# Trump for New York governor! **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [January 10, 2014, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-for-new-york-governor/678409 "2014-01-10T00:50:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-for-new-york-governor/678409/1 "2014-01-10T00:50:13Z")
The Republicans, in what I can only imagine is some sort of last-ditch effort to completely tank their party, are going to [try to draft](http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/albany-politics/gop-leaders-will-try-to-draft-trump-at-friday-meeting-20140109) The Donald to run against Cuomo. You can’t make this sort of comedy gold up. I can already imagine the fake debate on SNL, and am salivating at the prospect of Jon Stewart’s take on this. They really are desperate. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-for-new-york-governor/678409/2 "2014-01-10T03:07:52Z")
As I am both i) no longer a resident of the State of New York and ii) practically certain that the Donald cannot win in this universe, I’m all for it. Should be entertaining. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-for-new-york-governor/678409/3 "2014-01-10T03:42:37Z")
This is satire right? ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-for-new-york-governor/678409/4 "2014-01-10T03:54:53Z")
This could cause a _major_ religious revival in the Democratic Party. _“Oh, Lord, we know we’ve been a bunch of secular humanists for lo these many decades, but if You will just grant us this one prayer…Also, thank You for that whole thing with Christie and the Fort Lee traffic jam. Amen.”_ ---
**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:** [January 10, 2014, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-for-new-york-governor/678409/5 "2014-01-10T03:56:18Z")
I hope Jimmy McMillan runs again just for the sake of seeing the sparks fly between him and Donald at the debate. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-for-new-york-governor/678409/6 "2014-01-10T03:57:44Z")
I’d sooner vote for the thing on his head if I didn’t think he was taking orders from it. ---
**Author:** ![Claverhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-for-new-york-governor/678409/7 "2014-01-10T04:10:16Z")
Maybe he could rename the place **Trumpton**. ---
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-for-new-york-governor/678409/8 "2014-01-10T08:24:36Z")
> [@Claverhouse](#): > > Maybe he could rename the place **Trumpton**. Or New Trump. The article ends saying “He’s not a politician.” No, he’s a real estate agent with fake hair. Congratulations, guys. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-for-new-york-governor/678409/9 "2014-01-10T11:30:35Z")
Are we sure he was born here? ---
**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:** [January 10, 2014, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-for-new-york-governor/678409/10 "2014-01-10T12:02:12Z")
He won’t seriously run. He’ll do a lot of speeches and tweets and press conferences up until the point that he has to formally declare, then he’ll drop out and go back to bulldozing orphanages or whatever he does in his spare time. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-for-new-york-governor/678409/11 "2014-01-10T12:23:17Z")
Oh, I can’t wait. This is going to be fun. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-for-new-york-governor/678409/12 "2014-01-10T12:50:23Z")
Please happen. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-for-new-york-governor/678409/13 "2014-01-10T12:51:32Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > I’d sooner vote for the thing on his head if I didn’t think he was taking orders from it. That’s gold. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-for-new-york-governor/678409/14 "2014-01-10T15:54:27Z")
**Octarine** , he’s not a real estate agent, either. All he is any more is a reality TV show star. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-for-new-york-governor/678409/15 "2014-01-10T16:00:24Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > He won’t seriously run. He’ll do a lot of speeches and tweets and press conferences up until the point that he has to formally declare, then he’ll drop out and go back to bulldozing orphanages or whatever he does in his spare time. All the better-He’ll milk it for all it’s worth, drop out at the last second, and give the Republicans just enough time to find a bozo dumb enough to think she/he has a chance in hell on such short notice. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-for-new-york-governor/678409/16 "2014-01-10T16:11:14Z")
It’s probably a couple of minor-league officials who have no real power, and Trump probably leaked this story. Anyone who thinks he might really run for office is a chump. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-for-new-york-governor/678409/17 "2014-01-10T16:19:25Z")
I was channel-surfing and I came upon a 1999 episode of Sex in the City. Trump was in the background of the scene. That thing on his head hasn’t changed in 15 years! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-for-new-york-governor/678409/18 "2014-01-10T16:25:52Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > That thing on his head hasn’t changed in 15 years! :eek: A skilled taxidermist can work wonders. ---
**Author:** ![Claverhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-for-new-york-governor/678409/19 "2014-01-10T17:07:38Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > It’s probably a couple of minor-league officials who have no real power, and Trump probably leaked this story. Anyone who thinks he might really run for office is a chump. You’ll be smiling on the other side of your face when he’s President Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-for-new-york-governor/678409/20 "2014-01-10T17:22:21Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > Are we sure he was born here? You mean, on Earth? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-for-new-york-governor/678409.md?page=2)