# Mitt: "All we got is a lousy hat!" **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [March 5, 2016, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitt-all-we-got-is-a-lousy-hat/748001 "2016-03-05T15:07:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2016, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitt-all-we-got-is-a-lousy-hat/748001/1 "2016-03-05T15:07:37Z")
Why does Mitt say this as the end of his speech? Context, please? ---
**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:** [March 5, 2016, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitt-all-we-got-is-a-lousy-hat/748001/2 "2016-03-05T15:12:45Z")
Trump, especially early on, often wore and distributed vbaseball caps which said “make America Great Again.” ---
**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:** [March 5, 2016, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitt-all-we-got-is-a-lousy-hat/748001/3 "2016-03-05T15:48:49Z")
There’s a thread about the speech. Do we need a separate thread for one quip from the speech? ---
**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:** [March 5, 2016, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitt-all-we-got-is-a-lousy-hat/748001/4 "2016-03-05T15:52:53Z")
Don’t threads about fashion belong in Cafe Society? 😉 ---
**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:** [March 5, 2016, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitt-all-we-got-is-a-lousy-hat/748001/5 "2016-03-05T15:56:35Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > There’s a thread about the speech. Do we need a separate thread for one quip from the speech? Need? Or want? ---
**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:** [March 5, 2016, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitt-all-we-got-is-a-lousy-hat/748001/6 "2016-03-05T16:01:02Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Don’t threads about fashion belong in Cafe Society? > 😉 Don’t threads about BAD FASHION belong in The Pit? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2016, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitt-all-we-got-is-a-lousy-hat/748001/7 "2016-03-05T16:04:21Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > There’s a thread about the speech. Do we need a separate thread for one quip from the speech? I always wonder what the point of such a post is? ---
**Author:** ![purplehearingaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@purplehearingaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehearingaid)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2016, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitt-all-we-got-is-a-lousy-hat/748001/8 "2016-03-05T16:12:36Z")
All we got is one " lousy " sentence ! What happen to the rest of the speech? ---
**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:** [March 5, 2016, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitt-all-we-got-is-a-lousy-hat/748001/9 "2016-03-05T16:14:39Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > I always wonder what the point of such a post is? It’s a good reminder to the rest of us to post minor questions in an existing thread, rather than start a new one. Even if it sounds pissy (“thread-pissing”?) ---
**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:** [March 5, 2016, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitt-all-we-got-is-a-lousy-hat/748001/10 "2016-03-05T16:18:02Z")
It’s from those disneyland etc hats that you buy for the folks back home who couldn’t go. It says that on the hat or the shirt. ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2016, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitt-all-we-got-is-a-lousy-hat/748001/11 "2016-03-05T18:42:04Z")
> [@drad\_dog](#): > > It’s from those disneyland etc hats that you buy for the folks back home who couldn’t go. It says that on the hat or the shirt. That’s a factual answer. Should have been in General Questions 🙂 ---
**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:** [March 5, 2016, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitt-all-we-got-is-a-lousy-hat/748001/12 "2016-03-05T18:49:19Z")
> [@MacCat](#): > > That’s a factual answer. Should have been in General Questions 🙂 Thas your opinion dude. ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2016, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitt-all-we-got-is-a-lousy-hat/748001/13 "2016-03-05T18:52:12Z")
> [@drad\_dog](#): > > Thas your opinion dude. I was complimenting your’s being the only real, and correct answer to the OP. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2016, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitt-all-we-got-is-a-lousy-hat/748001/14 "2016-03-05T18:53:16Z")
> [@drad\_dog](#): > > Thas your opinion dude. Off to IMHO! ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2016, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitt-all-we-got-is-a-lousy-hat/748001/15 "2016-03-05T18:54:34Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Off to IMHO! Maybe the Pit 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2016, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitt-all-we-got-is-a-lousy-hat/748001/16 "2016-03-05T19:35:35Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > There’s a thread about the speech. Do we need a separate thread for one quip from the speech? That thread is now over 200 posts long, with multiple posters participating. I’ve found in the past that if I ask a very specific question in a long and involved ranting thread, it can be overlooked. I find I get better responses in that case by asking my specific question as a stand-alone. YMMV ---
**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:** [March 5, 2016, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitt-all-we-got-is-a-lousy-hat/748001/17 "2016-03-05T20:09:18Z")
> [@MacCat](#): > > I was complimenting your’s being the only real, and correct answer to the OP. I was jokin. I just have an aversion to emojis. ---
**Author:** ![Esox\_Lucius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Esox\_Lucius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esox_Lucius)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2016, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitt-all-we-got-is-a-lousy-hat/748001/18 "2016-03-05T22:00:57Z")
I thought it referred to the pretend cowboy who is “all hat and no cattle”, but Trump’s cheesy ballcap makes more sense. And to continue the meme, mundane and pointless questions about where a post belongs should be in… …ATMB, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitt-all-we-got-is-a-lousy-hat/748001/19 "2016-03-06T15:33:47Z")
April 1st is coming up. Mods, take note. 🙂