On a serious note, I actually do have a problem with using the firefighting uniform as a prop. I think that's in poor taste. Not a big enough deal to make a stink of, but enough to mention it.
Trump acceptance speech thread.
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no the name of the band that played throughout the night
caught up in you
pride and joy
la grange
what I like about you
soul man....etc
Did he mention the poor guy who died? Or the people who got seriously hurt?
Come on, Don. At least mention them.
Come on, Don. At least mention them.
It's like you are broadcasting into his teleprompter.
He calls people “Trumpsters”. 😂
I’m not sure why that’s so funny to me.
I’m not sure why that’s so funny to me.
He’s so horrible. Hulkster. Dana white. Rotten no good trump. These are my people. I don’t relate to the rapinoes and kaepernicks and AOC’s and biden/Harris/Newsom.
We have two Americas. Almost evenly divided. Not sure how we go forward
Something I don't get about Trump's speech. He has teleprompters. So why does he ramble and repeat himself so much? Are his speeches written that way, or is he doing it impromptu? And if the latter, how hard must that be on the guy whose only job is to scroll the text on the teleprompter?
He’s not a sociopath. He’s a man born in 1946 to a stern father.
Somber emotion, tears and feelings in general from men were considered ******y, and life might’ve been better that way tbh.
Partially answering my own questions about Trump's speech text, this just posted from the Guardian live feed:
At one point, Trump said, “I’m only standing here by the grace of almighty God.”
I just turned around to look at the teleprompter to see the remarks as prepared for delivery. That line was not scripted.
Donald Trump is the greatest troll in the history of the world. That’s what I tell my kids.
Do you think he's really self-aware enough to make that call? Because he could just be narcissistic and delusional.
Prompters are BS anyway. How could Lincoln have become a great orator without his prompter? Or Jackson? Or JFK? Patrick Henry? FDR?
Memorize your key points and speak extemporaneously like a man.
Oh, he has no idea. He thinks he’s saving the world.
There’s just something about him that is totally unique. He’s the most divisive person I’ve ever seen. Or will ever see, if I had to guess.
I actually support this. I did speech and debate in both high school and college, and I see teleprompters as cheating. They are lazy. But for politicians, they've been standard for decades, so it is what it is.
That's why I'm actually impressed by people who do well in debates. I became a Jon Huntsman fan when he demolished Romney, not because I agreed with anything Huntsman stands for, but because he knew how to make his point on his feet, and deliver it well, while Romney looked like he was swimming upstream.
In that same election, Perry destroyed his campaign because the lack of a prompter made him forget 1/3 of his most important point.
Well, he has tapped an heir, so we'll see just how divisive Vance can be in four years, won't we?
The Guardian keeps reporting on the prompter, and apparently Trump is getting very extemporaneous.
I have done the house roast every month in college, known to give a great wedding speech, and some open mics that went really well.
Kudos. Just read. If you don’t read, you can’t speak.
Forehead. It’s why King Kong Brody would slit his in matches. As for the firefighter prop being in bad taste. Everything trump does is in bad taste. It’s his charm
Love it!! I’ve been known to give a great wedding speech myself. It’s an art
To be clear, it appears that what The Guardian is reporting is that Trump's speech as written is the unity-centric new speech he promised, but he's going off script regularly to be the old Trump we all know and love.
There will never be another Donald Trump.
Is there anything worse than a bridesmaid or feeble groomsmen getting up their with his hands trembling while he/ she reads of a piece of printer paper?
Or worse, a phone?
Makes me ache for humanity.
I was best man once, and gave one of the greatest toasts ever. I mean, I had everyone in the Lincoln Financial building (I think it's PNC now? I dunno) just rolling. But I also paid attention to my crowd. When I felt I peaked, before the crowd turned on me, I wrapped it up.
That marriage lasted a good four or five years. Wouldn't have been more than 18 months without my speech.
one can say he is full of sh!t
but at least he can speak in coherently
and at length
Also dozens if not hundreds of Kelley and business presentations, followed by cross questioning which are much tougher than debate kids I would think as they are actually knowledgeable.
Agree and the $1 million check in hand not cool. Just raise the money and quietly give to the family.
I honestly thought he was going to say the check was from Elon.
More from The Guardian, which may describe the American voter better than anything else:
Alice Herman
Overheard in the floor section where the Wisconsin delegation is sitting, as Trump talked about the Green Bay Packers having a good season:
“I love this man, my god.”
It’s a band named Sixwire that is based out of Nashville. Not recording artists but same band that has played at NFL Draft and Daytona 500 in the past.
They feature Lars Ulrich in guest spots on drums.
great band
I think they played over at Sweetwater in FW a couple summers ago
