Frida Ghitis, a former CNN producer and correspondent, is a world affairs columnist.
She is a frequent opinion contributor to CNN and a contributing columnist to The Washington Post.
Posted on 08/25/2020 3:23:08 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
Watching the pandemic edition of the Republican National Convention, I had to remind myself this wasn't a "Saturday Night Live" parody of the Party of Trump.
The RNC first night alternated between lying about who President Donald Trump is and what he has done -- and lying about who Joe Biden is and what he would do.
In the convention's opening film, as images of the Statue of Liberty and Trump flashed, narrator Jon Voight described Trump as "a man who works tirelessly for you." Cue the laugh track.
We were told that Trump has been a "decisive leader" on the pandemic. The evidence to the contrary is overwhelming, with plentiful material available illustrating Trump's bungling of the federal response.
The wealthy St. Louis couple that made news brandishing weapons outside their mansion when Black Lives Matters protesters were outside, claimed Biden and Democrats "want to abolish suburbs altogether" and warned about "Marxist revolutionaries" taking over Congress.
It was all really scary -- or funny -- depending on your perspective.
Perhaps after Biden's recent performance, they've changed tack on painting him as addled -- and instead decided to cast him as a weak leader controlled by the "radical socialists."
The charge that the Democrats are all becoming socialist clashes with the reality that primary voters chose the centrist Biden, who then picked a centrist running mate in Kamala Harris.
Trump's "promises made, promises kept" motto came up, making me think of his promise to abolish Obamacare and replace it with "something terrific." Waiting, still. Then there's the wall Mexico will pay for.
If it were a television sketch, that would be hilarious. But, unfortunately, for America today, that's actually reality.
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Frida Ghitis, a former CNN producer and correspondent, is a world affairs columnist.
She is a frequent opinion contributor to CNN and a contributing columnist to The Washington Post.
I quit reading as soon as I saw that it came from CNN.
Speaking of SNL --- they misspelled "Pat".
What’s a cnn?
I bet her wife agrees with her.
What do we know about the writer of this opinion piece with the exception she’s a nutcase?
Uh, shove it, ugly lady. Go worry about your stupid party. Plenty to keep you busy there.
These democrat bastards are really panicked!! LOL
Is that a natural Alinskyette or a trans-Alinskyette?
Honestly that should be CNN's official motto.
What is it with you always posting Trump bashing CNN propaganda articles? Do you get some kind of thrill up your leg doing so...really..I want to know!
If true, the CNN Noose NutzworKKK is National Lampoon Live on acid.
CNN has a negative opinion of the Republican Convention? Wow! How surprising!
What a waste of a post.
Her Twitter might be fun on election night.
I quit reading after the picture.
Nothing origianl or even clever.
“Bad parody of SNL”? Over used, un original drivel.
They get paid to repeat Facebook replies from other unoriginal people.
Not a bad gig if you can stomach it....
Stupid little elf.
XiNN
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Chinese News Network
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