# Trump Victory Speech Live Thread and Drinking Game

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-victory-speech-live-thread-and-drinking-game/771159>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [November 9, 2016, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-victory-speech-live-thread-and-drinking-game/771159 "2016-11-09T07:49:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Thing\_Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-victory-speech-live-thread-and-drinking-game/771159/1 "2016-11-09T07:49:12Z")

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Rules: Drink whenever Trump says something stupider and/or more terrifying than you would have expected.

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**Author:** ![Thing\_Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-victory-speech-live-thread-and-drinking-game/771159/2 "2016-11-09T07:52:13Z")

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Surprisingly grown-up sounding to start.

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**Author:** ![Thing\_Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-victory-speech-live-thread-and-drinking-game/771159/3 "2016-11-09T08:02:09Z")

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Secretariat has a huge bronze bust! We’re going off the rails now.

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**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:** [November 9, 2016, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-victory-speech-live-thread-and-drinking-game/771159/4 "2016-11-09T08:09:06Z")

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> [@Thing\_Fish](#):
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> Surprisingly grown-up sounding to start.

I couldn’t bring myself to watch. Did he do the “my honored opponent ran a good race and now is the time to bring the country together” thing, or was it more “now that it’s official we can really put the screws to the liberals and their harpy queen”?

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**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-victory-speech-live-thread-and-drinking-game/771159/5 "2016-11-09T08:13:15Z")

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he went the “honored opponent” route

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**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:** [November 9, 2016, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-victory-speech-live-thread-and-drinking-game/771159/6 "2016-11-09T08:28:35Z")

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> [@guestchaz](#):
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> he went the “honored opponent” route

That’s the second-biggest surprise of the year.

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**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-victory-speech-live-thread-and-drinking-game/771159/7 "2016-11-09T08:41:29Z")

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It was pretty good. Not just “honorable opponent” but “we owe her a debt of gratitude for her service to our country”.

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**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:** [November 9, 2016, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-victory-speech-live-thread-and-drinking-game/771159/8 "2016-11-09T08:49:49Z")

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> [@CarnalK](#):
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> It was pretty good. Not just “honorable opponent” but “we owe her a debt of gratitude for her service to our country”.

I bet the crowd ate that up.

Seriously, I wonder where they’ve stashed the real Donald Trump.

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**Author:** ![Sampsiceramos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Sampsiceramos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampsiceramos)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-victory-speech-live-thread-and-drinking-game/771159/9 "2016-11-09T08:55:54Z")

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I’m still not convinced this isn’t all just some reality show of Trump’s and that we’re not being collectively hoodwinked.