# Would you be willing to send Trump a copy of J. D. Polson and the Liberty Head Dime? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 28, 2016, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-willing-to-send-trump-a-copy-of-j-d-polson-and-the-liberty-head-dime/773288 "2016-11-28T16:11:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-willing-to-send-trump-a-copy-of-j-d-polson-and-the-liberty-head-dime/773288/1 "2016-11-28T16:11:17Z")
I think I’m starting this thread just to get the idea out of my head. It’s like an earworm. I keep imagining thousands of people sending Trump a copy of J. D. Polson and the Liberty Head Dime, because of the last line in the book. J.D. is an armadillo who finds a Liberty Head Dime and enjoys the attention that he gets because of it. The attention mounts, and in the end he’s elected president, because of the dime. That’s when he’s told it’s - - “. . . the loneliest job in the world.” So. If there were a movement, would you send a copy? ---
**Author:** ![puddleglum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puddleglum/32/137_2.png) [@puddleglum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puddleglum)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-willing-to-send-trump-a-copy-of-j-d-polson-and-the-liberty-head-dime/773288/2 "2016-11-28T16:50:46Z")
[No.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfbQDW2HvrY) ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-willing-to-send-trump-a-copy-of-j-d-polson-and-the-liberty-head-dime/773288/3 "2016-11-28T16:52:13Z")
No. I don’t see any point in trying to convey any sort of message at all to Trump. Total waste of time, money, and thought. ---
**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:** [November 28, 2016, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-willing-to-send-trump-a-copy-of-j-d-polson-and-the-liberty-head-dime/773288/4 "2016-11-28T16:53:39Z")
Is there a contest to create the most ineffective movement in history? ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-willing-to-send-trump-a-copy-of-j-d-polson-and-the-liberty-head-dime/773288/5 "2016-11-28T19:03:47Z")
Yeah, I think that message is a bit subtle for Trump. Do you expect him to actually read it? ---
**Author:** ![Pabitel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbce88/32.png) [@Pabitel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pabitel)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-willing-to-send-trump-a-copy-of-j-d-polson-and-the-liberty-head-dime/773288/6 "2016-11-28T19:10:35Z")
The man has, maybe, an 8th grade education. Why would you send him a book? ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-willing-to-send-trump-a-copy-of-j-d-polson-and-the-liberty-head-dime/773288/7 "2016-11-28T19:17:58Z")
> [@Pabitel](#): > > The man has, maybe, an 8th grade education. Why would you send him a book? There is plenty of real things to criticise him for. If you want to pretend that he didn’t graduate from Wharton go right ahead but don’t state it like it’s a fact. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-willing-to-send-trump-a-copy-of-j-d-polson-and-the-liberty-head-dime/773288/8 "2016-11-28T19:38:15Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Is there a contest to create the most ineffective movement in history? Can’t beat “Occupy Wall Street”. ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-willing-to-send-trump-a-copy-of-j-d-polson-and-the-liberty-head-dime/773288/9 "2016-11-28T19:48:40Z")
Nope. Way too subtle for someone of Trump’s intellect. ---
**Author:** ![Pabitel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbce88/32.png) [@Pabitel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pabitel)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-willing-to-send-trump-a-copy-of-j-d-polson-and-the-liberty-head-dime/773288/10 "2016-11-28T19:49:22Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > There is plenty of real things to criticise him for. If you want to pretend that he didn’t graduate from Wharton go right ahead but don’t state it like it’s a fact. And there is no way for a billionaire’s kid to graduate from a college other than academic merit. I’m going by the quality of his spoken a written words, not any paper hanging on his walls. I’ve seen it estimated that his functional vocabulary is something like 300 words. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-willing-to-send-trump-a-copy-of-j-d-polson-and-the-liberty-head-dime/773288/11 "2016-11-28T20:55:39Z")
Not trying to pile on, but I don’t even see the point. Most campaigns have a request for action – increase cancer research, stop building a pipeline. What’s the message here? That some Americans want Trump to know that according to a children’s book, he’s taking on a lonely job that he campaigned for for almost two years? What is he supposed to do with this information? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-willing-to-send-trump-a-copy-of-j-d-polson-and-the-liberty-head-dime/773288/12 "2016-11-28T20:55:44Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Is there a contest to create the most ineffective movement in history? My “wishing bad karma on Trump via mental affirmations” movement is still in the lead. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-willing-to-send-trump-a-copy-of-j-d-polson-and-the-liberty-head-dime/773288/13 "2016-11-28T21:15:36Z")
Is there a book equivalent of the video in _Ringu_/_The Ring_? Because I’d send _that_ one. ---
**Author:** ![Evan\_Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@Evan\_Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evan_Drake)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-willing-to-send-trump-a-copy-of-j-d-polson-and-the-liberty-head-dime/773288/14 "2016-11-28T21:17:04Z")
Send copies to Hillary instead, that message will increase her relief at not getting the presidency. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-willing-to-send-trump-a-copy-of-j-d-polson-and-the-liberty-head-dime/773288/15 "2016-11-28T21:20:43Z")
Can you imagine fifty people a day, I said fifty people a day walking in sending Trump a copy of J. D. Polson and the Liberty Head Dime and walking out. And friends they may thinks it’s a movement. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-willing-to-send-trump-a-copy-of-j-d-polson-and-the-liberty-head-dime/773288/16 "2016-11-28T21:24:55Z")
> [@74westy](#): > > Can you imagine fifty people a day, I said fifty people a day walking in sending Trump a copy of J. D. Polson and the Liberty Head Dime and walking out. And friends they may thinks it’s a movement. Or just maybe Arlo, none of them would even get close to him. But he would keep the dimes of course. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-willing-to-send-trump-a-copy-of-j-d-polson-and-the-liberty-head-dime/773288/17 "2016-11-28T21:39:11Z")
> [@74westy](#): > > Can you imagine fifty people a day, I said fifty people a day walking in sending Trump a copy of J. D. Polson and the Liberty Head Dime and walking out. And friends they may thinks it’s a movement. In one week, that COULD total 350 people! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-willing-to-send-trump-a-copy-of-j-d-polson-and-the-liberty-head-dime/773288/18 "2016-11-28T22:33:49Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > But he would keep the dimes of course. He’d probably also tell one of his people to dump the books off a library and get a receipt so he can claim a tax deduction. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-willing-to-send-trump-a-copy-of-j-d-polson-and-the-liberty-head-dime/773288/19 "2016-11-28T23:03:38Z")
With enough books, he could build that wall. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-willing-to-send-trump-a-copy-of-j-d-polson-and-the-liberty-head-dime/773288/20 "2016-11-28T23:08:50Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > With enough books, he could build that wall. And I know [who he could get to build it](http://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-wednesday-edition-1.3504145/charity-shop-builds-fort-out-of-unwanted-fifty-shades-of-grey-books-1.3504147). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-willing-to-send-trump-a-copy-of-j-d-polson-and-the-liberty-head-dime/773288.md?page=2)