# A Perfectly Reasonable Amount of Schadenfreude about Things Happening to Trump & His Enablers (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 14, 2020, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537 "2020-11-14T00:09:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 142
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2021, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2825 "2021-09-13T17:55:00Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > This isn’t a rally, it’s a business. And it’s failing. The rubes are starting to run out of money. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2021, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2826 "2021-09-13T19:13:53Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > The rubes are starting to run out of money. They just don’t want to pay for exact same thing over and over and over… ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2021, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2827 "2021-09-13T19:17:20Z")
Oh, I think they do want it. It’s like eating mac and cheese over and over and over. Comfort food. It’s just that they are running out of money. And that’s what it’s all about at it’s heart; Syphoning money out of the pockets of the gullible. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2021, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2828 "2021-09-13T19:46:54Z")
Humm… 300 at say $125 a pop. 37 large. I would pay to watch the ‘speakers’ fight for that in a ring. Now I’m getting some ideas… hmm. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2021, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2829 "2021-09-13T19:50:16Z")
Whoever survives on this island for one day will get the money. Buh Bye 😀 ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2021, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2830 "2021-09-13T20:28:59Z")
Did we already cover Trump’s entire schedule for 9/11? Boxing commentator. Speech to the “Moonies”. Brief surprise appearance to FDNY in what looks to be a basement. > **[Boxing, ‘Moonies’ and Firefighter Selfies: Trump’s Strange 9/11 of One](https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/09/13/trump-9-11-511611)** > > On the 20th anniversary of the attacks, Trump found ways to keep the spotlight on him. And make a little money. > **[Trump spoke at a 9/11 'Moonies' conference organized by the widow of the Rev....](https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-speaks-at-moonies-911-event-praises-unification-church-2021-9)** > > The Unification Church, whose followers are often called Moonies, has attracted criticism for its cultlike behavior. Speaking of the Moonies, apparently they were one of the groups that had an outsized presence on 1/6. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2021, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2831 "2021-09-13T22:29:09Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > Speaking of the Moonies, apparently they were one of the groups that had an outsized presence on 1/6. - Hadn’t heard that. Now I’m wondering about their presence in US military and law enforcement… \ > [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > > [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > > > The rubes are starting to run out of money. > > They just don’t want to pay for exact same thing over and over and over… > [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Oh, I think they do want it. It’s like eating mac and cheese over and over and over. Comfort food. > > It’s just that they are running out of money. And that’s what it’s all about at it’s heart; Syphoning money out of the pockets of the gullible. Remember that ‘politicians bilking the rubes via lies and flattery’ has a long-lived cousin: **'fundamentalist preachers bilking the rubes via lies and flattery.** ’ It may be new (or newish), since the Trump era, for people to send in money again and again and again and again to people in office or running for office (or pretending to run for office). But it is certainly NOT new for people—_and it’s pretty much the same people-_–to send in money again and again and again and again to those who assure them they are Righteous and Victimized. TV preachers have been mining that vein for decades, and they use many of the same techniques that Donald and his ilk are now employing. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2021, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2832 "2021-09-13T22:31:13Z")
Very true. I suspect though that the well is starting to run dry, as there are now so many con artists (religious and political) tapping the identical folks again and again. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2021, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2833 "2021-09-13T22:35:36Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > … tapping the identical folks again and again “I WILL GLADLY LIVE IN A CARDBOARD BOX UNDER THE FREEWAY FOR YOU MR. PRESIDENT AND ALSO BENNY HINN!!!1!!!” ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2021, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2834 "2021-09-13T23:15:21Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Syphoning money out of the pockets of the gullible. I see. I guess when you take money from sycophants, it’s called syphoning. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2021, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2835 "2021-09-13T23:16:42Z")
> [@KarlGauss](#): > > sycophants Is that what elephants become when they don’t get vaccinated? Or put masks on their trunks? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2021, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2836 "2021-09-13T23:21:57Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > TV preachers have been mining that vein for decades, and they use many of the same techniques that Donald and his ilk are now employing. 🎶 “There’s a hole in daddy’s head where all the money goes…” 🎶 ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2021, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2837 "2021-09-14T00:12:06Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > 🎶 “There’s a hole in daddy’s head where all the money goes…”- The implied analogy behind that John Prine lyrics switch (heroin addiction in the arm, ‘flattery and lies’ addiction in the head) seems pretty unimpeachable. (Didn’t know we had those ‘notes’ emojis. They will fit in in a lot of places…🧩) ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2021, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2838 "2021-09-14T08:37:20Z")
_Oh, the candidate’s a dodger, yes, a well-known dodger,_ _Oh, the candidate’s a dodger, yes, and I’m a dodger too._ _He’ll meet you and treat you and ask you for your vote,_ _But look out, boys, he’s a-dodgin’ for your vote._ _We’re all a-dodgin’,_ _Dodgin’, dodgin’, dodgin’,_ _Oh, we’re all a-dodgin’ out the way through the world._ _Oh, the lawyer, he’s a dodger, yes, a well-known dodger,_ _Oh, the lawyer, he’s a dodger, yes, and I’m a dodger, too._ _He’ll plead your case and claim you for a friend,_ _But look out, boys, he’s easy for to bend._ _We’re all a-dodgin’,_ _Dodgin’, dodgin’, dodgin’,_ _Oh, we’re all a-dodgin’ out the way through the world._ _Oh, the preacher, he’s a dodger, yes, a well-known dodger,_ _Oh, the preacher, he’s a dodger, yes, and I’m a dodger, too._ _He’ll preach the gospel and tell you of your crimes,_ _But look out, boys, he’s dodgin’ for your dimes._ _We’re all a-dodgin’,_ _Dodgin’, dodgin’, dodgin’,_ _Oh, we’re all a-dodgin’ out the way through the world._ There are several more verses but those are the relevant ones ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2021, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2839 "2021-09-14T23:45:49Z")
What are “dimes”? But, yeah. The connections between swindlers of varied job-titles have been noted for centuries. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2840 "2021-09-15T17:43:07Z")
Hey, we just had us a recall election here. And the recall FAILED!!! In your FACE, Larry Elder!!! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2841 "2021-09-15T17:50:29Z")
Larry Elder lost bigly. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2842 "2021-09-15T17:54:20Z")
Turns out if you ask Californians if they want to _have_ a recall election they’ll say “Yeah, sure. Why not?” But if you ask them if they want to replace the Democratic Governor with a Trumpster their all “No Fucking Way!” ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2843 "2021-09-15T18:00:21Z")
I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of MAGAts suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/2844 "2021-09-15T18:05:14Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > Hey, we just had us a recall election here. > > And the recall FAILED!!! In your FACE, Larry Elder!!! **kaylasdad99** marked himself SAFE from having a fucking _Republican_ as governor. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537.md?page=141) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537.md?page=143)