# 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:** 96
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-republican-candidates/709444/1902 "2015-09-02T13:25:25Z")
Is he going to make Canada pay for it? ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-republican-candidates/709444/1903 "2015-09-02T17:26:31Z")
Well, we could always vote for Deez Nuts… > **[Deez Nuts (satirist)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deez_Nuts_%28politician%29)** > > Deez Nuts was a satirical presidential candidate, portrayed by Brady C. Olson (born 1999/2000 (age 22–23)), who ran in the 2016 United States presidential election. His form to run for office was filed with the Federal Election Commission in late July 2015. In polls conducted by Public Policy Polling in Iowa, Minnesota, and North Carolina in mid-August 2015, he polled at 8, 8, and 9 percent respectively, garnering the attention of the media. > On October 11, 2015, Deez Nuts announced on his Fac... ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-republican-candidates/709444/1904 "2015-09-02T19:31:28Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > Well, we could always vote for Deez Nuts… Since he’s running as an independent and thus skipping the primary fight Deez Nuts actually made [primary endorsements](http://onpolitics.usatoday.com/2015/08/23/deez-nuts-endorses-john-kasich-and-bernie-sanders/). He’s endorsed Kasich and Sanders. 😃 ---
**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:** [September 2, 2015, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-republican-candidates/709444/1905 "2015-09-02T19:58:58Z")
> [@even\_sven](#): > > This is maybe the funniest thing I’ve ever seen. Thirded, or whatever. Very funny. More rumblings for Romney…?: [Romney Is Horrified by Trump — and That’s Restarting ‘Mitt 2016’ Talk](http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/09/romneys-horror-at-trump-renews-mitt-2016-talk.html) ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-republican-candidates/709444/1906 "2015-09-02T21:33:28Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > I see Walker has put his foot in his mouth suggesting that the border with Canada - all 5,000 miles of it - needs a wall. TBCF, Walker did not put the notion forth, he responded to a question that kind of dragged him into that territory. It is not like it was his idea (if he has any actual ideas), but the response shows him operating on auto-pilot, not giving any particular thought to what he is saying. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2015, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-republican-candidates/709444/1907 "2015-09-02T22:03:10Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > TBCF, Walker did not put the notion forth, he responded to a question that kind of dragged him into that territory. It is not like it was his idea (if he has any actual ideas), but the response shows him operating on auto-pilot, not giving any particular thought to what he is saying. I agree. also showed imo that he is another who will double down rather than back off a bad idea. He didn’t specifically endorse it but insisted it was worth serious consideration. Apparently he wants to build some cred among the anti-Canadian part of the paranoid base ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2015, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-republican-candidates/709444/1908 "2015-09-03T20:20:32Z")
Rick Perry says “A broken clock is right once a day.” The _really_ funny part is that he was saying this in response to Trump’s saying Perry was dropping out of the race. Perry was claiming he was staying in. So even if he’d said ‘twice’ instead of ‘once,’ he still bungled it. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2015, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-republican-candidates/709444/1909 "2015-09-03T20:21:39Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Apparently he wants to build some cred among the anti-Canadian part of the paranoid base . . . That exists?! ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2015, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-republican-candidates/709444/1910 "2015-09-03T20:33:20Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > . . . That exists?! Yes, they are anxious aboot poutine, curling and not being able to have 4th-down. And that whole bit about being _nice_. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2015, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-republican-candidates/709444/1911 "2015-09-03T21:36:37Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Rick Perry says “A broken clock is right once a day.” > > The _really_ funny part is that he was saying this in response to Trump’s saying Perry was dropping out of the race. Perry was claiming he was staying in. So even if he’d said ‘twice’ instead of ‘once,’ he still bungled it. Ahem: there’s the 24 hr clock. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2015, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-republican-candidates/709444/1912 "2015-09-03T22:15:50Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Rick Perry says “A broken clock is right once a day.” > > The _really_ funny part is that he was saying this in response to Trump’s saying Perry was dropping out of the race. Perry was claiming he was staying in. So even if he’d said ‘twice’ instead of ‘once,’ he still bungled it. He was being careful, if he said “twice”, people might think he could not remember that _third_ time. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-republican-candidates/709444/1913 "2015-09-04T00:27:54Z")
However, even if the clock keeps nearly perfect time, if it is set a minute behind, its wrong all day long! I think that’s a very important point, except I can’t remember why. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-republican-candidates/709444/1914 "2015-09-04T11:52:24Z")
> [@Measure\_for\_Measure](#): > > Rick Perry’s Super-Pacs have raised [$17 million](http://prospect.org/article/rick-perrys-broke-campaign-and-our-broken-system). They plan on working the ground game. So Perry will be around for a while. Rick Perry has [no more paid staff in New Hampshire](http://www.politico.com/story/2015/09/rick-perry-2016-new-hampshire-staff-reductions-213261), and he hasn’t been there in a month. His superPAC will be beating a dead horse. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-republican-candidates/709444/1915 "2015-09-04T12:36:53Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > Ahem: there’s the 24 hr clock. 😃 Yeah, I think I saw one once, on a field trip to a science museum when I was in grade school. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-republican-candidates/709444/1916 "2015-09-04T12:59:19Z")
A Casio with a dead battery is \*never \*right. ---
**Author:** ![Sinaptics](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Sinaptics](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sinaptics)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-republican-candidates/709444/1917 "2015-09-04T13:50:16Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > However, even if the clock keeps nearly perfect time, if it is set a minute behind, its wrong all day long! I think that’s a very important point, except I can’t remember why. If you want to take it a little bit further, if the hour hand is broken, and the minute hand is working correctly but is a minute behind, it’ll still never be right. ---
**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:** [September 4, 2015, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-republican-candidates/709444/1918 "2015-09-04T13:50:25Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > However, even if the clock keeps nearly perfect time, if it is set a minute behind, its wrong all day long! I think that’s a very important point, except I can’t remember why. Oops! ---
**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:** [September 4, 2015, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-republican-candidates/709444/1919 "2015-09-04T15:21:26Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Rick Perry has [no more paid staff in New Hampshire](http://www.politico.com/story/2015/09/rick-perry-2016-new-hampshire-staff-reductions-213261), and he hasn’t been there in a month. His superPAC will be beating a dead horse. I’m surprised that, in all the years he spent in Austin, he hasn’t lined up some Oil Patch sugar daddies who’ll keep writing checks until he bows out of the race. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-republican-candidates/709444/1920 "2015-09-04T15:22:58Z")
People in position to be sugar daddies only patronize those who can provide value in return. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-republican-candidates/709444/1921 "2015-09-04T15:31:42Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > People in position to be sugar daddies only patronize those who can provide value in return. Try to picture Rick Perry giving sugar. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-republican-candidates/709444.md?page=95) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-republican-candidates/709444.md?page=97)