# 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:** 1738
**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:** [August 3, 2017, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34742 "2017-08-03T02:25:12Z")
I spent a week on Lesbos once. I have no idea what you guys are talking about. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2017, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34743 "2017-08-03T17:04:23Z")
White House official uses “cosmopolitan” as insult in press conference. [Linky.](http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/345012-wh-aide-blasts-cnn-reporter-for-cosmopolitan-bias) Like the Soviets and Nazis. [Linky.](http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/08/03/the-ugly-history-of-stephen-millers-cosmopolitan-epithet-215454) :eek: All he forgot was the “rootless.” :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![SaneBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SaneBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaneBill)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2017, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34744 "2017-08-03T17:16:50Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a wiener! Don’t you mean Dong! Dong! Dong! ? ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2017, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34745 "2017-08-04T01:30:20Z")
I have a question that I wasn’t sure where to post, so I thought here might be appropriate, considering the President’s 17 day vacation: what is the official ™ conservative line on why European countries are wrong to require so much paid time off compared to the United States? ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2017, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34746 "2017-08-04T03:58:49Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Eh, I give this only a “2” on the Brooks Cluelessly Offensive Index. I’m glad there’s agreement on what a disgusting twit David Brooks is. He may not be an extreme right-winger, but he gives even moderate right-wingism a sickly smell. BTW, the “manly” nature of guns and the “men” who carry them was the most “intellectual” link I’ve seen in the countless “_My [del] **cock** [/del] gun is 5 inches long, How long is yours?_” threads we see here at SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![SaneBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SaneBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaneBill)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2017, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34747 "2017-08-04T09:56:04Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > BTW, the “manly” nature of guns and the “men” who carry them was the most “intellectual” link I’ve seen in the countless “_My [del] **cock** [/del] gun is 5 inches long, How long is yours?_” threads we see here at SDMB. Come to think of it, the Greek had this huge spear called sarissa that was 20 feet long. I wonder how big their chariots were… ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2017, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34748 "2017-08-04T10:23:26Z")
> [@SaneBill](#): > > Come to think of it, the Greek had this huge spear called sarissa that was 20 feet long. I wonder how big their chariots were… They were usually about 15 feet long but they were always bragging that theirs was 20 feet. ---
**Author:** ![SaneBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SaneBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaneBill)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2017, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34749 "2017-08-04T10:41:04Z")
> [@Punoqllads](#): > > They were usually about 15 feet long but they were always bragging that theirs was 20 feet. Anyway it was too big to be thrown, so they used this masculine thrusting. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2017, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34750 "2017-08-04T14:20:44Z")
> [@SaneBill](#): > > Anyway it was too big to be thrown, so they used this masculine thrusting. It was so long that even the guys in the rear ranks could get involved in the masculine thrusting! ---
**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:** [August 4, 2017, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34751 "2017-08-04T16:00:03Z")
Oh, those guys in the rear ranks get ALL the perks. But the BEST position is in the center ranks, aka the “Lucky Pierres.” ---
**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:** [August 4, 2017, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34752 "2017-08-04T16:41:06Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > I have a question that I wasn’t sure where to post, so I thought here might be appropriate, considering the President’s 17 day vacation: what is the official ™ conservative line on why European countries are wrong to require so much paid time off compared to the United States? If you deserve a vacation, then you earn a vacation. The govt shouldn’t be telling employers how to treat their employees. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2017, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34753 "2017-08-04T19:46:54Z")
The Governor of West Virginia has converted from Democrat to Republican. I can’t imagine that it would have any thing to do with his coal deals with Russia, to whom he sold his coal mines for $600 million and then bought back for $5 million. > **[Billionaire Coal Magnate Jim Justice Shunned By Coal Industry In W. Va....](https://www.forbes.com/sites/kensilverstein/2016/11/02/billionaire-coal-magnate-shunned-by-coal-industry-in-gubernatorial-bid/amp/)** > > In a state where Donald Trump is supposed to carry 58 percent of the vote, how is it that a Democratic nominee for governor in West Virginia is ahead in the polls there? ---
**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:** [August 4, 2017, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34754 "2017-08-04T19:51:09Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > If you deserve a vacation, then you earn a vacation. > > The govt shouldn’t be telling employers how to treat their employees. Someone has to tell 'em. They sure don’t know themselves. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2017, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34755 "2017-08-04T20:50:49Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Someone has to tell 'em. They sure don’t know themselves. That was sarcasm, but I will point out that there are _some_ good employers out there. ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2017, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34756 "2017-08-04T21:32:17Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The Governor of West Virginia has converted from Democrat to Republican. I can’t imagine that it would have any thing to do with his coal deals with Russia, to whom he sold his coal mines for $600 million and then bought back for $5 million. > [Billionaire Coal Magnate Jim Justice Shunned By Coal Industry In W. Va. Gubernatorial Bid](https://www.forbes.com/sites/kensilverstein/2016/11/02/billionaire-coal-magnate-shunned-by-coal-industry-in-gubernatorial-bid/amp/) Justice was a Republican up to 2015, when Bill Cole announced he would run for West Virginia Governor and locked up support from local Republican Party elites. Justice literally was a DINO. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2017, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34757 "2017-08-04T21:32:55Z")
Clearly, the vast majority, which is why we don’t need union thugs anymore. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2017, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34758 "2017-08-04T22:27:48Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The Governor of West Virginia has converted from Democrat to Republican. I can’t imagine that it would have any thing to do with his coal deals with Russia, to whom he sold his coal mines for $600 million and then bought back for $5 million. > [Billionaire Coal Magnate Jim Justice Shunned By Coal Industry In W. Va. Gubernatorial Bid](https://www.forbes.com/sites/kensilverstein/2016/11/02/billionaire-coal-magnate-shunned-by-coal-industry-in-gubernatorial-bid/amp/) This is totally not sour grapes … but the party affiliation of a governor means doodly-squat. If he had said “yesterday I believe in progressive liberalism but now I’ve seen the error of my ways” that would be one thing, but he’s the same guy today he was last week. He just changed the letter after his name, which means he plays on a different softball team during the annual Gubernatorial Camp-out. ---
**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:** [August 5, 2017, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34759 "2017-08-05T18:01:23Z")
A Republican campaign donor is suing the Republican Party for fraud for raising money on promises of repealing Obamacare and then failing to do so. [https://pilotonline.com/news/government/politics/virginia/retired-virginia-beach-attorney-sues-gop-accusing-the-republican-party/article\_f7e5e7ec-f6ad-5d09-90d5-29774701b0c2.html](https://pilotonline.com/news/government/politics/virginia/retired-virginia-beach-attorney-sues-gop-accusing-the-republican-party/article_f7e5e7ec-f6ad-5d09-90d5-29774701b0c2.html)? ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2017, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34760 "2017-08-05T18:07:05Z")
[ **The War Against H.R. McMaster** \*Rumors have circulated for days that the national-security adviser’s job is on the line, and the pro-Trump media have launched an all-out assault against him. \*](https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/08/the-war-against-hr-mcmaster/536046/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheAtlantic+%28The+Atlantic+-+Master+Feed%29) > [@](#): > > …Priebus’s replacement, former Department of Homeland Security chief John Kelly, has begun to formalize the chaotic Trump White House, limiting staff members’ direct access to the president. His entrance also gives McMaster—who has been at odds with Trump and has battled in particular with Bannon—a powerful new ally. > > But McMaster’s show of force has set off alarm bells among Bannon allies in the pro-Trump media sphere, who favored Flynn and regard the national-security adviser as a globalist interloper. Other White House officials have in the past been targets of theirs—Priebus was, for example—but the vitriol against McMaster has been notable for its speed and intensity… Dang. The two generals are cutting off Bannon & Co. from access to their Toy Puppet President. How dare they! ---
**Author:** ![bmoak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@bmoak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmoak)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2017, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34761 "2017-08-05T20:37:30Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > This is totally not sour grapes … but the party affiliation of a governor means doodly-squat. If he had said “yesterday I believe in progressive liberalism but now I’ve seen the error of my ways” that would be one thing, but he’s the same guy today he was last week. He just changed the letter after his name, which means he plays on a different softball team during the annual Gubernatorial Camp-out. As governor of West Virginia, he gets to name any replacement Senators or Congressmen until a special election is held. The administration has been telegraphing moving Rick Perry from the Dept of Energy to the Dept of Homeland Security and then offering Democratic Senator Manchin (who has a slightly higher than zero chance of being re-elected in 2018) the vacated DoE spot, so Justice can name a Repbulican replacement and give the Senate yet another chance to repeal the Affordable Care Act. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1737) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1739)