[OFFICIAL] Republican National Convention 2020 thread

I will just quote a few key lines, but the entire article is definitely worth reading. Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich (R-GA) believes that the Republican National Convention "was the most historically effective convention of my lifetime".

These 2 Weeks Sealed the Deal for Trump, Against Biden

As someone who has been watching conventions since 1956, I think this was the most historically effective convention of my lifetime. Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel deserves a lot of credit for organizing, managing and presiding over an amazingly complex operation. The Republican National Convention simply dwarfed the Democrats’ convention in scale, complexity and people participation.

The GOP convention prime time speakers were almost a decade younger on average than the Democrats’ a week earlier. The range of ethnic diversity was beyond anything any prior Republican convention had achieved. The number of everyday Americans – from lobstermen, farmers, industrial workers, small business owners and police officials – was dramatically larger than any former Republican convention. The number of African American speakers who repudiated Democratic attacks alleging the president is a racist – and championed his policies as having helped minority communities – was compelling. I think we will see significant support for the president in November because of it.

Finally, the president’s speech was more like a State of the Union than a traditional rah-rah convention speech. I think this made it more effective in the long run. This was an incumbent president sharing with the American people his understanding of what had been accomplished, what was worth fighting for, and what he would accomplish if reelected. It was a serious, adult speech. What some reporters thought was flat or uninspiring I thought was Eisenhower-like in its calm, commonsense language.

This was a controlled, serious, thoughtful and eminently presidential Trump – exactly what his critics had called for over the last three-and-a-half years. It confused them when they actually experienced it.​

I agree. This was the most efficient, effective and easy to watch convention that I have seen in my lifetime. I am a bit younger than Newt, but I vaguely remember watching some of the convention for Carter vs. Ford. So I do have some perspective on this. This was the best national party convention that has yet been produced in our country. Period. Both parties will want to do their conventions using this as a model going forward. Watch and see. It was that good.

Of course the Democrats will insist that they are doing no such thing. But actions speak louder than words, especially when they are coming from the mouths of politicians. Which is what so many of President Trump's followers like about him - his actions and what he has been able to accomplish, under remarkable duress from the establishment elites and the mass media. Not least of all, this excellent Republican National Convention. Simply remarkable.

Newt Gingrich went on to predict that "These two weeks sealed the deal". I think it went a long way towards that end. But of course it would make no sense to take that for granted. Now is the time for President Trump and his supporters to move in and decisively finish the job.

 

In 20 years it will be a mark of shame to say that you supported Trump. I hope you guys are looking forward to having to live with that the rest of your life.

 

Oh, that's the story, you're just stupid

Fascism (/ˈfæʃɪzəm/) is a form of far-right, authoritarian ultranationalism characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition, as well as strong regimentation of society and of the economy which came to prominence in early 20th-century Europe.

I thought all this time you were just brainwashed

 

Either way I’m ready to Roc

...And that is not a shout out to China @tinman

 

Leftists are such liars. That is not what fascism is. Fascism is just another form of socialism, albiet with a more realistic appreciation of how market economics works.

Let's look at some of the similarities of the German fascists and the Russian/Soviet Communists.

1. They both claimed to be socialists. The Russians eventually renamed their country the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and NAZI is an acronym for National Socialist German Workers Party. The Nazis were fascists and the Russians/Soviets were communists, and they were both socialists.
2. Yes, socialists lie about what they are, and both the Nazis and the Communists lied to their people, that is a fact that no sane person will try to dispute. The Russians started first of course, with their revolution going back to 1917, when they campaigned on a platform of Marxist socialism (Communism). The Russian people were promised the overthrow of the bourgeoisie by the proletariat, resulting in a classless society, and basically an age of utopia. You know the drill. Similarly, the Nazis in Germany promised that they would restore prosperity to their country, as the Germans were under the burden of immense reparations from WWI, and then came the great depression. Hitler and the Nazis promised that if the people would just trust them, then the Nazis would fix everything and life would be wonderful. It was a complete lie.
3. Both the communists and the fascists initially came into power by election, and then ended democratic voting on their watch.
4. Both the fascists and the communists relied on thugs to violently intimidate and bully their opposition into submission.
5. Both the communists and the fascists were excellent propagandists, who controlled the media and published lies and severely punished any who dared to defy them in terms of speech.
6. Both the fascists and the communists terrorized and systematically killed their political enemies, which in both cases numbered well into the millions.
7. Both the communists and the fascists controlled the means of production, although in Germany property ownership was still allowed. The Communists in Russia outlawed property ownership at one point.
8. Both the fascists and the communists were effectively collectivists, with their power exercised under totalitarian control.
9. Both the communists and the fascists ruled by the rule of man and did not respect the rule of law. If you crossed the people running these regimes, you were quickly imprisoned or executed.

These are a lot of similarities and not a lot of huge differences.

The "polar opposite" of these sorts of regimes is a constitutional Republic, which respects the rule of law and allows no person to be above the law, not even its rulers. Or if you want to take that a bit further, something that is strictly libertarian, meaning government basically being limited to national and domestic defense.

Clearly, these two socialist regimes were not the "polar opposite" of each other. They were close rivals both of which had dreams of international expansion and realized that they were a mortal threat to each other. Eventually, with our help, the communists won during WWII. But it was not because they were "polar opposites".

 

Merriam Webster is a communist plot

fascisism

fas·cism | \ ˈfa-ˌshi-zəm also ˈfa-ˌsi- \
Definition of fascism


1 often capitalized : a political philosophy, movement, or regime (such as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition
2: a tendency toward or actual exercise of strong autocratic or dictatorial controlearly instances of army fascism and brutality— J. W. Aldridge

 

You know, if your circle jerk lead you so wrong on fascism, maybe a lot of their other tenants are lying bullshit too. mabbe?

 

I like your mojo

- Captain America

 

Melania puts on the smiling act of a loving, supporting wife until Nepotism Barbie walks by. You can just feel the love.....LOL.



“Donald Trump has had several foreign wives. It turns out that there are really are jobs Americans won’t do.” —Mitt Romney

 

Um...if the people are stating that they don’t recognize the Democratic Party...that means they shouldn’t be labeled as Democrat mayors.

 

https://www.wsmv.com/news/sen-marsh...cle_b78a1eca-e81e-11ea-8ab1-d3ed6b7b11bf.html

Sen. Marsha Blackburn voices displeasure with being "fact checked" after speech at RNC

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Related:

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/rnc-2020-day-3/h_594a670012bfedbd857fc0cb79cead7f

Fact check: Blackburn's claim that Democrats encourage looting is misleading