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I don't think I can do this.
Idea: Both parties should stream an MST3K version of the other party's convention. Ratings gold. I would totally love to see Trump and Melania watching this and hearing their comments.
One thing that's fun about watching the DNC is how their messaging is identical to corporate media messaging. What are the odds?
I will pay cash money for someone at the DNC -- ANYONE -- to do something exciting over the next two hours. I did not get much sleep last night and I'm going to need someone to spice things up. These pre-recorded, perfectly composed vignettes are not doing it for me.
One of the things that made 2016 Trump rallies so fascinating was that the campaign didn't pick who sat behind him the way campaigns normally do it -- to get attractive women and the right balance of skin color, signage, etc. Instead, you'd get this "here comes everybody" feel
and it was oddly fascinating to watch people just looking at their phones, or possibly having had a bit to drink before showing up at the rally, or calling their friends to tell them to look at them on the TV, etc. This ethos continued at the WH in picture composition
They'd take pictures of visitors to the Oval Office that looked like they could have been published in a local newspaper. Just line people up in an awkward pose. And in all of these cases, the visuals were utterly captivating BECAUSE they weren't perfect
And that is my advice for political parties and campaigns. Reconsider whether you want perfectly polished, perfectly composed ads and videos. You may be surprised how well it goes for you. OK, back to pretending to watch.
I know Americans are decades past wanting to hear this and nobody else agrees with me but my old lady opinion is that you should reconsider whether you really want to exploit family drama or tragedies for political or social gain.
This doctor with a soul patch is cracking me up.
DNC going all in on banning children from school -- showing public teacher union members arguing for schools to keep children from attending. Interesting electoral strategy.
Gretchen Whitmer has good lighting on her.
Susan Molinari, speaking now, was billed as a "Republican congressman" -- better known as a big time Google lobbyist who was paid millions to lobby for RUSSIA. It makes me laugh. https://thefederalist.com/2020/08/17/top-dnc-speaker-susan-molinari-made-millions-lobbying-for-russia-federal-records-show/
Poor John Kasich. NBC calls him "Kaisch"
What percentage of people who voted for Trump in 2016 will not vote for him in 2020?
Biden should have picked Amy Klobuchar to be his VP. Fight me.
Just had a phone chat with other people who have to watch this and mostly we all just screamed at each other about how bad this pre-produced show is.
Bernie Sanders is the heart and soul tonight's proceedings, which has both upsides and downsides for the party, obviously.
Michelle Obama says that maybe Democrats lost because voters were "fed up" in 2016. Harsh!
By the way, it is common for reporters and pundits to loathe conventions and I have always praised them and I tell you, I bet they're all admitting that they're infinitely preferable to what this year's things are going to be like.
I know I already said it but it really is something that Democrats copy corporate media messaging for their political convention.
Michelle Obama said she knew some people won't listen to what she has to say because she's a "black woman speaking at the Democratic National Convention." I'm sure she didn't mean to suggest that people who disagree with her are not listening to her because they're racist.
OK, so seeing how this went, what should RNC do next week to spice things up?
I survived the first night of the 2020 conventions!!
Mark just said he thought Democrats should cut it down to two hours and I had to tell him that it was only two hours long tonight.
Fear can be a valuable motivator for voters, but that was one joyless evening.
