# 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:** 1251
**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:** [October 21, 2015, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25002 "2015-10-21T00:48:58Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Reagan too. I used to listen to him on the TV and the radio at the same time. The two-second difference made it very textural. Then I went over to my friend’s place and he turned on the reverb on his stereo. I saw god. ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25003 "2015-10-21T01:42:23Z")
Oh, my word. Did I miss this here? They falsified documents: [Letter from the ranking Democrat.](http://democrats.benghazi.house.gov/news/press-releases/cia-debunks-gowdy-s-allegation-that-clinton-email-contained-classified-cia) They falsified records. They didn’t try to spin something, they just altered records sent to the ranking minority member on the committee. In the [pdf of the rebuttal letter, an email from the CIA is listed as evidence.](http://democrats.benghazi.house.gov/sites/democrats.benghazi.house.gov/files/documents/2015_10_18_EEC_to_TG_re_CIA_Source.pdf) I don’t follow many select committees, but this can’t be common. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25004 "2015-10-21T02:39:05Z")
> [@j666](#): > > Oh, my word. Did I miss this here? They falsified documents: > > [Letter from the ranking Democrat.](http://democrats.benghazi.house.gov/news/press-releases/cia-debunks-gowdy-s-allegation-that-clinton-email-contained-classified-cia) > > They falsified records. They didn’t try to spin something, they just altered records sent to the ranking minority member on the committee. > > In the [pdf of the rebuttal letter, an email from the CIA is listed as evidence.](http://democrats.benghazi.house.gov/sites/democrats.benghazi.house.gov/files/documents/2015_10_18_EEC_to_TG_re_CIA_Source.pdf) > > I don’t follow many select committees, but this can’t be common. Are you referring to the redaction as falsification? ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25005 "2015-10-21T02:56:27Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > Are you referring to the redaction as falsification? Redaction with comment, yes. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2015, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25006 "2015-10-21T15:22:58Z")
Oh, come one. “redacted due to sources and methods” is completely accurate. Source: Trey Gowdy’s ass. Method: Pulled out of source. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2015, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25007 "2015-10-21T15:24:26Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Marco Rubio may have violated ethics rules by soliciting campaign funds while within the Senate building.](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/marco-rubio-campaign-funds-ethics-rules_5626b48be4b08589ef498c7a) Oops. I eagerly await the ethics probe here. Oh, no, wait. That only happens to the other party ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25008 "2015-10-21T16:26:28Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Marco Rubio may have violated ethics rules by soliciting campaign funds while within the Senate building.](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/marco-rubio-campaign-funds-ethics-rules_5626b48be4b08589ef498c7a) That’s hilarious. I imagine that after the interview, he went around the floor of the Senate selling cookies and wrapping paper from a catalog for a field trip to Iowa ---
**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:** [October 21, 2015, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25009 "2015-10-21T16:51:57Z")
[del] **25,000** [/del] **25,001** Stupid Republican Ideas since March 26, 2009! ---
**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:** [October 21, 2015, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25010 "2015-10-21T17:15:55Z")
This one is more a clever Democratic response to a stupid Republican idea, but it seems appropriate to this thread. [http://tides.bangordailynews.com/2015/10/21/home/proposed-bill-would-treat-lepage-like-he-treats-welfare-recipients/](http://tides.bangordailynews.com/2015/10/21/home/proposed-bill-would-treat-lepage-like-he-treats-welfare-recipients/) > [@](#): > > One of the most constant and maddening themes of Gov. Paul LePage’s tenure in the Blaine House has been his manipulation of the facts in an attempt to divide Mainers by demonizing those on various forms of welfare such as food stamps (or SNAP) and general assistance. > > LePage has pushed for policies that limit the ability of marginalized and suffering Mainers to get the help that they need and deserve with relentless campaigns aimed at convincing the general public that poor people everywhere are doing things like using their SNAP assistance to buy alcohol, cigarettes, drugs, lottery tickets, lap dances and souvenirs from Disney World. > > The bill faces unlikely odds of becoming law, but if passed it would prevent LePage from using his expense account for things like alcohol, lottery tickets, tattoos, and bail- the same type of things that the governor has accused welfare recipients of spending their money on. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2015, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25011 "2015-10-21T18:22:48Z")
[Donald Trump wants to close mosques and revoke the passports of Muslim citizens.](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/10/21/donald-trump-calls-up-fox-to-announce-his-dumbest-idea-yet-video/) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25012 "2015-10-21T19:32:45Z")
> [@](#): > > …Varney pressed Trump on the same point: > > “Can you do it? Can you close a mosque? We do have religious freedom.” > > And at this point Trump admits he has no idea what he’s talking about, mumbling: > > “Well, I don’t know. I mean, I haven’t heard about the closing of the mosque. It depends, if the mosque is, you know, loaded for bear, I don’t know. You’re going to have to certainly look at it.”… Jesus wept. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25013 "2015-10-21T19:47:10Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > Oh, come one. “redacted due to sources and methods” is completely accurate. > > Source: Trey Gowdy’s ass. > Method: Pulled out of source. I’m going to go with calling him Boy Howdy from now on whenever I “sincerely” agree with his statements or opinions. > **[Urban Dictionary: boy howdy](https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=boy+howdy)** > > boy howdy: An exclamation of enthusiastic agreement which can be used in both a genuine or sarcastic tone. In addition can used to add emphasis to a... ---
**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:** [October 21, 2015, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25014 "2015-10-21T20:30:31Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > Oh, come one. “redacted due to sources and methods” is completely accurate. > > Source: Trey Gowdy’s ass. > Method: Pulled out of source. The full story may not be out on this. I saw one headline that suggested it was a mistake by the CIA not to redact someone’s name. That could be true, or it could be Gowdy covering his ass (“I caught a security lapse the CIA missed!”), or it might have been referring to something else entirely. ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25015 "2015-10-21T23:29:38Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > The full story may not be out on this. I saw one headline that suggested it was a mistake by the CIA not to redact someone’s name. That could be true, or it could be Gowdy covering his ass (“I caught a security lapse the CIA missed!”), or it might have been referring to something else entirely. In letter to a member of the committee? This wasn’t a press release, but a letter to the ranking minority member, who, I believe, is allow access to the evidence. I could be wrong, as I said I don’t follow select committees. I do like the idea that the chair of a house committee is more security conscious than the CIA. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2015, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25016 "2015-10-21T23:46:43Z")
Eugene Delguardio wants to [stop Paul Ryan, the Homosexual Lobby’s Trojan Horse for Speaker.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/10/21/paul-ryans-offer-challenges-the-permanently-disgruntled-conservative-class/) Because of Ryan’s dangerous Gay Bill of Special Rights, known by sane people as the Employee Non-Discrimination Act. The story is actually about Ryan trying to wrangle his party but Delguardio is too stupid not to single out. ---
**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:** [October 22, 2015, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25017 "2015-10-22T00:06:23Z")
[Ben Carson wants the Education Department to control speech at colleges.](http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/10/21/1436858/-Ben-Carson-hates-political-correctness-so-much-he-wants-the-government-to-police-campus-speech?detail=facebook) ---
**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:** [October 22, 2015, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25018 "2015-10-22T00:15:14Z")
I tell you, righties are so irony-impaired it’s nt even funny. Ben, the mechanism you use today to suppress speech you don’t like will be used tomorrow to suppress speech you do. ---
**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:** [October 22, 2015, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25019 "2015-10-22T01:47:05Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > I tell you, righties are so irony-impaired it’s nt even funny. > > Ben, the mechanism you use today to suppress speech you don’t like will be used tomorrow to suppress speech you do. First you control speech, then you control thought. Once heretical thought is impossible, suppressing approved speech will also be impossible (and suppressing unapproved speech will be unnecessary). [Mr Eric Blair](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Orwell) made that point back in 1949. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25020 "2015-10-22T03:38:17Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > …Ben, the mechanism you use today to suppress speech you don’t like will be used tomorrow to suppress speech you do. Do we have to wait till tomorrow? The camps are already built, right? And we could round them all up at the same time as we get all the guns. And speaking of nuts… > **[Open thread for night owls: NRA promotes article fantasizing about civil war,...](https://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/10/22/1437024/-Open-thread-for-night-owls-NRA-promotes-article-fantasizing-about-civil-war-killing-Democrats)** > > Daily Kos is a progressive news site that fights for democracy by giving our audience information and resources to win elections and impact government. Our coverage is assiduously factual, ethical, and unapologetically liberal. We amplify what we... > [@](#): > > …The military and local law enforcement agencies in the United States that the radical left has been trashing in public since the Vietnam War until now will not take part in any plot to disarm American citizens. > > Soldiers, Marines and sheriffs may even defect to actively resist any federal officers from a pool of just over 100,000 who would take on the suicidal task of taking on the military, local police, and a hundred righteously-angry million gun owners, led by over a thousand angry Green Berets that warned President Obama in 2013 not push his luck… > > …We do not want a civil war against the radical left wing of the Democrat Party, but let it be made abundantly clear that if they start one, they will be utterly destroyed by armed free citizens, as the Founders intended… ---
**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:** [October 22, 2015, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25021 "2015-10-22T04:00:35Z")
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