# Keep the suspension going....why? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [September 16, 2016, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-the-suspension-going-why/766093 "2016-09-16T14:48:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Leo\_Krupe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@Leo\_Krupe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Krupe)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2016, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-the-suspension-going-why/766093/1 "2016-09-16T14:48:31Z")
> **[Donald Trump: "Obama was born in the United States. Period."](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-birther-obama-announcement/)** > > After years of suggesting the president was born in Kenya, Trump falsely blamed Hillary Clinton's 2008 campaign for having "started the birther controversy" > [@](#): > > Just hours after Donald Trump’s campaign team attempted to definitively state that the Republican nominee believed President Obama was born in the United States, Trump himself teased a forthcoming announcement Friday where he said he would address the so-called “birther” issue. > > We know that Obama now – he was born in America, correct?” Bartiromo asked Trump. > > “You watch my statement,” Trump responded. “I have to – we have to keep the suspense going, okay? So you watch. This is exactly the right behavior for a P.T. Barnum/Evel Knievel type showman, but for a potential world leader? I still don’t understand why people vote for this idiot. Other than, of course, “… but…but…Hillary!” which to me, is no excuse. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2016, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-the-suspension-going-why/766093/2 "2016-09-16T14:51:40Z")
Has anybody ever done a study to see what percentage of Trump supporters also follow professional wrestling? He and Vince McMahon act pretty much the same a lot of the time. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2016, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-the-suspension-going-why/766093/3 "2016-09-16T14:56:30Z")
He probably does not know/remember what his says in his statement that people are supposed to ‘watch’. ---
**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 16, 2016, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-the-suspension-going-why/766093/4 "2016-09-16T14:59:09Z")
Deplorable people like deplorable opinions. Trump knows this. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2016, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-the-suspension-going-why/766093/5 "2016-09-16T15:02:48Z")
> [@Leo\_Krupe](#): > > This is exactly the right behavior for a P.T. Barnum/Evel Knievel type showman, but for a potential world leader? Well, he is a PT Barnum/Evel Kneivel type showman, so what do you expect? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2016, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-the-suspension-going-why/766093/6 "2016-09-16T15:08:35Z")
Its a really great hotel! Really great! Boy, what a great hotel… ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2016, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-the-suspension-going-why/766093/7 "2016-09-16T15:15:26Z")
OK, now, the vets. Done with the vets, time for the Latino. “Deplorables are deployables”. Ooh. Snap. And now! Another vet! What’s this speech about, again? ---
**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:** [September 16, 2016, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-the-suspension-going-why/766093/8 "2016-09-16T15:16:30Z")
The most generous read would be that he’s talking not about cause, but effect. Like, he’s not saying he’s putting it off _because_ he wants to keep the suspense going; he’s putting it off for some _other_ reason – getting the language just right, say – and so he can’t yet make a statement, but he will soon, and, well, he realizes that’s going to keep the suspense going for a while longer, but that can’t be helped. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2016, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-the-suspension-going-why/766093/9 "2016-09-16T15:22:29Z")
How much preparation does the word “yes” require? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2016, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-the-suspension-going-why/766093/10 "2016-09-16T15:25:24Z")
Is everybody on that stage going to take a turn speaking? Some of those guys are kinda old, been standing there for a _loooong_ time. And now! At long last! More veterans! This speech is about veterans and how much they love Trump? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2016, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-the-suspension-going-why/766093/11 "2016-09-16T15:28:23Z")
Did somebody in Iran flip the bird, and he’s declaring war? And he is deploying the 105th Geriatric? ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2016, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-the-suspension-going-why/766093/12 "2016-09-16T15:31:04Z")
“I’m gonna make a BIG announcement . . . but first a few words from our sponsors!” Yet again Trump plays the media. CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2016, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-the-suspension-going-why/766093/13 "2016-09-16T15:32:47Z")
Well, he finally laid to rest that terrible Hillary lie! Bold! Brave! And only one lie! ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2016, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-the-suspension-going-why/766093/14 "2016-09-16T15:35:16Z")
And that’s it? Da fuq? Elvis has fled the building… ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2016, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-the-suspension-going-why/766093/15 "2016-09-16T15:40:37Z")
I guess with this doubling-down on his lie, Politifact will have to upgrade it from [“Four Pinocchios”](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/05/06/donald-trumps-ridiculous-claim-that-hillary-clinton-started-the-birther-movement/) to “Pants On Fire” (though, to be sure, adding another PoF rating to Trump’s resume would be like adding another nickel to his assets). ---
**Author:** ![Pantastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3bc359/32.png) [@Pantastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pantastic)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2016, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-the-suspension-going-why/766093/16 "2016-09-16T15:55:36Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Has anybody ever done a study to see what percentage of Trump supporters also follow professional wrestling? He and Vince McMahon act pretty much the same a lot of the time. At one time, if you followed professional wrestling you also followed Trump. Speaking of Vince McMahon, here is a clip of the two of them together back in the day. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/dVxVDDYwNvU/maxresdefault.jpg "Mr. McMahon and Donald Trump announce the Battle of the Billionaires") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVxVDDYwNvU) ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2016, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-the-suspension-going-why/766093/17 "2016-09-16T15:56:21Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Has anybody ever done a study to see what percentage of Trump supporters also follow professional wrestling? He and Vince McMahon act pretty much the same a lot of the time. Well, Trump has been on Wrestlemania several times, including once to [shave Vince McMahon’s head](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMKFIHRpe7I), and he is in the [WWE Hall of Fame](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neOhA385W5g). Presidential material, for sure. P.J. O’Rourke says it best, “Hillary Clinton may be wrong about everything, but at least she is wrong within normal parameters.” ETA: Semi-ninjaed by **Pantastic** ---
**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:** [September 16, 2016, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-the-suspension-going-why/766093/18 "2016-09-16T15:57:17Z")
[quote=“Pantastic, post:16, topic:766093”] At one time, if you followed professional wrestling you also followed Trump. Speaking of Vince McMahon, here is a clip of the two of them together back in the day. [/QUOTE] Which one is which? ---
**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:** [September 16, 2016, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-the-suspension-going-why/766093/19 "2016-09-16T16:00:53Z")
[quote=“Pantastic, post:16, topic:766093”] At one time, if you followed professional wrestling you also followed Trump. Speaking of Vince McMahon, here is a clip of the two of them together back in the day. [/QUOTE] > [@Czarcasm](#): > > Which one is which? The one with the fake hair. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2016, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-the-suspension-going-why/766093/20 "2016-09-16T16:06:50Z")
Someone posted on Twitter their metaphor for this election: “the iPhone 7 has no headphone jack, but the Galaxy 7 literally explodes.” Very apt. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-the-suspension-going-why/766093.md?page=2)