# 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:** 42
**Author:** ![AnalogSignal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/analogsignal/32/1085_2.png) [@AnalogSignal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnalogSignal)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/822 "2016-07-21T02:35:02Z")
Is Newt awake or sleepwalking through this speech? ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/823 "2016-07-21T02:37:12Z")
Did Laura Ingraham really give the Nazi salute at the end of her speech, or am I overthinking it? [Link](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/laura-ingraham-called-appearing-nazi-salute-article-1.2719389). WTELF! ---
**Author:** ![AnalogSignal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/analogsignal/32/1085_2.png) [@AnalogSignal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnalogSignal)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/824 "2016-07-21T02:39:37Z")
On the NYT website: > [@](#): > > Readers, right now there are reports of serious turmoil backstage and in the donor suites here in Cleveland. Some donors or delegates are angrily confronting Ted Cruz. His wife reportedly had to be escorted out of the center by security because of hostility from delegates. ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/825 "2016-07-21T02:39:44Z")
> [@AnalogSignal](#): > > I strongly dislike Cruz and his politics but I gotta admit he is no one’s bitch. It’s one thing to stand on your own feet, but yet another to go to someone else’s social event and shit all over it. Classless by Ted Cruz. If he cannot endorse Trump, then he should have politely declined to speak at the convention. ---
**Author:** ![AnalogSignal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/analogsignal/32/1085_2.png) [@AnalogSignal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnalogSignal)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/826 "2016-07-21T02:40:40Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > Did Laura Ingraham really give the Nazi salute at the end of her speech, or am I overthinking it? [Link](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/laura-ingraham-called-appearing-nazi-salute-article-1.2719389). WTELF! Heil Orange Hitler! ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/827 "2016-07-21T02:41:41Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > Did Laura Ingraham really give the Nazi salute at the end of her speech, or am I overthinking it? [Link](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/laura-ingraham-called-appearing-nazi-salute-article-1.2719389). WTELF! Two possibilities: 1. She is a secret supporter of the policies of Adolf Hitler and committed a major faux pas by revealing it on television in front of millions, or: 2. She was waving at supporters. ---
**Author:** ![AnalogSignal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/analogsignal/32/1085_2.png) [@AnalogSignal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnalogSignal)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/828 "2016-07-21T02:43:03Z")
> [@UltraVires](#): > > It’s one thing to stand on your own feet, but yet another to go to someone else’s social event and shit all over it. Shitting on a Trump event is bad? ---
**Author:** ![67java89](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/aeb1de/32.png) [@67java89](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/67java89)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/829 "2016-07-21T02:47:19Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > Anyone think Donald Jr. looked like a parody of a rich asshole in an '80s movie? I didn’t know rich douchebags were still rocking that gelled look. Maybe it’s how he tries to impress his very '80s dad. And Eric wears his hair the same way. Douchebags all the way. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/830 "2016-07-21T02:48:16Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > Did Laura Ingraham really give the Nazi salute at the end of her speech, or am I overthinking it? [Link](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/laura-ingraham-called-appearing-nazi-salute-article-1.2719389). WTELF! holy fuck she did ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/831 "2016-07-21T02:48:37Z")
> [@UltraVires](#): > > Two possibilities: > > 1. She is a secret supporter of the policies of Adolf Hitler and committed a major faux pas by revealing it on television in front of millions, or: > > 2. She was waving at supporters. Well, it’s a 50/50 chance, so I’m going with #1. ---
**Author:** ![67java89](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/aeb1de/32.png) [@67java89](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/67java89)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/832 "2016-07-21T02:49:21Z")
> [@duality72](#): > > Well he’s no Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho, but he’s getting closer. 😃 ---
**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 21, 2016, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/833 "2016-07-21T02:49:53Z")
> [@AnalogSignal](#): > > Shitting on a Trump event is bad? Was it figurative or the real thing? Damn, now I have the image of Cruz finishing his speech, walking out from behind the lectern, undoing his belt… Cleveland Steamer! ---
**Author:** ![Club\_33](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@Club\_33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Club_33)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/834 "2016-07-21T02:50:00Z")
Pence almost seemed human for a moment. Then he kept talking. ---
**Author:** ![splatterpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3be4f8/32.png) [@splatterpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/splatterpunk)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/835 "2016-07-21T02:51:00Z")
> [@UltraVires](#): > > Two possibilities: > > 1. She is a secret supporter of the policies of Adolf Hitler and committed a major faux pas by revealing it on television in front of millions, or: > > 2. She was waving at supporters. Good Point! All politicians wave at supporters that way. I’m sure you have lots of examples of Democrats doing the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![AnalogSignal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/analogsignal/32/1085_2.png) [@AnalogSignal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnalogSignal)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/836 "2016-07-21T02:51:19Z")
Pence is smooth so far. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/837 "2016-07-21T02:52:44Z")
> [@UltraVires](#): > > Two possibilities: > > 1. She is a secret supporter of the policies of Adolf Hitler and committed a major faux pas by revealing it on television in front of millions, or: > > 2. She was waving at supporters. Not buying it. She stood stock straight in that reprehensible pose for a beat before letting it drop into a wave. Disgusting. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/838 "2016-07-21T02:53:04Z")
Odd that Pence’s dad served in Korea, while the much younger looking Ingraham’s dad served in WWII. But per Wikipedia, Pence is younger than he looks. Pence is a better speaker than I expected. But this won’t resonate beyond the conservative base. ---
**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 21, 2016, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/839 "2016-07-21T02:55:42Z")
Heidi Cruz had to be escorted out of the event by security guards because they were afraid the Trumpeters would attack her. Did they hold a vote on the Vice Presidential nominee, or just skip right over that? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/840 "2016-07-21T02:56:21Z")
> [@UltraVires](#): > > It’s one thing to stand on your own feet, but yet another to go to someone else’s social event and shit all over it. Classless by Ted Cruz. > > If he cannot endorse Trump, then he should have politely declined to speak at the convention. I’m now imagining Cruz giving the same speech, only as Trump’s running mate. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/841 "2016-07-21T02:57:57Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Nonsense. Plagiarism is plagiarism whether you’re a presidential candidate or you’re just fluffing one. Doesn’t bother you guys when Biden or Obama does it, and in Obama’s case multiple times. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729.md?page=41) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729.md?page=43)