# 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:** 1590
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2016, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31782 "2016-11-06T04:25:40Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > There’ve actually been news reports of attempted at the polls voter fraud this year. > > They’re Trump supporters. Lies. All lies foisted on us by the Librul Media. 😃 ---
**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:** [November 6, 2016, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31783 "2016-11-06T05:07:25Z")
A protester carrying a “Republicans Against Trump” sign was attacked by Trump supporters, who then yelled “Gun!” so that he could be swarmed by cops, and the Secret Service had to hustle Trump offstage. Idiots. ---
**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:** [November 6, 2016, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31784 "2016-11-06T05:33:29Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > A protester carrying a “Republicans Against Trump” sign was attacked by Trump supporters, who then yelled “Gun!” so that he could be swarmed by cops, and the Secret Service had to hustle Trump offstage. Idiots. By the time Trump is through with this story, it will be all about how he himself wrestled the gun-wielding thug to the ground with his bare hands, and saved a baby from certain death ---
**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:** [November 6, 2016, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31785 "2016-11-06T07:17:13Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > By the time Trump is through with this story, it will be all about how he himself wrestled the gun-wielding thug to the ground with his bare hands, and saved a baby from certain death A Hillary-supporting gun-wielding thug. Can’t forget the important part. ---
**Author:** ![Sinaptics](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Sinaptics](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sinaptics)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2016, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31786 "2016-11-06T12:38:00Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > A Hillary-supporting gun-wielding thug. Can’t forget the important part. Hillary supporters don’t have guns! It had to be a false flag operation. ---
**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:** [November 6, 2016, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31787 "2016-11-06T19:35:10Z")
The Trump supporters are now calling it an assassination attempt. ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2016, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31788 "2016-11-06T20:58:47Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The Trump supporters are now calling it an assassination attempt. Death by a thousand paper cuts… ---
**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:** [November 6, 2016, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31789 "2016-11-06T21:10:01Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The Trump supporters are now calling it an assassination attempt. I’d like to see the Trump supporter who falsely yelled “GUN!” arrested and charged. ---
**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:** [November 6, 2016, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31790 "2016-11-06T21:43:15Z")
But you shan’t. ---
**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:** [November 6, 2016, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31791 "2016-11-06T21:50:45Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > But you shan’t. I know. Consequences for actions are for “those other people”. ---
**Author:** ![user\_hostile](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/user_hostile/32/474_2.png) [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31792 "2016-11-07T01:51:54Z")
So I decided to read a letter: > [@](#): > > I write to supplement my October 28, 2016 letter that notified you the FBI would be taking additional investigative steps with respect to former Secretary of State Clinton’s use of a personal email server. Since my letter, the FBI investigative team has been working around the clock to process and review a large volume of emails from a device obtained in connection with an unrelated criminal investigation. > > During that process, we reviewed all of the communications that were to or from Hillary Clinton while she was Secretary Of State. > > Based on our review, we have not changed our conclusions that we expressed in July with respect to Secretary Clinton. > > James Comey, Director From what I’ve gathered, the emails were duplicates of those on Hillary’s server. I’m not a programmer by trade, but know enough that I could create a program in about three hours (in C++) that could parse through the emails, copy duplicates to one directory and non-duplicates to another directory. Why it took nine days to come to this conclusion…:smack: My imagination is somewhat limited here, but if HRC wins: 1) Will Comey come to work Wednesday morning and find the locks changed to his office? And 2) a pink Post-It on the door which says, “Please see me. Lorretta L.”? ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31793 "2016-11-07T02:48:20Z")
> **[Trump Says The FBI Clearing Clinton Is More Proof The System Is 'Rigged'](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-emails_n_581fccffe4b0e80b02cac710)** > > “You can’t review 650,000 new emails in eight days. You can’t do it, folks.” > [@](#): > > Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Sunday blasted FBI director James Comey’s announcement that Hillary Clinton will face no charges in connection with newly discovered emails the bureau has been reviewing. > > Trump said Comey’s decision is proof that things in Washington are “rigged” in Clinton’s favor. > > “Right now, she is being protected by a rigged system. It’s a totally rigged system,” Trump told supporters in Michigan. “You can’t review 650,000 new emails in eight days. You can’t do it, folks.” Lets leave aside the fact that you congratulated Comey before and then misinterpreted him by lying your ass about what the message of Comey really did say. Listen you shit for brains, the logical way to it is to dismiss the emails that did not come from the Clinton server, then one compares the remaining emails to see if they are duplicates from the past investigation (also something that can be automated); finally, the manageable number left can be examined in a few hours if you get an adequate number of agents to it. So even me that came from the third world, a Hispanic that became a citizen in the 90’s, got training in social studies and IT, and with English as its second language can tell you how it can be done; and that allows me to certifiably say that you sir are a monumental idiot and should never had been considered to become president by the Republicans. Don’t know now if it’s Trump or all the Republicans the ones who are the saddest ones here. ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31794 "2016-11-07T03:14:37Z")
I was intrigued by the “death by paper cut” assassination attempt. I especially liked the tweet from Trump Jr. (?) to the effect that Clinton is afraid of the rain and Trump Sr. comes back out on stage only a few minutes after being viciously attacked by a hateful and crazed Clinton supporter. What fortitude! What energy! What grace! I’ve been waiting all day for another take on the situation. It will say something about the Secret Service forbidding Mr. Trump to go back out there, and Mr. Trump saying “No, I’m the one that makes the rules around here” and going back. What fortitude! What dominance! What utter crap! But I haven’t seen it yet. Sad! ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31795 "2016-11-07T03:38:51Z")
> [@user\_hostile](#): > > My imagination is somewhat limited here, but if HRC wins: 1) Will Comey come to work Wednesday morning and find the locks changed to his office? And 2) a pink Post-It on the door which says, “Please see me. Lorretta L.”? Not saying he did it on purpose, but if a guy in his slot wanted to manipulate things so that Trump didn’t win the Presidency, but the Dems didn’t win a majority in either house, he would have done almost exactly what Comey did. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31796 "2016-11-07T03:47:00Z")
> [@user\_hostile](#): > > I’m not a programmer by trade, but know enough that I could create a program in about three hours (in C++) that could parse through the emails, copy duplicates to one directory and non-duplicates to another directory. > > Why it took nine days to come to this conclusion…:smack: And he releases this conclusion on a Sunday morning, the slowest news day of the week. When most reporters & news commentators have the day off, and when most people don’t pay attention to the news – they’re enjoying weekend activities or watching a football game. And did it in a letter to Congress, not by holding a press conference or any such public method. Just about the best possible way of keeping this correction to the least possible publicity. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31797 "2016-11-07T11:40:44Z")
> [@t-bonham@scc.net](#): > > And he releases this conclusion on a Sunday morning, the slowest news day of the week. When most reporters & news commentators have the day off, and when most people don’t pay attention to the news – they’re enjoying weekend activities or watching a football game. And did it in a letter to Congress, not by holding a press conference or any such public method. > > Just about the best possible way of keeping this correction to the least possible publicity. AND waited until almost all early voting was over - including “Souls-to-the-Polls” day in several states. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2016, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31798 "2016-11-07T12:27:47Z")
> [@t-bonham@scc.net](#): > > And he releases this conclusion on a Sunday morning, the slowest news day of the week. When most reporters & news commentators have the day off, and when most people don’t pay attention to the news – they’re enjoying weekend activities or watching a football game. And did it in a letter to Congress, not by holding a press conference or any such public method. > > Just about the best possible way of keeping this correction to the least possible publicity. Thankfully, idiot that Trump is, he’s helping get the word out that Clinton has been cleared. So there’s that at least. ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31799 "2016-11-07T13:51:24Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Strokes generally affect things like balance, motor skill, sensory input and being alive. Most of the time, they do not affect judgement. incorrect - anything can be affected including judgement ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31800 "2016-11-07T13:57:10Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > I’d like to see the Trump supporter who falsely yelled “GUN!” arrested and charged. For such a big tough bad ass, he runs like a little girl 😃 ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31801 "2016-11-07T14:07:53Z")
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