# Paul Ryan, Mitch McConnell, Jason Chaffetz etc SHOWING DISRESPECT: Avoiding Saying "Trump" **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 15, 2017, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-ryan-mitch-mcconnell-jason-chaffetz-etc-showing-disrespect-avoiding-saying-trump/779863 "2017-02-15T00:05:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-ryan-mitch-mcconnell-jason-chaffetz-etc-showing-disrespect-avoiding-saying-trump/779863/81 "2017-02-21T23:53:17Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I took Shodan’s comment to mean that Ryan, McConnell, _et al_, should have \*\*their \*\*medications adjusted. Which is clearly the case. I suspect you are being charitable toward Shodan (but don’t disagree about Ryan et al’s medication needs). ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2017, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-ryan-mitch-mcconnell-jason-chaffetz-etc-showing-disrespect-avoiding-saying-trump/779863/82 "2017-02-22T08:31:03Z")
You’re one of Them, aren’t you? Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2017, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-ryan-mitch-mcconnell-jason-chaffetz-etc-showing-disrespect-avoiding-saying-trump/779863/83 "2017-02-22T20:32:49Z")
A giant ant? No. Ants can’t type. ---
**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:** [February 22, 2017, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-ryan-mitch-mcconnell-jason-chaffetz-etc-showing-disrespect-avoiding-saying-trump/779863/84 "2017-02-22T21:12:21Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > A giant ant? > > No. Ants can’t type. Especially dead ants. Dead ants. Dead ants. Deadants. Deadants. Deadants. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2017, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-ryan-mitch-mcconnell-jason-chaffetz-etc-showing-disrespect-avoiding-saying-trump/779863/85 "2017-02-22T21:21:32Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > A giant ant? > > No. Ants can’t type. A giant ant, say the size of a cockroach, should be able to jump on the keys to type. 🙂 ---
**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:** [February 22, 2017, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-ryan-mitch-mcconnell-jason-chaffetz-etc-showing-disrespect-avoiding-saying-trump/779863/86 "2017-02-22T21:25:43Z")
> [@John\_Bredin](#): > > A giant ant, say the size of a cockroach, should be able to jump on the keys to type. 🙂 We already have a [typing cockroach.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archy_and_Mehitabel) ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2017, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-ryan-mitch-mcconnell-jason-chaffetz-etc-showing-disrespect-avoiding-saying-trump/779863/87 "2017-02-22T23:29:48Z")
> [@John\_Bredin](#): > > A giant ant, say the size of a cockroach, should be able to jump on the keys to type. 🙂 Agreed, but I’m not Archie, either. “Them” conveyed to me the tank-sized formicidae of the 1954 cinema classic. Such behemoths have no body parts, or body-part extensions, small enough to hit an individual typewriter key. It would be fat-antennae all the way–indecipherable! On the topic of House and Senate leaders of the same party as the president speaking that President’s name: Here are a couple of examples of such a leader having no apparent problem with speaking the name, from Obama’s first months, in the person of Harry Reid, who of course at that time was Senate Majority Leader: > [@](#): > > “Many Americans have had concerns about terrorists coming into our communities. We received today a broad vision from President Obama and that’s important that he did that. We’re all awaiting the details of his plan. And he’s going to come up with one,” said Reid. June 21, 2009: [Reid: Obama Speech Opens Way For Gitmo Closure Discussion | HuffPost Latest News](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/21/reid-obama-speech-opens-w_n_206418.html) > [@](#): > > David Gregory: Harry Reid , the leader of the Democrats , took on the White House , wasn’t happy with all of this and said this, this week: > “ I am convinced that I do not want to give up more power to the White House , whether it’s George Bush or Barack Obama.And I 'm going to fight as hard as I can against President Obama on these earmarks…” [http://www.nbcnews.com/video/meet-the-press/40739463#40739463](http://www.nbcnews.com/video/meet-the-press/40739463#40739463) No “fear of being associated” seems to have existed for this Presidential ally-----as contrasted with Paul Ryan, Mitch McConnell, Jason Chaffetz, who dare not Speak the Name. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-ryan-mitch-mcconnell-jason-chaffetz-etc-showing-disrespect-avoiding-saying-trump/779863.md?page=4)