# 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:** 1272
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2015, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25422 "2015-11-12T05:47:00Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > Donald Trump speaking on the “War on Christmas”: > [http://www.salon.com/2015/11/10/donald\_trump\_joins\_the\_war\_on\_christmas\_brigade\_if\_i\_become\_president\_were\_all\_going\_to\_be\_saying\_merry\_christmas\_again/](http://www.salon.com/2015/11/10/donald_trump_joins_the_war_on_christmas_brigade_if_i_become_president_were_all_going_to_be_saying_merry_christmas_again/) Well, Mr. Mogul Mysoginist… make me. 😃 ---
**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:** [November 12, 2015, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25423 "2015-11-12T08:17:59Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > 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. In fact, none other than Richard Nixon suggested something exactly along these lines. In one of the books he wrote after he wasn’t president any more, he suggested that the best thing for the Republicans would be if the Democrats got full control of the government for several election cycles. Then they would make such a total clusterfuck of everything that We The People would finally see the light and have a massive Republican voter revolt and give the government back to Republicans, who would then finally have the power to do what is right and repair the nation, the universe, and everything. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2015, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25424 "2015-11-12T14:16:02Z")
Bah. Lenin had the idea much earlier. [“The worse, the better.”](http://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/) ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2015, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25425 "2015-11-12T14:38:16Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > No, that was his wife. Morgan Fairchild. FTR, some of us [del]saw what you did there[/del] saw that you used [del]our idea for[/del] a script we wrote… ([source](http://www.hulu.com/watch/271791)) ---
**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:** [November 12, 2015, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25426 "2015-11-12T14:44:49Z")
Yeah, _that’s_ the ticket. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2015, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25427 "2015-11-12T18:07:21Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > Donald Trump speaking on the “War on Christmas”: > [http://www.salon.com/2015/11/10/donald\_trump\_joins\_the\_war\_on\_christmas\_brigade\_if\_i\_become\_president\_were\_all\_going\_to\_be\_saying\_merry\_christmas\_again/](http://www.salon.com/2015/11/10/donald_trump_joins_the_war_on_christmas_brigade_if_i_become_president_were_all_going_to_be_saying_merry_christmas_again/) > [@](#): > > Still, in a nod to the evangelical Iowans next door, the savvy businessman made this over-the-top pander to the “War on Christmas” brigade: “If I become president, we’re all going to be saying Merry Christmas again, that I can tell you. That I can tell you.” They are going to say ‘Merry Christmas’ to each other again when he’s President? Can someone tell what they are saying to each other now? [sub]If Trump is President and someone tells me ‘Merry Christmas’, my response will be the same as it is now. “Fuck off”.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2015, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25428 "2015-11-12T18:21:46Z")
“May Cthulu eat you second-to-last!”. “May Moloch demand the sacrifice of the kid you don’t like that much!” ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2015, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25429 "2015-11-12T21:05:16Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > They are going to say ‘Merry Christmas’ to each other again when he’s President? Not “they.” Us. All of us. That’s what he said. I assume his campaign will be coming out shortly with details about the prison sentences for failing to do so. ---
**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:** [November 12, 2015, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25430 "2015-11-12T21:15:16Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Chris Christie says no Presidential candidate should meet with BlackLivesMatter.](http://www.mediaite.com/online/christie-to-blacklivesmatter-dont-ask-me-for-a-meeting-youre-not-getting-one/) So, he can go ahead and meet with them, right? ---
**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:** [November 12, 2015, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25431 "2015-11-12T21:17:52Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > They are going to say ‘Merry Christmas’ to each other again when he’s President? But only in Klingon… I apologize for the last two posts…it has been a long day a work and the snark-o-meter is in full operating mode. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2015, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25432 "2015-11-12T21:18:42Z")
“It’s no coincidence that ‘Santa’ is an anagram for ‘Satan’! He knows if you’ve been bad or good!” ---
**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:** [November 12, 2015, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25433 "2015-11-12T21:46:54Z")
[Marco Rubio’s Nevada campaign staff are stealing wi-fi from the pizza place next door.](http://www.mediaite.com/online/marco-rubios-low-budget-campaign-stole-wi-fi-from-nevada-pizza-place/) ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2015, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25434 "2015-11-12T22:18:45Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > Donald Trump speaking on the “War on Christmas”: > > > [@](#): > > > > Still, in a nod to the evangelical Iowans next door, the savvy businessman made this over-the-top pander to the “War on Christmas” brigade: “If I become president, we’re all going to be saying Merry Christmas again, that I can tell you. That I can tell you.” Apparently Trump believes that one of the executive privileges enjoyed by the President is the ability to issue _fatwas_? Because I’m not sure how else he would accomplish this. Unless he has really misinterpreted the meaning of “bully” pulpit. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2015, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25435 "2015-11-12T23:47:35Z")
[GOP lawmaker tries to squelch Mizzou PhD student’s research on state’s restrictive anti-abortion laws.](http://www.salon.com/2015/11/12/gop_lawmaker_tries_to_squelch_mizzou_phd_students_research_on_states_restrictive_anti_abortion_laws/) > [@](#): > > Now, one graduate student at the University of Missouri in the School of Social Work, is working to examine the impact of that law for her PhD. “The purpose of this study is to better understand why a significant number of women sign the 72-hour consent form to have an abortion, but then never return to the clinic to have the abortion procedure,” the participant consent documents state. “Additionally, this study aims to understand how the new 72-hour waiting period in Missouri is impacting women and their decision whether or not to have an abortion.” > > But one GOP Missouri state senator wants the study shut down on the grounds that is it illegal. Sen. Kurt Schaefer, who is running for Missouri attorney general, objects to the study, arguing that it’s merely a ruse to promote Planned Parenthood and abortions in violation of state law. > > Schaefer, who is the interim head of the Committee on the Sanctity of Life, sent an October 30 letter to the university’s chancellor, R. Bowen Loftin, accusing the institution of using taxpayer funds to “encourage or counsel a woman to have an abortion not necessary to save her life.” ---
**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:** [November 13, 2015, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25436 "2015-11-13T00:03:18Z")
I look forward to president Trump’s White House Xmas Card: > [@](#): > > The White House > 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue > Washington, DC 20500 > > From the President and First Lady: > > Merry Christmas, Loser! ---
**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:** [November 13, 2015, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25437 "2015-11-13T00:06:24Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [GOP lawmaker tries to squelch Mizzou PhD student’s research on state’s restrictive anti-abortion laws.](http://www.salon.com/2015/11/12/gop_lawmaker_tries_to_squelch_mizzou_phd_students_research_on_states_restrictive_anti_abortion_laws/) Perhaps the GOP lawmaker should be asked if he would have killed Hitler as a baby. ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2015, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25438 "2015-11-13T00:46:46Z")
> [@user\_hostile](#): > > I look forward to president Trump’s White House Xmas Card: Isn’t this one the third? ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2015, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25439 "2015-11-13T01:19:11Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [GOP lawmaker tries to squelch Mizzou PhD student’s research on state’s restrictive anti-abortion laws.](http://www.salon.com/2015/11/12/gop_lawmaker_tries_to_squelch_mizzou_phd_students_research_on_states_restrictive_anti_abortion_laws/) I can’t wait to see what he does if he wins his election for Attorney General. ---
**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:** [November 13, 2015, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25440 "2015-11-13T02:48:16Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Chris Christie says no Presidential candidate should meet with BlackLivesMatter.](http://www.mediaite.com/online/christie-to-blacklivesmatter-dont-ask-me-for-a-meeting-youre-not-getting-one/) Small potatoes. Christie also says “Uppity Negro in White House to Blame for All the Uppity College Negroes Being All Uppity.” > **[Chris Christie Says Obama's 'Lawlessness' Contributed To College Unrest](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/chris-christie-college-unrest_n_5644b117e4b060377347e606)** > > His remarks come as more and more students are fighting against racism on campuses. ---
**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:** [November 13, 2015, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25441 "2015-11-13T03:02:47Z")
According to my audiologist, listening to Chris Christi for too long will result in permanent hearing damage–the only thing left you can hear are dog whistles. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1271) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1273)