# 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:** 1339
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2016, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26762 "2016-01-17T14:08:49Z")
[Trump takes credit for Iran’s release of Americans](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/election-2016-donald-trump-claims-credit-for-iran-release-of-americans/). [QUOTE=Trump] So I’ve been hitting them hard and I think I might have had something to do with it . . . You want to know the truth? It’s a part of my staple thing, I mean, I go crazy when I hear about this, you go absolutely wild because how is it possible? [/quote] Trump is going to run a fantasy presidency. (In tandem with his fantasy sports teams.) ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2016, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26763 "2016-01-17T23:30:48Z")
> [@guizot](#): > > [Trump takes credit for Iran’s release of Americans](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/election-2016-donald-trump-claims-credit-for-iran-release-of-americans/). In other news, Maine governor Paul LePage took credit for there being no black Oscar nominees. ---
**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:** [January 18, 2016, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26764 "2016-01-18T01:24:53Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Jeb! says the only news he gets is from _Fox & Friends_](http://bipartisanreport.com/2016/01/16/watch-jeb-bush-admits-to-getting-all-of-his-news-from-this-one-source-video/) If that’s really the case, it might explain much about his poor debate showings. ---
**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:** [January 18, 2016, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26765 "2016-01-18T01:32:42Z")
[Marco Rubio says he bought a gun on Christmas Eve so he can protect America from ISIS.](http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/01/17/3740337/rubio-christmas-eve-gun/) ---
**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:** [January 18, 2016, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26766 "2016-01-18T01:47:15Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > [Marco Rubio says he bought a gun on Christmas Eve so he can protect America from ISIS.](http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/01/17/3740337/rubio-christmas-eve-gun/) > [@](#): > > _There is no evidence, however, that armed civilians are effective in stopping active shootings, whether they are perpetrated from jihadists or right-wing extremists_. Wait, those are different things? ---
**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:** [January 18, 2016, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26767 "2016-01-18T01:52:38Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > [Marco Rubio says he bought a gun on Christmas Eve so he can protect America from ISIS.](http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/01/17/3740337/rubio-christmas-eve-gun/) An excellent idea, Mr. Rubio. In fact, I think your talents are wasted running for president; you should take your gun and start walking the coastline to protect us full time. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26768 "2016-01-18T02:11:48Z")
I bet the first thing his Secret Service detail (when he gets one) does is take it away from him. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26769 "2016-01-18T02:19:40Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > [Marco Rubio says he bought a gun on Christmas Eve so he can protect America from ISIS.](http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/01/17/3740337/rubio-christmas-eve-gun/) I wonder how far it squirts. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26770 "2016-01-18T02:29:09Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > I wonder how far it squirts. Maybe it shoots out one of those flags with the word “BANG!” on it (but in Arabic, of course, so it will deter ISIS). ---
**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:** [January 18, 2016, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26771 "2016-01-18T03:09:17Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > I bet the first thing his Secret Service detail (when he gets one) does is take it away from him. I occasionally hear liberals called hypocrites because they favor gun control but have armed bodyguards. By the same token, I assume any Republican president will forego any Secret Service protection and just pack a gun wherever he goes. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26772 "2016-01-18T05:03:31Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > [Marco Rubio says he bought a gun on Christmas Eve so he can protect America from ISIS.](http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/01/17/3740337/rubio-christmas-eve-gun/) But who is going to protect America from Rubio? If he were a real man he’d go to Iraq to do it. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26773 "2016-01-18T14:34:12Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > [Marco Rubio says he bought a gun on Christmas Eve so he can protect America from ISIS.](http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/01/17/3740337/rubio-christmas-eve-gun/) Reports that he shot a fat, red-suited terrorist coming down his chimney have not been verified. ---
**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:** [January 18, 2016, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26774 "2016-01-18T14:50:10Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Reports that he shot a fat, red-suited terrorist coming down his chimney have not been verified. [Can you really blame him?](http://investigations.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/25/14098101-blind-sheik-terrorist-will-stay-in-us-prison-white-house-says) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26775 "2016-01-18T17:48:39Z")
“Look, Santa, it doesn’t make any goddam difference how bright my nose is when your fucking _blind_!” - Rudolph (attrib.) ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26776 "2016-01-18T20:10:22Z")
Mike Huckabee says we’ve got to start training the poor as if they were kids or dogs. > **[Mike Huckabee: Poor Americans will be better off if we treat them like we...](https://www.rawstory.com/2016/01/mike-huckabee-poor-americans-will-be-better-off-if-we-treat-them-like-we-train-dogs/)** > > Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee argued on Thursday that the "common sense" way to improve the economy was to treat taxpayers with the same techniques used to "train dogs."Speaking at the Republican presidential debate on the Fox... Yeah, put those poor folks in time-out and threaten them with a rolled-up newspaper. ---
**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:** [January 18, 2016, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26777 "2016-01-18T20:25:39Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > Mike Huckabee says we’ve got to start training the poor as if they were kids or dogs. > > [Mike Huckabee: Poor Americans will be better off if we treat them like we 'train dogs'](http://www.rawstory.com/2016/01/mike-huckabee-poor-americans-will-be-better-off-if-we-treat-them-like-we-train-dogs/) > > Yeah, put those poor folks in time-out and threaten them with a rolled-up newspaper. The poor don’t cause so much trouble when they know their place. ETA: I’m astounded this guy was actually a minister. ---
**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:** [January 18, 2016, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26778 "2016-01-18T20:35:10Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > ETA: I’m astounded this guy was actually a minister. Clearly, he preached [the Gospel of Supply-Side Jesus.](http://www.beliefnet.com/News/2003/09/The-Gospel-Of-Supply-Side-Jesus.aspx) ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26779 "2016-01-18T21:02:56Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > Mike Huckabee says we’ve got to start training the poor as if they were kids or dogs. > > [Mike Huckabee: Poor Americans will be better off if we treat them like we 'train dogs'](http://www.rawstory.com/2016/01/mike-huckabee-poor-americans-will-be-better-off-if-we-treat-them-like-we-train-dogs/) > > Yeah, put those poor folks in time-out and threaten them with a rolled-up newspaper. Considering the Huckabee family’s history with dogs I don’t like where this is going. I’m also a bit concerned he raises children the same way he does dogs. ---
**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:** [January 18, 2016, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26780 "2016-01-18T21:12:08Z")
[Donald Trump says that as President he would force Apple to manufacture their goods in the United Sates.](http://gizmodo.com/trump-says-he-will-force-apple-to-manufacture-in-the-us-1753626111) I guess he doesn’t care what the cost of those goods would be to the consumer. ---
**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:** [January 18, 2016, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26781 "2016-01-18T22:40:32Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > Mike Huckabee says we’ve got to start training the poor as if they were kids or dogs. > > [Mike Huckabee: Poor Americans will be better off if we treat them like we 'train dogs'](http://www.rawstory.com/2016/01/mike-huckabee-poor-americans-will-be-better-off-if-we-treat-them-like-we-train-dogs/) > > Yeah, put those poor folks in time-out and threaten them with a rolled-up newspaper. Well, his point is to punish the poor _for being poor_ – so that they will learn to stop doing that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1338) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1340)