2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumPolitico: Hardly anybody wants to speak at Trump's convention
In the year of Trump: Not so much.
With the convention less than a month away, POLITICO contacted more than 50 prominent governors, senators and House members to gauge their interest in speaking. Only a few said they were open to it, and everyone else said they werent planning on it, didnt want to or werent going to Cleveland at all or simply didnt respond.
This seems strange to me. Even if the presumptive nominee is not favored to win, up and coming politicians don't usually shy away for fear of being linked with a loser. Obama became an overnight star after the 2004 convention despite the fact that Kerry lost. But I guess Trump is so polarizing that Republicans are afraid that speaking at his convention will link them to his racist views (which some of them probably secretly agree with).
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)democrattotheend
(11,605 posts)I forgot about that!
MyNameGoesHere
(7,638 posts)geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)zappaman
(20,605 posts)uponit7771
(90,225 posts)B Calm
(28,762 posts)KingFlorez
(12,689 posts)It's hard to envision anyone speaking for him and coming off as authentic, other than the fringe officeholders.
calguy
(5,222 posts)Lord Magus
(1,999 posts)The reason the Republican politicians are so angry at Trump is that he ruined it for the rest of the party. The Republican base will no longer settle for just dog whistles now that Trump is throwing actual red-meat racism to them.
rufus dog
(8,419 posts)I am sure they could get:
1. Victoria Jackson
2. The non-talented Baldwin Brother
3. Adam Sandler
4. Mel Gibson
5. Jon Lovitz
6. David Spade
7. Rob Schneider
8. Dennis Miller
9. Scott Baio
10. Jon Voight
11. Tila Tequila
12. Ted Nugent
13. Gary Busey
14. Kid Rock
15. To be named, no talent, annoying, has been.
Seriously, I mean FUCKING A SERIOUSLY, what a list of horrible "actors/comedians/musicians". From that list there are at least a dozen cringe worthy "talents." People when they came on screen or on radio immediately caused me to be annoyed. And this was before knowing their political leanings. Ted Nugent, annoying, Sandler, Lovitz, Schneider, Spade, annoying, Kid Rock, want to punch his smug entitled arrogant face annoying.