# 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:** 155
**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 29, 2016, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3083 "2016-07-29T04:04:52Z")
Ok, going to Albuquerque this Sat and Sun… recommendations? PM them to me as to not derail thread… thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3084 "2016-07-29T04:10:05Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Down home Tex-Mex chili has become a contest between jalapeno masochists. Spice is good, but shouldn’t dissolve the plaque off your teeth. You better not try my chili, then. Four-alarm is charitable. 😃 ---
**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:** [July 29, 2016, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3085 "2016-07-29T04:12:29Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Operative word being “from”? Indeed, Texas is a great place to be from. “If I owned both Texas and Hell, I would rent out Texas and live in Hell.” - Phil Sheridan ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3086 "2016-07-29T05:23:33Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > There’s something else there, but I forget. Oooh! Oooh! A small alley! ---
**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 29, 2016, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3087 "2016-07-29T05:48:18Z")
[Trump says he wanted to hit the DNC speakers for saying mean things about him.](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-i-wanted-to-hit-dnc-speakers) > [@](#): > > “You know what I wanted to. I wanted to hit a couple of those speakers so hard,” Trump said. “I would have hit them. No, no. I was going to hit them, I was all set and then I got a call from a highly respected governor.” > > The Republican nominee didn’t name the speakers that displeased him so, but he did target one “very little guy.” > > “I was gonna hit one guy in particular, a very little guy,” he told ABC News. “I was gonna hit this guy so hard his head would spin and he wouldn’t know what the hell happened.” This is the face of your party, Republicans - a thin-skinned, sociopathic narcissist prone to fits of violence. ---
**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 29, 2016, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3088 "2016-07-29T06:04:43Z")
I wish he had tried to hit the Marine General. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3089 "2016-07-29T06:36:08Z")
No, its very depressing, seeing a Marine break into tears and run sobbing from the stage. ---
**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 29, 2016, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3090 "2016-07-29T07:11:08Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Ok, going to Albuquerque this Sat and Sun… recommendations? PM them to me as to not derail thread… thanks! PM sent. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3091 "2016-07-29T10:32:22Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > That’s the world’s most disappointing historical landmark. I was so sad when I finally saw it. You’ve obviously never seen Plymouth Rock. > [@JohnT](#): > > Ok, going to Albuquerque this Sat and Sun… recommendations? PM them to me as to not derail thread… thanks! The Sanitary Tortilla Factory. BTW, you need an answer when the waitress asks “Red or green?” > [@Smapti](#): > > [Trump says he wanted to hit the DNC speakers for saying mean things about him.](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-i-wanted-to-hit-dnc-speakers)The guy he most wants to \*hit \*is the one with dwarfism and all those surgeries Hillary has been with him for? ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3092 "2016-07-29T11:23:45Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > [Trump says he wanted to hit the DNC speakers for saying mean things about him.](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-i-wanted-to-hit-dnc-speakers) > > This is the face of your party, Republicans - a thin-skinned, sociopathic narcissist prone to fits of violence. “Hit” with an insulting tweet is what was meant in context. Immature and juvenile, but there is enough real that we do not need to exaggerate. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3093 "2016-07-29T11:35:12Z")
The [Reuters/Ipsos](http://polling.reuters.com/#!poll/TM913Y16) rollling poll system is an excellent tool for following trends and the question I linked to shows something of interest: To the degree that Trump’s numbers went up during and following the GOP convention it was in that more people decided they wanted to vote against Hillary Clinton, not because they agree with Trump’s political positions or that they like him. The latter two have both dropped. They succeeded in getting a few percent more to dislike her more than they dislike him, even though if anything it also raised the dislike of him marginally too. How much will the Democratic convention now ended help those swingables minimally dislike her less again and/or dislike him more? Between its higher ratings (more seeing it means more potential impact), the efficacy of many of its orators, and its high production quality, I think quite a bit. My strong prediction is that by 2 weeks outside the race is back to Clinton +5 to 7 nationally. ---
**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 29, 2016, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3094 "2016-07-29T11:38:33Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > [Trump says he wanted to hit the DNC speakers for saying mean things about him.](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-i-wanted-to-hit-dnc-speakers) > > This is the face of your party, Republicans - a thin-skinned, sociopathic narcissist prone to fits of violence. Most people think he was talking about Michael Bloomberg. ---
**Author:** ![coremelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3095 "2016-07-29T12:05:07Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > “Hit” with an insulting tweet is what was meant in context. Immature and juvenile, but there is enough real that we do not need to exaggerate. You got a source for that? Eg a longer version of the video where that is made clear? because from the bit linked it sure sounds like physical violence. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3096 "2016-07-29T12:11:23Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > My strong prediction is that by 2 weeks outside the race is back to Clinton +5 to 7 nationally. I think +7 is very optimistic - that would be the biggest convention bounce in ages - but a bounce is virtually certain. It was a good convention and, most importantly, as discussed in other threads, more people watched it than watched the GOP convention. Why that is I do not know, but it’s so. And a convention is when a party looks its best. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3097 "2016-07-29T12:11:33Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > “Hit” with an insulting tweet is what was meant in context. Immature and juvenile, but there is enough real that we do not need to exaggerate. Show me his words that would put it into that context, please. > [@Trump](#): > > “I was gonna hit one guy in particular, a very little guy,” he told ABC News. “I was gonna hit this guy so hard his head would spin and he wouldn’t know what the hell happened.” ---
**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:** [July 29, 2016, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3098 "2016-07-29T12:25:33Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Show me his words that would put it into that context, please. > [@](#): > > “You know what I wanted to. I wanted to hit a couple of those speakers so hard,” Trump said. “I would have hit them. No, no. I was going to hit them, I was all set and then I got a call from a highly respected governor.” So unless you contend that the underlined bit means he was sitting outside their hotel room or backstage, it does seem like he meant some twitter/public statement of some kind. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3099 "2016-07-29T12:31:26Z")
[In this clip.](http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/28/politics/donald-trump-dnc-response/index.html) “I was all set … I was gonna hit a number of those people so hard … that why I don’t have a number of people still endorsing me, they still haven’t recovered …” Has he physically “hit” a number of people so hard that they haven’t recovered from their heads spinning, with those big hands of his? ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3100 "2016-07-29T12:35:59Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > I think +7 is very optimistic - that would be the biggest convention bounce in ages - but a bounce is virtually certain. It was a good convention and, most importantly, as discussed in other threads, more people watched it than watched the GOP convention. Why that is I do not know, but it’s so. And a convention is when a party looks its best. +5 to 7 … not a bounce but a return to where the race was early May and about where I have been expecting it will settle back at after it bounces around. ---
**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:** [July 29, 2016, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3101 "2016-07-29T13:34:47Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > …Has he physically “hit” a number of people so hard that they haven’t recovered from their heads spinning, with those big hands of his? Well, he sure wouldn’t do very much damage if he stuck anyone in the eye with those short little fingers of his. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3102 "2016-07-29T14:09:38Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > You’ve obviously never seen Plymouth Rock. That one sucked, too. I forgot. My wife dragged me to see it, which seems historically fitting. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901.md?page=154) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901.md?page=156)