# Vivek Ramaswamy **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [August 30, 2023, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vivek-ramaswamy/989352 "2023-08-30T15:30:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![SwissMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@SwissMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwissMan)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vivek-ramaswamy/989352/141 "2023-11-09T19:00:03Z")
Ramaswamy is the slimiest grifter in the Republican field at present, and that’s saying something. He makes me instinctively clutch for my wallet every time he is on screen. At this point, he’s just playing to whatever his next grift is going to be after the end of his campaign. I’m mildly interested in figuring out what this is going to be. The guy has been spouting some truly crazy stuff on the campaign trail. ---
**Author:** ![leahcim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b4bc9f/32.png) [@leahcim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leahcim)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vivek-ramaswamy/989352/142 "2023-11-09T19:00:40Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > That was a well rehearsed spiel. There was no chance he misspoke. “It has celebrated a Nazi in its ranks, the comedian in cargo pants, the man called Zelenskyy.” My theory is that in the US “Nazi” means primarily “antisemitic” – even though the Nazis were against many other things as well, being against the Jews is the first one people think about. In certain other countries, “Nazi” primarily means “anti-Russian”. VR’s campaign probably gets propaganda that originates in one of those countries. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vivek-ramaswamy/989352/143 "2023-11-09T19:15:24Z")
Would the MAGAT Republicans vote for a person of Indian descent? ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vivek-ramaswamy/989352/144 "2023-11-09T19:15:35Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > I would have watched the Republican debate if Haley had punched Ramaswamy. I know… we can dream, can’t we… ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vivek-ramaswamy/989352/145 "2023-11-09T19:15:43Z")
Oscillated? ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vivek-ramaswamy/989352/146 "2023-11-09T19:26:32Z")
Thats a creative response! ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vivek-ramaswamy/989352/147 "2023-11-09T19:35:09Z")
Oscillated! ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vivek-ramaswamy/989352/148 "2023-11-09T19:49:04Z")
Would have been better off to have vacillated. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vivek-ramaswamy/989352/149 "2023-11-09T19:50:02Z")
Naah, sounds too much like “vaccinated” and we know how popular vaccination isn’t with the drooling Right. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vivek-ramaswamy/989352/150 "2023-11-09T19:56:18Z")
I watched part of the show last night - it was not much of a “debate” since the contestants did their best to stay on message and not answer the moderators’ questions. Vivek is definitely bottom of the barrel, and that’s saying something. What a slimy, stinky excrescence he is. I thought the rest of the clowns up there were bad, but I can comprehend their candidacy; he is truly a joke. Someone please give this guy the hook. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vivek-ramaswamy/989352/151 "2023-11-09T19:58:29Z")
I mean, I’m pretty convinced he’s really just running to be a running mate, and I’m guessing that’s what it takes. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vivek-ramaswamy/989352/152 "2023-11-09T19:59:41Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > I mean, I’m pretty convinced he’s really just running to be a running mate Probably. That’s why Trump is learning how to pronounce his name properly. ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vivek-ramaswamy/989352/153 "2023-11-09T20:01:31Z")
It says a lot for the current GOP as usually he would stand out as particularly corrupt, incompetent and extreme, even in the GOP. But right now he’s basically just another unremarkable GOP “also ran”: - regularly says completely horrendous things that should be completely disqualifying a candidate for office ✅ - completely lacking both the skills and temperament needed for POTUS: ✅ - should not be allowed anywhere near the levers of power: ✅ ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vivek-ramaswamy/989352/154 "2023-11-09T20:03:06Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > I’m pretty convinced he’s really just running to be a running mate, and I’m guessing that’s what it takes. Nahhh I can’t see Trump agreeing to putting anyone on the who could be remotely conceived as a replacement or heir-apparent for Trump, and he definitely would be. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vivek-ramaswamy/989352/155 "2023-11-09T20:08:48Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > Vivek is definitely bottom of the barrel, and that’s saying something. _Somebody_ has to run to make the rest of them look like acceptable choices (they’re not). > [@Maserschmidt](#): > > I mean, I’m pretty convinced he’s really just running to be a running mate, and I’m guessing that’s what it takes. Pretty sure he won’t be Nikki Haley’s! ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vivek-ramaswamy/989352/156 "2023-11-09T20:12:36Z")
Though, the bumper sticker, “HALEY/SCUM 2024” would immediately become a collectible. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vivek-ramaswamy/989352/157 "2023-11-09T20:20:44Z")
LOL, also has a double meaning I rather enjoy. 😃 ---
**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:** [November 9, 2023, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vivek-ramaswamy/989352/158 "2023-11-09T21:53:21Z")
> **[I’m South Asian. I’ve Already Met a Thousand Vivek Ramaswamys.](https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/11/vivek-ramaswamy-nikki-haley-gop-debate.html)** > > He’s playing a very particular model minority card. ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2023, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vivek-ramaswamy/989352/159 "2023-11-10T03:42:28Z")
[Seth Meyers’ show nailed it](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq2y1JhZYi8&t=81s&ab_channel=LateNightwithSethMeyers): > [@](#): > > He’s the guy in a zombie movie who says he’ll get the car and come back for everyone else, and then he just leaves and drives off. But the joke’s on him because there’s a zombie in the back seat and when that zombie lunges forward and bites his neck while he’s scream-singing “Life is a Highway”, the whole audience cheers with delight because: “Fuck that guy.” ---
**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:** [November 10, 2023, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vivek-ramaswamy/989352/160 "2023-11-10T06:01:38Z")
Does that make Mike Pence the guy who got bitten like five hours ago but hasn’t told anyone? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vivek-ramaswamy/989352.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vivek-ramaswamy/989352.md?page=9)