# 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:** 1741
**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:** [August 14, 2017, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34802 "2017-08-14T18:09:17Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > He needs to leave it open, so that his base can say ‘Trump tweeted in support of us and against the haters who opposed our righteous demonstrating in favor of white supremacy.’ > > (And they certainly _will_ say that.) And they have. St_rmfr_nt’s “newspaper” has already celebrated that Trump did not condemn them in his initial comments on Charlottesville. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2017, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34803 "2017-08-14T20:06:21Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > 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)? Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Sucks to be him. Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2017, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34804 "2017-08-14T20:09:34Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > [Oklahoma Senator Caught In Motel Room With Underage Boy](http://countercurrentnews.info/2017/03/oklahoma-senator-caught-in-motel-room-with-underage-boy/) > ‘The only way I can lose this election is if I’m caught in bed with either a dead girl or a live boy’ – Edwin Edwards, Governor of Louisiana, 1992-1996 The party of good christians, straightness, and family values. Right there. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2017, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34805 "2017-08-14T20:12:26Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > NRA spokesman Grant Stinchfield suggested that North Korea should bomb Sacramento instead of Guam > [Washington Journal | Series | C-SPAN.org](http://washingtonjournal.com/2017/08/11/nra-spokesman-just-called-north-korea-attack-major-liberal-american-city/) Now that’s a fine flag wavin’ patriot right there. Murrica. Fuckin’ storm trooper goose steppin’ bastard. ---
**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 14, 2017, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34806 "2017-08-14T20:52:05Z")
The official Dona Ana County Reublican Party facebook page posted a rant on the day after the Charlottesville murder attacking Democrats, liberals, and minorities as violent people who hate America and white people (Ironically, it was posted by Roman _ **Jimenez** _). Even the official state GOP facebook page attacked his comments and forced him to take them down. > **[OppositionReport.com is for sale | HugeDomains](https://www.hugedomains.com/domain_profile.cfm?d=oppositionreport.com)** > > This domain is for sale! Fast and easy shopping. Trusted and secure since 2005. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2017, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34807 "2017-08-15T02:22:44Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > NRA spokesman Grant Stinchfield suggested that North Korea should bomb Sacramento instead of Guam > [Washington Journal | Series | C-SPAN.org](http://washingtonjournal.com/2017/08/11/nra-spokesman-just-called-north-korea-attack-major-liberal-american-city/) Just so y’all know, it turns out the Washington Journal is actually Occupy Democrats, as is The Other 98%. All three are guilty of intellectual property theft. ---
**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 15, 2017, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34808 "2017-08-15T02:31:07Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Just so y’all know, it turns out the Washington Journal is actually Occupy Democrats, as is The Other 98%. All three are guilty of intellectual property theft. Can you explain 1-what you’re trying to say; and 2-how that makes this link bad when it is reporting actual news that can be found on Facebook pages. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2017, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34809 "2017-08-15T17:26:57Z")
Occupy Democrats has a newspaper? Didn’t know they even had an office. Was this a decision of the Central Committee for Occupy Democrats? Next question: is it true? Did he say or do the things that are said about him? In which case, how much does it matter where the truth was printed? ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2017, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34810 "2017-08-15T17:54:30Z")
Stupid Republican idea: Obama is to blame for the Charlottesville violence. > **["Barack Obama is to blame": 13 Alabama conservatives on Charlottesville](https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/8/15/16148144/alabama-conservatives-on-charlottesville)** > > Behind Trump’s weak condemnation of white supremacists, a far-right flank that’s even more skeptical. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2017, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34811 "2017-08-15T18:35:42Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Stupid Republican idea: Obama is to blame for the Charlottesville violence. > > [“Barack Obama is to blame”: 13 Alabama conservatives on Charlottesville - Vox](https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/8/15/16148144/alabama-conservatives-on-charlottesville) How is that a surprise? He had the unmitigated gall as a black man to run for and ultimately get elected President. For those people that outrage has caused ALL of the racial problems we currently have. Further, one of those fools alleges the KKK is an organization of the radical LEFT. It’s Alabama, people! Anyone who expects something different has clearly never visited the state. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2017, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34812 "2017-08-15T18:52:34Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Can you explain 1-what you’re trying to say; and 2-how that makes this link bad when it is reporting actual news that can be found on Facebook pages. The problem with the Washington Journal is that they routinely engage in wholesale theft of intellectual property, as when they recently, without permission, lifted an entire FB post by Jim Wright of Stonekettle Station and ran it without even any attribution, let alone any recompense for using his work. What kind of reliance can you place on anything emanating from people so devoid of ethical standards? ---
**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 15, 2017, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34813 "2017-08-15T19:28:22Z")
> [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](#): > > How is that a surprise? He had the unmitigated gall as a black man to run for and ultimately get elected President. For those people that outrage has caused ALL of the racial problems we currently have. Further, one of those fools alleges the KKK is an organization of the radical LEFT. > > It’s Alabama, people! Anyone who expects something different has clearly never visited the state. Did you read the article, though? What a pack of delusional assholes. Outside of the “Barack Obama’s divisional rhetoric” bullshit, almost every response relies on some conspiracy theory to hold any kind of water: "George Soros has paid from the beginning to cause racial division in this country … “I suspect that leftist groups bused in a bunch of thugs so the leftist media could beat this narrative about evil.” “… it’s pretty scary if you’re white to see these Black Lives Matter — they assassinated five police officers a year ago in Dallas.” “The school administration [Berkely] could have done something there. The police stood by and let them destroy because they were instructed by the mayor or somebody — the college administration is part of the problem.” “I don’t think [Trump] incites violence. I think the left incites a lot of violence — they’ve ratcheted it up.” There’s no combating that sort of willful ignorance. The only thing to do is to get rid of their cult leader and let them howl like broke-dick dogs, to borrow a phrase. ---
**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 15, 2017, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34814 "2017-08-15T19:32:54Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > The problem with the Washington Journal is that they routinely engage in wholesale theft of intellectual property, as when they recently, without permission, lifted an entire FB post by Jim Wright of Stonekettle Station and ran it without even any attribution, let alone any recompense for using his work. > > What kind of reliance can you place on anything emanating from people so devoid of ethical standards? The FACT that they are reporting easily verified information? ---
**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 15, 2017, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34815 "2017-08-15T19:34:40Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > The problem with the Washington Journal is that they routinely engage in wholesale theft of intellectual property, as when they recently, without permission, lifted an entire FB post by Jim Wright of Stonekettle Station and ran it without even any attribution, let alone any recompense for using his work. > > What kind of reliance can you place on anything emanating from people so devoid of ethical standards? Did they steal from a reliable source? Just because they take material without attribution doesn’t mean it’s been altered or is false. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2017, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34816 "2017-08-15T20:01:07Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Did you read the article, though? What a pack of delusional assholes. Outside of the “Barack Obama’s divisional rhetoric” bullshit, almost every response relies on some conspiracy theory to hold any kind of water: > . “Obama’s divisional rhetoric” can be summed up thusly: Obama: things aren’t perfect; we need to have a serious conversation about racial relations. Trump supporter: Whoa, whoa, whoa…hold on there, buddy, don’t go playing the race card! Why are you pitting black against white?? ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2017, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34817 "2017-08-15T23:22:54Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Did you read the article, though? What a pack of delusional assholes. Outside of the “Barack Obama’s divisional rhetoric” bullshit, almost every response relies on some conspiracy theory to hold any kind of water: > > "George Soros has paid from the beginning to cause racial division in this country … > “I suspect that leftist groups bused in a bunch of thugs so the leftist media could beat this narrative about evil.” > “… it’s pretty scary if you’re white to see these Black Lives Matter — they assassinated five police officers a year ago in Dallas.” > “The school administration [Berkely] could have done something there. The police stood by and let them destroy because they were instructed by the mayor or somebody — the college administration is part of the problem.” > “I don’t think [Trump] incites violence. I think the left incites a lot of violence — they’ve ratcheted it up.” > > There’s no combating that sort of willful ignorance. The only thing to do is to get rid of their cult leader and let them howl like broke-dick dogs, to borrow a phrase. Yes, I did read it. They are delusional fools, yes. I thought my post would have made that clear. Like I said, this is ALABAMA we are talking about. Those 13 people are the norm in that state. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2017, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34818 "2017-08-15T23:26:50Z")
> [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](#): > > How is that a surprise? He had the unmitigated gall as a black man to run for and ultimately get elected President. For those people that outrage has caused ALL of the racial problems we currently have. Further, one of those fools alleges the KKK is an organization of the radical LEFT. > > It’s Alabama, people! Anyone who expects something different has clearly never visited the state. You just let one uppity n\*\*\*er in and this is what happens. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2017, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34819 "2017-08-15T23:27:59Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > There’s no combating that sort of willful ignorance. The only thing to do is to get rid of their cult leader and let them howl like broke-dick dogs, to borrow a phrase. Absolutely. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2017, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34820 "2017-08-15T23:30:11Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > “Obama’s divisional rhetoric” can be summed up thusly: > > Obama: things aren’t perfect; we need to have a serious conversation about racial relations. > Trump supporter: Whoa, whoa, whoa…hold on there, buddy, don’t go playing the race card! Why are you pitting black against white?? As he fans the flames about hombres, job stealers, non-whites, news, throw me a bone here… Anyone that isn’t what HE approves of. He ran on division, and he’s been feeding it ever since. ---
**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 19, 2017, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34821 "2017-08-19T03:20:10Z")
Hannity and Limbaugh have both breathlessly discovered that the Antifa and protesters in Charlottesville were actors, hired through a casting call. In Charlotte, North Carolina. Which is not Charlottesville, Virginia. [http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/sean-hannity-has-been-dumpster-diving-conspiracy-theorists-again](http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/sean-hannity-has-been-dumpster-diving-conspiracy-theorists-again) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1740) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1742)