Reason's Facebook Live Republican National Convention Coverage

Matt Welch and Nick Gillespie taking your questions starting at 2pm ET Monday.

Matt Welch and Nick Gillespie reported live at 2 pm on Monday from the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. 

They lay out the stakes of the Trump nomination, whether the GOP can survive the next few days, and most importantly, what it all means for libertarians.

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[Francisco d'Anconia]

NO!

[SIV]

HE'LL NO!

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[Zeb]

This is what I came here to say.

Two things I want to avoid like the plague: Facebook and political conventions.

[Playa Manhattan.]

I'm still on the fence.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Join in the discussion by submitting your questions in the comments.

If tomatoes are actually fruit, does that make ketchup a type of jam?

[Francisco d'Anconia]

If you were a tree...

[You Sound Like a Prog (MJG)]

Are you going to provide a play-by-play, for those of us who can't watch a facebook feed this afternoon?

[Fist of Etiquette]

I probably should, but Facebook? I mean, really.

[SugarFree]

Jam or Chutney?

Given the addition of savory spices, I'm thinking chutney.

[Fist of Etiquette]

It was a yes or no question.

[SugarFree]

I'm sick of your creeping Manicheanism.

[Fist of Etiquette]

It's either binary or it's not.

[RBS]

Will you be topless?

[Citizen X]

No. At this point The Jacket's pseudopodia have so thoroughly penetrated the torso of the being once known as Nick Gillespie that it cannot be removed without catastrophic damage to the host.

[ant1sthenes]

Can't you use sonic vibrations or something?

[Scarecrow & WoodChipper Repair]

They'll be drinking screwdrivers, but not of the sonic variety. Sunglasses now ....

[Citizen X]

That seems like a good way to activate The Jacket's defensive reflexes. Are you sure you want to experience having your soul sucked out through your eye sockets?

[The Fusionist]

I already saw the libertarian stripper guy, if that's what you mean.

[tarran]

I'm so glad that when I applied for a job writing for Reason, I didn't even make the cut to get that initial interview, let alone the job.

Can you imagine the nightmare of being required to attend something as unimportant as a national party's convention and having to write articles like the bullshit actually meant something?!?

[Jerry on the rocks]

IT's all about hooking up with Republican broads at night I imagine.

[DesigNate]

That might actually be worth it.

I bet they send the noobs to the Democrat convention, cause really, who wants to sleep with any of them?

(This is the kind of crap Virginia Postrel hates about us right?)

[SugarFree]

Trying to hook-up at the DNC convention sounds like a great way to be accused of rape, unless you are Bill Clinton.

[tarran]

The trick is to say you are the son of an NPR producer. The girls will blame college republicans rather than to insult the state's propaganda arm,

[SugarFree]

[gets out note pad]

[R C Dean]

You seem to have given this a lot of thought, tarran.

[Rufus The Monocled]

Facebook?

Ha!

Surely you jest.

Wait. You not.

[Grand Moff Serious Man]

I'll only watch if you first recreate the opening of The Drew Carey Show. With Matt cosplaying as Drew and Nick as Mimi.

[You Sound Like a Prog (MJG)]

And Drew Carey as Diedrich Bader.

[Mr Drew]

I would watch that

[AlmightyJB]

Is Trump as dreamy as you both imagined?

[Fist of Etiquette]

If someone says the name Adolph to you, does your mind go to Hitler or Menjou?

[DEATFBIRSECIA]

Coors.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Ugh. The worst of the bunch.

[Dennis, Constitutional Peasant]

If someone says the name Adolph to you, does your mind go to Hitler or Menjou?

Neither; i think = "these must be the last words of someone who has just been murdered by a dolphin"

[Fist of Etiquette]

Proud of yourself?

[Pompey (91% LOLLOLZ)]

Yeah, no.

[Dennis, Constitutional Peasant]

Why do they do things things yet tell no one about them in advance?

Or if they did, how did i miss it? not that i intend on watching, just saying - it seems odd that they fly out (or in nick's case, walk down the street) to the middle of bumfuck OH to cover the ceremonial political shitshow and don't bother explaining what/why this will be an interesting broadcast or what the libertarian angle is here.

At the very least, i hope we get lots of footy of protestors, and nick trying to start shit with them by asking Jay-Leno-esque "Quizzes" about what they actually know about public policy/economics/political theory, etc.

I will at least check and see what matt's "Travel Tie" is.

[DesigNate]

I would actually watch that.

[Fist of Etiquette]

It requires Flash. Amateur hour.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Okay, I'm seeing why Welch chooses button down shirt collars.

[Fist of Etiquette]

"Goddamn Mexicans!"

-Matt Welch

[Crusty Juggler]

How much ya bench?

[Fist of Etiquette]

What is this? Vertical video?

[Fist of Etiquette]

I'm not hearing any answers to my questions. BUT THEN WHO GOES TO LIBERTARIANS FOR ANSWERS IN THE FIRST PLACE?

[Fist of Etiquette]

If you're going to roll up your shirt sleeves, at least do some wrist curls first to get your forearms all huge.

[The Fusionist]

Then sing "I fight to the finich 'cause I eats me spinach."

[Dennis, Constitutional Peasant]

Or - get a tattoo of a woman wrapped laciviously around a black panther on the inside of your forearm.

[Dennis, Constitutional Peasant]

Light blue striped shirt, light blue striped tie.

meh. probably should have worn button-down. Matt still can't figure out collar-stays.

Nick now realizes facebook comments work like shit for "answering question", and says, 'Tweet us and shit'.

Its this level of disorganization which i think typifies libertarians.

[Fist of Etiquette]

So apparently they're not even going to look at their own blog for questions. EFF THAT.

[Crusty Juggler]

On a scale of 1-10, rank Dylan Matthews' likeability.

[Dennis, Constitutional Peasant]

Isn't he the one who shot all those black folks?

[Crusty Juggler]

Yes. I heard from a trusted source that Dylan Matthews is a racist murderer.

[SugarFree]

It's like Frankenstein cosplaying as a racist Japanese caricature from WWII propaganda.

[Crusty Juggler]

You have a gift, sir.

[Zero Sum Game]

When he receives a care package in the mail containing neck bolts and buck teeth, everyone's going to know it was you.

[SugarFree]

Dammit. I should have kept quiet.

[Stilgar]

Is this the kindler gentler alternative to water boarding?

[Francisco d'Anconia]

kindler gentler alternative to water boarding

This is in dispute.

[Crusty Juggler]

How worried are you about Robby Soave's uncontrollable lust for fruit sushi?

[SugarFree]

"KIWI!" he screamed.

[CE]

Just make sure there are plenty of quinao cups.

[sarcasmic]

I'd rather eat broken glass.

[Crusty Juggler]

Do the Cleveland police make you feel safe?

[The Fusionist]

From what?

[Fist of Etiquette]

GOD DOESN'T MATTER

-Nick Gillespie

[Crusty Juggler]

Do you force an intern to mule your drugs, and if not why not?

[Fist of Etiquette]

You better not be streaming this thing on Cleveland's wifi. They only have DSL!

[Rasilio]

Anyone who saw any of it think Matt was looking a little orange?

Has he gone over to the Donald's side or is that just a requirement to get into the convention?

[Fist of Etiquette]

You're going to have to pay Epstein scale for being on camera now.

[OldMexican sine qua non]

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Yeah. Make me.

[Fist of Etiquette]

IT'S OFFICIALLY GONE OFF THE RAILS WHEN THE CAMERA POINTS TO THE GROUND.

[The Late P Brooks]

No.

No, wait-

FUCK, NO

[Fist of Etiquette]

You're losing views, boys.

[This Machine]

What's the difference between a duck, or are they oranges because trees don't have doors?

[Fist of Etiquette]

Apparently they hit Facebook's suckage cap.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Team coverage from Reason resumes.

[Fist of Etiquette]

"I've done sound checks."

-Matt Welch, reminding you that he's a musician

[Krapulent Kristen]

Looks like my Facederp politics filter is working! Woot!

[Krabappel]

I had to nuke it from orbit (deactivate), it was the only way to be sure.

[Fist of Etiquette]

TURN THE CAMERA OFF BEFORE POINTING IT AT YOUR SHOES. OMG does ReasonTV need to hire a propagandist with legit technical experience?

[The Late P Brooks]

At least they're doing it via facebook, instead of completely ratfucking HnR.

[R C Dean]

If you are streaming web content from Cleveland, doesn't that make you a Cleveland Streamer?

[Krabappel]

Will you be here all week?

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[Uncle Jay]

Reason's Facebook Live Republican National Convention Coverage

I have a question for Matt or Nick.
Why would anyone that is sane want to be a republican (or a democrat) unless they were either brain dead, a functional illiterate, or have so little information available to them as to advocate a socialist state?
I'll wait.

[simplybe]

Trump and Clinton make me sick

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