We're just hours away from the start of the GOP national convention and what Donald Trump promised will be a different kind of convention and a spectacular show.
What we may actually get is a modern-day rendition of The Sound of Music, This one features an adult version of the Von Trapp family doing a song and dance to convince us their patriarch should be our country's daddy as well.
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| The Von Trump family rehearsing for the GOP national convention that begins today in Cleveland. What? That's the Von Trapp family? Sorry. |
It should be very amusing, and maybe even convincing.
Tonight, third wife Melania takes the stage to shower praise on her wonderful husband.
He has a track record of trading in wives for a newer model when they turn 50. She's only got four years' worth of tread left, so two terms for her in the Oval Office are kind of iffy.
He has a track record of trading in wives for a newer model when they turn 50. She's only got four years' worth of tread left, so two terms for her in the Oval Office are kind of iffy.
Melania is, of course, a stunning international high-fashion (ahemmm) model.
It'll be really cool to hang semi-nude pinups of our First Lady around my office. I've seen some of them on the internet, and she's got my vote--for anything but First Lady.
Okay, she was a few years younger when she did the photo shoot, so maybe all the church people supporting Trump and his running mate Deacon Pence can forgive her for flaunting her boobies all over the heathen world.
According to GQ Magazine, back in her native Slovenia, Melania's father, then a young man and single, had a fling that produced an illegitimate half brother four years Melania's senior.
Prior to the boy's birth, said GQ, Melania's father had pushed the boy's mother unsuccessfully to abort the pregnancy.
Prior to the boy's birth, said GQ, Melania's father had pushed the boy's mother unsuccessfully to abort the pregnancy.
He subsequently denied his paternity, but the blood evidence showed otherwise.
Melania's dad ultimately lost in court to the boy's mother and financially supported the child until he turned 18. He chose to have no personal relationship with his son, whose very existence was kept secret.
Melania's dad ultimately lost in court to the boy's mother and financially supported the child until he turned 18. He chose to have no personal relationship with his son, whose very existence was kept secret.
This story is alleged to have brought its author, Douglas Friedman, anti-Semitic death threats from various neo-Nazis. Nice.
Once we've been charmed by Melania, and I'm really not being sarcastic here, we're in for a steady bevy of speeches from every other adult member of the Trump clan...a lovefest for Daddy.
We'll be hearing from Ivanka, Eric, Donald, Jr., and possibly even Tiffany. Aside from the youngest of them, these are very accomplished people. Ivanka's resume is so impressive that one wonders if she wouldn't be a better choice for the nation's first woman president.
If the Donald's kids are truly a reflection of him, then he's been deceiving the world about who he really is.
My guess? They're more reflections of their mother(s)--the first three from ex, Ivana, the fourth from ex, Marla Maples.
Melania has largely stayed off the campaign trail so she could be a hands-on mom to the Trumps' 10-year-old son Baron.
Of course, Nubbs has had to have been some semblance of a good influence on his children.
They all can't be just openly rebelling against his divisive, hateful, bombastic nature by being model citizens. He's had to have some genuinely positive impact on their work ethic and values.
So, Trump's kids may actually speak volumes about a man about whom so far we know of only a despicable caricature.
Can the Von Trump family charm us into liking a person who makes many of us gag?
Sadly, I know how The Sound of Music turned out. We not only loved the kids, but we also wound up loving their crusty old man.
Once we've been charmed by Melania, and I'm really not being sarcastic here, we're in for a steady bevy of speeches from every other adult member of the Trump clan...a lovefest for Daddy.
We'll be hearing from Ivanka, Eric, Donald, Jr., and possibly even Tiffany. Aside from the youngest of them, these are very accomplished people. Ivanka's resume is so impressive that one wonders if she wouldn't be a better choice for the nation's first woman president.
If the Donald's kids are truly a reflection of him, then he's been deceiving the world about who he really is.
My guess? They're more reflections of their mother(s)--the first three from ex, Ivana, the fourth from ex, Marla Maples.
Melania has largely stayed off the campaign trail so she could be a hands-on mom to the Trumps' 10-year-old son Baron.
Of course, Nubbs has had to have been some semblance of a good influence on his children.
They all can't be just openly rebelling against his divisive, hateful, bombastic nature by being model citizens. He's had to have some genuinely positive impact on their work ethic and values.
So, Trump's kids may actually speak volumes about a man about whom so far we know of only a despicable caricature.
Can the Von Trump family charm us into liking a person who makes many of us gag?
Sadly, I know how The Sound of Music turned out. We not only loved the kids, but we also wound up loving their crusty old man.
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