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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThoughts on the impending GOP shite show happening this week.....
Trump has already telegraphed his strategy for the speeches this week when he accused both Joe and Michelle of using pre-taped and edited videos.
You know that all the major keynotes and, possibly, even some of trumps special appearances will be pre-taped.
That means we won't get to see shaking hands, or stupid juvenile gestures, or any of the uber-whacko stuff that normally oozes out during trump monologues unless he is standing directly in front of the press pool; but he could have dozens of short pre-taped "messages" in the can they will pepper throughout. So for those at least, they will be able to highly edit and use pre-tested messages. Well, if they knew what there doing that is...
But it also means they will be largely paralyzed by trump wanting to review and edit each speakers performance, the lineup, and the messaging. Probably writing sections of their speeches and ordering them to read it himself.
So this won't be four days with trump speaking once every day, it will be four days with trump speaking through every speaker and appearing in videos every hour. He wants to own the week.
That will surely cause delays and chaos that will spill out.
This should be easy to derail since trump is such an egotist. He will want to stop everything and change major sections based on tee-vee feedback. By manipulating that feedback, and grabbing headlines to get under his skin, this could actually be fun.
I suspect the biden campaign is on it. I'm hoping so anyway.
Laelth
(32,017 posts)I think hes going to get behind a podium, four nights in a row, and wing it. Sure, hell have a speech up on the teleprompter, but hes bound to go off script. He always does. If, by some chance, he doesnt, were in for some really boring speeches because his heart is never in the prepared script.
-Laelth
fleur-de-lisa
(14,625 posts)Whacko off-script Dump or sedated Dump . . . we win either way.
Thekaspervote
(32,773 posts)fleur-de-lisa
(14,625 posts)Alliepoo
(2,221 posts)getagrip_already
(14,764 posts)I'll wait for the snips and analysis that is sure to flow.
Mike 03
(16,616 posts)I do hope Trump micromanages this, because he has such exceedingly poor judgment in what is impressive.
Of course, he'll over-edit everybody else, but he'll run wild without limitations.
I am still hoping for technical errors, broken microphones, long delays, missed cues, screens freezing up, accidental porn streaming, hacking by the group Anonymous, etc...
getagrip_already
(14,764 posts)SWBTATTReg
(22,130 posts)made a major blunder by letting rump run things his way ... MORON will prove to his own party of how unfit he truly is, how grossly incompetent he truly is, and in general, what a despicable human being he is.