# The Republican national Convention **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [June 18, 2016, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729 "2016-06-18T21:53:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/41 "2016-07-14T21:34:59Z")
This billboard just went up, 5 minutes from the convention site. > **[A Giant Billboard Of Trump And Cruz Kissing Just Went Up 5 Minutes From The RNC](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-cruz-billboard-rnc_n_57869167e4b03fc3ee4efde4)** > > Republicans aren't gonna be happy about this one... ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/42 "2016-07-14T21:43:10Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > This billboard just went up, 5 minutes from the convention site. > > [A Giant Billboard Of Trump And Cruz Kissing Just Went Up 5 Minutes From The RNC | HuffPost Voices](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-cruz-billboard-rnc_us_57869167e4b03fc3ee4efde4) That billboard company just went on Trump’s list. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/43 "2016-07-14T21:51:48Z")
Does anyone know precisely where that billboard is? And believe me, it’s going to be a lot less entertaining from here. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/44 "2016-07-15T00:13:52Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > That billboard company just went on Trump’s list. They are being very unfair to him. Very unfair. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/45 "2016-07-15T01:11:18Z")
Re: Palin attending. Priceless. _“She was asked,” Trump told the Washington Examiner in a Thursday interview. “It’s a little bit difficult because of where she is. We love Sarah. Little bit difficult because of, you know, it’s a long ways away.”_ You could pay her way, Adolph, with what you spend for phony sun tan lotions. > **[Sad! Trump Says Palin Won’t Attend RNC Because Alaska Is ‘A Long Ways Away’](https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/palin-not-going-rnc-too-far-away)** > > That sound you hear is hearts breaking everywhere after Donald Trump told the Washington Examiner that former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin can't attend the Republican National Convention in Cleveland… ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/46 "2016-07-15T02:50:46Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > Re: Palin attending. Priceless. > > _“She was asked,” Trump told the Washington Examiner in a Thursday interview. “It’s a little bit difficult because of where she is. We love Sarah. Little bit difficult because of, you know, it’s a long ways away.”_ > > You could pay her way, Adolph, with what you spend for phony sun tan lotions. > > [Sad! Trump Says Palin Won’t Attend RNC Because Alaska Is ‘A Long Ways Away’ - TPM – Talking Points Memo](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/palin-not-going-rnc-too-far-away) Flights are available, around $1,000 r/t, would take about 16 hours with two plane changes, but hey, anything for the Donald, right? Of course rooms are probably all booked, so she’d have to share with someone… ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/47 "2016-07-15T03:23:48Z")
She’s from Alaska, Motel 6, she’d never know the difference. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/48 "2016-07-15T03:26:20Z")
Tim Tebow said reading that he was going to be speaking at the convention was news to him. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/49 "2016-07-15T03:37:25Z")
Hahaha. Par for the shitshow. ---
**Author:** ![Randolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Randolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randolph)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/50 "2016-07-15T03:43:28Z")
This is gonna be a lot of fun, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/51 "2016-07-15T03:53:23Z")
[GOP asking for money to cover convention.](http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/rnc-begs-adelson-for-6-million-to-cover-convention-shortfall-225571) Six million? Isn’t that like chump change for The Donald? Why doesn’t he kick that in? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/52 "2016-07-15T04:03:53Z")
Its a liquidity problem. Liquid assets tend to evaporate. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/53 "2016-07-15T04:08:25Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Does anyone know precisely where that billboard is? > > And believe me, it’s going to be a lot less entertaining from here. It’s on w 25th but way down by Porcos, south of Lorain. So, not sure how many eyes will see it in person but with the way viral media is today it will be seen. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/54 "2016-07-15T04:13:05Z")
This joker can’t even run a convention. How does anyone expect him to run an entire branch of government? Oh, right. Badly. ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/55 "2016-07-15T07:15:54Z")
#NeverTrumpers lost the rules vote today. There was a proposal that delegates be able to vote their conscience. It was squashed: maybe 10% of the committee supported it. [http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/287860-gop-squashes-never-trump-proposal-in-emotional-rules-committee-hearing](http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/287860-gop-squashes-never-trump-proposal-in-emotional-rules-committee-hearing) ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/56 "2016-07-15T13:30:08Z")
> [@Measure\_for\_Measure](#): > > #NeverTrumpers lost the rules vote today. There was a proposal that delegates be able to vote their conscience. It was squashed: maybe 10% of the committee supported it. [http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/287860-gop-squashes-never-trump-proposal-in-emotional-rules-committee-hearing](http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/287860-gop-squashes-never-trump-proposal-in-emotional-rules-committee-hearing) Of course, party loyalty is everything. They are going to nominate Trump, and go down in spectacular flames in November. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Lowry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Sam\_Lowry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Lowry)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/57 "2016-07-15T15:59:09Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Tim Tebow said reading that he was going to be speaking at the convention was news to him. I find this hilarious. Either there was a miscommunication, and the campaign is so badly run that they thought Tebow said yes, or the campaign just assumed that they could say who the speakers were and the list would be either honored to do it or not bold enough to say they weren’t doing it. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2016, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/58 "2016-07-16T03:21:03Z")
[I didn’t see the speaker list posted, so here it is.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/07/14/the-very-odd-list-of-speakers-at-the-republican-national-convention/) If it has already been posted-- never mind. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2016, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/59 "2016-07-16T13:06:09Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Tim Tebow said reading that he was going to be speaking at the convention was news to him. Ivanka’s rabbi, asked to deliver an oration for God knows why, has also dropped out. He said he was asked to “speak at a convention,” but no one told him it was THIS particular convention. Students at the Orthodox seminary (shul?) where he once served as headmaster presented him with a petition signed by students and alumni saying “PLEASE DON’T DO THIS.” ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2016, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/60 "2016-07-16T13:24:47Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Ivanka’s rabbi, asked to deliver an oration for God knows why, has also dropped out. He was to deliver the [opening prayer](http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/ivanka-rabbi-haskel-lookstein-no-convention-225618). Probably wouldn’t have gone over too well: > [@](#): > > Lookstein’s email concluded with the prayer the rabbi intended to deliver, which reads in part: “We thank you for our constitutional government that has created and fostered the American ideals of democracy, freedom, justice and equality for all, regardless of race, religion or national origin. Almighty God: We know that we are living in very dangerous times, when all of these blessings are threatened from without, by forces of terror and unimaginable brutality, **and from within, by those who sow the seeds of bigotry, hatred and violence, putting our lives and our way of life at risk.** ” My bolding. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729.md?page=4)