# Most hilarious moment of the Primary **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [April 15, 2012, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hilarious-moment-of-the-primary/618822 "2012-04-15T04:58:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [April 19, 2012, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hilarious-moment-of-the-primary/618822/21 "2012-04-19T18:45:43Z")
Trumps face as Obama laid into him at the White House Correspondence Dinner. Ubeki beki beki stan is also way up there. ---
**Author:** ![emcee2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emcee2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emcee2k)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hilarious-moment-of-the-primary/618822/22 "2012-04-19T20:51:41Z")
There was that speech Rick Perry gave in the style of a giggly schoolgirl. ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hilarious-moment-of-the-primary/618822/23 "2012-04-19T21:45:15Z")
Rick Perry cuddling the bottle of maple syrup after giving that speech in New Hampshire. Actually, the whole speech, the one where he’s either high, drunk, or no longer able to suppress his sexual orientation. ---
**Author:** ![Peanut\_Gallery](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/838e76/32.png) [@Peanut\_Gallery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanut_Gallery)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hilarious-moment-of-the-primary/618822/24 "2012-04-20T04:00:33Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Trumps face as Obama laid into him at the White House Corresponden_ts’_ Dinner. ``` This, by far. The long form birth certificate was released only a few days beforehand, which was clearly just part of the Trump smackdown planned for the Dinner. I can't believe he had the balls to even show up. Seeing him fume through two sets was just delicious. Then the very next morning ... the bin Laden announcement. Let's pretend that was also planned just to make Trump feel small.:p At the height of Trump's rage, Obama was untouchable, and nobody gave two shits about Trump's feelings. ``` Cain and Perry made for some good laughs, but to have the President delivering such well earned humiliation right to Donald’s face … _perfecto!_ I don’t expect anything in the General to come close. [/sings] I am a real American!! ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hilarious-moment-of-the-primary/618822/25 "2012-04-20T04:03:07Z")
I loved that Santorum won the Iowa Caucus and nobody in the news industry much cared, because they had all decided ahead of time who they wanted to win so they all treated it like he did. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hilarious-moment-of-the-primary/618822/26 "2012-04-20T05:11:44Z")
Gingrich, “Any ad which quotes what I said Sunday is a falsehood.” 8/10 Perry’s rambling, drunken/high/gay syrup speech. 9/10 Herman Cain’s Libya “gotcha” question. 9/10 Romney’s 10,000 dollar bet. 7/10 Adelson funding Gingrich long enough to split the vote with Santorum so Romney could win. 10/10 ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hilarious-moment-of-the-primary/618822/27 "2012-04-20T06:31:20Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > I loved that Santorum won the Iowa Caucus and nobody in the news industry much cared, because they had all decided ahead of time who they wanted to win so they all treated it like he did. It wasn’t the media that decided that Romney won. The Iowa GOP waited too long to admit that they screwed up the caucus. It’s hard enough to walk back an official victory announcement made on state, let alone when you wait more than two weeks to do it. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hilarious-moment-of-the-primary/618822/28 "2012-04-20T06:58:56Z")
> [@Lord\_Feldon](#): > > It wasn’t the media that decided that Romney won. The Iowa GOP waited too long to admit that they screwed up the caucus. It’s hard enough to walk back an official victory announcement made on state, let alone when you wait more than two weeks to do it. Also, some precinct(s) lost votes, so who knows who actually won it. It’s all ridiculous anyway because of the fact that the Iowa caucuses have absolutely no bearing on who actually gets the Iowa delegates. They are completely non-binding, in my understanding. (correct me if I’m wrong) ---
**Author:** ![emcee2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emcee2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emcee2k)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hilarious-moment-of-the-primary/618822/29 "2012-04-20T09:45:21Z")
This thing is a bottomless goldmine. Every time I think every one has been mentioned, I think of another. Newt’s Moon base, Romney’s mom jeans, Bachmann claiming the HPV vaccine made a girl retarded… ---
**Author:** ![Anonymous\_Coward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/94ad74/32.png) [@Anonymous\_Coward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anonymous_Coward)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hilarious-moment-of-the-primary/618822/30 "2012-04-20T13:37:46Z")
I liked when they all got together to play D&D. [http://www.onthecampaigntrail.org/](http://www.onthecampaigntrail.org/) ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hilarious-moment-of-the-primary/618822/31 "2012-04-20T14:29:55Z")
I don’t think anything can top Uzbeki-beki-stan-stan or the Pokemon movie quote. That said, Rick Santorum’s “snob” comment was probably the most _mystifying_ moment of the primary. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hilarious-moment-of-the-primary/618822/32 "2012-04-20T14:33:54Z")
> [@emcee2k](#): > > Newt’s Moon base, Romney’s mom jeans, Bachmann claiming the HPV vaccine made a girl retarded… Yeah, I was going to mention Newt’s platform of “statehood for the Moon”. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hilarious-moment-of-the-primary/618822/33 "2012-04-20T20:49:26Z")
The news media I saw on the Iowa Caucus basically said “OK, well, we all knew that Romney would do well, but wow, Santorum’s performance was amazing!”. And they all described Romney and Santorum as essentially tying, which is true regardless of which one was really truly a few dozen votes ahead. ---
**Author:** ![RadicalPi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/radicalpi/32/9806_2.png) [@RadicalPi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RadicalPi)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hilarious-moment-of-the-primary/618822/34 "2012-04-20T23:42:54Z")
“Oops.” ---
**Author:** ![Palo\_Verde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hilarious-moment-of-the-primary/618822/35 "2012-04-23T06:32:23Z")
Can someone link to the “Perry’s rambling, drunken/high/gay syrup speech” please? ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hilarious-moment-of-the-primary/618822/36 "2012-04-23T08:43:35Z")
> [@Palo\_Verde](#): > > Can someone link to the “Perry’s rambling, drunken/high/gay syrup speech” please? [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSJv-2qfDNc](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSJv-2qfDNc) That just has the highlights. The full speech is about 25 minutes long. Just search around for Perry New Hampshire speech. ---
**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hilarious-moment-of-the-primary/618822/37 "2012-04-23T15:41:47Z")
> [@emcee2k](#): > > This thing is a bottomless goldmine. Every time I think every one has been mentioned, I think of another. And nobody has even mentioned [Niggerhead](http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2011/10/rick_perry_s_hunting_camp_how_many_places_have_racial_slurs_in_t.html) yet. Admittedly that wasn’t actually Rick Perry’s fault, but it was pretty funny nonetheless. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hilarious-moment-of-the-primary/618822/38 "2012-04-23T15:52:31Z")
> [@ITR\_champion](#): > > And nobody has even mentioned [Niggerhead](http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2011/10/rick_perry_s_hunting_camp_how_many_places_have_racial_slurs_in_t.html) yet. Admittedly that wasn’t actually Rick Perry’s fault, but it was pretty funny nonetheless. Maybe it’s just me, but I thought that was one of the ugliest moments of the campaign, and not funny at all. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hilarious-moment-of-the-primary/618822/39 "2012-04-23T18:10:52Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Maybe it’s just me, but I thought that was one of the ugliest moments of the campaign, and not funny at all. The actual thing did not get a laugh out of me, but what I did get a laugh out of was Herman Cain’s prompt about-face he did on the subject. First he criticized Perry for it, said it was offensive, etc. When the republican echo-chamber made it clear that such an opinion would not be tolerated in the party (especially by a black republican, they have very specific rules to follow), he immediately was totally fine with it. THAT got a laugh out of me. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hilarious-moment-of-the-primary/618822/40 "2012-04-23T20:55:17Z")
Pictures of Rick Perry and Michelle Bachman eating corndogs. Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert NOT collaborating on Stephens SuperPAC that Jon was running. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hilarious-moment-of-the-primary/618822.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hilarious-moment-of-the-primary/618822.md?page=3)