# 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:** 54
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/1063 "2015-12-14T19:56:38Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > šŸ˜• What are Rubioā€™s qualifications? Heā€™s a first-term Senator, with zero executive experience, and zero private-sector experience. His only demonstrated talents are prevarication and fund-raising. > > And some people view him as qualified for President. :smack: What am I missing? Heā€™s a first term Senator just as Obama was. He hasnā€™t shown the same degree of venom and hatred that Trump and Cruz have. Executive experience- I donā€™t care. W and Reagan were governors and I believe the two worst presidents ever. Private sector experience- I donā€™t care. Running a government is different enough from running a corporation that I donā€™t see where itā€™s applicable. If it was, would that mean the only candidate we can look at is Fiorina? ---
**Author:** ![Reyemile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@Reyemile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reyemile)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/1064 "2015-12-14T20:11:03Z")
When Trump wins, he will be [the healthiest president ever elected.](http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/14/politics/donald-trump-medical-bill-health/index.html) ---
**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:** [December 14, 2015, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/1065 "2015-12-14T20:17:16Z")
> [@lance\_strongarm](#): > > Thereā€™s nothing wrong with using money for speech. Nobody is forced to listen, or believe, the speech. Men died on Normandy so that a few super-rich cunts could manipulate elections to get laws that favor their financial interests enacted. Donā€™t make their sacrifice meaningless! #jesussaysnodeathdax ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/1066 "2015-12-14T20:31:00Z")
> [@Reyemile](#): > > When Trump wins, he will be [the healthiest president ever elected.](http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/14/politics/donald-trump-medical-bill-health/index.html) That is bizarre. For the sake of argument, Iā€™ll accept that Trump is in good health for a 69-year-old man. But for a doctor to write a statement like that in a professional capacity is odd. I canā€™t imagine any of the doctors Iā€™ve interacted with saying something like, ā€œIf elected, Mr. Trump, I can state unequivocally, will be the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidencyā€ or to say a patientā€™s lab results were ā€œastonishingly excellentā€. I think Trump is aiming for a Kim Jong-il level of personality cult. Iā€™m waiting for Trump to claim that he shot a 38-under par the first time he played golf, or that he wrote 1500 books. He is The Greatest Ever at Everything. ---
**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:** [December 14, 2015, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/1067 "2015-12-14T20:35:44Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > Iā€™m waiting for Trump to claim that he shot a 38-under par the first time he played golf Not quite that bad, but thereā€™s [a fair amount of evidence](https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/does-donald-trump-cheat-at-golf-a-washington-post-investigation/2015/09/02/f8a940b2-50c4-11e5-9812-92d5948a40f8_story.html) to suggest he does cheat at golf. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/1068 "2015-12-14T20:39:44Z")
> [@Richard\_Parker](#): > > ā€¦ my drone to drop water and food supplies to people crossing the Mexican border. You have a drone operating on the Mexican border? Hmm. Maybe we should talkā€¦ I mean, after they deliver the food and water, theyā€™re empty, right? Rather a waste. Just saying, is all. ---
**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:** [December 14, 2015, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/1069 "2015-12-14T21:09:14Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > šŸ˜• What are Rubioā€™s qualifications? Heā€™s a first-term Senator, with zero executive experience, and zero private-sector experience. His only demonstrated talents are prevarication and fund-raising. > > And some people view him as qualified for President. :smack: What am I missing? He was Speaker of the Florida House, does that count as executive experience? Not that I would vote for him or anything. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Parker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@Richard\_Parker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Parker)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/1070 "2015-12-14T21:14:51Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > You have a drone operating on the Mexican border? Do you not? Get with the times, man! ---
**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:** [December 14, 2015, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/1071 "2015-12-14T21:16:56Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > That is bizarre. For the sake of argument, Iā€™ll accept that Trump is in good health for a 69-year-old man. But for a doctor to write a statement like that in a professional capacity is odd. I canā€™t imagine any of the doctors Iā€™ve interacted with saying something like, ā€œIf elected, Mr. Trump, I can state unequivocally, will be the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidencyā€ or to say a patientā€™s lab results were ā€œastonishingly excellentā€. > > I think Trump is aiming for a Kim Jong-il level of personality cult. Iā€™m waiting for Trump to claim that he shot a 38-under par the first time he played golf, or that he wrote 1500 books. He is The Greatest Ever at Everything. I was thinking the exact same thing, itā€™s not enough to say that heā€™s very healthy, and heā€™s smart, and has a good memory, instead heā€™d be the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency, and heā€™d learn everything really quickly and know more than everyone, and he has the best memory. Very Kim Jong-il like. Also hilariously, Trump is ā€œproud to share this health report, written by the highly respected Dr. Jacob Bornsteinā€, although it was actually Dr. Harold Bornstein who wrote the report, because his father Jacob is no longer Trumpā€™s doctor, because he is dead. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/1072 "2015-12-14T21:31:13Z")
> [@Reyemile](#): > > When Trump wins, he will be [the healthiest president ever elected.](http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/14/politics/donald-trump-medical-bill-health/index.html) Betcha Abe Lincoln could take him 2 out of three falls (even with him being dead for 150 yearsā€¦) and we wonā€™t mention the Kennedyā€™s football gamesā€¦ ---
**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:** [December 14, 2015, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/1073 "2015-12-14T21:36:36Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > Betcha Abe Lincoln could take him 2 out of three falls (even with him being dead for 150 yearsā€¦) and we wonā€™t mention the Kennedyā€™s football gamesā€¦ Teddy Roosevelt could grab trump by his moobs and shatter him on a tree. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/1074 "2015-12-14T22:11:17Z")
> [@Reyemile](#): > > When Trump wins, he will be [the healthiest president ever elected.](http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/14/politics/donald-trump-medical-bill-health/index.html) I hear Trump made the doctor pay to evaluate him. ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/1075 "2015-12-14T22:23:38Z")
> [@Sam\_Lowry](#): > > I was thinking the exact same thing, itā€™s not enough to say that heā€™s very healthy, and heā€™s smart, and has a good memory, instead heā€™d be the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency, and heā€™d learn everything really quickly and know more than everyone, and he has the best memory. Very Kim Jong-il like. > > Also hilariously, Trump is ā€œproud to share this health report, written by the highly respected Dr. Jacob Bornsteinā€, although it was actually Dr. Harold Bornstein who wrote the report, because his father Jacob is no longer Trumpā€™s doctor, because he is dead. You know, the words ā€˜nutsā€™ is overused in general and politics in particular but, speaking of his health, I sure would be curious to see Trumpā€™s complete psychological workup. The guy has a compulsive reflex to be the bestest and brightest and strongest and handsomest in the room at all times complete with the most attractive wife and the most attractive daughter andā€¦ andā€¦ [and](http://snltranscripts.jt.org/85/85bliar.phtml)ā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2015, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/1076 "2015-12-15T01:53:13Z")
Testosterone poisoning. All about Darwin. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2015, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/1077 "2015-12-15T01:59:06Z")
> [@standingwave](#): > > You know, the words ā€˜nutsā€™ is overused in general and politics in particular but, speaking of his health, I sure would be curious to see Trumpā€™s complete psychological workup. The guy has a compulsive reflex to be the bestest and brightest and strongest and handsomest in the room at all times complete with the most attractive wife and the most attractive daughter andā€¦ andā€¦ [and](http://snltranscripts.jt.org/85/85bliar.phtml)ā€¦ Yeah, but without the benefit of actually achieving it. Instead, his people tell him he did it or he just believes he did it. Trump isnā€™t crazy at all, but personal quirks like that get amplified when youā€™re running for office. Trumpā€™s only problem is that he has an ego the size of New York without having done anything in the real world to acquire such an ego. Weā€™d be better off with his buddy Vince McMahon, who is just as much of a blowhard but actually took a family business and grew it into a multibillion dollar empire, but also claim close enough to ruin that heā€™s aware of his shortcomings. ---
**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:** [December 15, 2015, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/1078 "2015-12-15T02:11:43Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > Betcha Abe Lincoln could take him 2 out of three falls (even with him being dead for 150 yearsā€¦) and we wonā€™t mention the Kennedyā€™s football gamesā€¦ > [@Lobohan](#): > > Teddy Roosevelt could grab trump by his moobs and shatter him on a tree. Gerald Ford, college football star and male model, seemed pretty healthy himself. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2015, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/1079 "2015-12-15T02:35:04Z")
Hopefully this link to Facebook will work. Robert Reich posted about Trumpā€™s medical evaluation. He notes that the language used sounds less like what a doctor would say and more like what Donald Trump would. He also shares a picture of the good doctor. He looks about as trustworthy as Trump. > **[Log into Facebook](https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1117538958258699&substory_index=0&id=142474049098533)** > > Log into Facebook to start sharing and connecting with your friends, family, and people you know. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2015, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/1080 "2015-12-15T02:49:17Z")
Vox mentioned it too. Sounds like Trump hires his doctor for the same purpose he hires everyone else: To tell him what he wants to hear. On one hand, thatā€™s what Presidents do more often than not, so if anything that qualifies him for the job. That and having a big ego that isnā€™t justified by his accomplishments. ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2015, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/1081 "2015-12-15T03:35:45Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > He also shares a picture of the good doctor. He looks about as trustworthy as Trump. > > [Robert Reich](https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1117538958258699&substory_index=0&id=142474049098533) Pretty sure this guy plays drum machine in a Smooth Jazz combo, somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_fun_ball/32/17664_2.png) [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2015, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828/1082 "2015-12-15T05:08:41Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Vox mentioned it too. Sounds like Trump hires his doctor for the same purpose he hires everyone else: To tell him what he wants to hear. > > On one hand, thatā€™s what Presidents do more often than not, so if anything that qualifies him for the job. That and having a big ego that isnā€™t justified by his accomplishments. It also all but guarantees that he would be a piss poor president. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828.md?page=53) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-republican-primary-campaign/729828.md?page=55)