# 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:** 1685
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33682 "2017-05-03T19:45:51Z")
> [@](#): > > Kasich made it clear, “I’m still a Republican.” > > But he added, “I think the Republican Party doesn’t know exactly what it’s for. It’s a post-Reagan phenomenon. … why are Republicans supporting (President Donald Trump)? Because we wear red and white jerseys, but over time, if we don’t see the job picture improve, I think that will change.” Holy hell, you bunch are running with \<5% unemployment. Local levels might be higher but those are going to be tied to local conditions that a Federal response, at best, can only ameliorate. ---
**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 3, 2017, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33683 "2017-05-03T19:46:42Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > I always laughed cynically at those who called Kasich the sane one. My view hasn’t changed. Out of the passel of candidates offered up by the republicans this go around, I would say he is the sane one. And I say this as an Ohioan who has helped to campaign against his gubernatorial races. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33684 "2017-05-03T19:49:33Z")
> [@Grey](#): > > Holy hell, you bunch are running with \<5% unemployment. Local levels might be higher but those are going to be tied to local conditions that a Federal response, at best, can only ameliorate. Well right, and other than slashing taxes and regulations, federal programs dealing with unemployment tend to be too socialist for conservatives. Even if they work. ---
**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, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33685 "2017-05-03T19:50:17Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > Out of the passel of candidates offered up by the republicans this go around, I would say he is the sane one. > > And I say this as an Ohioan who has helped to campaign against his gubernatorial races. Agreed **k9bfriender**. But then he would say/do something that was bat shit crazy, and do it on more than one occasion. ---
**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, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33686 "2017-05-03T20:00:32Z")
> [@](#): > > Kasich made it clear, “I’m still a Republican.” > > But he added, “I think the Republican Party doesn’t know exactly what it’s for. It’s a post-Reagan phenomenon. … why are Republicans supporting (President Donald Trump)? Because we wear red and white jerseys, but over time, if we don’t see the job picture improve, I think that will change.” Republicans are for tax cuts for the wealthy. They may talk about a lot of other things, but that’s the hill they would die on. ---
**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 3, 2017, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33687 "2017-05-03T20:05:03Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > Agreed **k9bfriender**. But then he would say/do something that was bat shit crazy, and do it on more than one occasion. Sanest != Sane. ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33688 "2017-05-03T20:11:47Z")
> [@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! Reading the article, Comey actually said it makes him “mildly nause_ **ous** _”. Since he makes _me_ want to vomit, and seems to have no distress at his actions himself, I think the article header was incorrectly edited to “nauseated”. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2017, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33689 "2017-05-03T20:17:23Z")
> [@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/)? The dems should put out a reward for the identity of the actors in the screengrab. ISIS?? Why are they wearing surplus US Army uniform tops? They look like the forest green camo blouses from the late 80s into 90s. I’m sure I have some matching ones up in the attic from Desert Storm (as an army civilian deploying, we got the older green/brown/black blotch stuff- they didn’t have any of the newer desert chocolate chips at the start). I guess this enhances the fear factor - “My God, they’re here AND shopping at Cal’s Army Surplus”. ---
**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, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33690 "2017-05-03T20:20:44Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > Sanest != Sane. Yeup. [A video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZV543RPBWU) highlights the end of his candidacy. Note: No one was injured during the filming of this political dramatization. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2017, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33691 "2017-05-03T23:17:59Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > 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. And the same Joe Walsh who forced the REAL Joe Walsh to say, “That ain’t me and I disagree with everything he stands for.” And who got creamed by now-Senator Tammy, who was replaced in the House by the first Hindu-American in Congress. A lot has changed in my district since the Henry Hyde era. 😃 > [@smithsb](#): > > The dems should put out a reward for the identity of the actors in the screengrab. ISIS?? Why are they wearing surplus US Army uniform tops? They look like the forest green camo blouses from the late 80s into 90s. I’m sure I have some matching ones up in the attic from Desert Storm (as an army civilian deploying, we got the older green/brown/black blotch stuff- they didn’t have any of the newer desert chocolate chips at the start). > > I guess this enhances the fear factor - “My God, they’re here AND shopping at Cal’s Army Surplus”. Chocolate chips? No, those are pixels (sprites?). Our military is dressed in a Tetris game. ---
**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 4, 2017, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33692 "2017-05-04T00:25:40Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > A lot has changed in my district since the Henry Hyde era. 😃 Ah, yes, the halcyon days, when, as _Frank & Ernest_ pointed out, the Congressional leadership was Hyde and Delay. ---
**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 4, 2017, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33693 "2017-05-04T01:44:10Z")
Ok, [fuck](http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/presidential-pension-cap-bill/2017/05/03/id/787996/) (warning: newsmax link) > [@](#): > > Two Republicans are reportedly set to reintroduce a bill capping pensions of former presidents if they take outside income of $400,00 or more … > (Jason) Chaffetz and GOP Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst will reintroduce the Presidential Allowance Modernization Act this month; the legislation would cap presidential pensions at $200,000, with another $200,000 for expenses, USA Today reported. > > Those payments would be reduced dollar-for-dollar once outside income exceeds $400,000 – the amount Obama has accepted as a fee for a speech he’ll give to Wall Street firm Cantor Fitzgerald in the fall. > > … a spokesman for President George H.W. Bush (said) he doesn’t oppose changes to the law. “At age 93, he recognizes that any change to the act would have a greater impact on the other former presidents,” spokesman Jim McGrath told USA Today. Pretty chickenshit. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33694 "2017-05-04T01:47:18Z")
They are set to vote on the American Health Care Act tomorrow. The House is hoping the Senate will fix it. I’m hoping they all fall into a rift in the space-time continuum. A girl can dream. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33695 "2017-05-04T02:01:33Z")
Speaking of that, I saw this dude’s picture on my internet today. [![](https://i.huffpost.com/gen/1117624/images/o-BILLY-LONG-SEQUESTRATION-facebook.jpg) ](https://i.huffpost.com/gen/1117624/images/o-BILLY-LONG-SEQUESTRATION-facebook.jpg) He looks like something out of Pink Floyd’s The Wall movie. ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33696 "2017-05-04T02:05:31Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Pretty chickenshit. Hah. Like Trump won’t veto that thing in an instant. Can you imagine him constraining his future income? ---
**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 4, 2017, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33697 "2017-05-04T02:38:58Z")
> [@Punoqllads](#): > > Hah. Like Trump won’t veto that thing in an instant. Can you imagine him constraining his future income? Trump doesn’t have to worry about his Presidential retirement money. He has the bucks rolling in from his private businesses that he’s gilding with his Presidential perks. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2017, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33698 "2017-05-04T02:57:46Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Ok, [fuck](http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/presidential-pension-cap-bill/2017/05/03/id/787996/) (warning: newsmax link) > Pretty chickenshit. What’s the Buddhist story about the monk who carried a woman across a stream and his traveling companion? “I left her at the stream…why are you still carrying her?” ---
**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:** [May 4, 2017, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33699 "2017-05-04T03:01:56Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Trump doesn’t have to worry about his Presidential retirement money. He has the bucks rolling in from his private businesses that he’s gilding with his Presidential perks. Too much is never enough. ---
**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 4, 2017, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33700 "2017-05-04T03:28:02Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Ok, [fuck](http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/presidential-pension-cap-bill/2017/05/03/id/787996/) (warning: newsmax link) > Pretty chickenshit. That’s veering into crazy ex-wife spite behaviour. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2017, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33701 "2017-05-04T04:32:53Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > If this happens again and nobody gets put up against the wall, I’m going to be very disappointed. Will you at least vote for a Trotskyist in the next election? I’m just saying. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1684) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1686)