# 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:** 251
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/5005 "2016-11-08T00:17:36Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > No more of this unless you have skin in the game. Can’t I do one more? I’ve been working on a really funny _double entendre_ with “ritual genital mutilation”. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/5006 "2016-11-08T00:27:30Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Now Trump is claiming that the people who went to that concert left because of the “bad language” Jay Z and Beyonce were using so that by the time Hillary came out, there place was empty. Yeah, right. I heard that sound bite and was slack-jawed amazed. Donald assumes that everyone forgot all about all the video (not just audio) of him saying “bomb the shit out of 'em” and “go fuck yourself” during speeches, and apparently he’s right. The fact that his tongue didn’t turn black and he wasn’t immediately hit by lightning shakes my moral foundation. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/5007 "2016-11-08T00:41:25Z")
One Day More … ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/5008 "2016-11-08T01:01:13Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Damn, he was here, had a rally? What, by stealth? I live here, and as Eugene V. Debs is my witness, I just heard about it here. Son-of-a-gun… Mystery solved. According to our good friends at _Crooks and Liars_, Il Douche had a rally scheduled in Wisconsin, but scheduled it to begin a half hour before the Green Bay Packers were to play… > [@](#): > > …But someone must have tipped Trump’s campaign off on how poorly they would do and they abruptly canceled the rally and chose to go to Minnesota instead… > **[Lyin' Ryan Joins Trump's Fickle Campaign Strategery](https://crooksandliars.com/2016/11/lyin-ryan-joins-trumps-fickle-campaign)** > > Trump and Ryan fumble big time ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/5009 "2016-11-08T01:12:18Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > Can’t I do one more? I’ve been working on a really funny _double entendre_ with “ritual genital mutilation”. This I’ve got to see. Bring it. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/5010 "2016-11-08T01:19:07Z")
[QUOTE=elucidator] As far as “approval” goes, yeah, it was approved, like the Hmong, other Lao, Vietnamese refugees have been accepted. Perhaps a bit grudgingly, there are always problems, but they do it. [/quote] They were allies. We (native Minnesotans) could not imagine not approving. But grudgingly, because that’s how we do everything. And now they can grudgingly approve of refugees from elsewhere. Except Swedes. > [@](#): > > People say they are kinda dull and bland, and I won’t contradict. And you can’t get decent bar-b-q to save your soul! Sounds like they are naturals. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2016, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/5011 "2016-11-08T01:23:17Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > Can’t I do one more? I’ve been working on a really funny _double entendre_ with “ritual genital mutilation”. I came up with “ritual genital mutilation” and “Republican gerry mandering” having the same acronym. And both having no place in a civilized society. RGM: Just say No. In fact, make it illegal. ---
**Author:** ![ultimate11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/49beb7/32.png) [@ultimate11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultimate11)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/5012 "2016-11-08T01:28:18Z")
The final 24 hours. This is probably a good time to stock up on [Alka Seltzer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq8l7k7bmgc) while the pressure reaches critial mass. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/5013 "2016-11-08T02:14:57Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Reminds me of how his having great success, putting up buildings and sleeping with many women was the same as going to Vietnam. And don’t forget his BFF Newt, who said the reason he had so many adulterous affairs was because of his dedication to his job. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/5014 "2016-11-08T02:34:24Z")
We all know Trump will lose, the suspense is just over how bad the beating will be. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/5015 "2016-11-08T02:50:06Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Kellyanne Conway says that Trump doesn’t need to contribute to charity because his running for President is the same as giving to charity.](http://www.cnbc.com/2016/11/07/campaign-manager-on-trump-charity-donations-ive-seen-him-write-checks.html) Somewhere in the universe, Baghdad Bob looks down on her and goes: “Damn, she’s good!” ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/5016 "2016-11-08T03:04:21Z")
> [@ultimate11](#): > > The final 24 hours. This is probably a good time to stock up on [Alka Seltzer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq8l7k7bmgc) while the pressure reaches critial mass. Yes, one more blessed day and the long national nightmare will finally be over. Or just starting. Whatever. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/5017 "2016-11-08T03:13:03Z")
> [@zoo](#): > > [Trump Goes Fully Negative On Election Eve: ‘The World Hates Us’ - TPM – Talking Points Memo](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-north-carolina-the-world-hates-us) > > Trump sez “The world hates us.” > Is there anyone out there who thinks the world will like us more if Trump is President? “No one likes us, no one likes us No one likes us, we don’t care!” Trump supporters know they’re hated. They know that both Republicans and Democrats absolutely cannot stand them. They honestly believe that it doesn’t matter, that they’ll be able to ram their agenda through the government through sheer bull-headed assholery, and they’ll leave all of their enemies whining on the sidelines. The fact they believe they can rule by fiat, ignoring everyone else and doing what they want on a global scale, simply because they feel entitled to it, is pretty much par for the course in the GOP these days. Witness the government shutdown threats, for example. Trumpers are just louder and more obvious about it. They don’t try to couch their hatred in terms of love, or their destruction of families in terms of family values; they just demand that they’re right, and that everyone else is a liberal with absolutely no right to live. It’s not governing. It’s certainly not leadership. It’s infantile behavior from a party that’s so insulated from the real America that it believes it _is_ the real America. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/5018 "2016-11-08T03:14:17Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > We all know Trump will lose, the suspense is just over how bad the beating will be. I want to believe he’ll lose, but I can not help but have terrible doubts. Irrational doubts, but still…they’re there! ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/5019 "2016-11-08T03:31:22Z")
I’m feeling pretty good. I was just at the home of some clients - lifelong Kansas Republican millionaires, and THEY can’t stand Trump. I don’t think that “I know more than the Generals” comment endeared him to the husband, a retired Marine Colonel. ---
**Author:** ![Patch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/5020 "2016-11-08T03:43:22Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > We all know Trump will lose, the suspense is just over how bad the beating will be. I knew that the nutjobs who took over the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge would be convicted, but they were all acquitted. ☹ I’m not counting on anything tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/5021 "2016-11-08T04:00:59Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Yes, one more blessed day and the long national nightmare will finally be over. Or just starting. Whatever. Campaign for 2020 will begin! ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/5022 "2016-11-08T04:09:06Z")
David Plouffe on “Keeping it 1600” said tomorrow the globe will experience the single, greatest one-day rise in happiness levels in all history. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/5023 "2016-11-08T04:21:15Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I want to believe he’ll lose, but I can not help but have terrible doubts. Irrational doubts, but still…they’re there! I wish Spock were here to mind-meld my doubts away. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZRKz6QS5UYI/hqdefault.jpg "Star Trek Dialog-Spectre of the Gun") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRKz6QS5UYI) ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/5024 "2016-11-08T04:25:35Z")
I have a question, but it doesn’t merit its own thread: Will Mitch McConnell break his silence after the election, regardless of who wins? Corollaries: Where has he been hiding? Is he still alive? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277.md?page=250) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277.md?page=252)