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The vibe I get from twitter is this thing is a train wreck. n/t (Original Post)
itsrobert
Jul 2016
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C_U_L8R
(45,021 posts)1. Looks like a train wreck inside too.
The crowd shots are hilarious... empty seats and those that are hanging about
don't seem to be paying attention to the lackluster speeches.
RAFisher
(466 posts)3. I'm convinced a 5 year old planned this. There is no order.
The Senator and Representative spoke to an empty arena. While earlier 2 vets in jeans rambled about everything during Benghazi.
glennward
(989 posts)2. From the Right or the Left? nt
writes3000
(4,734 posts)5. Hard to tell but far more bashing Day 1 than raving about it.
helpisontheway
(5,008 posts)4. Polls after convention
I wonder if Trump's poll numbers could actually DROP after the convention. 😂
grossproffit
(5,591 posts)6. It's almost unbelievable. eom
sofa king
(10,857 posts)7. I for one was very pleased...
... because it was a totally disastrous staged train wreck, where nobody actually got hurt. I almost felt bad for them, but the constant reference to Triumph of the Will reminded me that stupid is evil, when guided by the wrong hand.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)8. How are you using Twitter to follow it? Which hashtags?
For #GOPconvention,Top tweet is:
Retweeted 1,279 times
POLITICO ?@politico 8 hours ago
.@KenCuccinelli throws his credentials to the floor #gopconvention
VIDEO
Retweeted 1,279 times
POLITICO ?@politico 8 hours ago
.@KenCuccinelli throws his credentials to the floor #gopconvention
VIDEO
This showed up on my non-political feed:
Jarrett Hill @JarrettHill
CORRECTION: Melania stole a whole graph from Michelle's speech. #GOPConvention
WATCH: ?t=2m4s
Jarrett Hill @JarrettHill
CORRECTION: Melania stole a whole graph from Michelle's speech. #GOPConvention
WATCH: ?t=2m4s