change?

   This week I watched This Week. The host was George Stephanopoulos. The guests on the show were Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort, Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook, Senator Bernie Sanders. The pundits on the show were Dem. strategist Donna Brazile, political analyst Matthew Dowd, Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.) , Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl.


  Beginning our show we discuss Clinton's choice for choosing, Senator Tim Kaine. White House Correspondent Jonathan K. brings up that Tim Kaine has won eight times in office, has great chemistry with Hillary Clinton. He also brings up that both of the parties' vp picks have already shown major contrast such Mike Pence and Donald Trump being on stage, at separate times; While, Hilary Clinton and Tim Kaine have shared the stage together. George S. ask what will be the message from the DNC currently. Jonathan K. says that the Democrats should caution with their message of hope and try making it more realistic. George S. ends the talk with how the leaked emails will affect Debbie Wasserman Schultz. As of now, Debbie Wasserman Schultz will resign and stepdown from being the Chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Clinton's campaign manager Robby Mook came to speak. In the interview, the subject matter was on how the DNC will differ from the RNC from policies spoken from the Democratic Nominee, to guests, and entertainment. Robby Mook said the RNC did not speak of Donald Trump's policies and instead, was all about bashing Hillary Clinton. While, I didn't see the whole coverage of the RNC, I did read Donald Trump's speech. The speech covered the parts he has been campaigning and more, such as bringing up the LGBTQ community, bringing key facts about how American citizens aren't safe from the dangers of terrorism, and more. But many news outlets have questioned the facts presented, some being false, exaggerated but most of them have been presented as accurate. Next, we have short interview with Bernie Sanders. George S. starts off with what were his (Sanders) thought on the WikiLeaks of the emails. Sanders responded that he knew that he was right about the DNC chairman being unfair and biased. He said he wants change in the Democratic party and need a leader who will be fair and bring change. He went on to bash Donald Trump, up until George S. brings up a clip where Trump is trying to side with Bernie and bring up that he has been treated unfair. Bernie understands that he trying to get his voters but he will need to do more. Our final interview is with Paul Manafort. Started off with bashing Hillary Clinton but went on to talk about NATO and Donald Trump's commentary on it. To sum it up, Donald Trump thinks that NATO is bad for America because of the amount of money we are paying for defense. Mitch McConnell have to said that his comment is a mistake. Paul M. came to defend Trump's comments and saying that he meant to say countries should carry their own weight. They bring up Trump's speech, saying the speech was "dark", " not optimistic", " not hopeful enough". I have to disagree, reading the speech, it seems to have shown the world in black and white colors. The reality of it is our country is in a dark place. Trump was trying to show his voters that the world they are living in is cruel and violent, and we have to change that. We end the interview with talk of Roger Alies joining the Trump trail but Paul M. said that's a rumor and it's false. We end with our pundits. The democrats pundits start off the talk. Vice Chairman Donna Brazile starts off by saying she apologized to Bernie Sanders campaign and the nonsense in the party needs to stop. Rep Tom Cole, who came to discuss that RNC was a hit unlike Paul Manafort who has said otherwise. The pundits talk about both parties' vp picks. Starting with Tim Kaine, some saying that he complements Hillary. Some said the same for Mike Pence and Donald Trump. One pundit ,Matthew Dowe, brought up that Mike Pence and Tim Kaine were picked by two people who have rather large egos. But both can be seen as "humble servants". I believe that both candidates choose someone safe and who can show the "softer" side of the two. They go on to talk about Paul Manafort's plan to expand the battle-ground states from 14 to 20, bringing in states that have traditionally been liberal like Michigan, New Mexico. Some just to name.


   To conclude, Donald Trump is the Republican Nominee, Clinton choose Tim Kaine as her vice president pick, and the RNC had its ups and downs, and the Democrats have been playing dirty within their own party. And to end it, I am not surprise by it. But, we have long ways to go until November.