Chaos In Cleveland

speaking at CPAC in Washington D.C. on February 10, 2011. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Melania Trump at the QVC Red Carpet Style Party, Four Seasons Hotel, Los Angeles, CA on February 25, 2011 - Photo by Glenn Francis of www.PacificProDigital.com (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Donald Trump accepted the nomination of the Republican Party as their presidential standard-bearer in Cleveland Thursday night, ranting and raving for more than an hour about being the 'law and order' candidate (insert cha-chung here), how he'd shake up the establishment in Washington, keeping immigrants from crossing the border, and other utterances of bluster that got him where he is today.

The Republican National Convention was not your usual choreographed snoozefest, not with The Donald involved.  Who needs to see protesters marching peacefully while being confined to one space blocks from Quicken Loans Arena, when we could watch delegates inside the hall snipe at each other as a political party comes apart at the seams?

• Senator Ted Cruz of Texas did himself no favors by getting booed off the stage for refusing to endorse Trump.  Whether it was because he thought Trump insulted members of his family during the primaries, or he's just positioning himself for a 2020 run,  Cruz showed what kind of man he was.  Oh, and the moment Trump walked into the arena near the end of Cruz' speech?  Pure political theater.
• Melania Trump's introduction to the public was marred by her lifting parts of Michelle Obama's 2008 speech during her own nationally-televised valentine to her husband.  It wasn't entirely Melania's fault.  Blame it on lazy speechwriting, which a Trump staffer all but admitted to.
• Democratic nominee-to-be Hillary Clinton's name was mentioned almost as much as Trump's or 'USA! USA!'.  Unfortunately for Clinton, it's in reference to the FBI declining to prosecute her for sending classified documents through her private e-mail server, for which the GOP delegates would rather string her up and throw her in prison.  "Lock Her Up", rather than "Make America Great Again", seems to be the theme of this convention.

Now that the chaos in Cleveland is over, it's the Democrats' turn in Philadelphia.  Unless Bernie Sanders and his fans can make things interesting, Clinton should enjoy a relatively peaceful and orderly week before making history of her own.  Right?