# 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:** 1555
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31082 "2016-09-09T20:02:28Z")
If there were any left, they’ve been primaried out of office. Republicans don’t get a bad rap here for no reason. They get a bad rap because they deserve it, and this very thread contains hundred of examples why they deserve it. ---
**Author:** ![TheStake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecae2f/32.png) [@TheStake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheStake)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31083 "2016-09-09T20:03:48Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > If there were any left, they’ve been primaried out of office. > > Republicans don’t get a bad rap here for no reason. They get a bad rap because they deserve it, and this very thread contains hundred of examples why they deserve it. I guess I just have to concede. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31084 "2016-09-09T20:06:34Z")
Well, if you want to show us an example of a Republican who is getting a bad rap and being unfairly slurred, please do so. I for one would be happy to say “Yes, that person isn’t these things and is being treated unfairly”. Honestly, I don’t think you can come up with one, other than making this broad claim. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31085 "2016-09-09T20:08:59Z")
> [@TheStake](#): > > Look no need to jump up and be all defensive. I am saying IMO. That stands for in my opinion. My opinion exists because of my life experiences. That is what I see and that is what I hear from most of my liberal compadres. It’s not a big deal. I’m not personally offended by what others think. > > There are good republicans and there are good democrats. There are bad republicans and bad democrats. I try not to generalize, but I feel like group mentality takes over and before you know it, majority weighs down those of opposition. I feel like the republicans are the obvious minority here. > > I just don’t want to be considered something I am not just because, republicans get a bad rap on this board. There’s good ones too. You need to get over the feeling that “there are good ones too” should win you the presidency. If you find yourself a small minority of Republican conservatives who are “good ones too” it’s time to consider changing parties. ---
**Author:** ![TheStake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecae2f/32.png) [@TheStake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheStake)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31086 "2016-09-09T20:14:43Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > You need to get over the feeling that “there are good ones too” should win you the presidency. If you find yourself a small minority of Republican conservatives who are “good ones too” it’s time to consider changing parties. I don’t feel like any of the parties that have a chance of winning represent what I want. I was just going to start a thread about the subject, but I don’t want to put it in the wrong place. I wasn’t trying to start a fight or be disrespectful. I will contemplate else where. My bad folks. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2016, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31087 "2016-09-09T20:32:05Z")
> [@TheStake](#): > > 1. 68 percent say Clinton isn’t honest and trustworthy > > That’s according to the CNN poll, and it’s her worst number on-record. It’s also up from 65 percent earlier this month and 59 percent in May. The 30 percent who see Clinton as honest and trustworthy is now well shy of the number who say the same of Trump: 43 percent. > > You heard that right: Trump — he of the many, many Pinocchios — now has a large lead on Clinton when it comes to honesty and trustworthiness. > > The CBS poll, for what it’s worth, has a similar number saying Clinton is dishonest: 67 percent. > > That is the Washington post. If those numbers are are correct of how people see her, then calling her a liar would seem to resonate with the people. If the people see Trump as a dumb fuck white racist, and someone said that, it would resonate with the people. > > I am saying that all the bull shit name calling is stupid as fuck. From BOTH sides. > > ALSO, Sorry I copy and pasted that, I don’t know how to add cites here yet… CNN also came out with a poll earlier in the week which had Trump leading in the national vote, until the methodology was explained and everybody said CNN’s polling leaves a lot to be desired. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31088 "2016-09-09T20:33:01Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > CNN also came out with a poll earlier in the week which had Trump leading in the national vote, until the methodology was explained and everybody said CNN’s polling leaves a lot to be desired. Yeah, a voluntary on-line poll open for an entire month isn’t exactly scientific. ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31089 "2016-09-09T20:35:05Z")
You gotta understand what the GOP debate style has become, **Stake**. When a GOP figure gets criticized, all you see out of them is an indignant, emotional reaction. What you DON’T see is any kind of factual rebuttal of the actual accusation. Why not? Because the GOP has mostly abandoned facts and reasons, in favor of persuading people based on their worst emotional reactions. Take a few examples: -Build a wall between the US and Mexico. If you hate Mexicans, that sounds great. Never mind that it doesn’t solve the problem and is a dumb idea. The solution to illegal immigration is to crack down on the people hiring them. -Ban Muslims from entering the US. If you are a prejudiced person who views Islam itself as a terrorist organization, that sounds great. Never mind that a religious test for entering the country is wholly un-American. -Build up the military. If you are a seething paranoiac who wants to lash out at the threats that have been invented and screamed at you for years on right-wing radio, that sounds great. Never mind that we have the most powerful military in the world by far, to an excessive degree, and that it is a major contributor to the deficit. But hey, we can’t implement truly fascist solutions to problems on a global scale without a yet-larger military! **Stake** , study the issues assiduously and you will discover that the GOP cares about one thing: cutting taxes for the wealthy. They intend to destroy Social Security and Medicare to free up more taxes to cut for the wealthy. They don’t care about the public at all- they run campaigns based almost entirely on lies to sucker the stupid into voting for them. Trump just promised to repeal the Johnson Amendment, which prevents religious leaders from endorsing candidates. If you are a moron who doesn’t understand the 1st Amendment, theocracy sounds pretty good. If you are paying attention, you can see that the GOP is jerking around the ignorant to benefit the wealthy at the expense of the general public. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2016, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31090 "2016-09-09T20:42:36Z")
> [@TheStake](#): > > I don’t feel like any of the parties that have a chance of winning represent what I want. A pretty common feeling around these parts. Were it not for my fear of an actual Trump Presidency :eek::eek:, I might vote 3rd party. Or do a write in for Bill Nye The Science Guy. ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31091 "2016-09-09T20:44:48Z")
> [@TheStake](#): > > I would like to see a cite for that one. I may not be up to date in my knowledge of the candidates genitals. “And [Sen. Marco Rubio] referred to my hands, if they are small, something else must be small. I guarantee you there is no problem. I guarantee.” [March 3](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/03/03/the-fox-news-gop-debate-transcript-annotated/) ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31092 "2016-09-09T20:59:50Z")
> [@TheStake](#): > > Well IMO that is how Republicans have been labeled. Regardless of creed. Oh you are a Republican? You must be racist, sexist, and shoot baby bunnies on the weekend. The only Republicans I lump together with the racists are the ones who won’t disavow the ones who actually are. ---
**Author:** ![TheStake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecae2f/32.png) [@TheStake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheStake)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31093 "2016-09-09T21:30:02Z")
Well, I can respect that. I only joined these boards as a learning experience. I am still young and still learning. I have a lot to figure out still it seems. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31094 "2016-09-09T21:35:04Z")
> [@TheStake](#): > > I feel like Trump has been shit on since he announced he was gonna run. I mean people have drawn nude pictures of this guy with a little dick. This is the false equivalence so prevalent over the last several election cycles. Yes, you can find examples from both sides. But the examples cited here by liberals are typically from very prominent Republicans – very famous spokesmen (like Giuliani), sitting Congressmen (like Gohmert), sitting governors (like LePage), etc. And the examples cited by conservatives are typically either complete nobodies, like whoever put out the nude statues of Trump, or completely imaginary, like ACORN or whatever stupid CT Alex Jones is promoting today. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31095 "2016-09-09T21:53:24Z")
> [@TheStake](#): > > Well, I can respect that. I only joined these boards as a learning experience. I am still young and still learning. I have a lot to figure out still it seems. Don’t worry about it, you’ll do fine. Used to be, way way back, I was just to the left of Otto von Bismarck. Argued with lefties all the time, got sick of losing, so I became one. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31096 "2016-09-09T21:56:06Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > … complete nobodies, like whoever put out the nude statues of Trump… Aw goldurn contrary! What you got there is a genius stroke of gorilla theater and subversive snark! ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31097 "2016-09-09T22:01:45Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > I think it’s fair to say if Trump were the Dem nominee and Hillary were the Repub nom, things would be very different. > > Back when it was Hillary vs. Obama I was thinking, “admitted druggie vs. Hillary, this is even a question?” What’s acceptable is all over the place, and depends on who you like, to some extent. Admitted druggie, ha. Wait, you were talking about W, right? ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31098 "2016-09-09T22:21:48Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > Admitted druggie, ha. Wait, you were talking about W, right? Yeah, always love when some guy calls someone who admits to having tried Marijuana a “druggie”. Usually while they’re holding a beer in their hand and looking for their totally legitimate percocet prescription. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31099 "2016-09-09T22:37:32Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > Admitted druggie, ha. Wait, you were talking about W, right? You didn’t notice when Bill Clinton was a pot smoking draft dodging fag, but Bush merely had "youthful indiscretions? I mean, c’mon, we all snort coke and get DUI’s and don’t show up for our military obligations. That’s not the same! ---
**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 9, 2016, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31100 "2016-09-09T22:47:56Z")
As I recall, W promised to “restore honor/dignity to the Whitehouse”, I guess because Clinton allowed it to be discovered that he got a blow job or whatever. So, based on W’s great success in that endeavor, who amongst us believe that Trump could actually “make the country great again”? Or would even try? ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31101 "2016-09-09T23:10:58Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > You didn’t notice when Bill Clinton was a pot smoking draft dodging fag, but Bush merely had "youthful indiscretions? I mean, c’mon, we all snort coke and get DUI’s and don’t show up for our military obligations. And it would be churlish to mention that W’s wife really did kill somebody. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1554) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1556)