# 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:** 1506
**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:** [July 17, 2016, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30102 "2016-07-17T13:18:45Z")
I was told there’d be two girls for every guy… ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30103 "2016-07-17T14:17:10Z")
I was told there would be a cup. ---
**Author:** ![Randolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Randolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randolph)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30104 "2016-07-17T17:44:18Z")
I was told there was a viral underground graffiti movement to append “_ **ONE CUP** _” to every _ **FIVE GUYS** _ restaurant sign. Or I was trying to start one, I’ve just never seen one in person. ---
**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:** [July 17, 2016, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30105 "2016-07-17T18:58:59Z")
> [@choie](#): > > … > I hope the decent Repubilcan politicians\* will swiftly and firmly decry this fucker. > … Do NOT hold your breath! ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30106 "2016-07-17T19:27:59Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > For another example of not well-thought-out consequences in advertising, I invite all to Google “University of North Texas coffee mug”. Are we allowed to call someone a University of North Texas coffee mug in MPSIMS? ---
**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:** [July 17, 2016, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30107 "2016-07-17T19:55:14Z")
I know a guy who went there. I should tell him about it, since he’s a bit of a Handle UNT. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30108 "2016-07-17T20:57:43Z")
The Chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, Ron Bishop (R), apparently thinks that Native American artifacts that are thousands of years old [do not count as antiquities](http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2015/07/28/rep-ron-bishop-and-real-bull-crap) and should not be preserved as national monuments. An additional fuck you to the mainstream media, who don’t appear to be covering this at all as far as I can google. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30109 "2016-07-18T01:05:48Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > The Chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, Ron Bishop (R), apparently thinks that Native American artifacts that are thousands of years old [do not count as antiquities](http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2015/07/28/rep-ron-bishop-and-real-bull-crap) and should not be preserved as national monuments. If they don’t like it here, they can go back where they came from. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30110 "2016-07-18T03:46:32Z")
No ones mentioned the “White Elevators” thing yet? > **['White Elevators' Cause Consternation at RNC Site](https://www.snopes.com/news/2016/07/17/white-elevators-cause-consternation-at-rnc-site/)** > > Republican National Convention staffers were reportedly scrambling to remove signs identifying a bank of “white elevators" at Cleveland's Quicken Loans Arena. ---
**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:** [July 18, 2016, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30111 "2016-07-18T03:54:35Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > No ones mentioned the “White Elevators” thing yet? > > ['White Elevators' Cause Consternation at RNC Site | Snopes.com](http://www.snopes.com/2016/07/17/white-elevators-cause-consternation-at-rnc-site/) Well, no, because it’s old news. We already know Trump has the White Elevator vote sewn up. ---
**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:** [July 18, 2016, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30112 "2016-07-18T04:43:07Z")
I keep expecting someone to point out that the Convention Center is divided into color areas, like the Green zone, the Blue zone, etc., and the elevators were just those in the White zone. Anybody? ---
**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:** [July 18, 2016, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30113 "2016-07-18T04:49:48Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > I keep expecting someone to point out that the Convention Center is divided into color areas, like the Green zone, the Blue zone, etc., and the elevators were just those in the White zone. > > Anybody? Don’t start with your White Zone shit. ---
**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:** [July 18, 2016, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30114 "2016-07-18T04:57:27Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > I keep expecting someone to point out that the Convention Center is divided into color areas, like the Green zone, the Blue zone, etc., and the elevators were just those in the White zone. > > Anybody? That’s what the provided link to snopes said, though they were just speculating. ---
**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:** [July 18, 2016, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30115 "2016-07-18T04:58:40Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Don’t start with your White Zone shit. +1 ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30116 "2016-07-18T05:07:42Z")
Ha ha! Like anyone is expecting nonwhite people to attend this Republican Convention! But seriously, if they’re looking for coloreds to mill around on the floor to make the Republicans look like a Big Tent, I know where they can find some in Cleveland. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30117 "2016-07-18T05:09:55Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Don’t start with your White Zone shit. Let’s go to the quarry and throw stuff down there ---
**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:** [July 18, 2016, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30118 "2016-07-18T05:27:12Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Don’t start with your White Zone shit. We both know perfectly well what this is about; you want me to have an abortion ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30119 "2016-07-18T05:39:05Z")
Look, we understand, but you can’t unload here. ---
**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:** [July 18, 2016, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30120 "2016-07-18T05:52:33Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > I keep expecting someone to point out that the Convention Center is divided into color areas, like the Green zone, the Blue zone, etc., and the elevators were just those in the White zone. > > Anybody? You are not allowed to know what the colours mean, Citizen. Friend Computer knows this will only lead you to unhappiness, which is not allowed. Please escort yourself to the nearest confession booth for immediate execution. Failure to arrive at your execution is treason. Treason is punishable by death. Have a nice day ! ---
**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:** [July 18, 2016, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30121 "2016-07-18T06:01:25Z")
Hot off the Twitter press : Mike Pence’s daughter [might be vampyr](https://65.media.tumblr.com/db265ae6de8663918f274d9f7c427f6e/tumblr_oahbs7DwEv1qzcv7no2_540.png). That, or her father is not above flagrant but pointless lies. He is, after all, Trump’s VP. Both options are equally likely. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1505) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1507)