# 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:** 1343
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2016, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26842 "2016-01-20T16:00:11Z")
> [@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).” Am I the only one who has a hard time believing that anyone could say such a thing and actually _believe_ it? Sometimes I have to wonder if people like Falwell Jr. are simply trolls or paid political operatives. ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2016, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26843 "2016-01-20T16:05:47Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > … I have no idea how many kids named Santorum there are in the world, but there must be some, and I can’t imagine that many of them will get through school without other kids finding out what their name means. An actual WON’T SOMEONE THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!! argument. Good Lord. ---
**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 20, 2016, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26844 "2016-01-20T16:20:15Z")
[NRA Board Member calls for death of Obama and Clinton.](http://mediamatters.org/blog/2016/01/20/nra-board-member-ted-nugent-calls-for-clinton-a/208062) Ted “Shoot From The Lip” Nugent calls for the hanging of the President and Hillary Clinton. ---
**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 20, 2016, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26845 "2016-01-20T16:26:01Z")
Not sure this one is going to have legs, but given that the GOP has been trying to sabotage the American economy since 2009, it wouldn’t be a shock. [Trump team openly hoping for ‘small-scale terror plots on American soil’ to ‘keep voters in a state of anxiety’](http://theweek.com/speedreads/600241/trump-team-openly-hoping-smallscale-terror-plots-american-soil-keep-voters-state-anxiety) I recall that in 1968 Nixon operatives told the North Vietnamese at the Paris peace talks they’d get a better deal from him after the election. In a similar fashion, Reagan people got the Iranians to hold on to the 79 American hostages until after the 1980 election. Let’s see if these develops. Of course the party out of power always wants bad stuff to happen, but openly hoping, is a bit much. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2016, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26846 "2016-01-20T16:43:29Z")
> [@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).” Update: He really **is!** Dr. Frankenstein confirms! ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2016, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26847 "2016-01-20T16:58:39Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > [Trump team openly hoping for ‘small-scale terror plots on American soil’ to ‘keep voters in a state of anxiety’](http://theweek.com/speedreads/600241/trump-team-openly-hoping-smallscale-terror-plots-american-soil-keep-voters-state-anxiety) So **that’s** why [the Bundys are pulling this crap!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=779863) ---
**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:** [January 20, 2016, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26848 "2016-01-20T17:34:40Z")
> [@Lightray](#): > > > [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > > > I have no idea how many kids named Santorum there are in the world, but there must be some, and I can’t imagine that many of them will get through school without other kids finding out what their name means. > > An actual WON’T SOMEONE THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!! argument. Good Lord. As I recall, he has 4 or 5 kids of his own, and I’m kinda sorry they have him for a dad. That being said, I’ve no problem with what Savage did. My ex-Senator deserves all the ridicule and contempt he’s being dealt. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2016, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26849 "2016-01-20T17:37:03Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > [NRA Board Member calls for death of Obama and Clinton.](http://mediamatters.org/blog/2016/01/20/nra-board-member-ted-nugent-calls-for-clinton-a/208062) Ted “Shoot From The Lip” Nugent calls for the hanging of the President and Hillary Clinton. Wasn’t he supposed to be dead or in jail by now? That Obama - such a slacker as an oppressive dictator… ---
**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, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26850 "2016-01-20T17:53:49Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > For one thing: do you think that \*everyone \*who happens to be named Santorum deserves the ridicule? > [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > So the remedy for that is to humiliate them further? Great. Listen, could I speak to John Stamos’s _Right_ Ear? That must be the smart one. I genuinely feel bad if anyone not named Rick Santorum is negatively affected. But consider this: the alternate definition is well-known in political circles and people who follow politics on the internet. As the majority of people don’t even vote, I’ve no doubt that most people don’t know what it means. Even still, as it is not directed towards them, Bob Santorum or Thelma Santorum probably gets a few chuckles from their friends, but nothing more. There are people named Gaylord, Bush, Beaver, Head, Hooker, etc. I’m sure their friends and family isn’t mocking them day and night and driving them to depression. The other Santorums of the world will get a few jokes from their friends, but that’s probably about it. Strangers may snicker behind their backs, but you’re acting as if every cashier, waiter, or hotel desk clerk is actively throwing shit onto Irwin Santorum’s head. Its not happening. Rick Santorum is the only one really being harmed by this. Savage did something wonderful to make him look like the buffoon he is, and the other Santorums are not suffering much, if at all, from the association. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2016, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26851 "2016-01-20T19:02:49Z")
Not to introduce data into this or anything, but [http://www.locatemyname.com](http://www.locatemyname.com) has records of 47 people with the surname “Santorum” in the US and estimates 58. The heaviest concentration is in Virginia, which presumably would be because of the politician’s family. The site records 189 worldwide, though the estimates add up to nearly 1000. Make of it what you will. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2016, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26852 "2016-01-20T19:04:02Z")
Look, any kid named “Santorum” is gonna take shit on the playground one way or another, even if Senator Rick had never been heard of. ---
**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 20, 2016, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26853 "2016-01-20T19:16:19Z")
> [@lance\_strongarm](#): > > > [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > > > South Carolina Republican state legislator wants to force journalists [to register with the state](http://huff.to/1QmdHVk): > > There seems to be a never-ending supply of legislators and governors who either have no fucking idea what the U.S. Constitution says, or just don’t care. But, it says _ **Congress** shall make no law respecting an establishment of **religion** , or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances._ See, Congress is the federal government. States Rights! ---
**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:** [January 20, 2016, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26854 "2016-01-20T19:26:17Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > I dislike Rick Santorum, but that doesn’t make Dan Savage a good guy, nor somehow not a puerile bully. What makes Dan Savage the good guy and the non-bully (puerile or otherwise) is the fact that _Rick Santorum was the one who picked the fight_. > [@foolsguinea](#): > > I don’t disagree. Rick Santorum is terrible. I said Dan Savage is puerile, and his stunts make _him_ look bad, not Santorum. Yeah, right. Savage has made the grave tactical error of leaving his kneecaps open for Rick Santorum to bite off. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2016, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26855 "2016-01-20T19:34:10Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > But, it says > _ **Congress** shall make no law respecting an establishment of **religion** , or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances._ > See, Congress is the federal government. States Rights! I think you’re being facetious, but if anybody thinks this is a good argument, [QUOTE=South Carolina Constitution, Article I, Section 2] [**The General Assembly shall make no law** respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or **abridging the freedom** of speech or **of the press** ; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition the government or any department thereof for a redress of grievances.](http://www.scstatehouse.gov/scconstitution/A01.php) [/quote] ---
**Author:** ![user\_hostile](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/user_hostile/32/474_2.png) [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2016, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26856 "2016-01-20T20:00:06Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > [Normie cuckservative loser Rick Wilson calls TRUMP supporters “childless single men who masturbate to anime”](http://www.mediaite.com/tv/msnbc-guest-trumps-alt-right-fans-childless-single-men-who-masturbate-to-anime/). > > Of course the plutocrat traitor shill does not realize that TRUMP is the manifestation of the anger of the American proletariat and probably prefers jerking off to porn of middle-aged women with sagging breasts and the visages of Carly Fiorina sodomizing sub males with strap-ons (certainly he metaphorically does so!) over the lovely, ethereal girls of manga and anime. Really why are these men-their antisocial tendencies having been caused by the neoliberal deindustrialization and destruction of American community thanks to the economism of fusionist conservatism anymore pathetic then his wife and millions of other bourgeois middle-aged women fantasizing over the protagonist of _50 Shades of Grey_? At any rate, I look forward to his and the rest of the Establishment’s humiliation once TRUMP wins Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina before sweeping the rest of the nation with the solid mass of the working people of the American nation behind him. Hopefully once he assumes the Presidency, TRUMP will confine this disgusting classist bigot to a mental asylum in Soviet tradition. Already he is being destroyed on Twitter by the legions of patriotic men and women who simultaneously appreciate the art form of anime. You might want to read this [essay](https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/orwell46.htm) first before posting. ---
**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 20, 2016, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26857 "2016-01-20T20:05:57Z")
[Fox News commentator blames Obama for the lack of diversity in the Oscar nominations.](http://crooksandliars.com/2016/01/stacy-dash-blames-obama-lack-racial) ---
**Author:** ![user\_hostile](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/user_hostile/32/474_2.png) [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2016, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26858 "2016-01-20T20:08:49Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > [NRA Board Member calls for death of Obama and Clinton.](http://mediamatters.org/blog/2016/01/20/nra-board-member-ted-nugent-calls-for-clinton-a/208062) Ted “Shoot From The Lip” Nugent calls for the hanging of the President and Hillary Clinton. The Secret Service’s code name for Angry White Ted is “Scratchy”. ---
**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 20, 2016, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26859 "2016-01-20T20:20:52Z")
[The Flint water crisis is a hoax.](http://www.rawstory.com/2016/01/gop-lead-poisoning-truthers-say-flint-water-crisis-vastly-overstated-and-might-even-be-a-hoax/) ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2016, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26860 "2016-01-20T21:19:43Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [The Flint water crisis is a hoax.](http://www.rawstory.com/2016/01/gop-lead-poisoning-truthers-say-flint-water-crisis-vastly-overstated-and-might-even-be-a-hoax/) I will use that guy’s picture as a stock photo for today’s whackdoodle RINO’s. Old, white, angry, confused, and deeply fearful of the new more colorful world he faces. ---
**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 20, 2016, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26861 "2016-01-20T21:37:31Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > I will use that guy’s picture as a stock photo for today’s whackdoodle RINO’s. Old, white, angry, confused, and deeply fearful of the new more colorful world he faces. Or just wondering who the hell stole his dentures. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1342) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1344)