# 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:** 1602
**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:** [December 23, 2016, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32022 "2016-12-23T14:10:10Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Don’t like trains? If you take a train, you’re easier to track. ---
**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 23, 2016, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32023 "2016-12-23T15:32:26Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > “For sale: baby feet. Never used.” > > Room for one more in that handbasket? Fuck it, we’ll carpool. ---
**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 23, 2016, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32024 "2016-12-23T20:21:51Z")
Carl Palladino, Trump campaign surrogate, former Republican candidate for Governor of New York, and current member on the board of education in Buffalo, [was asked, along with other New Yorkers, what his wish list for 2017 included](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/carl-paladino-offensive-2017-wish-list-obama-dies): > [@](#): > > Obama catches mad cow disease after being caught having relations with a Herford. He dies before his trial and is buried in a cow pasture next to Valerie Jarret, who died weeks prior, after being convicted of sedition and treason, when a Jihady [sic] cell mate mistook her for being a nice person and decapitated her. > > Michelle Obama. I’d like her to return to being a male and let loose in the outback of Zimbabwe where she lives comfortably in a cave with Maxie, the gorilla. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32025 "2016-12-23T20:27:44Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Carl Palladino, Trump campaign surrogate, former Republican candidate for Governor of New York, and current member on the board of education in Buffalo, [was asked, along with other New Yorkers, what his wish list for 2017 included](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/carl-paladino-offensive-2017-wish-list-obama-dies): Good ol’ Carl Palamino…honestly, when your former Low consists of sending staffers bestiality porn emails, the bar can only lower by inches, I’m afraid. ---
**Author:** ![Donpeyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a4c791/32.png) [@Donpeyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donpeyote)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32026 "2016-12-23T20:43:50Z")
Kate’s Law ? ---
**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 26, 2016, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32027 "2016-12-26T15:16:47Z")
[Newt Gingrich Admits Donald Trump Does Not Yet Have A Plan To Beat ISIS](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/newt-gingrich-trump-no-isis-plan_us_585ffcc6e4b0eb586486a599) What happened to his sooper sekret plan? ---
**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:** [December 26, 2016, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32028 "2016-12-26T15:19:58Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > [Newt Gingrich Admits Donald Trump Does Not Yet Have A Plan To Beat ISIS](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/newt-gingrich-trump-no-isis-plan_us_585ffcc6e4b0eb586486a599) > > What happened to his sooper sekret plan? This announcement is to trick ISIS into letting their guard down then he can take 'em by surprise. Or Trump has no plan. ---
**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 26, 2016, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32029 "2016-12-26T15:23:32Z")
[Paul LePage Tells Employers to Ignore Higher Minimum Wage](https://rewire.news/article/2016/12/20/maine-governor-tells-employers-ignore-higher-minimum-wage/) Law and order guy unless it is a law he doesn’t like. ---
**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:** [December 26, 2016, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32030 "2016-12-26T17:26:41Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > [Paul LePage Tells Employers to Ignore Higher Minimum Wage](https://rewire.news/article/2016/12/20/maine-governor-tells-employers-ignore-higher-minimum-wage/) > > Law and order guy unless it is a law he doesn’t like. [Quite a guy, that Governor](http://www.pressherald.com/2016/10/14/lepage-affirms-his-statement-that-two-minimum-wage-hike-advocates-should-be-imprisoned/): [QUOTE=Paul LePage (R) - Governor of Maine] Gov. Paul LePage affirmed his statement Friday that two advocates of a state ballot question to increase the minimum wage should be jailed, saying they are guilty of the “attempted murder” of senior citizens because of the alleged impact of a wage increase. [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2016, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32031 "2016-12-26T17:58:50Z")
That man is as crazy as a bedbug with rabies. ---
**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 26, 2016, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32032 "2016-12-26T18:18:25Z")
It is Stephen King’s fault. All his efforts to depict Maine as a horror show have come to fruition, and it is not at all хорошо. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2016, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32033 "2016-12-26T21:30:13Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > This announcement is to trick ISIS into letting their guard down then he can take 'em by surprise. To be fair, he did have a secret plan when he said he did, but his senior advisors have decided that “Kickem in the nuts” needs a little more work. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2016, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32034 "2016-12-26T21:44:42Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > [Quite a guy, that Governor](http://www.pressherald.com/2016/10/14/lepage-affirms-his-statement-that-two-minimum-wage-hike-advocates-should-be-imprisoned/): Leaving aside the small problem of him telling others to break the law, how the holy fuck can it be legal for him to accuse someone of a felony like that? ---
**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 26, 2016, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32035 "2016-12-26T22:08:15Z")
Because he has freedom of speech and they do not. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2016, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32036 "2016-12-26T22:36:15Z")
These days, the most unbelievable thing about Paul LePage is that he hasn’t been offered a cabinet post yet. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2016, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32037 "2016-12-26T22:40:53Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > These days, the most unbelievable thing about Paul LePage is that he hasn’t been offered a cabinet post yet. Only because there is no “Secretary of Class.” ---
**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:** [December 27, 2016, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32038 "2016-12-27T00:37:38Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > [Newt Gingrich Admits Donald Trump Does Not Yet Have A Plan To Beat ISIS](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/newt-gingrich-trump-no-isis-plan_us_585ffcc6e4b0eb586486a599) > > What happened to his sooper sekret plan? He was using Nixon’s playbook from 1968. > [@TonySinclair](#): > > Only because there is no “Secretary of Class.” Ha! At first glance, I read it as “Crass” rather than “Class.” ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2016, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32039 "2016-12-27T10:37:55Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > It is Stephen King’s fault. All his efforts to depict Maine as a horror show have come to fruition, and it is not at all хорошо. I viddy what you govoreet there, droog. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2016, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32040 "2016-12-27T12:36:54Z")
Alex spelled it “horrorshow”. Which is a better choice under the circumstances. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2016, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32041 "2016-12-27T19:51:55Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > This announcement is to trick ISIS into letting their guard down then he can take 'em by surprise. > > Or Trump has no plan. Lulling them into a true sense of security. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1601) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1603)