# 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:** 1631
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2017, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32602 "2017-02-13T20:11:30Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Senator Ron Johnson is upset that so many people are calling his Congressional phone number.](http://www.cbs58.com/story/34479606/sen-johnson-concerned-with-call-overload) As a refreshing converse to that article, here is how my senator, [Angus King](https://twitter.com/SenAngusKing/status/831218496033923081), reacted to similar circumstances. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2017, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32603 "2017-02-14T12:11:22Z")
Chaffetz decides what the world needs right now is an investigation into a science based cartoon character for explaining the Zika virus to kids. > **[Opinion | While Trump scandals mount, Chaffetz decides to investigate... a...](https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/instead-of-probing-trump-chaffetz-takes-aim-at-a-cartoon-preschooler/2017/02/13/7e74e63c-f232-11e6-8d72-263470bf0401_story.html?hpid=hp_no-name_opinion-card-a%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.4de9d674f4c8)** > > Sid the Science Kid is in big trouble. ---
**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:** [February 14, 2017, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32604 "2017-02-14T12:26:02Z")
> [@Mr.Miskatonic](#): > > Chaffetz decides what the world needs right now is an investigation into a science based cartoon character for explaining the Zika virus to kids. > [@](#): > > Like President Trump, Sid is orange. Unlike Trump, he is highly inquisitive. Bravo. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2017, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32605 "2017-02-14T13:54:20Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Let’s give Trump some credit on this one: the question is very complicated; it certainly is not a “basic Econ 101 question.” The dollar soared after Trump’s election. He probably took great pride in that … but also realized that this made his promise to bring jobs back to the Rust Belt much more difficult. > > Setting aside bringing those jobs back, a strong dollar might be good for the American economy in general and for American consumers. A lot depends on _why_ the dollar is moving. Banks certainly want a strong dollar, if the dollar’s rise is caused by interest rate rises. A strong dollar would be bad for some foreign countries, and good for others. _Putin’s Russia wants a strong dollar_, and so, I think, does China. However some countries (e.g. Brazil, Turkey) have huge dollar debts; a strengthening dollar weakens them. Recall that the 1997 Asian financial crisis was provoked in part by a rising dollar (countries like Thailand had borrowed dollars excessively). > > The role of the dollar’s strength in international affairs is very important, and should involve deep strategy. Zbigniew Brzezinski and perhaps Henry Kissinger may have been very clear about what sort of dollar they wanted. In that sense it was a legitimate question to pose to the National Security Adviser. The two NSA’s just mentioned were renowned academics with PhD’s in international affairs. Flynn is a combat soldier turned lobbyist. :smack: > > I agree that it is absurd that this “very VERY smart man”, who knows how to Make America Great Again would suddenly ask this question at 3 AM. And it’s pathetic that, instead of a Brzezinski or Kissinger to guide him through the intricacies of decisions with major international implications, he turns to … an ex-soldier. But it is misleading to call this a “basic Econ 101 question.” But it is. The answer isn’t as simple as “one is always better than the other” and implementation via policy is a nightmare, but understanding the fundamental merits and demerits of a strong and weak dollar is basic stuff. ---
**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:** [February 14, 2017, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32606 "2017-02-14T14:20:44Z")
Does Flynn’s resignation mean he can devote himself full-time to making America’s economy great again? ---
**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:** [February 15, 2017, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32607 "2017-02-15T20:11:11Z")
[Kid Rock’s name is being floated as a potential Republican candidate for Senate from Michigan.](https://www.yahoo.com/celebrity/kid-rock-being-discussed-potential-senate-candidate-report-025037310.html) ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2017, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32608 "2017-02-15T20:22:44Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Kid Rock’s name is being floated as a potential Republican candidate for Senate from Michigan.](https://www.yahoo.com/celebrity/kid-rock-being-discussed-potential-senate-candidate-report-025037310.html) Pot-smoking, coke-snorting, whore-fucking, porn-tape-making celebrity to run for Republican senate seat. Sure. Why not. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Trump has laid bare the lie that Republicans told us for year that _character matters_. And yet, why do I think if say, Tommy Lee of Motley Crue (he’s got at least one vagina in common with Kid Rock, so why not) ran for Democratic senate seat we’d never hear the end of his low character? ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2017, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32609 "2017-02-15T23:06:56Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Pot-smoking, coke-snorting, whore-fucking, porn-tape-making celebrity to run for Republican senate seat. Sure. Why not. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Trump has laid bare the lie that Republicans told us for year that character matters. It does matter, when they’re talking about Democrats. Just like you never heard a peep about deficits when W was president, but it became a huge issue as soon as Obama took office. > [@](#): > > Tommy Lee of Motley Crue (he’s got at least one vagina in common with Kid Rock This sounds like a job for Ben Carson! ---
**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:** [February 15, 2017, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32610 "2017-02-15T23:11:43Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Pot-smoking, coke-snorting, whore-fucking, porn-tape-making celebrity to run for Republican senate seat. Sure. Why not. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Trump has laid bare the lie that Republicans told us for year that _character matters_. The current Republicans are just a hair away from fully supporting an honest-to-God necrophilliac cannibal puppy killer for president at this point. Honest to God, nothing would surprise me anymore. ---
**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:** [February 15, 2017, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32611 "2017-02-15T23:18:27Z")
[Now all Morons](http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/319640-senate-nixes-obama-era-gun-rule) (not just Republicans) will have to be armed. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2017, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32612 "2017-02-15T23:45:24Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Pot-smoking, coke-snorting, whore-fucking, porn-tape-making celebrity to run for Republican senate seat. Sure. Why not. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Trump has laid bare the lie that Republicans told us for year that _character matters_. > > And yet, why do I think if say, Tommy Lee of Motley Crue (he’s got at least one vagina in common with Kid Rock, so why not) ran for Democratic senate seat we’d never hear the end of his low character? As someone here pointed out, imagine the reaction if Obama had shown up to his inauguration with five children from three different wives. ---
**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:** [February 15, 2017, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32613 "2017-02-15T23:50:03Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > As someone here pointed out, imagine the reaction if Obama had shown up to his inauguration with five children from three different wives. … and a current wife who had appeared in a soft-core lesbian porno photo-shoot. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2017, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32614 "2017-02-16T00:26:00Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Pot-smoking, coke-snorting, whore-fucking, porn-tape-making celebrity to run for Republican senate seat. Sure. Why not. It would be a step UP. ---
**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:** [February 16, 2017, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32615 "2017-02-16T00:56:22Z")
I want to hear about the issues, and how wide his stance is on them. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2017, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32616 "2017-02-16T19:38:35Z")
Trump called a press conference to complain about media coverage of his problems. This caught me eye: > [@](#): > > Trump also defended the chaotic first month of his presidency, claiming that he had “inherited a mess” from President Barack Obama and that his administration “is running like a fine-tuned machine.” Really? I’d say the reverse. That he inherited a fine-tuned machine from President Barack Obama and now it’s running like a mess. But I admit to a bias. [Trump Attacks 'Out Of Control' Media In Chaotic Press Conference | HuffPost Latest News](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-media-out-of-control_us_58a5ea16e4b07602ad529bb7)? ---
**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:** [February 16, 2017, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32617 "2017-02-16T19:49:18Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > [Trump Attacks 'Out Of Control' Media In Chaotic Press Conference | HuffPost Latest News](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-media-out-of-control_us_58a5ea16e4b07602ad529bb7)? “_the leaks are real. The news is fake_.” ? ---
**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:** [February 16, 2017, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32618 "2017-02-16T20:52:49Z")
“Drugs are becoming cheaper than candy bars.” ---
**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:** [February 17, 2017, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32619 "2017-02-17T00:19:21Z")
Then we need to increase sugar subsidies and give big tax breaks to Ghirardelli and Nestlē to restore balance. ---
**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:** [February 17, 2017, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32620 "2017-02-17T04:39:18Z")
Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers would love to have her constituents come visit her in her constituency office, but that darn fire marshal told her she could only have two people in it at a time. The fire marshal says, “[Not so much](http://www.inlander.com/Bloglander/archives/2017/02/16/no-the-fire-code-did-not-limit-mcmorris-rodgers-office-to-only-meeting-with-two-citizens-at-a-time?utm_content=bufferd737c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer).” ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32621 "2017-02-17T16:08:23Z")
Republican friend of friend goes completely off the rails ranting about “Liberals” on a friend’s FB page. I ask him if he enjoys being so angry all the time. Holy shit, could have turned that into one of those ironic videos where someone is full blown red in the face screaming and throwing a tantrum, but insists that they aren’t the one that is angry, YOU ARE!!! :smack: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1630) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1632)