# 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:** 1550
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30982 "2016-09-02T14:26:06Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [The Senate “Science” Committee is going to hold hearings on the rights of state Attorneys General to investigate Exxon’s environmental record.](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/house-science-exxon_us_57c885e8e4b0a22de095027f?section=politics) This one is slightly misleading - two of the three witnesses for the congressional panel will be conservative law professors, while the third is a [bleeding heart liberal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Turley). But yes, these hearings are ridiculous. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2016, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30983 "2016-09-02T14:41:42Z")
What’s wrong with taco trucks ? It’s basic small entrepreneurship and work ethic, conservatives should love that shit. Plus they’re yummy. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30984 "2016-09-02T14:46:40Z")
> [@TheStake](#): > > As a conservative I 100% approve taco trucks on every corner! Right, this should have been advocated by Trump. Not having to drive so far for tacos is a good step towards Making America Great Again. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30985 "2016-09-02T14:52:15Z")
And a proliferation of taco trucks is bad because… ??? Don’t let him hear that in Manhattan the big thing for years now has been Halal food trucks/carts. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30986 "2016-09-02T14:56:36Z")
Heck, in Manhattan you probably don’t have to search very hard to find halal tacos. Which is what makes America great. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30987 "2016-09-02T14:59:55Z")
You can often find them near the kosher Chinese restaurants. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2016, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30988 "2016-09-02T14:59:57Z")
Slow down a minute. Before I jump on the taco truck bandwagon, there are a few details we have to get sorted out. Will these be proper tacos in a crispy taco shell, or those oh-so-trendy fish and cilantro things in a soft shell? ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30989 "2016-09-02T15:00:28Z")
Eh, the only difference between a gyro and a taco is the thickness of the bread and a distinct lack of cheese. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30990 "2016-09-02T15:06:24Z")
Just add feta and olives and it becomes a Greek taco. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30991 "2016-09-02T15:45:41Z")
He is just jealous that no one made one out of his sponsor, on a cracker shell. They’d call the Taco Putin on the Ritz. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30992 "2016-09-02T16:07:02Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Slow down a minute. Before I jump on the taco truck bandwagon, there are a few details we have to get sorted out. Will these be proper tacos in a crispy taco shell, or those oh-so-trendy fish and cilantro things in a soft shell? That’s the beauty of it: under HRC, there will be TexMex tacos, SoCal tacos AND genuine traditional tacos. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2016, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30993 "2016-09-02T16:09:10Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > That’s the beauty of it: under HRC, there will be TexMex tacos, SoCal tacos AND genuine traditional tacos. God bless America. ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30994 "2016-09-02T16:11:13Z")
No German, Italian, or Danish tacos? What’s this bullshit? ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30995 "2016-09-02T16:20:41Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > [http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/02/politics/taco-trucks-latinos-for-trump-supporter/](http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/02/politics/taco-trucks-latinos-for-trump-supporter/) > > Trump’s latin “guy” claims if Hillary is elected, “We’ll have taco trucks on every corner”. > > It’s pretty dumb but I’m not actually seeing the downside. Well, if I wasn’t going to vote for Hillary before, I’m certainly going to now. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30996 "2016-09-02T16:23:08Z")
> [@Chisquirrel](#): > > No German, Italian, or Danish tacos? What’s this bullshit? Hmmm…some sauerkraut and schnitzel wrapped up in a pita actually sounds damn good. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30997 "2016-09-02T16:40:56Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > What’s wrong with taco trucks ? It’s basic small entrepreneurship and work ethic, conservatives should love that shit. Plus they’re yummy. In Trump’s America there will only be Hamburger trucks! Good old fashioned American Hambugers, from Hamburg, Germany. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2016, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30998 "2016-09-02T16:47:57Z")
I should hope to see taco trucks surrounding Taco Bells. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2016, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30999 "2016-09-02T17:23:46Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > That’s the beauty of it: under HRC, there will be TexMex tacos, SoCal tacos AND genuine traditional tacos. _\_ ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31000 "2016-09-02T17:25:50Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > I should hope to see taco trucks surrounding Taco Bells. Last summer both Taco Bell and Taco Johns closed in downtown Minneapolis because of the food trucks. Taco Johns quickly changed their minds. Funny walking over to Chipotle and seeing several taco trucks (selling overpriced novelty tacos, for the most part) directly across the street. ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31001 "2016-09-02T17:53:08Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Last summer both Taco Bell and Taco Johns closed in downtown Minneapolis because of the food trucks. Taco Johns quickly changed their minds. > > Funny walking over to Chipotle and seeing several taco trucks (selling overpriced novelty tacos, for the most part) directly across the street. Could it be that the people buying the novelty tacos were just trying to avoid Chipotle’s bacteria-laden tacos? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1549) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1551)