# 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:** 1387
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27722 "2016-03-04T00:27:25Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > More challenging than model airplanes or paint-by-numbers. IKEA? IKEA instructions for an RTA baby are not going to help you get the liver in the right spot. And the stomach is a lot higher than most people think. Not to mention the worry about leftover screws and cam-bolts. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2016, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27723 "2016-03-04T00:42:20Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > [Caitlyn Jenner is endorsing Ted Cruz.](http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2016/03/03/3756354/caitlyn-jenner-ted-cruz/) > > No, Cait. It’s not. I cannot imagine a world in which a man who calls himself “a Christian first and an American second”, and summarizes transgender rights with statements like “I don’t want my daughters taking showers with little boys", and who blamed the Planned Parenthood shootings on “transgender leftists”, gives a flying shit about trans issues. I wonder if Ted told her he would take the advice of a tran advisory group or if this is just wishful thinking. Remember Bush had an evangelical advisory board - which he never listened to. And that would be a lot better than this. Oh well, another dumb jock from the Kardashian Research Institute. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27724 "2016-03-04T00:49:09Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > Oh well, another dumb jock from the Kardashian Research Institute. Wasn’t that the outfit that tortured Captain Picard? ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27725 "2016-03-04T01:10:39Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > Wasn’t that the outfit that tortured Captain Picard? \ THERE… ARE… FOUR… LIGHTS! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27726 "2016-03-04T01:50:39Z")
“Yes, Captain. But what bathroom do they use?” ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27727 "2016-03-04T02:54:48Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > I wonder if Ted told her he would take the advice of a tran advisory group . . . :o “Errmm, yeah, honey, they’re my . . . advisory group.” ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27728 "2016-03-04T03:52:26Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > I wonder if Ted told her he would take the advice of a tran advisory group or if this is just wishful thinking. Remember Bush had an evangelical advisory board - which he never listened to. And that would be a lot better than this. > > Oh well, another dumb jock from the Kardashian Research Institute. You can not conceive of the level of hatred the transgender community I live and work in feels for Caitlyn Jenner. I’d _love_ to have her on my radio show and roast her on the air. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27729 "2016-03-04T04:30:34Z")
> [@Una\_Persson](#): > > You can not conceive of the level of hatred the transgender community I live and work in feels for Caitlyn Jenner. I’d _love_ to have her on my radio show and roast her on the air. 😃 That sounds like it would be a very good thread to read if someone would start it… ---
**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:** [March 4, 2016, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27730 "2016-03-04T06:27:22Z")
I think it’s wonderful that she has embraced Ted. I want to see the picture of Ted embracing her. I’d love to see his face. [![](https://media.salon.com/2015/03/ted_cruz14.jpg) ](https://media.salon.com/2015/03/ted_cruz14.jpg) ---
**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:** [March 4, 2016, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27731 "2016-03-04T14:26:47Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > I’d love to see his face. Not words I ever thought I’d read about Ted Cruz. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2016, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27732 "2016-03-04T14:32:52Z")
> [@MacCat](#): > > And because he never heard of David Duke, he’s going to make the wall 10’ higher! And it will be a fabulous wall! The problem is, he’s only going to make it about twenty yards long… ---
**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:** [March 4, 2016, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27733 "2016-03-04T14:47:10Z")
> [@YogSothoth](#): > > We know there’s a segment of Republicans like the Log Cabin Republicans who feel more strongly about economic issues than they do about their personal, deeply held orientation and identity of who they are. Jenner is doing just that. Apparently, she feels more intensely about tax cuts and theocracy than she does about how, in Cruz’s America, she’s be forced to use the men’s room and treated as a mental patient. There’s no money in Cruz’s budget for trans therapy, just an extra lock on the women’s restroom door for pervert guys! > > Truly, it is astounding to see some people take the economic side rather than their own personal one. Either they feel really strongly about taxes or don’t give a shit about themselves I read a “This Modern World” comic a few election cycles ago (I can’t find it now) in which Sparky the penguin with the cool sunglasses is querying a Log Cabin Republican about that very thing. He lists all of the challenges that the GOP did its best to exacerbate for gay people, and asks how the LCRs can rationalize belonging to the Party. The LCR gentleman shifts his eyes ever so slightly to one side and says: “Some of us have a lot of money…” Sparky then heaves a sigh, and says, “It figures.” ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27734 "2016-03-04T15:29:26Z")
I did like one I saw this morning. Chris Christie endorsed Trump hoping to be his VP pick. Because he knows Trump will be impeached. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27735 "2016-03-04T16:49:33Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > I read a “This Modern World” comic a few election cycles ago (I can’t find it now) in which Sparky the penguin with the cool sunglasses is querying a Log Cabin Republican about that very thing. He lists all of the challenges that the GOP did its best to exacerbate for gay people, and asks how the LCRs can rationalize belonging to the Party. The LCR gentleman shifts his eyes ever so slightly to one side and says: “Some of us have a lot of money…” > > Sparky then heaves a sigh, and says, “It figures.” That’s just…so sad. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27736 "2016-03-04T16:55:50Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > I’d love to see his face. > > [http://media.salon.com/2015/03/ted\_cruz14.jpg](http://media.salon.com/2015/03/ted_cruz14.jpg) > [@jsgoddess](#): > > Not words I ever thought I’d read about Ted Cruz. [You really don’t want to see his face.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFr3DSpgmx4) ---
**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:** [March 4, 2016, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27737 "2016-03-04T20:20:36Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > I read a “This Modern World” comic a few election cycles ago (I can’t find it now) in which Sparky the penguin with the cool sunglasses is querying a Log Cabin Republican about that very thing. He lists all of the challenges that the GOP did its best to exacerbate for gay people, and asks how the LCRs can rationalize belonging to the Party. The LCR gentleman shifts his eyes ever so slightly to one side and says: “Some of us have a lot of money…” I bet they had a lot more money after 7 years of Obama than 8 years of Bush. Unless they are in the 0.1% that is. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27738 "2016-03-04T21:07:52Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > I bet they had a lot more money after 7 years of Obama than 8 years of Bush. Unless they are in the 0.1% that is. But the Republicans TELL them that they’re worse off. And that’s what counts. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2016, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27739 "2016-03-04T21:27:26Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > [You really don’t want to see his face.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFr3DSpgmx4) At least it was not someone else’s. ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2016, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27740 "2016-03-05T01:02:29Z")
Trump is Obama’s fault [QUOTE=Bobby Jindal] Let’s be honest: There would be no Donald Trump, dominating the political scene today if it were not for President Obama. I believe that voters tend to act in open-seat presidential elections to correct for the perceived deficiencies of the incumbent…. After seven years of the cool, weak and endlessly nuanced “no drama Obama,” voters are looking for a strong leader who speaks in short, declarative sentences. [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2016, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27741 "2016-03-05T01:24:15Z")
So…Trump is Obama’s fault, because Obama…did his fucking job? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1386) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1388)