# 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:** 1114
**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:** [June 16, 2015, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22262 "2015-06-16T17:59:12Z")
No, somehow “_You’re Fucked!_” seems more appropriate. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22263 "2015-06-16T18:02:04Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > I don’t know, there’s not much fun to be had there. The only proper response to his statements re:Mexico is yelling “fuck youuuuu” right in his ears at the top of your lungs. With a megaphone. For 16 hours. No, you mean, _“Chingateeeeee!”_ ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22264 "2015-06-16T18:03:45Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > Just for shits and giggles, Stewart should retire and run for president. A write -in campaign for him, _without his active participation_, could probably garner more votes than Trump. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22265 "2015-06-16T18:40:26Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > No, you mean, _“Chingateeeeee!”_ Y tu mama tambien. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22266 "2015-06-16T18:56:12Z")
I didn’t realize Trump had a new TV show he needed free advertising for. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22267 "2015-06-16T20:04:26Z")
Not sure where this quote came from, but… “Today, Donald Trump—an ambitious corn dog that escaped from the concession stand at a rural Alabama fairground, stole an unattended wig, hopped a freight train to Atlantic City and never looked back—entered the race for president, running as a Republican.” ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22268 "2015-06-16T20:11:33Z")
The Democrats welcomed the Donald to the race From [here.](http://finance.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-enters-presidential-race-152752111.html) > [@](#): > > Before Trump had left the stage, the Democratic Party had pounced with a tongue-in-cheek statement. > > “Today, Donald Trump became the second major Republican candidate to announce for president in two days,” DNC press secretary Holly Shulman said, referring to former Florida Governor Jeb Bush’s announcement Monday. “He adds some much-needed seriousness that had previously been lacking from the GOP field, and we look forward hearing more about his ideas for the nation.” ---
**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:** [June 16, 2015, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22269 "2015-06-16T21:24:52Z")
[Iowa Republican legislator wants organizers of an anti-gay bullying advocacy group thrown into jail.](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/06/16/iowa-gop-wants-to-put-people-in-jail-over-lgbt-youth-summit/) ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22270 "2015-06-16T21:53:50Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Iowa Republican legislator wants organizers of an anti-gay bullying advocacy group thrown into jail.](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/06/16/iowa-gop-wants-to-put-people-in-jail-over-lgbt-youth-summit/) I guess he figures the charge will be "Not hating gays enough " ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22271 "2015-06-16T22:11:52Z")
When an NPR story led with “Donald Trump, real-estate mogul and reality-show host”, I admit that for a few seconds I wanted the end of that sentence to contain the phrase “died today”. I don’t have anything specific against Trump, I just don’t see why he otherwise deserves national coverage. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22272 "2015-06-16T22:35:27Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > I guess he figures the charge will be "Not hating gays enough " Anti-gay bullying advocacy does sound like a group that bullies because they are against gays. Doesn’t it? ---
**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:** [June 16, 2015, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22273 "2015-06-16T22:56:57Z")
The latest Benghazi fiasco passing itself off as an investigation was holding closed door hearings with former Clinton aide Sidney Blumenthal, when Darrell Issa decided that he would just wander in and listen, even though he isn’t on this current committee. So [Trey Gowdy escorted him back out the door](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/darrell-issa-escorted-out-benghazi-hearing). After all, this one is his clown show. Here’s a video of the hallway confrontation between the two: > **[Here’s a Vine of Rep. Darrell Issa getting thrown out of a committee hearing](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/06/16/heres-a-vine-of-rep-darrell-issa-getting-thrown-out-of-a-committee-hearing/)** > > Hey, it happens to the best of us. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22274 "2015-06-17T00:18:44Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > When an NPR story led with “Donald Trump, real-estate mogul and reality-show host”, I admit that for a few seconds I wanted the end of that sentence to contain the phrase “died today”. > > I don’t have anything specific against Trump, I just don’t see why he otherwise deserves national coverage. Trump was on Sean Hannity’s radio show today. It was, as you might expect, dumb. Trump argued that he could have cemented a deal with Iran in one day. A week at most. ---
**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:** [June 17, 2015, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22275 "2015-06-17T00:27:00Z")
[Governor Abbot consults with his (apparent) political advisor](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/with-eye-on-fiscal-armageddon-texas-set-to-repatriate-its-gold-to-new-texas-fort-know) Glenn Beck, _“The Texas Bullion Depository,” (Governor Greg) Abbott said in a statement, “will become the first state-level facility of its kind in the nation, increasing the security and stability of our gold reserves and keeping taxpayer funds from leaving Texas to pay for fees to store gold in facilities outside our state.” Soon, Abbott’s office said, the state “will repatriate $1 billion of gold bullion from the Federal Reserve in New York to Texas.”_ Curse those Yankee carpetbaggers, at long last. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22276 "2015-06-17T01:19:11Z")
A billion? A measly BILLION? They expect to successfully secede with only a lousy billion in gold? Then the Federal Reserve dumps a couple bill on the market just to devalue Texas’ gold? Gold that the Feds are holding onto for no good reason other than to do this? Well, other than to fuck with Putin. Some Texans are really not thinking. Not that it’s a surprise. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22277 "2015-06-17T01:22:46Z")
Republicans [decide to increase the number of abortions](http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2015/06/16/house_republicans_and_title_x_they_want_to_zero_out_federal_funding_for.html) by zeroing out all family planning funding. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22278 "2015-06-17T02:14:30Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > [Governor Abbot consults with his (apparent) political advisor](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/with-eye-on-fiscal-armageddon-texas-set-to-repatriate-its-gold-to-new-texas-fort-know) Glenn Beck, > _“The Texas Bullion Depository,” (Governor Greg) Abbott said in a statement, “will become the first state-level facility of its kind in the nation, increasing the security and stability of our gold reserves and keeping taxpayer funds from leaving Texas to pay for fees to store gold in facilities outside our state.” Soon, Abbott’s office said, the state “will repatriate $1 billion of gold bullion from the Federal Reserve in New York to Texas.”_ > > Curse those Yankee carpetbaggers, at long last. “One Billion dollars in gold bullion!” pronounced Auric Goldfinger, gesticulating with his pool cue. “The entire gold supply of the State of Texas!” “You’ah gonna knock off the Texas Bullion Depositorah?” said the Southern gangster in mingled amusement and admiration. “Man has climbed Mount Everest. He has land on the Moon and on comets. He has achieved wonders in every field of human endeavor…EXCEPT CRIME!” ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22279 "2015-06-17T02:43:21Z")
I forget who said it, I think it was Carlin - “Stockpiling gold boils down to digging a big hole in the ground, taking out the gold that was in it ; then put it in an_other_ hole in the ground and never do anything with it. Just build the bank on top of the first hole and call it a day, assholes !” ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22280 "2015-06-17T03:06:38Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > [Governor Abbot consults with his (apparent) political advisor](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/with-eye-on-fiscal-armageddon-texas-set-to-repatriate-its-gold-to-new-texas-fort-know) Glenn Beck, > _“The Texas Bullion Depository,” (Governor Greg) Abbott said in a statement, “will become the first state-level facility of its kind in the nation, increasing the security and stability of our gold reserves and keeping taxpayer funds from leaving Texas to pay for fees to store gold in facilities outside our state.” **Soon, Abbott’s office said, the state “will repatriate $1 billion of gold bullion from the Federal Reserve in New York to Texas.** ”_ > > Curse those Yankee carpetbaggers, at long last. (Bolding added.) From [Merriam-Webster](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/repatriate)’s definition of “repatriate”:[ul] [li]to return (someone) to his or her own country[/li][li]business : to send (money) back to your own country[/li][li]transitive verb : to restore or return to the country of origin, allegiance, or citizenship[/li][/ul] Going somewhere, Governor? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22281 "2015-06-17T03:06:54Z")
So, numb nuts has decided to run. What can this rat-headed walking bag of feces hope to get out of it? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1113) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1115)