# 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:** 1753
**Author:** ![Tee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@Tee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tee)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2017, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35042 "2017-09-09T00:21:28Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > 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. Thanks. I’ve had time now to look into my own question and the guy was 100% correct, the head of the Election Integrity Commission wrote yesterday (on Breitbart) that there is proof of 5,513 fraudulent votes in NH, based on what you said. So this is official. I mean the wingnut vision of rampant illegal voting now has official standing. I’m sure they are thrilled. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2017, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35043 "2017-09-09T02:47:33Z")
> [@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) Campers, there are times when I my cow-orkers ask if I might translate a passage into (Southern) English, but there, with no real charity with which I might be tempered, I would still ask, ‘WTF’ you saying, Trash?" But not that graphically. 😉 I mean, I spent time being raised “Virginian,” and deeply hope my brethren have learned, and I will accept your usage while subtly suggest how Quality talked before you were born, and how you need to talk in the future. ---
**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 9, 2017, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35044 "2017-09-09T03:29:44Z")
> [@Tee](#): > > Thanks. I’ve had time now to look into my own question and the guy was 100% correct, the head of the Election Integrity Commission wrote yesterday (on Breitbart) that there is proof of 5,513 fraudulent votes in NH, based on what you said. So this is official. I mean the wingnut vision of rampant illegal voting now has official standing. I’m sure they are thrilled. It should be noted > [@"\[WH-Gov](#): > > ([https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2017/07/13/presidential-advisory-commission-election-integrity](https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2017/07/13/presidential-advisory-commission-election-integrity))"]On May 11, 2017, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order establishing the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity. Vice President Mike Pence chairs the Commission, and Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach serves as the vice chair. IOW, grains of salt, people, grains of salt. If you distilled the planet’s oceans, I am not sure there would be enough grains of salt with which to take the [breitbart article Kobach authored](http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/09/07/exclusive-kobach-out-of-state-voters-changed-outcome-new-hampshire-senate-race/), which rests on threads of supposition (possibly valid, perhaps not). The piece wraps up with > [@](#): > > It’s also possible that New Hampshire’s four electoral college votes were swung to Hillary Clinton through illegal voting by nonresidents. Clinton won New Hampshire by only 2,732 votes. If 74.8 percent of the 5,513 fraudulent votes were cast for Clinton, then the presidential election in New Hampshire was tipped as well.… > > But the mainstream media will tell us, “Move along, there’s nothing to see here.” No bias there. Nope. None at all. ---
**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 9, 2017, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35045 "2017-09-09T06:17:42Z")
Cobb? Nay. Ty _Covfefe._ ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2017, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35046 "2017-09-09T07:49:29Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Rush Limbaugh (remember him?) says [Hurricane Irma is a liberal hoax intended to make people believe global warming is real.](http://www.rawstory.com/2017/09/rush-limbaugh-suggests-hurricane-irma-is-a-liberal-hoax/) > [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > So he’s spending the weekend at his Palm Beach house, right? [What do you think?](http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/09/08/rush_limbaugh_evacuates_palm_beach_after_rant_about_liberal_hurricane_hype.html) [QUOTE=Rush Limbaugh] I’m not going to get into details because of the security nature of things, but it turns out that we will not be able to do the program here tomorrow. … We’ll be on the air next week, folks, from parts unknown. So we’ll be back on Monday. It’s just that tomorrow is going to be problematic. Tomorrow it would be, I think, legally impossible for us to originate the program out of here. [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2017, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35047 "2017-09-09T08:24:29Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Campers, there are times when I my cow-orkers ask if I might translate a passage into (Southern) English Am I dropzone the builder? No. Am I dropzone the philanthropist? No. But you ork ONE cow… ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2017, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35048 "2017-09-09T13:33:12Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Campers, there are times when I my cow-orkers ask if I might translate a passage into (Southern) English, but there, with no real charity with which I might be tempered, I would still ask, ‘WTF’ you saying, Trash?" But not that graphically. 😉 It’s much more simple than that: Just don’t post, or tweet, drunk. Or after midnight. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2017, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35049 "2017-09-09T13:49:59Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Campers, there are times when I my cow-orkers ask if I might translate a passage into (Southern) English, but there, with no real charity with which I might be tempered, I would still ask, ‘WTF’ you saying, Trash?" What’s not to get? Bullshit Russian bullshit, hello! ---
**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 11, 2017, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35050 "2017-09-11T18:10:53Z")
Last night on 60 Minutes, Steve Bannon, who claims to be a Catholic and, one would think, had been raised with the values of the Church helping the underprivileged, said that the only reason the Church supports DACA is because it’s run out of money defending against sex abuse charges, and has to have “illegal aliens” (his term) to fill the pews. > **[Bannon: Catholic Church needs ‘illegal aliens to fill the churches’](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/09/07/bannon-catholic-church-needs-illegal-aliens-to-fill-the-churches/?utm_term=.9e04137c60d9)** > > The former presidential adviser, who is Catholic, lashed out at church leaders who condemned President Trump's decision to phase out DACA. ---
**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 11, 2017, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35051 "2017-09-11T20:54:59Z")
Nazi tries to run over anti-fascist protesters after “Patriot Prayer” rally in Vancouver, Washington. > **[Police in Vancouver Detain Man for Nearly Running Down Antifa Protesters With...](https://www.wweek.com/news/2017/09/10/police-in-vancouver-arrest-man-for-nearly-running-down-antifa-protesters-with-his-truck/)** > > Man arrested at Vancouver Patriot Prayer event after nearly running down crowd of antifa protesters. ---
**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 13, 2017, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35052 "2017-09-13T03:10:49Z")
Chelan County Washington Sheriff’s Emergency Management office posts an image of a car hitting protesters with the headline, “All Lives Splatter” and follow it up with “Nobody cares about your protest,” “Keep your ass out of the road.” [https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/post-nation/wp/2017/09/12/all-lives-splatter-sheriffs-office-apologizes-for-facebook-post-of-car-hitting-protesters/](https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/post-nation/wp/2017/09/12/all-lives-splatter-sheriffs-office-apologizes-for-facebook-post-of-car-hitting-protesters/) ---
**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 13, 2017, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35053 "2017-09-13T03:14:47Z")
nm, duplicate ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2017, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35054 "2017-09-13T03:23:45Z")
Seems the usual crap. Post something offensive, claim it was a joke or a simple mistake and everyone should just get over it. ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2017, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35055 "2017-09-13T10:57:51Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > And can an 86-y/o vinegaroon realistically get elected to the Senate for the first time? As soon as I saw that word, I thought of [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2r5pNGNXpU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2r5pNGNXpU) > [@](#): > > Vinegaroon law goes like this. Penalty for stealing whisky: hanging. Penalty for not cutting the judge in on a bank heist: hanging. Penalty for speaking ill of New York actress Lillie Langtry: shooting. Then hanging. Vinegaroon County, Texas. ---
**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 14, 2017, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35056 "2017-09-14T02:33:48Z")
Martin Shkreli’s bail was revoked today after his threats against Hillary. > **[Martin Shkreli headed to jail after Hillary Clinton threats](https://money.cnn.com/2017/09/13/news/shkreli-bond/index.html)** > > A federal judge revoked bail for Martin Shkreli, who was convicted of fraud, after he offered $5,000 to anyone who could grab a strand of Hillary Clinton's hair. ---
**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2017, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35057 "2017-09-14T12:50:24Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Martin Shkreli’s bail was revoked today after his threats against Hillary. > [Martin Shkreli headed to jail after Clinton threats](http://money.cnn.com/2017/09/13/news/shkreli-bond/index.html) I guess he’d rather be a hero to /b/ than enjoy his money. I must admit that I am surprised he put anything before money, but not that it was being a hateful troll. As opposed to, say, human life. ---
**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 14, 2017, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35058 "2017-09-14T19:38:06Z")
So Milo Y (I can’t be arsed to look up the spelling of his last name) said the other day that his house in Florida was destroyed in Hurricane Irma. Now he says, “Nah, just a joke, folks, and you ugly reporters don’t get jokes or dicks.” > **[Milo Yiannopoulos: Irma Post Was a Joke](https://www.newsweek.com/milo-yiannpolous-hurricane-irma-joke-663609)** > > The Miami Herald first busted the myth on Monday. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2017, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35059 "2017-09-14T20:59:14Z")
Would anyone ask him for either? ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2017, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35060 "2017-09-15T01:13:04Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Would anyone ask him for either? Why would anyone even talk to him, let alone report on him? ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2017, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35061 "2017-09-15T02:40:20Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > So Milo Y (I can’t be arsed to look up the spelling of his last name) said the other day that his house in Florida was destroyed in Hurricane Irma. Now he says, “Nah, just a joke, folks, and you ugly reporters don’t get jokes or dicks.” > [Milo Yiannopoulos Says His Hurricane Irma Post Claiming 'My House Is Gone' Was a Joke - Newsweek](http://www.newsweek.com/milo-yiannpolous-hurricane-irma-joke-663609) > [@](#): > > Yiannopoulos had posted the alleged joke, with the caption, “My house is gone,” as Hurricane Irma pummeled South Florida on Sunday. The message quickly racked up more than 8,000 reactions and 1,600 comments on Facebook from sympathetic fans Well, I guess his fans didn’t get the “joke” either. Whether they can get dicks is still unclear, though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1752) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1754)