# 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:** 1341
**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:** [January 19, 2016, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26802 "2016-01-19T17:55:40Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > [Some Americans are pleased that Martin Luther King, Jr. endorsed Donald Trump for President.](http://www.rawstory.com/2016/01/hilarious-or-depressing-kimmel-interviews-americans-who-actually-believe-mlk-endorsed-donald-trump/) “A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals, and you know it.” –Agent K, Men in Black ---
**Author:** ![lance\_strongarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@lance\_strongarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lance_strongarm)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26803 "2016-01-19T18:02:24Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Bill O’Reilly guest suggests it would have been better for the ten sailors to be held hostage by Iran forever than to apologize for wandering into their territorial waters.](http://crooksandliars.com/2016/01/fox-guest-we-d-be-better-letting-us) > > What is the Institute for the Study of War? Sounds more like the Institute for the Encouragement of War. So what? Send thousands of Americans to be killed or wounded and spend a trillion dollars! It’s worth it so that one guy won’t have to say “sorry, my bad.” Murica! ---
**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:** [January 19, 2016, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26804 "2016-01-19T18:41:26Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > What exactly do you have against what Dan Savage did? Someone’s telling him he’s like a pedophile or animal fucker, supports legislation that makes his activities in the bedroom illegal and bar him from marrying. And Dan asks his readers to make up an insulting name for him? Where’s the bad that Savage did? I really can’t see it. For one thing: do you think that \*everyone \*who happens to be named Santorum deserves the ridicule? ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26805 "2016-01-19T19:21:52Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > Bill O’Reilly hates American soldiers! You heard it here first folks! Actually it was just his guest that suggested it and O’Reilly himself argued against it. Its one of the things that O’Reilly does to try to make himself look reasonable. He invites a guest who says that “Immigrants should be rounded up branded and ground into lunch meals for poor school children.” and then when O’Reilly says that while he agrees that immigrants should be rounded up and branded he thinks that grinding them up into hamburger doesn’t fit his idea of America." He sounds like a moderate who can objectively see both sides of an issue. ---
**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 19, 2016, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26806 "2016-01-19T19:36:08Z")
Jerry Falwell, Jr,.: “[Donald Trump is a combination of Jesus, Martin Luther King and Jerry Falwell](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/falwell-jr-donald-trump-jesus-christ-martin-luther-king-jr-and-jerry-falwell).” ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26807 "2016-01-19T19:44:34Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Jerry Falwell, Jr,.: “[Donald Trump is a combination of Jesus, Martin Luther King and Jerry Falwell](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/falwell-jr-donald-trump-jesus-christ-martin-luther-king-jr-and-jerry-falwell).” There’s a lot of lying down together going on, but everybody ALREADY has fleas. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26808 "2016-01-19T19:45:28Z")
Oh yeah, saw some things immediately about how that soldier needed to face discipline for embarrassing his nation by apologizing to Iran. My thought was that it was a good thing he did and they accepted it, so we didn’t need to have our government do it, or refuse to do it, or whatever. ---
**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 19, 2016, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26809 "2016-01-19T19:51:32Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Jerry Falwell, Jr,.: “[Donald Trump is a combination of Jesus, Martin Luther King and Jerry Falwell](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/falwell-jr-donald-trump-jesus-christ-martin-luther-king-jr-and-jerry-falwell).” And he knows his scripture, two. ---
**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 19, 2016, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26810 "2016-01-19T19:53:28Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > For one thing: do you think that \*everyone \*who happens to be named Santorum deserves the ridicule? Do you think everyone name Hitler deserves … ---
**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:** [January 19, 2016, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26811 "2016-01-19T19:57:59Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Do you think everyone name Hitler deserves … Was it here that I recently saw the story about a midwestern farmer named Adolph Hitler who was interviewed during WW2 and asked if he would change his name? He answered, “Let him change his, I had it first.” ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26812 "2016-01-19T20:20:07Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > And he knows his scripture, two. Objection overruled, I’m going to allow it. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26813 "2016-01-19T20:34:39Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > And he knows his scripture, two. Trump appears to know everything about smiting. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26814 "2016-01-19T21:04:37Z")
The Corinthians made leather seats for luxury chariots, right? ---
**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:** [January 19, 2016, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26815 "2016-01-19T21:39:19Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Jerry Falwell, Jr,.: “[Donald Trump is a combination of Jesus, Martin Luther King and Jerry Falwell](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/falwell-jr-donald-trump-jesus-christ-martin-luther-king-jr-and-jerry-falwell).” I do wonder which part of Donald Trump is supposed to correspond to Jesus. Can’t be the hair… Oooh, is Trump about to be betrayed by his posse then tortured to death while they watch ? That’d be half-decent television if nothing else. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26816 "2016-01-19T21:42:06Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > I do wonder which part of Donald Trump is supposed to correspond to Jesus. Can’t be the hair… Oooh, is Trump about to be betrayed by his posse then tortured to death while they watch ? That’d be half-decent television if nothing else. I’d guess he’s the “toss out the money lenders” kind of Jesus. Righteous anger and all that, plus he’s stiffed them numerous times with bankruptcy. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26817 "2016-01-19T21:43:30Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > I do wonder which part of Donald Trump is supposed to correspond to Jesus. Can’t be the hair… Oooh, is Trump about to be betrayed by his posse then tortured to death while they watch ? That’d be half-decent television if nothing else. _This_ time we weld that rock in tight and stand guard until the three days are up. ---
**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 19, 2016, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26818 "2016-01-19T21:47:50Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > I do wonder which part of Donald Trump is supposed to correspond to Jesus. Can’t be the hair… Oooh, is Trump about to be betrayed by his posse then tortured to death while they watch ? That’d be half-decent television if nothing else. He hates it when people cross him. ---
**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:** [January 19, 2016, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26819 "2016-01-19T22:16:06Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I’d guess he’s the “toss out the money lenders” kind of Jesus. Well, as you yourself note, he’s more of a “declare bankruptcy on the moneylenders and laugh all the way to the (other) moneylenders”, isn’t he ? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2016, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26820 "2016-01-20T00:05:34Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > For one thing: do you think that \*everyone \*who happens to be named Santorum deserves the ridicule? No. But Savage wasn’t attacking any of them, just Rick Santorum. I think its a stretch to think anyone named Santorum is being bullied or harmed significantly by the attack on a very public, very homophobic politician. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2016, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26821 "2016-01-20T00:38:01Z")
How would we know? If my name had been Santorum, I would have changed it after that! Perhaps even before… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1340) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1342)