# "Leave Donald Alone!" Pleads His Press Secretary **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 2, 2017, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leave-donald-alone-pleads-his-press-secretary/776125 "2017-01-02T04:23:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2017, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leave-donald-alone-pleads-his-press-secretary/776125/301 "2017-01-06T17:01:30Z")
This word you use, “contract”? This is not the way of the Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2017, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leave-donald-alone-pleads-his-press-secretary/776125/302 "2017-01-06T17:04:35Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > The news has taken to publishing Cheato’s tweets as broadsides. From ABC News, this morning: > Ladies and gentlemen and Trump voters, our 45th and last President. I’m off to get religion so I can sincerely say, “God help us all, every one.” I can seriously see into the future: 5:43 am: “Had a tremendous dump. Very large and full of nuts and corn. Media jealous.” (Republican sycophants: “It’s great that he speaks his mind. The world is a better place for knowing about Trump’s bowel movements”) ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2017, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leave-donald-alone-pleads-his-press-secretary/776125/303 "2017-01-07T01:16:07Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > For one thing many of the new jobs may simply be due to increased demand caused by a growing population. There are about 24 million more people in this country now :dubious: You’re conveniently forgetting that the **previous** president, your earlier Republican fave George W. Bush, left office with a net **loss** of nearly half a million jobs over the 8 years of **his** administration, even though the US population also kept on growing during that time. [QUOTE=Starving Artist] But like I said, all of that’s beside the point. [/quote] What you mean is that “all of that” embarrassingly undermines your point. Obama, for all his many flaws, is an intelligent politician who’s been working steadily on economic recovery from the disastrous Bush years, and the net gain of millions of jobs over the course of his administration is one of the effects of that. Trump is a shrewd showman and huckster who doesn’t know anything about economic policy, but he is very adept at talking up mediocre achievements to make poorly-informed people think that they’re something amazing. Which is why, as I noted, Trump has done orders of magnitude more ostentatious bragging about the few hundred or few thousand jobs that he can claim some kind of partial credit for than Obama’s done about the millions of jobs that his administration’s economic policies have been crucial in helping create. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2017, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leave-donald-alone-pleads-his-press-secretary/776125/304 "2017-01-07T01:59:24Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > 5:43 am: “Had a tremendous dump. Very large and full of nuts and corn. Media jealous.” This is the definition of great satire: I can’t figure out whether to laugh or cry. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2017, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leave-donald-alone-pleads-his-press-secretary/776125/305 "2017-01-07T02:16:20Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > This is the definition of great satire: I can’t figure out whether to laugh or cry. [Satire](http://realism.yuku.com/sreply/17275/Humor) - B. Kliban ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2017, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leave-donald-alone-pleads-his-press-secretary/776125/306 "2017-01-07T02:33:34Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > It’s one of those bad neighborhoods his parents warned him about. I got this thread late but… that’s funny. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2017, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leave-donald-alone-pleads-his-press-secretary/776125/307 "2017-01-07T03:07:26Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > He has a signed contract with NBC, and he is trashing the same show he is supposed to be promoting for them. I’m pretty sure bad-mouthing the product of the company you work for would be a contract=breaker. For anybody else, it would be. Arnold for his part, replied with a nice subtle bit of sarcasm. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2017, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leave-donald-alone-pleads-his-press-secretary/776125/308 "2017-01-07T08:10:57Z")
[http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170107/a75c18a9cef3ca182b64ffe4b23b807e.png](http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170107/a75c18a9cef3ca182b64ffe4b23b807e.png) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2017, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leave-donald-alone-pleads-his-press-secretary/776125/309 "2017-01-07T20:43:40Z")
I prefer [this](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/make-america-kittens-agai/klchnmggepghlcolikgaekpibclpmgcm). ---
**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:** [January 7, 2017, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leave-donald-alone-pleads-his-press-secretary/776125/310 "2017-01-07T20:55:39Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > I prefer [this](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/make-america-kittens-agai/klchnmggepghlcolikgaekpibclpmgcm). “Epidemic Of Kitten Kidnappings Traced To Confused Trump Supporters” ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leave-donald-alone-pleads-his-press-secretary/776125/311 "2017-01-11T02:16:59Z")
[https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170111/b35e2d55a8bdf8af6570615135ed1ca5.jpg](https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170111/b35e2d55a8bdf8af6570615135ed1ca5.jpg) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**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:** [January 11, 2017, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leave-donald-alone-pleads-his-press-secretary/776125/312 "2017-01-11T02:21:59Z")
> [@Biffster](#): > > [https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170111/b35e2d55a8bdf8af6570615135ed1ca5.jpg](https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170111/b35e2d55a8bdf8af6570615135ed1ca5.jpg) > > Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Oh, hell no! He should be encouraged to tweet more. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leave-donald-alone-pleads-his-press-secretary/776125/313 "2017-01-11T04:55:32Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Oh, hell no! He should be encouraged to tweet more. Maybe so. I wonder how he will tinkle—I mean, tweet about this one? [https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170111/a2fe930c5ccf01babd66d90026a5c77b.png](https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170111/a2fe930c5ccf01babd66d90026a5c77b.png) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leave-donald-alone-pleads-his-press-secretary/776125/314 "2017-01-12T09:06:27Z")
True or false: there was a character named Trump in a 1950’s TV episode who promised he could build a wall to save a town from the end of the world. > **[Did a 1950s TV Episode Feature a Character Named Trump Who Offered to Build a...](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trackdown-trump-character-wall/)** > > An episode of the 1950s TV series 'Trackdown' featured a character named Walter Trump who claimed he would build a wall in order to protect a town from the end of the world. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leave-donald-alone-pleads-his-press-secretary/776125/315 "2017-01-12T12:43:35Z")
True or false: John Irving’s novel _The Water-Method Man_ is about a guy named Bogus Trumper who has a congenitally narrow urinary tract and whose doctor recommends he drink a lot of water before and after having sex to flush it out and avoid infections. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leave-donald-alone-pleads-his-press-secretary/776125/316 "2017-01-12T15:04:50Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > True or false: John Irving’s novel _The Water-Method Man_ is about a guy named Bogus Trumper who has a congenitally narrow urinary tract and whose doctor recommends he drink a lot of water before and after having sex to flush it out and avoid infections. Does the man also have orange skin? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leave-donald-alone-pleads-his-press-secretary/776125/317 "2017-01-12T16:51:15Z")
> [@Biffster](#): > > Does the man also have orange skin? > Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk It depends on the lighting maybe? [https://www.google.com/search?q=lawrence+dobkin&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiy3\_D\_h73RAhVCQiYKHeWgD4IQ\_AUICSgC&biw=1600&bih=770#imgrc=KDBRkl\_WSvxtiM%3A](https://www.google.com/search?q=lawrence+dobkin&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiy3_D_h73RAhVCQiYKHeWgD4IQ_AUICSgC&biw=1600&bih=770#imgrc=KDBRkl_WSvxtiM%3A) ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leave-donald-alone-pleads-his-press-secretary/776125/318 "2017-01-14T19:14:33Z")
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**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leave-donald-alone-pleads-his-press-secretary/776125/319 "2017-01-14T21:43:47Z")
A classic! It’s been used on everyone since Gerald Ford! (And how about “But I wish I was a dog. And Truman was a tree.” Updated for every President since!) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leave-donald-alone-pleads-his-press-secretary/776125/320 "2017-01-14T22:17:53Z")
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