# 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:** 1684
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2017, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33662 "2017-05-02T09:54:08Z")
If this happens again and nobody gets put up against the wall, I’m going to be very disappointed. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2017, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33663 "2017-05-02T13:09:17Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > So President Trump had some thoughts on Andrew Jackson:Jesus wept. The man is one tweet away from “how is babby made?” and he’s running the country. I’d love to see a commentator cut from this gem from our so-called president, to a bibliography of the hundreds of histories written about the Civil War. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2017, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33664 "2017-05-02T14:26:56Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > If this happens again and nobody gets put up against the wall, I’m going to be very disappointed. If the rest of the world observes this happening and fails to put measures in place to insulate themselves from America’s impending collapse, it is their own damn fault, and their leaders should see the other side of the window. The French will be in great shape, though, after they elect Marine Le Pen to save the day (assuming she can find an actual phone booth to change in). ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2017, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33665 "2017-05-02T16:12:55Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > If the rest of the world observes this happening and fails to put measures in place to insulate themselves from America’s impending collapse, it is their own damn fault, and their leaders should see the other side of the window. The French will be in great shape, though, after they elect Marine Le Pen to save the day (assuming she can find an actual phone booth to change in). That’s assuming that America’s collapse is something that can be prepared for. We may go down with quite a bit of violence, and make sure that everyone else goes down with us. ---
**Author:** ![SaneBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SaneBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaneBill)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2017, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33666 "2017-05-02T16:31:32Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > If this happens again and nobody gets put up against the wall, I’m going to be very disappointed. Europe is not going to pay that… \*\*\*\*ing wall ! ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2017, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33667 "2017-05-02T17:17:10Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > So President Trump had some thoughts on Andrew Jackson:Jesus wept. The man is one tweet away from “how is babby made?” and he’s running the country. Well, [maybe he’s just trying to be like everyone else around him.](http://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/a-conservative-history-of-the-united-states) ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2017, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33668 "2017-05-02T18:52:30Z")
Credit where it’s due, the chairwoman of Minnesota’s Republican party has apologized for the staffer who posted on the 7th Congressional District Republicans’ official Facebook site, using an incorrect title for Keith Ellison, D-MN. The correct title is, “the Honorable Keith Ellison.” The incorrect title that the honestly mistaken staffer used: “Minnesota’s Head Muslim Goat Humper.” [http://www.citypages.com/news/minnesota-republicans-call-keith-ellison-muslim-goat-humper/420996213](http://www.citypages.com/news/minnesota-republicans-call-keith-ellison-muslim-goat-humper/420996213) ---
**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:** [May 2, 2017, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33669 "2017-05-02T19:02:43Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > Credit where it’s due, the chairwoman of Minnesota’s Republican party has apologized for the staffer who posted on the 7th Congressional District Republicans’ official Facebook site, using an incorrect title for Keith Ellison, D-MN. > > The correct title is, “the Honorable Keith Ellison.” > > The incorrect title that the honestly mistaken staffer used: “Minnesota’s Head Muslim Goat Humper.” > > [http://www.citypages.com/news/minnesota-republicans-call-keith-ellison-muslim-goat-humper/420996213](http://www.citypages.com/news/minnesota-republicans-call-keith-ellison-muslim-goat-humper/420996213) Fair is fair : the guy was denounced within the hour. Honestly, if the entire Republican party could recognize insane hate speech and police their turds as efficiently, that’d be incredible progress. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2017, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33670 "2017-05-02T20:24:36Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > Credit where it’s due, the chairwoman of Minnesota’s Republican party has apologized for the staffer who posted on the 7th Congressional District Republicans’ official Facebook site, using an incorrect title for Keith Ellison, D-MN. > > The correct title is, “the Honorable Keith Ellison.” > > The incorrect title that the honestly mistaken staffer used: “Minnesota’s Head Muslim Goat Humper.” > > [http://www.citypages.com/news/minnesota-republicans-call-keith-ellison-muslim-goat-humper/420996213](http://www.citypages.com/news/minnesota-republicans-call-keith-ellison-muslim-goat-humper/420996213) Damn autocorrect. ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2017, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33671 "2017-05-02T20:34:58Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Damn autocorrect. I hate it when that happens. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2017, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33672 "2017-05-02T22:34:46Z")
Hate those melonfarmers! ---
**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:** [May 3, 2017, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33673 "2017-05-03T02:51:29Z")
Former (thankfully) Congressman Joe Walsh (not the Eagles singer) responded to [Jimmy Kimmel’s emotional monologue about his son’s health and the need for Obamacare](https://twitter.com/ABC/status/859591870275395584) by responding, “[Sorry Jimmy Kimmel, your sad story doesn’t obligate me or anybody else to pay for somebody’s health care.](https://twitter.com/WalshFreedom/status/859462346275782656?)” This is the same Joe Walsh who also felt he wasn’t obligated to pay his back child support. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33674 "2017-05-03T16:16:43Z")
ISIS is now burglarizing houses in America, [apparently](http://www.rawstory.com/2017/05/scare-mongering-gop-candidates-ad-shows-isis-robbing-a-suburban-womans-home-in-broad-daylight/)? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33675 "2017-05-03T16:29:30Z")
September, 2014: > [@ISIS under our beds?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isis-under-our-beds/696533/60): > > ISIS, ISIS, in our heads. > ISIS, ISIS, below our beds. > ISIS, ISIS, in the trees. > ISIS, ISIS, in twos and threes. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2017, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33676 "2017-05-03T16:35:11Z")
[FBI Director James Comey ‘mildly nauseated’ Clinton email probe decisions may have impacted election](http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/fbi-director-james-comey-mildly-nauseated-clinton-email-probe-decisions-may-have-impacted-election/ar-BBAFE8A) I’m shocked, _shocked_ to find that gambling is going on in here! ---
**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:** [May 3, 2017, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33677 "2017-05-03T18:30:57Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > ISIS is now burglarizing houses in America, [apparently](http://www.rawstory.com/2017/05/scare-mongering-gop-candidates-ad-shows-isis-robbing-a-suburban-womans-home-in-broad-daylight/)? Black/brown = Muslim = ISIS terrorist. White woman, white children and their upper middle class possessions must be protected by white male cop turned Republican politician. It brings out the white racist vote for the GOP. ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33678 "2017-05-03T18:45:54Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Fair is fair : the guy was denounced within the hour. Honestly, if the entire Republican party could recognize insane hate speech and police their turds as efficiently, that’d be incredible progress. This is a local story for me. A hell of a lot of us are posting to FB and elsewhere demanding that this turd’s name be revealed. Let him (or her) be known to his or her employer so the HR department can admonish him/her and that he/she is known in the community as being a racist fucktard. Of course, in that congressional district, fully 2/3 of the population would likely support the racist BS that this fucktard spouted. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33679 "2017-05-03T19:17:49Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > [FBI Director James Comey ‘mildly nauseated’ Clinton email probe decisions may have impacted election](http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/fbi-director-james-comey-mildly-nauseated-clinton-email-probe-decisions-may-have-impacted-election/ar-BBAFE8A) > > I’m shocked, _shocked_ to find that gambling is going on in here! Here’s the lede from that article: > [@](#): > > WASHINGTON – FBI Director James Comey staunchly defended his decision to publicly announce the reopening of the probe into Hillary Clinton’s private email server 11 days before the November election, telling a Senate panel on Wednesday it would have been the “death of the FBI as an institution in America” had he remained silent about possible new evidence. So, he may be “mildly nauseated” about the whole thing, but he’s still defending his actions to the hilt. My question is why is he testifying about this to a Senate committee now? Unless there was some new revelation on this case I would think that the FBI could find something rather more pressing and relevant to be getting on with these days. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2017, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33680 "2017-05-03T19:22:54Z")
GOP’s John Kasich: Time is ripe for a billionaire independent to run for president. [Billionaires “want to see leadership”](http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-john-kasich-0504-chicago-inc-20170503-story.html). I guess the time for billionaire comb overs has passed. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2017, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33681 "2017-05-03T19:40:34Z")
I always laughed cynically at those who called Kasich the sane one. My view hasn’t changed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1683) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1685)