# 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:** 207
**Author:** ![truthSeeker2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7cd45c/32.png) [@truthSeeker2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthSeeker2)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/4126 "2016-05-04T01:44:26Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Why would he? He’s got nothing to lose. It will bring unity in his party and allow Trump to work for main election. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/4127 "2016-05-04T01:46:02Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > This one should scare you more. I’m 42 years old. I’ve voted in every Presidential election since 1992. The candidate I’ve voted for has NEVER won. > > And I’m probably voting for Clinton. Legitimate offer: I will give a fresh, crisp $100 bill to anyone who kidnaps **adaher** and keeps him bound and gagged in the closet for the whole of this coming November 8. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/4128 "2016-05-04T01:47:06Z")
There is no possible set of events that could bring unity to the Republican Party in 2016. ---
**Author:** ![truthSeeker2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7cd45c/32.png) [@truthSeeker2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthSeeker2)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/4129 "2016-05-04T01:52:25Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > It really scares me (and apparently most of the free world) that so many Americans can vote for Trump. The thought of him answering the red (I mean gold) phone at 3AM will keep me up most nights if he wins. These concerns will be there for many people but Trump is very smart and will be a great president. Media has also brainwashed many non-Americans around the world. Once he is the president, the world will know Trump better and will start to like him. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/4130 "2016-05-04T01:57:57Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Well, nowadays the reaction would be “Whouis Fuckwhat?” It’s been so long since Farrakhan has been in the news. No more resonance than Al Sharpton. > > But white nationalists endorsing Trump, that’s a different matter. It says something important about his base that the Commie endorsement never said about the Democrats. Why would people vote based on who a candidates’ voters are? That just sounds like an excuse to me. I think Clinton is better than Trump because Clinton is better than Trump. I’m not voting between Trump’s supporters and Clinton’s supporters. If that was the case I’d probably vote for Trump. The anti-Israel folks and socialists are mostly in Clinton’s camp. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/4131 "2016-05-04T02:03:22Z")
> [@truthSeeker2](#): > > These concerns will be there for many people but Trump is very smart and will be a great president. Trump may be smart. But more likely he’s a rich brat who’s got some moxie. He’s certainly, factually, staggeringly ignorant. He’s also gullible, in that he believes all sorts of nonsense that simply isn’t true, from birtherism, to vaccines causing autism, to Cruz’s dad being buds with LHO. He’s not bright enough to question things like this, which seriously suggests he’s not that smart at all. > [@](#): > > Media has also brainwashed many non-Americans around the world. Once he is the president, the world will know Trump better and will start to like him. No, that’s just goofy. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/4132 "2016-05-04T02:08:16Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Even in Trump’s case, I think that fear is overrated. As bad as Trump is, he’s better than the other guy on the end of that red phone and far more stable. At least Putin doesn’t want _more_ countries to have nuclear weapons. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/4133 "2016-05-04T02:09:09Z")
If that was true Russia wouldn’t be so promiscous about selling nuclear technology to countries that cannot be trusted. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/4134 "2016-05-04T02:13:29Z")
Now that Trump is what’s left for the Right, how pissed off would Republicans be if, later in the year, Trump decides to drop out, too? “Ahh, screw this. I don’t want it anymore.” ---
**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:** [May 4, 2016, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/4135 "2016-05-04T02:26:18Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > Trump may be smart. But more likely he’s a rich brat who’s got some moxie. He’s certainly, factually, staggeringly ignorant. He’s also gullible, in that he believes all sorts of nonsense that simply isn’t true, from birtherism, to vaccines causing autism, to Cruz’s dad being buds with LHO. > > He’s not bright enough to question things like this, which seriously suggests he’s not that smart at all. QFTST \* - Quoted For The Scary Truth. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2016, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/4136 "2016-05-04T03:28:18Z")
> [@truthSeeker2](#): > > These concerns will be there for many people but Trump is very smart and will be a great president. > > Media has also brainwashed many non-Americans around the world. Once he is the president, the world will know Trump better and will start to like him. Donnie Jr., go post on your own website. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2016, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/4137 "2016-05-04T03:29:51Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > And, what do you know, [Cruz drops out](http://www.npr.org/2016/05/03/476653783/ted-cruz-drops-out-of-presidential-race). > > Now ya **gotta** stay in, Kasich! We were promised a convention riot! How else is it gonna happen now?! Please think of the poor starving gonzo journalists! ☹ Gonzo journalists don’t need a story, they ARE the story. 🙂 ---
**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:** [May 4, 2016, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/4138 "2016-05-04T03:31:43Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > It really scares me (and apparently most of the free world) that so many Americans can vote for Trump. The thought of him answering the red (I mean gold) phone at 3AM will keep me up most nights if he wins. And I’ll be sleeping soundly in Bora Bora. ---
**Author:** ![truthSeeker2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7cd45c/32.png) [@truthSeeker2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthSeeker2)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/4139 "2016-05-04T04:39:50Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > Trump may be smart. But more likely he’s a rich brat who’s got some moxie. He’s certainly, factually, staggeringly ignorant. He’s also gullible, in that he believes all sorts of nonsense that simply isn’t true, from birtherism, to vaccines causing autism, to Cruz’s dad being buds with LHO. > > He’s not bright enough to question things like this, which seriously suggests he’s not that smart at all. > > No, that’s just goofy. that’s mostly just politicians taking dig at politicians… Could not care less. Perceptions change. My country’s PM was denied US visa when he was chief minister (Governer) of Gujarat. And now, he is going to address joint session of US congress next month. Perceptions will change regarding Trump as well if he becomes president. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/4140 "2016-05-04T05:00:26Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > This one should scare you more. I’m 42 years old. This part isn’t scary, but it’s sure as heck surprising to me. I had you pegged as a crusty old senior citizen-- a gray-haired, grizzled Vietnam vet, balding, rumpled plaid shirts and stretchy brown pants, a McDonald’s coffee cup stashed in the bushes outside your local Micky-D’s to get a free refill every morning, big plastic glasses that fall off your face if you move too fast or eat too recklessly, a pot belly with bony arms and tufts of white chest hair puffing out of your shirt, reeking of sweat and Stetson cologne, a pencil poking out of your shirt pocket to do the crossword puzzles in the daily paper. You’ve absolutely \*ruined \*my mental image of you. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/4141 "2016-05-04T05:01:38Z")
> [@truthSeeker2](#): > > Perceptions will change regarding Trump as well if he becomes president. Trump has been an over-the-top, narcissistic attention whore in U.S. popular culture for over 30 years now. He’s pretty well established himself in Americans’ minds now, and I think he will have an _extremely_ difficult time significantly changing those opinions. ---
**Author:** ![truthSeeker2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7cd45c/32.png) [@truthSeeker2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthSeeker2)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/4142 "2016-05-04T05:10:10Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Trump has been an over-the-top, narcissistic attention whore in U.S. popular culture for over 30 years now. He’s pretty well established himself in Americans’ minds now, and I think he will have an _extremely_ difficult time significantly changing those opinions. although internationally, not many people knew him prior to last 10 months. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/4143 "2016-05-04T05:12:00Z")
> [@truthSeeker2](#): > > although internationally, not many people knew him prior to last 10 months. That may be, but the international community won’t be voting in our election in November. ---
**Author:** ![truthSeeker2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7cd45c/32.png) [@truthSeeker2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthSeeker2)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/4144 "2016-05-04T05:15:52Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > That may be, but the international community won’t be voting in our election in November. I didn’t mean he’s going to convert many hardcore Clinton/Obama supporters. There are hardcore supporters on both sides and there are many neutral american voters as well. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2016, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/4145 "2016-05-04T05:25:38Z")
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