# 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:** 1526
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30502 "2016-08-08T17:34:49Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > Wouldn’t it be hilarious if Hillary gets elected, nominates Obama, and he literally fills the Supreme Court vacancy? OK, not hilarious. But ironic. That would be awesome. And not unprecedented - look at Taft. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30503 "2016-08-08T18:33:03Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > It’s always nice when the perps create their own evidence. [It’s the Republican way.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal) ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30504 "2016-08-08T18:46:38Z")
A few days old, but I can’t find any mention of [this story](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/08/04/ben-carson-donald-trump-loss/88063710/) here, and it’s too good to skip: > [@](#): > > Ben Carson wants Donald Trump to start speaking about what he has done to help people but worries the Republican nominee is too humble to do so. > > Carson said he was hopeful that Trump would be able “to put out many of the stories that I am very familiar with, of things that he has done to help people who have been in very, very difficult situations,” Carson said. “He feels that, you know, that’s self-praising, he doesn’t want to do it.”… ---
**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:** [August 8, 2016, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30505 "2016-08-08T19:17:34Z")
Aye; that would be completely out of character for Mr. Trump. :rolleyes: ---
**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 8, 2016, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30506 "2016-08-08T19:47:01Z")
[Curt Schilling plans to be President in eight years after President Trump has had his two terms](http://www.salon.com/2016/08/08/curt-schillings-delusional-path-to-the-presidency-state-office-first-white-house-in-8-years/). But if Hillary is somehow “illegally” elected, then he plans to be President in four years. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30507 "2016-08-08T20:07:02Z")
Wow. Ben Carson really does live in a fictional universe! ---
**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:** [August 8, 2016, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30508 "2016-08-08T21:34:23Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > That would be awesome. And not unprecedented - look at Taft. Trump filled his SC seat all right. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30509 "2016-08-08T22:02:39Z")
[Trump says “titties” instead of “cities.”](http://www.mediaite.com/online/twitter-has-a-field-day-after-trump-accidentally-says-titties/) Ok, not stupid per se, but funny. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2016, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30510 "2016-08-08T22:09:32Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > [Trump says “titties” instead of “cities.”](http://www.mediaite.com/online/twitter-has-a-field-day-after-trump-accidentally-says-titties/) Ok, not stupid per se, but funny. Did his brain short-circuit? ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30511 "2016-08-08T22:21:18Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Curt Schilling plans to be President in eight years after President Trump has had his two terms](http://www.salon.com/2016/08/08/curt-schillings-delusional-path-to-the-presidency-state-office-first-white-house-in-8-years/). But if Hillary is somehow “illegally” elected, then he plans to be President in four years. With the exception of a couple of other legends like OJ Simpson and Oscar Pistorious, it’s hard to think of a sports figure that went from hero to zero harder than Curt Schilling. It’s going to be interesting seeing him spin taking a state for amulti-million dollar bath into a run as a candidate for the “fiscally responsible” party. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30512 "2016-08-08T22:28:18Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > With the exception of a couple of other legends like OJ Simpson and Oscar Pistorious, it’s hard to think of a sports figure that went from hero to zero harder than Curt Schilling. The Diamondbacks love to revel in their one World Series championship. They’ll mention it at the drop of a hat (any hat). They have interviews with former players, even minor ones, have special programs about the 2001 season, they even have Randy Johnson in the broadcast booth every now and then. But they never, ever, mention Schilling. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2016, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30513 "2016-08-08T22:31:17Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > [Trump says “titties” instead of “cities.”](http://www.mediaite.com/online/twitter-has-a-field-day-after-trump-accidentally-says-titties/) Ok, not stupid per se, but funny. That’s quite a slip of the tongue. Such things can happen to anyone of course, but this one seems especially unlikely to me unless one is inebriated in some manner or has a neurological problem of one sort or another. The pronunciations of ‘c’ and ‘t’ are just too different. ---
**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 8, 2016, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30514 "2016-08-08T23:24:02Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > With the exception of a couple of other legends like OJ Simpson and Oscar Pistorious, it’s hard to think of a sports figure that went from hero to zero harder than Curt Schilling. It’s going to be interesting seeing him spin taking a state for amulti-million dollar bath into a run as a candidate for the “fiscally responsible” party. Especially in Massachusetts, unless he plans on moving out of state. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30515 "2016-08-08T23:38:57Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > [Trump says “titties” instead of “cities.”](http://www.mediaite.com/online/twitter-has-a-field-day-after-trump-accidentally-says-titties/) Ok, not stupid per se, but funny. He read about it in Dickens’ _[A Sale of Two Titties.](http://www.montypython.net/scripts/bookshop.php)_ ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30516 "2016-08-09T02:14:45Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > He read about it in Dickens’ _[A Sale of Two Titties.](http://www.montypython.net/scripts/bookshop.php)_ Dickens got the best deal on that sale, you wouldn’t believe how good, those titties were yuuuge. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30517 "2016-08-09T04:08:31Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > [Trump says “titties” instead of “cities.”](http://www.mediaite.com/online/twitter-has-a-field-day-after-trump-accidentally-says-titties/) Ok, not stupid per se, but funny. To be fair, Laurence O’Donnel said “defecate” instead of “deficit” on his show tonight. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30518 "2016-08-09T04:16:25Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > [Trump says “titties” instead of “cities.”](http://www.mediaite.com/online/twitter-has-a-field-day-after-trump-accidentally-says-titties/) Ok, not stupid per se, but funny. I’m guessing there was a woman with a low cut blouse and yuuuuge assets in the audience? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30519 "2016-08-09T07:20:02Z")
Oh! And I thought he was staring at the teleprompter! Could have sworn I saw his lips moving. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2016, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30520 "2016-08-09T07:41:36Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Curt Schilling plans to be President in eight years after President Trump has had his two terms](http://www.salon.com/2016/08/08/curt-schillings-delusional-path-to-the-presidency-state-office-first-white-house-in-8-years/). But if Hillary is somehow “illegally” elected, then he plans to be President in four years. Wow…ex-athletes. Is there anything they don’t know or can’t do? Other than demonstrate fiscal responsibility and refrain from raping someone? ---
**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:** [August 9, 2016, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30521 "2016-08-09T08:00:36Z")
Now that I think about it, Donald Trump reminds me a lot of Zapp Brannigan from “Futurama.” And not just because of the skin color. Egotistical, raving lunatic who doesn’t seem to realize that everyone else knows how incompetent he REALLY is, because he thinks he’s the best at everything… Which, for the purposes of this metaphor, means that Chris Christie is Kif. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1525) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1527)