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kpete

(71,996 posts)
Fri Jul 22, 2016, 08:07 PM Jul 2016

TRUMP=LOSER: Acceptance Speech Bombs: Does Same Ratings As Romney, Less Than McCain

The myth that Donald Trump is a special political ratings draw was smashed as Trump's acceptance speech had about the same number of viewers as Mitt Romney's did in 2012, and 10 million fewer viewers than John McCain did in 2008.

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What Trump ended up with was a bunch of his friends, people who never spoke a political convention before, the fringes of the Republican Party, Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan, a diss from Ted Cruz, and tons of Trump family.

It was not good television.

The record ratings never came. Donald Trump’s convention, much like his candidacy, failed to live up to what he promised. Donald Trump isn’t the big ratings draw that he claims to be. In fact, it turns that Republicans have managed to nominate nothing more than orange Mitt Romney with impulse control issues as their candidate for president.

Donald Trump lied, and the Republican Party died.


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TRUMP=LOSER: Acceptance Speech Bombs: Does Same Ratings As Romney, Less Than McCain (Original Post) kpete Jul 2016 OP
Was listening to Thom Hartmann on XM today, he thinks Trump will doc03 Jul 2016 #1
"No you're wrong and a stupid loser. See it's the greatest acceptance speech ever!" Initech Jul 2016 #2
k UTUSN Jul 2016 #3

doc03

(35,345 posts)
1. Was listening to Thom Hartmann on XM today, he thinks Trump will
Fri Jul 22, 2016, 08:26 PM
Jul 2016

win the election. He said Trump hit all the right points for middle class white people and he will get at least a 5 point bump from the convention and probably 70% or more of the white vote.. Of course Hartmann was a Sanders supporter.

Initech

(100,080 posts)
2. "No you're wrong and a stupid loser. See it's the greatest acceptance speech ever!"
Fri Jul 22, 2016, 08:32 PM
Jul 2016

"I'm the greatest speech writer ever! Nobody writes greater speeches than I do. I'm the best speech writer. I use the best words. Nobody uses better words than I do. It's going to be huuuuuuuge!"

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