It was a dramatic finish to the Republican National Convention, and the slightly delayed balloon and confetti drop added a fitting flourish to a loud and exciting night.
Four days ago I wrote a post about how similar the Trump family seemed to the Von Trapp family in The Sound of Music.In that iconic film, the attractive young wife and brilliantly talented kids' love transforms a crusty patriarch into a warm and fuzzy hero.
Trump's kids proved to be every bit as brilliantly talented as the kids in the film. And last night Ivanka Trump absolutely stole the show. She is intelligent, articulate, politically astute, poised, accomplished, and not to mention strikingly beautiful.
She got up and spoke to an audience of tens of millions as if she'd done it hundreds of times--totally relaxed, with calm authority and presence.
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People are remarking this morning that Ivanka introducing her "father's agenda" of humanist and feminist policies made them almost feel like they were listening to Hillary Clinton.
It was clearly Ivanka's own laundry list of policies and they would generally be considered antithetical to the GOP.
But she actually had the crowd on its feet cheering for a totally liberal agenda like 'equal pay for women'.
I would vote for Ivanka for president if she were running. That's how good she was.
Her two brothers and younger sister were equally effective in their own individual ways.
Twenty-two-year-old Tiffany, fresh out of the University of Pennsylvania, was a pleasant surprise and should have a very bright future.
The two adult Trump brothers, Don and Eric, were equally impressive at the podium. Both gave strong performances.
And 10-year-old Baron, while not speaking, looked every bit like The Donald's 'Mini Me.'
Despite the plagiarism gaffe, no one's really going to hold a grudge against Melania for very long. Even with the lifted Michelle Obama lines, Melania showed some mettle at the podium.
Trump himself stayed on message by sticking to the teleprompter, but his speech was dark and angry. It basically was a synopsis of everything he's been saying since Day 1, without any of the racist or misogynistic vitriol.
He painted a pretty gloomy picture of our country and world and offered himself, not specific policies, as the solution.
Some things he says he'll do for the economy sound pretty scary, such as virtually unrestricted exploitation of our energy resources.
Some of his plans resemble Reagan's debunked and failed 'Trickle Down' economics--help the rich and they'll help everyone else. Trump wants to cut their taxes "big time."
To Trump's credit, he and his convention reached out several times to the LGBTQ community and promised that his administration would be inclusive and protect their rights.
The pundits are virtually all saying that Trump still hasn't 'made the pivot' to the general election.
We'll see about that. But we have now met the Von Trump family, and they're easy to love. Can we love their crusty patriarch?
The jury is still out on that one, but there seems to be music quietly playing in the background.
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