# 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:** 270
**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:** [May 22, 2022, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5387 "2022-05-22T04:03:20Z")
It is official, again [People In Counties That Backed Trump Were Twice As Likely To Die From COVID: Study (msn.com)](https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/people-in-counties-that-backed-trump-were-twice-as-likely-to-die-from-covid-study/ar-AAXzMRk?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=80cdabeca28648f69978846335d49313) ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2022, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5388 "2022-05-22T04:47:04Z")
And don’t you know that’s all Biden’s fault! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5389 "2022-05-23T19:54:44Z")
Thanks, Hillary. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5390 "2022-05-23T19:55:51Z")
I’m so confused. I thought we were still thanking Obama! ---
**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:** [May 23, 2022, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5391 "2022-05-23T20:13:11Z")
I blame it all on Jimmy Carter. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5392 "2022-05-23T20:14:49Z")
If they’re blaming Biden, it’s not because of anything he’s done in his presidency. It’s because of Bork. ---
**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:** [May 23, 2022, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5393 "2022-05-23T20:15:40Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > It’s because of Bork. The Swedish Chef? Damn foreigners. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5394 "2022-05-23T20:18:31Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > Amusingly, I just contacted a client to tell them that their dogs, Indy and Tilley, were done, and it came up as “Indian Chilli.” And I thought hot dogs were made without chilli. Indian hot dogs, whodda thunk! Better than ketchup, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5395 "2022-05-23T20:39:06Z")
Chili dogs. One “L” though. [![](https://img.sndimg.com/food/image/upload/q_92,fl_progressive,w_1200,c_scale/v1/img/recipes/31/15/28/qwPtuyH1STuWf0icj0zz_chili-dog-4.jpg) ](https://img.sndimg.com/food/image/upload/q_92,fl_progressive,w_1200,c_scale/v1/img/recipes/31/15/28/qwPtuyH1STuWf0icj0zz_chili-dog-4.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5396 "2022-05-23T20:39:53Z")
Are they outside the Tastee Freeze? ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5397 "2022-05-23T20:41:49Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > One “L” though. > **[Chili powder](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chili_powder)** > > Chili powder (also spelled chile, chilli, or, alternatively, powdered chili) is the dried, pulverized fruit of one or more varieties of chili pepper, sometimes with the addition of other spices (in which case it is also sometimes known as chili powder blend or chili seasoning mix). It is used as a spice (or spice blend) to add pungency (piquancy) and flavor to culinary dishes. In American English, the spelling is usually "chili"; in British English, "chilli" (with two "l"s) is used consistentl It may vary, I believe. 😂 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5398 "2022-05-23T20:43:37Z")
Oh, I wasn’t arguing British spelling (wrong as it is). I was just hard-pressed to find an image of a “chilli dog.” 😛 ---
**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:** [May 23, 2022, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5399 "2022-05-23T20:53:52Z")
[![](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRvA0V_7ji66W9pl21aneF9lfZi1Gwv8UbHJ8TaAD8eGVY_H8GfWNy_tKoR36duEFOjTwY&usqp=CAU) ](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRvA0V_7ji66W9pl21aneF9lfZi1Gwv8UbHJ8TaAD8eGVY_H8GfWNy_tKoR36duEFOjTwY&usqp=CAU) ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5400 "2022-05-24T18:43:58Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > Are they outside the Tastee Freeze? Thank you for the excuse to share this video! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/6QX57aIDbDU/maxresdefault.jpg "Jack and Diane but most of the lyrics are "suckin' on a chili dog"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QX57aIDbDU) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2022, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5401 "2022-05-25T13:01:11Z")
Back to the topic at hand: > **[Opinion: Georgia signals that Trump's days playing kingmaker are over | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/25/opinions/georgia-republican-primary-brian-kemp-perdue-trump-lindsey/index.html)** > > Georgia's Republican primary results - especially Gov. Brian Kemp's defeat of former US Senator David Perdue - are a major setback for former President Donald Trump, but he is still a force to be reckoned with, writes Edward Lindsey. ---
**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:** [May 25, 2022, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5402 "2022-05-25T13:21:54Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Back to the topic at hand: My WAG… Trump gets hordes of cultists to follow him. They’ll vote for him no matter what he does or says because they think he’s a messiah. So, the Republicans see this power and want to harness it. Okay, this shithead can say anything and idiots will still vote for him. We want those votes too. So we’ll support whoever Trump endorses. But just because Trump endorses a candidate, that doesn’t mean his followers will turn out for that person. It works sometimes, after all MTG got elected despite publicly endorsing nutty conspiracy shit straight out of a Stormfront forum thread. But that won’t always work. Many of his MAGAts won’t bother to go to the polls unless Trump himself is running. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2022, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5403 "2022-05-25T13:36:40Z")
> **[Texas GOP voters are getting tripped up by their own party's new voting...](https://www.rawstory.com/texas-election-election-problems/)** > > New Texas voting laws are causing a lot of problems for Republican voters, according to a Newsy report ahead of the primary run-off elections Tuesday. As the report notes, several new rules passed by Texas Republicans in the wake of the 2020... The 7-point print on the envelopes telling voters to put an ID number on it is very hard to read by vision-impaired elderly. More elderly are R voters. So lots of ballots are being rejected, but more R than D. Let’s hope this continues to the general election. ---
**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:** [May 25, 2022, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5404 "2022-05-25T14:03:28Z")
Here’s the story from NPR yesterday. > **[How Texas officials and voting groups are trying to limit mail ballot rejections](https://www.npr.org/2022/05/24/1100796467/texas-primary-texas-runoff-mail-ballot-rejections)** > > Nearly 25,000 mail ballots were rejected for Texas' March primaries. Officials say a design issue with the ballot return envelope was most responsible for the rejections. > [V]oters missed important instructions located right under the flap of the mail ballot return envelope. That is where voters have to provide either a partial Social Security number or their driver’s license number. > > “Voters wouldn’t see [the section] if the flap is down,” she says. “It’s only visible if the flap is up. And the reason behind that was to keep it secret so people couldn’t get that [information] when it was going through the mail.”… > > For November, Taylor says there will be a change: The voter ID field that so many voters missed will be [highlighted by a big red box](https://www.sos.texas.gov/elections/forms/pol-sub/6-15f.pdf). ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2022, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5405 "2022-05-25T14:13:08Z")
Time to start the rumor mill that that box’s _real purpose_ is so “They” can get your information. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2022, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5406 "2022-05-25T14:13:52Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Back to the topic at hand: > > [https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/25/opinions/georgia-republican-primary-brian-kemp-perdue-trump-lindsey/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/25/opinions/georgia-republican-primary-brian-kemp-perdue-trump-lindsey/index.html) It doesn’t matter if Trump is a kingmaker, or if he ever was. Candidates will still seek Trump’s favor, Trump will continue to say who he likes and who he doesn’t, and the media will gleefully report it all. Whether a Trump endorsement actually helps get someone elected is irrelevant. Trump is not about results, he is about hype. [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=269) [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=271)