Will y'all watch the Republicon convention?

[Jeebo]

I probably should, just to keep up with what the con artists and bigots and oligarchs are up to, but I just don't think I'll be able to stomach it.

-- Ron

[Funtatlaguy]

1. Yes. I love a good train wreck.

[Marie Marie]

2. My thanks to all those brave souls on DU who have the intestinal fortitude to wander

into that muck and share the lowlights with us. I'll probably try but never make it past 30 seconds.

[nocoincidences]

3. I probably will watch

until I feel the vomit rising from my gut/soul.

I can't stomach much bullshit these days.

[Hoyt]

4. I'll rely on the cruddy moment replays on CNN/MSNBC, which could be 99%

of the sleaze-show. Will not watch it live, preferring to play my mandola.

[Kamala4TheWin]

37. Same here

[niyad]

60. Welcome to DU.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

5. Morbidly curious but no. Only if someone here reports that it's blowing up in their faces.

[elleng]

6. No

[Jirel]

7. Nope.

But I’ll watch the nightly blooper reels just to see a condensed version of the coming train wreck. I wonder how many hours Hair Hitler will speak...

[MaryMagdaline]

8. No. I haven't received my shots

[tblue37]

9. Yes, with half my attention. nt

[RainCaster]

10. I will give it a try

No guarantees.

[C_U_L8R]

11. Not through any medium that Trump can claim for viewer ratings

Probably just follow along here on DU

[Coventina]

12. I'd rather drink an entire bottle of ipecac

[IrishEyes]

13. I will watch as much as I can take.

I will leave it on in the background while I do other things. I think it is going to be badly done.

I might just skip it and watch the late night talk shows responses to it each night.

[hlthe2b]

14. NO.... I"m not even sure I can stand to watch Rachel, Nicolle, Joy, and Brian Williams discuss it.

I'm hoping that if there are important clips that Aaron Rupar will post them with commentary.

[Kamala4TheWin]

42. I will watch them talk about it and

mute the playbacks

[Squinch]

15. I'll watch DUs reactions and watch videos of the best trainwrecks. But I won't give them ratings.

[soothsayer]

16. I'll peek, unless it's such a spectacular ess-show that I just have to watch

[Native]

40. That's my plan to a tee.

[FoxNewsSucks]

17. Long enough to see them fail miserably.

[d_b]

18. I'm tempted to watch the demon semen lady

That’s about it

[tavernier]

19. Nope,

That’s what I have you all brave souls for.

[herding cats]

20. No. Being spoon-fed raw hate just isn't my thing

But, you folks do you.

[qazplm135]

21. I wanna see their attack lines

So yes

[Doreen]

22. NO

I will be doing more fun things. You know, cleaning the toilet, taking out the garbage, and cleaning the cat pans.

[DeminPennswoods]

23. It will likely be a train wreck

I'm not sure I can resist that.

Heard it said on MSNBC or CNN that Trump's firing out ideas or changes or both on how the RNC should be incessantly.

[Cracklin Charlie]

24. Only for the lol's.

I’m anticipating a straight up dumpster fire.

[calguy]

25. I definitely will

I've always watched both parties conventions since I started watching conventions starting in 1960.

[jcgoldie]

26. I wanted to but I have a more exciting opportunity...

...to rip out my fingernails with a rusty pair of pliers I found.

[LovingA2andMI]

27. HELL NO!!!

n/t

[NNadir]

28. I have no interest in watching a rally for Klansmen, thieves, traitors, and sexual predators. None.

[Jack-o-Lantern]

29. It will be a laughable carnival "freak show", might give it a glance.

[thinkingagain]

30. We could just have a couple of brave Du'rs

Watch and come back and report to the rest of us.
Like a journalist on a battle field.

[msongs]

31. possibly a few carefully selected moments. for sure not the entertainment lol nt

[chillfactor]

32. Hell no!

I will do things that make me happy and calm.....no sense being angry and upset for 4 nights.

[Rhiannon12866]

33. I might tune in briefly, only to hear what Rachel Maddow, Brian Williams and the other MSNBC pundits

Are saying about what's going on.

[highplainsdem]

34. No.

[Kamala4TheWin]

35. Not a single second

I don’t want to inadvertently add to their ratings. Netflix, Hulu, Disney Plus and Forensic Files those 4 days

[PufPuf23]

36. Did not realize there was a Republican convention.

Thought it was cancelled.

[Baltimike]

38. *Nope*. But I am all in the feels about this one. nt

[Buckeye_Democrat]

39. It will be the typical lies and hate.

When the time comes, I'll have to see if I have the stomach for it.

[Iggo]

41. I didn't even watch the Democratic one.

Well, not live, and not all of it.

So you can bet your ass I sure as hell won’t be watching the other guys.

[Crunchy Frog]

43. God no! I'll read about the highlights here,

and some of the coverage on MSNBC.

[tinymontgomery]

44. Just his speech maybe.

I agree, looking forward to a train wreck.

[hatrack]

45. No, meeting some friends at the Ipecac Convention

Better use of my time next week . . .

[Bleacher Creature]

46. No, no, and hell no! NT

[nancy1942]

47. No.

My blood pressure can't take it and I detest all of them anyway. Hypocrites all.

[Ohio Joe]

48. Oh yeah... I have a nice sativa all ready for it...

The way they have been juggling places, people and events... I'm expecting a wicked funny cluster fuck

[sarcasmo]

49. Live tweeting the RNC will be a riot. I'm all in.

[Totally Tunsie]

50. I'll give it a shot, hoping to see a disaster.

The more Donnie Little Hands is involved with it, the bigger a clusterf*** it will be.

Could be good for some great laughs, and a groan or twenty.

[OAITW r.2.0]

51. Just the lowlights.

Crap, that will probably be entire goddam shitshow.

[Thekaspervote]

52. Boycott the rnc!! tank their viewer numbers

[blogslut]

53. Nope

Every ridiculous thing they say will get memed and I'll run across it organically during my internet travels.

I will spend next week trying to get stuff done including some good works.

[Sugarcoated]

54. LOL

I don't do dysfunctional people from reality shows. Got things to do.

[TlalocW]

55. Yes. The DNC has some very minor hiccups

But all in all it was an impressive feat with a lot of praise for making it entertaining and informative while showcasing the big tent that is the democratic party. I'm wondering if the RNC will try to copy some of it, and I'm particularly interested in:

1. The presentation of the delegates. Democrats did great showing all kinds of people, some speaking Spanish and others their land's native language but still coming off as American. Republicans DO have non-white voters, but will the higher-ups feature them to the degree DNC did.
2. After Obama's speech, some pundits on PBS talked about how different a speech it was. It was more coherent, more stay on message, etc. because it wasn't a typical convention speech written to have applause lines where the speaker mentions something democrats support and then has to wait for the applause to die down. Kamala and Biden's were much the same way. Will Trump attempt to copy Joe and give a speech without supporters in the room or wherever in an attempt to appear to have some gravitas? I doubt it, but if he does, his speech will have applause lines in it that will seem awkward and out of place.

TlalocW

[Withywindle]

56. Some of it, out of morbid curiosity

I expect to see a lot of awkwardness, technical difficulties, terrible music, endless stiff white guys except for a few tokens, with the usual racism, misogyny, homophobia, xenophobia, scientific ignorance, utter callousness about lives lost, greed, and baseless personal attacks. It won't be an enjoyable show on any level.

I think I'll hold out for the blooper reel on YouTube. The inevitable dropped feeds and tech fuckups, and of course someone using racial slurs when they thought they were off-camera, or somebody with porn in the background on their Zoom feed or what have you.

[Demonaut]

57. yes

reconsider, we need to know

[Sogo]

58. Absolutely not. I don't think anyone should watch....

Nothing will get under the Orange Gasbag's skin more than if he has terrible ratings for his big show.

[demosincebirth]

59. I'll peek only

[onetexan]

61. and be traumatized by the RW xenophobic covid crapshow? Never

[bluemoose98]

62. No, I'm sure I'll hear about all the insanity anyway

[Raine]

63. Definitely, I always watch both conventions 👍

I'm a political junkie and never get enough.

[Behind the Aegis]

64. Sadly, no. I have to tweeze my toe hairs that week.

It is never a good thing to have troll feet during flip-flop season.

[whistler162]

65. If it is the sametime as the Democratic

Convention... no. Well after my bedtime.

[lastlib]

66. My toilet doesn't have the capacity......

I don't think my stomach does either.

[Mike 03]

67. I'll probably take refuge in the Progressive Radio channel on SiriusXM

and listen to people make fun of the RNC Convention. I've developed an aversion to hearing Trump's voice, even brief clips of him speaking, or hearing reporters treat him with even a modicum of respect.

But maybe if it seems to be going really, terribly badly--to the point that it is unintentionally hilarious--I might check in on it.

I'll also read the posts here at DU about it, from you brave souls who can stomach it!

[CentralMass]

68. No.

[In It to Win It]

69. Nope

[moondust]

70. Four days of

3rd grade name-calling, disparagement, lies, and cult worship of a scoundrel?

Pass.

[steve2470]

71. Fuck no, it will far exceed my tolerance for lies and racism

The truth will be tied up in the corner, gagged, with a gun to its head.

[DeminPennswoods]

72. We just saw how a virtual convention is much more

intimate than one from a packed convention hall.

What is going to happen when those crazy, racist, xenophobic speeches are given with no audience? People are going to be appalled imho.