# 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:** 1765
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35282 "2017-10-12T03:29:59Z")
With gargling Argyles rampant! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2017, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35283 "2017-10-13T16:12:20Z")
[If only more of them would resign over backlash to their public stupidity.](http://abc7chicago.com/politics/peotone-trustee-to-resign-over-controversial-facebook-posts-/2513136/) > [@](#): > > Roy Hupke has been a Peotone village trustee since 2011, but he said he now plans to resign from his elected position following the controversy over some of his Facebook posts. > > The posts were made on his personal Facebook page, which can be viewed by the public. One image, with the words “all lives splatter,” shows a drawing of a car running into people. Another is of Hillary Clinton. But it’s a post regarding NFL players taking a knee during the national anthem that’s raised eyebrows. Hupke saying he hopes they have career-ending injuries. > > :snip: > > He said he is done with social media and public office. Late Monday afternoon, he deleted his Facebook page. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2017, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35284 "2017-10-13T16:36:29Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > With gargling Argyles rampant! Would that be the gargoyle who gargles Gershwin? ---
**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:** [October 13, 2017, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35285 "2017-10-13T19:01:58Z")
Indiana state legislator introduces a bill to require state licensing of journalists. “If you’re OK licensing my Second Amendment right, what’s wrong with licensing your First Amendment right?” > **[IN GOPer Drafts Bill To Force Journalists To Get Licenses Like Gun Owners](https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/republican-senator-drafts-bill-license-journalists-gun-owners)** > > An Indiana state lawmaker wants to see journalists obtain licenses with state police the same way handgun owners are required to do in the state, the Indy Star reported. Rep. Jim Lucas (R-IN) wrote… ---
**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:** [October 13, 2017, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35286 "2017-10-13T21:43:27Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Indiana state legislator introduces a bill to require state licensing of journalists. > “If you’re OK licensing my Second Amendment right, what’s wrong with licensing your First Amendment right?” > [IN GOPer Drafts Bill To Force Journalists To Get Licenses Like Gun Owners - TPM – Talking Points Memo](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/republican-senator-drafts-bill-license-journalists-gun-owners) Don’t journalists usually go to school? For like 4 years? Sounds about right, so, to be a journalist, you must go to school, get a degree in journalism, then pay a $75 fee. And, since he thinks that the rights should be treated equally, then after he goes to school to get a 4 year degree in guns, then he can pay a $75 fee to register that. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2017, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35287 "2017-10-13T22:26:57Z")
I have three rules for gun safety. 1. Don’t touch it! 2. If somebody else is touching it, leave. 3. If that isn’t available, adopt a friendly and cooperative demeanor. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2017, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35288 "2017-10-13T22:33:59Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > I have three rules for gun safety. > > 1. Don’t touch it! > 2. If somebody else is touching it, leave. > 3. If that isn’t available, adopt a friendly and cooperative demeanor. Strange, that’s identical to my parent’s sex talk with me. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2017, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35289 "2017-10-13T22:41:18Z")
> [@Mighty\_Girl](#): > > Has anyone told the Trump … to prevent my uterus from killing me). He doesn’t give a fuck about you or anyone else. If pressed, he would just double down and start attacking. So fuck him. Concentrate on getting rid of all his leeches in the House and Senate. Provisional elections, regular elections, recalls, can all be used to do a good and proper purge. Stuff the House and Senate with (D) … people who would be more willing to stand up to him. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2017, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35290 "2017-10-13T22:42:55Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > This one asshole may or may not be a Republican – it seems that there were ads he appeared in for a Democrat a few years back – but he has called himself a (3x)ultra-conservative. And he gets a lot of air time. > > Fuck his ass. Fuck him sideways with a hedgehog into next month (and make him apologize to the hedgehog). > > And shove his sorry lameness out of our faces. If Snowflake Ditka doesn’t like the way things are here, HE can get the fuck out. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2017, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35291 "2017-10-13T22:46:38Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > … You see, it turns out that in all the world, porcupines have very few predators. One of the vanishingly few species that can kill and eat a porcupine? > > Yup. Mountain lions. > > It’s hard to imagine a worse-chosen metaphor to support the gun lobby :). … and bears. They learn that all it takes is a careful flip with a huge paw to expose the belly. And then it’s dinner time. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2017, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35292 "2017-10-13T22:47:43Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > Don’t journalists usually go to school? For like 4 years? > > Sounds about right, so, to be a journalist, you must go to school, get a degree in journalism, then pay a $75 fee. > > And, since he thinks that the rights should be treated equally, then after he goes to school to get a 4 year degree in guns, then he can pay a $75 fee to register that. Sounds fair to me 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2017, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35293 "2017-10-13T22:48:51Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > [If only more of them would resign over backlash to their public stupidity.](http://abc7chicago.com/politics/peotone-trustee-to-resign-over-controversial-facebook-posts-/2513136/) He can delete all he wants, the Interwebz iz forever. But all the same, good riddance to bad rubbish. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2017, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35294 "2017-10-13T23:51:24Z")
Man, it is so depressing when an older Republican foaf sounds off on that friend’s page about how he is literally only responsible for his direct family and has zero responsibility for the rest of the world, which is why he strongly opposes any form of welfare, government assistance or health care. Then upon questioning, basically says virtue is all in your head so no one has any right to judge anyone else, and anyway, he’s an atheist so there is no god and no reason to be moral. I walked away feeling dirty, having been interacting with selfish evil. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2017, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35295 "2017-10-14T01:50:53Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Man, it is so depressing when an older Republican foaf sounds off on that friend’s page about how he is literally only responsible for his direct family and has zero responsibility for the rest of the world, which is why he strongly opposes any form of welfare, government assistance or health care. > > Then upon questioning, basically says virtue is all in your head so no one has any right to judge anyone else, and anyway, he’s an atheist so there is no god and no reason to be moral. > > I walked away feeling dirty, having been interacting with selfish evil. > > ☹ Is this FOAF old enough to be approaching Social Security? ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2017, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35296 "2017-10-14T01:55:44Z")
No, really, the poor aren’t going to be harmed by the EOs; Rand Paul proves it! [Rand Paul Squashes the Idea that Trump's New Healthcare Order Will Hurt the Poor – RedState](https://www.redstate.com/brandon_morse/2017/10/13/rand-paul-squashes-idea-trumps-new-healthcare-order-will-hurt-poor/) ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2017, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35297 "2017-10-14T02:47:18Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > Is this FOAF old enough to be approaching Social Security? Not coincidentally, yes. ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2017, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35298 "2017-10-14T11:28:26Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > No, really, the poor aren’t going to be harmed by the EOs; Rand Paul proves it! [Rand Paul Squashes the Idea that Trump's New Healthcare Order Will Hurt the Poor – RedState](https://www.redstate.com/brandon_morse/2017/10/13/rand-paul-squashes-idea-trumps-new-healthcare-order-will-hurt-poor/) The idea of Republicans praising unions is delicious,. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2017, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35299 "2017-10-14T11:37:59Z")
> [@Grey](#): > > The idea of Republicans praising unions is delicious,. Once you get in bed with Russians… ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2017, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35300 "2017-10-14T21:14:17Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Man, it is so depressing when an older Republican foaf sounds off on that friend’s page about how **he is literally only responsible for his direct family** and has zero responsibility for the rest of the world, which is why he strongly opposes any form of welfare, government assistance or health care. Ask him when was the last time he drove on a road not built by a member of his direct family… ---
**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:** [October 15, 2017, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35301 "2017-10-15T02:51:52Z")
[Steve Bannon: Bob Corker Has Trashed The Commander-In-Chief When We Have Troops In Harm’s Way](https://news.google.com/news/search/section/q/%22steve%20bannon%22%20%22commander%20in%20chief%22/%22steve%20bannon%22%20%22commander%20in%20chief%22?hl=en&ned=us) I’m sure he went out of his way to avoid trashing President Obama when \*he \*was Commander in Chief. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1764) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1766)