# 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:** 11\ **Page:** 257
**Author:** ![chorpler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chorpler/32/2888_2.png) [@chorpler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chorpler)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/5125 "2016-11-09T02:31:52Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > [The Best People.](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-best-people) > > > [@](#): > > > > The Judge who held a hearing this morning about Trump’s Nevada lawsuit did not seem very impressed. And it turns out that the lawyers who brought the suit on Trump’s behalf are a construction and commercial insurance lawyer and construction and family law attorney. In other words, not election lawyers. > > 😃 Reading through the lawsuit itself, they also appear to be … let’s say “not quite the best” … at writing. Is it common for lawsuits to have spelling and grammatical errors? ---
**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:** [November 9, 2016, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/5126 "2016-11-09T02:58:50Z")
Not if the lawyer is halfway competent. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/5127 "2016-11-09T03:41:17Z")
I am so disgusted with American voters. The Republican-controlled Senate is in session just one day out of three; they don’t do anything but obstruct Obama when they’re there; and some, like Rubio, make it clear that they consider the Senate a mere stepping stone, and could give a shit about attending hearings or casting votes. Yet they are almost all being re-elected, and in Indiana, a Republican has unseated veteran Evan Bayh. Why are they being rewarded for doing nothing? ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/5128 "2016-11-09T03:51:18Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > I am so disgusted with American voters. > > The Republican-controlled Senate is in session just one day out of three; they don’t do anything but obstruct Obama when they’re there; and some, like Rubio, make it clear that they consider the Senate a mere stepping stone, and could give a shit about attending hearings or casting votes. > > Yet they are almost all being re-elected, and in Indiana, a Republican has unseated veteran Evan Bayh. Why are they being rewarded for doing nothing? Can’t be that the voters disagree with you about anything in good faith, though. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2016, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/5129 "2016-11-09T03:54:40Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > I am so disgusted with American voters. > > The Republican-controlled Senate is in session just one day out of three; they don’t do anything but obstruct Obama when they’re there; and some, like Rubio, make it clear that they consider the Senate a mere stepping stone, and could give a shit about attending hearings or casting votes. > > Yet they are almost all being re-elected, and in Indiana, a Republican has unseated veteran Evan Bayh. Why are they being rewarded for doing nothing? [Oh, that’s easy, TonySinclair](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rh6qqsmxNs). ---
**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:** [November 9, 2016, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/5130 "2016-11-09T04:03:58Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > I am so disgusted with American voters. > > The Republican-controlled Senate is in session just one day out of three; they don’t do anything but obstruct Obama when they’re there; and some, like Rubio, make it clear that they consider the Senate a mere stepping stone, and could give a shit about attending hearings or casting votes. > > Yet they are almost all being re-elected, and in Indiana, a Republican has unseated veteran Evan Bayh. Why are they being rewarded for doing nothing? Not unseated. Bayh wasn’t the incumbent, Republican Dan Coats is the incumbent, it’s just a lateral change from one Republican to another. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/5131 "2016-11-09T04:37:31Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Not unseated. Bayh wasn’t the incumbent, Republican Dan Coats is the incumbent, it’s just a lateral change from one Republican to another. Yeah, I was channel surfing and just heard the tail end of the spot about his defeat right before I posted, and I must have heard it wrong. He’s a former senator, but not the incumbent. No excuse. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/5132 "2016-11-09T04:39:18Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Can’t be that the voters disagree with you about anything in good faith, though. I’m not accusing anybody of bad faith, just bad judgement. Tell me, do you think the Senate has been doing a good job under McConnell? Do you think most Republican senators put the country, or their party, first? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/5133 "2016-11-09T04:59:07Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > Yet they are almost all being re-elected, and in Indiana, a Republican has unseated veteran Evan Bayh. Why are they being rewarded for doing nothing? Because they secretly like the Washington establishment. Why else would they re-elected nearly all the incumbents? This is a referendum on Hillary, not the Washington elite. ---
**Author:** ![hermann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b487fb/32.png) [@hermann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hermann)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/5134 "2016-11-10T07:04:41Z")
Boy, I am glad that I got the results elsewhere. This thread sure died at an odd place time-wise. 😕 ---
**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:** [November 10, 2016, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/5135 "2016-11-10T17:53:32Z")
> [@hermann](#): > > Boy, I am glad that I got the results elsewhere. This thread sure died at an odd place time-wise. 😕 I think most people headed over here: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=809829](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=809829) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277.md?page=256)