# 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:** 1752
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35022 "2017-09-07T08:04:05Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Lou Dobbs attacking Paul Ryan on Fox News. I laughed through the whole thing. > [x.com](https://twitter.com/LPDonovan/status/905604281298014208) Is it available as a transcript? I don’t have any idea who LP Donovan is, and only a vague idea about Lou Dobbs, so I need some backstory in order to get the humor. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35023 "2017-09-07T16:30:29Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > The Republican sheriff of Polk County, FL plans to [post deputies at every hurricane shelter, check IDs at the door, arrest anyone with a warrant, and deny shelter to registered sex offenders.](http://www.fox13news.com/news/local-news/279089294-story) You know regarding registered sex offenders, I think we should just drop the pretense and require all of them to have “I am a sex offender, hate me” tattooed on their forehead so they can be hounded from town to town with pitchforks and torches. :rolleyes: ---
**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:** [September 7, 2017, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35024 "2017-09-07T17:42:15Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Is it available as a transcript? I don’t have any idea who LP Donovan is, and only a vague idea about Lou Dobbs, so I need some backstory in order to get the humor. The person reporting the CLIP FROM FOX NEWS doesn’t need identifying. The only thing that needs identifying is that it’s Lou Dobbs, from Fox News, attacking Paul Ryan. I don’t know what backstory you need. ---
**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:** [September 7, 2017, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35025 "2017-09-07T18:08:31Z")
Maybe this deserves its own thread, but this is some prime stupid. > [@"\[buzzfeed](#): > > ([Joe Arpaio Wants His Conviction Tossed Out Now That He's Been Pardoned](https://www.buzzfeed.com/zoetillman/joe-arpaio-wants-his-conviction-tossed-out-now-that-hes?utm_term=.st3KRmlAX#.mny2WRKVp))"]Arpaio’s lawyers [filed court papers](https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/3982383/8-28-17-Arpaio-Motion-to-Vacate.pdf) on Monday arguing that because Trump issued the pardon before Arpaio was sentenced and a final judgment was entered — and, as a result, before Arpaio could appeal his conviction and before the US Supreme Court ruled on an earlier challenge that Arpaio filed related to his trial — the court is “obligated” to vacate his conviction. Presumably because he wants to run for the Senate and not have to swim upstream against “_you are a criminal, fuckhead_.” Most disturbing, though, > [@](#): > > A Justice Department spokesperson said they are “reviewing the motion.” Someone is actually considering it. DoJ, yeah, they are the dubious executive branch agency. I think it takes a sitting judge to vacate. Can this happen? And can an 86-y/o vinegaroon realistically get elected to the Senate for the first time? ---
**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:** [September 7, 2017, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35026 "2017-09-07T23:02:38Z")
“Vinegaroon”? ---
**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:** [September 7, 2017, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35027 "2017-09-07T23:16:49Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > “Vinegaroon”? Do you not know what a vinegaroon is or are you asking how it relates to Arpaio? (If it’s the former, a vinegaroon is a non-spider arachnid that’s incredibly ugly, scary-looking and shoots acid out of its butt.) ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35028 "2017-09-07T23:35:08Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Do you not know what a vinegaroon is… I assumed it was like… an octogenarian is an old fart who’s over 80, a vinegaroon is an old fart who’s so old he going sour. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2017, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35029 "2017-09-08T03:29:24Z")
I thought it was a new rude word for Italian-Americans. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2017, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35030 "2017-09-08T04:03:00Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > I thought it was a new rude word for Italian-Americans. No, that would have to be a “balsamic vinegaroon”. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2017, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35031 "2017-09-08T08:29:31Z")
TIL the word (and the creature) “vinegaroon”. [Ugly little buggers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelyphonida), ain’t they? ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2017, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35032 "2017-09-08T11:09:57Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Maybe this deserves its own thread, but this is some prime stupid. > > Presumably because he wants to run for the Senate and not have to swim upstream against “_you are a criminal, fuckhead_.” Most disturbing, though, > > Someone is actually considering it. DoJ, yeah, they are the dubious executive branch agency. I think it takes a sitting judge to vacate. Can this happen? And can an 86-y/o vinegaroon realistically get elected to the Senate for the first time? In retrospect, I’ve come to the conclusion that Arpaio’s lawyers are being funded by the Trump party to advance the notion that if the President gets in with his pardons fast enough, the people who accept his pardons won’t have to admit to being guilty or carry any stigma from pardon. ETA: also did not know about vinegaroons but appreciate the metaphor. So glad I live in the Snow Belt. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2017, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35033 "2017-09-08T12:04:29Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > TIL the word (and the creature) “vinegaroon”. [Ugly little buggers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelyphonida), ain’t they? We got 'em in one of the local zoos. They not only look freaky, but they smell – the source of their odd name. From your cite: > [@](#): > > “Vinegaroon” is based on their ability when attacked to discharge an offensive liquid which contains acetic acid, producing a vinegar-like smell. ---
**Author:** ![Tee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@Tee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tee)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2017, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35034 "2017-09-08T17:16:18Z")
This is kind of a drive-by…I was informed this a.m. by an elderly man that Trump’s electoral commission has conclusively proven that Hilary Clinton stole the state of NH in last year’s election. He was very excited about it. I’m in NH and I know something is wrong with this story; I just don’t know what the point of this is. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2017, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35035 "2017-09-08T17:36:53Z")
Six thousand people registered to vote the same day of the election, and 1,500 new drivers licenses were issued. He apparently thought they were illegal immigrants ported in to vote for Hillary. It actually turned out to be mostly college students whose homes are out-of-state and didn’t want to travel to vote. Some of them had to get NH drivers licenses as valid ID. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2017, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35036 "2017-09-08T21:12:47Z")
Does Trump even know that he can’t deport American college students? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2017, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35037 "2017-09-08T21:17:20Z")
[Trump’s own lawyer, Ty Cobb, also needs to be removed from Twitter:](http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/09/06/trump_lawyer_s_leaked_email_is_funny.html) > [@](#): > > I am on’t be here for long but will be I my piece against bullshit Russian bullshit that hurts us now and is totally political limiting Russian cooperation against NK. This shit is real and real time. Got to go: Best, Ty ---
**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:** [September 8, 2017, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35038 "2017-09-08T21:27:25Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > [Trump’s own lawyer, Ty Cobb, also needs to be removed from Twitter:](http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/09/06/trump_lawyer_s_leaked_email_is_funny.html) I think that would be offensive if it were coherent. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2017, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35039 "2017-09-08T22:05:57Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > [Trump’s own lawyer, Ty Cobb, also needs to be removed from Twitter:](http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/09/06/trump_lawyer_s_leaked_email_is_funny.html) Looking at the dude’s picture the tweet kind of fits. The picture has obviously had the kaleidoscope eyes photoshopped out. ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2017, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35040 "2017-09-08T22:36:24Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > TIL the word (and the creature) “vinegaroon”. [Ugly little buggers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelyphonida), ain’t they? Nope. Fuck that. Kill it. Use fire. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2017, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35041 "2017-09-08T23:52:59Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > . . . (If it’s the former, a vinegaroon is a non-spider arachnid that’s incredibly ugly, scary-looking and shoots acid out of its butt.) Damn. Well chosen insult. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1751) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1753)