# 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:** 198
**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 25, 2016, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/3945 "2016-04-25T03:53:11Z")
Donald Trump doesn’t think men should change diapers, that’s the wife’s role. The man provides the funds, the woman takes care of the kids. > **[Donald Trump Thinks Men Who Change Diapers Are Acting "Like The Wife"](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/andrewkaczynski/donald-trump-thinks-men-who-change-diapers-are-acting-like-t)** > > "I'll supply funds and she'll take care of the kids." ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2016, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/3946 "2016-04-25T05:58:51Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Donald Trump doesn’t think men should change diapers, that’s the wife’s role. The man provides the funds, the woman takes care of the kids. > > [Donald Trump Thinks Men Who Change Diapers Are Acting "Like The Wife"](http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/donald-trump-thinks-men-who-change-diapers-are-acting-like-t) That’s still seen as obviously correct among his base of support, and probably won’t turn off any substantial number of people who are on the fence about him. Saying that mainly serves to paint this man who has married a string of young supermodels and who refers to his daughters in sexualized terms as a nice, traditional family man with solid values and a strong moral center. ---
**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 25, 2016, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/3947 "2016-04-25T11:50:19Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Donald Trump doesn’t think men should change diapers, that’s the wife’s role. The man provides the funds, the woman takes care of the kids. > > [Donald Trump Thinks Men Who Change Diapers Are Acting "Like The Wife"](http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/donald-trump-thinks-men-who-change-diapers-are-acting-like-t) Wow. Ten years ago Trump said something sexist. Just the break the Cruz campaign has been looking for. Please keep us abreast of this fast moving story. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2016, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/3948 "2016-04-25T13:48:03Z")
“I remember when I ordered your first diaper changed.” ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2016, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/3949 "2016-04-25T14:08:49Z")
[Is Trump, perhaps, actually mentally ill?](http://www.salon.com/2016/04/25/maybe_donald_trump_has_really_lost_his_mind_what_if_the_gop_frontrunner_isnt_crazy_but_simply_not_well/) ---
**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 25, 2016, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/3950 "2016-04-25T14:31:47Z")
I’m wondering how this will work: [Ted Cruz, John Kasich join forces to stop Donald Trump](http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/24/politics/ted-cruz-john-kasich-join-forces-to-stop-donald-trump/) > [@](#): > > Ted Cruz and John Kasich are joining forces in a last-ditch effort to deny Donald Trump the Republican presidential nomination. > > Within minutes of each other, the pair issued statements late Sunday saying they will divide their efforts in upcoming contests with Cruz focusing on Indiana and Kasich devoting his efforts to Oregon and New Mexico. The strategy – something the two campaigns have been working on for weeks – is aimed at blocking Trump from gaining the 1,237 delegates necessary to claim to GOP nomination this summer. > > The extraordinary moves reflect the national strength Trump has shown and the inability of Republicans who oppose the New York billionaire to come together to stop him. Dividing up some of the remaining primary states by putting forward one strong alternative to Trump in each could be enough to take away delegates and curb Trump’s run to the nomination. Trump can definitely spin it that the other two are scared of him. But Cruz has definitely been doing a lot better in using the system to get candidates, while Trump’s campaign is less well put together. It seems possible that Cruz and Kasich could pull it off, unless Trump’s campaign starts working really hard. ---
**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 25, 2016, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/3951 "2016-04-25T14:37:52Z")
> [@Sam\_Lowry](#): > > Trump can definitely spin it that the other two are scared of him. I’ve commented on this before, and perhaps I’m idiosyncratic, but if I were a potential Cruz or Kasich voter and they acted like they owned me or my vote, that would piss me right off. ---
**Author:** ![truthSeeker2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7cd45c/32.png) [@truthSeeker2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthSeeker2)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2016, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/3952 "2016-04-25T15:14:20Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > I’ve commented on this before, and perhaps I’m idiosyncratic, but if I were a potential Cruz or Kasich voter and they acted like they owned me or my vote, that would piss me right off. Right, but if people are voting for Cruz/Kasich out of hate for Trump, then it could consolidate the vote against Trump. Let’s see. I guess more likely scenario is what you said and Trump wins. ---
**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 25, 2016, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/3953 "2016-04-25T15:23:46Z")
> [@Sam\_Lowry](#): > > I’m wondering how this will work: [Ted Cruz, John Kasich join forces to stop Donald Trump](http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/24/politics/ted-cruz-john-kasich-join-forces-to-stop-donald-trump/) > > Trump can definitely spin it that the other two are scared of him. But Cruz has definitely been doing a lot better in using the system to get candidates, while Trump’s campaign is less well put together. It seems possible that Cruz and Kasich could pull it off, unless Trump’s campaign starts working really hard. This seems crazy to me. _Maybe_ if Kasich withdrew and public urged all his supports to vote for Cruz, it might have a chance. But to say, “I don’t want you voters in State X to vote for me, instead vote for the other guy; but you folks in State Y, give me all you got!” is a kind of bizarre desperation. ---
**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 25, 2016, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/3954 "2016-04-25T15:30:39Z")
Generally I don’t think strategic voting really works very often. Too many people either don’t hear about the plan, disagree with the plan or misunderstand the plan. In this particular case, I think Kasich supporters want to vote for the “reasonable” candidate and I’m not sure if they would be willing to vote Cruz just to stop Trump. If they are savvy enough to get on board with strategic voting some of them must have heard of rule 40 which will not allow Kasich on the convention ballot. And while that rule can be changed, tossing more delegates to Cruz isn’t going to help it get changed. I think the most you could hope for is “strategic” Kasich supporters to stay home. On the other side, Cruz is a rat fuck bastard and I bet he tries to get his vote out in any district he thinks he can pick up delegates despite this public statement. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2016, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/3955 "2016-04-25T15:51:59Z")
So, [that didn’t take long](http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/277500-kasich-indiana-voters-ought-to-vote-for-me)… > [@](#): > > Gov. John Kasich (R-Ohio) on Monday said that Indiana’s voters should still back him, despite an alliance with Ted Cruz to clear the way for his presidential rival in the state’s Republican primary. > > “I’ve never told them not to vote for me,” he said at a diner in Philadelphia. "They ought to vote for me. > > “I’m not out there campaigning and spending resources,” Kasich added. "I’m not going to spend resources in Indiana, [Cruz is] not going to spend resources in other places. > > “So what? What’s the big deal? What’s wrong with that? I’m not campaigning in Indiana and he’s not campaigning in those other states. That’s all.” ---
**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 25, 2016, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/3956 "2016-04-25T16:25:10Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > So, [that didn’t take long](http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/277500-kasich-indiana-voters-ought-to-vote-for-me)… Looking over the story, that is indeed all the two press statements ever said. You campaign there, I campaign here. So this isn’t some deal collapsing. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2016, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/3957 "2016-04-25T16:36:05Z")
[Ann Coulter:](http://www.salon.com/2016/04/25/5_worst_right_wing_moments_of_the_week_paul_lepage_is_really_this_sadistic_partner/) “I wish Trump would go back to retweeting juvenile photos of Heidi Cruz. I hate the new Manafort & Black Trump.” (Manafort being the new campaign manager who has been giving Trump a makeover into a persona more mature and serious at least by comparison.) Does his base feel the same way, I wonder? ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_Hey\_Paula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hey\_Hey\_Paula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_Hey_Paula)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2016, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/3958 "2016-04-25T17:48:28Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [Is Trump, perhaps, actually mentally ill?](http://www.salon.com/2016/04/25/maybe_donald_trump_has_really_lost_his_mind_what_if_the_gop_frontrunner_isnt_crazy_but_simply_not_well/) I’ve seen interviews where Trump displays certain facial expressions or tics that remind me of my late father in law, in the last year of his life when the dementia was getting bad. Especially when the interviewer is asking Trump a question that requires actual thought rather than launching into talking points. ---
**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 25, 2016, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/3959 "2016-04-25T17:55:46Z")
Eh I find ignorance and the desire to deflect from it more likely. ---
**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 25, 2016, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/3960 "2016-04-25T17:59:27Z")
One of the insidious things about dementia is that it really can just look like someone is an asshole. Often a racist asshole. I’ll confess that I wondered (I think I posted on the dope about it) months ago if Trump had early signs of dementia. But then I figured that he’s really always been this way and I just wasn’t paying attention. ---
**Author:** ![Lantern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d26b3c/32.png) [@Lantern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2016, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/3961 "2016-04-25T20:06:34Z")
I have been wondering about this as well. I have already posted this [clip](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEPs17_AkTI)of Trump on Oprah in 1988. The message is remarkably similar to today but he is so much more relaxed and articulate. Today’s Trump sounds like someone who really struggles to express his thoughts in coherent sentences. ---
**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 25, 2016, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/3962 "2016-04-25T20:11:27Z")
Oh ffs, people. I don’t like Trump but you don’t think it’s a little ridiculous diagnosing dementia over the internet? Ooh, look how more articulate he was 30 yrs ago. I diagnose dementia or early stage Parkinson’s. Seek help Trump! ---
**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 25, 2016, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/3963 "2016-04-25T20:15:52Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > Oh ffs, people. I don’t like Trump but you don’t think it’s a little ridiculous diagnosing dementia over the internet? Ooh, look how more articulate he was 30 yrs ago. I diagnose dementia or early stage Parkinson’s. Seek help Trump! I think it would be very ridiculous to diagnose dementia. I don’t think it’s ridiculous at all to say that something seems off, and dementia is something that can cause similar unusual behaviors. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2016, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/3964 "2016-04-25T20:38:44Z")
And considering the way Reagan’s mind went after he took office (yes, even in his first term), the possibility that Trump’s might is a very legitimate concern. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828.md?page=197) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828.md?page=199)