The Mistake on the Lake Convention, Part 1

image

The Greatest Show on Earth will begin with Trump’s arrival in Cleveland, which used to be a city in northern Ohio. Before five decades of Democrat administrations reduced it to an antiquarian hulk and The Cuyahoga River caught fire and burned everything to a cinder.

Well, moving on…

Why the Convention will be held in what remains of Cleveland's Union Railroad Station.

Why the Convention was planned to be held in what remains of Cleveland’s Union Station. Cruz had a big evangelical religious speech planned. He chose poorly.

With no infrastructure left, it wasn’t feasible for Trump to arrive by train or camel. Instead, he arranged to come to town in a humble Lake Erie boat.

Not his real yacht, mind, just a sort of launch he keeps for side trips from his Niagara estate.

Not his real yacht, mind, just a sort of launch he keeps for side trips from his Niagara estate.

Meanwhile, the locals were practicing to give him a big welcome.

image

But you know how it goes. Big is bigger than cute. The locals are brushed aside by the new arrival in town. The Trump campaign has arranged for Buckye Stadium to be moved to Cleveland and prepared for the real greeting the Republican nominee deserves. So, from the port of Cleveland he helicopters into the new convention site just in time for an appropriate landing.