Convention wackiness thread - GOP Edition

[bama_wayne1]

He should have just gotten Kasich to manage the convention.

You mean the convention that he hasn't shown up to?

 

[Catfish]

You mean the convention that he hasn't shown up to?

My post should have been in blue.

 

[crimsonaudio]

Not urine, but a protester set himself on fire while burning a flag in protest:

FOX

Play stupid games...

 

[bama_wayne1]

My post should have been in blue.

Sorry, I wondered that.

 

[KentuckianaBFan]

Not urine, but a protester set himself on fire while burning a flag in protest:

FOX

I hope the flag is OK.

 

[Catfish]

"Chuck Todd! Have Matt Lauer washed and brought to my tent! My weasel wants to make love to your goatee!" :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

 

[jthomas666]

I think Cruz is counting on Trump losing in a blowout, and Cruz picking up the pieces and putting the party back together in four years. If Trump loses, I expect he will start his own cable news network. With Ailes out at Fox, it's possible the stars at Fox will migrate to Trump's new network. That way, Trump wins even by losing.

Someone on NPR this morning said that if Trump gets blown out, then all of this will be forgotten.

But if Trump loses a close election, Cruz will be lucky if he only gets hung in effigy.

And apparently, the "vote your conscience" passage was not in the advance copy given to the press. Make of that what you will.

 

[92tide]

Someone on NPR this morning said that if Trump gets blown out, then all of this will be forgotten.

But if Trump loses a close election, Cruz will be lucky if he only gets hung in effigy.

And apparently, the "vote your conscience" passage was not in the advance copy given to the press. Make of that what you will.

i listened to a bit on the way into work this morning. it's funny, in most of the interviews i am hearing with delegates, they all got the memo to gripe about hillary, but they wont actually say trump's name. they either refer to the nominee, or a platitudinous, "we have to make sure we have republican ideas in the white house" (still not sure what those ideas are)

 

[jthomas666]

i listened to a bit on the way into work this morning. it's funny, in most of the interviews i am hearing with delegates, they all got the memo to gripe about hillary, but they wont actually say trump's name. they either refer to the nominee, or a platitudinous, "we have to make sure we have republican ideas in the white house" (still not sure what those ideas are)

Yesterday afternoon, NPR was interviewing Cruz' campaign manager, it the guy was clearly trying desperately to construct an argument that would justify supporting Trump, and just as clearly not wanting to do so.

 

[92tide]

Yesterday afternoon, NPR was interviewing Cruz' campaign manager, it the guy was clearly trying desperately to construct an argument that would justify supporting Trump, and just as clearly not wanting to do so.

the platform seems to be "keep hillary out of office so we don't have another 4 years of obama's disastrous regime"

 

[selmaborntidefan]

Isn't that what happens every time there is a tight race? Why do you think the POTUS met with Bernie? To get him to swallow his pride to unite the party. Yes I realize that all happened before the convention, but I think you will see it carry into the primary.

If a poster on TideFans like you or I knows this, shouldn't Trump have enough brains to know this and have done something about it before now???

 

[selmaborntidefan]

Yesterday afternoon, NPR was interviewing Cruz' campaign manager, it the guy was clearly trying desperately to construct an argument that would justify supporting Trump, and just as clearly not wanting to do so.

But there was a politically astute way around that.....if Cruz REALLY wanted to do it. Just pull a Jesse Jackson and endorse "the ticket" or "the ideas of the Republican nominees".........and do it BEFORE the Convention. Going into the day of his big speech, Ted Cruz and NOT Trump is the big story. We could literally say that Cruz trumped Trump at his own tactic of making everything about himself.

 

[ValuJet]

Today is the last day of the Republican Convention. Some of y'all may want to take a nitroglycerin tablet to get through it.

 

[92tide]

Today is the last day of the Republican Convention. Some of y'all may want to take a nitroglycerin tablet to get through it.

for the previous 3 days, i have been laughing so much that i can hardly catch my breath. i may need bottled oxygen.

 

[jthomas666]

But there was a politically astute way around that.....if Cruz REALLY wanted to do it. Just pull a Jesse Jackson and endorse "the ticket" or "the ideas of the Republican nominees".........and do it BEFORE the Convention. Going into the day of his big speech, Ted Cruz and NOT Trump is the big story. We could literally say that Cruz trumped Trump at his own tactic of making everything about himself.

And the amazing thing is that so many people seem surprised.

 

[ValuJet]

for the previous 3 days, i have been laughing so much that i can hardly catch my breath. i may need bottled oxygen.

If you think this is good, just wait til next week.

 

[92tide]

And the amazing thing is that so many people seem surprised.

i have to admit, i am a little bit surprised that the convention is this big of a charlie foxtrot.

 

[Chukker Veteran]

Someone on NPR this morning said that if Trump gets blown out, then all of this will be forgotten.

But if Trump loses a close election, Cruz will be lucky if he only gets hung in effigy.

And apparently, the "vote your conscience" passage was not in the advance copy given to the press. Make of that what you will.

If Cruz back stabbed Donald by slipping that phase in, all the better.

I do think Trump's people knew Cruz was not going to endorse and figured out how to exploit It. By getting the New York contingent to commence booing so Trump could make his grand entrance with the entire room booing his adversary.

 

[92tide]

If you think this is good, just wait til next week.

yes, im sure the ns board will deliver.

 

[ValuJet]

I think some of you need a reality check. "Well, Cruz just blew himself up blah blah blah."

Point noted but there are a lot of people closer to the action who would vehemently disagree.