# 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:** 1595
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31882 "2016-11-26T07:21:08Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Other people can ignore all caps headlines and loaded words and just watch the video that is embedded, but for some, I guess that’s too much work. If the video was what you wanted to link, why not link the video? YouTube makes that incredibly easy: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TOxFdPnVvM) ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31883 "2016-11-28T04:44:27Z")
**PCP** is so stupid that mentioning him here is an insult to stupid Republicans! But I needed somewhere to mention just how stupid that the ravings of that vermin have become: > [@Let's talk about the Dakota Access Pipeline and the Protests](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-the-dakota-access-pipeline-and-the-protests/772907/32): > > Crony capitalist Warren Buffet will get even wealthier. > > If the oil doesn’t come by way of pipeline, it will be shipped by train and Buffet owns those trains. There have been a number of train derailments that have not received much publicity because it would hurt Buffet’s business. He’s a good liberal, don’t you know. > > See if he was really a great investor, all we would have to do is mimic what he does and we’d all be rich. The secret of his success is leverage and bending the rules. The war on coal was also designed to have the coal shipped to China by trains making him even wealthier. It also seems to me a pipeline is better than a train for carbon emissions. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31884 "2016-11-28T05:04:25Z")
I guess Warren Buffet is the new George Soros for the tards in tardville. It’s a shame that such an amusing username is being wasted by that dimbulb. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31885 "2016-11-28T05:11:08Z")
If literacy is a right…does that mean hat anyone who is handed the diploma while remaing functionally illiterate has standing to sue…someone? ---
**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:** [December 1, 2016, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31886 "2016-12-01T01:44:22Z")
The God-Emperor has decreed [burning of the American flag should be cause for prison or loss of citizenship](http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/29/politics/donald-trump-flag-burning-penalty-proposal/). Burning a cross gets someone into his administration. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2016, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31887 "2016-12-01T01:58:20Z")
A “watch list” of “radical left wing professors” has been published by a right wing organization. Some of those named are embracing the label. [‘I Will Not Shut Up. America Is Still Worth Fighting For.’](http://billmoyers.com/story/the-watchlist/) _A professor included on the recently published “watchlist” that calls out 200 American educators for being leftist radicals reflects on her “dubious honor.”_ Of course not all (or even a majority) of Republicans are White Nationalists, but most, if not all White Nationalists are Republicans. [Here is the list.](http://www.professorwatchlist.org/index.php/watch-list-directory/search-by-name) ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2016, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31888 "2016-12-01T02:47:48Z")
fuck it, nm ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2016, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31889 "2016-12-01T02:58:42Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > A “watch list” of “radical left wing professors” has been published by a right wing organization. > > Some of those named are embracing the label. > > [‘I Will Not Shut Up. America Is Still Worth Fighting For.’](http://billmoyers.com/story/the-watchlist/) > _A professor included on the recently published “watchlist” that calls out 200 American educators for being leftist radicals reflects on her “dubious honor.”_ Actually, since writing that piece, Heather Cox Richardson appears to have been removed from the list. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2016, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31890 "2016-12-01T03:18:40Z")
I like how the list is in alphabetical order by first name. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2016, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31891 "2016-12-01T03:29:42Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > I like how the list is in alphabetical order by first name. It’s pretty hilarious. As an academic, i find it all pretty ridiculous: both the list, and the rather outsized reaction to it. I understand why the creation of a list like this raises concerns, and i certainly think that such a list is largely fueled by ideas of intimidation. At the same time, though, i tend to think that it’s something of an over-reaction to write long op-ed pieces marking it as the decline of civilization, and as another goose-step on the road back to McCarthy or Hitler. It’s some fucking idiot on the internet. whoever put this site together apparently can’t work out how to alphabetize by last name, and also can’t insert a paragraph of text without splitting words in the middle. And while some of the actions that landed professors on the list are pretty stupid, and worthy of ridicule (the UC Santa Barbara professor who assaulted a 16-year-old anti-abortion activist and stole her protest sign), plenty of others aren’t even connected to the professors’ actual duties as an academic. Some profs land on the list because of something they wrote on their Twitter feed, or an article they wrote for a newspaper or magazine. The fact that professors make political points in their private life does not mean that they are propagandists in the classroom. Anyone with half a brain who spends any time looking at this list will quickly realize that it was put together by idiots. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2016, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31892 "2016-12-01T16:06:43Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > Anyone with half a brain who spends any time looking at this list will quickly realize that it was put together by idiots. Sure. But then, looks like idiots is what the looming administration is going to be made of, too. Never underestimate the dramatic impact of idiocy and power combined. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2016, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31893 "2016-12-01T17:15:39Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > Anyone with half a brain who spends any time looking at this list will quickly realize that it was put together by idiots. So I suppose it’s a sure thing that Trump will quickly realize that this list is very, very important, and link to it via tweets at 3:00 am. Seriously. This is what Trump does. Latches onto some half-baked nasty thing put out by an idiot, and gives it publicity and legitimacy. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2016, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31894 "2016-12-01T19:49:43Z")
Scottie Nell Hughes: [“There’s no such thing as facts.”](http://www.rawstory.com/2016/12/trump-booster-scottie-nell-hughes-gets-blasted-on-npr-after-saying-theres-no-such-thing-as-facts/) ---
**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:** [December 1, 2016, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31895 "2016-12-01T20:02:46Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Scottie Nell Hughes: [“There’s no such thing as facts.”](http://www.rawstory.com/2016/12/trump-booster-scottie-nell-hughes-gets-blasted-on-npr-after-saying-theres-no-such-thing-as-facts/) > [@](#): > > _ **And so one thing that has been interesting this entire campaign season to watch is that people that say facts are facts, they’re not really facts. There’s no such thing, unfortunately, anymore of facts.** _ > > First I’ve got to pick my jaw up off the floor here. There are no objective facts? I mean, that is — that is an absolutely outrageous assertion. Of course there are facts… > > _ **Facts are facts. I’m sorry you don’t like the facts, but, you know, you said a couple of things here that I think are — people really have to understand.** _ Umm … did she study speakage under W? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2016, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31896 "2016-12-01T21:56:32Z")
Starting to miss Ron Ziegler. Nurse? Nurse? ---
**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:** [December 3, 2016, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31897 "2016-12-03T05:56:45Z")
[Betsy DeVos thinks that the purpose of education is to “advance God’s Kingdom”.](http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/betsy-devos-education-trump-religion-232150?cmpid=sf) ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2016, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31898 "2016-12-03T07:31:52Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Scottie Nell Hughes: [“There’s no such thing as facts.”](http://www.rawstory.com/2016/12/trump-booster-scottie-nell-hughes-gets-blasted-on-npr-after-saying-theres-no-such-thing-as-facts/) When I saw _Cast Away_ starring Tom Hanks, I thought it would terrible to be stranded on that little island like that. Now it seems so very, very appealing. But I will try to go along to get along here in Trumpland. Next April, I’m going to inform the IRS that there is no such thing as taxes. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2016, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31899 "2016-12-04T10:52:53Z")
Does “repeal and delay” sound like a stupid Republican idea for the health care law? I think it is. Five Republican alternative plans and they can’t coalesce around any of them? What makes them think they’ll agree on a fix two years from now? ---
**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:** [December 4, 2016, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31900 "2016-12-04T21:03:57Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Does “repeal and delay” sound like a stupid Republican idea for the health care law? I think it is. Five Republican alternative plans and they can’t coalesce around any of them? What makes them think they’ll agree on a fix two years from now? Whatever policy/fix boils down to “how much money will my supporters and I make off of this?” Really, that’s what it’s about. Healthcare is a multi-billion dollar industry, and the Republicans and their billionaire supporters want a bigger slice of the pie. Actually, ALL of the pie. And they don’t give a shit how many people die. As long as they can buy a second mega-yacht. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2016, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31901 "2016-12-04T23:27:33Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Does “repeal and delay” sound like a stupid Republican idea for the health care law? I think it is. Five Republican alternative plans and they can’t coalesce around any of them? What makes them think they’ll agree on a fix two years from now? In what year did it finally dawn on you? :dubious: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1594) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1596)