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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Probably someone could cut them open and fill them with explosives or something.
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edited 17th Jul '16 1:22:40 PM by TheAirman
PSN ID: FateSeraph | Switch friendcode: SW-0145-8835-0610 Congratulations! She/TheyI don't think anyone here has expressed that (yet...recently) but the probability of something going badly is high. There's going to be protesters, there's going to be Trump whipping up his followers, there's going to be politicians who are deeply unhappy about the whole thing and may or may not go along with it. Powder keg waiting for a match.
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And the party's political ambitions, ideally. But I don't want to see anyone get hurt, that's awful and fundamentally unhealthy for a democracy.
But the odds of this convention turning into a riot are way higher than they should be.
edited 17th Jul '16 2:17:52 PM by Rationalinsanity
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.Incidentally, the convention schedule and speaker list for the RNC has been released, and it is a trainwreck. Paul Ryan and Mitch Mc Connel aren't keynote speakers (just regular speakers), but the manager of Eric Trump's winery is.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/60-minutes-trump-pence-republican-ticket/
Here's the interview in Video Form.
Every time I say we've reached the bottom of the barrel, trump practically destroys the bottom and then starts digging further.
New Survey coming this weekend!

edited 17th Jul '16 1:16:24 PM by Elle