# 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:** 1289
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2015, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25762 "2015-11-24T21:09:51Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Kevin Swanson, the “kill all the gays” buddy of Jindal, Cruz and Huckabee, says the people killed in the concert hall in Paris deserved it because they were devil worshippers.](http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/11/23/pastor-who-hosted-republicans-paris-victims-were-devil-worshippers.html) The guys who shot up the Bataclan thought the same thing. Great minds think alike. ---
**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:** [November 25, 2015, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25763 "2015-11-25T00:26:57Z")
And fools seldom differ. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25764 "2015-11-25T00:36:49Z")
Do too! ---
**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 25, 2015, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25765 "2015-11-25T00:48:27Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > The guys who shot up the Bataclan thought the same thing. Great minds think alike. > [@](#): > > Swanson believes God will annihilate America for tolerating homosexuality and seemed to say God already made an example out of the Bataclan. So…they were _not_ terrorists. They were instruments of the Christian God! I love the logic involved. Rape? OK. Pedophilia? OK. Murder? OK. Slavery? OK. Torture? OK. Stealing? OK. Tolerating homosexuality? _ **GOD WILL DESTROY YOU!!!** _ ---
**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 25, 2015, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25766 "2015-11-25T02:06:35Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Carefully. Do you have to get the whole truck up there, or can you just yank off the tailgate and carry that to the roof? ---
**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:** [November 25, 2015, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25767 "2015-11-25T03:06:33Z")
So Trump has roughly the same level of support as the belief that the moon landings were faked? Has anybody checked for overlap? ---
**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:** [November 25, 2015, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25768 "2015-11-25T03:49:35Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > Has anybody checked for overlap? Is there really a need to confirm what we all already know? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25769 "2015-11-25T04:29:59Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > How do you tailgate on a rooftop? [insert your own horrendously contrived sodomy joke here] ---
**Author:** ![John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_stamos_left_ear/32/3198_2.png) [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25770 "2015-11-25T07:01:24Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > So Trump has roughly the same level of support as the belief that the moon landings were faked? Has anybody checked for overlap? I found the Venn Diagram [here](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Circle_-_black_simple.svg/2000px-Circle_-_black_simple.svg.png). ---
**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 25, 2015, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25771 "2015-11-25T07:54:33Z")
> [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](#): > > I found the Venn Diagram [here](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Circle_-_black_simple.svg/2000px-Circle_-_black_simple.svg.png). Which end of his alimentary canal is that? ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25772 "2015-11-25T17:32:09Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > So…they were _not_ terrorists. They were instruments of the Christian God! Who, it must be said, has a \*very \*bad aim. There’s, what, 5,000 miles between Paris and San Francisco, as the Angel of Death flies ? ---
**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 25, 2015, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25773 "2015-11-25T18:49:18Z")
[Will the voters in the Texas Republican Party primary get to vote on whether Texas secedes from the Union?](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/texas-goper-wants-vote-secession-us) ---
**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 25, 2015, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25774 "2015-11-25T18:52:14Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Will the voters in the Texas Republican Party primary get to vote on whether Texas secedes from the Union?](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/texas-goper-wants-vote-secession-us) _Again?_ That trick never works. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25775 "2015-11-25T18:53:48Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Will the voters in the Texas Republican Party primary get to vote on whether Texas secedes from the Union?](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/texas-goper-wants-vote-secession-us) Wow, someone REALLY hates America. ---
**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:** [November 25, 2015, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25776 "2015-11-25T19:00:04Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Will the voters in the Texas Republican Party primary get to vote on whether Texas secedes from the Union?](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/texas-goper-wants-vote-secession-us) I keep hearing the Republicans say that they’re going to make America great again. This could be a step in the right direction. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25777 "2015-11-25T19:09:11Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I keep hearing the Republicans say that they’re going to make America great again. This could be a step in the right direction. Can we get a plank in the Democratic platform, pledging to throw Texas out of the Union? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25778 "2015-11-25T19:31:27Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Can we get a plank in the Democratic platform, pledging to throw Texas out of the Union? Offer a compromise: Independence is off the table, but we will consider selling Texas back to Mexico. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25779 "2015-11-25T19:49:25Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > _Again?_ That trick never works. _This_ time for _sure_! I gotta get another hat! ---
**Author:** ![John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_stamos_left_ear/32/3198_2.png) [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25780 "2015-11-25T20:20:02Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Can we get a plank in the Democratic platform, pledging to throw Texas out of the Union? No. They’ll want to stay then. ---
**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:** [November 25, 2015, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25781 "2015-11-25T22:17:28Z")
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