# 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:** 1538
**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 19, 2016, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30742 "2016-08-19T17:46:21Z")
> [@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. Even Breitbart and Fox show him losing. ---
**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 19, 2016, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30743 "2016-08-19T17:47:33Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > 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) The NBC affiliate in Seattle, when reporting on that story, labeled their chyron below the report, “Black Lives Matter May Have Led to Stabbing” smdh ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30744 "2016-08-19T18:42:23Z")
Well, it _may_! We don’t have the whole story yet, so we can’t be sure that it _didn’t_! People are saying that it might have, so it _may_! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30745 "2016-08-19T19:52:09Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Even Breitbart and Fox show him losing. Says who? (Seriously, can a response be any more childish than that? Maybe if you add nanny nanny neener at the end.) ---
**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, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30746 "2016-08-19T20:44:05Z")
> [@Mr.Greenjeans](#): > > Says who? > > (Seriously, can a response be any more childish than that? Maybe if you add nanny nanny neener at the end.) Well, Trump’s main campaign strategy seems to be “I know you are but what am I?”. See: the bullshit health claims about Clinton See: bullshit recent articles on Fox about Clinton’s connections with Russia Trump should just have a poster that says “No, U”. ---
**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:** [August 19, 2016, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30747 "2016-08-19T21:05:50Z")
Trump is accusing Clinton of having nefarious Russian connections? Next he’s going to accuse her of claiming to be a billionarre. ---
**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, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30748 "2016-08-19T21:12:09Z")
Trump, projecting all of his own faults on Hillary? :eek: 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30749 "2016-08-19T23:22:25Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Trump, projecting all of his own faults on Hillary? :eek: > > 😛 You can’t trust a woman who has cheated on at least two of her three husbands. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30750 "2016-08-20T05:44:06Z")
Wow. So CNN’s Brianna Keilar of the “All of them” polls fame just interviewed a senior Trump campaign advisor Jack Kingston. Casually, like putting on a shoe or buying a slave, he drops this little nugget while discussing Trump’s outreach to African Americans: [“Maybe it would have been nice if he had a backdrop with a burning car”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2HnNnXEkbI&feature=youtu.be&t=1m40s) Keep reaching Trump. You’re at 2% among black voters. I wonder if a poll can go negative? ---
**Author:** ![bmoak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@bmoak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmoak)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30751 "2016-08-20T12:43:00Z")
Since the 2% is in the margin of error for most polls, Trump’s support among the black electorate might well be negative. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30752 "2016-08-20T12:50:15Z")
> [@YogSothoth](#): > > Wow. So CNN’s Brianna Keilar of the “All of them” polls fame just interviewed a senior Trump campaign advisor Jack Kingston. Casually, like putting on a shoe or buying a slave, he drops this little nugget while discussing Trump’s outreach to African Americans: [“Maybe it would have been nice if he had a backdrop with a burning car”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2HnNnXEkbI&feature=youtu.be&t=1m40s) > > Keep reaching Trump. You’re at 2% among black voters. I wonder if a poll can go negative? How stupid can you get? I mean, really, many ideas or political stances that have been posted in this thread we may find stupid, but this is pure, unadulerated, 100% genuine STUPID coming right out of the guy’s mouth on national TV. ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30753 "2016-08-20T13:25:57Z")
Trump isn’t actually courting black voters. He’s giving cover to his base, so they can tell themselves it’s not racist to vote for Trump. ---
**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 20, 2016, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30754 "2016-08-20T13:32:49Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > How stupid can you get? I mean, really, many ideas or political stances that have been posted in this thread we may find stupid, but this is pure, unadulerated, 100% genuine STUPID coming right out of the guy’s mouth on national TV. Sic transit gloria. Jack Kingston doesn’t want to be forgotten as the previous holder of Louie Gohmert’s title. ---
**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 20, 2016, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30755 "2016-08-20T14:02:47Z")
> [@YogSothoth](#): > > Wow. So CNN’s Brianna Keilar of the “All of them” polls fame just interviewed a senior Trump campaign advisor Jack Kingston. Casually, like putting on a shoe or buying a slave, he drops this little nugget while discussing Trump’s outreach to African Americans: [“Maybe it would have been nice if he had a backdrop with a burning car”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2HnNnXEkbI&feature=youtu.be&t=1m40s) > > Keep reaching Trump. You’re at 2% among black voters. I wonder if a poll can go negative? Later in the same clip, he talks about how Donald Trump has done amazing outreach to the black community because he met with David Clark, while Clinton won’t say “three words–Blue Lives Matter.” Who the fuck are these people? What rocks do they crawl out from under? ---
**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:** [August 20, 2016, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30756 "2016-08-20T14:15:42Z")
jsgodess wrote: "Who the fuck are these people? What rocks do they crawl out from under? Essentially the problem is that they’re reasoning incorrectly from erroneous data. ---
**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 20, 2016, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30757 "2016-08-20T14:22:55Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > jsgodess wrote: "Who the fuck are these people? What rocks do they crawl out from under? > > Essentially the problem is that they’re reasoning incorrectly from erroneous data. Cite that there’s any reasoning going on among Trump voters? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30758 "2016-08-20T14:58:42Z")
> [@](#): > > Cite that there’s any reasoning going on among Trump voters? Quantum reasoning. You can know where their mind is, and where its going, but have not the foggiest notion as to why. That’s Heisenberg. I think. Maybe. ---
**Author:** ![orangeapples](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7993a0/32.png) [@orangeapples](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orangeapples)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30759 "2016-08-20T16:43:12Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Quantum reasoning. You can know where their mind is, and where its going, but have not the foggiest notion as to why. That’s Heisenberg. I think. Maybe. So you’re not sure, then? ---
**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 20, 2016, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30760 "2016-08-20T17:36:42Z")
> [@orangeapples](#): > > So you’re not sure, then? Holy cow; he’s the smartest man on the planet! ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30761 "2016-08-20T18:46:09Z")
How stupid is this? Trump believes he will get 95% of the black vote in 2020. ["You’re living in poverty, your schools are no good, you have no jobs. Fifty-eight percent of your youth is unemployed. What the hell do you have to lose?”](http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/donald-trump-african-american-vote-227218) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1537) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1539)