monday, July 18, 2016 4:00 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Eminence Front
Eminence Front
It's a coke song!

http://www.avclub.com/article/eric-andre-crashed-alex-jones-rally-cleveland-239728

Of course, Alex Jones is a “reasonable” man, so he eventually brought Andre on stage in what was presumably an attempt to show that he’s willing to let all sides of the political spectrum have a voice. Unfortunately for him, Eric Andre just wanted to tear shit up, telling Jones, “I want you to have sex with my wife.” Jones was taken aback and declared that Andre was just there to disrupt his free speech, with maybe one person in the crowd actually finding the exchange funny. Eventually, Andre grabbed the mic to ask “who put the bombs in Tower 7,” which Jones took as “something legitimate” for once, but Andre was ushered off of the stage before things could go further down that hole.

in retrospect Ted Cruz would have been the perfect VP pick. Or Jeb. Either one really. Trump LOVED having them around to pick on. They made Trump better! but Pence makes him worse. Emasculates him almost. because Trump is constrained around him, isn't allowed to pick on him. you can tell Trump resents having to say nice things about him.

'you know Ted, well, we shook the lies outta him and he's gonna be fine. Got a few things to learn, I'm not going to lie. that's why he's only gonna be Vice! but he'll be a fine Veep. Now give him a break! Moving on'

I am uneasy enough about Trump that I thank heaven for every misstep and mistake that makes it less likely he will win. The man is nearly unadulterated id. He should not get anywhere near the presidency, and yet he is nearer to it now than all but one person. That's way too close for comfort.

http://www.wkyc.com/news/politics/rnc/utah-delegate-threatened-in-rnc-bathroom/276234308

G.E. Smith doin Station to Station is so beautiful

ok i found my news sources for convention coverage

1) washington post periscope robot
https://www.periscope.tv/washingtonpost/1YpKkobMdyEKj

2) shep smith free associating on foxnews website/facebook from 4-6pm each day for some 'digital hangout' thing

oh my god mike pence is a living farce

Are they broadcasting any of this for free? Or should I just wait for the commemorative DVD?

"SITCOM STAR: WE HAVE A CHOICE IN NOVEMBER"

cnn chyron writers rn

i apologize for my shitty faux trump impression, it's like a disease

xp any proper response to that is going to rightly end up in the trenchant social commentary thread

did not know the meaning of the word "chyron" til now. i'm gonna go with my first reading which is that they got this guy as a convention speaker and CNN erroneously described him as a "sitcom star"

http://static3.comicvine.com/uploads/scale_small/0/5344/1640158-khyron_03.png

i think i found the free live stream https://twitter.com/i/live/753267649300144129

oh nm it's tv journalists talking over the speeches

i really wanted to hear what the creepy twin guy was saying

ok maybe here http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/07/18/us/elections/gop-conventions-speakers.html?partner=IFTTT

so uh.. they really didn't give anyone any coordinated messaging tonight or anything did they

i just heard about 5,000 people in the audience call hillary clinton a bitch