# Surprises coming for voters for the Leopards-Eating-Faces Party **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [November 12, 2024, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166 "2024-11-12T19:54:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 161
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/3201 "2025-05-07T17:43:19Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > The Trump is a ‘celebrity’ shit drives me nuts. But he **is**. Pre-Apprentice he had always been someone who was better known as tabloid fodder than for real accomplishment, but that still is “celebrity” in the famous-for-being-famous sense. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/3202 "2025-05-07T17:43:32Z")
> [@Measure\_for\_Measure](#): > > Trump is television candidate. [snip] And his supporters perceive Trump as follows: I remember saying in 2016 on social media before the election that Trump had mental health issues like narcissism (and just stupidity in general) and would be a disaster as a President. I was informed by some of his supporters that Trump is always the smartest person in the room and was asked how could Trump possibly have mental health issues when he was such an extremely successful business genius. These people apparently thought _The Apprentice_ was real. They had no idea of his bankruptcies or multiple failed business ventures (or what a piece-of-shit he was in general). The country desperately needed Trump to run the government like his businesses so he could MAGA! after Obama ruined it. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/3203 "2025-05-07T17:48:19Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Please tell me the flavor-aid phase is coming soon. I know you’re being wry, but just for the record — it’s a popular misconception that the Jonestown cultists all lined up and happily and willingly drank the poison. In actual fact, a whole lot of people were reluctant, some seriously so, verging up to openly rebellious. Many were _forced_ to drink the poison at gunpoint. Some were simply shot. So when we get to the “flavor-aid phase,” if we follow the Jonestown model, it won’t be sane people watching in cheerful perplexity as the MAGA morons off themselves. They will take a bunch of unwilling people with them. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/3204 "2025-05-07T17:50:26Z")
It’s a holdover from their pro westling-fan days. Come to think, didn’t he and Vince McMahon have a feud for a while? ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/3205 "2025-05-07T17:55:16Z")
> [@](#): > > “I want to know who stood with me when it mattered most, so I’ve asked my team to send me a list of EVERY AMERICAN PATRIOT who donates to this email,” He’s having a list made Someone’s checking it twice He’s gonna find out who’s getting 30 dolls for Trumpmas and who’s getting 3 Trump O’ Clause is burning it all down Trump O’ Clause is burning it down ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/3206 "2025-05-07T18:06:00Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > e.g., ‘I’m not a racist, **but** …’ …you look really nice today. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/3207 "2025-05-07T18:22:42Z")
> [@solost](#): > > > [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > > > I still remember her telling me that whenever someome says “but” ignore whatever came before it. > > > > It might be a bit too strict but that advice has served me well over the years, as painful as it sometimes can be. > > So, what I’m hearing is that the advice is not too strict at all 😉 To me, it depends on context. If the “after” contradicts the “before” (“I’m not a racist, but the immigrants are stealing America from real Americans”), then the premise applies; if not (“The Axis had major successes early in WWII, but ended up losing”), it doesn’t. My ex, who was not known for her subtlety, felt it always applied. I don’t. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/3208 "2025-05-07T18:39:07Z")
Yes, good point and I agree completely, ~~but~~ I was just having a bit of a laugh. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/3209 "2025-05-07T18:59:40Z")
Please tell me the Heaven’s Gate phase is coming soon. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/3210 "2025-05-07T19:46:23Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > But he **is**. Pre-Apprentice he had always been someone who was better known as tabloid fodder than for real accomplishment, but that still is “celebrity” in the famous-for-being-famous sense. Different opinions. I don’t feel that any one that is famous for being famous is a celebrity. See Kim Kardashian. A celebrity EARNS it though talent IMHO. Trump has not earned anything and has zero talent (other than the ability to lie, cheat, steal and con people). ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/3211 "2025-05-07T20:40:53Z")
Trump was a talented reality show actor. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/3212 "2025-05-07T20:58:22Z")
And who ever canceled it put us in a real show. A shit show. A REAL reality show. Or Trump would have just kept going in for makeup and diaper changes. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/3213 "2025-05-07T20:59:58Z")
Trump, his entire persona is that - He. Is. An. Actor. He never means what he says. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/3214 "2025-05-08T02:25:42Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > > > I wouldn’t be surprised if you are exactly correct about this. Sort of a “Friends of Trump” list. > > It doesn’t hurt that [a lot of Trump’s fundraising e-mails are written as if Trump is making a personalized appeal to the target](https://www.vox.com/culture/21440412/trump-emails-campaign-fundraising-rhetoric-explained) > > > “You’ve been identified as one of President Trump’s fiercest and most loyal defenders, and according to your donor file, you’d make an excellent addition to the Trump Army,” it reads. “When you become a member of the Trump Army today, we’ll give you access to get our never-before-seen, Limited Edition Camo Keep America Great Hat.” With that camo hat, it goes on to promise, Trump supporters will be able to let everyone know that they have Trump’s back “when it comes to fighting off the Liberal MOB.” > > > “I want to know who stood with me when it mattered most, so I’ve asked my team to send me a list of EVERY AMERICAN PATRIOT who donates to this email,” It almost sounds like this idea for getting people to show up for jury duty. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/WhvEC7iOmPY/hqdefault.jpg "Exciting Jury Duty") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhvEC7iOmPY) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/3215 "2025-05-08T03:55:28Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > …what looks like the typical motorcycle club emblem: a drawing in the middle and words in a curved banner above and below. The curved banners are called “Rockers”. The top one is the name of the club, the bottom one is the chapter/region. Beware a single rocker. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/3216 "2025-05-08T13:10:59Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Beware a single rocker. If we see one, should we notify a mod? ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/3217 "2025-05-08T13:39:42Z")
It’s usually an old guy with a grizzled beard and a leather coat who smells of cigarettes. Generally harmless, but keep an eye on them. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/3218 "2025-05-08T14:05:42Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Beware a single rocker. Are married rockers okay? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/3219 "2025-05-08T14:27:22Z")
I’ve got a jacket so dirty and bad I’m gonna ride my bike and wish that it had more than one rocker more than one rocker -Jackson “Animal” Browne, rock star, biker ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/3220 "2025-05-08T14:51:12Z")
That sounds to me like a case of asking a [**Vespa**](https://www.vespa.com/us_EN/vespa-magazine/a-matter-of-style-the-timeless-appeal-of-mods/) rider when a Harley rider would probably be the more appropriate resource. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166.md?page=160) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166.md?page=162)