# A Perfectly Reasonable Amount of Schadenfreude about Things Happening to Trump & His Enablers (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [May 19, 2023, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250 "2023-05-19T03:20:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 323
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6442 "2024-06-05T18:58:06Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > I’m trying to figure out if Sesame Street ripped off the Decemberists “Mariners Revenge Song” or the other way around. (Or maybe they both ripped off some older piece of music?) Written by this guy so presumably Sesame Street was first. > **[Jeff Moss](https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Jeff_Moss)** > > Jeff Moss (June 19, 1942 - September 24, 1998\[1\]) was a writer, composer, and lyricist for Sesame Street. His most notable songs include "The People in Your Neighborhood", "I Love Trash", and "Rubber Duckie", the latter of which achieved widespread... ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6443 "2024-06-05T19:20:39Z")
The GOP just has the best people running things. Here’s a new fundraising email. [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/g3XU2nZ.png "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/g3XU2nZ) They just need 100,000 million signatures! Since there are only 8000 million people on earth, that’s going to be a bit of a problem. These people are as stupid as the people they are conning. ---
**Author:** ![Jihi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jihi/32/17768_2.png) [@Jihi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jihi)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6444 "2024-06-05T19:34:37Z")
I’m curious to know how many Russian names are going to wind up on that “petition”. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6445 "2024-06-05T19:34:53Z")
That’s actually down from the billion they asked for in the first line: “100,000,0000” - extra “0” but who’s counting, or proofreading, or leaving out words to make sense - “…was WRONGFULLY CONVICTED weaponization…” I see random capITAlIZAtioN is trending as well. At least the’re consistent with LIES, BIGGER LIES, THE BEST LIES all the time. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6446 "2024-06-05T19:36:57Z")
Have there been a lot of independent scammers privately preying on MAGAts in addition to the official grifters? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6447 "2024-06-05T19:40:43Z")
Oh sure, it’s been a thing for a long time. And of course, the Trump campaign considers even legitimate GOP candidates to be “grifting” if they invoke him in their fundraising without kissing the ring first. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6448 "2024-06-05T21:14:56Z")
In addition to the writer’s peculiar challenge with the decimal system of numerical notation, a few other things here are amusing. One is the notion that an appellate court will overturn a lower court’s verdict based on popular demand. The other is the idea that, even if the above were true – and it isn’t – these “signatures” were legitimate. Some years ago there was an asinine “petition” of a similar level of imbecility called “the Oregon Petition” demanding that the US stay out of the Kyoto treaty because global warming was a hoax. Critics of this nonsense were quick to realize that no verification whatsoever was being done on the submitted names, so the “petition” wound up with signatories like Donald Duck, Dr. M. Mouse, fictional characters from TV series and movies, and hundreds of others. I expect much the same here, even if they don’t quite reach their target of 100,000 million signatures which would require the participation of most of the humanoid life forms in the local galactic cluster. This is clearly nothing more than an attempt to curry favour with the Orange Imbecile. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6449 "2024-06-05T21:30:44Z")
The petition is actually a link to the fundraising site winred . com, and you have to donate something to have your name added to the petition. And it’s been changed to 100,000,000 signatures. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6450 "2024-06-05T21:41:16Z")
So, rather than a scam to create a fake petition, it’s yet another scam for fleecing the rubes. Not really a surprise as fleecing scams are much more common. I’m not going to visit the site but I suspect there’s a fair amount of personal grift involved among the principals. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2024, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6451 "2024-06-05T21:41:45Z")
A hundred million. That’s sane, that’s do-able. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6452 "2024-06-05T21:50:54Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > A hundred million. That’s sane, that’s do-able.   They need to modify the goal again – knock off six zeroes from the number and remove the word “million” from the description. Now they have a do-able plan! Part of the problem being that after investing in Trump trading cards, running shoes sprayed with gold paint, and the Trump Bible, the Faithful are running a little low on ready cash, and most never had much to begin with. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2024, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6453 "2024-06-05T21:54:14Z")
I haven’t yet received my Trump bible, but I hear that the section in the middle with all the pictures is huge, the likes of which I’ve never seen. ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6454 "2024-06-05T22:40:53Z")
So a Trump bible has a centerfold? Wouldn’t surprise me. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2024, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6455 "2024-06-05T22:41:37Z")
Yes, but… It’s Trump!!! “This, I call it my package. Look at it. Look at my package. It looks NOTHING like a little mushroom.” ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6456 "2024-06-05T22:43:23Z")
Is there no depth to which that person won’t sink? Eek. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6457 "2024-06-05T22:52:58Z")
I gotta say, the MAGAspam I’ve been getting ever since I started trolling their push polls has been quite the source of amusement. You’d think they’d exclude me from the mailing list when I’m clearly taking the piss and picking all the “wrong” answers, but today alone I’ve gotten an email from Newt Gingrich addressed to Hannibal Lecter, one from Ted Cruz addressed to Hunter Biden, and one from Jim Jordan addressed to Stormy Daniels. [![](https://y.yarn.co/072af6e2-e25a-4f1b-b444-8596b214177b_text.gif) ](https://y.yarn.co/072af6e2-e25a-4f1b-b444-8596b214177b_text.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Duality](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.duality/32/4098_2.png) [@Mr.Duality](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Duality)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6458 "2024-06-05T23:36:28Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > And of course, the Trump campaign considers even legitimate GOP candidates to be “grifting” if they invoke him in their fundraising without kissing the ring first. Trump actually wants a percentage of any fundraising which uses his name. " “Beginning tomorrow, we ask that all candidates and committees who choose to use President Trump’s name, image, and likeness split a minimum of 5% of all fundraising solicitations to Trump National Committee JFC. This includes but is not limited to sending to the house file, prospecting vendors, and advertising,” Trump co-campaign managers Susie Wiles and Chris LaCivita wrote in the letter, which is dated April 15. They add: “Any split that is higher than 5% will be seen favorably by the RNC and President Trump’s campaign and is routinely reported to the highest levels of leadership within both organizations.” " [cite](https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/17/trump-campaign-fundraising-five-percent-00152830) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6459 "2024-06-05T23:36:47Z")
Not a single human being is looking at your specific answers to those polls, let alone the names you’re putting there. They’re spam operations, and spam only cares about maximizing the number of emails sent out. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6460 "2024-06-05T23:39:53Z")
> [@Tatterdemalion](#): > > So a Trump bible has a centerfold? I ordered a bible and sneakers and got a bible with a centerfold of sneakers. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/6461 "2024-06-05T23:40:29Z")
I like that the golden fleece email above is from the HOUSE GOP CHAIR. Seems to be a fictitious title that doesn’t have a name. Perhaps it’s an actual chair (and a donation link). Something you should forward to all your MAGA pals to … help… them… out. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250.md?page=322) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250.md?page=324)