# 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:** 1356
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27102 "2016-01-30T23:44:58Z")
> [@](#): > > …too-liberal" Sanders ad is a double-secret-reverse by Republicans, who are hoping to prop up Sanders with the Democratic caucus crowd in hopes of defeating Clinton in Iowa… Got a nickel says Dukakis was nominated with Republican money. Can’t prove it, won’t try, but there it is. Hear Claire McCaskill pulled the same trick to get a flaming asshole nominated as her opponent in Missouri. Worked like a charm. I, of course, renounce, denounce and condemn. But the important thing to remember is, both sides do it. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2016, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27103 "2016-01-31T00:54:42Z")
Back in 1980, I thought that Ronald Reagan was the only Republican candidate who had no chance of beating Jimmy Carter. Be careful what you wish for, my Republican friends. But let us also remember that the basic thrust of Watergate was to undermine the Dems who had the best chance of beating Nixon so that he’d be able to cakewalk over McGovern. Worked pretty well at the time. ---
**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:** [January 31, 2016, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27104 "2016-01-31T01:13:55Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Got a nickel says Dukakis was nominated with Republican money. Can’t prove it, won’t try, but there it is. > > Hear Claire McCaskill pulled the same trick to get a flaming asshole nominated as her opponent in Missouri. Worked like a charm. I, of course, renounce, denounce and condemn. But the important thing to remember is, both sides do it. In her memoir, McCaskill says she spent a bundle to help Todd “Legitimate Rape” Akin get the Republican nomination. [http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/08/todd-akin-missouri-claire-mccaskill-2012-121262](http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/08/todd-akin-missouri-claire-mccaskill-2012-121262) ---
**Author:** ![John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_stamos_left_ear/32/3198_2.png) [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2016, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27105 "2016-01-31T03:35:15Z")
> [@Uncle\_Jocko](#): > > This may not be a truly dumb Republican idea, but it’s under consideration. Keep The Promise 1 (a pro-Cruz super PAC) is running an ad here calling Bernie Sanders “too liberal for Iowa.” Why is it stupid? It’s perhaps the best PRO-Bernie ad that Bernie never had to pay for himself. > > The ad says: > [ul] > [li]Bernie wants to provide free college for our young people[/li][li]He wants Medicare for all, basically single-payer universal health care[/li][li]And he wants to pay for it with higher taxes on Wall Street and “the super rich.” It literally says, “super rich,” with a picture of a wealthy couple in front of their mansion and their fancy car.[/li][/ul] > > And my response is, “All right. Why are these things supposed to be bad? Where do I sign up?” [Rachel Maddow](http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/anti-sanders-attack-ad-isnt-quite-what-it-seems-be) did a piece on that last week… ---
**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 31, 2016, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27106 "2016-01-31T04:39:44Z")
**Rick Kitchen** posted this in the Ted Cruz campaign thread but it also belongs here. Oh, boy does it belong here. > [@Ted Cruz Presidential campaign discussion thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-presidential-campaign-discussion-thread/715774/572): > > [The Cruz campaign is sending out mailings to Iowa voters saying they (and their neighbors – and they list the neighbors’ names and voting records) labeled “Voting Violation”, telling them that their voting history is a public record and they need to go out and vote in the caucus to increase their voting score.](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2016/01/30/cruzs-desperate-last-minute-attempt-to-win-iowa-is-so-vile-state-officials-just-nailed-him-for-it/) > > The state Secretary of State is angry about it, even though he’s a Republican because, among other things, the mailer mentions the Secretary of State’s office as if it’s an official mailing. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2016, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27107 "2016-01-31T05:16:38Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > **Rick Kitchen** posted this in the Ted Cruz campaign thread but it also belongs here. Oh, boy does it belong here. What is a voting record? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2016, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27108 "2016-01-31T06:42:53Z")
Its part of your Permanent Record, right below the part about the prevalence or lack of attitude problems. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2016, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27109 "2016-02-01T02:55:42Z")
“[Being a sanctuary for illegal aliens is horrible and somebody should do something about it in places like San Francisco, but let’s not do anything about the sanctuaries here in Iowa](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-struggle-with-sanctuary-cities-in-iowa/2016/01/31/575150f4-bb9c-11e5-b682-4bb4dd403c7d_story.html?tid=sm_fb).” ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2016, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27110 "2016-02-01T06:58:07Z")
By way of our good friends at _Crooks and Liars_… > **[Herman Cain And Fox Slam Obama's First US Mosque Visit As 'Kissy-Kissy With...](https://crooksandliars.com/2016/01/herman-cain-and-fox-slam-obamas-first-us)** > > Former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain suggested on Sunday that President Barack Obama was making his first visit to a U.S. mosque because he liked to "go kissy-kissy with the Muslim Brotherhood." > [@](#): > > Former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain suggested on Sunday that President Barack Obama was making his first visit to a U.S. mosque because he liked to “go kissy-kissy with the Muslim Brotherhood.” “Kissy kissy” Channeling Miss Piggy? ---
**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:** [February 2, 2016, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27111 "2016-02-02T14:06:42Z")
There probably should be a separate thread pitting Iowa Republicans for choosing Huckabee - Santorum - Cruz. They could not possibly have done a worse job since 2008. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2016, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27112 "2016-02-02T14:33:06Z")
?? My paper has them choosing Cruz–Trump–Rubio. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2016, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27113 "2016-02-02T14:58:27Z")
In the last three primaries, (s)he means. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2016, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27114 "2016-02-02T15:15:42Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > There probably should be a separate thread pitting Iowa Republicans for choosing Huckabee - Santorum - Cruz. They could not possibly have done a worse job since 2008. Keyes, Bachmann, Carson. The Coalition of the Crazies? ---
**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:** [February 2, 2016, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27115 "2016-02-02T23:13:48Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > In the last three primaries, (s)he means. Yes, of course. 2008 - Huckabee 2012 - Santorum 2016 - Cruz As Trump would say, “What a bunch of losers”. Iowa has proven itself incapable of making good choices. Some other state needs to take the lead. Iowa needs to restrict itself to raising corn and pigs. BTW, He. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2016, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27116 "2016-02-03T00:29:54Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > Iowa has proven itself incapable of making good choices. Some other state needs to take the lead. Iowa needs to restrict itself to raising corn and pigs. Rather than picking a winner, Iowa’s job (at least on the GOP side) seems to be eliminating the hopeless. They actually are a halfway decent bellwether. Granted, sometimes in reverse (i.e., the GOP winner of Iowa is generally not the nominee). ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2016, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27117 "2016-02-03T01:04:24Z")
> [@Zakalwe](#): > > Rather than picking a winner, Iowa’s job (at least on the GOP side) seems to be eliminating the hopeless. Of course, whichever state got to go first could do that. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2016, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27118 "2016-02-03T18:55:29Z")
[Trump wants a do-over in Iowa accusing Cruz of fraud. Cruz fires back.](http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/gop-primaries/268014-trump-accuses-cruz-of-illegal-iowa-win-in-deleted-tweet) ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2016, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27119 "2016-02-03T19:19:03Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > [Trump wants a do-over in Iowa accusing Cruz of fraud. Cruz fires back.](http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/gop-primaries/268014-trump-accuses-cruz-of-illegal-iowa-win-in-deleted-tweet) So Trump is not only a loser, he’s a **poor** loser. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2016, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27120 "2016-02-03T19:25:49Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > So Trump is not only a loser, he’s a **poor** loser. Trump is the best at losing. Everyone Trump talks to says that he loses better than anyone else. Rubio, Paul, Carson - those guys are _losers_ when it comes to losing! (Side note; if you want a good laugh, type [loser.com](http://loser.com) into your address bar and see what it redirects to.) ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2016, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27121 "2016-02-03T19:28:36Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > [Trump wants a do-over in Iowa accusing Cruz of fraud. Cruz fires back.](http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/gop-primaries/268014-trump-accuses-cruz-of-illegal-iowa-win-in-deleted-tweet) I might vote for Trump if he would be able to put the site designers of [TheHill.com](http://TheHill.com) in a windowless dungeon forever. I closed my browser and I think it’s still loading. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1355) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1357)