# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/121 "2016-07-18T17:56:36Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > That’s one white convention. Wow. Meh, they are Republicans, after all. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/122 "2016-07-18T18:03:00Z")
It’s worth reading the official GOP convention schedule for each night, just for the capsule bios of the speakers. For example: > [@](#): > > Reince Priebus, RNC Chairman > Reince Priebus’ three terms make him the longest-serving chairman in modern history. During his first term as chairman, Priebus oversaw a dramatic turnaround of the RNC, rescuing its finances, rebuilding the operations, and implementing the best ground game effort the committee had ever organized. Priebus dedicated his second term to taking the party’s message of freedom and economic opportunity to all states and all communities. By welcoming new voices and voters and harnessing the power of new technology, he led the RNC in building the infrastructure needed for a landslide GOP victory in the midterm elections. Now in his third term, Priebus is working to deliver victories in races across the country in the 2016 campaign. The links: [Monday](http://convention.gop/monday-speakers), [Tuesday](http://convention.gop/tuesday-speakers), [Wednesday](http://convention.gop/wednesday-speakers), [Thursday](http://convention.gop/thursday-speakers). ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/123 "2016-07-18T18:11:18Z")
Is it traditional to refer to the nominee as “the presumptive nominee” during the convention? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/124 "2016-07-18T18:14:07Z")
Mike Huckabee pulled out from speaking at the command of [Fox News.](http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2016/07/18/less-huckabee-is-more-at-nation) ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/125 "2016-07-18T18:15:40Z")
Leslie Rutledge is the first Republican Arkansas Attorney General since reconstruction. ---
**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 18, 2016, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/126 "2016-07-18T18:21:16Z")
Is Reconstruction all done in Arkansas? ---
**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 18, 2016, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/127 "2016-07-18T18:22:50Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Mike Huckabee pulled out from speaking at the command of [Fox News.](http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2016/07/18/less-huckabee-is-more-at-nation) [Fixed link.](http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2016/07/18/less-huckabee-is-more-at-national-convention) ---
**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 18, 2016, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/128 "2016-07-18T18:23:59Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Is Reconstruction all done in Arkansas? Did they ever start? ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/129 "2016-07-18T18:33:10Z")
If anyone has uverse, they have channels dedicated to the RNC and the DNC conventions (1211 and 1212). I checked out the RNC at lunch. Looks like everything from the podium is being covered. Priebus was calling for votes on a bunch of boring shit. Could be good for entertainment without commentary in the evening. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/130 "2016-07-18T18:39:29Z")
So who is the keynote speaker? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/131 "2016-07-18T18:43:58Z")
Gentlepersons, one cannot help but notice the glaring absence of Trump supporters in this, and other, threads. Given that the man has huge popularity…_huge_, mind you!..one can draw no other conclusion but conspiracy! There’s _something_ going on here! I would remind that our founding document celebrates our perversity! Even as we laud ourselves for being the smartest and hippest, we also accept the minority presence of…and I quote!..“total dipsticks”. Another example of the shame of literal hypocrisy, and I mean that liberally! Free the Dipsticks! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/132 "2016-07-18T18:54:39Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Is Reconstruction all done in Arkansas? The First Arkansas Cavalry, C.S.A., fought the First Arkansas Cavalry, U.S.A. in Fayettville, AR in 1863. I’m not sure how that influenced Reconstruction. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/133 "2016-07-18T18:57:37Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Ah, the state constitution may throw a new wrinkle into it – I was thinking of the federal one. However, I’m not sure that your conclusion necessarily follows, because there are lots of examples of restrictions being enacted despite the Second Amendment and surviving constitutional scrutiny, like the open-carry ban in DC. The rationale supporting those restrictions has nothing to do with the “militia” preamble but simple matters of common sense, like the fact that it may not be a terrific idea for batshit crazy rednecks to be roaming the streets of Washington, DC festooned with assault rifles. The same logic might seem to apply in Cleveland next week. > > Perhaps Kasich indeed doesn’t have that authority, although I’d bet that there would be a variance of opinion among legal experts on something that has probably never been tested. Not at all familiar with Ohio laws, but poking around on the internet a bit suggests that state law simply does not address open carry, except in a few cases, and therefore it is unregulated. To change that, and create an offence of open carry generally, would presumably require a new law from the Legislature, not simply an executive order from the Governor. ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/134 "2016-07-18T19:31:40Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Not at all familiar with Ohio laws, but poking around on the internet a bit suggests that state law simply does not address open carry, except in a few cases, and therefore it is unregulated. To change that, and create an offence of open carry generally, would presumably require a new law from the Legislature, not simply an executive order from the Governor. Try this site. [Section 9.68 - Ohio Revised Code | Ohio Laws](http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/gp9.68+) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/135 "2016-07-18T19:33:39Z")
Since I am going nowhere near this, and cant do anything about it anyway, I am content to let Darwinism take its course. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/136 "2016-07-18T19:37:36Z")
> [@bengangmo](#): > > When is the actual nominee election held? Tuesday, presumably in the 10-11 PM Eastern timeslot, so all of the networks can carry it. What state is expected to put Trump “over the top”? If it’s New Jersey, then somebody had better count the delegates to see if the states before NJ have enough Trump delegates to do this (a few would pass if they have too many) - otherwise they have to go through the entire list and then go back to states that would have to pass a second time. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/137 "2016-07-18T20:02:41Z")
Here’s Colbert’s RNC Bingo. Click to refresh; “Stone-faced Chris Christie” is my fave: [http://www.cbs.com/shows/the-late-show-with-stephen-colbert/convention-bingo/?nm](http://www.cbs.com/shows/the-late-show-with-stephen-colbert/convention-bingo/?nm) ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/138 "2016-07-18T20:20:27Z")
Womack just gaveled the adoption of the rules and walked off the stage. I thought signatures would force a roll call vote, but I guess not. Now, he’s back for a another voice vote. ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/139 "2016-07-18T20:29:54Z")
Here’s a list of the scheduled speakers for each day. > **[RNC 2016: Complete schedule, speakers, events, what to expect from GOP in...](https://www.nj.com/politics/2016/07/rnc_2016_complete_schedule_speakers_events_what_to.html)** > > The Republican National Convention gets underway Monday and ends with Donald Trump's acceptance speech. Here is the complete list of speakers and events taking place. Monday’s delights include Willie Robertson, Tom Cotton, Rick Perry, Scott Baio and Melania Trump. Is there a list somewhere of just the musical acts? I was curious about the tamborine man just before the rules adoption lady. ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/140 "2016-07-18T20:39:18Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > I’m going to flip over to the convention at some point this week and there’ll be a close-up of a wild-eyed 70-something white man feasting on the entrails of a bloated corpse on the floor of the convention while fires burn and empty Glenfiddich Whisky bottles are flying in the background. The picture will be sideways because the cameraman dropped the camera and ran; the charred smoking corpse dangling from the convention center rafters may or may not be him. A tiny woman with large blonde hair wearing a sparkly red-white-and-blue pantsuit will casually walk up to the wild-eyed man and shoot him in the back of the head with a .44 Magnum. I’ll turn to my wife and be like “It’s Wednesday already?” Brilliant! :D:D:D [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729.md?page=8)