# 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:** 1388
**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:** [March 5, 2016, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27742 "2016-03-05T01:47:13Z")
[Another GOP “13 going on 5” moment](http://www.zdnet.com/article/us-lawmaker-introduces-bill-banning-apple-products-in-government/): > [@](#): > > “Florida man” strikes again. This time, it’s an elected official. > > Republican lawmaker Rep. David Jolly (R-FL, 13th) has introduced a bill that would ban Apple products across government. > > Jolly said the legislative effort was in protest of the company’s refusal to help federal agents unlock an iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino terrorists… ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2016, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27743 "2016-03-05T03:13:26Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > [Another GOP “13 going on 5” moment](http://www.zdnet.com/article/us-lawmaker-introduces-bill-banning-apple-products-in-government/): Well, everybody knows the Apple is the root of sin . . . ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2016, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27744 "2016-03-05T04:24:21Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > So…Trump is Obama’s fault, because Obama…did his fucking job? I guess he is at fault for not dumbing down complex problems or solutions enough. Had he spoken to Americans like children a portion of us wouldn’t now be voting for a preschooler. Or something. I don’t care what they say, the Republican establishment is responsible for their implosion and they know it. They can no longer convince their constituents so they are, in effect, no longer their constituents. ---
**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 5, 2016, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27745 "2016-03-05T07:44:43Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > But the Republicans TELL them that they’re worse off. And that’s what counts. One would hope that Republicans with a lot of money were numerate enough to read the 10 year DJIA charts. Oh silly me - they’re Republicans. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2016, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27746 "2016-03-05T09:55:14Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > [You really don’t want to see his face.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFr3DSpgmx4) When are we going to have Congressional hearings on Booghazi? ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2016, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27747 "2016-03-05T10:39:31Z")
> [@boytyperanma](#): > > Trump is Obama’s fault Jim Wallis at _Sojourners_ m[ight agree](https://sojo.net/articles/donald-trump-and-death-knell-white-supremacy): > [@](#): > > If what you, as a white person, are most worried about is how the demographics of your country are changing to make it more diverse, what you really need is a strong white man who will block, obstruct, deny, or delay that demographic from changing the country further. And that’s what Donald Trump promises to be for them — an authoritarian in his leadership style with the message of a bigot… > > Trump started and has continued his campaign with vicious personal attacks questioning the birthplace of the first black president — saying he is not one of “us” — which the majority of his supporters enthusiastically believes. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2016, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27748 "2016-03-05T19:59:06Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > So…Trump is Obama’s fault, because Obama…did his fucking job? Obama never did his fucking job. You should know that. Trump is Obama’s fault, because Benghazi!!! ---
**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:** [March 6, 2016, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27749 "2016-03-06T16:03:55Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > I guess he is at fault for not dumbing down complex problems or solutions enough. Had he spoken to Americans like children a portion of us wouldn’t now be voting for a preschooler. Trump has words. He has the best words. I’m assured of this. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2016, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27750 "2016-03-06T16:15:22Z")
Stupid Ross Douthat, Sunday op-ed columnist at the _New York Times_, started with the “Trump is Obama’s fault!” horseshit in last week’s column. He got his ass handed to him on the online comments section approximately one thousand times by approximately 99% of the commenters. He didn’t double down in today’s column; just pretended he never said it and dangled the shiny object of “Trump: Not So Bad!” ---
**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:** [March 6, 2016, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27751 "2016-03-06T16:36:55Z")
Donald Trump asked his followers to take a loyalty oath at a rally yesterday. [And that’s when this happened.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cc0GH_sWAAA2fR2.jpg) I don’t even. ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2016, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27752 "2016-03-06T17:37:43Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Donald Trump asked his followers to take a loyalty oath at a rally yesterday. > > [And that’s when this happened.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cc0GH_sWAAA2fR2.jpg) > > I don’t even. Scene is somehow familiar… ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2016, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27753 "2016-03-06T21:41:08Z")
Some guys do that about Jesus, but they kind of wave their hands like “Bye!”. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2016, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27754 "2016-03-06T21:43:09Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [The Republican-run committee trying to prove that Planned Parenthood is TEH EVUHL is called the “Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives”.](http://thinkprogress.org/health/2016/03/03/3755981/house-hearing-baby-parts/) > [@](#): > > “In our society, have we reached a point where there is an [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com) for baby parts, including entire babies?" I suddenly had a vision of a flotilla of drones delivering babies all over the world, like the stork used to. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2016, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27755 "2016-03-06T22:07:50Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > I suddenly had a vision of a flotilla of drones delivering babies all over the world, like the stork used to. Here at _S.T.O.R.C.S._, the premier rehabilitation center for storks and other shore birds, we are none too happy about technology taking valuable, meaningful jobs away. _ **S.T.O.R.C.S.** Rehabilitation Center Grassy Key Shorebird Refuge Northfield, Florida [www.storcs.org](http://www.storcs.org)_ ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2016, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27756 "2016-03-06T22:20:41Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > I suddenly had a vision of a flotilla of drones delivering babies all over the world, like the stork used to. They lost that gig back in 1952 when Mr. Stork screwed up the notorious [Lambert](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRtKAQJUc3g) delivery. ---
**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 7, 2016, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27757 "2016-03-07T00:05:00Z")
Cute documentary, but how did he grow into such a fine specimen on the diet of a sheep? ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2016, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27758 "2016-03-07T02:00:27Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Cute documentary, but how did he grow into such a fine specimen on the diet of a sheep? Momma’s milk? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2016, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27759 "2016-03-07T02:30:47Z")
Ewe! ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2016, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27760 "2016-03-07T02:38:06Z")
Hey, salad’s got nuttin’ on this mutton! ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2016, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27761 "2016-03-07T02:54:02Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Cute documentary, but how did he grow into such a fine specimen on the diet of a sheep? I see you have not been keeping up with Deluge-based theology. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1387) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1389)