# Okay, you can admit it. This is the most entertaining election since FOREVER! **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [October 4, 2016, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-you-can-admit-it-this-is-the-most-entertaining-election-since-forever/767615 "2016-10-04T03:27:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [October 4, 2016, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-you-can-admit-it-this-is-the-most-entertaining-election-since-forever/767615/41 "2016-10-04T15:48:36Z")
I’ve been blaming my lack of sleep on the election. If it was Biden vs Rubio, I’d be able to turn off the news and the internet and go to bed. But, dammit, Donald vs Hillary is just too damn, well, entertaining! But in a “Dr. Strangelove” sense: a combination of apocalyptic/horror/thriller movie… and a farce. ---
**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:** [October 4, 2016, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-you-can-admit-it-this-is-the-most-entertaining-election-since-forever/767615/42 "2016-10-04T15:54:40Z")
If the stakes weren’t so high, or if Hillary had a much more substantial lead in the polls, yes, I’d find it entertaining. As it is, I’m more anxious than entertained. Trump is the first major-party presidential candidate in my lifetime who I think would actually pose a danger to the republic. > [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > Well… I will admit to looking forward to the tell all books after this is all over. Yeah, the next _Game Change_ is gonna be a doozy. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-you-can-admit-it-this-is-the-most-entertaining-election-since-forever/767615/43 "2016-10-04T16:23:38Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > I’m entertained in roughly the same way I am ‘entertained’ by witnessing a vehicle crash. This does not cause me to feel very good about myself. You almost had it, El Kabong; this is like a NASCAR race, we go for the racing, but the multi-car wrecks are what we get excited about (see below) This election cycle has the right trappings to be as entertaining as most elections, but way to many wrecks (even if we cannot look away) for my taste. IMHO as always; YMMV. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKs3abSMpY0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKs3abSMpY0) ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Lowry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Sam\_Lowry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Lowry)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-you-can-admit-it-this-is-the-most-entertaining-election-since-forever/767615/44 "2016-10-04T17:15:01Z")
> [@Sam\_Lowry](#): > > I agree. And damage has already been done, it’s not like the hate towards Muslims and immigrants and others will automatically stop when Clinton is elected. Trump obviously didn’t create the hate but he threw a lot more wood on the campfire and helped it grow. Also, damage has already been done with Trump saying how the polls and elections are rigged against him. I don’t know how widespread the thought will be that Clinton stole the election, but it’s another flame that Trump has stoked. ---
**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:** [October 4, 2016, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-you-can-admit-it-this-is-the-most-entertaining-election-since-forever/767615/45 "2016-10-04T17:36:15Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Meanwhile, we have two strong VP candidates who will show us what could have been at the debate. Yes and no. We have two strong VP candidates. No, Kaine and Weld won’t both be at the debate. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-you-can-admit-it-this-is-the-most-entertaining-election-since-forever/767615/46 "2016-10-04T17:48:46Z")
I’d agree if we were observing a parallel, Bizarro America. But we’re through the looking glass and the stakes are far far far too high to find the whole fiasco amusing. He is ridiculous. But the circumstances are dead serious. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-you-can-admit-it-this-is-the-most-entertaining-election-since-forever/767615/47 "2016-10-04T18:08:07Z")
What should make this election less entertaining (I don’t find it fun at all) is that if Trump loses narrowly, this could actually be a moral victory for Trumpism. Trumpism will have established itself as a real, bona fide force to be contended and reckoned with. It will have \*gained \*legitimacy. ---
**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-you-can-admit-it-this-is-the-most-entertaining-election-since-forever/767615/48 "2016-10-04T18:33:55Z")
Not really, I find it mostly horrifying. I don’t expect to feel any better after the election. ---
**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-you-can-admit-it-this-is-the-most-entertaining-election-since-forever/767615/49 "2016-10-04T18:35:56Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > What should make this election less entertaining (I don’t find it fun at all) is that if Trump loses narrowly, this could actually be a moral victory for Trumpism. Trumpism will have established itself as a real, bona fide force to be contended and reckoned with. It will have \*gained \*legitimacy. I expect this to happen anyay. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-you-can-admit-it-this-is-the-most-entertaining-election-since-forever/767615/50 "2016-10-04T19:16:02Z")
> [@Stuffy](#): > > Not really, I find it mostly horrifying. I don’t expect to feel any better after the election. This. The possibility that Trump could even win a single electoral vote is demoralizing as hell. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-you-can-admit-it-this-is-the-most-entertaining-election-since-forever/767615/51 "2016-10-04T19:29:39Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > I’m not scared by either of these people, but demoralized, because there were so many great candidates on both sides who the voting bases just yawned over. I guess they want to be entertained, or maybe they just voted for whoever was the most famous. > > Meanwhile, we have two strong VP candidates who will show us what could have been at the debate. Maybe that’s our 2024 race? We can hope. The GOP ran none. _Maybe_ Kasich. Pence? Pence is 'strong"? It is to laff. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-you-can-admit-it-this-is-the-most-entertaining-election-since-forever/767615/52 "2016-10-04T19:31:30Z")
In defense of the OP, I _will_ probably bankrupt myself buying all the freaking books about this election, that is for sure! ---
**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:** [October 4, 2016, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-you-can-admit-it-this-is-the-most-entertaining-election-since-forever/767615/53 "2016-10-04T19:33:32Z")
I’ve been hip to the OP’s jive since [early August](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19532435&postcount=3710). ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-you-can-admit-it-this-is-the-most-entertaining-election-since-forever/767615/54 "2016-10-04T19:43:33Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > I’ve been hip to the OP’s jive since [early August](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19532435&postcount=3710). Well, Romney was such a robot, there wasnt much fun in that election, either. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-you-can-admit-it-this-is-the-most-entertaining-election-since-forever/767615/55 "2016-10-04T19:46:48Z")
You know, I have to be honest about all of this. Usually you don’t see the kind of ugly hateful faces like we’ve seen in this election unless you’ve pissed in the punch-bowl of a wedding reception and have paid another wedding guest to film the the entire room after The Wedding Toast. :eek: 😃 Still, whether you believe in honesty, freedom and transparency in government and business… or just dicklessly bitch about it as “the work of SJWs”… no one can really object to pulling the phony smile-mask off of the Face of America from time to time. While its true that the Tree of Liberty has to be Refreshed with the Blood of Patriots from time to time, any good botanist will tell you that raking the leaves and spraying for grubs should be done much more often. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-you-can-admit-it-this-is-the-most-entertaining-election-since-forever/767615/56 "2016-10-04T19:49:29Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > The GOP ran none. _Maybe_ Kasich. > > Pence? Pence is 'strong"? It is to laff. Pence: Anti-abortion, to the point of defunding Planned Parenthood So anti-immigration he wants to get rid of the 14th Ad. He is an ignorant luddite: “smoking doesn’t kill” and doesnt believe in Climate change _or_ Evolution.:eek: Wants to privatize Social Security. Homophobic. Wants to \*expand \*the Patriot Act. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-you-can-admit-it-this-is-the-most-entertaining-election-since-forever/767615/57 "2016-10-04T20:18:23Z")
I’m mostly ambivalent about whether I should be pointing and laughing. But the [Trump nose flags](https://www.facebook.com/HappyToastArts/posts/1085787778143652) - those things are hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-you-can-admit-it-this-is-the-most-entertaining-election-since-forever/767615/58 "2016-10-04T20:30:30Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > It was funny and entertaining for a while. But now I’m left with the realization that even if Trump loses, we still have almost half the country willing to vote for a racist douchebag with absolutely no experience, no realistic policy proposals, and no _understanding_ of… I’m gonna go ahead and say anything, just because they have an (R) in front of their name. I’m going to aim for a german citizenship, and once I get it, I’m going to burn my passport. The USA has gone completely insane, and while it’s funny for a little while, that’s just the moment before the abject horror of the situation _really_ kicks in. Like, “Ha ha, very funny Todd, now put down the ski mask and the machete; where’d you _really_ hide my wife?” This is the scary part. People don’t understand or care in the slightest how unhinged and emotionally unstable he is. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-you-can-admit-it-this-is-the-most-entertaining-election-since-forever/767615/59 "2016-10-04T20:40:27Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Pence: > > Anti-abortion, to the point of defunding Planned Parenthood > > So anti-immigration he wants to get rid of the 14th Ad. > > He is an ignorant luddite: “smoking doesn’t kill” and doesnt believe in Climate change _or_ Evolution.:eek: > > Wants to privatize Social Security. > > Homophobic. > > Wants to \*expand \*the Patriot Act. Wow, thanks for that list. Good reasons to pay attention tonight. Not as bland (nor as inconsequential) as many have painted it to be. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-you-can-admit-it-this-is-the-most-entertaining-election-since-forever/767615/60 "2016-10-04T20:41:43Z")
I am looking forward to this month. I do think there might be some truth to the notion that the press is now entering into a race into who can most severely discredit The Big Cheese. I think they’ve all been working for weeks or months on their Pulitzer entries and now’s the time to get them out there. The New York Times, for example, admits that they have more than just the tax documents that they have already released. I am hoping for an entertaining October. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-you-can-admit-it-this-is-the-most-entertaining-election-since-forever/767615.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-you-can-admit-it-this-is-the-most-entertaining-election-since-forever/767615.md?page=4)