# Would you vote for Donald Trump for POTUS? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 17, 2015, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-vote-for-donald-trump-for-potus/728054 "2015-08-17T06:08:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-vote-for-donald-trump-for-potus/728054/261 "2015-08-23T03:08:54Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Bullshit. Maybe magellan got whooshed and maybe he’s just maladroit in response to irony. Benefit of the doubt and all. ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-vote-for-donald-trump-for-potus/728054/262 "2015-08-23T03:12:26Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Bullshit. For fuck’s sake. How the fuck is it NOT a joke? ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-vote-for-donald-trump-for-potus/728054/263 "2015-08-23T03:19:35Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > See? This is why I would not want to chance Trump as a candidate. There are too many voters with similarly misguided notions. We’re not back to that Mexico thing again, are we? ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-vote-for-donald-trump-for-potus/728054/264 "2015-08-23T04:06:55Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > For fuck’s sake. How the fuck is it NOT a joke? Why did you respond to it as if it were not a joke? “Suddenly everybody’s pointing their gun but me.” ---
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-vote-for-donald-trump-for-potus/728054/265 "2015-08-23T05:27:43Z")
> [@the\_diego](#): > > The thing is, I never detected any trace of discrimination in him, except with women. Oh good, he marginalizes only half the population! ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-vote-for-donald-trump-for-potus/728054/266 "2015-08-23T05:33:34Z")
> [@the\_diego](#): > > We’re not back to that Mexico thing again, are we? Would you rather we go to the time Trump said that blacks were lazy? That’s clearly not racist right? ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-vote-for-donald-trump-for-potus/728054/267 "2015-08-23T05:56:22Z")
Oh, I never heard that lazy blacks bit. I might be wrong about him then. I just hope it’s not another case of bad comprehension, like with “Mexicans are rapists.” ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-vote-for-donald-trump-for-potus/728054/268 "2015-08-23T05:58:27Z")
> [@Deeg](#): > > Oh good, he marginalizes only half the population! Maybe you’re just ribbing but I meant tje women he FUCKS. ---
**Author:** ![Terr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-vote-for-donald-trump-for-potus/728054/269 "2015-08-23T06:18:31Z")
> [@the\_diego](#): > > Oh, I never heard that lazy blacks bit. I might be wrong about him then. I just hope it’s not another case of bad comprehension, like with “Mexicans are rapists.” Of course, [Trump never said the “lazy blacks bit”](http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/fusion-misattributes-racist-quote-to-donald-trump/article/2567872). ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-vote-for-donald-trump-for-potus/728054/270 "2015-08-23T06:28:00Z")
> [@the\_diego](#): > > Oh, I never heard that lazy blacks bit. I might be wrong about him then. I just hope it’s not another case of bad comprehension, like with “Mexicans are rapists.” This is a claim made in a 1991 tell-all book written by a disgruntled former employee which was reported by the _Huffington Post_. When challenged on the authenticity of this second-hand information, neither the article’s writer nor the _Huffington Post_ itself would return a request for comment. Trump himself has stated that the quote was _“written by a fired and totally disgruntled former employee who was terrible at the job he did and I hardly knew.”_ [Cite](http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/fusion-misattributes-racist-quote-to-donald-trump/article/2567872) ETA: Ah, ninja’d by **Terr**. Good job. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-vote-for-donald-trump-for-potus/728054/271 "2015-08-23T06:36:50Z")
So, pretty much only the stupid assholes are for Trump, right? ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-vote-for-donald-trump-for-potus/728054/272 "2015-08-23T06:43:31Z")
Glad to see you questioning your assumptions. The answer is no. ---
**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:** [August 23, 2015, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-vote-for-donald-trump-for-potus/728054/273 "2015-08-23T07:19:33Z")
> [@Terr](#): > > Of course, [Trump never said the “lazy blacks bit”](http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/fusion-misattributes-racist-quote-to-donald-trump/article/2567872). Man, that was really a very weak non debunking, the best one could say was that it was more of a “He said” “I said” situation, but declaring that Trump never said it needs more support than Trump saying “because I did not said so”. The article anyhow points out other issues and that in the case of rental discrimination Trump found out that, just like Joe Arpaio, trying to get around court orders or settlements is not amusing to the Justice Department. And it was mostly the Justice Department during the Nixon, Ford and Ronald Reagan administrations the ones that were not amused, The Carter one had a bit of it too. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-vote-for-donald-trump-for-potus/728054/274 "2015-08-23T07:41:23Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > For fuck’s sake. How the fuck is it NOT a joke? You appeared to respond to it in all seriousness. You also appeared to not comprehend the meaning of “whoosh.” If you understood it was a joke, your responses were idiotic. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-vote-for-donald-trump-for-potus/728054/275 "2015-08-23T07:46:09Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > Glad to see you questioning your assumptions. The answer is no. Do you know anyone who supports him who isn’t a stupid asshole? ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-vote-for-donald-trump-for-potus/728054/276 "2015-08-23T07:56:24Z")
I’m still confused as to why anyone-- party related or not-- would consider Trumpy a viable candidate at all. For those who were hoping for the male version of Sarah Palin, here ya go. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-vote-for-donald-trump-for-potus/728054/277 "2015-08-23T08:01:00Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Maybe it says more about you, maybe it says more about the boards, but either way, it doesn’t say much for the spineless assholes who are willing you let you be the punching bag on the board for their views, does it? Considering the premium you’re putting on “growing a pair” in this thread, I’d think you might want to tell your anonymous supporters to sack up and get in the game. Well, they can’t. They’re his girlfriend, all of them. She’s Canadian from Torontario so you can’t meet her, but she’s totally hot. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-vote-for-donald-trump-for-potus/728054/278 "2015-08-23T08:25:05Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > Do you know anyone who supports him who isn’t a stupid asshole? I don’t know anyone who supports him who IS a stupid asshole. But I do know a lot of stupid assholes who don’t. 😉 ---
**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:** [August 23, 2015, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-vote-for-donald-trump-for-potus/728054/279 "2015-08-23T09:17:44Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > I don’t know anyone who supports him who IS a stupid asshole. > > But I do know a lot of stupid assholes who don’t. 😉 Of course, that would include many of the republicans in the SDMB that already told you that you are indeed supporting an asshole. Keep up the good work of pushing many members of the GOP into becoming the future voters for the coming Democratic presidential candidate. ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-vote-for-donald-trump-for-potus/728054/280 "2015-08-23T12:01:08Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > Why did you respond to it as if it were not a joke? > > “Suddenly everybody’s pointing their gun but me.” Because it wasn’t one that was all that funny, nor particularly insulting. And it’s, as I said, a common error. So, I ignored what I thought was an obvious but lame attempt at a joke and correct the mistake. Sue me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-vote-for-donald-trump-for-potus/728054.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-vote-for-donald-trump-for-potus/728054.md?page=15)