# Is Scaramucci really this fucking stupid? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 27, 2017, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scaramucci-really-this-fucking-stupid/792265 "2017-07-27T15:07:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scaramucci-really-this-fucking-stupid/792265/261 "2017-08-01T14:02:48Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > **I’ll do it!** I’m unemployed, my wife already hates me, and my professional reputation is lower than whale shit already. > > Fuck it! Pony up that money and I’ll stick with it for at _least_ 2 weeks! (Before being fired. It’s okay. I’m used to it.) > > Maybe I parlay that into a reality show or at least a few 12-packs of beer? Let’s all polish up our resume’. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scaramucci-really-this-fucking-stupid/792265/262 "2017-08-01T14:10:17Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Mamma. Prison. Trains. Getting drunk. Ways to go, yet. It’s not Bingo, you don’t have to hit them all. And it would have to include the line “…but at least I can be proud I never tried to suck myself” > [@Gatopescado](#): > > **I’ll do it!** I’m unemployed, my wife already hates me, and my professional reputation is lower than whale shit already. > > Fuck it! Pony up that money and I’ll stick with it for at _least_ 2 weeks! (Before being fired. It’s okay. I’m used to it.) > > Maybe I parlay that into a reality show or at least a few 12-packs of beer? Ehh… you’re right, would depend on the offer. If there has to be a tight/long nondisclosure or noncompete waiver I’d have to decline, but let me turn it into a one-man show on the circuit upon exit and I’ll look into it. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scaramucci-really-this-fucking-stupid/792265/263 "2017-08-01T14:13:15Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > **I’ll do it!** I’m unemployed, my wife already hates me, and my professional reputation is lower than whale shit already. > > Fuck it! Pony up that money and I’ll stick with it for at _least_ 2 weeks! (Before being fired. It’s okay. I’m used to it.) > > Maybe I parlay that into a reality show or at least a few 12-packs of beer? Trump needs to create a Survivor-type show where a group of people are kept together in the green room fighting tooth-and-claw for the post of press secretary. Men with bulging biceps and women with large bazooms and tiny clothes. There will be two televised press conferences every day, with each contestant taking a turn. Reporters will be allowed to ask anything and everything, no censorship, let it all hang out. Maybe there could be a [net](https://uncletnuc.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/road-house-bar-2.png?w=734&h=315) in front of the press secretary like in front of that band in Road House, so the reporters can throw things. The public can vote to eliminate contestants on FB or Twitter. Last person standing gets to be press secretary for six weeks, then we do it all over again. ---
**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 1, 2017, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scaramucci-really-this-fucking-stupid/792265/264 "2017-08-01T14:25:57Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > The public can vote to eliminate contestants on FB or Twitter. Last person standing gets to be press secretary for six weeks. …or until Trump’s Presidency gets cancelled, whichever comes first. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2017, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scaramucci-really-this-fucking-stupid/792265/265 "2017-08-01T14:58:53Z")
I read that Scaramucci and his wife both hated Trump. Could Moochie have been a troll/saboteur, eager to help the American public understand Trump incompetence by making a mockery of the White House? Moochie’s already got a parachute stowed away, and can always fall back on a future career as radio talk show host. How serious is the divorce? — if it wasn’t just part of the sham, I suppose it tends to knock down my hypothesis. ---
**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 1, 2017, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scaramucci-really-this-fucking-stupid/792265/266 "2017-08-01T15:05:58Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > I read that Scaramucci and his wife both hated Trump. Could Moochie have been a troll/saboteur, eager to help the American public understand Trump incompetence by making a mockery of the White House? Moochie’s already got a parachute stowed away, and can always fall back on a future career as radio talk show host. > > How serious is the divorce? — if it wasn’t just part of the sham, I suppose it tends to knock down my hypothesis. 1. Where did you hear this? 2. He decided to meet with Trump rather than be at the hospital when his child was being born. I’d say the divorce is probably for reals. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scaramucci-really-this-fucking-stupid/792265/267 "2017-08-01T15:06:55Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Could Moochie have been a troll/saboteur, eager to help the American public understand Trump incompetence by making a mockery of the White House? Moochie’s already got a parachute stowed away, and can always fall back on a future career as radio talk show host. I’d like to propose Trump’s Razor: “Never attribute to conspiracy that which can be adequately explained by everyone just being a venal douchebag.” Eh, it needs a little work. It now strikes me that the Trump Admin is a pretty good experiment for a system in which everyone is acting purely in their own self interest. In that respect, I think it’s going pretty well so far. We’re learning a lot. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scaramucci-really-this-fucking-stupid/792265/268 "2017-08-01T15:09:11Z")
“We” aren’t learning anything we didn’t already know, and the people who need to learn aren’t. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scaramucci-really-this-fucking-stupid/792265/269 "2017-08-01T15:34:44Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > I’d like to propose Trump’s Razor: “Never attribute to conspiracy that which can be adequately explained by everyone just being a venal douchebag.” > > Eh, it needs a little work. From Wagner: “Art thou malicious, or merely insane?” ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scaramucci-really-this-fucking-stupid/792265/270 "2017-08-01T15:39:27Z")
I admit that I’d do it just for the lulz, but I’d be fired the first day when Trump started screaming at me and I started screaming back and calling him names. 😛 Then I’d walk out for the cameras, smile and say “Well that was fun. Everyone should get to do this at least once just for the chance to tell that man what he really is to his face!” 😃 ---
**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:** [August 1, 2017, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scaramucci-really-this-fucking-stupid/792265/271 "2017-08-01T18:35:04Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > I’d like to propose Trump’s Razor: “Never attribute to conspiracy that which can be adequately explained by everyone just being a venal douchebag.” > > Eh, it needs a little work… Seems right on the mark to me. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scaramucci-really-this-fucking-stupid/792265/272 "2017-08-01T18:43:06Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > I’d like to propose Trump’s Razor: “Never attribute to conspiracy that which can be adequately explained by everyone just being a venal douchebag.” > > Eh, it needs a little work. “Never attribute to conspiracy that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.” ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scaramucci-really-this-fucking-stupid/792265/273 "2017-08-01T19:40:39Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > “Never attribute to conspiracy that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.” “But the Wise Man always plans for conspiracy, that he may protect his ass.” -Dali Lama ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scaramucci-really-this-fucking-stupid/792265/274 "2017-08-01T19:58:46Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > “But the Wise Man always plans for conspiracy, that he may protect his ass.” > -Dali Lama I’m really just a surreal camel. -Dali Llama ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scaramucci-really-this-fucking-stupid/792265/275 "2017-08-01T20:19:40Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > I’m really just a surreal camel. > -Dali Llama I also do bar mitzvahs and children’s parties. -Dali Lama ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scaramucci-really-this-fucking-stupid/792265/276 "2017-08-01T20:53:22Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Although I can’t recall this being mentioned in any country song, the Harvard Law alumni directory lists the Mooch as having slipped this mortal coil: [Harvard Law alumni directory lists Anthony Scaramucci as dead](https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/08/01/harvard-law-alumni-directory-lists-anthony-scaramucci-as-dead/23059297/) … pining for the fjords … ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scaramucci-really-this-fucking-stupid/792265/277 "2017-08-01T20:55:17Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > From Wagner: “Art thou malicious, or merely insane?” Ya know, a person can be both. Just sayin’ ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scaramucci-really-this-fucking-stupid/792265/278 "2017-08-02T00:43:33Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > Ya know, a person can be both. Just sayin’ Indeed, but I will not argue with Wilhelm Richard Wagner. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scaramucci-really-this-fucking-stupid/792265/279 "2017-08-02T01:20:08Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > “Never attribute to conspiracy that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.” Naah, in the specific case of a Trumpian Razor events point to venal douchebaggery, not common general stupidity, as the determining factor – it’s not that you don’t know you should not do/say X thing, it’s that you don’t care if it’s yourself who says/does it as long as it gives you a leg up on the competition or knocks them down a peg or two. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2017, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scaramucci-really-this-fucking-stupid/792265/280 "2017-08-02T09:30:40Z")
I present Exhibit Z in the case of Scaramucci v Abject Stupidity: [Scaramucci says vulgar remarks about Priebus, Bannon were a joke](http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/344896-scaramucci-says-vulgar-remarks-about-priebus-bannon-were-a-joke) Scaramucci said about his obscenity laced interview with Ryan Lizza, “Legally, it may have been on the record, but the spirit of it was off. And he knew that.” The article states, “Despite feeling betrayed that Lizza published an account of the phone call, Scaramucci told the news outlet that they are old family friends.” To which Lizza responds: “I’ve only known Anthony in his capacity as a Trump surrogate and then White House communications director. We are not and have never been ‘old family friends.'” I don’t know. I think the jury is in on this one. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scaramucci-really-this-fucking-stupid/792265.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scaramucci-really-this-fucking-stupid/792265.md?page=15)