# 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:** 167
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/3325 "2016-04-08T16:43:51Z")
> [@Hank\_Beecher](#): > > It’s stuff like this that makes modern geniuses like[Azealia Banks](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m05RmIgPoSo) support Trump. Let’s see: Gay men are like the KKK. Sarah Palin should be raped to death by black men. Yep, modern genius! Azealia Banks for VP! ---
**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 8, 2016, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/3326 "2016-04-08T16:55:14Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Let’s see: Gay men are like the KKK. Sarah Palin should be raped to death by black men. > > Yep, modern genius! Azealia Banks for VP! So she can’t possibly be a genius because she says things you don’t like? She has her poet’s license, she can use her printing press to print whatever she feels. As she has told haters in the past, your problems with her are _your problems_. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/3327 "2016-04-08T17:00:19Z")
> [@Hank\_Beecher](#): > > So she can’t possibly be a genius because she says things you don’t like? > > She has her poet’s license, she can use her printing press to print whatever she feels. > > As she has told haters in the past, your problems with her are _your problems_. Your man is now so full of straw, he’s bursting. She isn’t a genius because she says idiotic, foolish and laughably moronic things. I honestly don’t think I could find two worse “endorsements” of Trump if I tried. I mean seriously. You’ve picked someone who likes Trump because in her opinion, he’s shit, and that’s what we deserve as a shitty society, and a foreign politician who says Trump is fundamentally unfit to be president, and would damage the world’s security. I’m waiting for you to post an glowing endorsement from Zombie Hitler next. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/3328 "2016-04-08T17:01:06Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Why should anyone in the world listen to [William Hague](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hague)? He’s a motherfucking Tory. He’s an experienced politician who knows more about statecraft and foreign policy that you could ever hope to. ---
**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 8, 2016, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/3329 "2016-04-08T17:21:00Z")
> [@Hank\_Beecher](#): > > So she can’t possibly be a genius because she says things you don’t like? > > She has her poet’s license, she can use her printing press to print whatever she feels. > > As she has told haters in the past, your problems with her are _your problems_. I have no idea who that person is, or if she actually said what was quoted. But if she did, and it was in some other context than a comedy routine, then she’s not a genius, she’s a fucking nutcase. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/3330 "2016-04-08T17:24:33Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > He’s an experienced politician who knows more about statecraft and foreign policy that you could ever hope to. Or Donald Trump could ever hope to, for that matter. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/3331 "2016-04-08T17:25:13Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > He’s an experienced politician who knows more about statecraft and foreign policy that you could ever hope to. And his comments in the article were quite good - basically explaining why anyone would vote for Trump, even though he is completely and utterly unqualified to be president, and would be severely damaging to the country’s economy and the world’s security. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/3332 "2016-04-08T17:45:35Z")
> [@Hank\_Beecher](#): > > So she can’t possibly be a genius because she says things you don’t like? She can’t possibly be a genius because she’s a fucking idiot. My problems with her may be my problems (tautologies are fun!) but she’s still a fucking idiot. (It’s even funnier that the Sarah Palin should be gang raped thing all started because the human Wile E Coyote mistook a parody for real news.) ---
**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:** [April 8, 2016, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/3333 "2016-04-08T17:47:44Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > He’s an experienced politician who knows more about statecraft and foreign policy that you could ever hope to. You are correct, but over here we are ‘using the Trump’s standard of excellency’, 🙂 as Hague is criticizing Trump as unfit to govern it is logical that under that “yuge” standard Trump is bound to dismiss him as a “has been”, or a “loser”. [/sarcasm turned up to 11] ---
**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 8, 2016, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/3334 "2016-04-08T17:50:23Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > You are correct, but over here we are ‘using the Trump’s standard of excellency’, 🙂 as Hague is criticizing Trump as unfit to govern it is logical that under that “yuge” standard Trump is bound to dismiss him as a “has been”, or a “loser”. [/sarcasm turned up to 11] No, Trump will dismiss him for simply being English. ---
**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:** [April 8, 2016, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/3335 "2016-04-08T17:54:07Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I have no idea who that person is, or if she actually said what was quoted. But if she did, and it was in some other context than a comedy routine, then she’s not a genius, she’s a fucking nutcase. She is a fucking nutcase, and you’d be well advised to try to continue to have no idea who she is. ---
**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 8, 2016, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/3336 "2016-04-08T18:55:32Z")
“The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success.” - Bruce Feirstein ---
**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 8, 2016, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/3337 "2016-04-08T19:05:04Z")
Hitler was a success, until he wasn’t. ---
**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 8, 2016, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/3338 "2016-04-08T19:05:26Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > I honestly don’t think I could find two worse “endorsements” of Trump if I tried. I mean seriously. You’ve picked someone who likes Trump because in her opinion, he’s shit, and that’s what we deserve as a shitty society. Hague didn’t endorse Trump. No one here claimed he did. And you are misreading what Banks said. She said for America to keep up with itself we _need_ Trump. She is rejecting the notion that we can or should judge candidates on who is a better _person_, and deciding instead to choose the person likely to be the best _leader_. ---
**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 8, 2016, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/3339 "2016-04-08T19:08:02Z")
> [@Gary\_Kumquat](#): > > " > Kick it with your bitch who come from Parisian > She know where I get mine from, and the season > Now she wanna lick my plum in the evenin’ > And fit that ton-tongue d-deep in > I guess that cunt getting eaten > I guess that cunt getting eaten > I guess that cunt getting eaten > I guess that cunt getting eaten > I guess that cunt getting eaten > " > > Oh aye, that pisses all over the Crispin’s Day speech. > > This really gives some good insight into your claim that Trump is an expert communicator. I like AB just grand (although Slay-Z is weak compared to 1991) but trying to pass her off as some linguistic genius is desperation or/and trolling. > [@jsgoddess](#): > > She can’t possibly be a genius because she’s a fucking idiot. > > My problems with her may be my problems (tautologies are fun!) but she’s still a fucking idiot. > > (It’s even funnier that the Sarah Palin should be gang raped thing all started because the human Wile E Coyote mistook a parody for real news.) This is what white supremacy looks like in 2016. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/3340 "2016-04-08T19:09:35Z")
> [@Hank\_Beecher](#): > > “The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success.” - Bruce Feirstein Would you describe her as successful? I mean this is pretty weird - why are talking about the political opinions of some 24 yr old rapper almost nobody ever heard? ---
**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 8, 2016, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/3341 "2016-04-08T19:13:27Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > Would you describe her as successful? I mean this is pretty weird - why are talking about the opinion of some 24 yr old almost nobody ever heard? Hip hop is my favorite art form, and Banks is my favorite hip hop lyricist. Yes, she is successful. People used to think that white power should be countered by black power. But the wise know that the counter to white power is black genius. Harlem has been a reliable wellspring of black genius for half a dozen generations. Banks is the cream of the latest crop. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/3342 "2016-04-08T19:15:01Z")
It’s a real shame we can’t call dopers trolls in this forum. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/3343 "2016-04-08T19:17:29Z")
I’m pretty sure we can say that they opinions they express are childlike in their simplicity at best, and downright moronic for the most part. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/3344 "2016-04-08T19:17:45Z")
> [@Hank\_Beecher](#): > > This is what white supremacy looks like in 2016. That’s excellent news. Remember what white supremacy _used_ to look like? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828.md?page=166) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828.md?page=168)