# Trump Pit Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 14, 2016, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959 "2016-03-14T09:23:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959/121 "2016-03-16T15:09:59Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Or a Jay Gatsby. Where’s the fucking “Like” button on this thing? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959/122 "2016-03-16T15:13:46Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Has anyone mentioned this yet? > > [Donald Trump’s volunteer contract forbids all criticism of Trump for life](http://www.dailydot.com/politics/donald-trump-volunteer-contract-nda-non-disparagement-clause/) > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I like that the “volunteer contract” also includes a non-compete, meaning the volunteer can’t work for another candidate, until the non-compete cutoff date expires. And if he loses but chooses to run later, that can be a good long time. On one side it’s bullying. On the other side it’s boot-licking. I wonder if they cancel each other out? ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959/123 "2016-03-16T16:26:44Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Please act less stupid. You could have checked about any news site or googled it and gotten a score of different sites all reporting this. > [@Chimera](#): > > This is the pit. Fuck your noise. This one is everywhere. Asking for a cite is basically a fucking lazy way of denying the claim. Go to hell, pal. You made the claim, you back it up. I’m not denying anything, and in fact, I said it wouldn’t surprise me. I’m not here to do your fucking copy and paste. Please act like less of a douche. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959/124 "2016-03-17T00:17:59Z")
I do not fear his politics, because I don’t believe he actually has any. I fear his incompetence, which is presided over by his ego. He is a ridiculous person. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959/125 "2016-03-17T00:36:29Z")
How about this PBS Newshour story about a family that’s supporting Trump - and the woman in the picture sports very prominent white supremacist tattoos? :eek: > **[PBS News Story on First-Time Trump Voters Prominently Displays Longtime White...](https://www.gawker.com/pbs-news-story-on-first-time-trump-voters-prominently-f-1765284316)** > > Last night, PBS NewsHour ran a story on the Tilly family of Fayetteville, North Carolina. The Tillys do not have a history of being active in politics, but various members of the family—both old and young—are being motivated to vote or work for a... ---
**Author:** ![DiggitCamara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@DiggitCamara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiggitCamara)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959/126 "2016-03-17T00:37:20Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > One needn’t wonder since it says right in the article, when the books are mentioned: > > I also liked this bit: > > I really wish I knew what his “profane description” of her was. One can only imagine. > > And also, you gotta love [this portrait](http://static01.nyt.com/images/2016/03/15/us/politics/16butler-ss-slide-NIYO/16butler-ss-slide-NIYO-jumbo.jpg). Can’t be a recent picture. By now it must be much, much uglier… Dorian Grey ---
**Author:** ![cutman74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@cutman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cutman74)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959/127 "2016-03-17T01:04:47Z")
I may be late to this, it may have already been thought of, but I believe I’ve figured out how Trump will get Mexico to pay for the wall. As Americans, we really are not fond of inclement weather and tend to gravitate to the warmer climes. When Trump is elected, the mass exodus of Americans into Mexico will _cau\*\*se_ them to have to build a wall to keep us out. ---
**Author:** ![up\_the\_junction](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f1d935/32.png) [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959/128 "2016-03-17T01:05:30Z")
Trump really isn’t the problem. You all want to blame Trump for being Trump. Thar would seem to make you also part of the problem. ---
**Author:** ![cutman74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@cutman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cutman74)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959/129 "2016-03-17T01:05:47Z")
They will pay for it. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959/130 "2016-03-17T01:06:48Z")
You guys are all missing the most shocking, damning part of the whole NYT story. The butler alleges that Trump’s preference in steaks is “It would rock on the plate, it was so well done.” :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency? ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959/131 "2016-03-17T01:17:46Z")
I wonder when the Alan Parsons Project will file the cease-and-desist order for his use of “Sirius”. ---
**Author:** ![purplehearingaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@purplehearingaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehearingaid)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959/132 "2016-03-17T01:31:25Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > She said she had always wondered who all those people were who watch things like the Kardashians and “those jungle survival programs” and sure enough, there were several thousand in one place. She saw very few non-white people, and during his speech, he didn’t really say much except the usual “We’re going to make America great again!” and other similar generic proclamations, all of which elicited cheers from the audience. > > She also never encountered a crowd of any kind that smelled so strongly of cigarette smoke as that one. I know she was trying to avoid the phrase “white trash” while describing them. :o I never do see any non white people at Trump rallies on TV and a lot of them do like rednecks ! ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959/133 "2016-03-17T01:48:40Z")
> [@up\_the\_junction](#): > > Trump really isn’t the problem. You all want to blame Trump for being Trump. No, for wanting to be **President** Trump, and that **is** the problem. Let him retire to for-him-private life, and we’ll all just occasionally say the kinds of mildly snarky things about him that we used to. ---
**Author:** ![coremelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959/134 "2016-03-17T02:17:36Z")
This man pits himself. Read this response when he was asked about who his foreign policy advisers are: “Yes, there is a team. There’s not a team. I’m going to be forming a team. I have met with far more than three people.” and then later “I’m speaking with myself, number one, because I have a very good brain and I’ve said a lot of things. I know what I’m doing, and I listen to a lot of people, I talk to a lot of people, and at the appropriate time I’ll tell you who the people are. But my primary consultant is myself and I have, you know, a good instinct for this stuff.” This man has ZERO filter, he just connects his asshole to his tongue and lets it speak in stream of consciousness. That stuff is egotistical word salad. Source: > **[Trump was asked about his foreign policy advisers. Here's his incredible...](https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/03/trump-foreign-policy-advisers-speaking-with-myself/)** > > Okay, then. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959/135 "2016-03-17T02:29:52Z")
> [@coremelt](#): > > “I’m speaking with myself, number one, because I have a very good brain and I’ve said a lot of things.” The same is true of Rain Man, Donald. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959/136 "2016-03-17T03:11:17Z")
> [@coremelt](#): > > This man pits himself. Read this response when he was asked about who his foreign policy advisers are: > “Yes, there is a team. There’s not a team. I’m going to be forming a team. I have met with far more than three people.” and then later “I’m speaking with myself, number one, because I have a very good brain and I’ve said a lot of things. I know what I’m doing, and I listen to a lot of people, I talk to a lot of people, and at the appropriate time I’ll tell you who the people are. But my primary consultant is myself and I have, you know, a good instinct for this stuff.” > > This man has ZERO filter, he just connects his asshole to his tongue and lets it speak in stream of consciousness. That stuff is egotistical word salad. > > Source: > [Trump on His Foreign Policy Advisers: “I’m Speaking With Myself” – Mother Jones](http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2016/03/trump-foreign-policy-advisers-speaking-with-myself) Good lord. He sounds like Dan Quayle with a little GW thrown in, for added incoherence. He’s a SNL skit without the need for a writer. ---
**Author:** ![coremelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959/137 "2016-03-17T04:32:06Z")
> [@ddsun](#): > > Good lord. He sounds like Dan Quayle with a little GW thrown in, for added incoherence. He’s a SNL skit without the need for a writer. I feel sad that in this classic Australian political sketch, the politician makes more sense than the leading GOP 2016 candidate: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/3m5qxZm_JqM/hqdefault.jpg "Clarke and Dawe - The Front Fell Off") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m5qxZm_JqM) ---
**Author:** ![up\_the\_junction](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f1d935/32.png) [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959/138 "2016-03-17T07:15:09Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > No, for wanting to be **President** Trump, and that **is** the problem. It really isn’t. Any clown or half wit or Fascist can stand for election to any office. Almost anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959/139 "2016-03-17T07:46:04Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > If the matchup is Trump - Clinton I will vote Clinton. > > And then shower, because I will feel dirty. If that is the matchup, I will not vote! In any other situation, I would vote _against_ Hillary. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959/140 "2016-03-17T07:49:12Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > Well, the motto of the board is about fighting ignorance, and most of the criticisms of Trump on this board are either factually wrong or, in the case where his few corporate bankruptcies are trumpeted but his many more successes are ignored, slanted so as to create a false impression and thereby increase ignorance as to Trump’s record and degree of success. **Starving Artist** , of course, is an imbecile and his mendacious opinion may be summarily dismissed. > [@](#): > > There’s a phenomenon at work on this board where correction of facts equals support for the accused. I would think that to any thoughtful person this would be a problem. Meh. This is overstating matters, in my opinion. Your eagerness to defend Trump (among other horrible persons, such as ‎Jerry Sandusky) comes across similarly as “The lady doth protest too much, methinks.” (Thank you, Gertrude.) > [@Bricker](#): > > I don’t know about “most,” but you’re absolutely right: many criticisms of Trump on this board are factually flawed or technically true but deceptive. Ok, let’s see you put up, or shut up. Let’s say I (and, hopefully, we collectively) agree you don’t support Trump, and in return you provide some details about these “many” examples of Doper criticism of Trump that are invalid. Do it here, please, so I can continue insulting Starving Artist, who is a blithering idiot. I won’t insult you, though; I promise. **Bricker** does not support Trump! Really! Your ball. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959.md?page=8)