# Trump vs Clinton in the General Election **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [May 17, 2016, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-vs-clinton-in-the-general-election/754989 "2016-05-17T13:19:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 23
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2016, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-vs-clinton-in-the-general-election/754989/442 "2016-06-10T17:03:07Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Hillary has been public life since 1992, she has been through a lot of egregious shit and been under a lot of spotlights, and nothing has yet reduced her to tears in public. Trump can’t do it. I think the biggest danger is that she might laugh out loud at some of the egregious bullshit that spews out of his pie hole. I hope she grills him on his business acumen, which seems to consist entirely of getting a bunch of money from your daddy, and then using daddy’s contacts to get deals, getting daddy to bail you out of failures, and then reneging on deals by screwing over suppliers and offering them pennies on the dollar. What a great businessman! Sure, it’s not that hard to make money by not paying your bills at the end of a deal, and threatening to tell everyone what a crappy supplier you are if you don’t accept pennies on the dollar. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2016, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-vs-clinton-in-the-general-election/754989/443 "2016-06-10T18:28:45Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Maybe if you just tell me what it tells me, then I could tell you. No, that would be telling. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2016, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-vs-clinton-in-the-general-election/754989/444 "2016-06-11T00:45:14Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > Awesome. Can you link me? I love reading stuff like that. Sorry, man. No links at hand. I read my paper the old fashined way - ON PAPER! 😃 But you should be able to readily google their names. Today the devil incarnate - friggin Krauthamer - wrote something like nothing could persuade him to vote for Trump. This is really gonna suck if I have to end up giving these jerks credit for some decent thought processes other than kneejerk party loyalty! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2016, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-vs-clinton-in-the-general-election/754989/445 "2016-06-11T01:00:51Z")
Romney evaluates Trump’s recent character and moves. “Trickle-down racism”… [http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/283115-romney-rips-trump-but-wont-run-as-independent](http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/283115-romney-rips-trump-but-wont-run-as-independent) > [@](#): > > Romney offered a scathing evaluation of Trump’s “character,” describing his past comments and policies as evidence that he’d be a “dangerous” president, saying that he is “too great a departure from the values of our country.” > > “Presidents have an impact on the nature of our nation, and trickle-down racism, trickle-down bigotry, trickle-down misogyny, all these things are extremely dangerous to the heart and character of America," he said. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2016, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-vs-clinton-in-the-general-election/754989/446 "2016-06-11T01:19:51Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > I think the biggest danger is that she might laugh out loud at some of the egregious bullshit that spews out of his pie hole. I don’t really think that would hurt her. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2016, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-vs-clinton-in-the-general-election/754989/447 "2016-06-11T01:31:00Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > Romney evaluates Trump’s recent character and moves. > > “Trickle-down racism”… The Draft Romney movement gains momentum! Actually, truth be told, I liked how he said that. Well said, pip pip. Still don’t want him as President, but won’t sic the dog on him. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2016, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-vs-clinton-in-the-general-election/754989/448 "2016-06-11T02:38:09Z")
While Clinton’s lead is growing, it’s not because her support is growing: [http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/us/general\_election\_trump\_vs\_clinton\_vs\_johnson-5949.html](http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/us/general_election_trump_vs_clinton_vs_johnson-5949.html) RAther, Trump’s is shrinking as he loses voters to Johnson. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2016, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-vs-clinton-in-the-general-election/754989/449 "2016-06-11T02:52:58Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > No, that would be telling. I am not a number…I am a FREE MAN. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2016, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-vs-clinton-in-the-general-election/754989/450 "2016-06-11T03:34:17Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > While Clinton’s lead is growing, it’s not because her support is growing: > > [2016 General Election: Trump vs. Clinton vs. Johnson | RealClearPolling](http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/us/general_election_trump_vs_clinton_vs_johnson-5949.html) > > RAther, Trump’s is shrinking as he loses voters to Johnson. Not _quite_ so. Fox poll 5/14 - 5/17 Trump + 3 (Johnson 10) Fox poll 6/5 - 6/8 Clinton +3 (Johnson 12) Swing within the same polling house was 6 points off of Trump and only 2 of them were to Johnson. Mind you the other 4 did not go to Clinton but they did not go to Johnson either. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2016, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-vs-clinton-in-the-general-election/754989/451 "2016-06-11T04:43:08Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > I am not a number…I am a FREE MAN. You are Number Six. (Sorry, I had to.) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2016, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-vs-clinton-in-the-general-election/754989/452 "2016-06-11T04:49:23Z")
[Delete your account has legs.](http://www.newsweek.com/elizabeth-warren-donald-trump-no-seriously-delete-your-account-468942) In response to Elizabeth Warren’s scathing speech, Trump tweeted “Pocahontas is at it again. Goofy Elizabeth Warren, one of the least productive Senators, has a nasty mouth.” To which Elizabeth replied “No, seriously. Delete your account.” I think this is a co-ordinated effort to make Trump flip his lid. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2016, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-vs-clinton-in-the-general-election/754989/453 "2016-06-11T05:18:45Z")
If Trump flipped, wouldn’t he become sane? ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2016, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-vs-clinton-in-the-general-election/754989/454 "2016-06-11T05:25:04Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > [Delete your account has legs.](http://www.newsweek.com/elizabeth-warren-donald-trump-no-seriously-delete-your-account-468942) > > In response to Elizabeth Warren’s scathing speech, Trump tweeted “Pocahontas is at it again. Goofy Elizabeth Warren, one of the least productive Senators, has a nasty mouth.” To which Elizabeth replied “No, seriously. Delete your account.” > > I think this is a co-ordinated effort to make Trump flip his lid. Delete your account? With what a cloth? ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2016, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-vs-clinton-in-the-general-election/754989/455 "2016-06-11T05:38:59Z")
> [@Johnny\_Ace](#): > > > [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > > > > [@BrainGlutton](#): > > > > > > No, that would be telling. > > > > I am not a number…I am a FREE MAN. > > You are Number Six. > > (Sorry, I had to.) 😃 **Questions** are a burden to others; **Answers** a prison for oneself. Be seeing you … ---
**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2016, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-vs-clinton-in-the-general-election/754989/456 "2016-06-11T06:31:49Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > I am a FREE MAN. Not me. I charge by the hour. ---
**Author:** ![DerekMichaels00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f14d63/32.png) [@DerekMichaels00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DerekMichaels00)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2016, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-vs-clinton-in-the-general-election/754989/457 "2016-06-12T13:10:05Z")
given that this Florida gay nightclub attack might be Islamic terror, Hillary better stop worrying about offending a few people before Trump both uses this issue and calls out the hypocrisy from progressives about Islamism. This incident could prove Bill Maher right if Trump plays it well and Hillary doesn’t stand up to the left on this. She did use the term “Islamic terrorism” in the 2000s, she should do it again today. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2016, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-vs-clinton-in-the-general-election/754989/458 "2016-06-12T13:21:50Z")
I’m not sure there is such a thing as a “decent interval” between a slaughter and an effort to exploit it for political traction. Pretty sure _two goddam hours_ isn’t it! ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2016, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-vs-clinton-in-the-general-election/754989/459 "2016-06-12T13:32:25Z")
Even if the shooter is Muslim, it has all the markings of a typical mass shooting rather than a terrorist act. All this really tells us is that gays are the new Jews. ---
**Author:** ![DonLogan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@DonLogan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DonLogan)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2016, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-vs-clinton-in-the-general-election/754989/460 "2016-06-12T13:37:40Z")
> [@DerekMichaels00](#): > > given that this Florida gay nightclub attack might be Islamic terror, Hillary better stop worrying about offending a few people before Trump both uses this issue and calls out the hypocrisy from progressives about Islamism. This incident could prove Bill Maher right if Trump plays it well and Hillary doesn’t stand up to the left on this. She did use the term “Islamic terrorism” in the 2000s, she should do it again today. He already said don’t let Muslims in and do surveillance on mosques or ban them. So the next step logically will be internment camps. So let’s see if he says that by the end of today. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2016, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-vs-clinton-in-the-general-election/754989/461 "2016-06-12T13:38:45Z")
> [@](#): > > … All this really tells us is that gays are the new Jews. (groan)…I can’t even…how do you…no, seriously, what the…(groan) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-vs-clinton-in-the-general-election/754989.md?page=22) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-vs-clinton-in-the-general-election/754989.md?page=24)