# 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:** 1398
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27942 "2016-03-16T16:50:44Z")
> **[Senate Republican leader: Obama politicizing Supreme Court process](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-obama-mcconnell-idUSKCN0WI294)** > > U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Wednesday that President Barack Obama has politicized the Supreme Court nomination process by putting forward veteran appellate court judge Merrick Garland during a presidential election. McConnell says that Obama politicized the Supreme Court Justice nomination process when the President did his fucking job. As though the Republicans did _not_ politicize it when they announced that they would not do their own. Republicans: Fooling no one but themselves, as usual. ---
**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:** [March 16, 2016, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27943 "2016-03-16T17:50:20Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > [What PD needs rape kits? That’s just feel-good stuff.](http://www.rawstory.com/2016/03/georgia-goper-blocks-rape-kit-bill-we-dont-need-law-just-because-it-makes-you-feel-good/) [Idaho Sheriff: No Need for Rape Kits, Since Most Rape Accusations Are False](http://theslot.jezebel.com/idaho-sheriff-no-need-for-rape-kits-since-most-rape-a-1765213100) ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27944 "2016-03-16T18:25:45Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Idaho Sheriff: No Need for Rape Kits, Since Most Rape Accusations Are False](http://theslot.jezebel.com/idaho-sheriff-no-need-for-rape-kits-since-most-rape-a-1765213100) WTF is it with Idaho? Is that where people go when they feel that Utah is too liberal for them? ---
**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 16, 2016, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27945 "2016-03-16T18:32:13Z")
It is because Idaho is shaped like a toilet. ---
**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:** [March 16, 2016, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27946 "2016-03-16T19:31:56Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Limbaugh: [“Jeb Bush will be the nominee.”](http://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-gop-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/03/rush-limbaugh-bush-nominee-220805?cmpid=sf#ixzz4312UGwRV) This actually COULD be the break the Bush campaign is looking for. ---
**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:** [March 16, 2016, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27947 "2016-03-16T20:14:21Z")
Precinct worker in Florida told voters if they wanted to vote, they could [only vote for Republicans](http://www.theledger.com/article/20160316/POLITICS/160319597?tc=ar): > [@](#): > > When three people tried to vote Tuesday in the Democratic presidential primary at a Winter Haven precinct they were told only Republican ballots were available. > > “They handed me a Republican ballot and said they didn’t have any Democratic ones” at Precinct 321, Teresa Wibert said. > > “The boss came over and said we could vote for Republicans only,‘’ she said. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27948 "2016-03-16T21:09:29Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Precinct worker in Florida told voters if they wanted to vote, they could [only vote for Republicans](http://www.theledger.com/article/20160316/POLITICS/160319597?tc=ar): I would have written in “Afah Q. Yussuf.” ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27949 "2016-03-16T21:32:11Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Precinct worker in Florida told voters if they wanted to vote, they could [only vote for Republicans](http://www.theledger.com/article/20160316/POLITICS/160319597?tc=ar): No wonder they’re having kittens about the Court. They’re planning another coup and are afraid an Obama appointee would screw it up. ---
**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:** [March 16, 2016, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27950 "2016-03-16T22:28:56Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > I would have written in “Afah Q. Yussuf.” What? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27951 "2016-03-16T22:32:50Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > What? > 😕 It’s apparently vaguely phonetic for “Go fuck yourself” (note that I am not saying that to Rick…I’m translating the attempt at humor). ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27952 "2016-03-16T22:42:41Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > It is because Idaho is shaped like a toilet. :mad: Sorry, I’m a bit sensitive to that kind of snark. Living, as I do, in Florida. ---
**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:** [March 17, 2016, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27953 "2016-03-17T07:25:32Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > :mad: > > Sorry, I’m a bit sensitive to that kind of snark. > > Living, as I do, in Florida. Understandable, since you live in [America’s wang.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zlkn9cHWxY) ---
**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:** [March 17, 2016, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27954 "2016-03-17T15:10:52Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Precinct worker in Florida told voters if they wanted to vote, they could [only vote for Republicans](http://www.theledger.com/article/20160316/POLITICS/160319597?tc=ar): Hope that’s in the vote suppression thread. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27955 "2016-03-17T16:53:00Z")
It’s a good idea, before you put your campaign workers on television, to make sure any tattoos that might be interpreted as White Supremacy symbols are covered up: [http://gawker.com/pbs-news-story-on-first-time-trump-voters-prominently-f-1765284316](http://gawker.com/pbs-news-story-on-first-time-trump-voters-prominently-f-1765284316) > [@](#): > > Last night, PBS NewsHour ran a story on the Tilly family of Fayetteville, North Carolina. The Tillys do not have a history of being active in politics, but various members of the family—both old and young—are being motivated to vote or work for a campaign for the first time by Donald Trump. > > If you can put aside the fact that the Tillys are rallying behind Trump, this is a small but almost heartwarming story of a family choosing to engage with democracy. That’s also if you can put aside the fact that Grace, one of the central characters in the story, has large white power tattoos on each of her hands. ---
**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:** [March 17, 2016, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27956 "2016-03-17T19:33:20Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > It’s a good idea, before you put your campaign workers on television, to make sure any tattoos that might be interpreted as White Supremacy symbols are covered up: > [http://gawker.com/pbs-news-story-on-first-time-trump-voters-prominently-f-1765284316](http://gawker.com/pbs-news-story-on-first-time-trump-voters-prominently-f-1765284316) PBS has added an Editor’s Note to the story ([Tar Heel family explains why they support Trump | PBS News](http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/tar-heel-family-illustrates-why-trump-appeals-to-the-south/)) > [@PBS](#): > > At several times during this campaign the NewsHour has featured video packages of voices of voters, profiling different families and their views on the candidates and how they have arrived at them. These reports have been presented without reporters’ narration. It is true that this storytelling style requires the audience to draw its own conclusions about what they see and hear, but we believe the audience is able to do so. > > In this case, a debate about Grace Tilly’s tattoos has started online. As you can see in the comments section posted with this story, **Ms. Tilly argues that these tattoos are not representative of neo-Nazi positions but are connected to her family’s Celtic religious beliefs. That is what she told our producers as well**. Others among our online commenters vehemently disagree. > > The headline on this transcript has been updated to more accurately represent the video segment. (my bold) Now, I’m no expert on Celtic culture or religious practices. But I’m not aware of gothic-lettered “88” being associated with either. The cross, OK, you have some deniability there. But the “88” is kind of a tip off… ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27957 "2016-03-17T19:44:58Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > PBS has added an Editor’s Note to the story ([Tar Heel family explains why they support Trump | PBS News](http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/tar-heel-family-illustrates-why-trump-appeals-to-the-south/)) > (my bold) > > Now, I’m no expert on Celtic culture or religious practices. But I’m not aware of gothic-lettered “88” being associated with either. The cross, OK, you have some deniability there. But the “88” is kind of a tip off… Not that particular Celtic cross, though (or Odin’s Eye, as Mrs. Tilly argues (which adds in a particularly virulent Nordic version of WS)). It’s been used as a white supremacy symbol for decades and is one of the official logos of St_rmfr_nt. Combined with the 88, she’s got no leg to stand on. Which doesn’t mean that there aren’t several tens of millions of people whose instant denial of that kind of thing happening in our “post-racial” country won’t believe what’s right in front of their eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27958 "2016-03-17T19:47:21Z")
“Nein! I mean No! Those are pictures of Hilter! Stan Hilter, and old family friend!” ---
**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 17, 2016, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27959 "2016-03-17T19:55:20Z")
[Originally Posted by Fear Itself View Post Precinct worker in Florida told voters if they wanted to vote, they could only vote for Republicans:](Originally Posted by Fear Itself View Post Precinct worker in Florida told voters if they wanted to vote, they could only vote for Republicans:) > [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > Hope that’s in the vote suppression thread. Not to worry… Our resident lawyer will assure us that as long as there is no reasonable chance of a successful prosecution for a clearly defined crime, then it is perfectly acceptable behavior to only give out Republican ballots. ---
**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:** [March 17, 2016, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27960 "2016-03-17T22:38:43Z")
Alabama Republicans want to take away food stamps [if you own a car.](http://occupydemocrats.com/2016/03/17/alabama-republicans-file-bill-take-away-food-stamps-car/) I guess all those WalMart and McDonalds employees will have to walk to work now. ---
**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:** [March 18, 2016, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27961 "2016-03-18T04:50:03Z")
This should probably go in Evil Republican Idea of the Day. [Alabama Republican wants to forbid people with children from getting foods stamps if they own cars.](http://www.rawstory.com/2016/03/alabama-republican-wants-to-stop-people-on-food-stamps-from-owning-cars-but-expects-them-to-get-jobs/) But they’re still supposed to find jobs and get to them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1397) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1399)