If you thought the McCain/Palin ticket was a joke,
you ain't seen nuthin' yet.
IN normal times, a party’s leaders and comers grovel for roles in the convention and prime time on its stage.
In the Year of Trump, Republicans are racing for the exits. It’s as if the Emerald City suddenly turned into Chernobyl. The list of luminaries who plan to skip Donald Trump’s coronation in Cleveland includes the 2012 nominee (Mitt Romney), the 2008 nominee (John McCain) and the two-term president who preceded them, George W. Bush. The Bushes en masse are taking a pass.
What a total, utter freak show this promises to be, and not in the manner that Republicans feared just months ago. They wondered then if the convention would be contested, with Trump and Ted Cruz dueling for delegates. Now they’re looking at four excruciating days that will be light on appropriate speakers, short on cash and long on God-knows-what other than the music of Trump’s voice and the shimmer of Trump’s hair.
Over the last two weeks, the Trump campaign’s feuding with the Republican National Committee intensified. The number of Republican senators and governors who have said they are not yet ready to endorse him — or won’t ever do so — continued to grow. Now, we just watch and wait, with glee, as the once-proud party slowly, but certainly, devolves into a parody of itself.
It doesn't get much better than this....
Over the last two weeks, the Trump campaign’s feuding with the Republican National Committee intensified. The number of Republican senators and governors who have said they are not yet ready to endorse him — or won’t ever do so — continued to grow. Now, we just watch and wait, with glee, as the once-proud party slowly, but certainly, devolves into a parody of itself.
It doesn't get much better than this....
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