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Cigar
05-31-2016, 12:52 PM
Even as Donald Trump and Republican Party bosses diligently work Capitol Hill in hopes of bringing the party together after a fractious presidential primary, convention planners could still be looking at a block of empty seats for the July convention.

A growing roster of senior GOP figures – from governors to senators to, most notably, nearly every living GOP presidential nominee – is vowing to skip the convention in Cleveland, despite the candidate starting to win over the rank-and-file.

In an unconventional election season where Trump has capitalized on an anti-establishment fervor, the case can be made that Trump does not need the blessing of party elders, or their attendance.

“Trump is a master entertainer and more than likely going to put together a convention program that attempts to highlight his strengths and sideline some of the major absences,” Republican strategist Ron Bonjean told FoxNews.com (http://foxnews.com/).

Still, since wrapping up the nomination, Trump and his surrogates have been regularly meeting with Hill Republicans, showing at least an effort to pursue party unity – a message that high-profile absences in Cleveland could undercut.


http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/05/30/gop-convention-no-shows-threaten-to-undercut-trump-unity-push.html

It's Going to be a Big Show :laugh:

http://www.stripes.com/polopoly_fs/1.289064.1402780846%21/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_804/image.jpg (http://www.stripes.com/news/under-the-big-top-in-munich-an-ed-sullivan-show-1.10722)

MisterVeritis
05-31-2016, 02:44 PM
And when it is all said and done Trump will be the President.

Safety
05-31-2016, 02:47 PM
And when it is all said and done Trump will be the President.

Of Hillary's fan club?

MisterVeritis
05-31-2016, 02:47 PM
Of Hillary's fan club?
Hillary will be moving to Leavenworth for the Long Course.

Safety
05-31-2016, 02:51 PM
Hillary will be moving to Leavenworth for the Long Course.

Does the FBI know this latest breaking news?

MisterVeritis
05-31-2016, 02:58 PM
Does the FBI know this latest breaking news?
I am reasonably sure they will recommend that a grand jury followed by indictment.

Safety
05-31-2016, 03:01 PM
I am reasonably sure they will recommend that a grand jury followed by indictment.

I have popcorn, standing by.

MisterVeritis
05-31-2016, 03:01 PM
I have popcorn, standing by.
It will not be long now.

Cigar
05-31-2016, 03:02 PM
And when it is all said and done Trump will be the President.


President of what?

Trump University?

AZ Jim
05-31-2016, 03:04 PM
You will never see Trump in the Whitehouse or on Mt. Rushmore.

MisterVeritis
05-31-2016, 03:05 PM
You will never see Trump in the Whitehouse or on Mt. Rushmore.
Perhaps not personally. But I will see him on television. He will be a hands-on president.

Peter1469
05-31-2016, 04:37 PM
I expect riots at the DNC convention.