As you can see from the message thread above, red meat wasn't my term. It was Polnut's term. All I pointed out was that both parties use these scripted snoozefests to feed red meat to their base. After all, who is in the convention hall but the most stalwart party activists? You play to your audience, at least during the non-prime time hour.
I tend not to watch much of either convention because canned, boring speeches don't interest me. I didn't see much of it, but I doubt the Republican speakers said "we have to get rid of the Browns and Muslims!!" today, though.
Kasich is not scheduled to speak at the RNC. Why does Sanders have to speak? He doesn't have to. His speech will be calculated to speak to the progressive base of the party.
As I said, I expect to hear a lot of divisive, anti-police, Black Lives Matters rhetoric at the DNC. They are even inviting a bunch of Black Lives Matters mothers to speak to the convention. Perhaps you think everyone agrees with the Black Lives Matters movement's rhetoric and tactics, but they don't. I also expect to see a lot of fearmongering about Republicans generally and Trump specifically. Neither party has a monopoly on using fear to motivate their base.
Kasich isn't attending the convention because he doesn't want to go. Rifts in the party. Had he wanted to go, had he endorsed Trump, he could have gotten himself a speaking spot. Comparing him to Sanders is awfully silly for so many reasons.
How can you comment on what there was and wasn't in the presentations last night if you admit you didn't watch much of it?
As for the claim that Black Lives Matter is divisive and anti-police, that's on you. It's entirely untrue and insulting.
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