# 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:** 1569
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2016, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31362 "2016-09-24T22:27:31Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, et al. Twenty years of indoctrination has turned their brains to rightie mush. Don’t drink the milk! It’s poison! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31363 "2016-09-26T15:33:44Z")
I listen to [WVLI](http://tunein.com/radio/WVLI-927-s101785/) while working, which means hearing competing political ads for Kate Cloonan (D, incumbent) and Lindsay Parkhurst (R). The Cloonan ads accuse Parkhurst, an attorney with her own firm, of defending pedophiles to the point that they get no jail time. The Parkhurst ads, while not denying this, paint Cloonan as a liar and Parkhurst as “keeping families safe”. How, exactly, does keeping pedophiles out of jail keep families safe? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31364 "2016-09-26T15:42:53Z")
Better investment is bail insurance for your kids. That works for me, because my son is so white, he gets sunburn from the little bulb in the refrigerator. I think if he were not, I’d just be happy he got to jail alive. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31365 "2016-09-26T15:51:47Z")
Caught in a lie, Trump surrogate pleads [stupidity instead](http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/conway-trump-didnt-lie-about-lester-holt/ar-BBwDTWO?li=BBnb7Kz). Donald’s campaign manager Kellyanne Conway claims that Trump didn’t know debate moderator Lester Holt was a Republican when he fired off an accusation that Holt was a Democrat while warning about fair treatment during the first presidential debate. So don’t worry folks! Donald Trump is not a liar! He’s just incredibly stupid and lax about easily fact-checked information! ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31366 "2016-09-26T15:53:51Z")
“Mr. President, Kim Jong-Un has attacked!” “Nuke Belgium!” ---
**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:** [September 26, 2016, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31367 "2016-09-26T16:17:45Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > “Mr. President, Kim Jong-Un has attacked!” > “Nuke Belgium!” Isn’t that the Bush Doctrine? ---
**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 26, 2016, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31368 "2016-09-26T18:30:19Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > I listen to [WVLI](http://tunein.com/radio/WVLI-927-s101785/) while working, which means hearing competing political ads for Kate Cloonan (D, incumbent) and Lindsay Parkhurst (R). The Cloonan ads accuse Parkhurst, an attorney with her own firm, of defending pedophiles to the point that they get no jail time. The Parkhurst ads, while not denying this, paint Cloonan as a liar and Parkhurst as “keeping families safe”. > > How, exactly, does keeping pedophiles out of jail keep families safe? She means the families of the pedophiles, of course. As long as they’re good Christians, don’t they deserve to not rot in jail and expose their families to undue financial hardship or public opprobrium ? ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31369 "2016-09-26T18:31:13Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > How, exactly, does keeping pedophiles out of jail keep families safe? Well, it keeps the pedophile families safe. edit: good lord, I’m linked into the Doper hive mind. ---
**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:** [September 26, 2016, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31370 "2016-09-26T18:41:36Z")
**Lightray** & **Skywatcher** sounds like a buddy cop title. I’m just sayin’. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31371 "2016-09-26T19:33:33Z")
On that subject, I guess “helping cops” means “keeping them busy by having pedophiles to chase down”. ---
**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 26, 2016, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31372 "2016-09-26T20:36:33Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > How, exactly, does keeping pedophiles out of jail keep families safe? If the accused pedophiles aren’t actually pedophiles? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31373 "2016-09-26T21:05:56Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > If the accused pedophiles aren’t actually pedophiles? The candidate’s ad does not dispute whether or not the person is actually a pedophile, stands to reason that the person really is a pedophile. ---
**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 26, 2016, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31374 "2016-09-26T21:17:30Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > **Lightray** & **Skywatcher** sounds like a buddy cop title. I’m just sayin’. Which one is the grizzled veteran who’s coming up on retirement, and which one is the loose cannon who doesn’t play by the rules? ---
**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 26, 2016, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31375 "2016-09-26T21:24:01Z")
Every accused person should have a defense attorney whose goal is to keep them from being convicted and if convicted to keep them from spending more time in prison than legally necessary. That includes pedophiles. ---
**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:** [September 26, 2016, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31376 "2016-09-26T21:40:09Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > Which one is the grizzled veteran who’s coming up on retirement, and which one is the loose cannon who doesn’t play by the rules? You really, REALLY do not want to be the grizzled veteran. You just KNOW you’re going to get shot 2 days before your retirement party. ---
**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 26, 2016, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31377 "2016-09-26T21:41:48Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > The candidate’s ad does not dispute whether or not the person is actually a pedophile, stands to reason that the person really is a pedophile. Sounds like a good politician and really lousy defense attorney. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31378 "2016-09-26T22:48:24Z")
Just heard a new ad for Parkhurst. Still talks about her supporting law enforcement and accusing Cloonan of lying but not one word about keeping families safe. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31379 "2016-09-26T22:55:12Z")
So wait, she’s evil because she defended pedophiles in court? Excuse me, but everyone deserves representation in court. Hitler, Stalin? They get a lawyer. The worst unrepentant pedophile? They get a lawyer. Don’t make me talk about what I think about people who want to do away with that right. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31380 "2016-09-26T23:03:21Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > So wait, she’s evil because she defended pedophiles in court? No, her campaign is hypocritical for having claimed she keeps families safe after defending pedophiles in court. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31381 "2016-09-26T23:06:26Z")
LePage said his ‘drug dealer’ binder was 90% black or Hispanic. It’s not even close. > **[LePage said his ‘drug dealer’ binder was 90% black or Hispanic. It’s not even...](https://www.pressherald.com/2016/09/26/lepage-releases-three-ring-binder-with-photos-of-accused-drug-dealers/)** > > The governor had used the binder to back up claims that people of color were responsible for Maine's heroin epidemic. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1568) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1570)