# 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:** 1274
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2015, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25462 "2015-11-14T00:56:23Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > “slash government regulations by 20 percent” > > What does that even mean? 😕 You can pollute all you want for 4.8 hours per day. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2015, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25463 "2015-11-14T01:17:01Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > “slash government regulations by 20 percent” > > What does that even mean? 😕 Unleash the creative power of financial powerhouses to leverage monetary strategies to maximize growth. Stop needless restrictions on America’s energy industry patriots, and encourage their economic opportunity. Get rid of all the niggling bureaucrats especially the ones with lab coats. Support the purity of voting rolls with a nationwide ID check, and restrict voter registration with drug testing and credit checks. (Drug testing contract to Halliburton, credit checks open for bidding.) Fire everybody in the Justice Department who is needlessly infatuated with justice. Which will mean jobs. And Jesus. Both, jobs and Jesus. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2015, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25464 "2015-11-14T01:39:52Z")
Not enough guns, **luci**. ---
**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 14, 2015, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25465 "2015-11-14T05:10:22Z")
[Let’s blame the refugees for the Paris attacks.](http://www.vox.com/2015/11/13/9733192/paris-attacks-congressman-syria-refugee?ref=yfp) > [@](#): > > Although the perpetrators of the Paris attacks remain unknown, Jeff Duncan, a Republican congressman from South Carolina, took to Twitter to say that the tragedy shows Europe and America shouldn’t let in Syrian refugees because it might lead to more attacks. > > ``` > **How's that Syrian refugee resettlement look now? How about that mass migration into Europe? Terrorism is alive & well in the world.** #No > — Rep. Jeff Duncan (@RepJeffDuncan) November 14, 2015 > > ``` ---
**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 14, 2015, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25466 "2015-11-14T06:18:50Z")
Anne Coulter said after the Paris attacks, “Donald Trump just won the election.” ---
**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:** [November 14, 2015, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25467 "2015-11-14T06:30:42Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Not “with”, it is “on”. “Contract **on** America II” Yep. Just like the first one. Rand Paul can eat a dick. Or a shotgun barrel. ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2015, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25468 "2015-11-14T06:48:20Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Not “with”, it is “on”. “Contract **on** America II” Yep. Also needs more mention of Freedom err, Freedums!!1! ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2015, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25469 "2015-11-14T07:48:26Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Anne Coulter said after the Paris attacks, “Donald Trump just won the election.” Wow. I’d say the opposite is true: Clinton and Bush just got a boost as the most known and comfortable quantities. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2015, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25470 "2015-11-14T18:34:11Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Wow. I’d say the opposite is true: Clinton and Bush just got a boost as the most known and comfortable quantities. Nah, Donald is peddling fear and hatred of others big time, and the Paris attacks are a high hard one, right into his wheelhouse. He’ll knock it out of the park. Coulter’s almost never right about anything, but she might have hit the nail on the wig here. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2015, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25471 "2015-11-14T19:05:17Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Anne Coulter said after the Paris attacks, “Donald Trump just won the election.” > [@adaher](#): > > Wow. I’d say the opposite is true: Clinton and Bush just got a boost as the most known and comfortable quantities. > [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > Nah, Donald is peddling fear and hatred of others big time, and the Paris attacks are a high hard one, right into his wheelhouse. He’ll knock it out of the park. Coulter’s almost never right about anything, but she might have hit the nail on the wig here. I think this time I will have to agree with **adaher**. [Oh look, the end of times must be here, I guess that is why I saw the horsemen of the apocalypse looking for esquires on [Monster.com](http://Monster.com)… Yeah, lawyers too] 🙂 Clinton, Bush, and Rubio are bound to get more support by the very powerful as they would know that unleashing hatreds will affect their bottom line regarding the oil industry. Democrats can also can be counted to use force, although Clinton will be more cautious, Bush and Rubio look to be more loose about it, but they are less willing to let the troglodytes make the situation worse at home for refugees and resident and Americans that came from the regions were the terrorists came from. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2015, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25472 "2015-11-14T19:43:24Z")
Are you suggesting they might be stricken with conscience if they did? So, they won’t? ---
**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 14, 2015, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25473 "2015-11-14T20:26:49Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Wow. I’d say the opposite is true: Clinton and Bush just got a boost as the most known and comfortable quantities. I’ll have to agree too. I think the GOP base has a lot more confidence in an attack being ordered by a Bush than a Trump. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2015, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25474 "2015-11-14T21:10:51Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > I’ll have to agree too. I think the GOP base has a lot more confidence in an attack being ordered by a Bush than a Trump. Wait, these are the guys who have made Ben Carson their front-runner, right? And you’re talking about them making a rational decision, right? ---
**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 14, 2015, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25475 "2015-11-14T21:15:18Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > Wait, these are the guys who have made Ben Carson their front-runner, right? And you’re talking about them making a rational decision, right? Technically, it’s the dumb-fuck public who made him the front-runner. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2015, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25476 "2015-11-14T21:39:44Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Technically, it’s the dumb-fuck public who made him the front-runner. Wait, they get to vote? I mean, we have to take a test to drive… ---
**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 15, 2015, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25477 "2015-11-15T02:23:56Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > Wait, these are the guys who have made Ben Carson their front-runner, right? And you’re talking about them making a rational decision, right? Actually, I’ve forgotten Carson is still a candidate. 😃 (Is he?) And not necessarily a rational decision either. We’re talking about ordering an attack on another country/region. That might not even be rational at the given time. But a career politician within a political family making a decision like that goes down easier than some blowhard businessman doing the same. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2015, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25478 "2015-11-15T19:38:58Z")
Jeb Bush says we should [only assist Syrian refugees who are Christians](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/11/15/jeb-bush-u-s-assistance-for-refugees-should-focus-on-christians/): > [@](#): > > “We should focus our efforts as it relates to refugees on the Christians that are being slaughtered,” he told CNN’s “State of the Union” in an interview on Sunday morning. > > Bush conceded that screening refugees to determine whether they are Christian presents a “national security challenge” to the United States and European countries, but he added that “we do that a lot” already as the country screens potential refugees for relocation. On the bright side, at least he wants to help some Syrians, unlike the other GOP candidates. ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2015, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25479 "2015-11-15T20:45:44Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Jeb Bush says we should [only assist Syrian refugees who are Christians](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/11/15/jeb-bush-u-s-assistance-for-refugees-should-focus-on-christians/):On the bright side, at least he wants to help some Syrians, unlike the other GOP candidates. No, that’s just … disrespectful, particularly to Republicans, because he can’t really believe that. I don’t know if he’s smart, but he is definitely educated, so he just cannot really believe it is acceptable for the U.S. to openly discriminate based on religion. He is just spewing tripe that his focus groups have told him will appeal to voters most likely to swing the primaries - as do most candidates, I’ve been told - but isn’t this a step too far? Oh, is that the Stupid Idea, that this particular element of tripe will fly? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2015, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25480 "2015-11-15T21:13:43Z")
Just the break the Abu Baghdadi campaign was waiting for! Further proof of the war against Islam! Nice goin’, Jebby! ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2015, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25481 "2015-11-15T21:50:47Z")
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