# 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:** 165
**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:** [August 1, 2016, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3283 "2016-08-01T13:49:37Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > So “Cherish” is a word he’s using to break up The Association between him and Trump? Damn you. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2016, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3284 "2016-08-01T13:49:41Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > Well, you’d be the first. Obviously I’m being a little hyperbolic; but I don’t think that it’s so clear cut that SCOTUS could just order the arrest of a President without some level of confusion and drama. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3285 "2016-08-01T13:52:09Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > So “Cherish” is a word he’s using to break up The Association between him and Trump? I think you wooshed everyone under the age of 60. It’s just you and me here. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3286 "2016-08-01T13:59:46Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > I think you wooshed everyone under the age of 60. It’s just you and me here. 😉 > [@jsgoddess](#): > > Damn you. And I do… Love you two… ! 😛 (BTW, I’m 32. My parents controlled the car radio when I was growing up, however.) > [@davidm](#): > > Obviously I’m being a little hyperbolic; but I don’t think that it’s so clear cut that SCOTUS could just order the arrest of a President without some level of confusion and drama. Search this page for the word “_dacha_”, _gospodin_. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3287 "2016-08-01T14:00:43Z")
Pence is a complete tool. His whole job at this point is to pretend that Trump isn’t saying 90% of the shit Trump is saying. He’s even more pathetic than Christie was. ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3288 "2016-08-01T14:01:09Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > I think you wooshed everyone under the age of 60. It’s just you and me here. 😉 Hey I’m under 60, and I got it. Unfortunately ---
**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:** [August 1, 2016, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3289 "2016-08-01T14:05:45Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > They don’t have the power of judicial review, but they interpreted the Constitution to grant themselves that power. Less than 15 years after it was established, the Supreme Court “granted themselves” a power they were widely believed to already have. Now over 200 years later, you think it’s not a stretch for them to issue an arrest warrant for the President? Yeah, ok. ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3290 "2016-08-01T14:05:49Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > Pence is a complete tool. His whole job at this point is to pretend that Trump isn’t saying 90% of the shit Trump is saying. He’s even more pathetic than Christie was. Oh, I agree on the complete tool part. He really is a despicable person. But the king of pathetic really as to be Christie, doesn’t it? To so publicly smooch his chubby little lips up to the Great Cheeto’s ass, and still not get the job? That is truly pathetic. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3291 "2016-08-01T14:08:16Z")
> [@leftfield6](#): > > Oh, I agree on the complete tool part. He really is a despicable person. But the king of pathetic really as to be Christie, doesn’t it? To so publicly smooch his chubby little lips up to the Great Cheeto’s ass, and still not get the job? That is truly pathetic. Christie was largely in the background after he endorsed. Pence has to be out front each time Trump says something asinine and swear that Trump didn’t actually say it. I’m giving the crown to Pence. Not that Christie has anything to be proud of. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3292 "2016-08-01T14:51:17Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Mike Pence, [30 hours after it all began, in a statement to the press](http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/humayun-khan-american-hero-kin-must-be-cherished-pence-n620676), says the Khans should be “cherished.” Apparently, he didn’t send that memo to the guy he’s running with. Yep, it is like a more polite way to tell the world that “I’m with stupid”. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3293 "2016-08-01T14:54:10Z")
> [@leftfield6](#): > > Hey I’m under 60, and I got it. > > Unfortunately Same here, on both counts. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3294 "2016-08-01T15:04:52Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > And I do… Love you two… ! 😛 > > (BTW, I’m 32. My parents controlled the car radio when I was growing up, however.) And thanks for the earworm. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3295 "2016-08-01T15:17:37Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > I think you wooshed everyone under the age of 60. It’s just you and me here. 😉 Hey! I got that reference! ---
**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:** [August 1, 2016, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3296 "2016-08-01T15:38:16Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > So “Cherish” is a word he’s using to break up The Association between him and Trump? Ouch. How dare you! 😛 ---
**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:** [August 1, 2016, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3297 "2016-08-01T17:50:35Z")
Just now, live on CNN, Fareed Zakaria called Trump “a bullshit artist”. Uncensored. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3298 "2016-08-01T18:24:45Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > " Mr. Khan, _who does not know me_, viciously attacked me from the stage of the DNC and is now all over T.V. doing the same - Nice!" emphasis added That’s a go to phrase for him-“I don’t know him” or “She doesn’t know me.” It’s very odd. Among other things, he uses it to dismiss criticism, implying that the only people whose opinions matter are people he’s met in person and spent a lot of time with. No matter their other credentials, if they’re not friends of his, their perspective and statements are worthless. (It gets really weird when he claims not to know people when there’s a public record that he does.) I’m guessing that’s how he does business. He gets in a room with one other person and the two of them talk until some agreement happens, but it’s not possible to do that with something as large and unwieldy as the federal government. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2016, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3299 "2016-08-01T19:32:55Z")
A great deal of Americans start paying attention to the election after the conventions and Trump is really coming out the blocks strong, isn’t he? Dissing a Gold Star mother may endear him to his hardcore base but will likely alienate him from regular fence-sitters. And his wife showing up nude will not strengthen his loose support with the faith-based GOP base. He should be consolidating his likely voters not chasing them away. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2016, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3300 "2016-08-01T19:38:16Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Just now, live on CNN, Fareed Zakaria called Trump “a bullshit artist”. Zakaria was too kind. Trump is more of a bullshit finger-painter. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3301 "2016-08-01T19:56:08Z")
Still too kind. He’s just flinging shit around like a big orange monkey. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2016, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/3302 "2016-08-01T19:58:18Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > … Since this whole phenomenon began, I’ve been hoping someone will make a video montage of movie/TV examples of Fans of The Bully–you know, the moments when Biff’s gang or Scut Farkus’ toady Dill encourage their guys to get _meaner_. It could be intercut with any of the dozens of scenes of Trump fans egging him on that have come out of the rallies and Convention. > Might engender a touch of shame in a few who aren’t fully in love with the Bully-in-Chief. > [@manitou](#): > > Well, the DNC did show this at the convention. [http://www.slate.com/blogs/the\_slatest/2016/07/28/this\_dnc\_bullies\_video\_with\_trump\_as\_biff\_tannen\_killed\_it.html](http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/07/28/this_dnc_bullies_video_with_trump_as_biff_tannen_killed_it.html) It’s a great video. But what I was getting at was that Trump’s fans may not realize how close their attitudes and actions are to those of the toadies and sycophants we see in those movies, kissing up to the bully, praising him, and egging him on. I was suggesting that being shown their conduct (from rallies and the Convention) intercut with the “Go, Biff!” scenes of the toadies doing their stuff, might provoke embarrassed recognition in a few of them. (The goal, always, is to hope to pick off a _few_ at a time, given that many will _never_ budge from their position of lips-affixed to their adored one’s ass.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901.md?page=164) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901.md?page=166)