# 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:** 1188
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23742 "2015-08-21T06:08:28Z")
> [@Yumblie](#): > > “Most reasonable guy” is a relative term, of course, but it’s nice to have reminders like this so I don’t go getting the crazy idea that any of these guys as president wouldn’t be a total disaster. He may be the least insane at the asylum, but he’s still in the asylum. This is why Trump is the best choice among the Republiopathic clowns. At least with Trump other countries could be reassured (“Don’t worry, his hotline to NORAD has been rewired to go to a Hollywood studio where young actors do impressions of Buck Turgidson and Jack Ripper.”) But a Walker, Cruz or ¡Jeb! might be taken seriously. There’s a fairly strong consensus that GWB was the worst President ever. If the GOP wins in 2016, GWB is likely to lose that distinction. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23743 "2015-08-21T16:55:57Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > How does this even come up at a school board meeting? Ours are all about repaving parking lots. 😕 How do you think the parking lots get so damaged to need repaving in the first place? 😃 ---
**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:** [August 21, 2015, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23744 "2015-08-21T17:00:34Z")
♪ Why don’t we do it in the road.♫ ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23745 "2015-08-21T23:23:38Z")
Stay classy, Republicans: [Ted Cruz Criticizes Carter Day After Wrenching Talk on Cancer](http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-08-21/ted-cruz-slams-jimmy-carter-day-after-wrenching-talk-on-cancer) ---
**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 22, 2015, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23746 "2015-08-22T00:00:08Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Stay classy, Republicans: > > [Ted Cruz Criticizes Carter Day After Wrenching Talk on Cancer](http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-08-21/ted-cruz-slams-jimmy-carter-day-after-wrenching-talk-on-cancer) [Not to mention that he showed up today on the radio broadcast of the guy who said that undocumented workers should be enslaved.](https://www.rawstory.com/2015/08/ted-cruz-tells-pro-slavery-radio-host-that-saying-anchor-baby-is-speaking-truth-to-power/) ---
**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 22, 2015, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23747 "2015-08-22T03:58:13Z")
It looks to me like “The Donald” may not quite be right. More like “Don Trumpi”, [who said](http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/08/20/1413921/-Trump-Attacks-Pope-Francis-Over-Anti-Capitalsim-say-He-Will-Scare-Pope-with-ISIS?detail=email): _“**I’d say, [to the Pope] ‘ISIS wants to get you**,'” Trump told (CNN’s Chris) Cuomo. “You know that ISIS wants to go in and take over the Vatican? You have heard that. You know, that’s a dream of theirs, to go into Italy.”_ Because, those Italians, all they understand is – oh, wait, the pope is not Italian. _Nevermind_. ---
**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 22, 2015, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23748 "2015-08-22T05:38:33Z")
> [@](#): > > Jeb Bush Super PAC Sends Mailer To 86,000 Iowans With Jeb’s Head On A Black Body [http://thinkprogress.org/election/2015/08/21/3694173/jeb-bush-super-pac-sends-mailer-to-86000-iowans-with-jebs-head-photoshopped-onto-a-black-body/](http://thinkprogress.org/election/2015/08/21/3694173/jeb-bush-super-pac-sends-mailer-to-86000-iowans-with-jebs-head-photoshopped-onto-a-black-body/) > [@](#): > > Yesterday, Right To Rise announced they were sending a mailer to 86,000 Iowa households touting Bush’s candidacy. > … > A closer examination, however, shows that the flier features Jeb’s head on a black man’s body. In the flier, one of Jeb’s hands appears to belong to a black man. (Picture at link.) I guess his real body was too scrawny. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2015, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23749 "2015-08-22T12:29:19Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > [http://thinkprogress.org/election/2015/08/21/3694173/jeb-bush-super-pac-sends-mailer-to-86000-iowans-with-jebs-head-photoshopped-onto-a-black-body/](http://thinkprogress.org/election/2015/08/21/3694173/jeb-bush-super-pac-sends-mailer-to-86000-iowans-with-jebs-head-photoshopped-onto-a-black-body/) > (Picture at link.) > > I guess his real body was too scrawny. I don’t believe his team was that incompetent. The hand was photoshopped in. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2015, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23750 "2015-08-22T12:42:00Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > [http://thinkprogress.org/election/2015/08/21/3694173/jeb-bush-super-pac-sends-mailer-to-86000-iowans-with-jebs-head-photoshopped-onto-a-black-body/](http://thinkprogress.org/election/2015/08/21/3694173/jeb-bush-super-pac-sends-mailer-to-86000-iowans-with-jebs-head-photoshopped-onto-a-black-body/) > (Picture at link.) > > I guess his real body was too scrawny. In a season full of bizarre moments, this might the most bizarre yet. What a strange thing to get busted for. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2015, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23751 "2015-08-22T13:05:01Z")
> [@Zakalwe](#): > > In a season full of bizarre moments, this might the most bizarre yet. What a strange thing to get busted for. Caught red-handed. Sort of. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2015, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23752 "2015-08-22T14:52:42Z")
Black hands matter. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2015, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23753 "2015-08-22T15:11:25Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > Black hands matter. I laughed. That picture is so hilarious. It’s made my day. ---
**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:** [August 22, 2015, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23754 "2015-08-22T15:58:26Z")
First rule of politics: Never let your left hand know what your right hand is doing. ---
**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:** [August 22, 2015, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23755 "2015-08-22T16:01:25Z")
I was concerned that a Jeb Bush presidency would draw us into a other war. [I just didn’t expect it to be World War I.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Hand_(Serbia)) ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2015, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23756 "2015-08-22T17:33:36Z")
I don’t think it’s a black man’s body. But it is bad photoshop. I could imagine a bad graphic designer artificially darkening that hand so the white of the letter “J” wouldn’t blend in with his pasty white skin. Better to outline the lettering in black, though. Stroke, don’t burn! ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2015, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23757 "2015-08-22T17:53:41Z")
A partial case of Van Dyke syndrome. (For those unaware, Google Dick Van Dyke black hands.) ---
**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 22, 2015, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23758 "2015-08-22T18:52:24Z")
I thought at first this was an optical illusion and his hand was just in shadow. But there’s a greater value contrast between the fingernails and the skin on his left hand than his right. I don’t think that’s his hand, and looking at the head/torso relationship, I don’t think that’s his body. However, I have not opened it up in Photoshop and really analyzed it, so take this with a grain of salt. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2015, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23759 "2015-08-22T19:53:53Z")
Much as I hate to miss an opportunity to sneer at a Bush, I have a hard time buying that that is a black man’s torso. What did they do about the _right_ hand? Splice in a picture of a white hand with the fingers splayed in exactly the right position to cover up the black one? Sounds like a lot more trouble than just using a photo of a white person–or even ¡JEB!–to begin with, and after going through that much trouble, how could they just ignore the other hand? I’m more inclined to believe something like **garygnu** ’s explanation, instead. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2015, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23760 "2015-08-22T21:24:30Z")
I can only hope that all this attention to the black hand won’t distract people from the very important message in the picture: Why Jeb? ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2015, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23761 "2015-08-22T22:27:59Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > I can only hope that all this attention to the black hand won’t distract people from the very important message in the picture: Why Jeb? The first thing I thought of when I saw that picture was adding a _. . .Why!?_ at the end of it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1187) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1189)