Selective Memory in Milwaukee
S E E D E D C O N T E N T
Donald Trump's repugnant record is MIA at the RNC
Dan Rather
At their convention in Milwaukee, Republicans see themselves as celebrating what they are convinced is going to be not only a win in November, but an overwhelming one. Among delegates and others on the convention floor and around the hall, there is much chatter about an "avalanche" building.
This, as they have nominated for president a man who tried to overthrow our government.
Their hope is that a majority of voters will simply forget all Donald Trump has done to help himself and hurt this country. That strikes many Americans as falling in the narrow space between revolting and appalling.
And my goodness, the lies are flying fast and furious at the Republican fantasy convention. This glitzed-up affair is full of speeches that don't even come close to the truth. Here's how bad it is: Some major news organizations (although unfortunately not all) are fact-checking the speeches live, calling out the lies in real time.
But it's more than that. Republicans must believe Americans are in a mood to forgive and forget. To forgive the insurrection of January 6 and forget the fact that the former president kept top-secret documents strewn about Mar-a-Lago like last month's junk mail, among many other indiscretions.
How much airtime and how many column inches will be devoted this week to what the previous president has done to harm our democracy? My guess is almost none. Instead there will be a celebration, one devoid of context. It will be an anointing without proper perspective and analysis. And there will be misleading speech after misleading speech.
Tip of the Stetson to The Washington Post and The New York Times,whose fact-checkers are calling out a myriad of false claims. MSNBC is doing the same in real time. CNN is airing a fact-checking segment after the convention coverage. Unsurprisingly, Fox "News" is airing live speeches unchallenged and unchecked.
So far, the speeches have been riddled with stunning yet emphatically stated lies. Trump, the liar-in-chief, is getting a run for his money in the telling of tales. Over two days, the Post's fact-checkers have found that convention speakers have made false claims about border crossings, gas prices, fentanyl, tax cuts, Vice President Kamala Harris, peace during Trump's presidency, voting by migrants, energy independence, the relative wealth of young Americans, and Easter Sunday.
The lies and misinformation are meant to rile and to scare. Texas Senator Ted Cruz actually said this out loud from the convention podium: "Americans are dying, murdered, assaulted, raped by illegal immigrants that the Democrats have released."
And then there's the old chestnut, election denialism. According to the Post, 62 convention speakers have previously questioned President Biden's 2020 election win.
Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis have capitulated, forgiving Trump for his miserable and untruthful treatment of them when they were running against him. They both gave speeches endorsing him on Tuesday night.
And don't forget House Speaker Mike Johnson's claim that the Republican Party is "the law and order team," as it nominates a convicted felon.
It is no secret that the political nominating conventions lost their significance decades ago. Today, they are nothing more than hour upon hour of campaign advertising, which makes them a great place to court undecided voters. This MAGA convention will be hard-pressed to appeal to middle-of-the-roaders. Republicans can no longer claim to be the party of Lincoln or even of Reagan. It is wholly the party of Trump and his MAGA extremist followers. Their newly anointed vice presidential candidate, JD Vance, is even more extreme on issues like gun control and abortion than Trump.
Vance and the convention speakers are talking some about America's need for unity, and that's good, if they actually mean it. But after only two days, they seem to have abandoned the calls for unity and reverted back to the MAGA talking points. Against the backdrop of Republicans celebrating in Milwaukee, let's hope that most of the rest of the country gives itself a gut check on Trump's record and the reality of what his victory in November would mean.
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Reminds me of the early 2010's , when two thirds of Republicans believed Barack Obama wasnt born in America.
I stopped watching conventions years ago when I realized they were nothing more than cheerleading competitions for the game of who wins the presidency. Nothing but exaggerations, misinformation and coming together to beat the other guys. If anyone is expecting anything other than that they are either naive or willfully ignorant
Not to mention hooking up with folks you’ve never met or always wanted to. Can you say drunk fest
If Trump were touched by god, then god is a bullet.
The disgraced and decrepit Dan Rather as a source? LOL!
Same old fake leftist boilerplate, heard it all before.
Donald Trump's Chances of Winning Election Are Declining:
They're getting the old band back together
The traitor Paul Manafort on the floor at the Republican convention
When a person or persons show you the same reprobate mind . . . even after lying about changing ( for a mere few days). . . go on. . . believe them this time: And don't ever forget it!
This NEXT time there will be no pretend 'sorry' issued by Donald/Trumpists for what they are 'bout to do! Even that banner on the wall delineates we did it "Once' - implying they can do the similar things again!
That's so he can report firsthand to Russian intelligence like he did in 2016.
This 'act' being committed by a so-called politician is a big time scream: "In yo face!"
Kamala Harris challenged JD Vance to three debates today. Vance declined, saying that Harris might not even be the eventual VP candidate.
The real reason is that Harris would pounce on the fact that Vance is on record saying he would like to end all abortion. Something like 75% of Americans are in favor of choice until late in the pregnancy.
At this rate. . .she may be the democratic party candidate for president: A(nother) First!
Are democrats dumb enough to believe that JD Vance has the power to end all abortion? Joe Biden says he is a Catholic, the Catholic Church is 100% against abortion, is Joe a hypocrite or just a shitty Catholic?
Absolutely. These are the people who believe project 2025 will replace the Constitution.
Sometimes I think they used Qanon as a playbook and then pumped it up with as many steroids as they could.
Trump entered the convention hall tonight with "Its A Man's World " by James Brown playing over the P.A. system.
You don’t care for James Brown?
Do you think your comment has any value ?
About the same as observing the music played as Trump entered the hall.
lol
Here is a partial list of the musicians who have objected to Trump using their music at his rallies:
Adele, Aerosmith, Bruce Springsteen, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Eddy Grant, Elton John, the estate of George Harrison, the family of Isaac Hayes and co-writer David Porter, the estate of Leonard Cohen, the family of Luciano Pavarotti, Neil Young, Ozzy Osbourne, Pharrell Williams, Phil Collins, the estate of Prince, Queen, R.E.M., Rihanna, The Rolling Stones, the family of Tom Petty, the Village People.
Some either threatened or initiated legal action.
Trump, well-known for his total disregard for law and order, defied a cease and desist order from John Fogerty over the use of "Fortunate Son".
Trump was using George Harrison's "Here Comes the Sun" to which the family strenuously objected, although they did say they would consider allowing him to use "Beware of Darkness".
The estate of Leonard Cohen objected to Trump's unauthorized use of "Hallelujah", but said they would consider approving use of "You Want It Darker".
LOL! Which man?
No 'men' to be found among those spineless fat ass kissing weasels, especially, the former 'president'.
Kimberly Guilfoyle looks like a ghoul.
Do you think your comment has value, why?
You asked the same question to Drinker above. What nakes your comment more ‘valuable’ than his?
Scary looking hateful evil bitch isn't she?
sign in window of Milwaukee shop during Republican convention
Ohio Senator J.D. Vance: Keep Fighting Abortion, “Giving Up on the Unborn is Not an Option”
Opinion | Senator J.D. Vance | Nov 10, 2023
There is something sociopathic about a political movement that tells young women (and men) that it is liberating to murder their own children. So let’s keep fighting for our country’s children, and let’s find a way to win.
Please tell me I'm not the only one who sees the irony here
For cryin' out loud! They were guilty as sin. The MAGA-ites are always telling liberal Hollywood people to sit down and shut up so now it's my turn to tell Miss Savannah to sit down, shut up, and color
It's 'amazing' (not really) to see how Trumpists "whine" and then expect to 'dine' at the expense of decency and rule of law.
I don't take these people seriously, do you?
They give hypocrisy a whole new definition
Yes, I do. Because as we can all see they are seriously meddling in the deepest affairs (bowels) of liberalism/liberals, so much so until we can't look away from where their 'knife' will score next!
I'm one who can only imagine what my youth could have been like, and my old age too, had it not been for a conservative stranglehold on this country from its inception. I have only recently gotten clear-minded (watching change happen) on the subject to look back over the times in this country and realize just what a hold conservatives possessed over the minds and hearts of people.
It is no 'wonder' that they think they are losing something that belongs to them as a possession: Because, even when we didn't think of ourselves as 'belongings' we were 'possessed" by them through the times themselves.
You know what, I forgot that you are a Gay African American Man. Yes, you should take them seriously. These people won't be happy until they've reversed every Civil Right and take us back to the "good ol days" (which were anything but)
And it's has similarities to the 'predicament' for girls and women. Trumpists literally want to rule over you; they want to remove your power, a female's ability to see beyond simple measures. Where you are weak, just because males are strong.
It was quite a revelation to realize how concentrated the past is over us. But on a positive note, our society has enlightened itself into power (for all) and we should not let any group put a(nother) 'glamour' on us.
Make America Great Again should mean as it moves forward for all its diverse, inclusive, people—not a regression to a period when one group's social dynamic was thought to be 'perfected' by keeping females, homosexuals, and races in their 'starting' blocks. Nor should it mean that a liberal must be COMPELLED to become a conservative (of some type/kind) just to be understood. . .and have a measure of success in a shared (mutual) society.