# 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:** 92
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/1823 "2016-10-12T20:59:00Z")
> [@Evil\_Economist](#): > > Mao Tse-tung? It’s usually attributed to Mao, but the exact source appears to be unknown. ---
**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/1824 "2016-10-12T21:23:22Z")
I wonder how this election would have gone had Donald Trump simply not had a Twitter account? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/1825 "2016-10-12T21:36:44Z")
We can safely rule out Yogi Berra. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/1826 "2016-10-12T21:37:28Z")
Wait what? [ > [@](#): > > The people of Cuba have struggled too long. Will reverse Obama’s Executive Orders and concessions towards Cuba until freedoms are restored. ]([x.com](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/786285509668696065?lang=en)) He was violating the embargo, but now he feels for the poor Cubans and wants to reverse the current state of affairs? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/1827 "2016-10-12T21:55:15Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > We can safely rule out Yogi Berra. Yeah, it includes words of more than two syllables.😃 ---
**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 12, 2016, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/1828 "2016-10-12T21:59:31Z")
Wildly inconsistent notions expressed with jut-jawed certitude, ignoring manifest personal shortcomings? Meh. Par for the course. ---
**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 12, 2016, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/1829 "2016-10-12T22:04:42Z")
> [@raventhief](#): > > Wait what? > > [URL=“[x.com](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/786285509668696065?lang=en)”] > > He was violating the embargo, but now he feels for the poor Cubans and wants to reverse the current state of affairs? Well, I think what Trump means is that he wants the embargo to go back on, so that those other companies will be frozen out, while his company secretly breaks the embargo and makes lots of lovely cash. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/1830 "2016-10-12T22:08:06Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > Trump Disaster Porn should be Pussy Riot’s next single. Probably their next album. > [@running\_coach](#): > > I’ll bet that will get snatched up in an instant. I’d grab it. ---
**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 12, 2016, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/1831 "2016-10-12T22:09:31Z")
> [@raventhief](#): > > Wait what? > > [URL=“[x.com](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/786285509668696065?lang=en)”] > > He was violating the embargo, but now he feels for the poor Cubans and wants to reverse the current state of affairs? I know I won’t rest until the mafia/military dictator leadership is restored and Cuba can breath free again. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/1832 "2016-10-12T22:20:25Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > It’s usually attributed to Mao, but the exact source appears to be unknown. It was popularized in a Doonesbury strip, for what it’s worth. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/1833 "2016-10-12T23:02:26Z")
Well, 2 women have come forward, given their names and stories, and have said that trump touched them inappropriately. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/1834 "2016-10-12T23:09:52Z")
I’m starting to think there is going to be significant violence after Trump loses. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/1835 "2016-10-12T23:11:34Z")
Trump supporters, male and female, are tweeting #repealthe19th. > **[Campaign 2016 updates: New sex assault allegations emerge against Donald Trump](https://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/trailguide/la-na-trailguide-updates-20161012-htmlstory.html#trump-backers-tweet-repealthe19th-after-polls-show-hed-win-if-only-men-voted)** > > Donald Trump continues to campaign in Florida on Wednesday, as Hillary Clinton hosts two rallies in Colorado and Nevada. Two women step forward and allege Trump groped them. Clinton's campaign responds. Russia's response to U.S. accusations that it... > [@](#): > > The Twitter commentary began after Nate Silver of the FiveThirtyEight website published an article Tuesday looking at men’s and women’s voting patterns. > > He found that if the election only counted the male vote, Trump would swamp Clinton, 350 electoral votes to 188. A candidate must win 270 electoral votes to win the presidency. ---
**Author:** ![AnalogSignal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/analogsignal/32/1085_2.png) [@AnalogSignal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnalogSignal)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/1836 "2016-10-12T23:11:38Z")
> [@raventhief](#): > > Well, 2 women have come forward, given their names and stories, and have said that trump touched them inappropriately. [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/13/us/politics/donald-trump-women.html](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/13/us/politics/donald-trump-women.html) She tells the whole story in a video interview. Seems credible. “He was like an octopus,” she said. “His hands were everywhere.” She fled to the back of the plane. “It was an assault,” she said. ---
**Author:** ![soonerblue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soonerblue/32/3302_2.png) [@soonerblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soonerblue)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/1837 "2016-10-12T23:12:58Z")
Watch CNN’s Christiane Amanpour ask Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov about “Donald Trump’s pussy riot moment.” [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdiwEjHlqU8) ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/1838 "2016-10-12T23:13:02Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > I’m starting to think there is going to be significant violence after Trump loses. I have been worrying about that for a while now. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Economist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c89c15/32.png) [@Evil\_Economist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Economist)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/1839 "2016-10-12T23:19:31Z")
Am I the last one to see this: [https://www.hillaryclinton.com/tools/way-back-when/](https://www.hillaryclinton.com/tools/way-back-when/) It shows you what Clinton v Trump were doing in some random year. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2016, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/1840 "2016-10-12T23:23:06Z")
Trump supporters more and more remind me of gamergate bros. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/1841 "2016-10-12T23:24:21Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > I’m starting to think there is going to be significant violence after Trump loses. You mean we might go back to the 1990s? Maybe. We’ve done a lot of work on anti-terror preparations since then, and not just new ways to break into compounds. If you compare Malheur to Waco or Ruby Ridge, it’s evidence we’ve made progress in de-escalation. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/1842 "2016-10-12T23:25:17Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > I’m starting to think there is going to be significant violence after Trump loses. Trumpists actually believe that their guy is winning and that the polls are rigged against their candidate. When the results come in, they’re going to charge that the election results are rigged. These people, like Trump himself, live in an alternate reality. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277.md?page=91) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277.md?page=93)