# 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:** 1453
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29042 "2016-05-11T04:01:48Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > [The Star Wars one.](http://usualgangofidiots.tumblr.com/post/74209372667/from-a-mad-look-at-star-wars-mad-197-march) > > 😃 That would drive Cruz nuts(I know, redundant). He wouldn’t know if he’s in the right bathroom. ---
**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 11, 2016, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29043 "2016-05-11T07:27:36Z")
> [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](#): > > Sorry, did I miss anything? > I was in the bathroom. What you missed depends on which bathroom you were in. (Or say rather, what you missed depends on which bathroom you _weren’t_ in.) ---
**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 11, 2016, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29044 "2016-05-11T09:03:04Z")
Stupid Idea #1: Donald Trump’s team picks white nationalist William Johnson as a Trump delegate for California. Stupid Idea #2: [When called on this (by Mother Jones, of all things), Trump spokeswoman Hope Hicks blamed the selection on a database error](http://qz.com/681060/donald-trump-picked-a-white-nationalist-as-a-delegate-and-blamed-it-on-a-database-error/). There’s a link to the MJ story in the linked article above, but the article did pull out the money quote from Johnson regarding his support for Trump: > [@](#): > > For many, many years, when I would say these things, other white people would call me names: “Oh, you’re a hatemonger, you’re a Nazi, you’re like Hitler.” Now they come in and say, “Oh, you’re like Donald Trump.” If you say so. ---
**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 11, 2016, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29045 "2016-05-11T11:48:59Z")
> [@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? Frankly, this is long overdue. They should also carry cattle prods at all times - we know The Gheys are preying on our chillun, and we also know The Gheys being allowed to be shamelessly gay in public is pretty much equivalent with condoning bestiality, so. It follows that one has to be able to fend off them horny heifers in the loo. You will not find any flaw in my logic, don’t even try. ---
**Author:** ![Gedd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gedd/32/4938_2.png) [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29046 "2016-05-11T12:44:39Z")
> [@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? 'Thune says he wants to know more about the operational practices. “Social networks such as Facebook are an increasingly important source of news for many Americans and people around the world,” he wrote.’ Maybe the problem is Conservatives relying on Facebook for their news. ---
**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 11, 2016, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29047 "2016-05-11T13:09:32Z")
Presumably they’d be okay with the Senate investigating FoxNews for suppressing left-wing news then. ---
**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, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29048 "2016-05-11T14:33:46Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Presumably they’d be okay with the Senate investigating FoxNews for suppressing left-wing news then. But but but… that’s unpossible! They’re fair AND balanced! It says so right on the TeeVee. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29049 "2016-05-11T14:41:11Z")
Like the ruthless way Fox News erased all traces of Megyn Kelly’s porn career? ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29050 "2016-05-11T15:46:08Z")
> [@Gedd](#): > > 'Thune says he wants to know more about the operational practices. > > “Social networks such as Facebook are an increasingly important source of news for many Americans and people around the world,” he wrote.’ > > Maybe the problem is Conservatives relying on Facebook for their news. Thune may not be the[right person](http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/the-wrong-republican-pick-fight-facebook#break) to investigate this: > [@](#): > > But even more striking still is Thune’s uniquely weak position. When the South Dakota Republican became Congress’ leading opponent of net neutrality, Thune made the case that any political interference in how the Internet operates is inherently unacceptable. > > Worse, in 2007, Thune railed against the “Fairness Doctrine,” arguing at the time, “I know the hair stands up on the back of my neck when I hear government officials offering to regulate the news media and talk radio to ensure fairness. I think most Americans have the same reaction.” > > He added, “Giving power to a few to regulate fairness in the media is a recipe for disaster on the scale that George Orwell so aptly envisioned.” ---
**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, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29051 "2016-05-11T16:25:40Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > Thune may not be the[right person](http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/the-wrong-republican-pick-fight-facebook#break) to investigate this: How not? If he’s read his Orwell, then he knows all about doublethink. ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29052 "2016-05-11T16:41:57Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Dilettaunt. Dilettaint. ---
**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:** [May 11, 2016, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29053 "2016-05-11T20:54:28Z")
“Off to school sweetie? Got your mace, cattle prod, gun, cross, garlic bag, holy water, …” No wonder kids are sagging under the weight of their backpacks. ---
**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, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29054 "2016-05-11T22:56:50Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Frankly, this is long overdue. They should also carry cattle prods at all times - . . . They’ve been doing that for years, actually. Nobody seems to know why. Very odd state, NC. ---
**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 12, 2016, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29055 "2016-05-12T00:00:11Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > 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. But it would also be funny to see Ryan lose and the Republicans have to find some other poor sod to make speaker. ---
**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 12, 2016, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29056 "2016-05-12T02:42:06Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Like the ruthless way Fox News erased all traces of Megyn Kelly’s porn career? Because of Rule 34 and the internet’s immortality, nope, all traces were not erased. Michelle Fiore’s there, too, though it’s mostly gun porn. ---
**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 12, 2016, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29057 "2016-05-12T02:45:14Z")
[Trump wants to name Giuliani to head his Muslim deportation commission.](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2016/05/11/its-happening-trump-says-rudy-giuliani-will-head-commission-to-figure-out-how-to-ban-muslims/) ---
**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:** [May 12, 2016, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29058 "2016-05-12T02:54:49Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Stupid Idea #1: Donald Trump’s team picks white nationalist William Johnson as a Trump delegate for California. > > Stupid Idea #2: [When called on this (by Mother Jones, of all things), Trump spokeswoman Hope Hicks blamed the selection on a database error](http://qz.com/681060/donald-trump-picked-a-white-nationalist-as-a-delegate-and-blamed-it-on-a-database-error/). > > There’s a link to the MJ story in the linked article above, but the article did pull out the money quote from Johnson regarding his support for Trump:If you say so. [Lee Atwater would be horrified.](http://www.thenation.com/article/exclusive-lee-atwaters-infamous-1981-interview-southern-strategy/) Not nearly subtle enough racism. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29059 "2016-05-12T14:00:43Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > They’ve been doing that for years, actually. Nobody seems to know why. Very odd state, NC. Goddammit, North Carolina. Now we have someone from _Florida_ shaking his head at [del]us[/del] you. ---
**Author:** ![Abe\_Babe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@Abe\_Babe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abe_Babe)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29060 "2016-05-12T15:48:52Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > But it would also be funny to see Ryan lose and the Republicans have to find some other poor sod to make speaker. “OK, Bobby Jindahl went to the bathroom. We have to be quick. AllinfavorofelectingBobbyJindahltoSpeakeroftheHousesayAYE!” ---
**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 12, 2016, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29061 "2016-05-12T19:58:28Z")
[Senator Mark Kirk is criticizing his Democratic opponent, Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth, for not doing enough for veterans](http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/5/12/1525801/-Mark-Kirk-attacks-Tammy-Duckworth-s-service-to-veterans?detail=facebook). This is the same Tammy Duckworth who lost both of her legs in combat. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1452) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1454)