# 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:** 1522
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30422 "2016-08-02T20:00:04Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > I won’t be here. Only live about four hours from the border, I can get across before the Canadians close it. That might be ill-advised. How long before the Great Leader With Masculine Hands gets into a Twitter war with Justin Trudeau? Two shakes of a lamb’s tail and then it’s Operation Make Alberta And Maybe Saskatchewan Great Again. ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30423 "2016-08-02T20:22:21Z")
Again? . ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30424 "2016-08-02T20:30:55Z")
> [@Punoqllads](#): > > Two shakes of a lamb’s tail and then it’s Operation Make Alberta And Maybe Saskatchewan Great Again. Sounds like Radical Islambic Terrorism to me! ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30425 "2016-08-03T00:20:47Z")
> [@Punoqllads](#): > > That might be ill-advised. How long before the Great Leader With Masculine Hands gets into a Twitter war with Justin Trudeau? Two shakes of a lamb’s tail and then it’s Operation Make Alberta And Maybe Saskatchewan Great Again. I have the utmost confidence that Donny not only can’t pronounce Saskatchewan, but doesn’t even know it exists. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30426 "2016-08-03T00:24:31Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Well, there was the “until our leaders can figure out what’s going on” bit. Maybe Trump’s water-carriers will argue that Obama has known what’s going on all along so Trump’s call for a ban was pre-nullified. All together now: Let’s dispel with this fiction that Barack Obama doesn’t know what he’s doing. He knows exactly what he’s doing. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30427 "2016-08-03T00:31:16Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > I have the utmost confidence that Donny not only can’t pronounce Saskatchewan, but doesn’t even know it exists. And if he did hear the word, he’d answer “Gesundheit”. Just like I do. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30428 "2016-08-03T00:34:02Z")
> [@Punoqllads](#): > > That might be ill-advised. How long before the Great Leader With Masculine Hands gets into a Twitter war with Justin Trudeau? Two shakes of a lamb’s tail and then it’s Operation Make Alberta And Maybe Saskatchewan Great Again. Which reminds me, that conservative senator with the cocaine and assault record that Trudeau thrashed in the ring is back in the senate again now that the fraud and breach of trust charges have been dropped. I’d love to see Trump try to go a few rounds with Trudeau – either in a debate or in the boxing ring. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2016, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30429 "2016-08-03T02:29:32Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > I have the utmost confidence that Donny not only can’t pronounce Saskatchewan, but doesn’t even know it exists. Oh, he has definitely heard of them, and once he becomes president, he will have military search teams combing the forests of the west to hunt down and capture rogue saskatechewans that keep upsetting people with their unscheduled appearances and fiendish elusiveness. Then he will have them deported. ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30430 "2016-08-03T03:02:28Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Oh, he has definitely heard of them, and once he becomes president, he will have military search teams combing the forests of the west to hunt down and capture rogue saskatechewans that keep upsetting people with their unscheduled appearances and fiendish elusiveness. > > Then he will have them deported. If the Mexicans are building our wall, does that mean we have to build Canada’s wall? 😕 ---
**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:** [August 3, 2016, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30431 "2016-08-03T10:02:28Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Oh, he has definitely heard of them, and once he becomes president, he will have military search teams combing the forests of the west to hunt down and capture rogue saskatechewans that keep upsetting people with their unscheduled appearances and fiendish elusiveness. > > Then he will have them deported. Perhaps he’s a rogue Sasquatchean himself, and not really the son of an orangutan as is commonly believed. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30432 "2016-08-03T12:38:41Z")
> [@standingwave](#): > > If the Mexicans are building our wall, does that mean we have to build Canada’s wall? > > 😕 [Canada is already building its wall. If Trump wins the election, you pay for it. If Canada wins the election, we tear it down.](https://youtu.be/bGTznIy6i4w) ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30433 "2016-08-03T15:27:17Z")
I really wonder what Ivanka personally thinks about this: [Trump says if Ivanka were sexually harassed, she’d just get a new career](http://nymag.com/thecut/2016/08/donald-trump-roger-ailes-if-ivanka-sexually-harassed-new-career.html?wpsrc=nymag) So no worries ladies! If you are sexually harassed at work, just quit! ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30434 "2016-08-03T17:14:11Z")
> [@YogSothoth](#): > > I really wonder what Ivanka personally thinks about this: > > [Trump says if Ivanka were sexually harassed, she’d just get a new career](http://nymag.com/thecut/2016/08/donald-trump-roger-ailes-if-ivanka-sexually-harassed-new-career.html?wpsrc=nymag) > > So no worries ladies! If you are sexually harassed at work, just quit! Hey, when your temporary husband\* is a modestly wealthy\*\* public figure, he can just force one of his business partners to give you a job! - He’s on #3, baby. You only have a few more years before he’s moved on to #4 \*\* He likely isn’t even a billionaire after debts. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2016, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30435 "2016-08-03T17:36:19Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > - He’s on #3, baby. You only have a few more years before he’s moved on to #4 Seriously? That little shit has had three wives already? That’s as many as Poppa Trump has had! ---
**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:** [August 3, 2016, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30436 "2016-08-03T17:52:13Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Hey, when your temporary husband\* is a modestly wealthy\*\* public figure, he can just force one of his business partners to give you a job! > > - He’s on #3, baby. You only have a few more years before he’s moved on to #4 > \*\* He likely isn’t even a billionaire after debts. He claims to be a billionaire _now_, but wait till the divorce case, when suddenly he only has $10 to his name. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30437 "2016-08-03T19:37:39Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Hey, when your temporary husband\* The woman spoken of in the article is Ivanka, his daughter, not his wife, Melania. (Ivanka’s mother was Trump’s first wife, Ivana.) Same principle is involved - she’s got a much better chance of getting a new job than even most moneyed women - but this particular issue doesn’t apply. [OTOH, Ivanka doesn’t entirely agree with her father (or her brother, who’s also said similar) on this issue.](http://nymag.com/thecut/2016/08/ivanka-trump-finally-addresses-sexual-harassment.html) ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30438 "2016-08-03T20:42:57Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > The woman spoken of in the article is Ivanka, his daughter, not his wife, Melania. (Ivanka’s mother was Trump’s first wife, Ivana.) > > Same principle is involved - she’s got a much better chance of getting a new job than even most moneyed women - but this particular issue doesn’t apply. > > [OTOH, Ivanka doesn’t entirely agree with her father (or her brother, who’s also said similar) on this issue.](http://nymag.com/thecut/2016/08/ivanka-trump-finally-addresses-sexual-harassment.html) She is generally smart and tactful and on message. I wish she was running instead of her dad. Plus I believe she’s probably a closeted liberal who has to hide that ---
**Author:** ![mcgato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@mcgato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcgato)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30439 "2016-08-04T13:25:01Z")
Today I learned that Ivanka Trump has written a book. In 2009, no less. My head is sufficiently boggled. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30440 "2016-08-04T14:25:44Z")
“Written” is a term of art that may not necessarily reflect the mundane definition of putting one’s personal fingertips to the keyboard. One has people for that sort of thing. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30441 "2016-08-04T15:36:34Z")
I kinda picture her at a computer like Scotty with the mouse in that Star Trek movie. Trying to talk to it to tell it what to do, because telling people what to do is all she knows anymore. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1521) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1523)