Trump's forgotten Americans

White House can­di­da­tes usu­ally close their con­ven­ti­ons with a spe­ech filled with metap­hors and opti­mism about the country's future. Not so Donald Trump. The simi­la­ri­ties of his accep­tance spe­ech in Cle­ve­land with Nixon's of 1968 were expec­ted, with refe­rence to the for­got­ten Ame­ri­cans and pro­mi­ses of law and order to stir up the whi­tes hit by the cri­sis. Trump tip­toed around party ide­o­lo­gies such as abor­tion and poin­ted his fin­ger at those he fal­sely accu­ses of being to blame for everyt­hing (immi­grants). Now the show of Repu­bli­can disu­nity is over, today the Demo­crats begin their con­ven­tion, with a luxury cast of the Oba­mas, Bill Clin­ton and Ber­nie San­ders to enth­rone Hillary. Anyone for pop­corn?