# 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:** 1270
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2015, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25382 "2015-11-10T18:18:37Z")
[Bristol Palin needs to keep it shut](http://www.rawstory.com/2015/11/bristol-palin-starbucks-cups-are-an-attempt-by-the-left-to-make-christians-look-stupid/): > [@](#): > > On her blog this week, Palin explained that the media had inflated one person’s call for a boycott after Starbucks decided to omit snowflakes and reindeer from its annual red holiday cups. … > > “Do not buy in to the media hype surrounding this story!! It is just another attempt by the LEFT to make Christians look stupid.” ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2015, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25383 "2015-11-10T19:07:57Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > [Bristol Palin needs to keep it shut](http://www.rawstory.com/2015/11/bristol-palin-starbucks-cups-are-an-attempt-by-the-left-to-make-christians-look-stupid/): Much as I hate to agree with anyone named Palin (except Michael), this [religion writer for the Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/religion/starbucks-red-cups-and-the-internet-outrage-machine-commentary/2015/11/09/aadefc64-872e-11e5-bd91-d385b244482f_story.html) says Bristol is right. Of course, the fact that the video by the guy who started all this, Joshua Feuerstein, got 150,000 likes and 500,000 shares indicates that this nutjob’s opinion is not his alone. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2015, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25384 "2015-11-10T19:29:29Z")
Having posted that, now one of the nutjob-in-chief wannabes is picking it up: [Donald Trump suggests a boycott of Starbucks and its plain red cups.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/11/09/donald-trump-suggests-a-boycott-of-starbucks-and-its-plain-red-cups/?tid=sm_fb) ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2015, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25385 "2015-11-10T20:21:21Z")
I’m not sure if this is a stupid Republican idea, or just another stupid Republican. [Republican who is afraid he will die if the governor he voted for actually fulfills his campaign promises](http://acasignups.net/15/11/09/kentucky-am-i-actually-supposed-sympathize-dennis-blackburn) ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2015, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25386 "2015-11-10T20:31:44Z")
> [@Tatterdemalion](#): > > I’m not sure if this is a stupid Republican idea, or just another stupid Republican. > > [Republican who is afraid he will die if the governor he voted for actually fulfills his campaign promises](http://http://acasignups.net/15/11/09/kentucky-am-i-actually-supposed-sympathize-dennis-blackburn) Linky no worky. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2015, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25387 "2015-11-10T20:34:53Z")
[Fixed link.](http://acasignups.net/15/11/09/kentucky-am-i-actually-supposed-sympathize-dennis-blackburn) ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2015, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25388 "2015-11-10T21:00:38Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > [Fixed link.](http://acasignups.net/15/11/09/kentucky-am-i-actually-supposed-sympathize-dennis-blackburn) Oops. Obviously I am not qualified to operate this dangerous machinery. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2015, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25389 "2015-11-11T00:04:29Z")
Red State’s Leon Wolf is right: [Marco Rubio is Not Ready for Prime Time](http://www.redstate.com/2015/11/10/marco-rubio-ready-prime-time/). Rubio’s statement is probably the stupidest thing any candidate has said in the campaign so far. It’s shocking anyone could be so stupid! ---
**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:** [November 11, 2015, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25390 "2015-11-11T00:11:09Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > Red State’s Leon Wolf is right: [Marco Rubio is Not Ready for Prime Time](http://www.redstate.com/2015/11/10/marco-rubio-ready-prime-time/). > > Rubio’s statement is probably the stupidest thing any candidate has said in the campaign so far. It’s shocking anyone could be so stupid! The first comment made me laugh: [spoiler] At least he didn’t say the Death Star was used for grain storage. I mean seriously … have you thought about … WHAT’S ALL THE SPACE IN THE DEATH STAR USED FOR?[/spoiler] ---
**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:** [November 11, 2015, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25391 "2015-11-11T00:11:29Z")
I find his lack of sense disturbing. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2015, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25392 "2015-11-11T00:17:32Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > Red State’s Leon Wolf is right: [Marco Rubio is Not Ready for Prime Time](http://www.redstate.com/2015/11/10/marco-rubio-ready-prime-time/). > > Rubio’s statement is probably the stupidest thing any candidate has said in the campaign so far. It’s shocking anyone could be so stupid! This is not the break the Huckabee campaign was looking for. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2015, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25393 "2015-11-11T00:30:09Z")
> [@Tatterdemalion](#): > > I’m not sure if this is a stupid Republican idea, or just another stupid Republican. > > [Republican who is afraid he will die if the governor he voted for actually fulfills his campaign promises](http://http://acasignups.net/15/11/09/kentucky-am-i-actually-supposed-sympathize-dennis-blackburn) If that’s not proof of the GOP getting their constituents to vote against their own interests, then nothing is proof enough. I don’t know if this is exactly stupid, but its is childish, petty, and hilarious: [Media must use “StopHillary” Wi-Fi password at tonight’s Republican debate](http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/11/republicans-troll-media-with-stophillary-wifi-password/) ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2015, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25394 "2015-11-11T00:38:20Z")
So, I said “My colleges also offered classes in Perception. I am now totally absolved from everything, the end. And I want an apology.” and got this: > [@Gyrate](#): > > I’m so sorry for you. Somehow didn’t feel quite as vindicating as I had imagined it would! ---
**Author:** ![Old\_Time\_Hockey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9adbd/32.png) [@Old\_Time\_Hockey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Old_Time_Hockey)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2015, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25395 "2015-11-11T01:49:48Z")
Can’t believe I clicked on a RedState link. In the end, it wasn’t worth it. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2015, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25396 "2015-11-11T01:57:43Z")
> [@Truman\_Burbank](#): > > Somehow didn’t feel quite as vindicating as I had imagined it would! That’s politics for ya. ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2015, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25397 "2015-11-11T02:08:45Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > This is not the break the Huckabee campaign was looking for. And this is why we need Like buttons. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2015, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25398 "2015-11-11T07:31:18Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > Much as I hate to agree with anyone named Palin (except Michael), this [religion writer for the Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/religion/starbucks-red-cups-and-the-internet-outrage-machine-commentary/2015/11/09/aadefc64-872e-11e5-bd91-d385b244482f_story.html) says Bristol is right. > > Of course, the fact that the video by the guy who started all this, Joshua Feuerstein, got 150,000 likes and 500,000 shares indicates that this nutjob’s opinion is not his alone. The fact that the shares so outweigh the likes tells me that a good proportion of those were probably from liberals opening himself up to mockery. That still leaves 150K who saw his screed and thought, ohmigod, he’s right, I never thought of it that way! ---
**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:** [November 11, 2015, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25399 "2015-11-11T12:13:06Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > Actually, this story adds credibility to Carson … he was not, in this instance, lying. Oh no, much, much worse: > [@TonySinclair](#): > > He also posted an undated story about a hoax psychology retest at Yale. It doesn’t have a single detail that matches Carson’s story, but he again claims that he deserves an apology. > > So it appears that he didn’t make the story up out of thin air; he saw that article, and concocted a version where he would be the star of the story. > > **He’s plagiarizing his lies**. ---
**Author:** ![Sterling\_Archer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Sterling\_Archer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sterling_Archer)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2015, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25400 "2015-11-11T15:00:24Z")
Confused Republicans voting against their own self-interest is the only way they win. There are massive amounts of people in this country so anti-Obama and anti-liberal they’ve stopped processing any other political thoughts. Some members of my own family are perfect examples of this. My brother is on disability. My father draws a social security survivor’s benefit check from when my mom passed away. And they are TERRIFIED… terrified I tell you, that because Obama is in the white house, they are going to have their benefits taken away. Basically, anything bad that might happen to them politically, is Obama’s fault. Anything good is because of the Republicans. I tried to explain that if anyone wants to reduce SS and disability benefits, it’s the Republicans, but they just look at me like I’m crazy and say something about how Obama is still a secret Muslim. I got the exact same look of befuddlement and pivot to random conspiracy theory when I tried to explain that Obamacare is not a health plan you sign up for, it’s a law that affects all health plans. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2015, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25401 "2015-11-11T17:25:44Z")
Perhaps the solution will be for the Republicans to gain full control of the House, the Senate, and the presidency for a couple of election cycles, at the end of which there might very well be a popular revolt including many of the swing voters and dunderheads sweeping in the Democrats. That’s pretty much what just took place in the Great White North a few days ago, resulting in a professional raft guide/amateur boxer as [Prime Minister](http://www.papermag.com/uploaded_images/trudeau_brazeau.jpg.size.xxlarge.promo.jpg), a trigger pulling Sikh warrior as [Minister of Defence](http://i.cbc.ca/1.3304912.1446689742!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/harjit-sajjan.jpg), and a female Muslim Afghan refugee on a donkey as [Minister of Democratic Institutions](http://storage.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/v1/dynamic_resize/sws_path/suns-prod-images/1297623353165_ORIGINAL.jpg?quality=80&size=650x&stmp=1414472053345). Its a breath of fresh air. Of course between now and then, there would be a good chance that the USA would continue to deteriorate, causing massive social and economic disruption along the way. Have a look at fucked-up countries in Africa and the Mid-east. Some of them just can’t get their act together, particularly when religion is strong. I hope the USA changes its path and does not continue down that road. As an economic powerhouse, I expect that the USA has enough stability to work past it’s present insanity, but it’s sad to see the harm that it is causing its people. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1269) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1271)