# 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:** 1537
**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 19, 2016, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30722 "2016-08-19T07:54:55Z")
I’d be surprised if there were 50. ---
**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 19, 2016, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30723 "2016-08-19T08:35:28Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Show of hands: how many believe that there are more than 100 African-American Evangelical preachers who are all committed to ensuring Donald Trump becomes the next president of the United States? > > Okay, now how many think that there are 100 African American evangelical preachers that’d even take a phone call from Mr. Hubris ‘No Manners’ Cohen? And wouldn’t they have to be relatively close, geographically speaking? If he speaks to them weekly? So, one little cul-de-sac of African-American evangelical preachers is supposed to impress us and sway an election? ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30724 "2016-08-19T09:23:33Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > I note that [https://www.longroom.com/](https://www.longroom.com/) is still down. Well, a DDoS will do that. I hope the person they’re buying hosting from will pass the bandwidth overage down to them, and I’m glad they bought from my company’s competitor. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30725 "2016-08-19T10:54:08Z")
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer now claims her calling Hillary Clinton a “lying killer” was just [a slip of the tongue.](http://wegoted.com/2016/08/jan-brewer-says-it-was-a-slip-of-the-tongue-that-she-called-clinton-a-lying-killer/) ---
**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 19, 2016, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30726 "2016-08-19T11:20:33Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Arizona Governor Jan Brewer now claims her calling Hillary Clinton a “lying killer” was just [a slip of the tongue.](http://wegoted.com/2016/08/jan-brewer-says-it-was-a-slip-of-the-tongue-that-she-called-clinton-a-lying-killer/) I have a disorder where I often type words that are vaguely similar phonetically. A few days ago I wrote “pretends” when “protects” was intended. Could the Honorable Ms. Brewer have a similar disorder that affects speech? She did correct herself immediately, right? True, her Pavlovized synapses were set up for the associations Hillary –\> Lying; Clinton –\> Killer, but that just means she’s a fine upstanding Republiopath, upholding the only precept today’s GOP knows. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30727 "2016-08-19T11:35:30Z")
Stop me if you’ve heard this one: I meant to tell my wife “Good night dear, I love you very much” but what came out was “You miserable bitch, you ruined my life!” ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30728 "2016-08-19T11:38:45Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Arizona Governor Jan Brewer now claims her calling Hillary Clinton a “lying killer” was just [a slip of the tongue.](http://wegoted.com/2016/08/jan-brewer-says-it-was-a-slip-of-the-tongue-that-she-called-clinton-a-lying-killer/) It’s a perfectly normal problem and I’ve done the same thing as Man Sewer. Oops - did I say “Man Sewer”? I meant “Jan Brewer”. See? Happens all the time. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30729 "2016-08-19T13:46:53Z")
A Freudian slip is when you mean one thing but say your mother. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30730 "2016-08-19T14:34:24Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Show of hands: how many believe that there are more than 100 African-American Evangelical preachers who are all committed to ensuring Donald Trump becomes the next president of the United States? > > Okay, now how many think that there are 100 African American evangelical preachers that’d even take a phone call from Mr. Hubris ‘No Manners’ Cohen? Is he talking about the fifty or so preachers who had been invited to Trump Tower to have a dialog about race with Trump, only to learn that it was being billed as 100+ Black Evangelicals were coming endorse Trump? As I recall, only one showed up after that. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30731 "2016-08-19T15:23:22Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > Yes, it’s Cohen, and he thinks he did very well in that interview. > [Donald Trump aide on awkward exchange with CNN anchor: ‘I think I unraveled her’](https://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-aide-on-awkward-exchange-with-cnn-anchor-i-think-i-unraveled-her-233522443.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw) So when an interviewer is asked what polls Turmp is behind in and responds “all of them” that is seen as a good response, but when Palin is asked what magazines she reads and responds “all of them” she is castigated as light weight. That just shows the bias of the Librul media. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30732 "2016-08-19T15:28:36Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > So when an interviewer is asked what polls Turmp is behind in and responds “all of them” that is seen as a good response, but when Palin is asked what magazines she reads and responds “all of them” she is castigated as light weight. That just shows the bias of the Librul media. Palin doesn’t read “all” magazines. No one does. She meant “none of them.” _All_ the polls show Trump losing. Where is the bias? ---
**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 19, 2016, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30733 "2016-08-19T15:40:06Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Show of hands: how many believe that there are more than 100 African-American Evangelical preachers who are all committed to ensuring Donald Trump becomes the next president of the United States? > > Okay, now how many think that there are 100 African American evangelical preachers that’d even take a phone call from Mr. Hubris ‘No Manners’ Cohen? This is where a good journalist says, “100, huh? Well, that certainly is interesting and potentially important information, definitely worth follow up interviews with some of these people. Please provide me with their names and contact information. Name just five, along with their church affiliations, right now; we can deal with the rest later.” IOW, call that bluff. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30734 "2016-08-19T15:42:03Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > So when an interviewer is asked what polls Turmp is behind in and responds “all of them” that is seen as a good response, but when Palin is asked what magazines she reads and responds “all of them” she is castigated as light weight. That just shows the bias of the Librul media. “Librul” shows you’re a mental lightweight. Your complaint does too. ---
**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 19, 2016, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30735 "2016-08-19T15:52:04Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > “Librul” shows you’re a mental lightweight. Your complaint does too. Or, you know, it could show that he’s making a joke. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30736 "2016-08-19T15:52:33Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Palin doesn’t read “all” magazines. No one does. She meant “none of them.” > > _All_ the polls show Trump losing. > > Where is the bias? Do all of them show him losing though? We can’t find _ONE_ biased, stilted, dishonest poll that shows him winning? I find that sad. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30737 "2016-08-19T15:52:57Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > “Librul” shows you’re a mental lightweight. Your complaint does too. I really hope he just whooshed you. Because the alternative (that he was serious) is just sad. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30738 "2016-08-19T16:09:59Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > A Freudian slip is when you mean one thing but say your mother. ?sdrawkcab taht t’nsI ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30739 "2016-08-19T16:48:09Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > Do all of them show him losing though? > > We can’t find _ONE_ biased, stilted, dishonest poll that shows him winning? I find that sad. Well, there is that Fox News app that polled its users and found that 80% of them who supported Trump planned to vote for him. Does that count? ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30740 "2016-08-19T17:11:53Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > So when an interviewer is asked what polls Turmp is behind in and responds “all of them” that is seen as a good response, but when Palin is asked what magazines she reads and responds “all of them” she is castigated as light weight. That just shows the bias of the Librul media. Be careful when looking into the eyes of Poe’s Law. ---
**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 19, 2016, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30741 "2016-08-19T17:31:42Z")
Here’s a stupid Republican idea (or a stupid idea from a supporter of the Republican candidate for president): [stabbing an interracial couple for kissing.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/08/19/white-supremacist-stabs-interracial-couple-after-seeing-them-kiss-at-bar-police-say/?utm_term=.1eb06e472d46) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1536) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1538)