# POTUS, SchmoTUS. **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [August 2, 2015, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potus-schmotus/726780 "2015-08-02T05:04:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2015, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potus-schmotus/726780/21 "2015-08-03T03:40:20Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > It’s mostly due to the fact the the GOP fixed many elections with gerrymandering. That’s an excuse. They got that power through poor Democratic turnout and will continue to control that power due to poor Democratic turnout. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2015, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potus-schmotus/726780/22 "2015-08-03T04:39:34Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > It’s a double entendre. Something we learned from the French. 😉 \ Oddly enough, while “entendre” is evidently borrowed from the French and double is, well, double on either side of the Channel ; “double entendre” is not a French expression I’m aware of. In fact, it’d be grammatically wrong. Always puzzled me, that one. \ ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2015, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potus-schmotus/726780/23 "2015-08-03T14:17:13Z")
This lady walked into a bar, and she asked the bartender for a double entendre. So he gave her one. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potus-schmotus/726780.md?page=1)