# 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:** 1446
**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:** [May 4, 2016, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28902 "2016-05-04T23:10:24Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > “Welcome to my humble chapeau” Have you been mistaking your wife for a hat again? ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28903 "2016-05-04T23:13:34Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Some #NeverTrump people have already announced their support for Hillary. > > Glenn Beck is saying that no Republican will ever be elected President again. And Palin says a whole lotta nothing while attempting to get “smart democrats” to vote for Trump. > **[Sarah Palin shreds the dictionary to invite ‘smart Democrats’ to unite behind...](https://www.rawstory.com/2016/05/sarah-palin-shreds-the-dictionary-to-invite-smart-democrats-to-unite-behind-trump/)** > > Donald Trump is the presumptive Republican nominee after thrashing Ted Cruz in Indiana, and Sarah Palin said some words because that's what she does."To all of you who believed in making a real difference in our politics and in the way things have... ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28904 "2016-05-04T23:17:40Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > I’d say propelling Trump to presumptive nominee status is a “Stupid Republican idea”. > [@Voyager](#): > > But not of the day. Of the century, perhaps. Indeed, the GOP may well survive (in some form) the whole of the 21st Century without ever topping this once. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28905 "2016-05-04T23:18:54Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Have you been mistaking your wife for a hat again? It’s an easy mistake to make, she’ll fit any head! [rimshot] ---
**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:** [May 5, 2016, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28906 "2016-05-05T01:22:02Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Actually, they’ve already used the Antichrist one. They need to up the ante. Anyone have ideas? Auntie Christine. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28907 "2016-05-05T01:44:47Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > No shit. > > It’s deja vous all over again. Hillary will not just do a poor job, she will DESTROY THE VERY FABRIC OF THE NATION!!!. Hillary does not have disagreements over policies, SHE IS THE LITERAL ANTICHRIST!!! > > Actually, they’ve already used the Antichrist one. They need to up the ante. Anyone have ideas? I’m kind of partial to “Turbo Antichrist”, myself. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28908 "2016-05-05T01:55:39Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > It’s deja vous all over again. Hillary will not just do a poor job, she will DESTROY THE VERY FABRIC OF THE NATION!!!. Hillary does not have disagreements over policies, SHE IS THE LITERAL ANTICHRIST!!! > > Actually, they’ve already used the Antichrist one. They need to up the ante. Anyone have ideas? Anti-Jesus-H-Fucking-Christ-On-A-Cracker-AND-A-Pogostick-All-Fucking-Mighty! ---
**Author:** ![xenophon41](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xenophon41/32/253_2.png) [@xenophon41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenophon41)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28909 "2016-05-05T01:57:51Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Auntie [Christine](http://awesomeshit.ninja/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/christine-movie-poster.jpg). (Link in quote added.) How would that work as propaganda, I wonder? "Hillary Clinton is a 1958 Plymouth Fury, possessed by a _ **Murdering Demon!!!** _ I’m Donald Trump, and I approved this message." On the one hand, Ms. Clinton might justifiably object to the ‘demonic’ and ‘murderous’ characterizations, but you gotta think she’s used to that by now. On the other hand, the Trump people would have to fairly say she’s in ‘cherry condition’, so I’d say that’s a win, all things considered. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2016, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28910 "2016-05-05T02:46:09Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > Super Anti-Christ? Since she’s female, comic book convention almost requires her to be Super Anti-Christ Girl. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2016, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28911 "2016-05-05T02:57:31Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Actually, they’ve already used the Antichrist one. They need to up the ante. Anyone have ideas? Attack of the 50 ft Antichrist ? Christzilla ? Nigel from Accounts Receivable ? The Godslayer ? Actually, that one’s pretty metäl. I’d vote for the Godslayer. I’d also pillage your village with the Godslayer. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28912 "2016-05-05T02:57:41Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > No shit. > > It’s deja vous all over again. Hillary will not just do a poor job, she will DESTROY THE VERY FABRIC OF THE NATION!!!. Hillary does not have disagreements over policies, SHE IS THE LITERAL ANTICHRIST!!! > > Actually, they’ve already used the Antichrist one. They need to up the ante. Anyone have ideas? The Anti-Satan – and, no, despite the implications of formal/semantic logic, the Anti-Satan is not Christ, he – or, rather, she, of course, and always and inevitably – is like Satan only worse. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28913 "2016-05-05T03:00:29Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Attack of the 50 ft Antichrist ? Christzilla ? Nigel from Accounts Receivable ? The Godslayer ? Phil, the Prince of Insufficient Light, Lord of All Souls Darned to Heck? ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28914 "2016-05-05T03:54:33Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Indeed, the GOP may well survive (in some form) the whole of the 21st Century without ever topping this once. Let’s hope. OTOH, they could just keep getting worse. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28915 "2016-05-05T04:23:28Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > I’m kind of partial to “Turbo Antichrist”, myself. Antichrist GTI ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28916 "2016-05-05T05:20:27Z")
Antichrist Vista? ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28917 "2016-05-05T05:41:02Z")
It’s Antichrists All the Way Down ---
**Author:** ![bengangmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28918 "2016-05-05T06:19:49Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > The Anti-Satan – and, no, despite the implications of formal/semantic logic, the Anti-Satan is not Christ, he – or, rather, she, of course, and always and inevitably – is like Satan only worse. So she’s the ante Satan? Or perhaps we should call her a titan? You know…The ones that killed their father? That’s the ticket…A titan of evil… ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28919 "2016-05-05T09:32:31Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > enough backing for Gary Johnson will divide the right so badly between him and Trump that the Democrats will win big. Heh. Cruz dropped out and there was an immediate surge in Google searches for “[Gary Johnson](http://www.cnbc.com/2016/05/04/heres-what-people-searched-for-on-google-after-trump-triumphed-over-cruz.html)”. The GOP won’t select Johnson and Trump won’t go Libertarian, but with Trump as GOP nominee it looks like Johnson may pick up a lot of Republicans mad at Trump and the Trumpistes come November. It’ll be interesting to see if there are any downticket wins for the Libertarians as a result. ETA: If the left-leaning PACs were as crafty as the right-leaning ones, they’d start planning how to stealth-support Johnson in states where Clinton and Trump are close. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28920 "2016-05-05T09:48:35Z")
I’m thinking that people who make wholly rational political decisions tend not to spend their time going to Libertarian Party conventions, so maybe the party will end up throwing away its one chance at anything close to relevance by nominating a nutbar like John McAfee. > [@Gyrate](#): > > If the left-leaning PACs were as crafty as the right-leaning ones, they’d start planning how to stealth-support Johnson in states where Clinton and Trump are close. They did that in the 2010 midterms. I got mailers for the Constitution Party and Libertarian Party candidates, from the same PAC, making the candidates sound like ordinary conservative Republicans. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28921 "2016-05-05T12:40:27Z")
[Tow Truck Driver Leaves Woman With Disabilities On Side Of Highway Because She Supports Bernie Sanders](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/tow-truck-driver-refuses-to-help-bernie-supporter_us_572a75b4e4b096e9f090403f?) > [@](#): > > “He said, ‘I can’t tow you … you’re a Bernie supporter,’” McWade recalled. “I was like, ‘Wait, are you serious? You’re kidding me.’” > > Ken Shupe, a 51-year-old from Travelers Rest, South Carolina, was very serious. “I’m a conservative Christian, I’ve just drawn a line in the sand,” he said. “I’m not going to associate or conduct business with them.” A conservative Christian, eh? It’s too bad Jesus didn’t leave [explicit instructions on what His followers should do if they encountered someone in need by the side of the road](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+10%3A25-37)… Gotta love this line too: > [@](#): > > He didn’t know she had disabilities, he said, but noted, “there’s a huge difference between being disabled and drawing disability.” Nice. Jesus would be so proud. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1445) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1447)