# A Trump debate? Are you shitting me? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [December 6, 2011, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-trump-debate-are-you-shitting-me/605213 "2011-12-06T01:36:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2011, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-trump-debate-are-you-shitting-me/605213/41 "2011-12-10T13:22:11Z")
[It looks like it may not happen after all.](http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/09/us-usa-campaign-trump-idUSTRE7B81T120111209) Oh well. > [@Reuters](#): > > Earlier on Fox Business News’ “Imus in the Morning”- show, Trump was asked if the event will go ahead and replied, “I don’t know. I have to look into it.” ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2011, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-trump-debate-are-you-shitting-me/605213/42 "2011-12-10T16:37:51Z")
> [@CJJ](#): > > Whatever happens–and I suspect at this point the debate will be called off for lack of interest–[Gingrich has already won](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/07/newt-gingrich-donald-trump_n_1133633.html): > > A pretty obvious shot at Romney. Except now if it doesn’t happen, Romney, well, Romney’s supporters, will get to say, “You actually agreed to a debate hosted by Donald Trump. You’re not serious enough to debate Obama, let alone Putin and Merkel and other heads of state.” Even worse if Trump makes a third party run. Then he’s the enemy. “If you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas.” ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2011, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-trump-debate-are-you-shitting-me/605213/43 "2011-12-11T13:20:40Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > [It looks like it may not happen after all.](http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/09/us-usa-campaign-trump-idUSTRE7B81T120111209) Oh well. Ha ha – has to “look into it.” There’s nothing to look into, douchebag. Nobody wanted to go to your stupid debate, so now you have to cancel it. The end. ---
**Author:** ![Katriona](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/katriona/32/113_2.png) [@Katriona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katriona)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2011, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-trump-debate-are-you-shitting-me/605213/44 "2011-12-11T15:56:19Z")
At this point, I can only agree with this: “Other countries care for their mentally ill. Making them debate on TV is just cruel.” ~Andy Borowitz ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2011, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-trump-debate-are-you-shitting-me/605213/45 "2011-12-11T18:45:46Z")
Nooooooooooooooooo! Fuck! This debate must happen! Even if its Trump himself, alone on stage, berating cardboard cutouts of each of the candidates. IT. MUST. HAPPEN. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-trump-debate-are-you-shitting-me/605213/46 "2011-12-13T20:05:09Z")
[And it’s over.](http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/13/trump-wont-go-forward-with-debate/?hp) ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-trump-debate-are-you-shitting-me/605213/47 "2011-12-13T20:38:42Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > [And it’s over.](http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/13/trump-wont-go-forward-with-debate/?hp) There’s a headline-link on that page that says “Huntsman to Miss Debate in Iowa” and I swear to God I thought it said “Huntsman to Debate Miss Iowa.” That I’d like to see. ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-trump-debate-are-you-shitting-me/605213/48 "2011-12-13T21:02:27Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > There’s a headline-link on that page that says “Huntsman to Miss Debate in Iowa” and I swear to God I thought it said “Huntsman to Debate Miss Iowa.” That I’d like to see. Why not? Donald Trump is the owner of the Miss USA pagent after all. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-trump-debate-are-you-shitting-me/605213/49 "2011-12-13T21:26:24Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > [And it’s over.](http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/13/trump-wont-go-forward-with-debate/?hp) > [@](#): > > I believe this would not only have been the most watched debate, but also the most substantive and interesting debate! It would have been huuuuuge!!! ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-trump-debate-are-you-shitting-me/605213/50 "2011-12-13T21:52:34Z")
I don’t know if its over. I see pop up ads asking me to “like” his deabte on facebook and send a message to the Republican candidates. Needless to say I “liked” it and encouraged all my facebook friends to do likewise. The first time I have EVER used facebook for anything other than sharing pictures. ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-trump-debate-are-you-shitting-me/605213/51 "2011-12-13T23:53:48Z")
What if they _didn’t_ have a debate and _everybody_ showed up? ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-trump-debate-are-you-shitting-me/605213/52 "2011-12-14T03:26:58Z")
Trump doesn’t care: “[My impact is huge, beyond huge](http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/archive/2011/12/13)!”. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-trump-debate-are-you-shitting-me/605213/53 "2011-12-14T04:39:33Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Just like Dick Cheney chose a running mate for Bush the Younger. Dick Cheney chose Bush the Kid to be Dick Cheney’s running mate. (I was and remain quite convinced that DK and W had an agreement to do this right from the start.) ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-trump-debate-are-you-shitting-me/605213/54 "2011-12-14T04:42:10Z")
> [@Mighty\_Girl](#): > > Oh no, no siree. US politics have never been this funny since they cancelled Spin City. Somebody should put on some Olympics or something. Then people will watch that. After all, the Olympics only happen once every four years! (Credit: Anonymous. I read something to that effect somewhere. Apparently some people really say they watch the Olympics rather than election stuff because it only happens once every four years.) ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2011, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-trump-debate-are-you-shitting-me/605213/55 "2011-12-15T21:24:20Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > There’s a headline-link on that page that says “Huntsman to Miss Debate in Iowa” and I swear to God I thought it said “Huntsman to Debate Miss Iowa.” That I’d like to see. He will participate in a debate on who shall be named “Miss Iowa”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-trump-debate-are-you-shitting-me/605213.md?page=2)