# Palin or Trump for POTUS **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [August 17, 2015, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-or-trump-for-potus/728092 "2015-08-17T17:09:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/do_not_taunt/32/2968_2.png) [@Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Do_Not_Taunt)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2015, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-or-trump-for-potus/728092/21 "2015-08-17T20:25:39Z")
Trump. Palin is clearly a dim-witted true believer. There’s at least a chance Trump’s campaign is just trolling, and that his actual beliefs don’t match what he’s selling. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2015, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-or-trump-for-potus/728092/22 "2015-08-17T20:43:10Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > I’d go with Palin. She has experience being a state governor, and has also been a VP candidate. Palin was named VP candidate on August 27, 2008, and was defeated on November 2, meaning she was a candidate for 10 weeks. Trump announced his candidacy on June 16, and has so far been in the race for 8 weeks. However, Trump also ran for President in 1999 (Reform Party) for four months, so he has much more experience in losing a national campaign than she does! ---
**Author:** ![Claverhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2015, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-or-trump-for-potus/728092/23 "2015-08-17T20:45:25Z")
The whole Palin thing was just a glorious extended goof that went on a tad too long. It was solely meant to show that America still retains the enviable ability to mock itself. Can’t you people take a joke ? I will not want President Trump, but I would prefer him being followed around with the Nuclear Football. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2015, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-or-trump-for-potus/728092/24 "2015-08-17T21:03:04Z")
> [@yellowjacketcoder](#): > > Edit: I forgot to say, while they are both bad options, Trump might be a blowhard and may not listen to advice, but he actually seems to have some policy ideas and an ounce of common sense (only that much though). That puts him in a category above Palin. Of course, an armadillo would be in a category above Palin too, so that’s not saying much. I vote for the armadillo. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2015, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-or-trump-for-potus/728092/25 "2015-08-17T21:06:06Z")
Trump, I hear he is Batman. But I’m moving to another planet if this actually happened. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2015, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-or-trump-for-potus/728092/26 "2015-08-17T21:16:32Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Trump, I hear he is Batman. He keeps a teenage boy in a cave? ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2015, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-or-trump-for-potus/728092/27 "2015-08-17T21:25:11Z")
> [@Philliam](#): > > To go along with her extensive experience as a professional moron. So, the choice is simple, simpleton or egomaniac. I’ll take the simpleton. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2015, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-or-trump-for-potus/728092/28 "2015-08-17T21:55:14Z")
Hey! I vaguely resent the implication that my erstwhile co-religionists would do this! OK, yeah, [del]we[/del] they conceivably would. [del]We[/del] They might not follow through on rigging the election after Mindfucking the poor captive forced to choose. Or a rival cabal might try to substitute _Michael_ Palin. But in general, I would hope Discordians are against conformity and hopefully against forced dichotomies. So, [del]we[/del] they would be doing it\* ironically.\* fool’s guinea, very lapsed Discordian P.S. Also, I voted for Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-or-trump-for-potus/728092/29 "2015-08-18T02:16:54Z")
> [@42fish](#): > > I vote for the armadillo. … love you you love me … \*\*ThEre Is nO ArMaDIlLo! TheRe nEVeR wAS An ARmADillO! TherE nEVeR WiLl bE An ArMADillO!! ThErE iS OnLy PALIN and TRUMP! YOU MUST CHOOSE!! \*\* …great big hug and a kiss from… ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-or-trump-for-potus/728092/30 "2015-08-18T03:10:52Z")
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**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-or-trump-for-potus/728092/31 "2015-08-18T11:53:32Z")
I went with Palin. Both Trump and Palin would make bad Presidents, so that leaves personality and character as the deciding factor. Palin at least knows how to be popular(She was the most popular governor in the country for awhile), she’s incessantly optimistic and upbeat, and so assuming that things in the country are going well, voters would be fairly content with things. Trump is kinda like Rick Scott over here in Florida. No matter how well things go, people just are never going to like him. ---
**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:** [August 18, 2015, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-or-trump-for-potus/728092/32 "2015-08-18T12:16:40Z")
Is it a live armadillo, or a stuffed armadillo? ---
**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:** [August 18, 2015, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-or-trump-for-potus/728092/33 "2015-08-18T12:19:58Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > I went with Palin. Both Trump and Palin would make bad Presidents, so that leaves personality and character as the deciding factor. Palin at least knows how to be popular(She was the most popular governor in the country for awhile), **she’s incessantly optimistic and upbeat** , and so assuming that things in the country are going well, voters would be fairly content with things. > > Trump is kinda like Rick Scott over here in Florida. No matter how well things go, people just are never going to like him. Ignorance is bliss. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-or-trump-for-potus/728092/34 "2015-08-18T12:23:42Z")
Palin would quit – I don’t believe she’s capable of handling a difficult job or working particularly hard in difficult circumstances. That might make me more likely to choose her, except that her VP choice could be even worse. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-or-trump-for-potus/728092/35 "2015-08-18T14:00:25Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > I’d say she’s _worse_. Camacho knew he had a serious problem he was responsible for fixing, knew he was in over his head, and knew he needed to find the best-prepared person to fix it and to hand it over to him along with all the authority and resources that person would need. That’s actual leadership, of an idiocratic sort. But Palin would never come to any of those realizations. Plus, Camacho didn’t just quit. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-or-trump-for-potus/728092/36 "2015-08-18T14:11:41Z")
LUCKY LUCIANO: I don’t accept the options. To live, I gotta kill 'em both. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-or-trump-for-potus/728092/37 "2015-08-18T15:53:41Z")
I didn’t see the ‘Kill me now!’ option. Couldn’t vote. ---
**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:** [August 18, 2015, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-or-trump-for-potus/728092/38 "2015-08-18T15:56:07Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > I went with Palin. Both Trump and Palin would make bad Presidents, so that leaves personality and character as the deciding factor. Palin at least knows how to be popular(She was the most popular governor in the country for awhile), she’s incessantly optimistic and upbeat, and so assuming that things in the country are going well, voters would be fairly content with things. > > Trump is kinda like Rick Scott over here in Florida. No matter how well things go, people just are never going to like him. I would have to say Trump is pretty optimistic upbeat too.There is nothing he doesn’t think he can do. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-or-trump-for-potus/728092/39 "2015-08-18T16:39:42Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > You could throw Charles Manson into the mix and make it a difficult three way choice. Charlie is 80, 11 years older than Trump and less likely to survive his term. Plus he’d scare the crap out of any foreign dignitaries he meets with. Plus his running mate could be Squeaky Fromme! This is looking better and better! ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-or-trump-for-potus/728092/40 "2015-08-18T17:45:45Z")
Okay, I vote for the Squeaky Fromme/Armadillo ticket. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-or-trump-for-potus/728092.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-or-trump-for-potus/728092.md?page=3)