I watched as much of the first night of the Republican Convention as I watched of the first night of the Democratic one: Just about nothing. But I saw enough in quick clips to know that I am not the G.O.P.'s target audience. This event is not about trying to convince people who think Trump is a dangerous, criminal, inept, lying Chief Exec that they've got the guy all wrong. It's about convincing those who are inclined to like him for one or more reasons to stay the course, spread the word, donate money, don't give up, get out the vote, etc. The Democratic affair was pretty much about the same things.
As is so often the case, we seem to be in one of those Too Much News periods. We have hurricanes, wildfires, another seemingly unwarranted police shooting of a black guy, big companies going under and/or shedding jobs, an asteroid heading our way, a new flavor of Chicken McNuggets, various new folks testing positive for COVID-19, various glimmers of a vaccine, Jerry Falwell Jr. confirming he's just as big a hypocrite as we all knew he was, et al. Perhaps it will inspire you to read what Jerry Seinfeld wrote about how he won't give up on New York…or just about anything else.
And I know you'll enjoy watching my pal Mike Peters talk with me this evening…unless you're a Trump supporter. He's a political cartoonist (with a Pulitzer Prize, no less) and while I'm going to try to talk mostly about cartooning, some political stuff is bound to creep in…though I'm not sure he can be nastier to Trump than he was to Bill Clinton. You can watch it on the very page you're looking at now…
