The Republican Convention - Best Reality Show EVAH!

[MineralMan]

I don't know about anyone else, but I'm going to be turning on CSPAN and checking in on the GOP convention whenever I possibly can. I've been watching presidential nomination conventions on TV for as long as I can remember, starting with Eisenhower's time. They have fascinated me for decades. This year, with Donald Trump as the star, the GOP convention promises everything a reality show needs. It should be a non-stop laugh-fest, with party bigwigs forced to accept the nomination of an orange-haired baboon as the party's candidate. The people have spoken and they've demanded an idiot to represent them. What could be better?

It's can't-miss television. Tune in and prepare for non-stop viewing pleasure.

[Cosmocat]

1. It's going to be different

4 years ago, the big moment was Eastwood going full dementia with an empty chair.

THAT was the exciting moment.

[Vinca]

2. It's definitely going to be a freak show.

I've got a bad feeling though. I worry that activity outside the convention might get more attention than anything going on inside which would be a huge benefit to the Trumpenfuhrer. Which reminds me. Has the Donald been disappeared? I think he's gone more than 24 hours without a bizarre statement. Maybe they've got him locked in a room somewhere.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. I usually don't watch much of the conventions, especially the recent ones,

since for the most part they have become just big, bloated, boring infomercials. They were much more interesting in the olden days when the delegates actually fought over things instead of just rubber-stamping what's already been decided. I probably won't watch much of the Dem convention - maybe a speech or two. But the GOPers - that's a whole 'nother show. It will be more like finding yourself as a gawker at a train wreck. It's horrible but you can't make yourself stop watching because it's also fascinating and weird.

I'll need lots of popcorn, I think.

[wiggs]

4. Not relishing it. For sure, it will continue the degradation and rot of our

public discourse and media drama. It will be a low point for our country...something to be embarrassed about. Behavior of the gop and the state of journalism has been an embarrassment for quite a while and this will highlight it. I wish media were capable of giving it proper perspective and ridicule every lie, hyperbole, ignorant statement, and manipulative deception, but they won't.

I'll follow highlights with disgust, probably much through DU, NYT and TPM, but wish they were contributing to democracy/public discourse rather than polluting it.

[Hortensis]

5. A 4-day laugh-fest for an asylum maybe, but

it'll definitely have lots of can't-miss moments. I'm really looking forward to it and will be recording the whole thing and watching all the finest.

How reality-TV pro Trump restyles the Republican National Convention should be entertaining in a horrifying, surreal way all by itself. This is an American institution after all. On the plus side, Trump's kids will be featured, and I wouldn't miss boxing promoter Don King's speech for anything.

[femmocrat]

6. I plan to watch it, too.

Like you, I remember watching conventions back to Eisenhower and Stephenson. I always enjoy the roll call.

[shockey80]

7. Republican comedy show

I will have my dvd ready. This will be the best comedy on tv. I hope it does not turn into something else.