# 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:** 1303
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26042 "2015-12-08T17:13:30Z")
> [@Abe\_Babe](#): > > I pretend to be rich, smart and good looking. > > It doesn’t help much. So pretend it does. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26043 "2015-12-08T17:18:55Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > “You people are insane, we’re _Americans!_” Reminds me of the scene from _Sunday in the Park with George_ with the American couple: MR.: Excusez, Masseur. We are lost. French Boatman: Huh? Mrs: Let me try, Daddy. We are alien here. Unable to find passage off island. Boatman: Why don’t you just walk into the water until your lungs fill up and you die. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26044 "2015-12-08T17:22:10Z")
[State representatives demand resignation of New Hampshire GOP chairwoman after she criticizes Trump’s Islamophobic immigration plan.](http://www.salon.com/2015/12/08/state_representatives_demand_resignation_of_new_hampshire_gop_chairwoman_after_she_criticizes_trumps_islamophobic_immigration_plan/) > [@](#): > > Trump suggested barring all Muslims from entering the United States “until our country’s representatives can figure out what is going on,” which given the august legislative’s body typical celerity, essentially amounts to forever, what with the “great hatred towards Americans by large segments of the Muslim population.” > > Horn disagreed, saying that “there are some issues that transcend politics. While my position (as party chairwoman) is certainly political, I am an American first. There should never be a day in the United States of America when people are excluded based solely on their race or religion. It is un-Republican. It is unconstitutional. And it is un-American.” > > But state Representative Al Baldasaro disagreed, saying that what Trump’s proposing “is no different than the situation during World War II, when we put the Japanese in camps,” which for people not in Trump’s thrall, is considered one of the most shameful moments in American history. ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26045 "2015-12-08T18:31:49Z")
I love how the GOP continues to frame the American WW2 interment camps as holding Japanese and not Americans. ---
**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 8, 2015, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26046 "2015-12-08T18:51:42Z")
[Fox News commentators give up beating around the bush, just start cursing at Obama on live TV;](http://mediamatters.org/blog/2015/12/07/fox-news-suspends-ralph-peters-and-stacey-dash/207289) > [@](#): > > During a December 7 appearance on Fox Business, Fox News strategic analyst Ralph Peters said of President Obama after his Oval Office address last night: “I mean this guy is such a total pussy, it’s stunning.” > > While co-hosting Outnumbered, contributor Stacey Dash reacted to Obama’s remarks by stating: “I felt like he could give a shit – excuse me, like he could care less.” Fox, of course, immediately did the right thing, and _suspended them with pay for two weeks_. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26047 "2015-12-08T18:55:29Z")
> [@Grey](#): > > I love how the GOP continues to frame the American WW2 interment camps as holding Japanese and not Americans. Because that segment of the Right doesn’t consider Japanese-Americans (or Arab-Americans, or Persian-Americans, or African-Americans, etc) to be Americans. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26048 "2015-12-08T18:57:01Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > [Fox News commentators give up beating around the bush, just start cursing at Obama on live TV;](http://mediamatters.org/blog/2015/12/07/fox-news-suspends-ralph-peters-and-stacey-dash/207289) > > Fox, of course, immediately did the right thing, and _suspended them with pay for two weeks_. Or as its known in the real world, vacation. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26049 "2015-12-08T19:18:38Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > [Fox News commentators give up beating around the bush, just start cursing at Obama on live TV;](http://mediamatters.org/blog/2015/12/07/fox-news-suspends-ralph-peters-and-stacey-dash/207289) > > Fox, of course, immediately did the right thing, and _suspended them with pay for two weeks_. I’m a die-hard liberal who voted for Obama twice. And while I disagree with Stacey Dash’s assessment of the PotUS, it doesn’t change the fact that she is a damn beautiful woman that I would step over my dying brother to spend a weekend in an anonymous hotel room with. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26050 "2015-12-08T20:15:33Z")
Anybody who would fuck her is too lazy to jerk off. ---
**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 8, 2015, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26051 "2015-12-08T20:16:52Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > I’m a die-hard liberal who voted for Obama twice. And while I disagree with Stacey Dash’s assessment of the PotUS, it doesn’t change the fact that she is a damn beautiful woman that I would step over my dying brother to spend a weekend in an anonymous hotel room with. And at the close of the weekend you would tell her that you voted for Obama twice, so you could watch her head explode, right? ---
**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 8, 2015, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26052 "2015-12-08T20:29:40Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > I’m a die-hard liberal who voted for Obama twice. And while I disagree with Stacey Dash’s assessment of the PotUS, it doesn’t change the fact that she is a damn beautiful woman that I would step over my dying brother to spend a weekend in an anonymous hotel room with. Of course. Why else do you think Fox News hired her? ---
**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:** [December 8, 2015, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26053 "2015-12-08T21:10:30Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [State representatives demand resignation of New Hampshire GOP chairwoman after she criticizes Trump’s Islamophobic immigration plan.](http://www.salon.com/2015/12/08/state_representatives_demand_resignation_of_new_hampshire_gop_chairwoman_after_she_criticizes_trumps_islamophobic_immigration_plan/) Well, he didn’t call them “Japs”, so I guess there has been some improvement…(dammit, where’s a ‘sardonic’ smilie when you need one…) ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26054 "2015-12-08T21:14:23Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > And at the close of the weekend you would tell her that you voted for Obama twice, so you could watch her head explode, right? Nah. During. It’s like that old joke about rodeo-style sex. Where you call your girlfriend by the wrong name and see if you can stay on for 8 seconds. ---
**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 8, 2015, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26055 "2015-12-08T21:36:44Z")
[Rick Santorum is still pretending like he’s running for Presiden](http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2015/12/07/santorum-iowa-could-terror-target/76952702/)t. At a gathering of Iowa Catholics, he said: > [@](#): > > “He is the pope. I am going to give him some space to weave that narrative,” Santorum said, prompting laughter. > > However, Santorum said, “I am not a believer” in the global climate crisis. He suggested the climate change issue represents “the desire of the left to gain more power and control over what we do.” > > “If you have a concealed carry permit, if you have been trained to use a gun and can use it proficiently, I think you have an obligation these days to carry a gun,” > > Santorum responded that the fact is that more women are attending college than men and have higher graduation rates than men. > > “If there is a huge problem in America today, it is that we are losing a generation of young men,” he said. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26056 "2015-12-08T21:53:34Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Of course. Why else do you think Fox News hired her? They don’t like **Superdude** ’s brother? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26057 "2015-12-08T22:25:14Z")
The Donald is not only going to cleanse the nation of Islam, but the internet as well. Or something. > **[Trump says he would talk to Bill Gates and 'close up the internet' to fight ISIS](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2015/12/8/1458049/-Trump-says-he-would-talk-to-Bill-Gates-and-close-up-the-internet-to-fight-ISIS)** > > One the same day Donald Trump called for a " total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States," Muslim-Americans included, he also called for shutting down the internet because we are ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26058 "2015-12-08T22:41:42Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > The Donald is not only going to cleanse the nation of Islam, but the internet as well. Or something. > > [Trump says he would talk to Bill Gates and 'close up the internet' to fight ISIS](http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2015/12/8/1458049/-Trump-says-he-would-talk-to-Bill-Gates-and-close-up-the-internet-to-fight-ISIS) Good lord. > [@Donald "Durr Furor" Trump](#): > > We’re losing a lot of people because of the Internet. We have to see Bill Gates and a lot of different people who really understand what’s happening and maybe, in some ways, closing that Internet up in some ways. > > \ > > We’ve got to maybe do something with the Internet because they’re recruiting by the thousands, they’re leaving our country, and then when they come back, we take them back. > > ‘Where were you?’ ‘I was fighting for ISIS.’ ‘Oh, come on back. Go home, enjoy yourself.’ When they leave our country and they go to fight or go to ISIS, they never can come back. Really, _thousands_ of people are being recruited by ISIS over the internet, leaving the US to fight with ISIS, then coming back? _Thousands?_ And when they do this, we know they are doing it and just let them back in because we’re idiots? I’m gonna have to raise an eyebrow at those claims. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26059 "2015-12-08T22:48:13Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > Really, _thousands_ of people are being recruited by ISIS over the internet, leaving the US to fight with ISIS, then coming back? _Thousands?_ And when they do this, we know they are doing it and just let them back in because we’re idiots? I’m gonna have to raise an eyebrow at those claims. I congratulate you on maintaining a level of superciliary elasticity that permits you to accomplish this without injury. If _I_ were calibrating the implausibility of Der Donald’s assertions by eyebrow-raising, my eyebrows would have migrated all the way up over my scalp and down the back of my neck by now. ---
**Author:** ![up\_the\_junction](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f1d935/32.png) [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26060 "2015-12-08T22:51:09Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > Really, _thousands_ of people are being recruited by ISIS over the internet, leaving the US to fight with ISIS, then coming back? _Thousands?_ And when they do this, we know they are doing it and just let them back in because we’re idiots? I’m gonna have to raise an eyebrow at those claims. Well yeah, they are going in good sized numbers. I have no idea of how many from the US but several hundred have gone from the UK and about half have returned. Here’s a recent BBC summary: > **[Who are Britain’s jihadists?](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-32026985)** > > At least 800 people from the UK have travelled to support or fight for jihadist organisations in Syria and Iraq, according to British officials. But what do we know about them? ---
**Author:** ![up\_the\_junction](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f1d935/32.png) [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26061 "2015-12-08T22:53:49Z")
This woman thinks they’re a bunch of wankers, basically. Seriously not impressed - the video further down in more interesting > **[Isis 'not my cup of tea' says British woman who went to Syria to join](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/14/shukee-begum-isis-not-my-cup-of-tea-says-british-woman-syria-to-join)** > > Shukee Begum went to Syria with her five children to be with her jihadi husband Jamal al-Harith, a former Guantánamo Bay detainee [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1302) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1304)