# The 2016 Republican candidates **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [January 9, 2015, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-republican-candidates/709444 "2015-01-09T22:38:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 53
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-republican-candidates/709444/1042 "2015-03-12T11:59:09Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Would you believe that Bobby Jindal has damaged Louisiana’s fiscal situation without checking? I would check before accepting it. And I would certainly check and have a cite ready before posting it. It’s not that hard – it usually only takes a minute or two. And you didn’t answer my question. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-republican-candidates/709444/1043 "2015-03-12T13:14:30Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Would you believe that Bobby Jindal has damaged Louisiana’s fiscal situation without checking? Did you read Post #1012? You know, the one where I showed that it certainly appears that he is well on his way to doing so? Moody’s doesn’t issue warnings just for kicks. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-republican-candidates/709444/1044 "2015-03-12T13:29:30Z")
So Lindsey Graham is just another whack-a-doodle. If elected, [he would deploy the military against Congress.](http://www.vox.com/2015/3/11/8193751/lindsey-graham-military-coup) ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-republican-candidates/709444/1045 "2015-03-12T13:33:39Z")
Focus…focus… ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-republican-candidates/709444/1046 "2015-03-12T13:40:53Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > So Lindsey Graham is just another whack-a-doodle. If elected, [he would deploy the military against Congress.](http://www.vox.com/2015/3/11/8193751/lindsey-graham-military-coup) I’d wait for him to clarify, except probably not enough people are listening to him for it to matter. He’ll probably never realize how stupid he was to say this. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-republican-candidates/709444/1047 "2015-03-12T13:42:59Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > I can’t defend Jindal right now. It’s too much even for me. I’ve moved on to Lindsey Graham. Then you’re cool with[the President bringing the U.S. military into D.C. to force Congress to act](http://www.vox.com/2015/3/11/8193751/lindsey-graham-military-coup) on issues he regards as important? [QUOTE=Lindsay Graham] And here’s the first thing I would do if I were president of the United States. I wouldn’t let Congress leave town until we fix this. I would literally use the military to keep them in if I had to. We’re not leaving town until we restore these defense cuts. We are not leaving town until we restore the intel cuts.… [/QUOTE] Sure, let’s resolve differences between the executive and legislative branches by bringing in the military! Why should such actions be limited to countries whose major exports include bananas? (Sheesh, even most of them have gotten past that in recent decades.) I guess it’s too late to hope for a GOP that’s not insane. ETA: Ninja’d by **BobLibDem**. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-republican-candidates/709444/1048 "2015-03-12T13:58:29Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > In my crystal ball… I see a man…a white man… he’s praising Ronald Reagan… he’s against abortion… he loves that second amendment… hates Obamacare… his name is… Damn, it fogged up. > [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Legion. FTW! ---
**Author:** ![CGav8r](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@CGav8r](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CGav8r)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-republican-candidates/709444/1049 "2015-03-12T14:52:58Z")
Can I put $10 on the candidate who mentions “rape” in a totally insane way to make it to the sweet 16 or elite 8? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-republican-candidates/709444/1050 "2015-03-12T15:39:09Z")
> [@CGav8r](#): > > Can I put $10 on the candidate who mentions “rape” in a totally insane way to make it to the sweet 16 or elite 8? No, you can’t; that would not narrow the field. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-republican-candidates/709444/1051 "2015-03-12T15:40:17Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > So Lindsey Graham is just another whack-a-doodle. If elected, [he would deploy the military against Congress.](http://www.vox.com/2015/3/11/8193751/lindsey-graham-military-coup) OBAMA: Ha! What a loon! I never even would have **thought** of . . . of . . . [cartoon light bulb appears over Obama’s head] ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-republican-candidates/709444/1052 "2015-03-12T16:16:10Z")
His staff just said that the statement “I would literally use the military to keep them in if I had to” was not meant to be taken literally. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-republican-candidates/709444/1053 "2015-03-12T16:18:58Z")
That is hilarious, both in a grammatical and political sense. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2015, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-republican-candidates/709444/1054 "2015-03-17T15:01:34Z")
Rand Paul works on [his down-with-the-kidz approach](http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-03-15/at-sxsw-rand-paul-makes-play-for-young-voters-and-the-leave-me-alone-coalition-): > [@](#): > > While many of his rivals spent the weekend scouting for support in the traditional electoral hunting grounds of New Hampshire, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul headed south by southwest, instead. > > Interviewed Sunday at the South by Southwest technology conference by Texas Tribune CEO Evan Smith, Paul did his best to woo younger, tech-savvy voters and what he called “the leave-me-alone coalition” of libertarian-leaning Americans… > > “I’m the only candidate who thinks that the NSA program on bulk collection of your phone records should be shut down,” Paul said. “So, for example, if any of the people who like that look online for an article that says the NSA shouldn’t be doing that, it may well be that they see an ad from us, and that’s the way the Internet works, is liking and tagging your ideas to other ideas out there that people are interested in.”… ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2015, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-republican-candidates/709444/1055 "2015-03-17T16:25:32Z")
> [@CGav8r](#): > > Can I put $10 on the candidate who mentions “rape” in a totally insane way to make it to the sweet 16 or elite 8? > [@BrainGlutton](#): > > No, you can’t; that would not narrow the field. A few years ago Alec Baldwin said, “You know your party has a problem when someone asks, ‘How did the rape guy do?,’ and you have to ask, ‘Which one?’” ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2015, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-republican-candidates/709444/1056 "2015-03-17T18:26:10Z")
[Huckabee’s a huckster,](http://www.salon.com/2015/03/17/gops_scam_artist_problem_mike_huckabee_the_rights_tradition_of_organized_theft/) peddling a bullshit “cure” for diabetes. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2015, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-republican-candidates/709444/1057 "2015-03-17T19:14:51Z")
Piss poor bass player as well. Not that it matters. But still… ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2015, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-republican-candidates/709444/1058 "2015-03-18T14:15:50Z")
Well, we better start taking The Donald more seriously! > **[Donald Trump Forms 2016 Exploratory Committee](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/donald-trump-forms-2016-exploratory-committee-n325616)** > > A NBC News poll earlier this month found that 74 percent of GOP primary voters said that they could not see themselves supporting him. This makes me happy. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2015, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-republican-candidates/709444/1059 "2015-03-18T14:37:29Z")
Is there a universe in which Donald Trump would release his tax returns or file the requisite disclosure forms? Perhaps there is, but it isn’t the one that we live in. The purpose of Trump’s exploratory committee is to get Trump’s name in the news. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2015, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-republican-candidates/709444/1060 "2015-03-18T15:00:37Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > Well, we better start taking The Donald more seriously! > > [Donald Trump Forms 2016 Exploratory Committee](http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/donald-trump-forms-2016-exploratory-committee-n325616) > > This makes me happy. So, that means the WH might well fall under control of that parasitic extraterrestrial mind-controlling organism that lives atop Donald’s scalp?! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2015, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-republican-candidates/709444/1061 "2015-03-18T15:04:41Z")
I wouldn’t bet on it. Trumps’ not even much of a conservative. He’s more Perot than Ted Cruz. Minus the folksiness that made voters overlook Perot’s vast wealth. Trump’s from New York. Not gonna fly. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-republican-candidates/709444.md?page=52) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-republican-candidates/709444.md?page=54)