# 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:** 1757
**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:** [September 28, 2017, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35122 "2017-09-28T14:24:21Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > Ha! That is a great metaphor. šŸ˜ƒ Absolutely agree. Even better is imagining Lindsey Graham with pleading eyes and a giant ass bug in his mouth. ---
**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, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35123 "2017-09-28T14:55:52Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > Iā€™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 catā€™s example and just let it go, Lindsey. > [@running\_coach](#): > > Absolutely agree. > Even better is imagining Lindsey Graham with pleading eyes and a giant ass bug in his mouth. [Obligatory xkcd](https://xkcd.com/37/). ---
**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, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35124 "2017-09-28T17:59:08Z")
ā€œPastorā€ Rick Wiles: The anthem kneeling is part of a Communist plot led by the Barack Obama to destroy America. > **[Rick Wiles: National Anthem Protests Are Part Of A Communist Revolution...](https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/rick-wiles-national-anthem-protests-are-part-of-a-communist-revolution-orchestrated-by-barack-obama/)** > > End Times radio host Rick Wiles spent a portion of his "TruNews" program yesterday warning that the controversy over athletes kneeling during the national ---
**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, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35125 "2017-09-28T21:56:01Z")
Donald Dotardā€™s chief economic advisor displays his deep understanding of middle-class concerns: > [@Gary Cohn](#): > > If you allow a family to keep another thousand dollars of their income, what does that mean? They can renovate their kitchen. They can buy a new car. ---
**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, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35126 "2017-09-28T22:21:09Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > Iā€™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 catā€™s example and just let it go, Lindsey. She let it go? Man, there is nothing like the taste and crunch of a cicada (at least, that is the belief of the Mo the mighty Labrador, who eats them with gusto on her walks). ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2017, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35127 "2017-09-28T22:24:25Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Donald Dotardā€™s chief economic advisor displays his deep understanding of middle-class concerns: Itā€™s like he took how heā€™d react to receiving $100,000 and scaled the numbers down a normal personā€™s income. ---
**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 28, 2017, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35128 "2017-09-28T22:30:00Z")
Someone hasnā€™t been watching ā€œFixer Upper.ā€ ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2017, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35129 "2017-09-28T22:34:23Z")
Crunchy Cicada will be the new Pumpkin Spice. ---
**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 28, 2017, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35130 "2017-09-28T23:29:10Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Someone hasnā€™t been watching ā€œFixer Upper.ā€ When I see shiplap on the White Houseā€¦ ---
**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, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35131 "2017-09-28T23:46:03Z")
I suspect for most Americans (well, many at least), $1000 would be enough to pay the interest on their credit card bills. ---
**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 29, 2017, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35132 "2017-09-29T00:23:07Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > When I see shiplap on the White Houseā€¦ I LOLed. ---
**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 29, 2017, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35133 "2017-09-29T00:31:46Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > I LOLed. Donā€™t get me wrongā€¦I love Fixer Upper. Chip reminds me of my dad, a lot. But you have to admit, Joanna has an almost illicitā€¦thingā€¦for shiplap. ---
**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 29, 2017, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35134 "2017-09-29T01:03:30Z")
I looked up WTH shiplap is, in the hope that it might help me get the joke. Maybe Iā€™d have done better to look up what ā€œFixer Upperā€ is. ---
**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 29, 2017, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35135 "2017-09-29T01:05:26Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > I looked up WTH shiplap is, in the hope that it might help me get the joke. Maybe Iā€™d have done better to look up what ā€œFixer Upperā€ is. Yes, you should. Now stop with these bullshit type of posts that are a celebration of your ignorance and just google it. Jesus. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35136 "2017-09-29T03:16:59Z")
This ā€œgoogleā€ of which you speakā€¦? ---
**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 29, 2017, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35137 "2017-09-29T03:49:29Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > ā€œPastorā€ Rick Wiles: The anthem kneeling is part of a Communist plot led by the Barack Obama to destroy America. > [Rick Wiles: National Anthem Protests Are Part Of A Communist Revolution Orchestrated By Barack Obama | Right Wing Watch](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/rick-wiles-national-anthem-protests-are-part-of-a-communist-revolution-orchestrated-by-barack-obama/) Mr. Obama appears to have considerably more influence and power than Mr. Trump, in the eyes of the certain segments of the Right. ---
**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 29, 2017, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35138 "2017-09-29T04:57:24Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > ā€œPastorā€ Rick Wiles: The anthem kneeling is part of a Communist plot led by the Barack Obama to destroy America. > [Rick Wiles: National Anthem Protests Are Part Of A Communist Revolution Orchestrated By Barack Obama | Right Wing Watch](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/rick-wiles-national-anthem-protests-are-part-of-a-communist-revolution-orchestrated-by-barack-obama/) My favorite part of that story is his comment about communists urinate on everything. Thereā€™s a Trump joke in there somewhere. ---
**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 29, 2017, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35139 "2017-09-29T11:53:26Z")
> [@galen\_ubal](#): > > Yeah, thatā€™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 theyā€™d react if they got the opportunity. Hey, heā€™s the Stirling Archer of politics! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/WpMSbKG2uZw/hqdefault.jpg "crowdsource a plan") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpMSbKG2uZw) ---
**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 29, 2017, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35140 "2017-09-29T13:49:54Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > This ā€œgoogleā€ of which you speakā€¦? [I binged it](https://www.bing.com/search?q=google&qs=n&form=QBLH&sp=-1&pq=google&sc=9-6&sk=&cvid=6E33A788A03844E587636B07E75A7321) for you. ---
**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 30, 2017, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35141 "2017-09-30T01:02:39Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > One too many kicks to the head. He thinks his movies are documentaries. Have a friend whose mom was a Chicago cop, and Seagal was in town for a movie. He was assigned to her for a drivearound. He offered to help out if shit got heavy. She told him to stay in the car, and that his movies werenā€™t real life. > [@jayjay](#): > > Donā€™t get me wrongā€¦I love Fixer Upper. Chip reminds me of my dad, a lot. But you have to admit, Joanna has an almost illicitā€¦thingā€¦for shiplap. She needs to dump that cornball husband and develop an illicitā€¦thingā€¦for me. I had her pegged as Lakota, but sheā€™s not First Peoples at all. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1756) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1758)