# 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:** 1174
**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:** [August 5, 2015, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23462 "2015-08-05T19:09:36Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [For the second day in a row, _somebody_ has fired on US troops training with Jade Helm.](http://www.occupydemocrats.com/for-the-2nd-day-in-a-row-right-wing-terrorist-opens-fire-on-jade-helm-camp/) You mean they _still_ haven’t gotten to the “round them all up and put them in the FEMA Sharia gay marriage concentration camps” stage of the plan? Leave it to the Democrats to screw up yet another simple operation. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2015, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23463 "2015-08-05T19:42:08Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [For the second day in a row, _somebody_ has fired on US troops training with Jade Helm.](http://www.occupydemocrats.com/for-the-2nd-day-in-a-row-right-wing-terrorist-opens-fire-on-jade-helm-camp/) Well, in their defense, it wasn’t by wild-eyed Texans. The shooting was in Mississippi…:rolleyes: ---
**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:** [August 5, 2015, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23464 "2015-08-05T19:44:16Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > You mean they _still_ haven’t gotten to the “round them all up and put them in the FEMA Sharia gay marriage concentration camps” stage of the plan? > > Leave it to the Democrats to screw up yet another simple operation. Of course not. These brave patriots who fired on them are preventing that! ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2015, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23465 "2015-08-05T19:59:12Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [For the second day in a row, _somebody_ has fired on US troops training with Jade Helm.](http://www.occupydemocrats.com/for-the-2nd-day-in-a-row-right-wing-terrorist-opens-fire-on-jade-helm-camp/) This article confuses me. They call him a terrorist, but he’s white. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2015, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23466 "2015-08-05T20:10:49Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > Well, in their defense, it wasn’t by wild-eyed Texans. > > The shooting was in Mississippi…:rolleyes: While unlikely, it’s not impossible that a member of the Texas Citizen’s (sic) Militia has a car capable of getting all the way across Louisiana. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2015, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23467 "2015-08-05T20:13:45Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [For the second day in a row, _somebody_ has fired on US troops training with Jade Helm.](http://www.occupydemocrats.com/for-the-2nd-day-in-a-row-right-wing-terrorist-opens-fire-on-jade-helm-camp/) Ooh, could we just tell everyone that the troops taking part in Jade Helm are there to protect local military recruiters? Might convince two different groups of loonies to go home. ---
**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:** [August 5, 2015, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23468 "2015-08-05T20:20:53Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Ooh, could we just tell everyone that the troops taking part in Jade Helm are there to protect local military recruiters? Might convince two different groups of loonies to go home. I was wondering about this. I have the impression that there’s a large overlap between those who don’t want armed federal troops in their state and those who want armed federal troops protecting recruitment centers. ---
**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:** [August 5, 2015, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23469 "2015-08-05T20:56:06Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > I was wondering about this. I have the impression that there’s a large overlap between those who don’t want armed federal troops in their state and those who want armed federal troops protecting recruitment centers. (Tea Party protest sign) “Keep Your Government Hands Off My Armed Federal Troops!” ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2015, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23470 "2015-08-05T21:34:46Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > I was wondering about this. I have the impression that there’s a large overlap between those who don’t want armed federal troops in their state and those who want armed federal troops protecting recruitment centers. I’m sorry, were you looking for a logical argument from these people? ---
**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:** [August 6, 2015, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23471 "2015-08-06T00:16:46Z")
> [@Mr.Greenjeans](#): > > I’m sorry, were you looking for a logical argument from these people? It’s hard to accuse them of doublethink when it’s not clear they even singlethinked. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2015, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23472 "2015-08-06T01:29:45Z")
Dumb enough, playing Russian Roulette, but using an automatic? Republican. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2015, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23473 "2015-08-06T01:42:01Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Dumb enough, playing Russian Roulette, but using an automatic? Republican. That, good suh, is stealable. “Dumb enough to play Russian Roulette with an automatic.” ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2015, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23474 "2015-08-06T01:56:39Z")
Yes, it is, so I did. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2015, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23475 "2015-08-06T02:33:24Z")
More Jade Helm idiocy: [How federal agents foiled a murderous Jade Helm 15 retaliation plot](http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2015/08/05/how-federal-agents-foiled-a-murderous-jade-helm-15-retaliation-plot/) ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2015, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23476 "2015-08-06T02:44:35Z")
Meh. While there’s been some Republican idiocy over Jade Helm, and while I’m pretty sure these guys aren’t Democrats, I don’t see anything about party activity by these guys. I say we give the Republicans a pass on this incident barring these guys having some kind of Republican cred. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2015, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23477 "2015-08-06T05:28:14Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > More Jade Helm idiocy: > > [How federal agents foiled a murderous Jade Helm 15 retaliation plot](http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2015/08/05/how-federal-agents-foiled-a-murderous-jade-helm-15-retaliation-plot/) I like how the Campbell dude has an al Jazeera tat under the corner of his left eye. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2015, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23478 "2015-08-06T05:36:55Z")
Is that what that is? I thought it was intended as a prison tat-style teardrop, quite poorly executed. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2015, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23479 "2015-08-06T05:39:39Z")
> [@Punoqllads](#): > > Meh. While there’s been some Republican idiocy over Jade Helm, and while I’m pretty sure these guys aren’t Democrats, I don’t see anything about party activity by these guys. I say we give the Republicans a pass on this incident barring these guys having some kind of Republican cred. Point taken as far as the Three Stooges are concerned, but I do have to wonder if they would have hatched this cockamamie scheme if they hadn’t been subjected to 6+ years of “Obama isn’t one of us! He’s coming for your guns!” GOP drumbeating. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2015, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23480 "2015-08-06T05:43:53Z")
Republican politicians kind of endorsed the conspiracy theory, so I see why that’s getting mentioned here. That said, maybe it should go in Stupid Gun News of the Day? ---
**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:** [August 6, 2015, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23481 "2015-08-06T12:55:27Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > More Jade Helm idiocy: > > [How federal agents foiled a murderous Jade Helm 15 retaliation plot](http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2015/08/05/how-federal-agents-foiled-a-murderous-jade-helm-15-retaliation-plot/) What are people like this thinking? They can’t possibly believe that the three of them could hold off the US military, can they? Were they trying to be martyrs? Were they trying to make some kind of last gasp statement before martial law made any such statements moot? Were their brains being poisoned by too much tattoo ink? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1173) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1175)