# Clinton v Trump - The Stretch Run Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [September 30, 2016, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277 "2016-09-30T11:21:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 114
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/2264 "2016-10-14T18:03:02Z")
Trumps [jokes about](https://www.thestar.com/sports/2016/10/14/trumps-jokes-about-nfl-concussions-ignites-fans-and-medical-experts.html) what he consideres the lack of toughness of pro football players. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/2265 "2016-10-14T18:13:50Z")
Yet another woman with another convincing story, breaking this time not via the NYT but via [WaPo](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/woman-says-trump-reached-under-her-skirt-and-groped-her-in-early-1990s/2016/10/14/67e8ff5e-917d-11e6-a6a3-d50061aa9fae_story.html): _“Kristin Anderson was deep in conversation with acquaintances at a crowded Manhattan nightspot and did not notice the figure to her right on a red velvet couch — until, she recalls, his fingers slid under her miniskirt, moved up her inner thigh, and touched her vagina through her underwear. Anderson shoved the hand away, fled the couch and turned to take her first good look at the man who had touched her, she said. She recognized him as Donald Trump”_ Weeks to go, everybody. Weeks to go. ---
**Author:** ![coremelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/2266 "2016-10-14T18:14:14Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Some great lines in this [Rolling Stone article:](http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/the-fury-and-failure-of-donald-trump-w444943) > \ Rolling Stone consistently does some of the best Journalism in the US. They deserve a lot more respect than they get. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/2267 "2016-10-14T18:18:01Z")
> [@coremelt](#): > > Rolling Stone consistently does some of the best Journalism in the US. They deserve a lot more respect than they get. Agreed. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2016, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/2268 "2016-10-14T18:18:22Z")
OK, one more great quote from the Rolling Stone article: > [@](#): > > Trump’s shocking rise and spectacular fall have been a singular disaster for U.S. politics. Built up in the press as the American Hitler, he was unmasked in the end as a pathetic little prankster who ruined himself, his family and half of America’s two-party political system for what was probably a half-assed ego trip all along, adventure tourism for the idiot rich. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/2269 "2016-10-14T18:20:29Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Trump will either provide evidence that he was sexually assaulting some OTHER women at that time, or that his dick fell off his body in 1987. He might claim that groping of crotches is harmless since his fingers are too short to achieve penetration. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2016, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/2270 "2016-10-14T18:25:37Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Yet another woman with another convincing story, breaking this time not via the NYT but via [WaPo](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/woman-says-trump-reached-under-her-skirt-and-groped-her-in-early-1990s/2016/10/14/67e8ff5e-917d-11e6-a6a3-d50061aa9fae_story.html): _“Kristin Anderson was deep in conversation with acquaintances at a crowded Manhattan nightspot and did not notice the figure to her right on a red velvet couch — until, she recalls, his fingers slid under her miniskirt, moved up her inner thigh, and touched her vagina through her underwear. Anderson shoved the hand away, fled the couch and turned to take her first good look at the man who had touched her, she said. She recognized him as Donald Trump”_ > > Weeks to go, everybody. Weeks to go. This part of the story is going to ENRAGE Trump: > [@](#): > > “We were out at a girls’ brunch” at the Great Jones Cafe in Manhattan, Stedman said, recalling that when she and two other friends heard the story, they found themselves “laughing at how pathetic it was” on Trump’s part. They laughed at him. Called him “pathetic”. This is a kick to the nuts of Trump’s massive ego. He won’t be able to leave this one alone. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/2271 "2016-10-14T18:26:32Z")
> [@Biffster](#): > > Yeah, I’ve gotta figure out how to fix that. 😉 > Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk it looks pretty cool when it is written in dutch. perhaps your iphone could send its statement in another language? ---
**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:** [October 14, 2016, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/2272 "2016-10-14T18:27:35Z")
> [@](#): > > There are not many places left for this thing to go that don’t involve _kids_ or cannibalism. Wow, [is he psychic](http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/300740-footage-surfaces-of-trump-making-questionable-remark-about-10) or what? ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/2273 "2016-10-14T18:50:24Z")
Can somebody explain to me, in words of one syllable, what the deal i about the Wikileak of Hillary discussing how to deal with ISIL in her emails? Why is this a big deal? ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/2274 "2016-10-14T18:53:26Z")
Ever read Animal Farm? Trump reminds me an awful lot of Napoleon (his lies shall not be questioned, comrades), who was in turn modelled on Stalin. I’m watching his slamming of “phony accusers” as I write this, and the NC crowd really reminds me of the animals cheering Napoleon on. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/2275 "2016-10-14T18:57:29Z")
[The upper house of the New South Wales, Australia, Parliament unanimously passes a resolution calling Trump a “a revolting slug”](https://www.buzzfeed.com/markdistefano/slugs-and-trump?utm_term=.tdwv76pJD#.uk0Ml3PvY) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/2276 "2016-10-14T18:57:55Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Yet another woman with another convincing story, breaking this time not via the NYT but via [WaPo](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/woman-says-trump-reached-under-her-skirt-and-groped-her-in-early-1990s/2016/10/14/67e8ff5e-917d-11e6-a6a3-d50061aa9fae_story.html): _“Kristin Anderson was deep in conversation with acquaintances at a crowded Manhattan nightspot and did not notice the figure to her right on a red velvet couch — until, she recalls, his fingers slid under her miniskirt, moved up her inner thigh, and touched her vagina through her underwear. Anderson shoved the hand away, fled the couch and turned to take her first good look at the man who had touched her, she said. She recognized him as Donald Trump”_ > > Weeks to go, everybody. Weeks to go. He’s speaking in Greensboro, NC. So far, his evidence is “they lied.” That’s it. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/2277 "2016-10-14T18:58:00Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Can somebody explain to me, in words of one syllable, what the deal i about the Wikileak of Hillary discussing how to deal with ISIL in her emails? Why is this a big deal? When mail of the e kind and her name are used in the same phrase it is a big deal all of the time. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/2278 "2016-10-14T18:58:12Z")
“She would not be my first choice, let me tell you,” regarding the woman on the plane in 1990 he allegedly groped. Did he just inadvertently admit that he has no moral qualms about sexually assaulting someone if she is up to his calibre? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/2279 "2016-10-14T18:59:17Z")
Sorry, 1980, not 1990. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/2280 "2016-10-14T18:59:30Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > From reading your summary, it sounded like you thought the Senate was involved in the vote for the President. In the no-EV-majority scenario, the Senate selects a Vice President, who becomes the President if there is no state-delegation majority in the House for a President. So it is conceivable that factions in the House and Senate could work together to engineer the selection of one of the top two VP candidates, as the ultimate President. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/2281 "2016-10-14T18:59:35Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Can somebody explain to me, in words of one syllable, what the deal i about the Wikileak of Hillary discussing how to deal with ISIL in her emails? Why is this a big deal? What are you talking about? Her accusation that Saudi Arabia and Qatar are funding ISIL or her saying terrorism is “not a threat to us as a nation. It is not going to endanger our economy or our society, but it is a real threat."? ---
**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:** [October 14, 2016, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/2282 "2016-10-14T19:03:21Z")
> [@Biffster](#): > > “She would not be my first choice, let me tell you,” regarding the woman on the plane in 1990 he allegedly groped. Did he just inadvertently admit that he has no moral qualms about sexually assaulting someone if she is up to his calibre? Yep. Last time he pulled this, it was phrased just so he could get away with it (“Look at her”) This time, there is no walking this back. He just tried “She was not good looking enough for me to grope. I only grope the best” What a freaking idiot. Sent from my old as hell computer, using some kind of browser program I downloaded years ago ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/2283 "2016-10-14T19:03:48Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > What are you talking about? Her accusation that Saudi Arabia and Qatar are funding ISIL or her saying terrorism is “not a threat to us as a nation. It is not going to endanger our economy or our society, but it is a real threat."? I didn’t see it, but one of the talking heads on The Voice this morning said it. So I was wondering what they were talking about. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277.md?page=113) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277.md?page=115)