# 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:** 1168
**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:** [July 29, 2015, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23342 "2015-07-29T05:00:29Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > And this just in, Donald says he’d name Sara Palin to his cabinet. > > [Donald Trump Would Love ‘Special Person’ Sarah Palin in His Cabinet](https://www.yahoo.com/celebrity/news/donald-trump-love-special-person-sarah-palin-cabinet-223937215.html) > > Sometimes the jokes just write themselves. In fairness, Palin does bring a level of intelligence, experience, and reliability that the potential Trump administration is currently lacking. But then, so does an incontinent chihuahua. ---
**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:** [July 29, 2015, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23343 "2015-07-29T05:02:34Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > In fairness, Palin does bring a level of intelligence, experience, and reliability that the potential Trump administration is currently lacking. > > But then, so does an incontinent chihuahua. Mexican dogs love Trump! ---
**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:** [July 29, 2015, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23344 "2015-07-29T12:28:06Z")
If any president ever needed a Department of Idiocracy, it’s Trump. And Palin would be a great Secretary – until she quit. ---
**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:** [July 29, 2015, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23345 "2015-07-29T14:43:51Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > I would be very pleased to see a Trump/Palin Republican ticket next year, to the point that I would contribute to their campaigns prior to the convention. She is a very beautiful, very classy broad. ---
**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23346 "2015-07-29T15:18:37Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > She is a very beautiful, very classy broad. Yuge following! YUUUUGE! ---
**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:** [July 29, 2015, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23347 "2015-07-29T20:35:07Z")
[Drudge Report calls Pope Francis the Antichrist.](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/drudge-report-pope-francis-antichrist) ---
**Author:** ![xenophon41](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xenophon41/32/253_2.png) [@xenophon41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenophon41)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23348 "2015-07-29T21:07:22Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Drudge Report calls Pope Francis the Antichrist.](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/drudge-report-pope-francis-antichrist) Well, not really. Drudge is just _asking questions_. ---
**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:** [July 30, 2015, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23349 "2015-07-30T02:58:21Z")
A bunch of conservatives are using #cuckservative as an insult to other conservatives, causing yet a third group of conservatives to identify it as a banner for white supremacists. So, it’s a SRIOTD identified by Republicans, which makes the latter a NSSRIOTD. I’ll just link [here](http://hotair.com/archives/2015/07/26/dont-believe-the-cuckservative-lie/) and you can follow it down the rabbit hole like I did if you like. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23350 "2015-07-30T03:23:04Z")
Is the whole ‘cuck’ thing one of those stupid Gamergater things? ---
**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:** [July 30, 2015, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23351 "2015-07-30T03:36:28Z")
> [@Mr.Miskatonic](#): > > Is the whole ‘cuck’ thing one of those stupid Gamergater things? Not sure, but boy howdy some of it is really racist. I’m not going to link to this, because frankly I don’t wanna, but here’s a sampling from a “You might be a cuckservative”: > [@](#): > > Do you loudly crow about how morally reprehensible it is for anyone to say that Dylann Roof expressed legitimate grievances in his manifesto, but see black men raping white women and murdering whites by the thousands as just sociological effects, about which we should only whisper? > > Do you think those who advocate for white interests are a bigger threat to the Republican party image and electoral chances than politicians like Rand Paul and Jeb Bush, who abandon whites and pander to minorities in vain trying to get them to vote GOP? > > Do you join Democrats in calling for even more measures to guarantee equal pay for women and men in similar jobs, regardless of employers’ prerogatives or natural circumstances? > > Do you think the achievement gaps between races are attributable to failures of our socioeconomic systems and government, not innate differences among races? ETA: I forgot my favorite: > [@](#): > > You like to brag, “Democrats are responsible for Jim Crow, Segregation, and the KKK”! ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23352 "2015-07-30T03:40:19Z")
> [@xenophon41](#): > > Well, not really. Drudge is just _asking questions_. It would be irresponsible not to speculate. God, I love saying that. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23353 "2015-07-30T04:46:17Z")
Some of these are old, and some are more recent. > [@](#): > > The Collected Quotes of Donald Trump on “the Blacks” [http://gawker.com/the-collected-quotes-of-donald-trump-on-the-blacks-1719961925](http://gawker.com/the-collected-quotes-of-donald-trump-on-the-blacks-1719961925) A few samples > [@](#): > > “A well-educated black has a tremendous advantage over a well-educated white in terms of the job market. I think sometimes a black may think they don’t have an advantage or this and that… I’ve said on one occasion, even about myself, if I were starting off today, I would love to be a well-educated black, because I believe they do have an actual advantage.’’ > … > “Black guys counting my money! I hate it. The only kind of people I want counting my money are short guys that wear yarmulkes every day.” ---
**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:** [July 30, 2015, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23354 "2015-07-30T05:01:17Z")
> [@Mr.Miskatonic](#): > > Is the whole ‘cuck’ thing one of those stupid Gamergater things? I dunno, up to right now I’d only associated it with a weird kind of niche porn. white guy watches while black guy(s) rail his “wife”, who typically extols the virtue of having a Real Man for once ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23355 "2015-07-30T05:23:33Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Drudge Report calls Pope Francis the Antichrist.](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/drudge-report-pope-francis-antichrist) Wow. Read the link to find out what we know about demons. ---
**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:** [July 30, 2015, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23356 "2015-07-30T05:25:32Z")
[Ted Nugent doesn’t buy the Clyde the Lion story.](http://uproxx.com/webculture/2015/07/ted-nugent-cecil-the-lion-thoughts/) ---
**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:** [July 30, 2015, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23357 "2015-07-30T07:00:16Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Ted Nugent doesn’t buy the Clyde the Lion story.](http://uproxx.com/webculture/2015/07/ted-nugent-cecil-the-lion-thoughts/) Is he talking about _this_ Clyde the Lion? > [@](#): > > The Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey circus is facing a federal investigation amid allegations that it allowed a young lion to die in a sweltering animal train crossing the Mojave Desert and then tried to keep key information from the government. > > Soon after the investigation was launched, a recently fired Ringling Brothers lion handler delivered an affidavit to Agriculture Department officials contending that the lion died because the boxcar it was riding in was extremely hot and the animal needed water. > > This 2-year-old lion, named Clyde, was riding in a circus train boxcar crossing the Mojave Desert when it was found dead. He said circus officials would not stop the train to cool the animal off despite reports by him and another handler that the 2-year-old lion, named Clyde, and other animals were suffering from intense heat. [USDA Investigates Death of Circus Lion](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48042-2004Aug7.html) ---
**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:** [July 30, 2015, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23358 "2015-07-30T07:13:38Z")
Ugh. Cecil the Lion. smdh ---
**Author:** ![user\_hostile](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/user_hostile/32/474_2.png) [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23359 "2015-07-30T17:35:19Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Ted Nugent doesn’t buy the Clyde the Lion story.](http://uproxx.com/webculture/2015/07/ted-nugent-cecil-the-lion-thoughts/) When a convicted poacher is taking your side, you’re screwed. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23360 "2015-07-30T18:44:48Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Not sure, but boy howdy some of it is really racist. I’m not going to link to this, because frankly I don’t wanna, but here’s a sampling from a “You might be a cuckservative”: > > > [@](#): > > > > Do you loudly crow about how morally reprehensible it is for anyone to say that Dylann Roof expressed legitimate grievances in his manifesto, but see black men raping white women and murdering whites by the thousands as just sociological effects, about which we should only whisper? > > > > Do you think those who advocate for white interests are a bigger threat to the Republican party image and electoral chances than politicians like Rand Paul and Jeb Bush, who abandon whites and pander to minorities in vain trying to get them to vote GOP? > > > > Do you join Democrats in calling for even more measures to guarantee equal pay for women and men in similar jobs, regardless of employers’ prerogatives or natural circumstances? > > > > Do you think the achievement gaps between races are attributable to failures of our socioeconomic systems and government, not innate differences among races? Jeff Foxworthy’s edgier than I remember. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23361 "2015-07-30T20:21:39Z")
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