# 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:** 1623
**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:** [January 26, 2017, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32442 "2017-01-26T05:10:45Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > So it has to go over or under the Mississippi River? Under. See footnote 57 from the wiki article. > **[Dakota Access Pipeline](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakota_Access_Pipeline)** > > The Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) or Bakken pipeline is a 1,172-mile-long (1,886 km) underground pipeline in the United States that has the ability to transport up to 750,000 barrels of light sweet crude oil per day. It begins in the shale oil fields of the Bakken Formation in northwest North Dakota and continues through South Dakota and Iowa to an oil terminal near Patoka, Illinois. Together with the Energy Transfer Crude Oil Pipeline from Patoka to Nederland, Texas, it forms the Bakken syste... From the footnote, “5) The grant of a Section 408 permission to horizontally directionally drill (HDD) under the Mississippi River navigation channel, operated by the Rock Island District.” [http://www.nwo.usace.army.mil/Media/Fact-Sheets/Fact-Sheet-Article-View/Article/749823/frequently/](http://www.nwo.usace.army.mil/Media/Fact-Sheets/Fact-Sheet-Article-View/Article/749823/frequently/) ---
**Author:** ![eulalia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eulalia/32/457_2.png) [@eulalia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eulalia)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32443 "2017-01-26T05:20:47Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > While many high ranking Republicans finally seem to get it about tax cuts and making sure they are revenue neutral, a lot of Republicans are still revelling in the stupid: > > [http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/trump-tax-cuts-deficits-234143](http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/trump-tax-cuts-deficits-234143) > > We’ve done this twice already. Tax cuts without spending cuts just means huge deficits and often economic bubbles. Do NOT do this a third time! Don’t forget they’re also doing other revenue cuts, by discounting the value of our public lands and giving them away, and by making sure the OMB is not allowed to report on the true cost of ACA repeal, and probably other ways they make the government less efficient by sheer incompetence. ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32444 "2017-01-26T07:47:48Z")
“Demoralized and dejected Republican” [vows](https://web.archive.org/web/20170126021241/https:/twitter.com/WhiteHouseLeak) to publish all he sees and hears in the White House but practices poor OpSec, Twitter account vanishes [involuntarily](https://twitter.com/WhitehouseLeaks). ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32445 "2017-01-26T09:55:25Z")
I can’t think of anywhere else to put this, so here it goes. _After Midnight_, a mostly OK comedy show based on improvised lines, so hip it can barely stand it, but that hardly matters. What it was, a brief tape of KellyAnne Conway’s standup comedy routine. Presumably, some time ago. I swear, I am _not_ making this up! Better than Gilbert Gottfried, not as funny as Dennis Miller. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32446 "2017-01-26T16:08:55Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > I can’t think of anywhere else to put this, so here it goes. _After Midnight_, a mostly OK comedy show based on improvised lines, so hip it can barely stand it, but that hardly matters. What it was, a brief tape of KellyAnne Conway’s standup comedy routine. Presumably, some time ago. I swear, I am _not_ making this up! > > Better than Gilbert Gottfried, not as funny as Dennis Miller. For those who can’t look away when passing a grisly car accident. [http://www.avclub.com/article/kellyanne-conways-stand-comedy-routine-has-been-un-249016](http://www.avclub.com/article/kellyanne-conways-stand-comedy-routine-has-been-un-249016) ---
**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 26, 2017, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32447 "2017-01-26T17:10:15Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Great tax cutters of the past like Ronald Reagan??? He raised taxes 9 times (or 11 counting some other actions) during his 8 years in office. He raised taxes for us. _Important_ people got tax cuts. ---
**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:** [January 26, 2017, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32448 "2017-01-26T17:18:40Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > For those who can’t look away when passing a grisly car accident. > > [http://www.avclub.com/article/kellyanne-conways-stand-comedy-routine-has-been-un-249016](http://www.avclub.com/article/kellyanne-conways-stand-comedy-routine-has-been-un-249016) I made it as far as the “Redskins” joke. Pay me. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32449 "2017-01-26T17:47:31Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > For those who can’t look away when passing a grisly car accident. > > [http://www.avclub.com/article/kellyanne-conways-stand-comedy-routine-has-been-un-249016](http://www.avclub.com/article/kellyanne-conways-stand-comedy-routine-has-been-un-249016) That’s fairly mid range for a rookie standup. She’s not very funny and they gave her too much stage time, but she gets a few laughs and that’s a few more than some get. The number of people who are actually funny their first few times doing standup is pretty miniscule. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32450 "2017-01-26T18:42:37Z")
Too hip for the room. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32451 "2017-01-27T00:36:22Z")
San Jose councilman sworn in holding a Captain America shield. > **[San Jose Councilman Takes Oath of Office With Captain America Shield: ‘I Want...](https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/san-jose-councilman-takes-oath-of-office-with-captain-of-america-shield/28156/)** > > A Vietnamese Republican legal aid attorney held a Captain America shield as he was sworn in as a San Jose city councilman on Tuesday night, saying that the Marvel Comics character “embodies the ideals of America.” ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32452 "2017-01-27T00:45:47Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > San Jose councilman sworn in holding a Captain America shield. > > [San Jose Councilman Takes Oath of Office With Captain America Shield: ‘I Want to Shine a Ray of Optimism’ – NBC Bay Area](http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/San-Jose-Councilman-Takes-Oath-of-Office-With-Captain-of-America-Shield-411760305.html?disableDownloadApp=true) Errrr… ahhhh… nope, not seeing the “stupid” here. Maybe if he were known as a spokesman for anti-American ideas (e.g. if he were a bigoted jackass) that would earn him a punch to the jaw from Cap, but there’s no indication of that in the story. Eccentric, sure, but you’ll need to start your own thread for 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:** [January 27, 2017, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32453 "2017-01-27T00:46:25Z")
That had to do something with the old _Colbert Report_ props. ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32454 "2017-01-27T02:07:04Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > San Jose councilman sworn in holding a Captain America shield. > > [San Jose Councilman Takes Oath of Office With Captain America Shield: ‘I Want to Shine a Ray of Optimism’ – NBC Bay Area](http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/San-Jose-Councilman-Takes-Oath-of-Office-With-Captain-of-America-Shield-411760305.html?disableDownloadApp=true) That may be the smartest idea in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![crucible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@crucible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crucible)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32455 "2017-01-27T11:55:10Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Nitpick: phlegm thank you. I never could master that one, and shouldn’t have tried to use it. I just thought it was nicer language than ‘snot’, ‘vomit’, ‘piss’, or whatever. ---
**Author:** ![crucible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@crucible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crucible)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32456 "2017-01-27T12:05:23Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Nickel says you been whooshed. The only reference I can find to ‘whooshed’ in the urban dictionary that seems to apply would seem to say that I was trying or at least, said something that went over the reader’s head, was intended to be elitist or pedantic…or something… In fact, I wonder if elucidator might have said the same thing to someone else about 4 years ago, and that was the cause of the question to the editor, asking what was meant by “I think you may have been whooshed”. The commentor, back then, said it was very rare usage and suggested the inquirer not use it themselves. Nothing was further from my intention. Unlike Thrump, I do use words of more than two syllables without hesitation, but I don’t think they are usually unintelligible. This one syllable word was simply misspelled. I’ll try to hack up a different one next time. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32457 "2017-01-27T17:35:13Z")
Sorry, I accused you of witticism. I apologize. ---
**Author:** ![crucible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@crucible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crucible)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32458 "2017-01-28T21:03:26Z")
apologize? for what? No apology is needed, at all, as long as you agree with my somewhat liberal and intelligent and somewhat elitist point of view. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32459 "2017-01-28T21:41:55Z")
I live in Baja Canada (Minnesota), around here, people apologize if you step on their foot. Sorry. ---
**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:** [January 29, 2017, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32460 "2017-01-29T01:48:17Z")
[Some citizens of U.S.A. banned from returning here if they hold dual citizenship.](http://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-visa-ban-also-applies-to-citizens-with-dual-nationality-state-department-says-1485628654?) I was pissed when I heard that legal citizens with green cards would be banned, but this is just fucking screwy. ---
**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 29, 2017, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32461 "2017-01-29T04:16:37Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > [Some citizens of U.S.A. banned from returning here if they hold dual citizenship.](http://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-visa-ban-also-applies-to-citizens-with-dual-nationality-state-department-says-1485628654?) I was pissed when I heard that legal citizens with green cards would be banned, but this is just fucking screwy. That refers to dual citizens who have one or more banned citizenships and no American citizenship, e.g. Canadian-Iranian. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1622) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1624)