# Donald Trump's 2016 General Election Campaign
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901
**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
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2016, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/5323 "2016-08-29T02:20:28Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#):
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> “News that Pence had vanished touched off a panic in Indiana, where residents feared that he might return to resume his political career.”
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> Ha!
Heh. That was my favorite line, too.
> [@Northern\_Piper](#):
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> Hey, you wanna tell Android Trump he’s made a mistake and have him go all T3 on you?
If it means I get to see him turn from orange to chrome, well, yes.
> [@elucidator](#):
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> Her day is coming. She will announce a press conference and the only ones there will be the _Akron Shopper’s Guide_ and _Daily Caller_.
As an Ohioan, I object to the first.
> [@Catamount](#):
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> He tried to turn his VP into a Newt…
He got better.
No, never mind - he didn’t.
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### Author:  [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2016, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/5324 "2016-08-29T03:04:09Z")
Trump supporters began posting a meme picture of rapper Ice-Cube endorsing Trump. [Ice-Cube would have none of it.](http://bipartisanreport.com/2016/08/28/gop-announced-ice-cube-endorsement-of-donald-trump-ice-cube-destroys-them-in-response/)
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### Author:  [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2016, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/5325 "2016-08-29T03:39:00Z")
Am I the only one who smells rat-fuck? Has the ACORN/OWS/BLM Revolutionary Cadres Alliance learned the value of a good hoax?
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### Author:  [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2016, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/5326 "2016-08-29T03:56:47Z")
Orange County Republicans ran a Trump outreach for Latinos in Anaheim which they billed as “Operation Taco Bowl”.
> **[Trump Latino Outreach In Anaheim, CA: 'Operation Taco Bowl'](https://crooksandliars.com/2016/08/trump-latino-outreach-anaheim-ca-operation)**
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> This is real, folks.
Also there was former Fox guest Mike Cernovich, who likes to tweet about how date rape doesn’t exist and the only way for women to avoid having AIDS is not to be a slut.
> **[Why Did Fox News Welcome Date Rape Apologist Mike Cernovich?](https://www.thedailybeast.com/why-did-fox-news-welcome-date-rape-apologist-mike-cernovich)**
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> As Roger Ailes’s sexual harassment scandal continues to unfold, Fox News is being forced to answer why Mike Cernovich was invited to be a guest on ‘Red Eye.’
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### Author:  [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2016, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/5327 "2016-08-29T12:03:00Z")
So apparently Trump doesn’t think he needs to prepare for the Presidential debates. This should be interesting:
> **[Report: Trump Will Wing Debates, While Clinton Does Her Homework](https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2016/08/trump-will-wing-debates-while-clinton-does-her-homework.html)**
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> But Trump is testing zingers.
Of course he hasn’t agreed to appear yet. Whats the bet he’s demanding being paid to be there?
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### Author:  [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2016, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/5328 "2016-08-29T12:05:52Z")
They have agreed on a town hall debate on September 7th, I believe.
Two days prior to the beginning of pretrial motions in Trump’s rape trial (civil charges).
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### Author:  [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2016, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/5329 "2016-08-29T12:08:23Z")
> [@coremelt](#):
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> …
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> Of course he hasn’t agreed to appear yet. Whats the bet he’s demanding being paid to be there?
I don’t think he will demand to be paid, but he will indeed make sure he **is** paid, probably by billing his campaign for travel time, hotel room, the actual debate time, and two new suits.
I still think he will find some way to bail and declare it a win for himself.
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### Author:  [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2016, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/5330 "2016-08-29T12:14:43Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#):
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> I don’t think he will demand to be paid, but he will indeed make sure he **is** paid, probably by billing his campaign for travel time, hotel room, the actual debate time, and two new suits.
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> I still think he will find some way to bail and declare it a win for himself.
First presidential debate (Mon, Sept. 26)
Vice presidential debate (Tues, Oct. 4)
Second presidential debate (Sun, Oct. 9)
Third presidential debate (Wed, Oct. 19)
From [here](http://www.uspresidentialelectionnews.com/2016-debate-schedule/).
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### Author:  [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2016, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/5331 "2016-08-29T12:25:38Z")
> [@JohnT](#):
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> They have agreed on a town hall debate on September 7th, I believe.
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> Two days prior to the beginning of pretrial motions in Trump’s rape trial (civil charges).
[http://taskandpurpose.com/clinton-trump-participate-first-ever-veterans-town-hall/](http://taskandpurpose.com/clinton-trump-participate-first-ever-veterans-town-hall/)
(Sorry, forgot link)
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### Author:  [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2016, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/5332 "2016-08-29T12:32:30Z")
Wow, only 10 days away. I wonder how many blatantly false internet facts he will spew at this one?
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### Author:  [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2016, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/5333 "2016-08-29T12:40:21Z")
Dp, sorry
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### Author:  [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2016, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/5334 "2016-08-29T12:58:08Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#):
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> I don’t think he will demand to be paid, but he will indeed make sure he **is** paid, probably by billing his campaign for travel time, hotel room, the actual debate time, and two new suits.
I would love to see how much he is charging the campaign for the usage of his own plane. Instead of going from campaign stop to campaign stop he apparently flies back to NY after each event also increasing the costs. Does the Trump campaign have to publish expenses breakdowns on things like this? Is he breaking any laws if he charges the campaign 3 or 4 times the usual charter rate for a similar plane for using his Trump plane?
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### Author:  [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2016, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/5335 "2016-08-29T13:03:38Z")
Whoever owns Trump’s doctor’s web domain is probably making a fortune. I’m not posting a link but it currently redirects to a site selling something called “Annoying Teddy” which is no doubt an affiliate link. It’s a joke Teddy Bear which starts singing _Happy Birthday to You_ when you press the button and won’t stop until either the battery runs out or you destroy it.
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### Author:  [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2016, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/5336 "2016-08-29T13:09:23Z")
> [@coremelt](#):
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> So apparently Trump doesn’t think he needs to prepare for the Presidential debates.
I’m not certain he’s entirely wrong. A line from your link:
“Clinton is reportedly devouring policy and opposition research…”
I am mystified as to why Clinton would research policy to prepare to debate Donald Trump; this is somewhat akin to Muhammad Ali, in his prime, putting a lot of work into his left hook to prepare for a game of chess with a pigeon. It’s neither relevant nor necessary. Clinton knows more about policy in her sleep than Donald Trump does awake, and voters don’t generally notice the details. They make decisions based on emotion and prejudice.
Trump need not know more about policy than enough to make a few zingers. All he has to do is “look Presidential.” What Clinton has to do is make him not look like that, and the nuances of policy won’t help her do that because he will respond with rambling but confident-sounding answers.
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### Author:  [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2016, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/5337 "2016-08-29T13:11:01Z")
> [@davidm](#):
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> Whoever owns Trump’s doctor’s web domain is probably making a fortune. I’m not posting a link but it currently redirects to a site selling something called “Annoying Teddy” which is no doubt an affiliate link. It’s a joke Teddy Bear which starts singing _Happy Birthday to You_ when you pres
> s the button and won’t stop until either the battery runs out or you destroy it.
Somehow appropriate.
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### Author:  [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2016, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/5338 "2016-08-29T13:16:08Z")
I expect she’s drilling on calm handling of rudeness and lunacy, as much as content. While the content part may not sway Trumpists, it’s still free TV time for her to talk to other Americans, to demonstrate the contrast with him right there.
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### Author:  [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2016, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/5339 "2016-08-29T13:25:49Z")
> [@RickJay](#):
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> I’m not certain he’s entirely wrong. A line from your link:
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> “Clinton is reportedly devouring policy and opposition research…”
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> I am mystified as to why Clinton would research policy to prepare to debate Donald Trump; this is somewhat akin to Muhammad Ali, in his prime, putting a lot of work into his left hook to prepare for a game of chess with a pigeon. It’s neither relevant nor necessary. Clinton knows more about policy in her sleep than Donald Trump does awake, and voters don’t generally notice the details. They make decisions based on emotion and prejudice.
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> Trump need not know more about policy than enough to make a few zingers. All he has to do is “look Presidential.” What Clinton has to do is make him not look like that, and the nuances of policy won’t help her do that because he will respond with rambling but confident-sounding answers.
What else is her campaign going to say? That she’s working on some killer ways to emasculate him on live TV? She’s working on some one-liners that will set off his hair trigger? She’s practicing her needling? This is a presidential debate, so the fact that they say she’s devouring policy research and he isn’t already doesn’t make him look very presidential. She’s doing what she has to do even before the debate begins.
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### Author:  [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2016, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/5340 "2016-08-29T13:27:51Z")
> [@RickJay](#):
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> I’m not certain he’s entirely wrong. A line from your link:
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> “Clinton is reportedly devouring policy and opposition research…”
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> I am mystified as to why Clinton would research policy to prepare to debate Donald Trump; this is somewhat akin to Muhammad Ali, in his prime, putting a lot of work into his left hook to prepare for a game of chess with a pigeon. It’s neither relevant nor necessary. Clinton knows more about policy in her sleep than Donald Trump does awake, and voters don’t generally notice the details. They make decisions based on emotion and prejudice.
> …
While I’m sure she is doing exactly that, I think that they would report that regardless of whether she’s doing it or not. These kinds of reports are all about projecting an image. Her campaign is projecting an image of competence, thoughtfulness, and responsibility.
Trump’s campaign is apparently trying to project an image of cockiness and off the cuff solutions, things that seem to appeal to his base.
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### Author:  [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2016, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/5341 "2016-08-29T13:33:40Z")
> [@Biffster](#):
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> Build a bridge out of 'im!
And have GWBridge Christie test it by jumping on it a few times…
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### Author:  [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2016, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/5342 "2016-08-29T13:39:43Z")
> [@elucidator](#):
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> Does he float? Anybody got proof that he floats?
Can’t tell. Some turds float, but most are sinkers.
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