Opening Night @ The GOP Convention : Make America Safe
Last night's first edition of the GOP convention was filled with lots of drama, anecdotal stories, big personalities, anti-Hillary/Obama rhetoric and tons of non-politically correct speech. In other words it was not your typical convention and was quite refreshing.
The guest speakers included Willie Robertson of Duck Dynasty; Navy Seal Marcus Luttrell whose story was told in the movie Lone Survivor; Pat Smith, mother of Sean Smith who was one of the 4 left to die in Benghazi; 13 Hours co-authors Mark Geist and John Tiegen, CIA contractors and former marine corp vets; Antonia Sabato, actor from Happy Days; Jamiel Shaw whose son was killed by an illegal immigrant; David Clarke, Wisconsin Sheriff and black conservative; Darrel Glenn, Colorado Senatorial Candidate; Tom Cotton, Senator of Ark; Rudy Guliani former mayor of NYC; Flynn, retired Lt. General and of course Melania Trump. Quite the line up!
Every speaker fit in with last night's theme of Make America Safe by illustrating with personal stories of how our country seems to be under attack by terrorists, criminal illegal immigrants and the undermining of our police officers.
All mentioned how Hillary and Obama were the culprits who created this world. In fact I'd say the whole evening was a big 'screw you' to the current administration. And people loved it.
Even though every speaker was eloquent in their own way, Marcus Luttrell, Daryl Green, Rudy Guliani and Melania Trump were at the top of their game.
Marcus Luttrell's passion, sincerity and patriotism were evident right from the get go. Here was someone who fought the good fight and lived to talk about it and he did. To the point that tears welled up in my eyes. He was that moving. If only we had heroes like him in politics where they put country first, careers second we'd be in much better shape.
Daryl Green, the Senatorial Candidate from Colorado was one of the most articulate, humorous and charismatic political speakers I've heard in awhile. No doubt he has the 'it' factor and a way of speaking that is so relatable, human and patriotic. I hope he is elected come November.We could sure use more like him.
Everyone knows Rudy, so no need to define who he is. However, he went above and beyond his usual articulate, direct way of speaking and knocked it out of the ballpark. I've never seem him so animated, passionate and willing to put himself on the line like he did last night with his sincere and genuine endorsement of Mr. Trump.
Last but not least, Melania. I was pleasantly surprised by her presentation. To be honest I didn't know what to expect and thought she was just a trophy wife for The Donald more than anything else. But when she got up to speak, I was extremely impressed. She was articulate, passionate in a quiet sort of way, poised and just all over very professional. Gone was my image of a lightweight.
Bottom line is that I think The Donald, along with shaking up the way campaigns are run and fought, has now changed how future conventions will be orchestrated. Things will never be the same and I think that's a good thing.
Looking forward to tonight's line up which will include more Trump family members and employees, Ben Carson, Scott Walker and more. The theme will be Make America Work. I suspect once again there won't be a dull moment.
The guest speakers included Willie Robertson of Duck Dynasty; Navy Seal Marcus Luttrell whose story was told in the movie Lone Survivor; Pat Smith, mother of Sean Smith who was one of the 4 left to die in Benghazi; 13 Hours co-authors Mark Geist and John Tiegen, CIA contractors and former marine corp vets; Antonia Sabato, actor from Happy Days; Jamiel Shaw whose son was killed by an illegal immigrant; David Clarke, Wisconsin Sheriff and black conservative; Darrel Glenn, Colorado Senatorial Candidate; Tom Cotton, Senator of Ark; Rudy Guliani former mayor of NYC; Flynn, retired Lt. General and of course Melania Trump. Quite the line up!
Every speaker fit in with last night's theme of Make America Safe by illustrating with personal stories of how our country seems to be under attack by terrorists, criminal illegal immigrants and the undermining of our police officers.
All mentioned how Hillary and Obama were the culprits who created this world. In fact I'd say the whole evening was a big 'screw you' to the current administration. And people loved it.
Even though every speaker was eloquent in their own way, Marcus Luttrell, Daryl Green, Rudy Guliani and Melania Trump were at the top of their game.
Marcus Luttrell's passion, sincerity and patriotism were evident right from the get go. Here was someone who fought the good fight and lived to talk about it and he did. To the point that tears welled up in my eyes. He was that moving. If only we had heroes like him in politics where they put country first, careers second we'd be in much better shape.
Daryl Green, the Senatorial Candidate from Colorado was one of the most articulate, humorous and charismatic political speakers I've heard in awhile. No doubt he has the 'it' factor and a way of speaking that is so relatable, human and patriotic. I hope he is elected come November.We could sure use more like him.
Everyone knows Rudy, so no need to define who he is. However, he went above and beyond his usual articulate, direct way of speaking and knocked it out of the ballpark. I've never seem him so animated, passionate and willing to put himself on the line like he did last night with his sincere and genuine endorsement of Mr. Trump.
Last but not least, Melania. I was pleasantly surprised by her presentation. To be honest I didn't know what to expect and thought she was just a trophy wife for The Donald more than anything else. But when she got up to speak, I was extremely impressed. She was articulate, passionate in a quiet sort of way, poised and just all over very professional. Gone was my image of a lightweight.
Bottom line is that I think The Donald, along with shaking up the way campaigns are run and fought, has now changed how future conventions will be orchestrated. Things will never be the same and I think that's a good thing.
Looking forward to tonight's line up which will include more Trump family members and employees, Ben Carson, Scott Walker and more. The theme will be Make America Work. I suspect once again there won't be a dull moment.
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