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Former George W. Bush speechwriter David Frum joined Molly-Jong Fast and Rick Wilson on a special edition of The New Abnormal for the second night of the Republican National Convention and he just couldn\u2019t work out what the Hell the GOP thought they were doing? Stephen Harper, the former prime minister of Canada, used to have a sign up on all four walls of his campaign war room, Frum explains: \u201cAnd the sign said, \u2018Why are you saying this?\u2019\u201d While the Democrats realized they needed to create lots of short video segments that would be shared online, Frum compares the RNC disaster as a low-rent version of the Tucker Carlson show on Fox News. \u201cHe's a professionally competent white supremacist with a volume controls on the input device that matches the volume output,\u201d he says.

Molly was also unimpressed by Melania\u2019s \u201cdictator chic\u201d and her very long speech. \u201cIn the end she was just like this weird alien trying to mimic a human,\u201d she says. Amid the cavalcade of nepotism, Molly also thought Tiffany Trump\u2019s performance was instructive. \u201cThere's always been a liberal fantasy that Tiffany is not as evil as the rest of the adult children. I think tonight, that fantasy has been put to bed,\u201d she says. The sight of former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi prompted Rick to issue a warning that Bondi has been working with Rudy Giuliani and Steve Bannon on concocting \u201cHillary's emails 2.0\u201d\u2014some kind of opposition research attack on the Bidens. \u201cTonight was a preview of the October surprise,\u201d he says.

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