# 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:** 146
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/2904 "2016-10-18T21:41:28Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > [Astrologers predict a Hillary Clinton victory is in the stars.](http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-astrology-election-20161018-snap-story.html) Well, I guess that’s that. That’s some super-duper conspiracy she’s running if it’s strong enough to move whole star systems into suitable alignments on command. Do NOT F\*\*\* with that woman; she be Capital-D Dangerous. And Capital-P Powerful. The Trumpees are doomed. When Mars says so, he means it. And has the tools to back it up. ---
**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 18, 2016, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/2905 "2016-10-18T22:42:14Z")
[http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161018/3fe8208db0aad4c5ce91bef71fa7e828.png](http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161018/3fe8208db0aad4c5ce91bef71fa7e828.png) > **[A Timeline of Donald Trump's Creepiness While He Owned Miss Universe](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/a-timeline-of-donald-trumps-creepiness-while-he-owned-miss-universe-191860/?utm_content=inf_10_2720_2&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=tse&tse_id=INF_7225c95094d611e6bd3ee3ca348530db)** > > From walking into a teen dressing room to joking about his obligation to sleep with contestants, Trump’s a storied pageant creep ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/2906 "2016-10-18T22:55:02Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > It’s called a “tally light”, and it’s still standard. Hell no. Hell no. Debates come, and me wanna go home. Shit, he say shit, he say shit, he say shit, he say shit, he a shit head. Debates come, and me wanna go home. Up all night in a Twitter storm Debates come, and me wanna go home Make worse noise than a fire alarm Debates come, and me wanna go home. There is a tally light, camera on the Trumper. He say shit, make me wanna go home. There is a tally light, camera on the Trumper. Racist shit, make me wanna go home. Say sexist, racist, hateful shit Loom over me, make me wanna go home Sexist, racist, stupid shit Loom over me, make me wanna go home [chorus] An ugly thatch of tweaked-out hair Orange face, beamed right into your home Astride the cesspool he keeps up there Orange face, glaring into your home OK, I’m done. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/2907 "2016-10-18T22:59:46Z")
> [@Biffster](#): > > [http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161018/3fe8208db0aad4c5ce91bef71fa7e828.png](http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161018/3fe8208db0aad4c5ce91bef71fa7e828.png) > > [Timeline of Trump's Creepiness While He Owned Miss Universe](http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/timeline-of-trumps-creepiness-while-he-owned-miss-universe-w444634?utm_content=inf_10_2720_2&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=tse&tse_id=INF_7225c95094d611e6bd3ee3ca348530db) Do you expect people to click on random links? ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/2908 "2016-10-18T23:02:16Z")
Derleth, much better than the “Taliban” version of the song! Perhaps Belafonte will record it (since after supporting Bernie he did move on to endorsing Hillary). ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/2909 "2016-10-18T23:06:01Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Derleth, much better than the “Taliban” version of the song! Perhaps Belafonte will record it (since after supporting Bernie he did move on to endorsing Hillary). Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/2910 "2016-10-18T23:07:38Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > Hell no. Hell no. > Debates come, and me wanna go home. > Shit, he say shit, he say shit, he say shit, he say shit, he a shit head. > Debates come, and me wanna go home. > > Up all night in a Twitter storm > Debates come, and me wanna go home > Make worse noise than a fire alarm > Debates come, and me wanna go home. > > There is a tally light, camera on the Trumper. > He say shit, make me wanna go home. > There is a tally light, camera on the Trumper. > Racist shit, make me wanna go home. > > Say sexist, racist, hateful shit > Loom over me, make me wanna go home > Sexist, racist, stupid shit > Loom over me, make me wanna go home > > [chorus] > > An ugly thatch of tweaked-out hair > Orange face, beamed right into your home > Astride the cesspool he keeps up there > Orange face, glaring into your home > > OK, I’m done. FTW! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/2911 "2016-10-18T23:09:46Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > Hell no. Hell no. > Debates come, and me wanna go home. > Shit, he say shit, he say shit, he say shit, he say shit, he a shit head. > Debates come, and me wanna go home. > > Up all night in a Twitter storm > Debates come, and me wanna go home > Make worse noise than a fire alarm > Debates come, and me wanna go home. > > There is a tally light, camera on the Trumper. > He say shit, make me wanna go home. > There is a tally light, camera on the Trumper. > Racist shit, make me wanna go home. > > Say sexist, racist, hateful shit > Loom over me, make me wanna go home > Sexist, racist, stupid shit > Loom over me, make me wanna go home > > [chorus] > > An ugly thatch of tweaked-out hair > Orange face, beamed right into your home > Astride the cesspool he keeps up there > Orange face, glaring into your home > > OK, I’m done. That’s great! Best I could come up with was “tallywacker.” ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/2912 "2016-10-18T23:29:35Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > No! Then he might sign up here! He would be banned by post #3 ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/2913 "2016-10-18T23:32:14Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > I think it is just her ‘model’ face - that’s the look she has been trained to do in public, such that it is natural to her now. > > Or, she’s stoned to the gills to deal with her husband - either one works for me. it’s not her face; it’s her eyes. They’re bloodshot like she’s been doing bhong hits for hours and hours. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/2914 "2016-10-18T23:38:31Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > Yeah, it’s funny how you can never hear anything good about that David Duke fella, neither… > > Seriously, what do you expect? Trump is a _terrible person_. If that was all there was to it, if he was just my racist jerk uncle, then I could understand letting up on him. But he’s not. He’s _running for president_. This deplorable, racist, sexist, narcissistic _douchebag_ is _running for president_. And in the process, he’s not just making a complete mockery of America to the rest of the world and showing off our absolute worst qualities to our allies and enemies, but as an added bonus he’s doing everything he can to undermine to basic norms and guardrails of democracy. America is absolutely, _indisputably_ a worse place because of Trump’s words and deeds, and as he ramps up his dangerous, violent rhetoric, he’s showing no signs that he gives even the slightest bit of a shit about any of the things he’s throwing under the bus in an attempt to soothe his pathetic ego. > > Trump deserves ever bit of drubbing he gets. If he gets placed into a live re-enactment of one of the SAW movies, _then_ I will consider saying that he’s “had enough” and that we should stop “kicking him while he’s down”. Most likely, the “horse standard” will be used to determine when to stop beating beating on him. ---
**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 18, 2016, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/2915 "2016-10-18T23:43:49Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Most likely, the “horse standard” will be used to determine when to stop beating beating on him. We have to stop? ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/2916 "2016-10-18T23:56:44Z")
My Canadian sister passed on an [absolutely glorious takedown](http://news.nationalpost.com/full-comment/andrew-coyne-how-does-donald-trump-still-have-supporters) of Trump from a Canadian paper. It’s really worth reading in its entirety (and it’s pretty short), but here’s a bit to whet your appetite: > [@](#): > > Suppose the Republican party had nominated, as its candidate for U.S. president, an actual nine-year-old boy, rather than a nine-year-old in the body of a man.[…] > > Would it be any different? Would we all still be carrying on as if it were business as usual, solemnly discussing why he was not buying more ads in swing states and whether he had time to pivot? Or would someone at some point exclaim: “Wait a minute, why are we even talking about this? Can’t anyone see? HE’S NINE.” > [@coremelt](#): > > You want undeniable evidence of Trump’s mental illness? Here it is. On the Stern show Trump gets the answer to a math question undeniably wrong and flat out insists he’s right to the point that Stern (obviously knowing him) just agrees with him and moves on. > > [The Trump Files: Watch Donald Not Be Able to Multiply 17 By 6 – Mother Jones](http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/06/trump-files-watch-trumps-not-be-able-multiply-17-6) > > That is absolute pathological narcissm that you cannot admit you were wrong about anything at all. That would be a truly terrifying trait for POTUS to have, they need to listen to experts and revise their opinions based on a changing situation. And what the hell they went to Wharton and they don’t even know the method of doing 20x6 then subtracting 3x6? I was taught that in senior high school, its literally high school math. :smack: Huh, that’s not how I think of it. I separate 17 into 10 and 7. 6x10 is obviously 60. And anyone who knows their times tables knows 6x7 is 42. 60+40 is, again obviously, 100; tack on the 2 you’ve got left and it’s 102. Writing it down makes it sound complicated but the mental process is pretty simple IMO. ---
**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 19, 2016, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/2917 "2016-10-19T00:09:54Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > My Canadian sister passed on an [absolutely glorious takedown](http://news.nationalpost.com/full-comment/andrew-coyne-how-does-donald-trump-still-have-supporters) of Trump from a Canadian paper. It’s really worth reading in its entirety (and it’s pretty short), but here’s a bit to whet your appetite: > > Huh, that’s not how I think of it. I separate 17 into 10 and 7. 6x10 is obviously 60. And anyone who knows their times tables knows 6x7 is 42. 60+40 is, again obviously, 100; tack on the 2 you’ve got left and it’s 102. Writing it down makes it sound complicated but the mental process is pretty simple IMO. That’s of course assuming one has the capacity to think before they speak. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/2918 "2016-10-19T00:12:10Z")
Speaking of Canadia, they have gone and [told America that it _ **is** _ great](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stGhjokq57U). ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/2919 "2016-10-19T00:16:51Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > But I’ve read so many on these very boards who say 1st amendment only has to do with government suppression and there are no protections against “consequences.” Often the measure of a poster is how they stand up to veiled threats, day in and day out, by being true to the values that they were raised with. True to the values taught to them and shared with them from parents… from teachers… from neighbors… from friends at schools and possibly even from houses of worship. True to the values that they believe in at their very core… values that family have fought and died for over time… even over generations. At one time there were people who walked on the very ground you stand on today as you read this who agreed to common principles… agreed to a framework of the enforcement of rules, of the creation of legislation, and for the determination of a fair and reasonable justice. They reached down and grabbed a handful of land and, holding it up with pride, agreed that this place was special… and that by common agreement all would be created equal and that all would have their say. The people on soap boxes would not be arrested or harassed, because if people didn’t like what they had to say, they were free to walk away or to not vote for them. It was understood that anyone on a soap box without a crowd was no threat to anyone and that they should be, by right, left alone… possibly to find better ideas. It was understood that in a land where where competing businesses could and would be encouraged… and called capitalism…which most agreed was good… that competing ideas would be another freedom that was equally as important and equally as good. The mark of a poster is in how they stand up to those who’d claim some ‘mob-right’ to mete out punishment for expressing and sharing ideas… and one of the marks of the success of our form of government is in how it ensures that freedom of expression is not suppressed by the power of any public mob. > [@Frodo](#): > > He would be banned by post #3 But his username would probably be “YU-uuuuge!”… ---
**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:** [October 19, 2016, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/2920 "2016-10-19T01:13:43Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Speaking of Canadia, they have gone and [told America that it _ **is** _ great](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stGhjokq57U). Thanks, O Beloved and Valued Neighbors to the North! ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/2921 "2016-10-19T02:15:39Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Speaking of Canadia, they have gone and [told America that it _ **is** _ great](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stGhjokq57U). “America is a \*wonderful \*place. It’s good that you’re having an election, real good, with that fine Donald Trump fellow. There’s no need to send us into the cornfield, even if that’s a good place too.” Something like that, eh? ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/2922 "2016-10-19T02:16:46Z")
As far as “Trump TV”, if it ever goes anywhere I suspect it will be like most Trump businesses. Somebody else puts up the money and does all the work, and pays Trump to put his name on it, and Trump walks away with his money. And if the venture craters why should he care? He’s already gotten paid. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/2923 "2016-10-19T02:20:05Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > “America is a \*wonderful \*place. It’s good that you’re having an election, real good, with that fine Donald Trump fellow. There’s no need to send us into the cornfield, even if that’s a good place too.” > > Something like that, eh? Ha! Trump as Anthony Fremont. I hadn’t thought of that–good one. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277.md?page=145) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277.md?page=147)