# 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:** 1694
**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 15, 2017, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33862 "2017-05-15T21:38:17Z")
Well this is rich. [Architects submitted this proposal for Trump’s border wall that’s a one-way sheet of plexiglass](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/group-architects-submitted-proposal-trumps-144053710.html). “The company submitted a design for a wall, made of wire and plexiglass, that would work similar to a one-way mirror. The US would be able to see through (into Mexico), while the Mexico side would not.” Complete with an artist’s rendering Dopers. ---
**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 15, 2017, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33863 "2017-05-15T21:58:49Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > Well this is rich. [Architects submitted this proposal for Trump’s border wall that’s a one-way sheet of plexiglass](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/group-architects-submitted-proposal-trumps-144053710.html). > > “The company submitted a design for a wall, made of wire and plexiglass, that would work similar to a one-way mirror. The US would be able to see through (into Mexico), while the Mexico side would not.” > > Complete with an artist’s rendering Dopers. “Americans look just like us!!!” ---
**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 15, 2017, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33864 "2017-05-15T22:07:38Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > Well this is rich. [Architects submitted this proposal for Trump’s border wall that’s a one-way sheet of plexiglass](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/group-architects-submitted-proposal-trumps-144053710.html). Following links from there led me to [a hot pink “Prison Wall” designed by a Mexican firm](http://www.businessinsider.com/mexican-designers-trumps-border-wall-cost-2017-4). ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33865 "2017-05-15T22:21:42Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > Well this is rich. [Architects submitted this proposal for Trump’s border wall that’s a one-way sheet of plexiglass](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/group-architects-submitted-proposal-trumps-144053710.html). > > “The company submitted a design for a wall, made of wire and plexiglass, that would work similar to a one-way mirror. The US would be able to see through (into Mexico), while the Mexico side would not.” > > Complete with an artist’s rendering Dopers. Windmills do not work that way! ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33866 "2017-05-15T22:43:37Z")
From the current \*Harper’s Magazine \* “Findings” (pithy summaries of scientific studies): “Regions of Italy that were exposed to Silvio Berlusconi’s entertainment-TV broadcasting remained likelier to vote for populist politicians for two decades; the study’s authors concluded that Berlusconi’s programming exposed older voters to biased evening news and made younger voters grow up to be stupider and less politically engaged.” I could probably find a link to the study on [Harpers.org](http://Harpers.org) if anyone is curious. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2017, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33867 "2017-05-16T02:53:28Z")
May I suggest they look into taking Flying Guillotines and making them autonomous wall-defending drones? Surely no evil could come of this idea. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2017, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33868 "2017-05-16T03:06:41Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > From the current \*Harper’s Magazine \* “Findings” (pithy summaries of scientific studies): > > “Regions of Italy that were exposed to Silvio Berlusconi’s entertainment-TV broadcasting remained likelier to vote for populist politicians for two decades; the study’s authors concluded that Berlusconi’s programming exposed older voters to biased evening news and made younger voters grow up to be stupider and less politically engaged.” On trips to Italy over the past 20 years I noticed that television programming included women who were younger, bustier, and more naked than the norm. Did Berlusconi learn this from Fox News, or did they get it from him? ---
**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 16, 2017, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33869 "2017-05-16T03:31:24Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > May I suggest they look into taking Flying Guillotines and making them autonomous wall-defending drones? > > Surely no evil could come of this idea. Somebody’s never watched _Screamers_. Shame. Sad. ---
**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:** [May 16, 2017, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33870 "2017-05-16T04:18:46Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Following links from there led me to [a hot pink “Prison Wall” designed by a Mexican firm](http://www.businessinsider.com/mexican-designers-trumps-border-wall-cost-2017-4). That one is pretty awesome. I love that there are stairs on the U.S. side so we can all go up there and look down on the sad Mexicans below. Oh, and the mall is a great idea. Get your Trump crap (made in China) here! ---
**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 16, 2017, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33871 "2017-05-16T05:12:45Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > That one is pretty awesome. I love that there are stairs on the U.S. side so we can all go up there and look down on the sad Mexicans below. Oh, and the mall is a great idea. Get your Trump crap (made in China) here! Americans can stand on the edge and throw money down to the Mexicans who will then lob the drugs up to them. ---
**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:** [May 16, 2017, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33872 "2017-05-16T08:29:05Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Americans can stand on the edge and throw money down to the Mexicans who will then lob the drugs up to them. Yeah, they could use those compressed-air T-shirt guns, like at a baseball game. ---
**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:** [May 16, 2017, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33873 "2017-05-16T10:50:01Z")
> [@Rick Kitchen](#): > > Sears stock drops after Sears CEO (and Ayn Rand fanboy) goes on a rant against one of their suppliers and claims the media is lying about Sears market value. > [https://www.thestreet.com/story/1413...he-media.html](https://www.thestreet.com/story/1413...he-media.html)? I can’t stop reading this gem. > [@](#): > > “We don’t need more customers. We have all the customers we could possibly want,” Lampert said. “As soon as we start making money, people are gonna say, ‘How did I miss this?’” > > \*\*“I give you my assurance I am not in denial,” \*\*Lampert continued. Whatever you say, Mr. Lampert… \ ---
**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 16, 2017, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33874 "2017-05-16T11:30:01Z")
We, THE BILLINGS (Montana) GAZETTE EDITORIAL BOARD, are backing [Republican hopeful Greg Gianforte](http://billingsgazette.com/news/opinion/gazette-opinion-in-the-race-for-congress-it-s-gianforte/article_8388bce1-4658-5ebc-8341-46a167948524.html), because we don’t have the balls that God Gave A Goose. We know, we could have supported No One, but we need the revenue. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2017, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33875 "2017-05-16T14:53:12Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > On trips to Italy over the past 20 years I noticed that television programming included women who were younger, bustier, and more naked than the norm. If only the Republicans at least gave us more young busty naked women on TV! They can’t even get THAT right! ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2017, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33876 "2017-05-16T15:35:51Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > If only the Republicans at least gave us more young busty naked women on TV! They can’t even get THAT right! The Mike Pence arm of the party is strongly opposed to young busty naked women. ---
**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 16, 2017, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33877 "2017-05-16T15:46:39Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > The Mike Pence arm of the party is strongly opposed to young busty naked women. I’m sure Pence has a strong attraction to young, naked, busty women. Why else would his wife need to chaperone him and watch his alcohol intake? (Slightly altered for the political lulz but only slightly) ---
**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 16, 2017, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33878 "2017-05-16T16:58:18Z")
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch “Widget Head” McConnell said on Tuesday [he has told President Donald Trump](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-fbi-mcconnell-idUSKCN18C1X0) that he should pick federal appeals judge [Merrick Garland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merrick_Garland) to succeed ousted director James Comey at the head of the FBI. You see, this way, if Garland becomes FBI head, Trump can appoint [SomeOneElse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Freisler) to Garlands position of chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Then Trump can fire Garland ala Comey. Boy! That Mitch McConnell. Is he smart! ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2017, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33879 "2017-05-16T17:04:04Z")
Why would Garland accept? ---
**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:** [May 16, 2017, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33880 "2017-05-16T17:08:30Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > I’m sure Pence has a strong attraction to young, naked, busty women. Given how obsessed he is with Teh Gay, I rather doubt that, actually… ---
**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 16, 2017, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33881 "2017-05-16T17:10:15Z")
> [@Mighty\_Girl](#): > > Why would Garland accept? [Garland declines](http://www.npr.org/2017/05/16/528614259/merrick-garland-to-remain-a-judge-wont-be-fbi-director) as he is hip to Widget Head’s ruse. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1693) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1695)