# 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:** 46
**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:** [July 18, 2023, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/901 "2023-07-18T05:36:37Z")
I found a script of the episode online. > [@](#): > > Officer Renko of Hill Street station, maybe you could fill us in. > > Am I on? > > Oh! Well, uh, the subject was your basic Hereford-type cow. And he was up on the roof over there. > And we were attempting to lift him off with a police helicopter. And everything was goin’ pretty good until, all of a sudden, the copter just started to kind of buck and sway, and then the cow started to mooin’. > > And then, after that, the harness just kinda snapped… like some telephone wire or somethin’ like that. > The cow just started to fall, and it was just mooin’ when he hit the hood… of Mr. Stephens’s Buick over there, which veered away from the intersection in the direction of the Hard Rock Cafe there, spun around three times. And I believe there’s a great deal of damage been done to that vehicle. > > And for that we apologize. The department does apologize for that action on our part. > > Thank you, Cynthia. That’s it from here, Doug. Now, back to you. The episode is “Domestic Beef”. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/902 "2023-07-18T06:05:35Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > … And they did it in record time, too. … Understandable, since they managed to dispose of 30+ pages of goo, drivel and bloviation in just over four pages. ---
**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:** [July 18, 2023, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/903 "2023-07-18T08:28:29Z")
> [@dougrb](#): > > I’m still waiting on the movie based on “Person, Woman, Man, Camera, TV”. Stephen Colbert > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhZyHIZpzoM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhZyHIZpzoM) [Would it be a musical](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apdf4hV_y2s)? ---
**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:** [July 18, 2023, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/904 "2023-07-18T09:15:43Z")
> [@Llama\_Llogophile](#): > > just refuse to believe that I share the planet with anyone who actually said this, let alone a president. If Tan the Conman’s tenure tarnishing the office of the president taught you nothing else, you should at least realize that “let alone a president” is meaningless when applied to anything he says or does. ---
**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:** [July 18, 2023, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/905 "2023-07-18T11:47:44Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > One cow survived by being led up two flights of stairs and temporarily stashed in a women’s lavatory. Being Texas, a bull would have to have been stashed in the men’s lav. I’m not sure where a steer would go. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/906 "2023-07-18T12:04:52Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > ETA: Frequently? I want to be in a world where I have frequent occasions to use that quote. Come by our house sometime. We use all sorts of obscure quotes. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/907 "2023-07-18T12:19:56Z")
Where’s Temple Grandin when when we need her? I bet she could figure this shit out. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/908 "2023-07-18T12:22:04Z")
> [@Frazzled](#): > > My favorite quote from the article: > " Taylor told _Newsweek_ that ‘when it comes to Trump, the truth is always vastly more idiotic than the fiction. He spent more time coming up with imbecilic ideas at the border than he did focusing on his job. Sometimes the ideas were stupid. Sometimes they were illegal. Often they were both.’" My favorite quote from the article: > The plan was “so incandescently stupid I couldn’t laugh,” Taylor remembers thinking at the time. I may start referring to trump as ‘the incandescently stupid one’ from now on. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/909 "2023-07-18T14:09:58Z")
Thank you so much for that. I really liked that show. How do you find scripts like that? There’s a couple others I would like to go over again. ---
**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 18, 2023, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/910 "2023-07-18T14:18:48Z")
I’ve found lots of transcripts for shows just looking up the show title in Google. There are people who post them as a hobby. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/911 "2023-07-18T15:04:46Z")
Tick tock… > **[Trump says he received a target letter in federal Jan. 6 investigation](https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/07/18/trump-jan6-target-letter/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWJpZCI6IjUyMjE2OTk5IiwicmVhc29uIjoiZ2lmdCIsIm5iZiI6MTY4OTY1MjgwMCwiaXNzIjoic3Vic2NyaXB0aW9ucyIsImV4cCI6MTY5MDk0ODc5OSwiaWF0IjoxNjg5NjUyODAwLCJqdGkiOiI5YzUwOTRiOC0zNWU3LTRiODctYTgxNy1iMmYzZGJiYzI0YTgiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy53YXNoaW5ndG9ucG9zdC5jb20vbmF0aW9uYWwtc2VjdXJpdHkvMjAyMy8wNy8xOC90cnVtcC1qYW42LXRhcmdldC1sZXR0ZXIvIn0.uygl_5RtIDoJUP035ZIpuxR7tQYF5QAp2903p1U-TDM&itid=gfta)** > > Donald J. Trump said Tuesday morning that he received a letter from the Justice Department saying that he is the target of the long running investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. ---
**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:** [July 18, 2023, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/912 "2023-07-18T16:33:47Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Thank you so much for that. I really liked that show. How do you find scripts like that? There’s a couple others I would like to go over again. I just did a google search on “hill street renko cow helicopter”. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Undeposable\_Hand](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_undeposable_hand/32/8502_2.png) [@The\_Undeposable\_Hand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Undeposable_Hand)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/913 "2023-07-18T16:49:54Z")
In all seriousness, I hope I live long enough to see the creative minds of Gen Z tackle The Trump Years in the form of musicals, graphic novels, sitcoms and every kind of satire platform there is. The 2010s-2020s will be rich in comedic nostalgia like the Wonder Years. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/914 "2023-07-18T17:23:45Z")
If I may be so bold, this Gen X-er just published a novel that satirizes Trump and the MAGA phenomenon: [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C5YLNQHN](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C5YLNQHN) ---
**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 18, 2023, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/915 "2023-07-18T17:44:55Z")
I’m reading it by the way. It’s really fun. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/916 "2023-07-18T18:07:21Z")
We all heard a week or so ago that Rudy voluntarily talked to the Special Prosecutor as part of a proffer agreement, where he received limited immunity. It sounds like he may have flipped, at least partly. I just hate seeing folks not treating Trump with the trust and respect he deserves. [“Sounds like Rudy flipped:” Giuliani evades Jan. 6 target letter after meeting with prosecutors (msn.com)](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/sounds-like-rudy-flipped-giuliani-evades-jan-6-target-letter-after-meeting-with-prosecutors/ar-AA1e1HA1?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=U531&cvid=2cc60fd892a844bdb01d8610150a4f77&ei=16) ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/917 "2023-07-18T18:15:13Z")
Based on the hypothesis that everything they say is the exact opposite of truth: > Giuliani attorney Robert Costello denied that the former mayor had flipped earlier this week. > > “I can tell you point blank, outright, without fear of retribution or correction, there was no quid pro quo,” Costello told [The Messenger](https://twitter.com/dsamuelsohn/status/1680593900707233794). “We didn’t get anything in return. We were telling the truth and we had nothing to hide because Rudy Giuliani didn’t do anything wrong. It’s that simple.” > > Costello added that “there is nothing” for Trump or anyone associated with him to “worry about because we didn’t implicate anybody in anything.” …Rudy did more flips than an Olympic gymnast. I do love the message clearly intended for Trump: “Nope, not us, hate someone else, it totally wasn’t us!” ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/918 "2023-07-18T18:18:14Z")
Wonderful, I’m so glad! ---
**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:** [July 18, 2023, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/919 "2023-07-18T19:48:03Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > …Rudy did more flips than an Olympic gymnast. …more flips than a spatula at IHOP. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/920 "2023-07-18T20:02:06Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > I do love the message clearly intended for Trump: “Nope, not us, hate someone else, it totally wasn’t us!” If Giuliani serves as a witness then that will only last until the prosecution shares their case. I’m not sure that there’s too much value in the denial - if it is a false denial - other than delaying the death threats for a few weeks. He could have figured out a deal where he points them to physical, documentary evidence, in exchange for not needing to be called in as a witness? [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=45) [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=47)