# 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:** 51
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/1001 "2025-01-19T10:34:40Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Farmers are getting nervous, now that RFKjr announced he wants to ban high fructose corn syrup and seed oils, both billion dollar crops in Trump Country. > > [RFK Jr’s vow to ban syrup sows concern among corn farmers in Trump heartland | Trump administration | The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/18/rfk-jr-corn-syrup-ban-trump) Kinda makes me happy the major corn crop in my area is popcorn. Anyhow, long term reducing HFCS in our diet would be a good thing, which would necessitate farmers moving to something else. It’s just that I expect this sort of ham-fisted approach to result in as many problems as it solves. > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I don’t understand why the farmers are upset. This is what they voted for. Shouldn’t they be happy? But I didn’t think they’d eat MY face!!! ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/1002 "2025-01-19T10:41:08Z")
Does corn syrup make faces taste better? ---
**Author:** ![ZenithBlade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/54ee81/32.png) [@ZenithBlade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenithBlade)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/1003 "2025-01-19T11:54:01Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Farmers are getting nervous, now that RFKjr announced he wants to ban high fructose corn syrup and seed oils, both billion dollar crops in Trump Country. > > [RFK Jr’s vow to ban syrup sows concern among corn farmers in Trump heartland | Trump administration | The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/18/rfk-jr-corn-syrup-ban-trump) LOL!!! ---
**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:** [January 19, 2025, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/1004 "2025-01-19T12:52:04Z")
If only they’d ban ethanol production for motor fuel ---
**Author:** ![OldOlds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a3d4f5/32.png) [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/1005 "2025-01-19T13:21:50Z")
In my experience, one way to really upset a Republican is to call all the various farm supports socialism and farmer welfare. They have a million excuses, and all you have to do is say “Yeah, but that’s true for [whatever appropriate analog] as well.” You can really poke them by saying “Capitalism tells us that the free market will keep the farmers in business.” ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/1006 "2025-01-19T14:35:13Z")
Re: banning seed oils. Aren’t _all_ cooking/eating oils except olive oil made from seeds? What are we supposed to cook with? Petroleum? Whale oil? ---
**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:** [January 19, 2025, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/1007 "2025-01-19T14:43:37Z")
Tallow and lard and butter, like the ancestors did. … Count me in though with no tears for the corn conglomerates. Maybe we can finally tell Iowa what to do with their caucuses. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/1008 "2025-01-19T15:14:08Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > Tallow and lard and butter, like the ancestors did. That’s right! Turn back the clock, get rid of those woke seed oils, and Make America Great Again! ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/1009 "2025-01-19T16:21:24Z")
It’s not going to happen. As a last-minute MAGA acolyte, I doubt that RFKj has that much pull that he could get Trump to turn against people with money. It’s not ideological; I’m sure they’ll be plenty of regulation in a way that totally betrays everything that the GOP has been saying for years, it’s just they won’t go against big business. It will be like when Trump briefly talked about restrictions on guns. > [@Broomstick](#): > > Anyhow, long term reducing HFCS in our diet would be a good thing, which would necessitate farmers moving to something else. Well reducing sugar would be beneficial, I’m not sure if you’re hinting that HFCS is worse than other sugars? ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/1010 "2025-01-19T16:29:18Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I don’t understand why the farmers are upset. This is what they voted for. Shouldn’t they be happy? It’s like a dude who pressured his girl to have an open relationship being upset she’d dating a lot of other dudes. ---
**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:** [January 19, 2025, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/1011 "2025-01-19T16:36:47Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Aren’t _all_ cooking/eating oils except olive oil made from seeds? Actually, since ancient times, when an olive mill macerates the olives prior to pressing, the pits are crushed too so even olive oil has some seed-oil in it. [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/OliveOilExtractionProcess.png/1280px-OliveOilExtractionProcess.png) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/OliveOilExtractionProcess.png/1280px-OliveOilExtractionProcess.png) ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/1012 "2025-01-19T16:54:23Z")
Oh you and your Escher-y/Goldberg-y diagrams! ---
**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:** [January 19, 2025, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/1013 "2025-01-19T16:56:24Z")
“Olive oil is people!” ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/1014 "2025-01-19T17:02:21Z")
The commentor makes a reference to the leopards-eating-faces meme: [Oops! Trump Voters Panic As They Fear He’ll Do What He Promised Once In Office](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBWWZuy0v88) > Jan 19, 2025 [Farron Balanced](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3ePjvSmTltBNXBc4uzRlp0_23YzVPj4u) > > More and more Trump voters are starting to wake up to the fact that those campaign promises he made aren’t going to help anyone. A new report says that some of these voters are now starting to panic over the proposed cuts to education, and this includes a number of teachers who voted for Trump who are now afraid of losing their jobs. Again, Trump was very open about the cuts he was going to make - one of the few times he was actually honest - so these voters were given ample warning. Farron Cousins explains what’s happening. ---
**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:** [January 19, 2025, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/1015 "2025-01-19T17:02:38Z")
Shouldn’t a place that’s producing extra virgin olive oil be able to afford something better than a cheap plastic lawn chair? ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/1016 "2025-01-19T17:14:07Z")
Avocado Oil comes from the pulp not the seed. ---
**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:** [January 19, 2025, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/1017 "2025-01-19T17:19:59Z")
> [@Mijin](#): > > Well reducing sugar would be beneficial, I’m not sure if you’re hinting that HFCS is worse than other sugars? I’m not @Broomstick, but … IMO as long as HFCS is not only vastly cheaper than white sugar but is also vastly cheaper than most other ingredients except water, it’s going to be over-used in every product it goes into. If the HFCS price doubled and was expected to stay that way into the far future, a LOT of HFCS-containing products would be reformulated to contain less HFCS. And probably be less sweet as a result of not replacing the now-expensive HFCS with has-always-been-expensive cane or beet sugar. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/1018 "2025-01-19T18:30:56Z")
Now I need to learn all about oil polishers and melaxers. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/1019 "2025-01-19T20:02:29Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > “Olive oil is people!” At least according to Popeye. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/1020 "2025-01-19T20:09:40Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > Tallow and lard and butter, like the ancestors did. And there goes his support from the ultra-Orthodox. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166.md?page=50) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166.md?page=52)