# 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:** 1452
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29022 "2016-05-10T20:08:41Z")
Not when if it harms conservatives! When a private business harms conservatives, the government needs to take it down! ---
**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:** [May 10, 2016, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29023 "2016-05-10T20:10:35Z")
I would hope that Facebook isn’t supressing Conservative stories, whatever that means, but it would please me to hear Zuckerberg use his first amendment protections to tell Sen. Thune to lick his nuts. ---
**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 10, 2016, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29024 "2016-05-10T20:21:12Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > [Senate Republicans want to investigate whether there’s enough “conservative news” trending on Facebook.](http://money.cnn.com/2016/05/10/technology/facebook-news-senate/index.html) > > Freedom of the press? What’s that? Has Facebook made some sort of pledge to its users to display a certain percentage of ‘conservative’ news, whatever that is, in it’s ‘trending’ section? Do they even originate any stories, or are they just an aggregator? In any event, given that Facebook is a free service and that users are not paying for or otherwise obligated to give a blind bit of attention to any news articles it may feature, I’m struggling to understand what could be possibly be the issue here. ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29025 "2016-05-10T20:22:06Z")
It’s Sarah Palin so by definition it’s a stupid idea, but she’s [going to take down Paul Ryan (currently with an 80% approval rating in his state) for not supporting Donald Trump](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-palin-idUSKCN0XZ0S2). If your state rep is Speaker of the House, trading him for a less influential representative seems like a pretty stupid idea. ---
**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:** [May 10, 2016, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29026 "2016-05-10T20:33:46Z")
> [@Toxgoddess](#): > > It’s Sarah Palin so by definition it’s a stupid idea, but she’s [going to take down Paul Ryan (currently with an 80% approval rating in his state) for not supporting Donald Trump](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-palin-idUSKCN0XZ0S2). > > If your state rep is Speaker of the House, trading him for a less influential representative seems like a pretty stupid idea. Have a talk with Eric Cantor. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29027 "2016-05-10T22:44:51Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > I would hope that Facebook isn’t supressing Conservative stories, whatever that means, but it would please me to hear Zuckerberg use his first amendment protections to tell Sen. Thune to lick his nuts. Based on the history of Republican Congressmen (Sen. Craig, Rep. Hastert, Rep, Foley, for example), Sen, Thune might eagerly accept that offer, which Mark Zuckerberg would probably not want. ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29028 "2016-05-10T22:49:50Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Have a talk with Eric Cantor. Eric Cantor would probably agree. His constituents, not so much. Anyway, considering how hard it was to find anybody willing to be Speaker last time, the Republican party elders probably don’t want to go through that again any time soon. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29029 "2016-05-10T23:24:57Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > [Senate Republicans want to investigate whether there’s enough “conservative news” trending on Facebook.](http://money.cnn.com/2016/05/10/technology/facebook-news-senate/index.html) > > Freedom of the press? What’s that? Blame Obama!! [http://harddawn.com/facebook-friends-hate-you-for-obama/](http://harddawn.com/facebook-friends-hate-you-for-obama/) Yes, I know this is a fake news story but it’s a good one. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29030 "2016-05-10T23:43:54Z")
> [@Toxgoddess](#): > > It’s Sarah Palin so by definition it’s a stupid idea, but she’s [going to take down Paul Ryan (currently with an 80% approval rating in his state) for not supporting Donald Trump](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-palin-idUSKCN0XZ0S2). Not a big fan of Eddie Munster, but I think this will be awesome. My actual bet is that nothing further will happen other than her big statement, and she’ll hem and haw when asked about it later. But I’d love to see her work her ass off and fail miserably. It would further cement her place as a bit player in the circus and most likely signify the end of her national level [del]grifting,[/del] political aspirations and relevance. ---
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29031 "2016-05-11T00:16:22Z")
[NC [county] Board of Education will allow students to carry pepper spray to school…so that they can fend off transgender bathroom attacks.](http://www.newsobserver.com/news/nation-world/national/article76827092.html) What could possibly go wrong? ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29032 "2016-05-11T00:29:25Z")
> [@C3](#): > > [NC [county] Board of Education will allow students to carry pepper spray to school…so that they can fend off transgender bathroom attacks.](http://www.newsobserver.com/news/nation-world/national/article76827092.html) > > What could possibly go wrong? Violence. Followed by “See? This is the end result of Librul Overreach!” ---
**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 11, 2016, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29033 "2016-05-11T00:55:02Z")
Those trannies are trying to rape everyone they can all the time. Our children must be allowed to protect themselves. ---
**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:** [May 11, 2016, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29034 "2016-05-11T00:58:59Z")
> [@C3](#): > > [NC [county] Board of Education will allow students to carry pepper spray to school…so that they can fend off transgender bathroom attacks.](http://www.newsobserver.com/news/nation-world/national/article76827092.html) > > What could possibly go wrong? This is simply effete liberal nanny state-ism. These school children should be allowed to carry REAL firearms like the good God-fearing Americans that they are. Pepper spray. Pffftt. Why does the NC Board of Education hate our children? ---
**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:** [May 11, 2016, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29035 "2016-05-11T01:00:07Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Those trannies are trying to rape everyone they can all the time. Our children must be allowed to protect themselves. This is possible the MOST IMPORTANT issue of our generation, and I IMPLORE all good Republicans to talk about this single issue incessantly during the upcoming election cycle. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29036 "2016-05-11T01:05:29Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Let’s go to the quarry and throw stuff down there! :mad::dubious: Throw greyhounds down the quarry?! You monster! How could you?! You’d never get the blood out of the meat! ---
**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 11, 2016, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29037 "2016-05-11T01:46:12Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > This is possible the MOST IMPORTANT issue of our generation, and I IMPLORE all good Republicans to talk about this single issue incessantly during the upcoming election cycle. Just like those gays are always cajoling good straight people into homosexuality, perversion, pedophilia and beastiality, the trans people are very sly and effective at convincing others to have their genitalia rearranged. ---
**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:** [May 11, 2016, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29038 "2016-05-11T01:49:54Z")
Sorry, did I miss anything? I was in the bathroom. ---
**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 11, 2016, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29039 "2016-05-11T03:07:54Z")
> [@Toxgoddess](#): > > If your state rep is Speaker of the House, trading him for a less influential representative seems like a pretty stupid idea. Yeah, as much as I dislike Hastert, he brought home the bacon and, at least, wasn’t my rep. Henry Hyde, though, was, and my wife supported him solely because of his clout, but she was born in Chicago. > [@eschereal](#): > > Lovely, lovely Michelle Fiore, Thank God she isn’t! I’m drawn to the The Crazy AND Republican women like a moth to a flame, but a boy needs some TASTE. ---
**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:** [May 11, 2016, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29040 "2016-05-11T03:36:30Z")
> [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](#): > > Sorry, did I miss anything? > I was in the bathroom. Which one? ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29041 "2016-05-11T03:56:57Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Which one? [The Star Wars one.](http://usualgangofidiots.tumblr.com/post/74209372667/from-a-mad-look-at-star-wars-mad-197-march) 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1451) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1453)