# 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:** 379
**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:** [September 30, 2016, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/7563 "2016-09-30T13:23:45Z")
So… Has he pivoted yet? ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/7564 "2016-09-30T13:36:02Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > “By Gad, Mr. Trump, you are a character. There’s never any telling what you’ll say or do next, except that it’s bound to be something astonishing.” Oh Lordy, if Gutman ever needed to meet and deal with Trump, he would have Wilmer shoot him within the first few hours. Maybe 15 minutes. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2016, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/7565 "2016-09-30T13:39:27Z")
[Google Searches for “Register to Vote” surges in Hispanic Areas since Monday](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/30/upshot/trump-effect-voter-registration-may-be-surging-in-hispanic-areas.html?_r=0). Machado might flip Texas. _Might_. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2016, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/7566 "2016-09-30T13:44:58Z")
More probably will help deliver Florida and Nevada. Small changes there make for outsized impacts. ---
**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 30, 2016, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/7567 "2016-09-30T13:47:26Z")
Sounds like there’s a story with unnamed sources that has trump frothing. He mentioned it twice this morning that “sources” = “made up.” ---
**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:** [September 30, 2016, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/7568 "2016-09-30T13:48:40Z")
> [@raventhief](#): > > Sounds like there’s a story with unnamed sources that has trump frothing. He mentioned it twice this morning that “sources” = “made up.” I just tweeted him: “#DonTheCon, what about staff tweets made in your name? Can we quote those?” I eagerly await his response. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/7569 "2016-09-30T14:25:16Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > …Machado might flip Texas. _Might_. Now, Universe, I know I haven’t been a very good pantheist. But if you could just give me this one cataclysmic, Earth-shattering miracle… ---
**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 30, 2016, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/7570 "2016-09-30T14:38:14Z")
As opposed to all those “people have said” sources Donald likes to quote. I’m just saying, people have said that. That’s what I heard. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/7571 "2016-09-30T14:43:13Z")
> [@Crybaby\_Boobie](#): > > As opposed to all those “people have said” sources Donald likes to quote. > > I’m just saying, people have said that. That’s what I heard. I heard the same thing. True? You tell me. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/7572 "2016-09-30T14:51:20Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > Trump said Stern’s quote was “pretty close” to his exact words. I presume that Trump really said “pussy is expensive” but Stern had to bowdlerize it a bit for radio. Maybe it was “Pussy…willow is expensive.” > [@Lord\_Feldon](#): > > And he started at 3:20 this morning. That means he’ll be even more sleep-deprived than usual at his rally tonight. Who knows what’ll come out. Where can I get some of that coke? ---
**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 30, 2016, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/7573 "2016-09-30T15:30:58Z")
> [@Crybaby\_Boobie](#): > > As opposed to all those “people have said” sources Donald likes to quote. > > I’m just saying, people have said that. That’s what I heard. > [@Crotalus](#): > > I heard the same thing. True? You tell me. Insisting on credible sources who will go on the record? Sad. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/7574 "2016-09-30T16:37:22Z")
This is a cool ad: “if Donald Trump was your doctor”. [Killer Surgeon on Vimeo](https://vimeo.com/181272264). ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/7575 "2016-09-30T16:54:18Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > The Republican nominee is staying up all night slut shaming a woman on Twitter. The mind boggles. > > I’ve heard it suggested that it’s tactical in order to distract from his illegal charity and breaking the embargo, but that seems unlikely to me. > [@Crybaby\_Boobie](#): > > As opposed to all those “people have said” sources Donald likes to quote. > > I’m just saying, people have said that. That’s what I heard. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Insisting on credible sources who will go on the record? Sad. Yeah. My irony meter broke: [Trump jumps into the gutter](http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/trump-early-tweet-storm-alicia-machado-228947): The Republican nominee loses all impulse control, and unleashes a violent Twitter rant against his Miss Universe nemesis. > [@](#): > > “Anytime you see a story about me or my campaign saying ‘sources said,’ DO NOT believe it. There are no sources, they are just made up lies!” Trump tweeted a little after 3 a.m. > > He followed up with another tweet at about 9 a.m., saying, “Remember, don’t believe ‘sources said’ by the VERY dishonest media. If they don’t name the sources, the sources don’t exist.” Very, very, very, very, very, tremendously pathetic. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/7576 "2016-09-30T17:11:58Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > [Google Searches for “Register to Vote” surges in Hispanic Areas since Monday](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/30/upshot/trump-effect-voter-registration-may-be-surging-in-hispanic-areas.html?_r=0). > > Machado might flip Texas. _Might_. I wish, sorry, but no. 538 currently shows HRC with about a 7.6% chance of carrying the state. If her chances are in the mid-30s by election time, I’ll consider it an historic upset. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2016, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/7577 "2016-09-30T17:14:30Z")
7.6% ~= “might” in my book. 😉 ---
**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 30, 2016, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/7578 "2016-09-30T18:27:06Z")
[The day after Newsweek’s bombshell story about the Trump organization’s illegal Cuba activity, it’s being hit by a Denial of Service attack.](http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/09/30/1576347/-Hackers-attack-Newsweek-after-it-exposes-Trump-s-Cuba-crimes?detail=facebook) ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/7579 "2016-09-30T18:27:58Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > …and unleashes a violent Twitter rant against his Miss Universe nemesis. I’m going to stake out a daring position here; if it ever comes to pass that people are, in totally serious terms, saying that you have a “Miss Universe nemesis,” there are really only two possible explanations: 1. You are, in fact, living in either the Marvel or DC Cinematic Universe, in which “Miss Universe” is not a beauty pageant title but, rather, a superhero or supervillain OR 1. You are one seriously psychologically disturbed individual. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/7580 "2016-09-30T20:06:33Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > I wish, sorry, but no. 538 currently shows HRC with about a 7.6% chance of carrying the state. If her chances are in the mid-30s by election time, I’ll consider it an historic upset. > [@JohnT](#): > > 7.6% ~= “might” in my book. 😉 I would remind that about an hour into _High Fidelity_ (starring John Cusack, Iben Hjejle, Jack Black and Tim Robbins - a Touchstone Picture - Rated R (2000), four stars) Rob asks Laura what chance they have of getting back together; she says there is a 9% chance of that happening, and by the end of the movie we believe when they fall in love this time it will be forever. I’ve seen that movie many, many times. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/7581 "2016-09-30T20:11:35Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > I’ve seen that movie many, many times. You’re not alone! ---
**Author:** ![Raygun99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Raygun99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raygun99)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/7582 "2016-09-30T20:11:38Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > I’m going to stake out a daring position here; if it ever comes to pass that people are, in totally serious terms, saying that you have a “Miss Universe nemesis,” there are really only two possible explanations: > > 1. You are, in fact, living in either the Marvel or DC Cinematic Universe, in which “Miss Universe” is not a beauty pageant title but, rather, a superhero or supervillain > > OR > > 1. You are one seriously psychologically disturbed individual. To be fair, having a Miss Universe nemesis would be acceptable were you also a beauty pageant contestant. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901.md?page=378) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901.md?page=380)