# 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:** 1474
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2016, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29462 "2016-06-03T23:31:00Z")
It’s like he is _trying_ to alienate everyone except entitled white males. ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2016, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29463 "2016-06-03T23:40:14Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Trump is on a roll. Japan needs an A-bomb, our allies need to start paying for our ‘protection’, Mexican Americans can’t be trusted to be judges and [this](https://youtu.be/37-M_AzPxmM?t=31s) during a rally. “Look at my African American over there!” pointing out the (probably) lone black face. Phrasing, dude. > > He goes on to explain how well behaved his African American is, or was. And then his African American got even better by punching someone in the face. Those are his blacks, well behaved until they punch someone in the name of Trump. If this was a Aaron Sorkin or Amy Poehler show - no one would believe this character. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2016, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29464 "2016-06-04T01:52:01Z")
[Trump delegate says US leaders need to be “eliminated”.](http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/06/trump-delegates-patriot-movement-militias) ---
**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:** [June 4, 2016, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29465 "2016-06-04T19:01:55Z")
Trump decides to show off more of “his African-Americans” by[tweeting a stock photo from Google Images](https://www.buzzfeed.com/davidmack/trump-fake-photo?utm_term=.pnlYMG8EN#.xs4ndKpLE). ---
**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:** [June 4, 2016, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29466 "2016-06-04T19:12:09Z")
It’s a news photo. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2016, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29467 "2016-06-04T19:14:56Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Trump decides to show off more of “his African-Americans” by[tweeting a stock photo from Google Images](https://www.buzzfeed.com/davidmack/trump-fake-photo?utm_term=.pnlYMG8EN#.xs4ndKpLE). How many people now have been caught using stock photos as supposedly real supporters? You’d think that they’d all know about image search by now. And this time, its apparently not even a stock photo, which at least he’d have the right to use, provided that he paid for it. This seems to be just some random photo from the Internet, which he has no legal right to use. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2016, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29468 "2016-06-04T22:31:35Z")
I hope the photo is registered, and the photographer sues him. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2016, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29469 "2016-06-05T18:34:30Z")
[Sen. Marco Rubio blocks confirmation of judge he recommended](http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article81786967.html) > [@](#): > > The GOP lawmaker initially supported Miami lawyer Mary Barzee Flores for a vacancy on the federal bench > > But he withdrew his backing amid the divisive political climate of this year’s presidential election ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29470 "2016-06-05T19:36:18Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Trump is on a roll. Japan needs an A-bomb, our allies need to start paying for our ‘protection’, Mexican Americans can’t be trusted to be judges and [this](https://youtu.be/37-M_AzPxmM?t=31s) during a rally. “Look at my African American over there!” pointing out the (probably) lone black face. He never said any of those things. Source: Donald Trump, the day after he said those things. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2016, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29471 "2016-06-05T22:50:16Z")
[White supremacist website compares Trump to Jesus.](http://bipartisanreport.com/2016/06/01/popular-conservative-media-just-compared-donald-trump-to-the-rise-of-jesus-audio/) ---
**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:** [June 5, 2016, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29472 "2016-06-05T22:51:41Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > He never said any of those things. Source: Donald Trump, the day after he said those things. [I love how CNN called Trump out on the Japan A-bombs on-air on their chyron.](http://www.vox.com/2016/6/2/11841074/trump-cnn-chyron) ---
**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:** [June 5, 2016, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29473 "2016-06-05T22:52:04Z")
Man, that Jesus guy must have been a grade-A asshole. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29474 "2016-06-05T23:56:07Z")
Didja hear [Obama’s gonna stage a coup](http://www.rawstory.com/2016/06/watch-alex-jones-shares-an-ominous-warning-with-america-obama-will-activate-the-beyonces/) and retain power? Just like Bill Clinton was gonna? > [@](#): > > Conspiracy loon Alex Jones had crazed Harlem pastor James David Manning on his show today and the two of them really went to town about how President Obama will stay in the White House after this year’s presidential election. > > Via Right Wing Watch, here’s the gist of it: They believe that criminal justice reform is just a fig leaf being used to cover up Obama’s plan to release a bunch of violent criminals onto the streets who will become his personal police force for maintaining power. Specifically, Jones said he thinks that the “Viacom, CIA-run weapons system is activating the Beyoncés and all the rest of the folks to say, ‘Go out and kill the pigs.’” Oh no, not the Beyoncés! 😃 ---
**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:** [June 6, 2016, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29475 "2016-06-06T00:21:25Z")
“Mr. President, we have no choice…” “You’re right. It’s time. RELEASE THE BEYONCES!” ---
**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:** [June 6, 2016, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29476 "2016-06-06T01:57:32Z")
[Trey Gowdy hates Hillary so much, he retweeted a hoax website.](http://winningdemocrats.com/trey-gowdy-is-so-blinded-by-hatred-for-hillary-that-he-fell-for-this-absurd-satire-story-images/) ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2016, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29477 "2016-06-06T02:30:17Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > As state Attorney General, now-Texas Governor Greg Abbott pursued a lawsuit against Trump University. Somewhere along the line, the lawsuit was dropped. And, in a totally unrelated development, I’m sure, he received a political donation from Donald Trump for his gubernatorial election campaign. > > [Trump University Lawsuit Dropped After Donation To Greg Abbott](http://uproxx.com/news/trump-university-lawsuit-dropped-donation/2/) That’s not a stupid Republican idea so much as a clear example of Republican corruption. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2016, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29478 "2016-06-06T02:31:18Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Didja hear [Obama’s gonna stage a coup](http://www.rawstory.com/2016/06/watch-alex-jones-shares-an-ominous-warning-with-america-obama-will-activate-the-beyonces/) and retain power? Just like Bill Clinton was gonna? > > Oh no, not the Beyoncés! 😃 Michelle will murder him if he stays on the job one more hour than he has to. I don’t think he himself has enjoyed the job for a long time. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2016, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29479 "2016-06-06T02:31:22Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2016, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29480 "2016-06-06T02:33:13Z")
> [@](#): > > That’s not a stupid Republican idea so much as a clear example of Republican corruption. Whats that you say? Corruption? In Texas politics? Oh, be still my beating…_aaaarrrgh!_ ---
**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:** [June 6, 2016, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29481 "2016-06-06T02:34:12Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Michelle will murder him if he stays on the job one more hour than he has to. I don’t think he himself has enjoyed the job for a long time. Why not stage the coup and then hand the reins over to Hillary? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1473) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1475)