# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Evan\_Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@Evan\_Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evan_Drake)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scaramucci-really-this-fucking-stupid/792265/41 "2017-07-27T22:01:45Z")
I want a lot of money. Where do I hire really smart money-makers who are willing to wait for payment until they have made me enough money to pay them ? ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scaramucci-really-this-fucking-stupid/792265/42 "2017-07-27T22:06:11Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > This is not the only reason someone in his position can make a shit-ton of money. He also has to be a sociopathic bastard, who does not give two shits if his decisions will destroy someone - as long as he makes money. Someone who would sell orphans and nuns to a dogfood plant, as long as he makes money. Someone who would toss his grandma under a bus, and make her take the blame for the dogfood containing orphans and nuns - as long as he gets away with it and it makes him money. > > In general terms, these are usually the kind of people who make a shit-ton of money as hedge fund managers. In general, these are not very nice people, or even people who have basic human qualities. OK. What does that have to do with how smart he is? Do sociopaths typically have a problem with their verbiage? Are sociopaths able to hire the proper managers and assistants despite, we must assume, their average to even perhaps lower than average intelligence? ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scaramucci-really-this-fucking-stupid/792265/43 "2017-07-27T22:08:53Z")
I would have bet this was The Onion, but I swear it was CNN > [@](#): > > “Reince (Priebus) is a f-----g paranoid schizophrenic, a paranoiac." > "(The swamp) is trying to resist me, but it’s not going to work. I’ve done nothing wrong on my financial disclosures, so they’re going to have to go f–k themselves.” > “I’m not Steve Bannon, I’m not trying to suck my own c–k.” > “I’m not trying to build my own brand off the f-----g strength of the President. I’m here to serve the country.” ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scaramucci-really-this-fucking-stupid/792265/44 "2017-07-27T22:09:27Z")
> [@PatriotX](#): > > Which article? [This one](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/07/27/scaramucci-if-reince-wants-to-explain-that-hes-not-a-leaker-let-him-do-that/), from the OP. No individual quote is super-crazy, but together they are unhinged. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scaramucci-really-this-fucking-stupid/792265/45 "2017-07-27T22:11:58Z")
> [@begbert2](#): > > I’d be perfectly willing to presume that he has/had properties such as aggression, persistence, a lack of morals, or whatever else that aided him in business. But the “rich people are smart” argument has a shining counterexample in the white house, and your “you must be stupid because you’re not as rich as him” corollary is demonstrative of incredible ignorance AND bullshit. > > But your ability to exude shit aside, I don’t believe Scaramucci is an idiot just because he’s able to post blatant lies that play well to Trump’s idiot followers. Trump is a genuine moron (possibly in part because of dementia), but there’s no particular reason yet to believe Scaramucci is similarly stupid. Though there’s no particular reason to believe he’s a genius either - it doesn’t exactly take a Mensa candidate to play Trumpalumpa like fiddles. Well this might end our argument: I never said “rich people are smart”. So I guess you’ll have to find whatever guy said that to continue your quest. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scaramucci-really-this-fucking-stupid/792265/46 "2017-07-27T22:26:58Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > I would have bet this was The Onion, but I swear it was CNN I’m very skeptical of Steve Bannon’s ability to suck his own cock. Efforts in that direction would explain why he’s so flushed all the time, though. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scaramucci-really-this-fucking-stupid/792265/47 "2017-07-27T22:27:13Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > I would have bet this was The Onion, but I swear it was CNN It’s from an on the record interview with the New Yorker. Scaramucci called the reporter to pressure him for the name the source in one of his stories. The link may be paywalled -sorry- > **[Anthony Scaramucci Called Me to Unload About White House Leakers, Reince...](https://www.newyorker.com/news/ryan-lizza/anthony-scaramucci-called-me-to-unload-about-white-house-leakers-reince-priebus-and-steve-bannon)** > > The new White House communications director has threatened to fire the entire communications staff. The little gems previously posted don’t do the story justice. Scaramucci basically told the reporter that if he didn’t reveal his source he would just fire everyone. And he ended, saying (in reference to Reince “Yeah, let me go, though, because I’ve got to start tweeting some shit to make this guy crazy.” The soon to be deleted tweets appeared moments later. Wonder how Melania’s anti-cyber bullying campaign is going? ---
**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:** [July 27, 2017, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scaramucci-really-this-fucking-stupid/792265/48 "2017-07-27T22:32:12Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > It’s from an on the record interview with the New Yorker. Scaramucci called the reporter to pressure him for the name the source in one of his stories. > > The link may be paywalled -sorry- > > [Anthony Scaramucci Called Me to Unload About White House Leakers, Reince Priebus, and Steve Bannon | The New Yorker](http://www.newyorker.com/news/ryan-lizza/anthony-scaramucci-called-me-to-unload-about-white-house-leakers-reince-priebus-and-steve-bannon) > > The little gems previously posted don’t do the story justice. Scaramucci basically told the reporter that if he didn’t reveal his source he would just fire everyone. And he ended, saying (in reference to Reince “Yeah, let me go, though, because I’ve got to start tweeting some shit to make this guy crazy.” The soon to be deleted tweets appeared moments later. > > Wonder how Melania’s anti-cyber bullying campaign is going? She’s waiting until it triples. That way, when it drops to twice the current levels, she can claim a success. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scaramucci-really-this-fucking-stupid/792265/49 "2017-07-27T22:36:51Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > I’m very skeptical of Steve Bannon’s ability to suck his own cock. Efforts in that direction would explain why he’s so flushed all the time, though. The guy probably pees high proof vodka. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scaramucci-really-this-fucking-stupid/792265/50 "2017-07-27T22:37:03Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > It’s from an on the record interview with the New Yorker. Scaramucci called the reporter to pressure him for the name the source in one of his stories. > > The link may be paywalled -sorry- > > [Anthony Scaramucci Called Me to Unload About White House Leakers, Reince Priebus, and Steve Bannon | The New Yorker](http://www.newyorker.com/news/ryan-lizza/anthony-scaramucci-called-me-to-unload-about-white-house-leakers-reince-priebus-and-steve-bannon) > > The little gems previously posted don’t do the story justice. Scaramucci basically told the reporter that if he didn’t reveal his source he would just fire everyone. And he ended, saying (in reference to Reince “Yeah, let me go, though, because I’ve got to start tweeting some shit to make this guy crazy.” The soon to be deleted tweets appeared moments later. > > Wonder how Melania’s anti-cyber bullying campaign is going? Can we start speculating on who is going to play the part on SNL? ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scaramucci-really-this-fucking-stupid/792265/51 "2017-07-27T22:41:14Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Can we start speculating on who is going to play the part on SNL? [Bill Hader](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Hader) would be perfect. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scaramucci-really-this-fucking-stupid/792265/52 "2017-07-27T22:45:39Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Can we start speculating on who is going to play the part on SNL? I never thought much of Chris Kattan, but they could bring him back for this one. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scaramucci-really-this-fucking-stupid/792265/53 "2017-07-27T22:46:03Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > It’s from an on the record interview with the New Yorker. Scaramucci called the reporter to pressure him for the name the source in one of his stories. > > The link may be paywalled -sorry- > > [Anthony Scaramucci Called Me to Unload About White House Leakers, Reince Priebus, and Steve Bannon | The New Yorker](http://www.newyorker.com/news/ryan-lizza/anthony-scaramucci-called-me-to-unload-about-white-house-leakers-reince-priebus-and-steve-bannon) > > The little gems previously posted don’t do the story justice. Scaramucci basically told the reporter that if he didn’t reveal his source he would just fire everyone. And he ended, saying (in reference to Reince “Yeah, let me go, though, because I’ve got to start tweeting some shit to make this guy crazy.” The soon to be deleted tweets appeared moments later. > > Wonder how Melania’s anti-cyber bullying campaign is going? I picture an bedroom door with ceiling-to-floor deadbolts, one gaudy chair anchored under its opulent knob. Melania sits gazing into the infinity of a lighted makeup mirror, humming a tuneless monotone. With one trembling hand, she cakes mascara onto the lashes of her left eye, over and over, over and over, over and over… ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scaramucci-really-this-fucking-stupid/792265/54 "2017-07-27T22:46:25Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > I just saw an article that says 49% of Trump’s supporters believe he won the popular vote. > > Still, there’s no comfort in knowing the thought that Trump probably would have lost the popular vote by even more if not for Russian meddling and that must stick in his craw. There seems to be a large percentage of Republicans who are willing to say untrue things, not because they believe them, but because it conveys a certain emotion. So they probably don’t really really believe he won the popular vote. But saying they believe he won the popular vote is just another way of saying “I support Donald Trump”. Just like saying Obama was born in Kenya was just a way of saying “I oppose Obama”. You might think it’s better that most of them aren’t literally confused. But it’s almost worse that facts are irrelevant to these people. If they were confused about the facts because they only watched Fox News, then you could show them the correct facts and they’d change their minds. But they aren’t confused. They know the facts and don’t care. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scaramucci-really-this-fucking-stupid/792265/55 "2017-07-27T22:46:39Z")
> [@begbert2](#): > > Though there’s no particular reason to believe he’s a genius either - it doesn’t exactly take a Mensa candidate to play Trumpalumpa like fiddles. I’m not sure I follow. Do you think that, say, Ted Cruz – a Harvard Law grad who argued Supreme Court cases for the win before getting elected to the Senate – just _forgot_ to “play Trumpalumpa like fiddles”? Do you think it likewise slipped Hillary Clinton’s mind that she could – at will – “play Trumpalumpa like fiddles”? And so on? Do you believe Trump is only president _today_ because all sorts of folks (a) could easily “play Trumpalumpa like fiddles”, but, (b) oopsie, didn’t think to make him quit? ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scaramucci-really-this-fucking-stupid/792265/56 "2017-07-27T22:48:41Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > I would have bet this was The Onion, but I swear it was CNN > [@](#): > > “Reince (Priebus) is a f-----g paranoid schizophrenic, a paranoiac." > "(The swamp) is trying to resist me, but it’s not going to work. I’ve done nothing wrong on my financial disclosures, so they’re going to have to go f–k themselves.” > “I’m not Steve Bannon, I’m not trying to suck my own c–k.” > “I’m not trying to build my own brand off the f-----g strength of the President. I’m here to serve the country.” That is surreal. This is the White House **communications** director! It’s just mind-boggling. Trump should resign. What a disgrace. ---
**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:** [July 27, 2017, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scaramucci-really-this-fucking-stupid/792265/57 "2017-07-27T22:49:08Z")
> [@Evan\_Drake](#): > > I want a lot of money. Where do I hire really smart money-makers who are willing to wait for payment until they have made me enough money to pay them ? Amway. In fact, I bet Scaramucci can set you up. ---
**Author:** ![Evan\_Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@Evan\_Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evan_Drake)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scaramucci-really-this-fucking-stupid/792265/58 "2017-07-27T22:49:43Z")
> [@begbert2](#): > > I don’t believe Scaramucci is an idiot just because he’s able to post blatant lies that play well to Trump’s idiot followers. Trump is a genuine moron (possibly in part because of dementia), but there’s no particular reason yet to believe Scaramucci is similarly stupid. Though there’s no particular reason to believe he’s a genius either - it doesn’t exactly take a Mensa candidate to play Trumpalumpa like fiddles. What does it say of America that they democratically chose a genuine moron with dementia as head of state ? ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scaramucci-really-this-fucking-stupid/792265/59 "2017-07-27T22:51:29Z")
…do you remember those days when Sean Spicer was the eloquent, restrained, emotionally stable member of this utterly batshit insane administration? Was it less than a week ago? Oh how we miss him. Isn’t it mind-blowing that Spicer was probably the most “relatively normal” person in this clusterfuck? After a few days with Scaramucchi, Spicer’s resignation makes complete and utter sense. The guy is bat-shit insane. He’s a young version of Trump without the filter and completely emboldened and on a power trip. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scaramucci-really-this-fucking-stupid/792265/60 "2017-07-27T22:51:56Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > It’s from an on the record interview with the New Yorker. Scaramucci called the reporter to pressure him for the name the source in one of his stories. > > The link may be paywalled -sorry- > > [Anthony Scaramucci Called Me to Unload About White House Leakers, Reince Priebus, and Steve Bannon | The New Yorker](http://www.newyorker.com/news/ryan-lizza/anthony-scaramucci-called-me-to-unload-about-white-house-leakers-reince-priebus-and-steve-bannon) > > The little gems previously posted don’t do the story justice. Scaramucci basically told the reporter that if he didn’t reveal his source he would just fire everyone. And he ended, saying (in reference to Reince “Yeah, let me go, though, because I’ve got to start tweeting some shit to make this guy crazy.” The soon to be deleted tweets appeared moments later. > > Wonder how Melania’s anti-cyber bullying campaign is going? Yeesh. Yeah, I just read this article. Suddenly, a coke binge is the best-case scenario. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scaramucci-really-this-fucking-stupid/792265.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scaramucci-really-this-fucking-stupid/792265.md?page=4)