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

(xpost) He should give up on that. Primary voters (and party establishment) wouldn't even rally around him as an alternative to Trump. He's just too creepy and disliked to ever get the nomination.

Creepy and Disliked is basically the GOP platform.

wow, that Ingraham video, I usually try to give the benefit of the doubt on stuff that gets gif-ed or otherwise removed from its context, but that really seemed like a white power dog whistle

Some dude on Twitter: "I like how she tried to turn the nazi salute into a wave, like when you trip on the sidewalk and start running."

ya something v odd happened there right and shes a big rave warrior too no xp

lol race

was there a thing w/ingraham where a pic of trump was onscreen, with him making the same gesture? can't tell if that happened or was just twitter people putting images together

(xposts) I know, but you know what I mean--even within the context of the Republican party, at a moment when Trump was sliding and could have/should have finally fallen apart, primary voters looked over and said "Uh...no way." I think he'd have close to zero chance of winning in 2020. (Which doesn't mean he isn't indeed there with an eye to 2020--I don't think he got the message.)

please note this is the 3rd 'prosperity gospel' preacher at mic & no evangelicals in 3 nights

how much of a difference is there? and to whom does it matter?

For the first time in his political career, it seems Cruz mentions "gay"....in a sentence following one in which he calls for "religious freedom."

Diversity!

cheers for Brexit

cruz prob doing the right thing politically covers his ass now cause he showed up covers his ass next cycle cause w/o endorsing or even mentioning trump theres nothing really to use against him, hes p clever abt that sort of thing, is prob first in line next time

Still not much for enthusiasm, according to what I see. Or maybe it's still sparsely attended.

So boring that these tools are just dusting off their stump speeches again. Yeah, freedom, OK.

gotta love iy

someone tweeting from there said the crowd was feeling it

@timobrien
When we deposed Trump in our lawsuit, he threw Meredith McIver under the bus for inflating his financials: https://t.co/q5UWXtvPCF

Ok so is this a real person or no

Well, first you'd have to establish a pattern of Trump inventing employees, which he would never do.

uh guess they might be booing now tho xp self

What the...are they chanting "England sucks"??

uh is cruz up there in prime time basically telling people to not vote for trump

hahahaha

"let's go trump" i think xp?

"And that whole JFK thing with dad? Lyin' Donald!"

"Stand, and speak, and vote your conscience, vote for candidates up and down the ticket who you trust to defend our freedom "

this is hilarious

crowd is audibly going nuts this is awesome

dammn

Yeah, are they cheering for him, with him, or over him?

They're totally yelling at him.

lol the NY delegation just booed

open boos at the finish there

this fucken party

MSNBC saying they're boos.

is Cruz giving an anti-Trump speech? bless his soul

So now Trump is waving to people? Cruz def. didn't endorse.

What an entrance! "Hey, everyone, look over here--pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!"

Let's see some WWE shit

Nick Confessore Reporter
9:56 PM ET
That is louder than any boo Hillary Clinton got.

Nick ConfessoreReporter
9:58 PM ET
But as Cruz finished his speech, and it became apparent he would not endorse Trump, the boos rose to a loud roar.
Nick ConfessoreReporter
9:57 PM ET
Some delegates began chanting and cheering in response.
Nick ConfessoreReporter
9:57 PM ET
Readers not seeing this on TV: We began hearing scattered boos, and it wasn’t clear what or who was being booed.

How in the world is Trump going to stay in his Trump Family Box without getting antsy and freaking out?

kudos to lyin ted

Maggie HabermanReporter
9:59 PM ET
Apparently people were chanting, “Keep your pledge!”

Gingrich is on his way to restore calm and order.

@timobrien
When we deposed Trump in our lawsuit, he threw Meredith McIver under the bus for inflating his financials: https://t.co/q5UWXtvPCF

Ok so is this a real person or no

― frogbs, Wednesday, July 20, 2016 6:52 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I think it's a real person, Time confirmed someone with that name attended the university of Utah and the school of American ballet, which is what was in that speaker bio that got cited initially. I think it's just someone basically without an online footprint.

http://time.com/4415378/meredith-mciver-donald-trump-speech/

re: manafort & putin, I'm surprised I haven't heard more about Antonio Sabato Jr's flacking for Russian mail order brides

http://www.prweb.com/releases/online-dating/anastasia/prweb11347406.htm

just one more weird footnote, i guess

Sad!

man, it sure seems that if cruz hadn't pissed off every key GOP official on a personal level, he would totally be the GOP nominee

I mean, obviously cruz is a disgusting villain, but at least he knows how to give a speech. From a pure delivery standpoint, that garbage was many times better than anything else I've seen over the last few days

Eric Trump like this guy from the Sound of Music: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/e1/5c/40/e15c40a95c9c08801d707ce6994a2cb0.jpg

Matthew Cooper
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@mattizcoop

If you let a cribbed speech make it to the podium why would you be any better at vetting someone who won't endorse.