They all use speechwriters today. Watching the Trump roster in Cleveland tonight, I wondered if wordmakers and teleprompters could make an orator of Elmer Fudd.

My point was Jim lost it after members poked fun at Junior's stentorian effort in support of the Second, while his father's adherence to it is in question.

I agree with you that what matters is whether he believes in it or not. Trump owns the party now, beholding to none. What he says goes for the GOP.

On the evidence of his or ghostwriter's words, and the standard by some members judge fealty to the Second, he's an out-and-out anti.

I think not. He falls into the "what's reasonable" category, definitely not Jim's notion of an inalienable right.