# 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:** 1756
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2017, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35102 "2017-09-23T15:24:57Z")
He’s far more outraged at Kaepernick than at the white supremacist who murdered Heather Heyer. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2017, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35103 "2017-09-23T15:29:42Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > He’s far more outraged at Kaepernick than at the white supremacist who murdered Heather Heyer. I hope some pundit (or politician) with a wider audience than our board clues on to that as well; it’s a fantastic talking point. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2017, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35104 "2017-09-23T16:29:24Z")
I haven’t been a football fan in decades, and I won’t support it now because of the safety risks, but I wish I could. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2017, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35105 "2017-09-23T20:01:17Z")
[Okay, they were more diplomatic than that…](https://apnews.com/1ef89147d2f04b679fa923c4d226ff19/Warriors-spurn-White-House-trip-after-Trump-pulls-invitation) > [@](#): > > The Warriors say they’re “disappointed that we did not have an opportunity during this process to share our views or have open dialogue on issues impacting our communities that we felt would be important to raise.” I like it tho. Trump disrespected a Golden State Warrior and the team opted to stick together and back their teammate. As a proud Union member, I approve of this action. \*also posted in the Butt-Hurt Trump Takes to Twitter thread ---
**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 26, 2017, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35106 "2017-09-26T22:06:27Z")
Congressman Mark Walker, the chair of the House Republican Study Committee (whatever that is), called the female members of the committee the committee’s eye candy. > **[RSC chair calls female colleagues 'eye candy' during remarks | CNN Politics](https://www.cnn.com/2017/09/26/politics/mark-walker-eye-candy-remarks/index.html)** > > Mark Walker, the chair of the conservative Republican Study Committee, described female members of the group as the committee's "eye candy." ---
**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 26, 2017, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35107 "2017-09-26T22:57:51Z")
Wait, is that the best we can do in three days? Why? Is it that Trump is really sucking up all the media attention? ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35108 "2017-09-27T17:46:13Z")
Well, that is pretty epically stupid, even if not exactly a ‘stupid idea’. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35109 "2017-09-27T20:12:59Z")
Apparently, the damn fool thinks female Congresspersons will simper and blush with pleasure with a compliment from such a manly hunk of flesh such as himself. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35110 "2017-09-27T20:21:28Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Apparently, the damn fool thinks female Congresspersons will simper and blush with pleasure with a compliment from such a manly hunk of flesh such as himself. “Hey, wadya want? It was a COMPLIMENT, Okay? I mean, I just said she looked like a nice piece of ass! She should be HAPPY that I said such a positive thing, right? What are ya gonna do. Broads these days, eh? Probably that time of the month.” ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35111 "2017-09-27T23:03:54Z")
Now that he’s received his presidential pardon, America’s Sheriff and Trump worshipper Joe Arpaio is apparently back to politics. He’s coming to California this week to try and get his political career back on track, and is going to be speaking at a Republican fund-raising dinner in Fresno at the end of the week. But Joe’s too hot even for some of California’s notoriously conservative Central Valley GOPers: > [@](#): > > A raft of prominent Central Valley Republicans, including Fresno’s mayor, have bowed out of the annual event, some citing scheduling conflicts and others saying outright that they’re steering clear of the fundraiser because Arpaio will be speaking. Anyway, what’s the bad idea, i hear you ask? > [@](#): > > In an interview on Tuesday afternoon, Arpaio, who lost re-election in November after 24 years in office, said the Fresno event was an example of his renewed “mission” to fight for conservative ideas around the country. That includes, he said, his continuing (and widely debunked) effort to prove that former President Barack Obama’s birth certificate is fake. > > \ > > “It has to go down as the biggest cover-up in the history of the United States,” he said of Obama’s birth certificate. “Nobody wants to touch it.” LOL. Let us know how that goes for you, Joe. ---
**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 28, 2017, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35112 "2017-09-28T04:03:03Z")
Steven Seagal goes off on the NFL protesters. > **[Steven Seagal: NFL kneeling protest is 'disgusting'](https://www.itv.com/goodmorningbritain/articles/steven-seagal-nfl-kneeling-protest-is-disgusting)** > > Hollywood actor Steven Seagal has told Good Morning Britain that he finds the kneeling protest at NFL games 'disgusting'. Steven Seagal has Russian citizenship. > **[Steven Seagal Receives Official Russian Citizenship from Vladimir Putin](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/11/steven-seagal-vladimir-putin-russian-citizenship)** > > The Russian president gave him his dual citizenship passport on Friday. ---
**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 28, 2017, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35113 "2017-09-28T06:04:26Z")
\*\* > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Steven Seagal goes off on the NFL protesters. > > [Steven Seagal: NFL kneeling protest is 'disgusting' | Good Morning Britain](http://www.itv.com/goodmorningbritain/news/steven-seagal-nfl-kneeling-protest-is-disgusting) “_I myself have risked my life countless times for the American Flag_” umm. cite? ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2017, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35114 "2017-09-28T06:15:27Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > \*\* > > “_I myself have risked my life countless times for the American Flag_” > > umm. cite? One too many kicks to the head. He thinks his movies are documentaries. ---
**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 28, 2017, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35115 "2017-09-28T07:11:44Z")
[Lindsey Graham says he had no idea what he was doing with Graham-Cassidy.](https://www.rawstory.com/2017/09/graham-admits-he-had-no-idea-what-he-was-doing-on-the-failed-healthcare-bill-he-sponsored/) > [@](#): > > According to The Intercept, the South Carolina conservative told Capitol Hill reporters that although he and colleagues believe Obamacare doesn’t work, “until now, we didn’t know how to do it.” > > “You’ve been working to overhaul this for seven years. Why is this so hard?” a reporter asked him. > > “Well, I’ve been doing it for about a month, he replied. “I thought everybody else knew what the hell they were talking about, but apparently not.” Who knew healthcare could be so complicated? ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2017, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35116 "2017-09-28T07:28:05Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > [Lindsey Graham says he had no idea what he was doing with Graham-Cassidy.](https://www.rawstory.com/2017/09/graham-admits-he-had-no-idea-what-he-was-doing-on-the-failed-healthcare-bill-he-sponsored/) > > Who knew healthcare could be so complicated? Yeah, that’s one of the more mind-blowing things about all this. The Republicans have been complaining and plotting to remove Obamacare for seven years - but apparently never bothered to come up with _any_ sort of plan to replace, or even how they’d react if they got the opportunity. ---
**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:** [September 28, 2017, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35117 "2017-09-28T10:44:40Z")
> [@galen\_ubal](#): > > Yeah, that’s one of the more mind-blowing things about all this. The Republicans have been complaining and plotting to remove Obamacare for seven years - but apparently never bothered to come up with _any_ sort of plan to replace, or even how they’d react if they got the opportunity. It would be more accurate to say that they never bothered to come up with a plan to successfully smoke-screen their actual plan (“Are there no emergency rooms? And the free clinics: are they still in operation?”). ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2017, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35118 "2017-09-28T11:00:18Z")
And if they are, well, we’d better make sure to shut those down, too. Let them reduce the surplus population. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2017, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35119 "2017-09-28T13:06:12Z")
> [@Lindsey Graham](#): > > Well, I’ve been doing it for about a month. I thought everybody else knew what the hell they were talking about, but apparently not. What amazes me about that quote is that he apparently thought he could throw together a plan to revamp 1/6 of the US economy in a month . . . ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2017, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35120 "2017-09-28T13:13:20Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > [Lindsey Graham says he had no idea what he was doing with Graham-Cassidy.](https://www.rawstory.com/2017/09/graham-admits-he-had-no-idea-what-he-was-doing-on-the-failed-healthcare-bill-he-sponsored/) > > Who knew healthcare could be so complicated? > [@galen\_ubal](#): > > Yeah, that’s one of the more mind-blowing things about all this. The Republicans have been complaining and plotting to remove Obamacare for seven years - but apparently never bothered to come up with _any_ sort of plan to replace, or even how they’d react if they got the opportunity. I’m reminded of my old cat. When she finally caught a cicada and had no idea what she was going to do with it, she just looked at me with pleading eyes and a giant-ass bug in her mouth. Follow the cat’s example and just let it go, Lindsey. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2017, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35121 "2017-09-28T14:16:38Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > I’m reminded of my old cat. When she finally caught a cicada and had no idea what she was going to do with it, she just looked at me with pleading eyes and a giant-ass bug in her mouth. > > Follow the cat’s example and just let it go, Lindsey. Ha! That is a great metaphor. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1755) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1757)