# Stupid Republican idea of the day **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 26, 2009, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897 "2009-03-26T18:48:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1054
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2015, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21062 "2015-04-17T17:59:48Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [Rand Paul: America’s hungry seniors should turn to charity.](http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/06/22/987624/-Rand-Paul-America-s-hungry-seniors-should-turn-to-charity?detail=email) Bernie Sanders schools him. SRIotD - June 22, 2011 edition? ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2015, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21063 "2015-04-17T18:14:52Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Sure, they could have been joking - certainly they shouldn’t be taken seriously - but “woman orders lunch” is not something that normally requires extensive political analysis. Well, according to things I’ve been reading elsewhere on this board, Hillary ordering a burrito apparently can be interpreted as ‘demographic warfare’. ---
**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 17, 2015, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21064 "2015-04-17T18:31:48Z")
[The Republicans are arguing with each other over whether it’s appropriate to rise up in armed rebellion against the government.](http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/leading-republicans-differ-over-armed-insurrection) ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2015, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21065 "2015-04-17T19:16:34Z")
You’d think someone who expects to _win_ the election wouldn’t be encouraging armed rebellion… ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2015, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21066 "2015-04-17T19:19:45Z")
Miss Lindsey a moderate, who woulda thunk it? ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2015, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21067 "2015-04-17T19:47:58Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > You’d think someone who expects to _win_ the election wouldn’t be encouraging armed rebellion… These are the same people who, when Bush was in office, said that everyone who dared question the president was a traitor to America. I think you’re looking in the wrong place for consistency and logic. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2015, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21068 "2015-04-17T20:00:35Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Miss Lindsey a moderate, who woulda thunk it? I have to admit that “We tried that once in South Carolina…I wouldn’t go down that road again” is a clever use of understatement. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2015, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21069 "2015-04-17T20:53:29Z")
> [@hotflungwok](#): > > These are the same people who, when Bush was in office, said that everyone who dared question the president was a traitor to America. I think you’re looking in the wrong place for consistency and logic. They also promoted the principle of the “unitary executive,” where the President could use any of the administration’s departments to act unilaterally without need for Congressional approval. Of course, now that the shoe’s on the other foot, this is a dangerous breach of the constitution. Interesting bunch of psychopaths. Too bad they’re using their power to harm the nation. ---
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2015, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21070 "2015-04-17T20:57:30Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > I have to admit that “We tried that once in South Carolina…I wouldn’t go down that road again” is a clever use of understatement. As much as I dislike Lindsey Graham, this is a solid joke. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2015, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21071 "2015-04-17T21:32:26Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [Maggie Gallagher tells GOP hopefuls how to turn down a gay wedding invite.](http://www.salon.com/2015/04/17/bigots_demented_new_low_maggie_gallagher_tells_gop_hopefuls_how_to_turn_down_a_gay_wedding_invite/) > [@from the article](#): > > But while the courts and even the voters are rejecting Gallagher’s belief that gay marriage is wrong, “I have staked my life on this truth,” she declares, rather self-importantly. So, if SCOTUS finds in favor of a right to marriage, Maggie Gallagher will drop dead? I didn’t think I could get any more enthusiastic about marriage rights until I read that! ---
**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 17, 2015, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21072 "2015-04-17T21:37:59Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > So, if SCOTUS finds in favor of a right to marriage, Maggie Gallagher will drop dead? > > I didn’t think I could get any more enthusiastic about marriage rights until I read that! Where did you learn to be such a horrible, vicious, and mean-spirited person? And can I send all my friends there to learn how? ---
**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 17, 2015, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21073 "2015-04-17T21:50:48Z")
Donald Trump: “[If Hillary can’t satisfy her husband, what makes her think she can satisfy America](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/donald-trump-hillary-cant-satisfy-america)?” ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2015, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21074 "2015-04-17T21:56:28Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Donald Trump: “[If Hillary can’t satisfy her husband, what makes her think she can satisfy America](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/donald-trump-hillary-cant-satisfy-america)?” So, he’s basically admitting that a Trump presidency would fuck us 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:** [April 17, 2015, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21075 "2015-04-17T21:57:09Z")
Mike Huckabee: “[If you’re a Christian, don’t join the military till Obama is out of office, because he’s fostering a hostile work environment for Christians in the military](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/huckabee-wait-join-military-until-obamas-out-office).” BTW, the Huckster will be announcing his candidacy for President this evening (on Fox “news”, of course). ---
**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 18, 2015, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21076 "2015-04-18T02:52:20Z")
[Fox “news” commentator is worried that Obama is going to start paying slave reparations next year.](http://aattp.org/fox-host-is-worried-that-obama-will-implement-slave-reparations-as-early-as-next-year-video/) ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2015, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21077 "2015-04-18T05:34:10Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Donald Trump: “[If Hillary can’t satisfy her husband, what makes her think she can satisfy America](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/donald-trump-hillary-cant-satisfy-america)?” Wait … what? If Hillary is elected we have to have sex with her? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2015, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21078 "2015-04-18T05:35:32Z")
No. With Donald Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2015, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21079 "2015-04-18T05:37:07Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > No. With Donald Trump. I have never felt better about my decision to go Green! ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2015, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21080 "2015-04-18T05:38:30Z")
Just look away from the hair, lest you think you are doing it with Randy Paul. ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2015, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21081 "2015-04-18T06:38:01Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Just look away from the hair, lest you think you are doing it with Randy Paul. That would be just as easy as not slowing down to gawk at the horrific traffic accident over on the shoulder… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1053) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1055)