# 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:** 1531
**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 13, 2016, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30602 "2016-08-13T20:51:09Z")
Carl Palestrina? Didn’t he write some smokin’ hot tunes back in the 16th century? ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30603 "2016-08-13T21:23:48Z")
[From a Yahoo article by the AP:](https://www.yahoo.com/news/frustration-abundant-gop-could-near-breaking-point-trump-123105564--election.html) > [@](#): > > For now, Priebus is vocally supportive of Trump. The party chairman joined the nominee on Friday, part of a larger effort to ensure an experienced political hand is almost always at the candidate’s side when he travels. > > Others keeping Trump company this past week include former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani. > > “We’ve always found it’s wise to have people traveling with him, because it’s an opportunity to have him engaged and not just sitting there,” Manafort said. In other words, the GOP has nominated, for the office of President, a person who literally needs a sitter so he won’t get into trouble on his own. Maybe I’m wrong, but I thought the role of the Chief Executive was to be \*the \* adult in the room. I wonder what the going rate for a candidate sitter is nowadays, $20/hour and anything in the fridge they can find to snack on? ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30604 "2016-08-13T21:36:03Z")
> [@Askthepizzaguy](#): > > He wants to make sure the black people are being forced to wait in long lines at understaffed polling stations, and being checked for certain specific kinds of ID that are difficult to get if you don’t have a birth certificate, while white voters in conservative Republican suburbs get fully staffed polling stations with extended hours and can get by with a gun or fishing license or something. > > Those black people voting, it’s probably fraudulent. Everyone knows they’re criminals, not all of them, I’m sure many are very nice people… GOP, keep fucking that chicken. Making the mere act of voting a protest against the ‘man’ will not [work out](http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/05/09/blacks-outvoted-whites-in-2012-the-first-time-on-record/) like they hope. ---
**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 14, 2016, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30605 "2016-08-14T01:49:19Z")
[The guy who wrote Mike Pence’s anti-gay “religious freedom” law managed to send sexually explicit video of him having sex with a woman not his wife, to his entire contact list.](http://bipartisanreport.com/2016/08/12/mike-pences-right-hand-man-forced-to-resign-over-sexually-explicit-video-cheating-on-wife/) ---
**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:** [August 14, 2016, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30606 "2016-08-14T01:56:16Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [The guy who wrote Mike Pence’s anti-gay “religious freedom” law managed to send sexually explicit video of him having sex with a woman not his wife, to his entire contact list.](http://bipartisanreport.com/2016/08/12/mike-pences-right-hand-man-forced-to-resign-over-sexually-explicit-video-cheating-on-wife/) [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18728941&postcount=24603](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18728941&postcount=24603) ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2016, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30607 "2016-08-14T03:46:47Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [The guy who wrote Mike Pence’s anti-gay “religious freedom” law managed to send sexually explicit video of him having sex with a woman not his wife, to his entire contact list.](http://bipartisanreport.com/2016/08/12/mike-pences-right-hand-man-forced-to-resign-over-sexually-explicit-video-cheating-on-wife/) [Last year](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/09/30/resigned-reps-committee-refused-hear-revenge-porn-bill/73123914/) ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2016, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30608 "2016-08-14T09:39:30Z")
It’s hard to keep track. Does the SDMB have an indexing lookup for threads this size? Oh wait, the search function - hahahahahahahahaha! ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2016, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30609 "2016-08-14T13:47:46Z")
I’ve suggested nominations and voting for Stupidest Republiopathogy In Thread. We could award gold medals in several categories: Funniest, Most despicable, Most hypocritical, Most idiotic, Most prolific Republiopath, etc. With the thousands of stupidities on display here, it would be a major project just to wean down to a Top 100 Hits. ---
**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:** [August 14, 2016, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30610 "2016-08-14T13:57:17Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > It’s hard to keep track. Does the SDMB have an indexing lookup for threads this size? Oh wait, the search function - hahahahahahahahaha! It’s easier if you stick with actual news sources rather than really bad news aggregators. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2016, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30611 "2016-08-14T15:00:42Z")
Since the news is almost uniformly bad, how could it aggregate any other way? ---
**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 14, 2016, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30612 "2016-08-14T16:15:17Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > But you haven’t voted in the [actual pool I started here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=764711). I didn’t know about that poll or thread until just now. My lack of voting has been rectified. ---
**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 14, 2016, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30613 "2016-08-14T16:37:43Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > ['Unelectable' candidate defends slavery and mocks women – but still wins GOP race in Minnesota](http://www.rawstory.com/2016/08/unelectable-candidate-defends-slavery-and-mocks-women-but-still-wins-gop-race-in-minnesota/) > > "Uh, you know if you don’t want to own a slave, don’t. But don’t tell other people they can’t.” > > To be fair, the article says that party officials are unhappy with him, but this is evidently what appeals to the GOP electorate. Someone ought to check that guy’s basement for involuntary guests. ---
**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 14, 2016, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30614 "2016-08-14T17:55:26Z")
> [@raventhief](#): > > Someone ought to check that guy’s basement for involuntary guests. Check his belfry while they’re at it. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2016, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30615 "2016-08-14T18:37:32Z")
My district. Kline (R) represented us for a long time, moved rightward with the Tea Party and then decided to retire. Polls now showing it going from Leans-Republican to leaning Democrat for this election. Couldn’t be happier. [Angie Craig](https://ballotpedia.org/Angie_Craig) is the democrat candidate. I’ve given her a few bucks. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30616 "2016-08-15T02:28:11Z")
> [@MacCat](#): > > Check his belfry while they’re at it. Has been declared a national strategic reserve for bat guano. ---
**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 15, 2016, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30617 "2016-08-15T04:39:27Z")
No, that makes no sense, Keenan Wynn died almost 30 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30618 "2016-08-15T04:45:06Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > No, that makes no sense, Keenan Wynn died almost 30 years ago. The Coca Cola Co. finally caught up with him? ---
**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 15, 2016, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30619 "2016-08-15T19:38:23Z")
[Giuliani: No successful terrorist attacks in US in 8 years before Obama](http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/291489-giuliani-no-successful-radical-islamic-attacks-in-8-years) > [@](#): > > Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani on Monday said terrorists failed to successfully strike the United States in the eight years before President Obama and former secretary of State Hillary Clinton took office. > > “Under those eight years, before Obama came along, we didn’t have any successful radical Islamic terrorist attack in the United States,” Giuliani said Monday ahead of a speech by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on foreign policy… ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30620 "2016-08-15T19:41:49Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > [Giuliani: No successful terrorist attacks in US in 8 years before Obama](http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/291489-giuliani-no-successful-radical-islamic-attacks-in-8-years) I can see how 9/11 might slip his mind. He hardly ever talks about it. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30621 "2016-08-15T19:47:42Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > I can see how 9/11 might slip his mind. He hardly ever talks about it. Also the shoebomber, the LAX shooting, the anthrax stuff, the Beltway Sniper, and that’s just off the top of my head. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1530) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1532)