# 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:** 289
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5767 "2022-06-29T23:13:36Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > There is a report that lots of D voters have changed their registration to R. I wonder how many Dem Coloradans changed theirs just to vote against these guys in the primary. I suspect lots of them did. We’ll know if lots of them change back to D in the coming weeks. You don’t have to register with a party in Colorado. You can vote in either primary, but only one. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5768 "2022-06-30T00:29:38Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > You don’t have to register with a party in Colorado. You can vote in either primary, but only one. But Colorado has All Vote by Mail. Do you get both primary ballots at once and then return only one? If not, how does the Elections Office know which one to send you? ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5769 "2022-06-30T01:02:32Z")
I get both ballots at once with multiple clear warnings to only submit one. The language from the state website regarding [Primary elections in Colorado FAQ](https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/FAQs/primaryElectionsFAQ.html) section says > **Q2. Who can vote in a Primary Election?** > > **A2.** During either the Presidential or June primary: > > - **Voters affiliated with a major party** : may cast a ballot for candidates of the party they are affiliated with. > - **Voters affiliated with a minor party** : if there is a minor party contest those affiliated with that minor party may cast a ballot for those candidates. > - **Unaffiliated voters** : An unaffiliated voter may cast a ballot for any one political party. If an unaffiliated voter returns a ballot with more than one political party, the ballot will be rejected and none of the votes will be counted. and > **Q12. I am an unaffiliated voter. Why did I get two ballots sent to me during a primary?** > > **A12.** Most unaffiliated voters will receive the ballots of both major political parties during a primary election. This allows an unaffiliated voter to choose which party’s primary they will vote in. **Unaffiliated voters may only return one party’s ballot**. Returning two voted ballots will result in neither ballot counting. Hope that helps. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5770 "2022-06-30T01:21:48Z")
Indeed. If i read it correctly, voters can register as a member of a party and if so, they only get that party’s primary ballot. While unaffiliated voters get both but can only return one. (This is different from my state where unaffiliated only get to vote on non-partisan races such as judges and local officials like mayors.) So, as I said, registered Democrats would have had to reregister to influence Republican primary races. I wasn’t aware they had the option of reregistering as unaffiliated and still affecting the R races, but other wise I was right. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5771 "2022-06-30T01:47:06Z")
Here you go! [https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001849635/000119312522161830/d265650ds1.htm](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001849635/000119312522161830/d265650ds1.htm) It’s not an easy read, I recommend you scan through the pages and pages of stuff about how incompetent they will probably be as a company, look for the section entitled “Risks Related to our Chairman President Donald J Trump” for most of what I described. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5772 "2022-06-30T02:23:04Z")
Thanks for that and in particular the hint about where to look. Its makes a nice convenient list of all of Trumps current legal liabilities, and buisness failures all in one place. I did happen across an interesting little tidbit of whch I was previously unaware. > As further described in the section titled, “Information about TMTG,” President Trump is generally obligated to make any social media post on TruthSocial and may not make the same post on another social media site for 6 hours. So if TruthSocials technical difficulties make it impossible for the the KFT (Ketchup flinging toddler) to post there, it will render him mute elsewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5773 "2022-06-30T03:04:09Z")
Here’s another good one I missed the first time. _TMTG has entered into a license agreement with President Trump wherein neither the personal nor political conduct of President Trump, even if such conduct could negatively affect TMTG’s reputation or brand or be considered offensive, dishonest, illegal, immoral, or unethical, or otherwise harmful to TMTG’s brand or reputation, shall be considered a breach of the license agreement_ ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5774 "2022-06-30T03:17:17Z")
Man, that is a sweet deal. It made me laugh at first, but then I thought, what kind of power does a person have to have to be able to get terms like that in a business deal? I sobered up real quick. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5775 "2022-06-30T03:37:03Z")
So, Trump could post a video of himself shooting somebody in the middle of 5th Ave. and it wouldn’t be cause to break the deal? ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5776 "2022-06-30T12:19:24Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > But Colorado has All Vote by Mail. Do you get both primary ballots at once and then return only one? If not, how does the Elections Office know which one to send you? ParallelLines answered, but yep, they send you both. It’s very easy to vote in Colorado, as it should be. I think we should be able to vote on both. It it’s to be a Repub, then this one, for a Dem, then this one. I’m probably not thinking this through though… ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5777 "2022-06-30T13:05:41Z")
I liked this line: “If President Trump becomes less popular or there are **further controversies that damage his credibility** or the desire of people to use a platform associated with him, and from which he will derive financial benefit, TMTG’s results of operations could be adversely affected.” My bolding. But I don’t understand this. If he becomes less popular, and people use other platforms, he will “derive financial benefit”? What does that mean? ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5778 "2022-06-30T13:07:29Z")
If the desire of people to use a platform from which he benefits declines, TMTG will be in trouble. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5779 "2022-06-30T13:08:39Z")
Thanks. It’s phrased strangely, to my ear. ---
**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:** [June 30, 2022, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5780 "2022-06-30T16:55:58Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > So if TruthSocials technical difficulties make it impossible for the the KFT (Ketchup flinging toddler) to post there, it will render him mute elsewhere. [Starts perusing his copy of _Instigating DDOS Attacks for Dummies_] ---
**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:** [June 30, 2022, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5781 "2022-06-30T17:02:41Z")
Naturally we’re all wondering: > **[Explainer-What charges might Trump face for trying to overturn 2020 election?](https://www.aol.com/news/explainer-charges-might-trump-face-100917314-151436891.html)** > > A U.S. congressional committee probing the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol has sought to build a case that then-President Donald Trump behaved illegally when he sought to overturn his 2020 electoral defeat, but what charges might... ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5782 "2022-07-01T05:55:18Z")
I _think_ this is the best thread to drop this in… [https://twitter.com/RudyGiuliani/status/1542690814458994689?t=Hc4u9Nm\_ILXJS\_iYflC-5Q&s=19](https://twitter.com/RudyGiuliani/status/1542690814458994689?t=Hc4u9Nm_ILXJS_iYflC-5Q&s=19) ---
**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:** [July 1, 2022, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5783 "2022-07-01T06:15:16Z")
It’s all about the grift. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5784 "2022-07-01T06:20:10Z")
So if somebody posts a paywalled link from the _Washington Examiner_, but makes it free to us, can we call it a grift link? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5785 "2022-07-01T10:53:12Z")
Originally $80, marked down to $50. Wal-Mart sells those sandals for $10. Maybe they’re made from imported Egyptian cotton? ---
**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:** [July 1, 2022, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5786 "2022-07-01T13:13:04Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Maybe they’re made from imported Egyptian cotton? Check them for bamboo fibers!!! [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=288) [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=290)