# 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:** 1475
**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, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29482 "2016-06-06T02:37:04Z")
The President is disqualified from running again. But Michele isn’t. An all female, Clinton/Obama ticket, one black, one white. Genius, that’s what I am, fucking genius! ---
**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, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29483 "2016-06-06T02:39:22Z")
Don’t start. Michelle will slap you. She doesn’t want anything to do with politics. If you’re looking for an Obama dynasty, look to Malia and Sasha. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2016, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29484 "2016-06-06T02:48:06Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Don’t start. Michelle will slap you. She doesn’t want anything to do with politics. If you’re looking for an Obama dynasty, look to Malia and Sasha. I’m already fund-raising for _ **Malia** / **Chelsea**!_ ---
**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, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29485 "2016-06-06T02:54:24Z")
Just don’t let the facist jackals of the ruling class make it Chelsea/Malia! ---
**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:** [June 6, 2016, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29486 "2016-06-06T03:41:23Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Man, that Jesus guy must have been a grade-A asshole. Well, I prefer Messiahs who didn’t get crucified, okay? ---
**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, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29487 "2016-06-06T04:09:36Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Well, I prefer Messiahs who didn’t get crucified, okay? +1 ---
**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, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29488 "2016-06-06T04:24:09Z")
[Mayor of Beebe, Arkansas has invited a gospel group to perform at the city’s 4th of July celebration. And if you don’t like it, you can just stay home.](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2016/06/04/arkansas-mayor-to-use-the-4th-of-july-to-force-his-religion-down-everyones-throats/) ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2016, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29489 "2016-06-06T05:05:55Z")
> [@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. LOL I think he enjoys it every day. It is nice to see a prez close out a second term with a steady hand and a clear mind, even as roadblocked a prez as Obama. I mean, Reagan was pretty much shot at the end of his run, while Carter, Clinton and, yes, HW were not. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2016, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29490 "2016-06-06T07:30:35Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > The President is disqualified from running again. But Michele isn’t. An all female, Clinton/Obama ticket, one black, one white. Genius, that’s what I am, fucking genius! [I smell a sitcom!](http://static9.comicvine.com/uploads/scale_super/14/142898/4048328-6798333556-i-sme.jpg) ---
**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 6, 2016, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29491 "2016-06-06T09:04:30Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Well, I prefer Messiahs who didn’t get crucified, okay? Is it too late to get Trump crucified ? ---
**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:** [June 6, 2016, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29492 "2016-06-06T11:47:49Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Is it too late to get Trump crucified ? He’d have the GREATEST wood, the BEST nails! Nothing but quality! ---
**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:** [June 6, 2016, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29493 "2016-06-06T13:10:56Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Mayor of Beebe, Arkansas has invited a gospel group to perform at the city’s 4th of July celebration. And if you don’t like it, you can just stay home.](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2016/06/04/arkansas-mayor-to-use-the-4th-of-july-to-force-his-religion-down-everyones-throats/) Before clicking the link, I was going to post that there is nothing wrong with having a gospel group at a publicly funded event - along with jazz, it is probably the original American originated music form. However, that declaration about ‘why’ was, perhaps, just a little bit, over the top. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2016, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29494 "2016-06-06T13:20:55Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [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/) And it appears that you and the Winning Democrats web-site are so blinded by hating Trey Gowdy (which, to be fair, is reasonable) that you fell for an obviously fake Twitter handle (or is that Facebook?). I’m pretty sure Gowdy’s official Twitter handle/Facebook page is not ‘Trey Gowdy for Speaker of the House’. No little blue check mark, for one thing. ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2016, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29495 "2016-06-06T13:53:12Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > And it appears that you and the Winning Democrats web-site are so blinded by hating Trey Gowdy (which, to be fair, is reasonable) that you fell for an obviously fake Twitter handle (or is that Facebook?). > > I’m pretty sure Gowdy’s official Twitter handle/Facebook page is not ‘Trey Gowdy for Speaker of the House’. No little blue check mark, for one thing. Seriously guys. Stop citing Winning Democrats, If You Only News, and Addictinginfo. They are really lousy sites. Their accuracy is absymal and they should not be taken seriously. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2016, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29496 "2016-06-06T13:57:07Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > Seriously guys. > > Stop citing Winning Democrats, If You Only News, and Addictinginfo. They are really lousy sites. Their accuracy is absymal and they should not be taken seriously. And Salon. Frankly, I’ve stopped clicking anything that isn’t a real news site. (Unless it’s about the reporting rather than the story.) ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2016, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29497 "2016-06-06T14:32:31Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > And it appears that you and the Winning Democrats web-site are so blinded by hating Trey Gowdy (which, to be fair, is reasonable) that you fell for an obviously fake Twitter handle (or is that Facebook?). **Rick Kitchen** has a long history of just cutting and pasting here from Facebook. He falls for everything. I’ve found it simplest just to assume that _anything_ he links to is going to be wrong, exaggerated, or a lie. Saves a lot of time. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2016, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29498 "2016-06-06T18:56:24Z")
We’ve got Poe’s law of indistinguishability working both ways in a thread like this. With so many stupid ideas available to mock, we must be careful to weed out the fake and exaggerated stories. (And let’s check the publication date, while we’re at it. ) ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2016, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29499 "2016-06-06T22:21:53Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > He’d have the GREATEST wood, the BEST nails! Nothing but quality! And Mexico would pay for it! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2016, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29500 "2016-06-06T22:31:59Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > He’d have the GREATEST wood… That’s not what his ex-wives say. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2016, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29501 "2016-06-06T22:34:26Z")
> [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](#): > > LOL I think he enjoys it every day. It is nice to see a prez close out a second term with a steady hand and a clear mind, even as roadblocked a prez as Obama. I mean, Reagan was pretty much shot at the end of his run, while Carter, Clinton and, yes, HW were not. Yeah, but: > [@adaher](#): > > Michelle will murder him if he stays on the job one more hour than he has to. Cut his heart out, she will. That woman scares me, and him, too. :eek: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1474) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1476)