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MineralMan

(146,325 posts)
Tue Jul 19, 2016, 12:35 PM Jul 2016

Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop...

So, what will the disaster be at today's RNC Convention? How can they top yesterday? Let's look at the possibilities:

During the Roll Call vote of the states, Never Trump delegates turn their backs to the podium.
Loud boos from the crowd when the nomination is announced.
Trump's son plagiarizes a Chelsea Clinton speech.

What else might happen to spoil The Donald's™ Big Night?

Your suggestions?

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Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop... (Original Post) MineralMan Jul 2016 OP
Lovely Melania flips off the crowd--in a fetching way JohnnyLib2 Jul 2016 #1
No, no. Melania has been sent to her room for the duration. MineralMan Jul 2016 #2
I think she might escape. MoonRiver Jul 2016 #6
I heard she was shopping Tiffany's on a notebook computer. MineralMan Jul 2016 #14
Got to watch those staff. I think they will spring her, for a price of course. MoonRiver Jul 2016 #15
It's such a f*ckup that anything could happen. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2016 #3
Shoes and vegetation hurled at the stage? cyberpunk Jul 2016 #4
The entire point of television this great is that it is unpredictable, the next shoe dropped Bluenorthwest Jul 2016 #5
I can see the headlines now. Never Trump Delegates Drop Trou! MineralMan Jul 2016 #8
At this point nothing would suprise me. Bluenorthwest Jul 2016 #9
I just knew that this convention would be must-see-TV. MineralMan Jul 2016 #11
+1 nt NCTraveler Jul 2016 #12
Three more nights! PatSeg Jul 2016 #7
Heavy drinking is highly recommended. MineralMan Jul 2016 #10
I'm sure it has already begun PatSeg Jul 2016 #13
The balloons drop on Tiffany. vegetarian x Jul 2016 #16
Norovirus sinks the GREAT Trump campaign. GeorgeGist Jul 2016 #17
That would be a pantload of a disaster, for sure. MineralMan Jul 2016 #19
That's what they get for exiling the Calif delegation. Front page of LA Times... Hekate Jul 2016 #20
Dude, what's that smell? MineralMan Jul 2016 #21
Maybe Christy will throw away his speech in favor of a rant about not being selected for VP. yellowcanine Jul 2016 #18
I'm afraid of what entitled white men do when they panic. Orsino Jul 2016 #22
Chris Christie will eat a live rat on national television... First Speaker Jul 2016 #23

MineralMan

(146,325 posts)
2. No, no. Melania has been sent to her room for the duration.
Tue Jul 19, 2016, 12:50 PM
Jul 2016

There's a guard at her door to prevent any further embarrassment.

MineralMan

(146,325 posts)
14. I heard she was shopping Tiffany's on a notebook computer.
Tue Jul 19, 2016, 01:18 PM
Jul 2016

Just a rumor, of course, from the housekeeping staff.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,829 posts)
3. It's such a f*ckup that anything could happen.
Tue Jul 19, 2016, 12:50 PM
Jul 2016

The level of chaos and incompetence has made accurate predictions impossible.

 

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)
5. The entire point of television this great is that it is unpredictable, the next shoe dropped
Tue Jul 19, 2016, 12:54 PM
Jul 2016

could be someone's pants instead of a shoe. It's anyone's guess.
This is not just bad, it's the Plan Nine From Outer Space of political conventions. Definitive awfulness which becomes nearly sublime due to the purity of the wretchedness.

Hekate

(90,779 posts)
20. That's what they get for exiling the Calif delegation. Front page of LA Times...
Tue Jul 19, 2016, 02:35 PM
Jul 2016

My major hope is that a lot of them make it to the Convention today anyway, and...let nature take its course.

Orsino

(37,428 posts)
22. I'm afraid of what entitled white men do when they panic.
Tue Jul 19, 2016, 02:54 PM
Jul 2016

In a crowd of nominal Second Amendment fetishists with a platform of getting "tough" on anything and everything? When the money masters don't know what the fuck to do, and no one seems competent to do it?

I would be amazed if they can keep riots at bay, with the possibility of gunplay to make it so much worse.

First Speaker

(4,858 posts)
23. Chris Christie will eat a live rat on national television...
Tue Jul 19, 2016, 03:44 PM
Jul 2016

...and the media, by midnight, will be talking about how bad Ratgate is for the Clinton campaign...

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