# 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:** 1615
**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:** [January 18, 2017, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32282 "2017-01-18T19:32:51Z")
> [@Evil\_Economist](#): > > Republicans, champions of the free market. The free market does not apply to Commie solar energy. Except the Russians are now our best friends. So confusing to be a Republican these days. They need to hold three contradictory thoughts in their head before breakfast. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32283 "2017-01-18T22:26:46Z")
GOP has [BPD](http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/borderline-personality-disorder/basics/definition/con-20023204). ---
**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:** [January 18, 2017, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32284 "2017-01-18T23:30:11Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > GOP has [BPD](http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/borderline-personality-disorder/basics/definition/con-20023204). Borderline? I’d say full-on. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32285 "2017-01-18T23:52:39Z")
I know this is a joke– > [@Kobal2](#): > > No sweat. City councils will simply pass Ban Ban Bans :D. –but sadly, cities lack the [del]ability[/del] constitutional authority to override state governments. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32286 "2017-01-18T23:53:10Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > The free market does not apply to Commie solar energy. Except the Russians are now our best friends. > > So confusing to be a Republican these days. They need to hold three contradictory thoughts in their head before breakfast. Speaking of which, I have been intrigued by the apparent lull in mainstream Republican anti-Iran rhetoric lately. On the campaign trail Trump banged on about “dismantling” the Iran nuclear deal as his “number one priority”, and his administration still seems to hew to that. But Republicans in general, now that Iran is in close military cooperation with our new BFF Russia, appear to have adopted a more realistic view, at least relatively. General James “Actually-Quite-Sane-By-Comparison Dog” Mattis in fact [went on record contradicting Trump about the Iran deal](http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/james-mattis-confirmation-hearing-233530): > [@](#): > > While Mattis is known as an Iran hawk, he said Thursday he believed the United States should stick with the Iranian nuclear deal. > > “I think it is an imperfect arms control agreement — it’s not a friendship treaty,” Mattis said in response to questions from Senate Armed Services ranking member Jack Reed (D-R.I.). “But when America gives her word, we have to live up to it and work with our allies.” > > The Iran deal could become another source of tension between Mattis and Trump, who repeatedly blasted the deal on the campaign trail and pledged to rip it up. I apologize for contaminating this thread with a Republican idea that’s actually quite intelligent, namely Mattis’s realpolitik moderation, but I guess there’s enough stupid Republican idea floating around in its general vicinity to qualify on a technicality. ---
**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:** [January 19, 2017, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32287 "2017-01-19T00:08:38Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > Speaking of which, I have been intrigued by the apparent lull in mainstream Republican anti-Iran rhetoric lately. On the campaign trail Trump banged on about “dismantling” the Iran nuclear deal as his “number one priority”, and his administration still seems to hew to that. But Republicans in general, now that Iran is in close military cooperation with our new BFF Russia, appear to have adopted a more realistic view, at least relatively. > > General James “Actually-Quite-Sane-By-Comparison Dog” Mattis in fact [went on record contradicting Trump about the Iran deal](http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/james-mattis-confirmation-hearing-233530): > _Trump spokesbot_ "It’s not a broken promise if he’s not sworn in yet. Why do you care anyway? Why don’t you want to talk about Clinton and her Foundation? And Benghazi? Her emails were read by somebody but the dishonest media won’t talk about it!"_Trump spokebot_ > I apologize for contaminating this thread with a Republican idea that’s actually quite intelligent, namely Mattis’s realpolitik moderation, but I guess there’s enough stupid Republican idea floating around in its general vicinity to qualify on a technicality. [Trump spokesbot] “It’s not a broken promise if he’s not sworn in yet. Why do you care anyway? Why don’t you want to talk about Clinton and her Foundation? And Benghazi? Her emails were read by somebody but the dishonest media won’t talk about it!”[Trump spokebot/] ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2017, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32288 "2017-01-19T00:17:10Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > I apologize for contaminating this thread with a Republican idea that’s actually quite intelligent, namely Mattis’s realpolitik moderation, but I guess there’s enough stupid Republican idea floating around in its general vicinity to qualify on a technicality. It’s still a stupid Republican idea that when a Democrat President thinks of it, it’s the worse thing evah, but once he’s out of office, suddenly it’s not such a bad idea. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2017, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32289 "2017-01-19T00:57:41Z")
[Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) just can’t stop talking about black people](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/01/17/maine-gov-paul-lepage-r-just-cant-stop-talking-about-black-people/?hpid=hp_hp-cards_hp-card-politics%3Ahomepage%2Fcard&utm_term=.bdfd9b90dd37). ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2017, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32290 "2017-01-19T01:08:29Z")
[Endangered Species Act: get ready for big changes, says GOP](http://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/1/17/1621533/-Endangered-Species-Act-is-now-an-endangered-species-as-Republicans-plan-its-extinction'). ---
**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:** [January 19, 2017, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32291 "2017-01-19T01:15:25Z")
You could peruse the thread before posting in it, you little pig. ---
**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:** [January 19, 2017, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32292 "2017-01-19T01:16:26Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > I know this is a joke----but sadly, cities lack the [del]ability[/del] constitutional authority to override state governments. The Feds could ban the States from banning Cities from banning stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2017, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32293 "2017-01-19T01:40:53Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > You could peruse the thread before posting in it, you little pig. **eschereal** , sorry. Please give me the post number. Again, sorry. ---
**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:** [January 19, 2017, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32294 "2017-01-19T01:56:03Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > **eschereal** , sorry. Please give me the post number. Again, sorry. [LePage :#32249](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=19927359&postcount=32249) (your WaPo piece was mostly a rehash of LePage’s history – who wants to look at more of that?) and [ESA: #32253](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=19927919&postcount=32253) (right above a post of yours) ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2017, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32295 "2017-01-19T03:37:16Z")
[Loser Donald claims inaugural, which I hear is highly overrated, to be attended by bikers in online pic. Pic is from 2013 9/11 memorial! Fake news! Not strong!](https://thinkprogress.org/trump-photos-bikers-63a14265e014#.uazx61an5) ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2017, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32296 "2017-01-19T03:53:27Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > [Loser Donald claims inaugural, which I hear is highly overrated, to be attended by bikers in online pic. Pic is from 2013 9/11 memorial! Fake news! Not strong!](https://thinkprogress.org/trump-photos-bikers-63a14265e014#.uazx61an5) My friends and I have an inaugural predictions contest going on. One of mine is that Trump will tweet a picture of Obama’s 2009 inaugural crowd and claim that it’s his and that the lying media won’t admit he got more than 2 million people cheering for him. ---
**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:** [January 19, 2017, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32297 "2017-01-19T04:03:08Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > My friends and I have an inaugural predictions contest going on. One of mine is that Trump will tweet a picture of Obama’s 2009 inaugural crowd and claim that it’s his and that the lying media won’t admit he got more than 2 million people cheering for him. To add to this, due to the cheap(unpaid for), shoddy Photoshop job done by the newest intern, either some of the Obama signs/2009 signs will not be fully altered or will be missed. And/or. Pictures of celebrity/political attendees will include at least one who has since _died._ ---
**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:** [January 19, 2017, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32298 "2017-01-19T04:35:49Z")
Will his black guy be there? ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2017, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32299 "2017-01-19T05:15:12Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > To add to this, due to the cheap(unpaid for), shoddy Photoshop job done by the newest intern, either some of the Obama signs/2009 signs will not be fully altered or will be missed. > > And/or. > > Pictures of celebrity/political attendees will include at least one who has since _died._ Can I steal those addendums? I think I could get extra points! 😃 ---
**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:** [January 19, 2017, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32300 "2017-01-19T05:18:24Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > Can I steal those addendums? I think I could get extra points! 😃 Go right ahead. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2017, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32301 "2017-01-19T08:44:45Z")
Loser Donald’s latest idea; [military parades through the streets of DC and New York.](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-military-parades) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1614) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1616)