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The Republican National Convention

The GOP, the Grand Old Party—  also known as the Republicans— is holding its convention in Charlotte, North Carolina. Four days, part in person and part online.  A quadrennial event, it’s a real March of the Dodo Birds. Is that a Republican elephant I hear TRUMPeting in the distance?

They have now released the line-up of speakers. Who are these strange people representing the Trump administration?

Also, life moves fast: More than one senior official is suddenly abandoning ship, moseying on, taking things in a different direction, now that the latent smell of defeat begins to inhabit the Trump reelection effort.

Last week, Trump and his surrogates lambasted the Democratic Convention because it emphasized character over policy. “They never presented their program for America,” Trump officials complained to the press on the Sunday morning talk shows. “All they did was attack President Trump.” The prez himself called the DNC convention a dark presentation filled with gloom and doom.

That’s not what I saw! Kamala Harris made a point of valiantly smiling during her speech. Smile, smile! Precisely to counter any accusation that she is an ABF, an Angry Black Woman. Joe Biden made it a point to speak calmly and reasonably about unity in these UNITED STATES of America. He asked us to turn away from the darkness and embrace the light.

When blowhard Strump held his next press conference at the White House, acting as belligerent as ever, the contrast felt striking between the way things once were and what we have now. Wow! Talk about nostalgia.

The Trump people promised that their convention would present an optimistic program for America’s future. Which I and everyone else awaited with baited breath, considering the line-up of speakers. Not many of whom can be called blithe spirits.

Trump himself made a “surprise” visit to the convention center in Charlotte on this first day. He proceeded to give a rambling 50-minute speech, bellyaching about all the same old soap, painting his opponent Joe Biden in myriad putrid colors, lying and exaggerating. The only thing missing was an optimistic program for America’s future! They forgot that one. Well, d’oh.

THIS JUST IN: An unconfirmed report claims that President Trump will speak on Day Four of the convention. In Russian!

(This last joke bombed on Twitter. Like, major blowback. Sorry about that.)

Kev