# 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:** 97
**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:** [March 4, 2025, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/1921 "2025-03-04T02:33:59Z")
Mobots. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2025, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/1922 "2025-03-04T02:48:14Z")
Nah. DOGE-bots. They’ll have the employee data instantly! No more emails about what you did last week! ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2025, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/1923 "2025-03-04T03:34:22Z")
How could I have POSSIBLY known that the man who’s spent a decade demonstrating that he has no idea what tariffs are woulc continue to not know what tariffs are? [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fs6z2b756buwsdsjkle6utfi/bafkreidp6xy7mlakpr4ozehj4iruxodvmx6bzcp3ij3cn5cf7h7xwrcpfe@jpeg) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fs6z2b756buwsdsjkle6utfi/bafkreidp6xy7mlakpr4ozehj4iruxodvmx6bzcp3ij3cn5cf7h7xwrcpfe@jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2025, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/1924 "2025-03-04T07:51:13Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Plus, as others have noted, moving them to the latitude where the crop in question can actually, you know, grow. Drill baby drill!\>\>\>\>\>\>climate change\>\>\>\>\>\>problem solved! Or something 🤔 ---
**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:** [March 4, 2025, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/1925 "2025-03-04T08:43:30Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > “Paid ‘troublemakers’ are attending Republican Town Hall Meetings.” > > Marshall’s comment: “Can Confirm” It’s true. Roger Marshall was there, he was getting paid, and he’s a total shitstirrer. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2025, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/1926 "2025-03-04T12:54:50Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > So much so that we turn a lot of it to syrup and put it in everything already. And, the worm-infested head of our health services is trying to put cut down the demand for that as well. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2025, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/1927 "2025-03-05T12:21:27Z")
Well Trump has kept his promise to turn the Biden economy around. After 2.8% growth in 2024, the Atlanta Fed’s estimate for 2025 Q1 is… **negative** 2.8% [Atlanta Fed shock sounds ‘Trumpcession’ warning | Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/atlanta-fed-shock-sounds-trumpcession-warning-mcgeever-2025-03-03/#:~:text=The%20Atlanta%20Fed's%20GDPNow%20model,tracking%20close%20to%20%2B4.0%25). [NB: I posted this same link in another thread…I think this is likely to come up in both threads and I thought the discussion can go in a different direction in the two contexts] As I’ve said previously, I don’t relish anyone suffering, but MAGA-level ignorance and bigotry needs to fail, bigly. The leopards might not show much discernment but they are essential workers now. ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2025, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/1928 "2025-03-05T12:57:02Z")
Well, obviously, that’s because there was a yyyyuuuuge drop from 1st Jan - 19th Jan. Things immediately went up from 20th January. Durrrr. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2025, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/1929 "2025-03-05T14:42:09Z")
Both of these items appear in today’s Spokesman Review (Spokane, WA). First, US Rep Baumgartner praises Trump’s address to Congress. Then, in an op-ed he penned with an area businessman, he cries about Trump’s tariffs and how they will hurt the region. I’m guessing these are paywalled, but you might be able to read one of them. I recommend the op-ed. Get ready to bust out your tiny violins. > **[Northwest lawmakers react to Trump's address to Congress](https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2025/mar/04/northwest-lawmakers-react-to-trumps-address-to-con/)** > > WASHINGTON – In an address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, President Donald Trump touted his administration’s swift actions to remake the federal government in his image, provoking cheers from his fellow Republicans and loud protests from... > **[Rep. Michael Baumgartner and Edmund O. Schweitzer: Tariffs are taxes](https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2025/mar/05/rep-michael-baumgartner-and-edmund-o-schweitzer-ta/)** > > Many people have supported tariffs to raise federal revenue and to pressure foreign leaders. However, any enthusiasm for increased tariffs must be tempered by the economic reality that for us in Eastern Washington, tariffs mean trouble. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2025, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/1930 "2025-03-05T20:22:51Z")
On a more homey, macro level, Trump’s also pissing off the paper straw types. > **[He bet his life savings on paper straws. Trump may destroy his business.](https://ca.news.yahoo.com/bet-life-savings-paper-straws-161301480.html)** > > The paper straw, Guy Spinelli was sure, would be the way of the future. After 50 years toiling in the country’s paper mills, the 75-year-old plunked his life savings into creating a “24 hours strong” straw that he manufactures in Woodstock, Illinois,... > [@](#): > > “Our distributors are saying, ‘Everyone’s going back to plastic now because of the president,’” he said. “The president I voted for, the man who says ‘Let’s make America great again, let’s help small businesses grow,’ that man is going to put me out of business.” aaaaawwwww ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2025, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/1931 "2025-03-05T20:32:49Z")
I think that is an actual straw man argument. 🤯 ---
**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:** [March 5, 2025, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/1932 "2025-03-05T20:53:54Z")
This needs to be acknowledged. Excellent. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2025, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/1933 "2025-03-05T20:55:57Z")
Shut down the SD now, no-one’s topping that ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2025, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/1934 "2025-03-05T20:59:03Z")
Personally, I thought it sucked. ---
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2025, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/1935 "2025-03-05T21:01:40Z")
I think I saw some holes in it ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2025, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/1936 "2025-03-05T21:07:32Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > “The president I voted for, the man who says ‘Let’s make America great again, let’s help small businesses grow,’ that man is going to put me out of business.” Yes, because he thinks you’re one of the things ruining America. If a candidate fucking hates 50 million people, wants to uproot their lives and grind them up, you should check whether or not your one of them before voting. Maybe next time. ---
**Author:** ![Slight\_Off\_Hand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f08c70/32.png) [@Slight\_Off\_Hand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slight_Off_Hand)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2025, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/1937 "2025-03-05T21:22:51Z")
Just one hole. ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2025, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/1938 "2025-03-05T21:27:47Z")
👏 👏 👏 ---
**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:** [March 5, 2025, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/1939 "2025-03-05T21:30:01Z")
Two, but are straws protostomes or deuterostomes? Yes, I am suggesting that straws shit into your mouth. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2025, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/1940 "2025-03-05T21:34:46Z")
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