# Things that don't bother voters vs. things that REALLY bother voters **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [August 11, 2026, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-dont-bother-voters-vs-things-that-really-bother-voters/1032304 "2026-08-11T21:58:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2026, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-dont-bother-voters-vs-things-that-really-bother-voters/1032304/101 "2026-08-23T10:05:19Z")
Who’s C-3PO supposed to be? ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2026, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-dont-bother-voters-vs-things-that-really-bother-voters/1032304/102 "2026-08-23T19:01:06Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Who’s C-3PO supposed to be? . That’s an excellent question. Hmm, a prissy, ineffectual joke of a person, laughed at by millions: Stephen Miller??? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2026, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-dont-bother-voters-vs-things-that-really-bother-voters/1032304/103 "2026-08-23T20:07:59Z")
I’d think Miller would be more like [Salacious Crumb](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Star_Wars_original_trilogy_characters#Jabba_the_Hutt) than Threepio. ---
**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:** [August 23, 2026, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-dont-bother-voters-vs-things-that-really-bother-voters/1032304/104 "2026-08-23T21:41:12Z")
> [@bordelond](#): > > _Huh, huh – what about that? Samesies!_ Then they’ll get the government they deserve, like the third generation farmer literally crying because he’s losing the farm after nobody was around to harvest the crop anymore. It’s unfortunate that the rest of us get the same government too. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2026, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-dont-bother-voters-vs-things-that-really-bother-voters/1032304/105 "2026-08-24T18:52:49Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > I’d think Miller would be more like [Salacious Crumb](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Star_Wars_original_trilogy_characters#Jabba_the_Hutt) than Threepio. Certainly _visually_. There’s not really a good analog for Threepio among Donald’s sycophants. As much as Threepio was designed to be comic relief, and as much as he bumbled some things, he did possess some actual useful knowledge. ---
**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:** [August 24, 2026, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-dont-bother-voters-vs-things-that-really-bother-voters/1032304/106 "2026-08-24T20:36:33Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > he did possess some actual useful knowledge. And he wasn’t a 100% full-time loathsome asshole. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2026, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-dont-bother-voters-vs-things-that-really-bother-voters/1032304/107 "2026-08-24T22:00:24Z")
How 'bout Jared Kushner. ---
**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:** [August 24, 2026, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-dont-bother-voters-vs-things-that-really-bother-voters/1032304/108 "2026-08-24T22:04:05Z")
I’d go with Little Marco. He probably walks kinda funny in shoes 3 sizes too big. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2026, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-dont-bother-voters-vs-things-that-really-bother-voters/1032304/109 "2026-08-24T22:31:09Z")
I say Vance. The eyeliner convinces me. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2026, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-dont-bother-voters-vs-things-that-really-bother-voters/1032304/110 "2026-08-25T00:48:44Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > As much as Threepio was designed to be comic relief, and as much as he bumbled some things, he did possess some actual useful knowledge. I think that description could fit many of the Donald’s press secretaries. They stand at the podium and say stupid things, but they are at least _designated_ mouthpieces. > [@Sherrerd](#): > > Obviously people were going to become enthralled with all the ‘_where’s Melania/what of Melania’s wifely duties has Natalie taken over_’ speculation. Y’know, back in the day there was a phrase, “marriage of convenience.” It covered a multitude of circumstances: marrying for money, gays who wanted a straight public persona, and tneir spouses who knew it and were willing to be a part of it, asexuals and older people who married for companionship, people who married to share assets, etc. It’s a good, useful term, as in “Donald and Melania have a marriage of convenience,” and we can infer from it whatever we want. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2026, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-dont-bother-voters-vs-things-that-really-bother-voters/1032304/111 "2026-08-27T22:42:25Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > And he wasn’t a 100% full-time loathsome asshole. Yeah, Threepio’s worst fault was that he was kinda needy. Whereas Miller is just straight up hateful. (Literally filled with hate. You can see it in that video made when he was a high-school student.) > [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > It’s a good, useful term, as in “Donald and Melania have a marriage of convenience,” and we can infer from it whatever we want. It’s to the point that whenever an image of them holding hands is shown, the first question on every mind was ‘how much $$$$ did she extract in exchange?’ ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2026, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-dont-bother-voters-vs-things-that-really-bother-voters/1032304/112 "2026-08-27T23:55:04Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Who’s C-3PO supposed to be? No one; Trump just keeps him around because he’s gold. ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-dont-bother-voters-vs-things-that-really-bother-voters/1032304/113 "2026-08-28T00:03:28Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > A few brave politicians faced down the oligarchs To be fair, they had a lot of support from working people, unions, socialist and other parties that both led and pushed them. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-dont-bother-voters-vs-things-that-really-bother-voters/1032304/114 "2026-08-28T00:39:46Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > A few brave politicians faced down the oligarchs. And got voted out in the primaries. Democracy can be a bitch. ---
**Author:** ![Jihi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jihi/32/17768_2.png) [@Jihi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jihi)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-dont-bother-voters-vs-things-that-really-bother-voters/1032304/115 "2026-08-28T07:41:33Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Whereas Miller is just straight up hateful. (Literally filled with hate. You can see it in that video made when he was a high-school student.) Stephen Miller is 10 lb of hate in a 5 lb bag. (The bag has a swastika on it.) ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-dont-bother-voters-vs-things-that-really-bother-voters/1032304/116 "2026-08-28T22:07:02Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > > [@Alessan](#): > > > > Who’s C-3PO supposed to be? > > No one; Trump just keeps him around because he’s gold. I’m ashamed I didn’t think of that. 🤦‍♀️ > [@Jihi](#): > > Stephen Miller is 10 lb of hate in a 5 lb bag. > > (The bag has a swastika on it.) For real. > [@Kropotkin](#): > > To be fair, they had a lot of support from working people, unions, socialist and other parties that both led and pushed them. Though the 1% has fairly effectively killed off unions, and poisoned the well on being Socialist (Upton Sinclair, where are you when we need you?)—there is still plenty of popular support for reining in our current Robber Barons. There are tons of memes about it, indicating that it’s a fairly well-accepted idea: [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4u3hwe3p7oy3hoy3amlw7rp2/bafkreieujwfrcq4qwqizguzn24snqlrqzttn7ood4kvj2cxvs5v44jmvzi) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4u3hwe3p7oy3hoy3amlw7rp2/bafkreieujwfrcq4qwqizguzn24snqlrqzttn7ood4kvj2cxvs5v44jmvzi) ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2026, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-dont-bother-voters-vs-things-that-really-bother-voters/1032304/117 "2026-09-01T18:45:11Z")
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