# In which I say a nice thing about a Republican **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 1, 2010, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-say-a-nice-thing-about-a-republican/555692 "2010-10-01T05:31:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [October 1, 2010, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-say-a-nice-thing-about-a-republican/555692/21 "2010-10-01T18:23:18Z")
Hmmmm, let me try: Of all the four horseman, Carly Fiorina is probably the easiest on eyes. How’d I do? (Ex-HP employee, can you tell?) ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-say-a-nice-thing-about-a-republican/555692/22 "2010-10-01T18:33:38Z")
> [@L. G. Butts](#): > > (Ex-HP employee, can you tell?) I couldn’t, but since you outed yourself, why is my printer such a piece of shit? ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-say-a-nice-thing-about-a-republican/555692/23 "2010-10-01T21:46:47Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I suggest you write to Fiorina to thank her for answering the question she was asked. Such behavior is so rare it should be heartily encouraged. > > Here’s another one: John Boehner [has never asked for earmarks](http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2009/mar/16/john-boehner/rep-john-boehner-earmark-free/). > > > [@](#): > > > > “I don’t do earmarks,” Boehner said in a news conference on March 12, 2009. “I’ve never done one. I’m not going to do one.” > > I have very little positive to say about Boehner, but all credit to him for that. (Too bad he couldn’t do anything about [his friends in Congress](http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2010/sep/09/barack-obama/obama-says-republican-congresses-used-lots-earmark/).) If you get it in before it leaves committee, is it an earmark? ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-say-a-nice-thing-about-a-republican/555692/24 "2010-10-01T21:48:51Z")
Lindsay Graham sounds moderate these days. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-say-a-nice-thing-about-a-republican/555692/25 "2010-10-01T22:33:21Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > And Nixon is dead. My dad got the day off when that happened. Said it was the best thing Nixon ever did for him. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-say-a-nice-thing-about-a-republican/555692/26 "2010-10-02T06:33:34Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > We’ve got some pretty good local candidates who have great ideas for relevant issues for county and state level stuff that run as Republicans. But it’s hard to vote for them, because they also have to loudly announce that they’re anti-choice, anti-gay, and anti-evolution to get the nomination. Yeah. I just saw your userpic. Cute. I already said my nice thing about a Pubbie (post 3) so I don’t have to think of another one. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-say-a-nice-thing-about-a-republican/555692/27 "2010-10-02T07:00:26Z")
Well, you could donate one. Help a brother out. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-say-a-nice-thing-about-a-republican/555692/28 "2010-10-02T16:28:33Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > Wow. I might vote her if she does things like that. I mean, I’m not in Cali., but that sort of thing I find endearing. Straight answers to a question? No double talk or evasion? Wow. I may have to vote for her. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-say-a-nice-thing-about-a-republican/555692/29 "2010-10-02T17:19:23Z")
Does it have to be a public official? If not, I genuinely have a lot of politically conservative Republican friends that I can say many nice things about. I discuss politics and current events with them on a regular basis (thus giving me the occasional opportunity to talk them down from the most egregious Fox News nonsense they have been repeating - like the neo-Black Panthers nonsense). ---
**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:** [October 2, 2010, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-say-a-nice-thing-about-a-republican/555692/30 "2010-10-02T17:23:28Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > > [@foolsguinea](#): > > > > Wow. I might vote her if she does things like that. I mean, I’m not in Cali., but that sort of thing I find endearing. > > Straight answers to a question? No double talk or evasion? Wow. > > I may have to vote for her. Hitler had straight answers too. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-say-a-nice-thing-about-a-republican/555692/31 "2010-10-02T18:43:53Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > > [@SteveG1](#): > > > > Straight answers to a question? No double talk or evasion? Wow. > > > > I may have to vote for her. > > Hitler had straight answers too. 😛 Yes, but Hitler actually voted prior to 1933 ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-say-a-nice-thing-about-a-republican/555692/32 "2010-10-02T19:51:22Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > > [@SteveG1](#): > > > > Straight answers to a question? No double talk or evasion? Wow. > > > > I may have to vote for her. > > Hitler had straight answers too. 😛 I’m having a little trouble imagining Carly Fiorina starting any world wars or exterminating anyone. ---
**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:** [October 2, 2010, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-say-a-nice-thing-about-a-republican/555692/33 "2010-10-02T20:18:15Z")
Think harder. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-say-a-nice-thing-about-a-republican/555692/34 "2010-10-02T20:26:51Z")
It’s really too bad that she beat Campbell in the primary. I think he’s the kind of conservative that many on this board could agree with at least part of the time. He always struck me as a classy, very intelligent guy. Carli…, well I can’t forgive her for what she did to HP. We Silicon Valley techie types don’t hold her in much regard. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-say-a-nice-thing-about-a-republican/555692/35 "2010-10-02T20:28:55Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > > [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > > > Hitler had straight answers too. 😛 > > I’m having a little trouble imagining Carly Fiorina starting any world wars or exterminating anyone. You have obviously never owned a recent HP printer. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-say-a-nice-thing-about-a-republican/555692/36 "2010-10-02T22:26:20Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > > [@SteveG1](#): > > > > I’m having a little trouble imagining Carly Fiorina starting any world wars or exterminating anyone. > > You have obviously never owned a recent HP printer. Don’t even get me started on that…! ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-say-a-nice-thing-about-a-republican/555692/37 "2010-10-02T23:55:08Z")
Can someone tell me about her? I feel like everyone is in on a joke except me. Tell me what she did or how bad she is, and I can always vote against her too. ---
**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:** [October 3, 2010, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-say-a-nice-thing-about-a-republican/555692/38 "2010-10-03T00:12:05Z")
Hitler with a vagina. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-say-a-nice-thing-about-a-republican/555692/39 "2010-10-03T00:17:01Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > Can someone tell me about her? I feel like everyone is in on a joke except me. Tell me what she did or how bad she is, and I can always vote against her too. Short version: She was CEO of Hewlett-Packard and had to step down after screwing things up. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-say-a-nice-thing-about-a-republican/555692/40 "2010-10-03T00:22:02Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > > [@SteveG1](#): > > > > I’m having a little trouble imagining Carly Fiorina starting any world wars or exterminating anyone. > > You have obviously never owned a recent HP printer. My first printer was an HP. When it finally zonked out, I started buying HPs as throwaway printers. Now, they aren’t even good enough for that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-say-a-nice-thing-about-a-republican/555692.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-say-a-nice-thing-about-a-republican/555692.md?page=3)