# 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:** 1583
**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:** [October 18, 2016, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31642 "2016-10-18T19:12:52Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Comes the day, when all Americans are truly equal in the eyes of the law, and being poor does not necessarily mean being sick and miserable. When green energy abounds, cheap, safe, and available, and we have an economy geared towards people, not grinding our planet into cheap, loud and shiny crap. > > The next day, some dipshit will propose an English as second language program for gay whales. On that day, I shall be a conservative. Because, at long last, I’ll have something worth conserving. So, hetero whales first? Bigot. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2016, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31643 "2016-10-18T19:15:10Z")
That Republican candidate who offered Kool-aid, watermelon and fried chicken at a Harlem campaign event, [has been arrested for rental fraud.](http://occupydemocrats.com/2016/10/18/republican-offered-black-voters-watermelons-kool-aid-just-arrested/) ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31644 "2016-10-18T19:28:42Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > That Republican candidate who offered Kool-aid, watermelon and fried chicken at a Harlem campaign event, [has been arrested for rental fraud.](http://occupydemocrats.com/2016/10/18/republican-offered-black-voters-watermelons-kool-aid-just-arrested/) I don’t quite get the con. What was the scam, get them to pony up a year’s worth of rent and then just tell them, “Sorry, I’m keeping the money and you can’t have the apartment. Go screw.”? If so, how the hell could he get away with it so many times before being arrested? And how could he expect to not get caught sooner or later? Or did I misread something in there? ---
**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:** [October 18, 2016, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31645 "2016-10-18T19:43:28Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > I don’t quite get the con. What was the scam, get them to pony up a year’s worth of rent and then just tell them, “Sorry, I’m keeping the money and you can’t have the apartment. Go screw.”? > > If so, how the hell could he get away with it so many times before being arrested? And how could he expect to not get caught sooner or later? > > Or did I misread something in there? It was cash. Maybe claim he never had contact with the victim(s)? He likely had some excuse for not giving a receipt. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2016, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31646 "2016-10-18T20:08:33Z")
If he does it once, it’s a civil dispute and goes to civil court. He has to do it multiple times and the other victims have to be aware of each other (or at least the police have to be aware) to get him arrested. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2016, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31647 "2016-10-18T20:09:46Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Somebody on Ted Cruz’s official Twitter feed tweeted a link to a page that says if Hillary wins, there will be mandated sex change operations. Cruz is now disavowing the tweet.](http://www.liberalamerica.org/2016/10/17/ted-cruz-just-tweeted-hillary-wins-will-mandated-sex-change-operations/) It is sad to think there are people stupid enough to believe it. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31648 "2016-10-18T20:12:56Z")
Well hey, I just got a personal email from the Federal Bureau of Body Modification (I didn’t even know they existed!) saying there aren’t enough Bengal Tigers in the world so I’m to report for Species Reassignment on February 1, 2017. :eek: ---
**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:** [October 18, 2016, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31649 "2016-10-18T20:16:04Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > It is sad to think there are people stupid enough to believe it. A Facebook ‘friend’ (who really is intelligent enough to know better), is currently circulating a rather obviously bogus photo of Hillary Clinton shaking hands with Osama bin Laden. There aren’t enough :smack::smack::smack: in the world… ---
**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:** [October 18, 2016, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31650 "2016-10-18T20:17:43Z")
I am shocked. One of my former face book friends, a guy I went to high school with, went so shit storm crazy right winger that I finally unfriended him. I just saw a comment he made on a mutual high school friend’s post saying he’s voting for Hillary. ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31651 "2016-10-18T21:29:25Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > I am shocked. One of my former face book friends, a guy I went to high school with, went so shit storm crazy right winger that I finally unfriended him. I just saw a comment he made on a mutual high school friend’s post saying he’s voting for Hillary. So THAT’S how Democrats are rigging the election - getting people to change their minds and vote for them? Throw tha bums out! ---
**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:** [October 19, 2016, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31652 "2016-10-19T01:41:02Z")
Remember that Girodes dude running for NY state senate? The guy who was going to hand out fried chicken and watermelon at a campaign event in Harlem? Well, truth be told, he [is _a victim_](http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Jon-Girodes-Kool-Aid-Candidate-Arrested-Charges-Harlem-New-York-NYC-397117971.html), of, uh, something or the other, having been arrested for taking lease deposits on the same apartment from at least 9 people, possibly dozens. It may be a conspiracy, by that vast left-wing cabal. Or maybe he just identifies so closely with his marks, has so much empathy for them, that he feels like one of them. ---
**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:** [October 19, 2016, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31653 "2016-10-19T02:08:56Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Remember that Girodes dude running for NY state senate? The guy who was going to hand out fried chicken and watermelon at a campaign event in Harlem? Well, truth be told, he [is _a victim_](http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Jon-Girodes-Kool-Aid-Candidate-Arrested-Charges-Harlem-New-York-NYC-397117971.html), of, uh, something or the other, having been arrested for taking lease deposits on the same apartment from at least 9 people, possibly dozens. It may be a conspiracy, by that vast left-wing cabal. Or maybe he just identifies so closely with his marks, has so much empathy for them, that he feels like one of them. Aye; [we know](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19710704&postcount=31637). ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31654 "2016-10-19T18:12:51Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Well hey, I just got a personal email from the Federal Bureau of Body Modification (I didn’t even know they existed!) saying there aren’t enough Bengal Tigers in the world so I’m to report for Species Reassignment on February 1, 2017. > > :eek: That’s what happens when you vote for the Moreau Majority. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31655 "2016-10-19T19:22:54Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > It is sad to think there are people stupid enough to believe it. It’s really amusing to think that a staffer for The _Very Intelligent_\* Ted Cruz was fool enough to Tweet such an idiotic story. - Yes, Teddy is _Very Intelligent & A True Conservative_. As he will be reminding us in 2020. And when he runs for the Senate again… From [Breitbart](http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2016/08/12/ted-cruz-takes-massive-hit-latest-texas-favorability-poll/) last August (yes, I know) > [@](#): > > U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) has taken a massive hit in a new favorability poll among likely Texas voters. More than 60 percent of those polled said they had an unfavorable opinion of the freshman senator. The poll also shows the incumbent senator in a statistical tie in a hypothetical race against Democrat U.S. Representative Joaquin Castro. ---
**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:** [October 19, 2016, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31656 "2016-10-19T20:26:16Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > That’s what happens when you vote for the Moreau Majority. This might be the best thing written on the internet today. ---
**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:** [October 20, 2016, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31657 "2016-10-20T21:46:35Z")
Sarah Palin: [Democrats caught cheating at the election should be executed.](http://addictinginfo.org/2016/10/20/sarah-palin-calls-for-executing-democratic-cheaters-on-election-day/) ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2016, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31658 "2016-10-20T21:52:51Z")
Poor dear, she must be just wilting from the lack of attention. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2016, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31659 "2016-10-20T23:41:45Z")
## Sarah who? Oh yeah! She’s that one who everybody was hot for, but wasn’t hot enough for my daughters’ cheerleading squad, and they selected based on talent. ---
**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:** [October 20, 2016, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31660 "2016-10-20T23:42:38Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Sarah Palin: [Democrats caught cheating at the election should be executed.](http://addictinginfo.org/2016/10/20/sarah-palin-calls-for-executing-democratic-cheaters-on-election-day/) Saw a quote of her agreeing with the Donald, but nothing about executions. Lame. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2016, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31661 "2016-10-21T02:04:31Z")
No one said anything about execution - post heading should be stricken. I did like (for some degree of like) where she said, “Every American’s sacred vote MUST be respected and legitimized in today’s elections.” You know, except minorities, native Americans, Muslims, immigrants, etc. I seem to have noticed that it’s Republican policy to restrict voting as much as possible in these democratic leaning areas. Regarding voter fraud cases (31); most were Republican involved tampering with absentee ballots. An area where all their attempted blocking maneuvers (voter ID, restricted voting hours, too few machines/polling places in minority areas, sending crappy/broken machines to native American reservations, restircted early voting dates, etc…) wouldn’t have been effective anyway. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1582) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1584)