# NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 22, 2020, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140 "2020-06-22T07:01:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 74
**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:** [October 26, 2020, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1466 "2020-10-26T20:25:01Z")
Congressional candidate says there’s no racism because there are “orientals”, Polynesians, Hispanics, and African Americans in the military. > **[Maine Congressional candidate cites 'orientals' in military as evidence...](https://mainebeacon.com/maine-congressional-candidate-cites-orientals-in-military-as-evidence-against-systemic-racism/)** > > Jay Allen, a Republican challenging Rep. Chellie Pingree in the First Congressional District, used racial pejoratives and stereotypes in an attempted refutation of the idea that systemic racism exists in the U.S. during a Tuesday night debate hosted... ---
**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:** [October 26, 2020, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1467 "2020-10-26T20:27:58Z")
Right wing activist admits she organized an attempt to kidnap the Governor of Ohio, try him, and either execute or exile him, and then she would take his place as Governor. > **[Renea Turner Allegedly Plotted to Arrest Mike DeWine | Law & Crime](https://lawandcrime.com/crazy/activist-who-calls-herself-trump-in-a-dress-allegedly-recruited-posse-to-arrest-ohio-governor-sentence-him-to-exile-or-execution/)** > > A former write-in GOP gubernatorial candidate with ties to the Ohio Republican party allegedly attempted to raise a “posse” to kidnap Gov. Mike DeWine (R), try him over his decision to implement pandemic-related health restrictions, and sentence him... ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1468 "2020-10-26T20:38:05Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Right winger Lauren Chen, who opposes Medicare for all, has started a GoFundMe to pay for her father’s cancer. > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Congressional candidate says there’s no racism because there are “orientals”, Polynesians, Hispanics, and African Americans in the military. > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Right wing activist admits she organized an attempt to kidnap the Governor of Ohio, try him, and either execute or exile him, and then she would take his place as Governor. Mercy! Have mercy! I can’t stand it anymore! AAAAGGGGHHH! _\_ [[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/HE68MhD.jpeg?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/u7VetbY) ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1469 "2020-10-26T21:23:34Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Right winger Lauren Chen, who opposes Medicare for all, has started a GoFundMe to pay for her father’s cancer. > [https://www.neogaf.com/threads/youtube-political-commentator-lauren-chen-started-a-gofundme-for-her-father-who-is-suffering-from-cancer.1570689/](https://www.neogaf.com/threads/youtube-political-commentator-lauren-chen-started-a-gofundme-for-her-father-who-is-suffering-from-cancer.1570689/) I’m not seeing the hypocrisy or irony here, since the implication seems to be that her dad can get some sort of (very expensive) treatment here that he can’t get in single-payer Canada. And he wouldn’t be covered by a U.S. MFA plan anyway, since he’s Canadian. But are there such treatments that are unobtainable because of the Canadian system? Or is this just another plea to pay for an ultra-long-shot treatment that wouldn’t be covered by any health plan, anywhere? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1470 "2020-10-26T21:41:24Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Congressional candidate says there’s no racism because there are “orientals”, Polynesians, Hispanics, and African Americans in the military. Remember James Watt, Secretary of the Interior under Reagan? In pursuit of a similar point, he famously described a coal leasing panel thusly: > [@James Watt](#): > > I have a black, a woman, two Jews and a cripple. And we have talent. It did not go over well. He resigned three weeks later. But I’m sure Mr. Allen will be _just fine_. > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Right wing activist admits she organized an attempt to kidnap the Governor of Ohio, try him, and either execute or exile him, and then she would take his place as Governor. It’s like she’s trying to apply the “[The King of Comedy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_of_Comedy_(film))” model to politics. THAT’S NOT HOW IT WORKS, LADY. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1471 "2020-10-26T23:47:35Z")
Not exactly stupid, but… [https://www.axios.com/mike-pence-coronavirus-senate-democrats-amy-coney-barrett-3bae327d-33cb-4ad3-b5c0-575220459c6e.html](https://www.axios.com/mike-pence-coronavirus-senate-democrats-amy-coney-barrett-3bae327d-33cb-4ad3-b5c0-575220459c6e.html) > Vice President Mike Pence no longer plans to attend the Senate’s final confirmation vote for Judge Amy Coney Barrett, a Pence aide confirmed to [CNN](https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/1320756071129120768) and [Politico](https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/26/pence-amy-coney-barrett-confirmation-vote-432498) on Monday. On Sunday, Senate Democrats claimed that **his presence after possible exposure to the coronavirus would be a “violation of common decency.”** > … My bold. BWA-HAHAHAHAHA! “Violation of common decency”?? 🤣 🤣 🤣 Oh wait… that wasn’t supposed to be hilarious irony? C’mon, sure it was. HAD to be… ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2020, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1472 "2020-10-27T03:09:55Z")
> [@Akaj](#): > > I’m not seeing the hypocrisy or irony here, since the implication seems to be that her dad can get some sort of (very expensive) treatment here that he can’t get in single-payer Canada. And he wouldn’t be covered by a U.S. MFA plan anyway, since he’s Canadian. > > But are there such treatments that are unobtainable because of the Canadian system? Or is this just another plea to pay for an ultra-long-shot treatment that wouldn’t be covered by any health plan, anywhere? No. Everything that is available in the US in terms of healthcare is available in Canada. It’s not the Canadian system that is at fault, unless she wants treatment for her father _immediately_, instead of, say, next week. “Wait times in the Canadian system where you could die waiting for care” is a favourite target of American commentators who are opposed to single-payer healthcare. But here in Canada, if you need care _immediately_, you’ll get it _immediately_. However, under no circumstances can you buy your way to the head of the line for things that _do not_ need immediate care. You may have to get in line, and wait a bit until it’s your turn. My guess is that her father’s Canadian physicians said that while he needed care, it wasn’t urgent at this point in time, and he could be looked after within X months. But she wanted him looked after _now_. So, as a right-winger who obviously hates single-payer healthcare, she’s running a GoFundMe to buy her father’s way to the head of the line in the US (which she could not do in Canada), while taking the opportunity to disparage Canadian healthcare. ---
**Author:** ![slumtrimpet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@slumtrimpet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slumtrimpet)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2020, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1473 "2020-10-27T12:33:09Z")
Yup. That sounds exactly right. As a ‘don’t need it right this damn minute’ person who’s been bumped for someone who does, that’s exactly how Canadian health care works. I’ve been in both systems and, boy howdy, I’m so much better off in Canada. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2020, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1474 "2020-10-27T13:11:26Z")
Yeah, Republicans in Ohio really hated DeWine. Personally, I think he did the best out of all Republican governors, and better than a number of Democratic, in response to Covid. Which is why Republicans hate him, they have taken the side of the virus against that of humans. ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2020, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1475 "2020-10-27T13:35:35Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > My guess is that her father’s Canadian physicians said that while he needed care, it wasn’t urgent at this point in time, and he could be looked after within X months. But she wanted him looked after _now_. So, as a right-winger who obviously hates single-payer healthcare, she’s running a GoFundMe to buy her father’s way to the head of the line in the US (which she could not do in Canada), while taking the opportunity to disparage Canadian healthcare. Thanks for the perspective. Glad I can now confidently condemn Chen as a typical Republican slimeball. ---
**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:** [October 27, 2020, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1476 "2020-10-27T18:17:21Z")
Lesley Stahl has had to get security after death threats related to her Individual 1 interview. > **[Lesley Stahl gets security protection after death threat over Trump ‘60...](https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-lesley-stahl-trump-60-minutes-death-threat-20201027-njzpths36fg4ze2elzhhwygmsi-story.html)** > > CBS has reportedly hired full-time security for “60 Minutes” correspondent Lesley Stahl after a family member received a death threat over her interview with President Trump. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2020, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1477 "2020-10-27T18:27:18Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > Which is why Republicans hate him, **they have taken the side of the virus** against that of humans. - Birds of a feather… ---
**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:** [October 27, 2020, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1478 "2020-10-27T18:50:47Z")
Matt Gaetz posted a photo of him with his head against Kimberley Guilfoyle’s bosom. He apparently thinks it makes him look straight. I wonder what Donnie Junior thinks of it. [https://twitter.com/mattgaetz/status/1319414986196897792](https://twitter.com/mattgaetz/status/1319414986196897792)? ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2020, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1479 "2020-10-27T19:54:51Z")
> [@slumtrimpet](#): > > Yup. That sounds exactly right. > As a ‘don’t need it right this damn minute’ person who’s been bumped for someone who does, that’s exactly how Canadian health care works. > I’ve been in both systems and, boy howdy, I’m so much better off in Canada. And of course, this way he probably gets the best of both worlds. Bumped to the head of the line in the US because he’ll have the money to pay for it, but also getting longer-term follow-up care in Canada, and not racking up thousands in debt for such care. ---
**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:** [October 27, 2020, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1480 "2020-10-27T21:07:52Z")
Conservative group is sending texts to PA voters claiming Biden supports sexual reassignment surgery for children as young as eight. When called on it, their spokesperson said, “Well, he never denied it.” > **[Conservative group texts Pa. voters false claim that Biden backs sex...](https://www.inquirer.com/politics/clout/republican-super-pac-false-pennsylvania-text-messages-biden-20201027.html)** > > A conservative Super PAC says it is sending 1 million Pennsylvania voters text messages, claiming Joe Biden endorsed sex reassignment surgery for children. Biden never said that. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2020, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1481 "2020-10-27T23:19:51Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > When called on it, their spokesperson said, “Well, he never denied it.” And the bagpipe didn’t say no. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1482 "2020-10-28T00:05:21Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Conservative group is sending texts to PA voters claiming Biden supports sexual reassignment surgery for children as young as eight. When called on it, their spokesperson said, “Well, he never denied it.” > [Conservative group texts Pa. voters false claim that Biden backs sex reassignment surgery for kids](https://www.inquirer.com/politics/clout/republican-super-pac-false-pennsylvania-text-messages-biden-20201027.html) Well, doesn’t that just open up a whole new world of attack ads! Trump never DENIED that he enjoys finishing up a golf game with a dump taken right over the last hole… Trump never DENIED that he has litters of newborn puppies brought to the Oval Office each Thursday so he can beat them to death with his tiny fists, a practice he calls “Thumpin’ Thursdays”… Trump never DENIED that he had Rudy Giuliani, with his Russian connections, find him a portfolio of nude photos of Putin, that Trump makes use of (along with a box of tissues) for “private time” whenever he feels lonely… These are all fair game…right??? ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1483 "2020-10-28T00:27:44Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Trump never DENIED that he had Rudy Giuliani, with his Russian connections, find him a portfolio of nude photos of Putin, that Trump makes use of (along with a box of tissues) for “private time” whenever he feels lonely… Conservatives (who used to be all so anti-everything-Russian) do seem to have this crush on Vlad, don’t they. (Not sure how to clean up this link so it shows. It’s a cartoon of prominent conservatives admiring Putin.) [![](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/b83ed12/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2048x1152+0+0/resize/840x473!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F1d%2Fde%2Fd533d20ec0d8a7531b3eca9539e9%2Fla-xpm-photo-2014-mar-07-la-na-tt-conservatives-admiration-for-putin-20140306) ](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/b83ed12/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2048x1152+0+0/resize/840x473!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F1d%2Fde%2Fd533d20ec0d8a7531b3eca9539e9%2Fla-xpm-photo-2014-mar-07-la-na-tt-conservatives-admiration-for-putin-20140306) ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1484 "2020-10-28T00:30:20Z")
N/A… fuckcompletesentences ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1485 "2020-10-28T00:32:27Z")
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