# 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:** 362
**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 25, 2016, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/7223 "2016-09-25T00:26:15Z")
I’m sure Gennifer is excited as all get-out to actually be getting attention again! I would imagine her website saw a 4000% increase in unique visitors today. “Yes, yes, a thousand times \*yes \*Mr. Trump! I \*will \*be your date for the debate on Monday!” ---
**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 25, 2016, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/7224 "2016-09-25T01:29:11Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Trump said that he would seat Gennifer Flowers, former Bill Clinton accuser, in the front row. Stay classy, Donald. ---
**Author:** ![Raygun99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Raygun99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raygun99)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2016, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/7225 "2016-09-25T02:48:42Z")
I suppose in Trump’s fevered mind this is the power move, but it’s a significant tactical error, IMO. Reminding the public that Hillary was continually cheated on and still soldiered through? Huge sympathy points from the public and women in particular. ---
**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:** [September 25, 2016, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/7226 "2016-09-25T03:50:13Z")
IIRC Gennifer Flowers got involved in a lawsuit against Bill Clinton that was summary dismissed, I can see that something may had taken place, but in a precursor of the likes of James O’Keeffe, the evidence she was trying to use was reported to be doctored and way out there. > **[Expert Says Clinton Phone Tape Was 'Selectively Edited'](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-01-30-mn-1479-story.html)** > > A nationally known expert who examined a tape-recorded conversation allegedly between Arkansas Gov. Not what I would bring forward, it reminds many about how much, much more sneaky the ones opposed to Clinton were in their efforts to get them. ---
**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 25, 2016, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/7227 "2016-09-25T03:51:44Z")
> [@Raygun99](#): > > I suppose in Trump’s fevered mind this is the power move, but it’s a significant tactical error, IMO. Reminding the public that Hillary was continually cheated on and still soldiered through? Huge sympathy points from the public and women in particular. He’s playing this like it’s a plot twist in his reality show to drum up ratings during sweeps. ---
**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:** [September 25, 2016, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/7228 "2016-09-25T03:56:27Z")
Maybe the Clinton team could seat all of Trump’s former wives, girlfriends (former and present) and illegitimate children. ---
**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 25, 2016, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/7229 "2016-09-25T03:57:21Z")
[Not a single Fortune 100 CEO has endorsed Trump](http://www.wsj.com/articles/no-fortune-100-ceos-back-republican-donald-trump-1474671842). In 2012, nearly one third of them endorsed Mitt. ---
**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:** [September 25, 2016, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/7230 "2016-09-25T04:03:04Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Not a single Fortune 100 CEO has endorsed Trump](http://www.wsj.com/articles/no-fortune-100-ceos-back-republican-donald-trump-1474671842). In 2012, nearly one third of them endorsed Mitt. He also has a significant lack of newspaper endorsements. Just rags like the _New York Post_ and others that will endorse the Republican nominee no matter what. ---
**Author:** ![Raygun99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Raygun99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raygun99)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2016, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/7231 "2016-09-25T04:21:17Z")
Also, this basically confirms the “Trump’s nowhere rich as he claims he is” rumours, no? To admit that inviting Cuban gets under his skin (which the invitation of Flowers does) and to imply that this is a comparable action means that basically everything Cuban’s been saying about Trump’s wealth is 100% true. You don’t fire off the bazooka of inviting your opponent’s husband’s mistress if it doesn’t. ---
**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:** [September 25, 2016, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/7232 "2016-09-25T04:26:11Z")
Even though it is Trump, it beggars belief that we have a candidate whom many will consider to have won the debate if he can just keep himself from acting like a dork. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2016, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/7233 "2016-09-25T04:31:39Z")
Has [this](http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/23/politics/eric-trump-donald-trump-american-dream/index.html) been mentioned? Eric Trump insists that his father started with “just about nothing.” ---
**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 25, 2016, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/7234 "2016-09-25T04:33:08Z")
When even Fox News laughs in your face … ---
**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:** [September 25, 2016, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/7235 "2016-09-25T04:33:23Z")
> [@raventhief](#): > > Has [this](http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/23/politics/eric-trump-donald-trump-american-dream/index.html) been mentioned? > > Eric Trump insists that his father started with “just about nothing.” Yep, pulled himself up by those bootstraps, Trump did. ---
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2016, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/7236 "2016-09-25T05:09:36Z")
> [@Raygun99](#): > > Also, this basically confirms the “Trump’s nowhere rich as he claims he is” rumours, no? To admit that inviting Cuban gets under his skin (which the invitation of Flowers does) and to imply that this is a comparable action means that basically everything Cuban’s been saying about Trump’s wealth is 100% true. You don’t fire off the bazooka of inviting your opponent’s husband’s mistress if it doesn’t. Here’s my theory. Well not so much a theory as a set up for joke or some such. Trump responded to Clinton inviting Cuban by inviting his opponent’s husband’s mistress because Cuban was Melania’s lover in the past. It’s an exact parallel. ---
**Author:** ![coremelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2016, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/7237 "2016-09-25T05:58:31Z")
Zach Galifiankis on if he would have Trump on “Between Two Ferns”. “I wouldn’t have somebody on that’s so mentally challenged. I feel like I’d be taking advantage of him. And you can print that.” 😃 > **[Zach Galifianakis on Hillary Clinton's 'Between Two Ferns' comedy chops and...](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-st-zach-galifianakis-clinton-between-two-ferns-20160924-snap-story.html)** > > Zach Galifianakis has hosted plenty of big names on his Internet mock talk show “Between Two Ferns,” including Brad Pitt, Justin Bieber and even President Obama. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2016, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/7238 "2016-09-25T11:03:58Z")
> **[Former Trump executive had a penchant for theft - The Boston Globe](https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2016/09/23/the-strange-tale-abraham-wallach-high-level-former-trump-executive-with-penchant-for-theft/YndjJjGkGpALyutjn7DQ6N/story.html)** The hits just keep on coming. Is it not by now clear that a Trump presidency would be, in all probability, the most corrupt in American history? ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2016, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/7239 "2016-09-25T11:11:39Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Not a single Fortune 100 CEO has endorsed Trump](http://www.wsj.com/articles/no-fortune-100-ceos-back-republican-donald-trump-1474671842). In 2012, nearly one third of them endorsed Mitt. It fits because now fully 85 percent of republicans oppose free trade. I struggle to understand republican economic positions on pretty much everything now. They railed against Obama as being a “socialist” and yet now they’re against international trade. I bet if you ask republican voters to clarify what they mean the would tell you that it’s not even a position against "free trade but, in fact, a position against trade with anyone outside the United States. The amount of ignorance, the ability to just believe in whatever the fuck people want to believe in for whatever reason is just astounding. In truth, conservative positions on economics are attributable more to attitudes toward race than anything to do with economics or trade. Republicans, and conservative independents, are voting to fight a culture war – that’s it. That’s what all of this comes down to. The “decent” ones don’t want to call it that, but that’s what it is. This election will come down to whether or not a decisive plurality of people want to take their country back from blacks, Hispanics, Asians, Indians, Muslims, gays, lesbians, the transgendered, and subversive liberals. This might be their last chance to do it, too, so I’d say the threat level is orange. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2016, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/7240 "2016-09-25T11:24:54Z")
Excellent point, asahi. For many, their contradictory/confused/self-defeating “views” on economic matters (and more) make some sense only if seen through a lens of cultural fears – fears I would hesitate to call purely “racist,” but which tend to have a more or less racialized component (sometimes definitely “racist”). Bad as I think a Trump presidency would be, and as preferable as a Clinton one would be, this way of thinking is neither going to go away anytime soon, nor take over the country like in 1930s Germany. After November, whoever wins, we’ll still be a nation where some folks think this way, and others don’t – and all the complicated flavors in between. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2016, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/7241 "2016-09-25T11:40:56Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > [https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2016/09/23/the-strange-tale-abraham-wallach-high-level-former-trump-executive-with-penchant-for-theft/YndjJjGkGpALyutjn7DQ6N/story.html](https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2016/09/23/the-strange-tale-abraham-wallach-high-level-former-trump-executive-with-penchant-for-theft/YndjJjGkGpALyutjn7DQ6N/story.html) > > The hits just keep on coming. > > Is it not by now clear that a Trump presidency would be, in all probability, the most corrupt in American history? The best part: > [@](#): > > Wallach, who lives and works in Southampton, N.Y., initially declined to discuss details of his criminal past. “All I’m going to say to you is that whatever happened, happened as a result of dealing with an insane boss who should never be president of the United States,” he told the Globe. “End of point, end of conversation.” ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2016, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/7242 "2016-09-25T15:03:48Z")
> [@HurricaneDitka](#): > > So, on to taxes now? > > … "On a dynamic basis, all taxpayers would see … assumption. " That’s a good-enough reason to like Trump’s tax plan for me. I don’t have to be a millionaire to benefit from it. Apparently one of the sixth-graders who advise Trump on economics noticed the multi-trillion dollar deficits and [revised the Trump plan to suck more blood from the needy to afford his tax cuts for the rich.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/09/24/a-new-study-says-trump-would-raise-taxes-for-millions-trumps-campaign-insists-he-wont/) So what’s the _real_ reason you’re planning to vote for the short-fingered monster? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901.md?page=361) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901.md?page=363)