# Donald Trump's 2016 General Election Campaign **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [May 4, 2016, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901 "2016-05-04T02:37:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 113
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/2242 "2016-07-05T18:09:11Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > I don’t think he’s good at it. I think his supporters simply don’t care, and the media has reasons for ignoring it at times. Both candidates have been on both sides of nearly every issue. The reason it’s not important is because this isn’t an issues campaign. Issues campaigns are what happen when both candidates are well qualified and honorable. When both candidates are morally deficient, you elect the one that is less morally deficient. Who knew that an election about character would benefit a Clinton? But it really does this time around. He strengths have nothing to do with the issues and everything to do with her leadership and competence. She has it, Trump doesn’t. End of story. Be honest now, if Clinton called for bombing Iran and restricting abortions would you vote for Trump? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/2243 "2016-07-05T19:26:57Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Be honest now, if Clinton called for bombing Iran and restricting abortions would you vote for Trump? :rolleyes: What a ridiculous question. If Clinton had called for bombing Iran and restricting abortions, I’d vote for the Democratic nominee. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/2244 "2016-07-05T21:36:53Z")
Referencing Trump’s “most corrupt candidate ever” tweet, New York Magazine claims that Trump himself should hold that title: > [@](#): > > It is altogether fair to condemn Clinton as a corrupt practitioner of the Washington cash-for-access culture. She and her husband are careless, susceptible to greed — normal politicians, in other words. Trump is the figure whose corruption stands out on a historic scale, and the notion that disdain for corruption would supply a rationale to elect him is nothing short of bizarre. > **[The Most Corrupt Candidate Ever Is Donald Trump](https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2016/07/most-corrupt-candidate-ever-is-donald-trump.html)** > > Hillary Clinton may be slightly corrupt, but she can't compare to her opponent. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/2245 "2016-07-05T21:43:42Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I think all right-thinking people in this country are sick and tired of being told that ordinary, decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not! And I’m sick and tired of being told that I am. Well, I meet a lot of people and I’m convinced that the vast majority of wrong-thinking people are right. Norman? – I think I’d pay some Dutchmen to set fire to Lord Snowdon… ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/2246 "2016-07-05T22:32:02Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Referencing Trump’s “most corrupt candidate ever” tweet, New York Magazine claims that Trump himself should hold that title: At this point, it seems pretty evident that Trump exclusively accuses his enemies of things of which he himself is guilty. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2016, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/2247 "2016-07-05T23:03:45Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > At this point, it seems pretty evident that Trump exclusively accuses his enemies of things of which he himself is guilty. That’s the mark of the narcissist: he literally _cannot_ imagine or consider the existence of desires, thoughts, intentions, or motives other than his own. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2016, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/2248 "2016-07-05T23:24:07Z")
Il Trumpo is meeting with Tennessee Senator Bob Corker, a potential VP candidate. I guess Donnie loves a person with common interests - [corruption](http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-05-25/feds-probing-potential-insider-trading-senator-bob-corker). [He hates the United Auto Workers](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/02/12/sen-bob-corker-cant-stand-the-united-auto-workers-an-annotated-interview/). But perhaps the most damning thing, from the point of view of the right, is that [Corker signed off on the Iran deal](http://www.politico.com/story/2015/04/ben-cardin-bob-corker-iran-deal-116979). ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/2249 "2016-07-05T23:31:20Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > At this point, it seems pretty evident that Trump exclusively accuses his enemies of things of which he himself is guilty. So _Trump’s_ father helped Lee Harvey Oswald? ---
**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:** [July 5, 2016, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/2250 "2016-07-05T23:31:55Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Il Trumpo is meeting with Tennessee Senator Bob Corker, a potential VP candidate. > I guess Donnie loves a person with common interests - [corruption](http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-05-25/feds-probing-potential-insider-trading-senator-bob-corker). > [He hates the United Auto Workers](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/02/12/sen-bob-corker-cant-stand-the-united-auto-workers-an-annotated-interview/). > > But perhaps the most damning thing, from the point of view of the right, is that [Corker signed off on the Iran deal](http://www.politico.com/story/2015/04/ben-cardin-bob-corker-iran-deal-116979). He was just introducing Trump at his rally. I never knew a man could speak so clearly with his lips sewed to Donald’s anus. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/2251 "2016-07-05T23:46:10Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > He was just introducing Trump at his rally. I never knew a man could speak so clearly with his lips sewed to Donald’s anus. Well, thanks a lot for _that_ image. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2016, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/2252 "2016-07-06T01:21:42Z")
The Human Trumptipede ---
**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:** [July 6, 2016, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/2253 "2016-07-06T01:23:07Z")
So, today at a rally in [del]Nuremberg[/del] North Carolina, Trump praised Saddam Hussein for being “so good” at killing terrorists. Trump credited Hussein for not reading terrorists their rights or even talking to them, but just ruthlessly eliminating them. In the clip, he starts off making the completely reasonable point that the invasion of Iraq destabilized the region and created a power vacuum which was filled by terrorists. But then he vaults from there to embracing the tactics of a brutal dictator. Conservative commentator John Podhoretz responded by calling Trump “fucking insane”. > **[“Fucking Insane”: Conservative Journalists Criticize Trump’s Praise Of Saddam...](https://www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump/fucking-insane-conservative-journalists-criticize-trumps-praise-saddam-hussein)** I’m not going to vote for Clinton with a spring in my step. But when the alternative is a real, honest to god fascist, then I think I’m going to have to overlook my misgivings about Clinton. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2016, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/2254 "2016-07-06T03:19:54Z")
[Scott Walker will be the keynote speaker at the GOP convention.](http://bipartisanreport.com/2016/07/05/gop-convention-finally-lands-a-keynote-speaker-the-person-is-beyond-pathetic-details/) [A partial list of those Republican office holders who will not be attending.](http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/hardly-anybody-wants-to-speak-at-trumps-convention-224815) ---
**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:** [July 6, 2016, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/2255 "2016-07-06T04:00:49Z")
The keynote speaker will be the first guy to drop out of the 2016 primary? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/2256 "2016-07-06T04:03:22Z")
He’s sucking up for the VP spot. ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/2257 "2016-07-06T04:16:58Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > The keynote speaker will be the first guy to drop out of the 2016 primary? Even better, he specifically dropped out, and called for others to do the same, in order to consolidate their costs and stop Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/2258 "2016-07-06T05:28:35Z")
By the way, the New Yorker has published the [best look at Donald Trump’s supporters](http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/07/11/george-saunders-goes-to-trump-rallies) I’ve yet seen. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/2259 "2016-07-06T07:27:10Z")
Trumps latest ‘free publicity’ stunt. [Praises Saddam Hussein](http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/donald-trump-praises-saddam-hussein-s-approach-terrorism-again-n604411) for how well he killed terrorists. > [@](#): > > He didn’t read them the rights. He didn’t talk to them. They were terrorists. Over. Yay for dictators. Boo to the rule of law. Kill them all first, ask questions never. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2016, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/2260 "2016-07-06T08:53:49Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Trumps latest ‘free publicity’ stunt. [Praises Saddam Hussein](http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/donald-trump-praises-saddam-hussein-s-approach-terrorism-again-n604411) for how well he killed terrorists. > > Yay for dictators. Boo to the rule of law. Kill them all first, ask questions never. I have to admit that for sheer amusement, you can’t beat the Trump. I am simply amazed how this guy can trip over his own dick, day after day. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/2261 "2016-07-06T09:37:54Z")
Trump also praises Saddam for gassing the Kurds. “He throws a little gass, everybody goes crazy. It goes back and forth. They were stabilized.” At least, I think that’s what he’s trying to do. I can’t be sure with his disjointed speech patterns. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901.md?page=112) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901.md?page=114)