# 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:** 323
**Author:** ![skdo23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@skdo23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skdo23)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/6443 "2016-09-14T13:18:55Z")
:rolleyes: > [@GulfTiger](#): > > Fixed it for you. > > See how that works? And I’m sure your sources are just as reliable is Kurt Eichenwald’s. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/6444 "2016-09-14T13:28:43Z")
In the long term, say ten years forward or more, is the Republican party, and the representation of their platform within legislation, in better shape if Trump wins or if Trump loses? ---
**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:** [September 14, 2016, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/6445 "2016-09-14T13:42:49Z")
Loses. He has no loyalty to the party and, if he wins, his statements and his policies will set it back with women and Latino voters, in particular, for many years. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/6446 "2016-09-14T13:57:03Z")
> [@GulfTiger](#): > > See how that works? We already know how attempts at bullshit-slinging work; your deplorable demonstration was redundant. > [@skdo23](#): > > :rolleyes: > > And I’m sure your sources are just as reliable is Kurt Eichenwald’s. Unlikely, since Kurt Eichenwald’s sources are not “voices inside Kurt Eichenwald’s head”. ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/6447 "2016-09-14T13:59:55Z")
> [@GulfTiger](#): > > Fixed it for you. > > See how that works? Remind me again how this part: continues to receive any benefit from the company Applies equally to a huge, for-profit international business enterprise and a non-profit charity group? ---
**Author:** ![Raygun99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Raygun99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raygun99)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/6448 "2016-09-14T14:03:35Z")
So, about those [Trump medical records…](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-no-medical-records-dr-oz) ---
**Author:** ![Ambrosio\_Spinola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de0a6/32.png) [@Ambrosio\_Spinola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambrosio_Spinola)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/6449 "2016-09-14T14:07:28Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > [Bloomberg - Are you a robot?](http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-09-14/ohio-poll) > > With eyes wide open, a culture that binges on fast food, reality TV, fantasy football, and social media memes is getting dangerously close to ushering a nightmarish new chapter in our history while the rest of us watch in disbelief and horror. I don’t mean to try and “unskew” this poll or anything, but a [different poll from just a few days ago](https://today.yougov.com/news/2016/09/11/clinton-holds-ohio-lead-trump-gains-florida/) showed a seven point Clinton lead in Ohio. Watch the poll aggregates, and then you can panic in a few weeks if it seems appropriate. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/6450 "2016-09-14T14:13:52Z")
> [@Raygun99](#): > > So, about those [Trump medical records…](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-no-medical-records-dr-oz) Interesting. I wonder what he’s hiding? Many people are saying the results contain evidence of Alzheimer’s as well as time-bomb-level cholesterol and trigylceride numbers and show he’s had several small strokes in the past 12 months. I’ve heard many experts say this. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/6451 "2016-09-14T14:20:44Z")
I heard he had chlamydia and genital warts. Everybody says so. ---
**Author:** ![Crybaby\_Boobie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crybaby_boobie/32/545_2.png) [@Crybaby\_Boobie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crybaby_Boobie)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/6452 "2016-09-14T14:36:28Z")
I heard his hairpiece was donated from the corpse of a death-row inmate and may actually be running the whole shebang. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/6453 "2016-09-14T14:38:59Z")
Once again I must point out that Trump doesn’t wear a hairpiece. His hair would look much better if he did. Instead he has a very complicated combover. ---
**Author:** ![Crybaby\_Boobie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crybaby_boobie/32/545_2.png) [@Crybaby\_Boobie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crybaby_Boobie)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/6454 "2016-09-14T14:44:27Z")
I see it’s gotten to you too. ---
**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:** [September 14, 2016, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/6455 "2016-09-14T14:51:13Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > Once again I must point out that Trump doesn’t wear a hairpiece. His hair would look much better if he did. Instead he has a very complicated combover. In Trump’s America, hairpiece wears you! ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/6456 "2016-09-14T14:53:45Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Interesting. I wonder what he’s hiding? Many people are saying the results contain evidence of Alzheimer’s as well as time-bomb-level cholesterol and trigylceride numbers and show he’s had several small strokes in the past 12 months. I’ve heard many experts say this. He has only the BEST strokes. There’s nothing small about them. They’re YUUUGE! ---
**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:** [September 14, 2016, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/6457 "2016-09-14T15:04:39Z")
His strokes would kill any lesser man, but he just powers through them and sleeps with beautiful women and runs for President, he’s so fantastic. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/6458 "2016-09-14T15:29:36Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > [Bloomberg - Are you a robot?](http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-09-14/ohio-poll) > > With eyes wide open, a culture that binges on fast food, reality TV, fantasy football, and social media memes is getting dangerously close to ushering a nightmarish new chapter in our history while the rest of us watch in disbelief and horror. Well, horror at least. Not so much disbelief from me. I did [call the election for Trump starting in February](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=785863), after all. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/6459 "2016-09-14T16:30:04Z")
> [@GulfTiger](#): > > Smacks of desperate partisan politics. > > They are scared. You notice that your opponent is not wearing a cup. You kick him in the balls. That’s not scared or desperate…that’s just taking advantage of an opening. ---
**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:** [September 14, 2016, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/6460 "2016-09-14T17:56:45Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > I heard he had chlamydia and genital warts. Everybody says so. Was it throat chlamydia? ---
**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:** [September 14, 2016, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/6461 "2016-09-14T18:35:26Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > You notice that your opponent is not wearing a cup. You kick him in the balls. > > That’s not scared or desperate…that’s just taking advantage of an opening. No, that’s just being an unethical last-class jerk. That’s valuing the prize so much you don’t care how much damage you do. ---
**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:** [September 14, 2016, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/6462 "2016-09-14T18:36:37Z")
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