# Every time Trump opens his mouth, someone writes a story about him **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 12, 2016, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-time-trump-opens-his-mouth-someone-writes-a-story-about-him/762568 "2016-08-12T15:13:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-time-trump-opens-his-mouth-someone-writes-a-story-about-him/762568/21 "2016-08-15T16:11:03Z")
As Samantha Bee put it, the Republicans nominated a sociopathic, 70-year-old toddler. They tied their own noose, let them hang from it. I have no sympathy. I mean, seriously, what were they thinking? Some of them are just stupid, but not all of them. I know Democrats who are stupid, but not enough of them to get say, Larry Kramer nominated. (No, that’s not anti-gay-- I’m just trying to think of someone extremely liberal with as little ability to self-censor as Trump). Somehow, the stupid people got control, and the smarter ones were all on a coffee break, or something. ---
**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:** [August 15, 2016, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-time-trump-opens-his-mouth-someone-writes-a-story-about-him/762568/22 "2016-08-15T16:39:34Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > Know the saying “don’t hate the player, hate the game”? Well same thing applies here. Trump isn’t the problem. Trump is only half the problem. The other half are all those that make excuses for him. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-time-trump-opens-his-mouth-someone-writes-a-story-about-him/762568/23 "2016-08-15T17:12:33Z")
So many years, so many stupid quotes. [Here’s a good one.](https://mobile.twitter.com/TheBillyWest/status/765041892237021184/video/1) ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-time-trump-opens-his-mouth-someone-writes-a-story-about-him/762568/24 "2016-08-15T17:38:13Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > (It’s Andy Borowitz, so…satire. Just sayin’.) The thing is that it really ISN’T satire. Trump has more or less actually said that. Trump is way past satirical humor. You cannot exaggerate him, for he exaggerates himself. Even the Onion has failed to keep pace with him. This article from July 28 is almost indistinguishable from his, and his minions’, actual criticism of the media since then: [http://www.theonion.com/article/trump-sick-and-tired-mainstream-media-always-tryin-53375](http://www.theonion.com/article/trump-sick-and-tired-mainstream-media-always-tryin-53375) To make fun of Trump they’re now resorting to outright absurdism: [http://www.theonion.com/article/melania-trump-stumbles-upon-dozens-husbands-haunti-53516](http://www.theonion.com/article/melania-trump-stumbles-upon-dozens-husbands-haunti-53516) ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-time-trump-opens-his-mouth-someone-writes-a-story-about-him/762568/25 "2016-08-15T17:52:48Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > [Here’s a good one.](https://mobile.twitter.com/TheBillyWest/status/765041892237021184/video/1) I love these. Billy West is great. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-time-trump-opens-his-mouth-someone-writes-a-story-about-him/762568/26 "2016-08-15T18:45:58Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > I laugh at the notion that what comes out of Trumps mouth are gaffes. The stuff getting reported since the nomination process began wasn’t stupid shit he said just once in an offhand comment and quickly disavowed later. No. He says something, is asked repeatedly if his intent is correct and then later when the vitriol against it brews up he stands by it. That’s actually one of the more respectable things about him. Politicians have long been derided for their weaselly tendencies to **never** stand by anything they say if it turns out that something they said was unpopular with the public (regardless of what they actually think). Trump’s unwillingness to play that game is one of the things that has won him some support for not being a “typical” politician and actually having some backbone in the face of criticism. ---
**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 15, 2016, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-time-trump-opens-his-mouth-someone-writes-a-story-about-him/762568/27 "2016-08-15T18:47:30Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > That’s actually one of the more respectable things about him. Politicians have long been derided for their weaselly tendencies to **never** stand by anything they say if it turns out that something they said was unpopular with the public (regardless of what they actually think). Trump’s unwillingness to play that game is one of the things that has won him some support for not being a “typical” politician and actually having some backbone in the face of criticism. You’re kidding, right? ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-time-trump-opens-his-mouth-someone-writes-a-story-about-him/762568/28 "2016-08-15T18:53:56Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > You’re kidding, right? Nah. I don’t support Trump, but what people don’t realize is that there’s a ton of people out there who do, and that’s the sort of thing they praise him for. Although in general I do detest the way politicians pander only to what they think the people think they should think, and would never, ever stand by anything they said if it offended somebody. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-time-trump-opens-his-mouth-someone-writes-a-story-about-him/762568/29 "2016-08-15T19:01:58Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > That’s actually one of the more respectable things about him. Politicians have long been derided for their weaselly tendencies to **never** stand by anything they say if it turns out that something they said was unpopular with the public (regardless of what they actually think). Trump’s unwillingness to play that game is one of the things that has won him some support for not being a “typical” politician and actually having some backbone in the face of criticism. > [@running\_coach](#): > > You’re kidding, right? > [@Rigamarole](#): > > Nah. I don’t support Trump, but what people don’t realize is that there’s a ton of people out there who do, and that’s the sort of thing they praise him for. Although in general I do detest the way politicians pander only to what they think the people think they should think, and would never, ever stand by anything they said if it offended somebody. Wait… so when challenged on what you said you believed, your response is “Oh, wait, no. I just wrote what OTHERS who believe that might say.” Followed by “Although in general I kind of believe it…” I know of a presidential campaign that could use spinmeisters like you. And there could be a shakeup that’ll result in some positions opening up… ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-time-trump-opens-his-mouth-someone-writes-a-story-about-him/762568/30 "2016-08-15T19:08:46Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Wait… so when challenged on what you said you believed, your response is “Oh, wait, no. I just wrote what OTHERS who believe that might say.” > Followed by “Although in general I kind of believe it…” > > I know of a presidential campaign that could use spinmeisters like you. And there could be a shakeup that’ll result in some positions opening up… Oh no, I definitely respect the _particular quality_ of not backing down from what you believe to pander to the public, as a politician. That doesn’t mean I support Trump (which I don’t, and have never claimed to). But I can see why his supporters like that about him. The anti-Trump circle jerk has whipped itself up into such a frothing tempest that if you don’t pepper in at least a dozen mentions of how much you hate him and find him evil and vile and repugnant, you risk being accused of being a Trump sympathizer. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![OwnRules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ea666f/32.png) [@OwnRules](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OwnRules)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-time-trump-opens-his-mouth-someone-writes-a-story-about-him/762568/31 "2016-08-15T19:59:43Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > That’s actually one of the more respectable things about him. Politicians have long been derided for their weaselly tendencies to **never** stand by anything they say if it turns out that something they said was unpopular with the public (regardless of what they actually think). Trump’s unwillingness to play that game is one of the things that has won him some support for not being a “typical” politician and actually having some backbone in the face of criticism. Doubling down on stupid is admirable? ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-time-trump-opens-his-mouth-someone-writes-a-story-about-him/762568/32 "2016-08-15T20:25:21Z")
**Rigamorole** ol’ chum, surely you’ve noticed that Trump does actually back down, equivocate, spin, and otherwise try to make palatable his sputum? It may take days of kicking and screaming, but he does it. The only one he’s sort of sticking by is the sarcastic (but not really) “founding” of ISIS. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-time-trump-opens-his-mouth-someone-writes-a-story-about-him/762568/33 "2016-08-15T20:48:02Z")
The Simpson’s 3 AM phone call video has 63,108 likes, and 15,563 dislikes. That’s probably the way the vote will go. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-time-trump-opens-his-mouth-someone-writes-a-story-about-him/762568.md?page=1)