(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . All Messed Up and No Place to Go [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-06-19 By David Glenn Cox If I’m not there by the time, you get to Milwaukee. Go ahead and start without me. Republicans plan possible alternatives for their national convention. Maybe after calling Milwaukee “horrible” a little less of Donald Trump and a little more GOP might be in order. Perhaps Trump will skip “horrible” Milwaukee entirely. Hostile crowds of locals leaving a poor national media impression to the affair. It’s not that they wouldn’t be there anyway, only the “horrible” remark gives them focus, a rallying cry and enthusiasm. There is also the question of if Mr. Trump will be available to attend. He is due to be sentenced for his crimes a few days before the convention begins. “Live, from minimum-security prison, It’s the 2024 Republican National Convention!” Some legal experts predict home confinement for Mr. Trump with an ankle bracelet. Like Elvis on Ed Sullivan, they wouldn’t be allowed to film Mr. Trump below the waist. Talk about your buzzkill! The convention is supposed to spark enthusiasm and excite all the little people to vote. This thing is already on a death watch and we’re still a few weeks away. This convention’s every responsibility is supposed to be about building up, packaging and framing a candy sweet image of Donald Trump. And now, you say he might not even show up? Okay, I’ll grant you; prison is a valid excuse. But Mr. Trump putting his foot in his big mouth and doesn’t know how to get it out is not. Mr. Trump must face the Milwaukee um papa music or forgo his convention bump. This is it folks! This is all you get. One national convention bump per customer and then the baby bird is all on its own. “Oh, I’ll just blow that off! It’s only the biggest event of the campaign. A bad convention means no bump. Remember when John McCain picked Sarah Palin? Yeah, like that. There has been an increased focus on Mr. Trump’s emotional wellbeing. With Donald Trump challenging Joe Biden to a cognitive test. A cognitive test is a lot like a DUI test. If you pass, it doesn’t mean you are smart, just not fucked up. Donald Trump is playing his usual coy game “maybe I will and then again, maybe I won’t.” Trump hints he might not show up for the debate and now, for the convention. Hide him away quick! Before the people see he’s lost his mainspring and gone goofy. Shark attacks, cognitive tests and electric boats, what could possibly go wrong at a nationally televised convention? But the problem with these national events is control. All of those uncooperative media types will be in “horrible” Milwaukee inside the building. What to do, what to do? Live, from Donald Trump’s house at the Mar A Lago ballroom and document storage facility. It’s the Republican National mini convention! Staged and staffed with partisans [APPLAUSE!] Donald Trump could escape “horrible” Milwaukee entirely, while still be satisfying any home confinement requirements with a pretend convention. Of course, the ankle bracelet does allow Trump to travel for legitimate work functions. But what’s a party without the guest of honor? Mr. Trump says he would be here if he could, but he just doesn’t want to. But a mini convention offers him full control and lends credence to the rumors of Trump’s full-frontal cranial collapse. Leaving all their Milwaukee efforts dull, dry and meaningless. For all the work they actually do, it could be done at the Holiday Inn in a couple of days. The convention is about pageantry and getting people excited by your chosen candidate. Who may or may not show up for the affair. Who may or may not still be in his right mind. It is difficult to gauge what effect this would have on the Trump campaign as nobody has ever skipped a national convention before. But it is easy enough to assume it would not be good. No positive bump and a snore fest horror show of a convention in “horrible” Milwaukee. Watch closely, this thing is liable to come apart in mid-air. Trump’s public statements are becoming more and more unhinged. He’s even more unfocused and rambling. The Trump campaign staff itself is unfocused and rambling. Trying to gently move the orange gorilla into the camera shot without making him angry. Not surprisingly, Mr. Trump is said to be a bit irritable these days. Prone to fits and outbursts like taking an angry Pit bull to the vet. The Trump campaign goes to Detroit attempting to attract the African American vote. Whoever thought up this idea should be fired immediately. (Unfocused enough for you?) Will visiting with African Americans help Donald Trump with his primary ( white, racist) supporters? Other than laughter and raising the spirits of a few bemused local African Americans. Will this event help Donald Trump gain the African American vote? What if they held a Republican National convention and nobody came? A standing death watch and a living wake. Don Junior giving his usual speech about his neato dad or maybe Donald Trump’s wife Malaria will give a speech? (Not!) Damn, it’s a tough job trying to make America like you when it’s glaringly obvious your wife doesn’t. Maybe it’s just Donald Trump’s irascible nature. “Horrible” Milwaukee or maybe the decline of cognitive functions. Keep him hidden away and limiting what he says. And for God’s sake, double check that damn teleprompter! 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