# 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:** 1296
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25902 "2015-12-02T15:50:09Z")
[http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/261757-trump-on-terrorists-you-have-to-take-out-their-families](http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/261757-trump-on-terrorists-you-have-to-take-out-their-families) **Trump on terrorists: ‘You have to take out their families’** > [@](#): > > “I would do my best, absolute best – I mean one of the problems we have or one of the reasons we’re so ineffective, you know, they’re trying to, they’re using them as shields. It’s a horrible thing,” the real estate tycoon said. > > “But we’re fighting a very politically correct war. And the other thing is with the terrorists, you have to take out their families,” Trump said. > > “When you get these terrorists, you have to take out their families. They care about their lives, don’t kid yourself. But they say they don’t care about their lives. You have to take out their families.” OK, this will do it, right? Can’t say anything that nuts and not go down in flames, 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:** [December 2, 2015, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25903 "2015-12-02T15:56:42Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > [http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/261757-trump-on-terrorists-you-have-to-take-out-their-families](http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/261757-trump-on-terrorists-you-have-to-take-out-their-families) > > **Trump on terrorists: ‘You have to take out their families’** > > OK, this will do it, right? Can’t say anything that nuts and not go down in flames, right? > [@](#): > > “But we’re fighting a very politically correct war.” That will keep him afloat. ---
**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, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25904 "2015-12-02T15:57:00Z")
[Rick Santorum suggests armed nurses could have prevented Planned Parenthood shooting.](http://www.salon.com/2015/12/02/good_gal_with_a_gun_rick_santorum_suggests_armed_nurses_could_have_prevented_planned_parenthood_shooting/) ---
**Author:** ![Sinaptics](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Sinaptics](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sinaptics)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25905 "2015-12-02T16:16:37Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [Rick Santorum suggests armed nurses could have prevented Planned Parenthood shooting.](http://www.salon.com/2015/12/02/good_gal_with_a_gun_rick_santorum_suggests_armed_nurses_could_have_prevented_planned_parenthood_shooting/) Too bad the fetuses had already been disarmed… ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25906 "2015-12-02T16:21:47Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > [http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/261757-trump-on-terrorists-you-have-to-take-out-their-families](http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/261757-trump-on-terrorists-you-have-to-take-out-their-families) > > **Trump on terrorists: ‘You have to take out their families’** > > OK, this will do it, right? Can’t say anything that nuts and not go down in flames, right? Up at least three points by next week. ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25907 "2015-12-02T16:45:25Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > On MTP last Sunday, Chuck Todd suggested to Trump that maybe he was confusing the celebrations in the middle east with some rumors about New Jersey, but Donald refused to accept that as an explanation. I seem to recall a NY Times photo of people celebrating 9-11 on the streets of Cairo Egypt and nothing at all about Americans. American Muslims were, without doubt, terrified at possible retaliations against them. To his credit, Dubya differentiated between violent extremists and ordinary every day Muslims. \ ***side note** I also recall the giant American flag draped over the GW Bridge as I drove over it early in the morning of Sept 13, 2001. I recall tears coming to my eyes several times that day as I headed West on Route 80 toward Chicago. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25908 "2015-12-02T16:51:54Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [Rick Santorum suggests armed nurses could have prevented Planned Parenthood shooting.](http://www.salon.com/2015/12/02/good_gal_with_a_gun_rick_santorum_suggests_armed_nurses_could_have_prevented_planned_parenthood_shooting/) I’m 100% in support of arming PP personnel and letting them use some mangled Castle Doctrine to be allow to shoot anyone who tries to protest or harass them. That can’t be what Santorum is supporting, can it? ---
**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:** [December 2, 2015, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25909 "2015-12-02T18:22:31Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > **LED** > > “He **LED** them down > the streets of town.” You missed the shooting part? “Lead” seems somehow appropriate, incorrect as it may be. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25910 "2015-12-02T18:24:04Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > I’m 100% in support of arming PP personnel and letting them use some mangled Castle Doctrine to be allow to shoot anyone who tries to protest or harass them. That can’t be what Santorum is supporting, can it? > [@](#): > > Just in case you had forgotten he was still running for president, former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum popped up on MSNBC’s “Hardball” with the reflexive, right-wing reaction to American’s latest mass shooting and terror attack on Planned Parenthood — **a good guy with a guy could have stopped this bad guy with a gun**. > **[Good gal with a gun: Rick Santorum suggests armed nurses could have...](https://www.salon.com/2015/12/02/good_gal_with_a_gun_rick_santorum_suggests_armed_nurses_could_have_prevented_planned_parenthood_shooting/)** > > "The more people that we have responsibly carrying, the less violence we are going to have in this country" 🙂 This just in: Salon reports Santorum believes increased homosexuality will cure violent crime in America! ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25911 "2015-12-02T18:50:26Z")
[From the Pots & Kettles aisle](http://www.radioiowa.com/2015/12/02/bush-says-trump-is-not-qualified-for-serious-job-of-president/): > [@](#): > > Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush this morning said he has “total confidence” that rival Donald Trump will not be the party’s nominee. > “He’s not a serious person and therefore it’s hard to imagine him being president of the United States,” Bush said… ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25912 "2015-12-02T18:57:59Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [Rick Santorum suggests armed nurses could have prevented Planned Parenthood shooting.](http://www.salon.com/2015/12/02/good_gal_with_a_gun_rick_santorum_suggests_armed_nurses_could_have_prevented_planned_parenthood_shooting/) “Nu uh”, says officer Garrett Swasey. > [@elucidator](#): > > [http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/261757-trump-on-terrorists-you-have-to-take-out-their-families](http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/261757-trump-on-terrorists-you-have-to-take-out-their-families) > > **Trump on terrorists: ‘You have to take out their families’** > > OK, this will do it, right? Can’t say anything that nuts and not go down in flames, right? [If I were to run, I’d run as Republican. They are the dumbest group of voters in the country. They believe everything on Fox News. I could lie and they’d still eat it up. I bet my numbers would be terrific.— Donald Trump, People Magazine 1998](http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--Rc09P-Re--/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/1478140066868214956.png)\* \*No, he never said that but if he could lie his ass off and say stupid shit all the time, why can’t I pass off stupid shit as something he said? ---
**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, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25913 "2015-12-02T19:00:45Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > **LED** > > “He **LED** them down > the streets of town.” > [@eschereal](#): > > You missed the shooting part? “Lead” seems somehow appropriate, incorrect as it may be. Nope. As soon as I start cutting slack for “good” reasons, I’ll be that much closer to cutting slack for a bad one. ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25914 "2015-12-02T19:01:57Z")
> **[Did Trump Say Republicans Are the Dumbest Group of Voters?](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/republicans-dumbest-group-of-voters/)** > > Donald Trump purportedly said that Republicans are the dumbest group of voters in a 1998 'People' magazine interview. Snopes it before you share it. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25915 "2015-12-02T19:09:05Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > [Did Trump Say Republicans Are the Dumbest Group of Voters? | Snopes.com](http://www.snopes.com/1998-trump-people-quote/) > > Snopes it before you share it. > [@Biggirl](#): > > \*No, he never said that but if he could lie his ass off and say stupid shit all the time, why can’t I pass off stupid shit as something he said? Y’all been whooshed. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25916 "2015-12-02T19:23:48Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > [Did Trump Say Republicans Are the Dumbest Group of Voters? | Snopes.com](http://www.snopes.com/1998-trump-people-quote/) > > Snopes it before you share it. Read it before you snark it. Just sayin’. ---
**Author:** ![Sweetums](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Sweetums](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sweetums)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25917 "2015-12-02T19:25:24Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > [Did Trump Say Republicans Are the Dumbest Group of Voters? | Snopes.com](http://www.snopes.com/1998-trump-people-quote/) > > Snopes it before you share it. ``` Ahh, but some of the most rabid right wingers I know refuse to accept Snopes. They say it always lies toward the liberal side. Therefore, but their own logic, he said it. :p ``` ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25918 "2015-12-02T19:42:06Z")
[Trump now has Alex Jones’ endorsement.](http://mediamatters.org/blog/2015/12/02/donald-trump-praises-leading-conspiracy-theoris/207181) I don’t even. ---
**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, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25919 "2015-12-02T19:52:02Z")
[Michael Savage wants the ACLU declared a terrorist organization and their leaders arrested.](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/michael-savage-arrest-aclu-leaders-and-declare-it-terrorist-organization) ---
**Author:** ![Katriona](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/katriona/32/113_2.png) [@Katriona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katriona)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25920 "2015-12-02T21:01:27Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Why is the Communications Director of the Jeb! campaign asking about bear/human rape? > > [x.com](https://twitter.com/Timodc/status/671733195960905728) Apparently he reads Drudge: [http://gawker.com/how-did-drudge-fuck-up-his-bear-rape-scoop-1745571746](http://gawker.com/how-did-drudge-fuck-up-his-bear-rape-scoop-1745571746) ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25921 "2015-12-02T21:04:09Z")
> [@Katriona](#): > > Apparently he reads Drudge: > > [http://gawker.com/how-did-drudge-fuck-up-his-bear-rape-scoop-1745571746](http://gawker.com/how-did-drudge-fuck-up-his-bear-rape-scoop-1745571746) [Or classic Onion articles.](http://twitpic.com/1ffr5v) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1295) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1297)