# 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:** 1117
**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:** [June 18, 2015, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22322 "2015-06-18T13:09:22Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Are we about set for the GOP? (listed without snarky bios - feel free to add) > Current Govs: > Walker > Kasich > Jindal > Christie > > Past Govs: > Perry > Huckabee > Pataki > Bush > > Current Senators: > Rubio > Cruz > Graham > Paul > > Past Senators: > Santorum > > No elected office: > Fiorina (though did run for senate) > Carson > Trump > > Any thoughts on assigning individual SDMB contributors a candidate and update their ideas and contributions along with past histories in this thread, Asshole of the day blog, politifact, etc… I see 16 names. That reads as single-elimination tournament to me. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22323 "2015-06-18T13:11:48Z")
> [@Bridget\_Burke](#): > > There are apparently unused storage facilities all over the state. _That’s_ what all those vacant Walmarts are being converted to! ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22324 "2015-06-18T16:32:20Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > But really, how much do you need in the way of custody services? I guess if you flipping your gold purchases and actually physically receiving and sending the bullion out frequently, there might be some value to a custodian who delivers overnight instead of next week. > > But that gold was purchased years ago - how much does it cost to have some guy wander by every so often and say “Yep, still there”? I have zero inside knowledge, but I was intentionally vague with the term, “better custody services”. There could be all sorts of related transactions to the gold in addition to simple receive and deliver, such as selling of options, use as margin, hedging against forex, etc. Just saying that UT investment advisers are not necessarily foolish to use HSBC instead of the FRB based on a higher level of fees. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22325 "2015-06-18T17:05:10Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Not sure what you mean by “set”. A bunch on your list haven’t declared their candidacy yet. I don’t think any of the current governors have, but I could be wrong. Heh. I thought Jindal announced, but nobody noticed, or cared. ---
**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:** [June 18, 2015, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22326 "2015-06-18T17:06:15Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Congressman Jody Hice: [There is no separation of Church and State.](http://www.rawstory.com/2015/06/rep-jody-hice-christians-were-tricked-into-false-belief-that-church-and-state-are-separate/) From Georgia, my home state. Why oh why do we keep electing idiots to office … oh, right. Our voters. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22327 "2015-06-18T17:23:41Z")
> [@Bridget\_Burke](#): > > privatization & outsourcing. There are apparently unused storage facilities all over the state. What could possibly go wrong? I want to see the edition of Storage Wars in a few years, when some bureaucrat forgets to send the check in on time. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22328 "2015-06-18T19:06:34Z")
“OK, what you got here is one hundred ten pounds of solid gold. Best I can do is $20.” ---
**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 18, 2015, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22329 "2015-06-18T19:20:50Z")
The Republicans are trying to spin the Charleston shooting as an attack on Christians, not on blacks. Lindsey Graham specifically said that on The View this morning, and now [Rick Santorum is saying it](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/santorum-charleston-religious-liberty-shooting). [And FOX News is saying it now, too.](http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/06/18/fox_and_friends_on_charleston_shooting_it_s_extraordinary_that_they_re_calling.html) I guess the fact that the shooter told the people in the church that he was killing them because they were trying to take over “our country” means that Christians were trying to take over our country, hm? smh ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22330 "2015-06-18T19:36:32Z")
and raping “our women.” Don’t forget about how he was saying Christians do that! ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22331 "2015-06-18T19:50:21Z")
[Fox. It only took a minute.](http://www.rawstory.com/2015/06/a-new-record-fox-takes-less-a-minute-to-slam-obama-remarks-on-church-shooting-for-making-guns-political/) Lordy. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22332 "2015-06-18T19:50:50Z")
> [@bup](#): > > and raping “our women.” > > Don’t forget about how he was saying Christians do that! That’ll last until they figure out that the shooter was Christian, too…then they’ll turn to blaming Al Sharpton, like they always do. ---
**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 18, 2015, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22333 "2015-06-18T20:24:06Z")
Now it’s Obama’s fault, because there weren’t enough guns to defend the Church. That’s the new Fox spin. ---
**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:** [June 18, 2015, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22334 "2015-06-18T20:36:49Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Now it’s Obama’s fault, because there weren’t enough guns to defend the Church. > > That’s the new Fox spin. When, oh when, will we legally require that our pastors and priests go about armed at all times and END this madness? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22335 "2015-06-18T20:38:49Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > When, oh when, will we legally require that our pastors and priests go about armed at all times and END this madness? Wouldn’t work anyway. The pastor was black. No guns for him! ---
**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 18, 2015, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22336 "2015-06-18T20:54:51Z")
So the only thing that can stop a bad guy with a gun is a God guy with a gun? ---
**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 18, 2015, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22337 "2015-06-18T21:05:40Z")
Re: The Charleston shooting-All flags are at half mast at the state capitol…[except the confederate flag.](http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20150618/PC16/150619374) ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22338 "2015-06-18T21:47:18Z")
Because, apparently, there’s a law that requires legislative approval to do so. For just that flag. Your choice what’s most idiotic here: the very presence of the flag, the law, the fact that no one in the state legislature realized the optics and failed to frantically assemble a quorum to vote the flag at half mast… ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22339 "2015-06-18T22:15:13Z")
Awwww, I can only pick just one? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22340 "2015-06-18T22:39:18Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > Because, apparently, there’s a law that requires legislative approval to do so. For just that flag. > > Your choice what’s most idiotic here: the very presence of the flag, the law, the fact that no one in the state legislature realized the optics and failed to frantically assemble a quorum to vote the flag at half mast… Or that there was not one person with the courage to defy that law and haul that flag down. Make them prosecute that law and defend it for months. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22341 "2015-06-18T22:46:18Z")
Indeed. The only way it could be dumber is if someone DID think of the optics, but genuinely thought the Stars and Bars had no racial significance, so dismissed it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1116) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1118)