# 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:** 1565
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2016, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31282 "2016-09-17T23:44:01Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > It’s “you’re wrong”, why do you hate America?! The comma should have been a semicolon, or, better, a period followed by a new sentence. Why do you hate English? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2016, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31283 "2016-09-17T23:53:16Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > The comma should have been a semicolon, or, better, a period followed by a new sentence. Why do you hate English? 😉 Can I borrow your superfluous comma (after “semicolon”) to make up the deficit? ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2016, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31284 "2016-09-18T00:30:11Z")
McCrory says he’ll call a special session to repeal HB2 - [but only if the city of Charlotte agrees to discriminate against transgenders anyway.](https://thinkprogress.org/north-carolina-hb2-same-cheap-trick-ff99626ccd8e?source=latest) The man’s trailing by 7 points, but apparently this is the hill he wants to die on. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2016, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31285 "2016-09-18T02:47:01Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Can I borrow your superfluous comma (after “semicolon”) to make up the deficit? Grin! I disagree with you on that one, but, were you to be correct, it would be highly well deserved. ---
**Author:** ![oft\_wears\_hats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7993a0/32.png) [@oft\_wears\_hats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oft_wears_hats)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2016, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31286 "2016-09-18T23:51:21Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > McCrory says he’ll call a special session to repeal HB2 - [but only if the city of Charlotte agrees to discriminate against transgenders anyway.](https://thinkprogress.org/north-carolina-hb2-same-cheap-trick-ff99626ccd8e?source=latest) > > The man’s trailing by 7 points, but apparently this is the hill he wants to die on. Wow, what a stupid idea. I guess he’s so stupid that he thinks everyone else is as stupid as he is, and might actually fall for such a stupid trick? I guess he saw how Pence handled the RFRA in Indiana and thought “that was pretty good, but I bet I can shit the bed harder than that.” ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31287 "2016-09-20T00:56:12Z")
**[Christie falsely claims Trump hadn’t talked ‘birther’ for years](http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/18/politics/donald-trump-birtherism-chris-christie-mike-pence/)** YES HE DID. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/wqkyaqKB3Fs/hqdefault.jpg "Donald takes Credit for Obama's Birth Certificate") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqkyaqKB3Fs) [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGjPvuxc6sQ) “It would not be impossible to prove with sufficient repetition and a psychological understanding of the people concerned that a square is in fact a circle. They are mere words, and words can be molded until they clothe ideas and disguise.” ― Joseph Goebbels Christie also said it was “an issue that Mrs. Clinton also injected” into the 2008 Democratic primary against Obama, which is false. NO SHE DID NOT. > **[PolitiFact - Fact-checking Donald Trump's claim Hillary Clinton started Obama...](https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/16/donald-trump/fact-checking-donald-trumps-claim-hillary-clinton-/)** > > Donald Trump repeated his debunked claim that Hillary Clinton started the rumors questioning whether President Barack Ob It’s insane they can go about repeating bald faced obvious lies and not get called to account. ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31288 "2016-09-20T01:09:42Z")
[Paul Ryan Tired of Giving Rich People Most of the Tax Cuts, Decides to Give Them All of the Tax Cuts](http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/09/paul-ryan-decides-to-give-rich-people-all-of-the-tax-cuts.html?mid=twitter_nymag) > [@](#): > > A typical Republican tax cut will give about 40 percent of its tax cuts to the richest one percent. Ryan’s plan, according to a new analysis by the Tax Policy Center, will give three-quarters of its tax cuts to the richest one percent in the first year. And that’s only because the cuts are slowly phased in. By 2025, the highest-earning one percent will enjoy 99.6 percent of the tax cuts. The remaining 0.4 percent will be divided up among the other 99 percent of the country. The new Paul Ryan tax cuts make the Bush tax cuts look like socialism. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31289 "2016-09-20T01:29:08Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > It’s insane they can go about repeating bald faced obvious lies and not get called to account. By whom? I’ve heard NPR repeatedly and bluntly deny any Clinton birther involvement. Much more directly than the usual media obfuscation of “appears to” this and “he said, she said” that. ---
**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 20, 2016, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31290 "2016-09-20T03:34:32Z")
Donald Junior is as much a piece of shit as his father is. He just tweeted [this](https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/778016283342307328/photo/1). ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31291 "2016-09-20T04:16:06Z")
How many tweeted back “Yes!”? All Trump followers? Would it be possible to encapsulate a solid hit of acid inside a glucose shell, looks just like a Skittle? Normally think such a drastic intervention is immoral, but these people need _help_! ---
**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:** [September 20, 2016, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31292 "2016-09-20T08:31:24Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Donald Junior is as much a piece of shit as his father is. He just tweeted [this](https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/778016283342307328/photo/1). The funny thing is that I first heard that analogy during the Gamergate/#notallmen hoopla - the point was made that while not all men are assholes, misogynist or dangerous, women have to consider that _any_ unknown man could be one or all of those things in a dating scenario or even in public places. I wonder if Donnie would be okay with the analogy in that context. ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31293 "2016-09-20T11:17:12Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > The funny thing is that I first heard that analogy during the Gamergate/#notallmen hoopla - the point was made that while not all men are assholes, misogynist or dangerous, women have to consider that _any_ unknown man could be one or all of those things in a dating scenario or even in public places. I wonder if Donnie would be okay with the analogy in that context. …And of course, nobody is calling for all men to be exiled to a warzone, and women are a lot more likely to be raped by men than blown up by terrorists… ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31294 "2016-09-20T12:40:23Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Donald Junior is as much a piece of shit as his father is. He just tweeted [this](https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/778016283342307328/photo/1). Well. he’s got a point. I certainly wouldn’t want to eat a bowl of refugees if some of them were poisoned. ---
**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 20, 2016, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31295 "2016-09-20T14:24:13Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > [Paul Ryan Tired of Giving Rich People Most of the Tax Cuts, Decides to Give Them All of the Tax Cuts](http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/09/paul-ryan-decides-to-give-rich-people-all-of-the-tax-cuts.html?mid=twitter_nymag) Gotta hand it to him, that’s vision. Nobody so far had ever suggested doing progressive taxation the \*other \*way around ! ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31296 "2016-09-20T18:06:16Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Donald Junior is as much a piece of shit as his father is. He just tweeted [this](https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/778016283342307328/photo/1). So, the [BBC is now reporting](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37421886) that (1) the picture of the bowl of Skittles was used without permission of the photographer, who (2) was a refugee himself in 1974, a Greek Cypriot who at age 6 was forced out of his home by the Turkish occupation, and who is unsurprisingly not very happy with the message his image is being used to convey. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31297 "2016-09-20T18:11:55Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > So, the [BBC is now reporting](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37421886) that (1) the picture of the bowl of Skittles was used without permission of the photographer, who (2) was a refugee himself in 1974, a Greek Cypriot who at age 6 was forced out of his home by the Turkish occupation, and who is unsurprisingly not very happy with the message his image is being used to convey. The Trump family certainly have a talent of choosing just the wrong picture. Even this one, a simple picture of candy, has a backstory that makes them look bad. Please proceed, Trump family. ---
**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 20, 2016, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31298 "2016-09-20T18:15:42Z")
[Trump used $258,000 from his charity to settle legal problems](http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-used-dollar258000-from-his-charity-to-settle-legal-problems/ar-BBwoEhi?li=BBnb7Kz) > [@](#): > > Donald Trump spent more than a quarter-million dollars from his charitable foundation to settle lawsuits that involved the billionaire’s for-profit businesses, according to interviews and a review of legal documents. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31299 "2016-09-20T18:25:26Z")
Well, those people wanted some money, that’s why they were suing, to get some money. So, he gave them some money! Not _his_ money, but some money! ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31300 "2016-09-20T19:10:30Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > So, the [BBC is now reporting](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37421886) that (1) the picture of the bowl of Skittles was used without permission of the photographer, who (2) was a refugee himself in 1974, a Greek Cypriot who at age 6 was forced out of his home by the Turkish occupation, and who is unsurprisingly not very happy with the message his image is being used to convey. … It’s like they’re doing it on purpose, at this point… ---
**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 20, 2016, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31301 "2016-09-20T19:10:50Z")
Governor of North Carolina held a Q&A with questions from the media, attended by a representative from the \*Charlotte Observer \*in attendance. When the \*Observer \*representative tried to ask a question, he was told that the Governor had already answered three questions from the _Observer_, and the paper shouldn’t try to dominate the proceedings. [Except that none of the questions actually came from the _Observer_, but from McCrory’s staff.](http://theslot.jezebel.com/nc-governor-held-a-fake-q-a-with-planted-staff-members-1786859833) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1564) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1566)