It was not.
I tuned in at about a quarter to 10pm and was immediately treated to Kimberly Gilfoyle, ie Don Jr's girlfriend, screaming like a banshee at the top of her lungs. Then came snoozefest Steve Scalise, who regaled us all with the amazingly heartwarming story of when he got shot and Trump came to visit him at the hospital. He sounded like the 7 year-old thrilled that his divorced dad showed up at his Pizza Hut birthday party for 5 minutes before leaving with his new, incredibly inappropriately-aged girlfriend. Next was some guy who did something brave in Iraq in 2006, then Don Jr, the crown jewel, who screamed at the camera that if you don't vote for daddy then America would be one huge hellscape. Nikki Haley calmed things down by walking us through the story of a white guy in South Carolina murdering black people in a church, which led to her taking down the Confederate flag in the SC state house, and then she pivoted to tell us that racism does not exist in the USA. Last up was the GOP's "I can't be racist because I know a black guy" Tim Scott, the only speaker who showed a glimpse of positivity and warmth but he'll probably never be seen again because he spent his time talking about Tim Scott and not his royal highness Donald Trump.
Again, I was shocked at how dull it was - at least the Democrats had different backgrounds; each Republican dutifully walked up to the same podium to excrete there revisionist history.
Oh well. Maybe tonight we'll get the strippers being shot out of cannons?
Here's a few tweets of mine as it ran, enjoy!
What time is the cop who killed George Floyd speaking at the RNC tonight?— XMASTIME (@XMASTIMEblog) August 24, 2020
Wow tuning into the #RNCConvention2020 now and whoever these Democrats are, they sure sound like evil monsters who want to burn down the country by...(checks notes...checks them again to make sure)...giving people affordable healthcare.— XMASTIME (@XMASTIMEblog) August 25, 2020
Guilfoyle into Scalise is like following up the WWE with the McLaughlin Group except not as interesting. #RNCConvention2020— XMASTIME (@XMASTIMEblog) August 25, 2020
Iraqi ware hero now telling his story hahahaha what a loser just wait until Trump tells about the time he overcame getting shamed into tipping the full 15% at a Red Robin. #RNC #perspective— XMASTIME (@XMASTIMEblog) August 25, 2020
Haley giving a history lesson to a group who only care about a certain 4-year stretch of history is interesting to watch. #RNCConvention2020— XMASTIME (@XMASTIMEblog) August 25, 2020
Out of solidarity with his girlfriend, is Don Jr. gonna scream at the camera for 15 minutes tonight? #RNCConvention2020— XMASTIME (@XMASTIMEblog) August 25, 2020
If Trump had a sense of humor, after Junior's "please watch me daddy!" speech he'd tell him "oh sorry, I was flipping around, guess I missed it..." #RNCConvention2020— XMASTIME (@XMASTIMEblog) August 25, 2020
If Trump does lose then the networks should pay him whatever it takes to film his family's Thanksgiving dinner live on tv. #RNCConvention2020— XMASTIME (@XMASTIMEblog) August 25, 2020
Tim Scott seems to be saying that if people had more money then things would be better. What a magician, I'm totally writing that one down. #RNCConvention2020— XMASTIME (@XMASTIMEblog) August 25, 2020
I was gonna make a "Trump just looked at the tv and said 'hey I thought John Lewis was dead'" joke but took the high road instead. You're welcome, folks. #RNCConvention2020— XMASTIME (@XMASTIMEblog) August 25, 2020
I really thought the #RNC would be more exciting. Incredibly dumb and packed with lies, but exciting. Other than Junior's girlfriend screaming at me it's been a snoozefest. (PS - how much does she charge to do that privately by the hour? Asking for me.)— XMASTIME (@XMASTIMEblog) August 25, 2020
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