# Trump's Republican primary campaign **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [September 3, 2015, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828 "2015-09-03T18:00:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 164
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/3265 "2016-04-06T23:35:30Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > That said, I’d love a Hispanic-Irish fusion restaurant, You had me at _“tacos and whiskey”_. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/3266 "2016-04-06T23:39:52Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > … > The major states that are left-New York, Pennsylvania, California, Indiana-have been ground zero of the class warfare that spawned the TRUMP campaign. … I interpret this to mean you think Trump will do well in all four? ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/3267 "2016-04-06T23:40:24Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > I interpret this to mean you think Trump will do well in all four? Yes. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/3268 "2016-04-06T23:47:07Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > Considering that literally every man’s hand is against him in the GOP, the fact that TRUMP maintains a strong lead against Ted Cruz and John Kasich and has won in every section of the country is a powerful testament to the strength of his ideology among the American people. Well, it’s a testament to the strength of his campaign among Republican primary voters. As yet, that’s _all_ it means. Also, > [@](#): > > lamestream Dude. Stahp. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/3269 "2016-04-07T00:03:20Z")
> [@andros](#): > > Dude. Stahp. You know, I really think that when **Qin** gets to about 30 or so, assuming that the SDMB still exists, he’s going to be a really valuable poster. He’s smart, he studies, he learns, he communicates. It’s just that when he joined us he was going through his teenage phase, and now he’s going through his college phase, each of which has tempted many of us to drown him in his cradle. That said, I agree. “Lamestream?” Yeah, stop. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/3270 "2016-04-07T00:30:09Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Trump claims his abortion comments were edited.](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2016/04/03/trump-lies-to-his-supporters-claims-cbs-edited-his-words-to-make-him-look-bad/) To be fair, what it sounds like to me is that Trump is replying to that specific interviewer, who showed a small excerpt of the program. Trump was trying to say that guy was distorting the conversation by leaving out all of the lengthy discussion about Chris Matthews’ religious beliefs and whatnot. Except Trump is the one distorting the conversation, because all of the stuff about Chris Matthews’ religious beliefs and whatnot were him trying to deflect and distract from the topic, but Chris wouldn’t let him get away with it and kept returning to the question, what do you, Mr. Trump, believe on this? Are you going to try to change laws to meet your beliefs? ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/3271 "2016-04-07T02:10:23Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > You know, I really think that when **Qin** gets to about 30 or so, assuming that the SDMB still exists, he’s going to be a really valuable poster. He’s smart, he studies, he learns, he communicates. It’s just that when he joined us he was going through his teenage phase, and now he’s going through his college phase, each of which has tempted many of us to drown him in his cradle. > > That said, I agree. “Lamestream?” Yeah, stop. Frankly, I’m more annoyed by his use of the term “corporatist”, which he’s smart enough to know the actual definition of instead of using it in the stupid way which is a half-shade off equivocating anything mainstream with Fascist Italy. If you want to say “oligarchy”, do it. Otherwise, you’re just making a fool of yourself. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/3272 "2016-04-07T03:03:47Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > Yes. Nope. You’re wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/3273 "2016-04-07T03:08:29Z")
I loved Trump’s reading of “The Snake.” Of course, he doesn’t realize the irony of how aptly it applies to him. ---
**Author:** ![Hank\_Beecher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hank_beecher/32/7275_2.png) [@Hank\_Beecher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hank_Beecher)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/3274 "2016-04-07T04:38:20Z")
> [@Johnny\_Ace](#): > > I loved Trump’s reading of “The Snake.” Of course, he doesn’t realize the irony of how aptly it applies to him. It looks like the voters that disagree with the moral of his snake story might be outnumbered by those who agree: [Among all voters, 46% favor a temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States, while 40% are opposed. Fourteen percent (14%) are undecided.](http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/immigration/december_2015/voters_like_trump_s_proposed_muslim_ban) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/3275 "2016-04-07T04:50:17Z")
> [@Hank\_Beecher](#): > > It looks like the voters that disagree with the moral of his snake story might be outnumbered by those who agree: > > [Among all voters, 46% favor a temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States, while 40% are opposed. Fourteen percent (14%) are undecided.](http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/immigration/december_2015/voters_like_trump_s_proposed_muslim_ban) Not my meaning in the slightest. Also, you might want to use polling data more recent than three months ago. That’s one (1) week after the San Bernardino shootings. Nice try, though. Next… ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/3276 "2016-04-07T05:10:47Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > You know, I really think that when **Qin** gets to about 30 or so, assuming that the SDMB still exists, he’s going to be a really valuable poster. He’s smart, he studies, he learns, he communicates. It’s just that when he joined us he was going through his teenage phase, and now he’s going through his college phase, each of which has tempted many of us to drown him in his cradle. Ok, but even today there are gems. Check this one out: > [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > Their political ideologies, on the other hands, were quite different: TRUMP of course is a nationalist populist while Carson was wannabe right-wing Jimmy Carter seeking to appeal particularly to Minnesota Nice evangelical pietists in the Farm Belt and Upper Midwest as well as the Mormons and Fiorina was your typical Establishment Republican absolutely indistinguishable from Mitt Romney except she had the added asset of a vagina and seemed ultra-eager (no doubt to prove herself one of the boys!) to not only send American boys and girls to die in a glorious struggle for the _Vaterland_ against the Russians in Syria so that 7th Century Islamist reactionaries can mutilate their daughters’ genitals in peace but perhaps sacrifice a few American metropolitan areas to nuclear hellfire to satisfy the masturbatory fantasies of American _weltmacht_ for the wannabe Kaiser Wilhelms at the _Weekly Standard_. 140 words. 902 characters. 1 sentence. Awesome. A little crude, but it did ID Fiorina’s essential phoniness and the underlying ridiculousness of Republican military posturing. As well as about 37 other things. More seriously, I can see Qin morphing into someone scary-smart/talented. Or merely a solid poster here. Not a bad range. Heh: “Minnesota Nice evangelical pietists”. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/3277 "2016-04-07T05:15:08Z")
> [@Johnny\_Ace](#): > > Not my meaning in the slightest. Also, you might want to use polling data more recent than three months ago. That’s one (1) week after the San Bernardino shootings. > > Nice try, though. Next… Sorry, that poll is actually four months old (but still, as it states explicitly in the article, a week after the attack). I’m still in a March frame of mind. ---
**Author:** ![Flyer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/flyer/32/7298_2.png) [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/3278 "2016-04-07T13:44:35Z")
Despite Trump’s unfavorable ratings with women in general, some women are very enthusiastic about his candidacy. They even have a Twitter account – “Babes for Trump.” A few of the pictures are NSFW. [https://twitter.com/BabesForTrump](https://twitter.com/BabesForTrump) Here’s one in particular. [https://twitter.com/BabesForTrump/status/717722027994574848](https://twitter.com/BabesForTrump/status/717722027994574848) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/3279 "2016-04-07T17:26:03Z")
> [@Flyer](#): > > Despite Trump’s unfavorable ratings with women in general, some women are very enthusiastic about his candidacy. They even have a Twitter account – “Babes for Trump.” > > A few of the pictures are NSFW. > > [x.com](https://twitter.com/BabesForTrump) > > Here’s one in particular. > > [x.com](https://twitter.com/BabesForTrump/status/717722027994574848) Because we all know most hot girls are experts on politics. Puh-leez. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/3280 "2016-04-07T18:43:18Z")
> [@Flyer](#): > > Here’s one in particular. > > [x.com](https://twitter.com/BabesForTrump/status/717722027994574848) Cheezus. This is my rifle, this is my gun… ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Lowry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Sam\_Lowry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Lowry)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/3281 "2016-04-07T19:52:22Z")
[I don’t think anyone else has posted this yet:](http://www.avclub.com/article/daily-show-calls-out-donald-trump-sexualizing-his--234879) > [@](#): > > To that end, last night The Daily Show dug up an old clip of Trump and second wife Marla Maples on Lifestyles Of The Rich And Famous. The clip, from 1994, finds Lifestyles host Robin Leach questioning the Donald about his infant daughter, Tiffany, asking, “What does Tiffany have of yours, and what does Tiffany have of Marla’s?” A reasonable person might say, “why, my one-year-old daughter has my wife’s beautiful smile,” or “she has my hair,” but that’s not what Trump went with. He, instead, responded, “I think that she’s got a lot of Marla. She’s really a beautiful baby. She’s got Marla’s legs. We don’t know whether or not she’s got this part [breasts] yet, but time will tell.” Yuck. It’s gross, but also illustrative of how Trump views women. Basically the only way he views women is through sexualization. If someone could find a clip of him ever complimenting a woman and the compliment was totally based on her accomplishments and not her looks, I’d be quite surprised. But I don’t think the Lifestyles Of The Rich And Famous clip will have any affect other than make people already grossed out by Trump even more grossed out. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/3282 "2016-04-07T20:01:34Z")
And to make those enthused of Trump even more enthused of Trump. He is the limit-case personification of the id that millions of men are repressing with varying degrees of success. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/3283 "2016-04-07T20:30:53Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > And to make those enthused of Trump even more enthused of Trump. > > He is the limit-case personification of the id that millions of men are repressing with varying degrees of success. What’s worse, in some sense, is that he’s also what a non-insignificant number of women honestly want out of a man, and perhaps honestly believe that _all_ men are _really_ like that and are constrained from acting like it by those Damned Liberals. ---
**Author:** ![Hank\_Beecher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hank_beecher/32/7275_2.png) [@Hank\_Beecher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hank_Beecher)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/3284 "2016-04-07T23:43:03Z")
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