# 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:** 1295
**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:** [December 1, 2015, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25882 "2015-12-01T22:55:18Z")
[The reason why Trump can’t come up with video of the thousands of Muslims cheering 9/11 in the streets of New Jersey is because we didn’t have cell phone cameras back then.](http://www.mediaite.com/tv/trump-spox-on-lack-of-video-for-trumps-911-claim-we-didnt-have-camera-phones-in-2001/) ---
**Author:** ![neofishboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/neofishboy/32/444_2.png) [@neofishboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neofishboy)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2015, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25883 "2015-12-01T23:45:42Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > I don’t imagine I’m the only man who’s first impression of Ted Cruz is that he looked a bit effeminate, the anti-matter Charles Bronson. My first impression of Ted Cruz (and nearly every other impressions since) is that he constantly looks like a man who just stepped on a bee. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2015, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25884 "2015-12-01T23:48:27Z")
According to Rush Limbaugh, there certainly were Muslims celebrating in New Jersey, but the Lame-Stream Media didn’t cover it, so of course they can’t find any footage. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2015, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25885 "2015-12-01T23:53:06Z")
> [@neofishboy](#): > > My first impression of Ted Cruz (and nearly every other impressions since) is that he constantly looks like a man who just stepped on a bee. Look smarmy! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Kr7KkRu9fXY/maxresdefault.jpg "WTF Is Up With Senator Ted Cruz's Face?") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr7KkRu9fXY) ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25886 "2015-12-02T00:10:02Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > So it turns out that the OVERWHELMING majority of anti-abortion folks, perpetrators of domestic violence, rapists, and peeping Toms are trans-gendered supporters of Ted Cruz. > > I’m totally confused. Did I conflate a post or two above?.:smack: I think you got it … ---
**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:** [December 2, 2015, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25887 "2015-12-02T00:47:09Z")
Why is the Communications Director of the Jeb! campaign asking about bear/human rape? > ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25888 "2015-12-02T00:49:30Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > According to Rush Limbaugh, there certainly were Muslims celebrating in New Jersey, but the Lame-Stream Media didn’t cover it, so of course they can’t find any footage. How does he know? Was he _there_? If not, he can’t actually know, can he? Those creationist arguments actually come in handy sometimes. What a concept. ---
**Author:** ![3trew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/13edae/32.png) [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25889 "2015-12-02T00:59:12Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > …look at Frosty go. If Frosty were black they would have to change the lyrics. “He lead them down The streets of town Right to the traffic cop, Who felt threatened and emptied two magazines into Frosty then planted a knife on him and destroyed the dash cam footage.” It doesn’t scan. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2015, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25890 "2015-12-02T01:16:36Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > According to Rush Limbaugh, there certainly were Muslims celebrating in New Jersey, but the Lame-Stream Media didn’t cover it, so of course they can’t find any footage. Maybe they had a more pressing story that day? Wait a minute! If the media didn’t cover it…how do Limbaugh and Trump know about it?? ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25891 "2015-12-02T01:48:23Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > Wait a minute! If the media didn’t cover it…how do Limbaugh and Trump know about it?? \<[cough](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18902824&postcount=25881)\> ---
**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:** [December 2, 2015, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25892 "2015-12-02T02:22:13Z")
Posting this in part to confirm if it was the case, but after some searches it seems that the Republican candidates just showed to black voters how interested they are in them. AFAIK no Republican Candidate showed to the Rosa Parks 60th anniversary of her defiance to segregation. Guess who did attend: > **[Hillary Clinton marks anniversary of Rosa Parks bus boycott](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hillary-clinton-marks-anniversary-of-rosa-parks-bus-boycott/)** > > Speaking at the church where the Montgomery Bus Boycott was organized, Clinton spoke about ongoing civil rights challenges In another stupid Republican move the right wing minions at Breitbart news were reduced to complain about Hillary using Rosa Parks in her Logo. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2015, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25893 "2015-12-02T02:28:08Z")
Hillary also changed her campaign logo to include an image of Rosa sitting on the bus. ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25894 "2015-12-02T02:32:19Z")
> [@3trew](#): > > If Frosty were black they would have to change the lyrics. > “He lead them down > The streets of town > Right to the traffic cop, > Who felt threatened and emptied two magazines into Frosty then planted a knife on him and destroyed the dash cam footage.” > > It doesn’t scan. Of course not, it was the security camera. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2015, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25895 "2015-12-02T03:46:39Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Why is the Communications Director of the Jeb! campaign asking about bear/human rape? > > [x.com](https://twitter.com/Timodc/status/671733195960905728) We need to come down harder on them for minor offences, before they become career criminals. Jeb! is about to announce a program of mandatory prison sentences for stealing pic-a-nic baskets. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2015, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25896 "2015-12-02T08:01:36Z")
> [@3trew](#): > > If Frosty were black they would have to change the lyrics. > “He lead them down > The streets of town > Right to the traffic cop, > Who felt threatened and emptied two magazines into Frosty then planted a knife on him and destroyed the dash cam footage.” > > It doesn’t scan. **LED** “He **LED** them down the streets of town.” ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25897 "2015-12-02T08:20:35Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Why is the Communications Director of the Jeb! campaign asking about bear/human rape? > > [x.com](https://twitter.com/Timodc/status/671733195960905728) It’s the first step of an insidious campaign to restrict the right to arm bears. Jeb! is showing that he’s his own man, and not going along with that “soft on animals” stuff his brother pushed. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/20Jcrk6jGfo/hqdefault.jpg "I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20Jcrk6jGfo) ---
**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:** [December 2, 2015, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25898 "2015-12-02T08:33:40Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > Maybe they had a more pressing story that day? > > Wait a minute! If the media didn’t cover it…how do Limbaugh and Trump know about it?? A more direct point: _Trump himself_ has claimed all along that he watched those cheering masses on TV at the time. I don’t think he ever claimed he was there in New Jersey in person to see it. For his own media dudette to argue that there were no videos from the time just outright contradicts Trump’s story. They’re really flailing here. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2015, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25899 "2015-12-02T10:11:55Z")
Iowa state senator wants to [execute some illegal immigrants](http://huff.to/1N2LYnl). ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25900 "2015-12-02T13:24:47Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > …Trumpety-Trump-Trump? Look at Donald blow (hard) ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25901 "2015-12-02T15:46:33Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Why is the Communications Director of the Jeb! campaign asking about bear/human rape? > > [x.com](https://twitter.com/Timodc/status/671733195960905728) Paging Stephen Colbert . . . [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1294) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1296)