# 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:** 267
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2026, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/5355 "2026-05-06T04:57:24Z")
If I ever get remarried, I’ll try to find a way to work that into my vows. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2026, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/5356 "2026-05-06T07:17:26Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > From what I could see from focus group comments (the one above and others) the other thing is that they seem to be astonishingly poor judges of character. They seem to have bought into Trump’s TV image and his claims about his own competence wholesale, and seem genuinely flabbergasted by his now demonstrated incompetence. Psychopaths and fools. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2026, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/5357 "2026-05-06T12:40:22Z")
And sign it “Dung Beetle”. Ha ha ha! I like it. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2026, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/5358 "2026-05-06T15:11:15Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > astonishingly poor judges of character. Yes! This is the most glaring thing for me, too. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2026, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/5359 "2026-05-06T15:14:18Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > From what I could see from focus group comments (the one above and others) the other thing is that they seem to be astonishingly poor judges of character. They seem to have bought into Trump’s TV image and his claims about his own competence wholesale, and seem genuinely flabbergasted by his now demonstrated incompetence. Indeed. From the excerpts from the focus groups in the article posted last week, there were several who made comments along the lines of, “I figured that he would learn from his mistakes, and do better this time.” They really did buy into the “genius” myth. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2026, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/5360 "2026-05-06T15:19:28Z")
If only we’d known, in early 2016 we could have pooled our money into giving every soon-to-be-Trump voter a copy of _Spy_ Magazine from circa 1987. A summary and samples here (from 2015!): [https://www.boweryboyshistory.com/2015/08/spy-vs-trump-the-best-donald-trump-moments-from-spy-magazine-1986-98.html](https://www.boweryboyshistory.com/2015/08/spy-vs-trump-the-best-donald-trump-moments-from-spy-magazine-1986-98.html) ---
**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 6, 2026, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/5361 "2026-05-06T15:34:22Z")
I love the anagram for ‘DONALD TRUMP’ in that Spy Magazine clip you posted: DUMP OLD RANT So prescient. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2026, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/5362 "2026-05-06T15:36:51Z")
> [@ASL\_v2.0](#): > > > [@Princhester](#): > > > > From what I could see from focus group comments (the one above and others) the other thing is that they seem to be astonishingly poor judges of character. They seem to have bought into Trump’s TV image and his claims about his own competence wholesale, and seem genuinely flabbergasted by his now demonstrated incompetence. > > Psychopaths and fools. > [@JKellyMap](#): > > Yes! This is the most glaring thing for me, too. > [@kenobi\_65](#): > > They really did buy into the “genius” myth. Let’s just use one umbrella term that covers it all: **STUPIDITY** > **[Stupidity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stupidity)** > > Stupidity is a lack of intelligence, understanding, reason, or wit, an inability to learn. It may be innate, assumed or reactive. The word stupid comes from the Latin word stupere. Stupid characters are often used for comedy in fictional stories. Walter B. Pitkin called stupidity "evil", but in a more Romantic spirit William Blake and Carl Jung believed stupidity can be the mother of wisdom. > The root word stupid, which can serve as an adjective or noun, comes from the Latin verb stupere, for b... ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2026, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/5363 "2026-05-06T16:08:24Z")
> [@solost](#): > > I love the anagram for ‘DONALD TRUMP’ in that Spy Magazine clip you posted: > > DUMP OLD RANT By switching a couple vowels, it also anagrams to DAMP OLD RUNT ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2026, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/5364 "2026-05-06T23:08:01Z")
Paraphrasing … trump is a stupid person’s idea of a smart person, a poor person’s idea of a rich person, and a weak person’s idea of a strong person. But the folks who really eat up the trump mystique do seem to fall for those mistakes. Even if some of them are moderately wealthy. Just barely related to the above … Today at breakfast out I saw a 40-ish woman wearing a black baseball cap that said “Make America Great Again” across the front, and had “45/47” and an American flag on each side. That was the first MAGA symbology I’d seen on a person in months. This was in an area of the Miami metroblob that had retained its earlier rural roots: big old ranch houses on large lots with horse barns in the back, country dancin’ joints, folks with cowboy hats in blue jeans and boots as daily wear, etc. If after the events of the last month-ish she’s proudly wearing her faith in trump on her head in public, she’s beyond reach. Sadly, she’s not alone. far from it. ---
**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 6, 2026, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/5365 "2026-05-06T23:24:46Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > black baseball cap that said “Make America Great Again” across the front, and had “45/47 black? Are they trying to escape the red hat stigma? “You can’t spell hatred without “red hat”.” ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2026, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/5366 "2026-05-06T23:37:36Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > black? I googled ‘black maga cap’ and it took me right to the Trump store. Just as @LSLGuy described, there it was, complete with ‘45/47’. For a mere 55 bucks, one can be yours. Plus delivery, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/5367 "2026-05-07T00:03:07Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > For a mere 55 bucks, one can be yours. What a steal! ---
**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, 2026, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/5368 "2026-05-07T00:23:35Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > trump is a stupid person’s idea of a smart person, a poor person’s idea of a rich person, and a weak person’s idea of a strong person. So he’s their Tyler Durden? I look like you wanna look, I fuck like you wanna fuck. I am smart, capable and, most importantly, I’m free in all the ways that you are not. [![](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/tVEAAOSweGxjJmnn/s-l1600.jpg) ](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/tVEAAOSweGxjJmnn/s-l1600.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/5369 "2026-05-07T00:34:51Z")
Pretty much. To show the Finger to convention and to everyone else who’s powerful _and_ get away with it is their personal dream. Cheering for trump amounts to cheering for their personal fantasy to become truish. Somehow. Except for the part about destroying the country and economy in which they live and upon which they depend. They don’t quite get that part. Yet. Lotta slow children playing in our country these days. Shame they’re old enough to vote. And did. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/5370 "2026-05-07T01:01:37Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > But the folks who really eat up the trump mystique do seem to fall for those mistakes. Even if some of them are moderately wealthy. I think at least some of the wealthy ones see through him but also see him as someone who will further their interests. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/5371 "2026-05-07T02:13:08Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Except for the part about destroying the country and economy in which they live and upon which they depend. They don’t quite get that part. Yet. Well this is the kind of people who’ll pay 55 dollars for a hat… brains are not their strong suit. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/5372 "2026-05-07T02:55:16Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > ‘black maga cap I didn’t attempt to find the exact cap, but you can buy black MAGA caps on aliexpress for about $5 delivered. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/5373 "2026-05-07T04:18:36Z")
I remember seeing one as far back as '24 when I worked at a voting center. A twenty-something woman who might have simply been wearing the color that matched her outfit (omg, do you think she has one in _every_ color?), or she thought it would be less noticeable - although why wear it then?- but either way, our supervisor told her to take it off or leave (in a nicer way). She left. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/5374 "2026-05-07T11:41:55Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > > [@LSLGuy](#): > > > > But the folks who really eat up the trump mystique do seem to fall for those mistakes. Even if some of them are moderately wealthy. > > I think at least some of the wealthy ones see through him but also see him as someone who will further their interests. Agreed. Plenty of the country club set simply figure they’ll be able to profit from whatever chaos the monkey creates. And to the degree he ushers in an era of ineffectual federal regulation, they’ll be better able to cheat in their biz and on their taxes and will thereby prosper. Farther up, in the yachts and private jets set, the working assumption seems to be that they’ll benefit more directly as the whole “greed is good” kleptocracy infects their country. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166.md?page=266) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166.md?page=268)