# 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:** 1357
**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:** [February 3, 2016, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27122 "2016-02-03T19:52:00Z")
> [@bup](#): > > 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. Lovely headline on the front page"Santorum dropping out …" I mean, ick. Now I have to get that image out of my head before lunchtime. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2016, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27123 "2016-02-03T21:13:55Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > So Trump is not only a loser, he’s a **poor** loser. And this is why I still predict that he will go rogue if he doesn’t get the nomination. He cannot comprehend an America without him as King. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2016, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27124 "2016-02-03T21:14:51Z")
> [@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 did like the Cruz campaign’s response: > [@Cruz spokesperson Rick Tyler](#): > > Reality just hit the reality star — he lost Iowa and now nobody is talking about him, so he’s popping off on Twitter. There are support groups for Twitter addiction, perhaps he should find his local chapter. ---
**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, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27125 "2016-02-03T21:44:19Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > And this is why I still predict that he will go rogue if he doesn’t get the nomination. He cannot comprehend an America without him as King. “The Republican party was very unfair to me. OK? They’re unfair. It’s disgusting. Everyone knows I’m going to win this election. It’s in all the polls. How stupid would you have to be to vote for these losers?” ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2016, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27126 "2016-02-03T22:04:51Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > So Trump is not only a loser, he’s a **poor** loser. That’s been well known for the last 40 years. He once took out a _huge_ loan (millions), then never made payments on it. When the back _politely_ asked for payments, he started whining and threatened to sue. The bank actually backed down. So the SOB basically _stole_ millions. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2016, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27127 "2016-02-03T22:14:06Z")
This isn’t an _idea_ per se, but it’s definitely Republican… I bring you Roy Buchanan, the former Chairman for the Davidson County Election Commission in Tennessee, and how to deal with the media: > [@](#): > > WSMV’s Alanna Autler asked Buchanan on camera why he and Wall spent money on several purported business dinners in the ritzy suburb of Belle Meade, and why Wall, in Autler’s words, “spent $140 for a frame of the Nashville skyline, nearly $150 for lamps and bookends and $614 to frame a map of Metro’s districts” around the same time. Those fun purchases, she pointed out, happened around the same time the Election Commission shut down early voting sites, citing money being tight and all. > > > [@](#): > > > > “Can you explain the picture frame that was $614?” Autler asked. > > > > “That’s it,” Buchanan said. > > > > “That’s it?” Autler said. > > > > “That’s exactly the bitch I thought you would be,” Buchanan said. > > [Jezebel](http://theslot.jezebel.com/tennessee-official-to-reporter-on-camera-that-s-exact-1756672863) “Buchanan resigned on Monday, before the story even aired, but told The Tennessean he doesn’t regret calling Autler a bitch, because he feels she is a bitch.” ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2016, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27128 "2016-02-03T23:39:16Z")
> [@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 don’t see why everybody’s piling on Trump, and not talking about Cruz. If he pulls shit like that to win Iowa, what will he do if he gets the nomination? What would he do as President? ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27129 "2016-02-04T00:14:22Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > I don’t see why everybody’s piling on Trump, and not talking about Cruz. If he pulls shit like that to win Iowa, what will he do if he gets the nomination? What would he do as President? I don’t speak for everyone, but i think most of us have counted Cruz out as of recent major campaign mistakes (G&S Loan, Voter mailer, etc.) Plus, since Trump is not a politician, maybe he’s learning he can’t cut it, so a good time to make more fun of the man who won’t be nominated. ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27130 "2016-02-04T01:51:29Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > I don’t see why everybody’s piling on Trump, and not talking about Cruz. If he pulls shit like that to win Iowa, what will he do if he gets the nomination? What would he do as President? But he’s a CHRISSSSSSSSSStian… (In fact, a Christian first and an American second.) The Good Book says “Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor, unless of course winning an election is at stake, in which case all bets are off.” ---
**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:** [February 4, 2016, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27131 "2016-02-04T02:52:50Z")
Probably not quite in the vein of this thread, but Canadian conservative party supporter unloaded on a reporter, calling her a [“lying piece of shit”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kG3gSpDgOwQ) and an idiot during an interview. ---
**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:** [February 4, 2016, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27132 "2016-02-04T03:02:53Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > So Trump is not only a loser, he’s a **poor** loser. [TheDonald]That is totally untrue. I’m very rich.[/TD] ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27133 "2016-02-04T03:03:40Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Probably not quite in the vein of this thread, but Canadian conservative party supporter unloaded on a reporter, calling her a [“lying piece of shit”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kG3gSpDgOwQ) and an idiot during an interview. It’s all right, we’ll be gracious and count the Canadian Conservatives as Dishonorary Stupid Republicans. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27134 "2016-02-04T03:37:40Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Probably not quite in the vein of this thread, but Canadian conservative party supporter unloaded on a reporter, calling her a [“lying piece of shit”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kG3gSpDgOwQ) and an idiot during an interview. You left off the “go fuck yourself” as the clip ended, eh. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27135 "2016-02-04T03:55:21Z")
> [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](#): > > But he’s a CHRISSSSSSSSSStian… > > (In fact, a Christian first and an American second.) > > The Good Book says “Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor, unless of course winning an election is at stake, in which case all bets are off.” Shirley Hugest. But this _could_ have a serious cost for Cruz. Calls himself a humble servant of the Lord and backstabs another one? Trump can probably lose a few of the Troglodyte Christian Community, but can Cruz? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27136 "2016-02-04T03:58:43Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > You left off the “go fuck yourself” as the clip ended, eh. Bizarrely, I think he actually said “go stuff yourself.” Which is oddly twee, considering the lead up. ---
**Author:** ![justrob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9adbd/32.png) [@justrob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justrob)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27137 "2016-02-04T04:44:41Z")
> [@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. > [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > What is a voting record? If it’s the same as what was done here it is the record of whether you voted in a past election or not. The Democratic Party did that in Wisconsin in 2014. The mailer I received had something like 6 or 8 of my surrounding neighbors and me listing which of the previous 3 elections we voted in and which of the previous 3 elections we didn’t vote in. I lean pretty reliably Democratic and was pissed off by this tactic. I know it’s a matter of public record but in my opinion it’s none of my neighbors business whether I vote or not. ---
**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:** [February 4, 2016, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27138 "2016-02-04T05:01:24Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Bizarrely, I think he actually said “go stuff yourself.” Which is oddly twee, considering the lead up. That’s why I didn’t include his final words. I wasn’t 100% on what he said. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27139 "2016-02-04T05:04:43Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Bizarrely, I think he actually said “go stuff yourself.” Which is oddly twee, considering the lead up. On repeat listens, I believe you are correct. ---
**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 4, 2016, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27140 "2016-02-04T06:51:47Z")
[According to Michele Bachmann, Obama is going to take over the UN and become the antichrist.](http://www.rawstory.com/2016/02/michele-bachmann-warns-obama-will-take-over-the-united-nations-and-then-reveal-hes-the-antichrist/) ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27141 "2016-02-04T09:55:04Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [According to Michele Bachmann, Obama is going to take over the UN and become the antichrist.](http://www.rawstory.com/2016/02/michele-bachmann-warns-obama-will-take-over-the-united-nations-and-then-reveal-hes-the-antichrist/) If I had won that Powerball lottery, I would’ve paid whatever amount to film a tea party with Barack Obama & Michelle Bachmann. I can’t even imagine the dialogue. But the check would be cheap. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1356) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1358)