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[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by Pete F.

"You know who's going to be in charge of it? Cory Booker. That's going to be nice" -- Trump is barely trying to conceal his racism

Ah! criticizing Corey Booker is racist.

How about the liberal criticism of all the blacks who spoke at the RNC? Or Biden saying you ain't black if you ain't for him.

[Pete F.]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

Ah! criticizing Corey Booker is racist.

How about the liberal criticism of all the blacks who spoke at the RNC? Or Biden saying you ain't black if you ain't for him.

Use your big head and think about just what position in Biden's administration would Booker resign his Senate seat to take?

You want to talk about Tweety's Reality show?

25 were members of the Tweety's family or Tweety's administration, and 72 were white, reflecting the white membership of the Republican Party. After rounding up every African-American they could find willing to say anything nice about Tweety, the RNC featured 12 Blacks at the podium, 13 percent of speakers and four times the percentage of Blacks in the Republican Party.

Think of it this way: Most of the white speakers came armed with some agenda. They wanted more farm subsidies or fewer abortions or more Jesus in schools or the right to shoot Black people walking past their homes. But the Black speakers seemingly wanted nothing. There were no additional policies they desired or issues they wanted addressed. They had no goals they wanted the next Tweety administration to accomplish and no legislation they wanted Republicans to pass.

Instead of an agenda, the Black people were just there to say, “Thank you, white folks,” and fade off-screen. Most of the Black speakers had a specific story about how a white man helped them in their life: Tim Scott, for instance, spoke about a Chick-fil-A man who helped him pass high school. The ones who didn’t have nice white man to thank had to thank Tweety directly. Jon Ponder had both: He spoke about a white FBI agent who helped him turn his life around—and then, courtesy of a video recorded at the White House several hours earlier, the world got to see Tweety give him a “surprise” pardon.

Aimed directly at the suburban housewives, hit home with you apparently...........

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by Pete F.

Think of it this way: Most of the white speakers came armed with some agenda. They wanted more farm subsidies or fewer abortions or more Jesus in schools or the right to shoot Black people walking past their homes. But the Black speakers seemingly wanted nothing. There were no additional policies they desired or issues they wanted addressed. They had no goals they wanted the next Tweety administration to accomplish and no legislation they wanted Republicans to pass.

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I saw that MSNBC went with this narrative. It's just not true. You're making it sound like they all had nothing more to add other than "I'm black, I'm here at the RNC, so Trump isn't racist".

The first TV spot at the RNC, was a very moving story of a black bank robber, pardoned by Trump, who is dedicating his lilfe to helping others He spoke very specifically of the support Trump has given him.

Tim Scott talked about the success of the economic opportunity zones.

The rising star AG of Kentucky destroyed Biden's notion that you ain't black if you ain't for him (I'd love to know your true opinion on Bidens statement there, which I know you'll never share).

The woman who got paroled from prison thanks to criiminal justice reform thanked Trump.

So if you're saying that unless someone says "I want this", they have nothing valid to say, I disagree with. I think showing regular people whose lives have been improved by his policies, is a very effective way to make the case. The polls seem to suggest a tightening of the race after the conventions. I don't think it will be enough. But I'm sure the conventions were a net benefit to Trump.