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[Plinko]

I literally do not get the panic.

It's not a statesman like speech. It's literally fascism. It's the shit they've been spewing all week. Of course it's going to appeal to the base. But an acceptance speech needs to appeal to the people who aren't already converted.

Like, am I missing something?

You're right. It's the same list of republican talking points we have heard throughout the primary. The only difference is now we aren't hearing about a wall or other crazy stuff he said in the primaries. It just seems like a normal GOP candidate speech.

 

[Holmes]

Everyone was probably expecting bloody diarrhea and now that we've only got disgusting puke they're shocked and worried.

Yeah.... you're all acting like Trump speaking in coherent sentences will hand him the White House. Maybe calm down a little? Well, it's PoliGAF after all.

 

[BlastProcessing]

I literally do not get the panic.

It's not a statesman like speech. It's literally fascism. It's the shit they've been spewing all week. Of course it's going to appeal to the base. But an acceptance speech needs to appeal to the people who aren't already converted.

Like, am I missing something?

This is the speech you give if you are running for mayor of New Detroit in Robocop.

 

[Suikoguy]

I don't see Trump being able to deliver it well enough to give it the impact they are expecting.

 

[User 463088]

You're right. It's the same list of republican talking points we have heard throughout the primary. The only difference is now we aren't hearing about a wall or other crazy stuff he said in the primaries. It just seems like a normal GOP candidate speech.

The Wall is in the speech!

This is NOT a regular Republican speech.

There is no hope in this speech. It is line after line of fear and anger. That's it

 

[Crocodile]

The Art of the Deal author is on MSNBC again giving a damning description of Trump. Dude is legit TERRIFIED. Says Trump is unqualified and has only succeeded by appealing to people's lizard brains.

 

[DataStream]

After the shit show that this week has been, does a decent speech really matter? I have a feeling that viewership will be much lower than anticipated.

At the end of the day, he's going to be toast after the first debate.

 

[Suikoguy]

The Wall is in the speech!

This is NOT a regular Republican speech.

There is no hope in this speech. It is line after line of fear and anger. That's it

Might as well be Junko Enoshima giving the speech.

(I just finished the Danganronpa Duology this week)

 

[metalslimer]

You're right. It's the same list of republican talking points we have heard throughout the primary. The only difference is now we aren't hearing about a wall or other crazy stuff he said in the primaries. It just seems like a normal GOP candidate speech.

Well the wall, immigration ban, and protectionism are all in the speech.

 

[Iolo]

You're right. It's the same list of republican talking points we have heard throughout the primary. The only difference is now we aren't hearing about a wall or other crazy stuff he said in the primaries. It just seems like a normal GOP candidate speech.

Please read the speech.

 

[Plinko]

The Wall is in the speech!

This is NOT a regular Republican speech.

There is no hope in this speech. It is line after line of fear and anger. That's it

Well the wall, immigration ban, and protectionism are all in the speech.

wat

How did I miss that? Hmm...yeah, I don't get it, then. It's the same thing he always says, just read off a teleprompter.

 

[Sianos]

Regardless of what happens Im sure the media will try to turn this into the narrative of a 'campaign rescued from the abyss by a powerful speech.' They probably already have their prepared remarks ready. They will just gloss over everything that has happened during the last 3 days and turn whatever happens today into the turning point.

Yeah, this will probably happen. Assuming Trump can read an entire speech off the teleprompter without descending into rants about Lyin' Ted's and Plagiarizin' Melania's, which is a pretty charitable assumption, but certainly not a difficult thing to do.

Trump will have a few moments where he seems coherent. He might even manage to read an entire speech a couple times! But that is not enough, especially considering how this speech fails to reach out to anyone not already a part of Trump's base.

 

[Goodstyle]

Might as well be Junko Enoshima giving the speech.

(I just finished Danganronpa 2 this week)

Worst god damn character in fiction.

Spoiler

Single-handedly ruined the sequel.

 

[StrangerInTheAlps]

Might as well be Junko Enoshima giving the speech.

(I just finished Danganronpa 2 this week)

Good for you.

Spoiler

Thanks for spoiling the first game for me.

. Damn dude.

 

[HylianTom]

I wonder if the crowd will erupt into "LOCK HER UP" chants tonight, and I wonder how he'd handle the moment.

 

[User 463088]

Like, seriously. The purpose of a convention speech is not to preach to the people there. There is polling to prove a lot of the things he's calling for are NOT popular with the electorate at large. He is not running in a primary any more.

 

[shem935]

When does peter thiel speak?

 

[Suikoguy]

Good for you. Thanks for spoiling the first game for me.

If you have seriously have not played it, even within context it does not really spoil anything. If I say anything more It might, hehe.

 

[Black Mamba]

oh my god, fascism is on America's doorstep...

 

[User 463088]

Why? He didn't exactly get toasted in the GOP debates...

He was debating Marco Rubio. Presidential debates are entirely different from Primary debates. There aren't 30 people on the stage to draw attention away from him. There is pushback during an actual Presidential debate.

Did someone clone Diablos and give the clones access to our Gaf accounts? Lawd.

 

[BlastProcessing]

oh my god, fascism is on America's doorstep...

 

[B-Dubs]

oh my god, fascism is on America's doorstep...

Like I keep saying, this isn't just an election. It's a fight for the soul of America. I hope to god Hillary, Obama, and everyone else fighting Trump realize this.

 

[cartoon_soldier]

It is a disgusting speech.

It's a speech to appeal to White America. Whether it works out or not god knows.

 

[Crayons]

oh my god, fascism is on America's doorstep...

 

[Holmes]

Worst god damn character in fiction.

Spoiler

Single-handedly ruined the sequel.

BYE

 

[minor effort]

People already freaking out that somebody else wrote Donald Trump a speech even before we have to hear someone with the oratory skills of Donald Trump walk on stage and deliver it.

 

[Iolo]

Like, seriously. The purpose of a convention speech is not to preach to the people there. There is polling to prove a lot of the things he's calling for are NOT popular with the electorate at large. He is not running in a primary any more.

I'm sorry, but just the fact of this man being the nominee of a major party is cause for great alarm.

 

[metalslimer]

It is a disgusting speech.

It's a speech to appeal to White America. Whether it works out or not god knows.

The worst part is that he does absolutely nothing to acknowledge the people killed by the police. Like this isn't an olive branch speech at all to a single minority. He mentions LGBT people, but only in the context that Muslims want to kill them. He dogwhistle towards black people is that we're basically destroying law and order. He's still building the wall. It's a speech designed to drum up support with the white working class which I think might actually work and he might carry them in large numbers

 

[Teggy]

When does peter thiel speak?

Supposed to be 9PM

Is this really the speech? Could they be that disorganized? Trumplies.com is already going through and fact checking the whole thing. They'll probably be done before he speaks. For their sake I hope it's the real speech.

But what if it's really a happy speech and they did this to throw people off. The speech just looks like stuff he says all the time. Is Trump that clever? I don't know!

 

[Officerrob]

It is a disgusting speech.

It's a speech to appeal to White America. Whether it works out or not god knows.

It's a speech for non college educated white voters

 

[mo60]

I'm scared of trump like everyone else but seriously unless he gets insanely lucky in the next few months his chances of winning this election are small still.

 

[Joe Shlabotnik]

Supposed to be 9PM

Is this really the speech? Could they be that disorganized? Trumplies.com is already going through and fact checking the whole thing. They'll probably be done before he speaks. For their sake I hope it's the real speech.

But what if it's really a happy speech and they did this to throw people off. The speech just looks like stuff he says all the time. Is Trump that clever? I don't know!

The campaign released excerpts that match the full transcript.

 

[DataStream]

Why? He didn't exactly get toasted in the GOP debates...

Because he doesn't know anything about the basics of the federal government or foreign relations?

It's going to be this moment over and over again.

 

[Crayons]

People already freaking out that somebody else wrote Donald Trump a speech even before we have to hear someone with the oratory skills of Donald Trump walk on stage and deliver it.

We can get a bootleg PoliGAF version of speech going. We just need someone to speak like they're an entitled racist white man and you got his speech right there

 

[cartoon_soldier]

It's a speech for non college educated white voters

White Voters Period. It attacks and blames everybody but white people. Sure, it will have a larger effect on non college educated whites.

 

[Black Mamba]

The "I am your voice" line scares me. I hope he fucks up that delivery. That's something more up Hillary's alley than his.

Ugh. So much fear, hate, nonsense wrapped up in pure fascism.

God I hate the GOP.

 

[User 463088]

I'm sorry, but just the fact of this man being the nominee of a major party is cause for great alarm.

Well of course it is. That's been true the entire time. It was terrifying yesterday. It will be terrifying when he gives the speech. It will be terrifying the day before the election.

None of that has anything to do with this speech. Anyone who thought he'd get up there and take a literal shit on the stage was putting themselves in fantasy land.

I repeat what I said in the other thread:

People want inspiration. They want hope. This has none of that. It's isolationist. It's xenophobic. It's freaking fascist.

 

[gcubed]

Why? He didn't exactly get toasted in the GOP debates...

well, once there were under 37 people on stage where one might expect an actual nuanced policy answer to a question he decided to not debate again.

The guy is a mental midget and will either look like one on the stage, or look like one while calling Hillary a lying bitch. He can't *actually* debate, it's going to be amazing

 

[NYCmetsfan]

I wonder if the crowd will erupt into "LOCK HER UP" chants tonight, and I wonder how he'd handle the moment.

I just realized how this and so much or Hillary has us super similar to the "stabbed in the back story" of the Nazis.

With the purging of the civil service, saying Hillary will be running way from prison garb, etc

I'm legit scared what he does with the department of Justice.

 

[Hobbestetrician]

Ugh. So much fear, hate, nonsense wrapped up in pure fascism.

God I hate the GOP.

This is all so hateful and evil. I really don't know what I will do if he wins, this disgusting approach to governance is terrifying.

Is it next week yet?

 

[whyamihere]

So, my first thoughts about this speech were that Trump has been able to turn text into (at least some) subtext. It's not that Mexico isn't sending its best people, they're sending its rapists and murders, it's, oh, it's these sanctuary cities and these illegals who are the problem. It's more classic Republican nativist language that could be more palpable to a wider audience.

I think this largely speaks to those who already support Trump, and maybe speak to those who feel the world is going to hell even with evidence to the contrary.

However, while I also think this is a good speech, I think this is also how it's being received before he delivers it, which also raises Trump's expectations that were absurdly low after Plaghazi, GUILTY GUILTY GUILTY, and Consciencegate.

 

[B-Dubs]

Well of course it is. That's been true the entire time. It was terrifying yesterday. It will be terrifying when he gives the speech. It will be terrifying the day before the election.

None of that has anything to do with this speech. Anyone who thought he'd get up there and take a literal shit on the stage was putting themselves in fantasy land.

I repeat what I said in the other thread:

People want inspiration. They want hope. This has none of that. It's isolationist. It's xenophobic. It's freaking fascist.

He's gone full Nazi

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

On MSNBC Manafort says Trump can appeal to women bc: "They can't afford their lives. Their husbands can't afford paying the family bills."

Paul Manafort is out here stealing money.

https://twitter.com/poniewozik/status/756273210623201280

 

[Black Mamba]

Like, if I wasn't in Cali, and lived in a swing state, I'd be doing shit for Hillary on my weekends. I'd sacrifice that free time to stop Trump.

I've never ever ever ever said that about anyone before. Not Romney, McCain, Bush.

But if I was in Fla or Ohio, so much of my free time would be about stopping him.

 

[B-Dubs]

Like, if I wasn't in Cali, I'd totally be in a swing state doing shit for Hillary on my weekends. I'd sacrifice that free time to stop Trump.

I've never ever ever ever said that about anyone before. Not Romney, McCain, Bush.

But if I was in Fla or Ohio, so much of my free time would be about stopping him.

Amen brother. Thank god NY is going to stab him in the goddamn chest.

 

[Grexeno]

I can't believe we're Diablosing about a speech that hasn't even happened yet.

 

[whyamihere]

Like, if I wasn't in Cali, and lived in a swing state, I'd be doing shit for Hillary on my weekends. I'd sacrifice that free time to stop Trump.

I've never ever ever ever said that about anyone before. Not Romney, McCain, Bush.

But if I was in Fla or Ohio, so much of my free time would be about stopping him.

Agreed. I would pretty much give up my other obligations of my free time if I lived in a swing state.

 

[Teggy]

The campaign released excerpts that match the full transcript.

Wow, what a trainwreck of a campaign. Do you trust a Trump administration to run a secure email server?

 

[Spoiled Milk]

Paul Manafort is out here stealing money.

https://twitter.com/poniewozik/status/756273210623201280

What fucking decade do we live in?

Shoutout to ItWasMeantToBe, btw, for always bringing us the most outrageous tweets

 

[Officerrob]

I can't believe we're Diablosing about a speech that hasn't even happened yet.

Seriously, people need to have a drink and get laid