# 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:** 1772
**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:** [October 26, 2017, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35422 "2017-10-26T01:06:43Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > How is that good business for the suppliers? Aren’t they “in business” too? Well, they just stiff the folks they get stuff from; duh. ---
**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:** [October 26, 2017, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35423 "2017-10-26T02:29:35Z")
> [@Greathouse](#): > > [House GOP Probing Obama-Era Uranium Sale to Russia](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/house-gop-probing-obama-era-uranium-sale-russia-n813776) > > Hasn’t the whole Hillary/Obama selling Russia Uranium thing been thoroughly debunked by now? Their distraction tactics are so fucking obvious. I can’t believe that **conservatives** fall for this shit. Wanna guess which word you misspelled where **reactionaries** goes? And once you _have_ guessed, you’ll have be less incredulous about the fact that they fall for it. ---
**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:** [October 26, 2017, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35424 "2017-10-26T02:40:26Z")
> [@Greathouse](#): > > When will the day come when the current administration stops trying to blame everything on the previous administration and start owning the state of things? I mean every time Trumps fucks up (which is fucking constantly) how long are they going to be able to say “But, Hillary…” or “Yeah, but the Obama administration left me a mess…” and have **conservatives** fall for it? They’re like a bunch of ADHD kids who are so easily distracted by the big scary black man and his cronies who used to run things that they can’t see what is actually happening. All SHS or Trump has to say is “Hey, look over there!” and they don’t pay any attention to the current face raping that Trump is doing to the country. You keep doing that, man. Knock that off, and the confusion should clear right up. ---
**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:** [October 26, 2017, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35425 "2017-10-26T02:50:30Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Here’s a stupid Republican idea: [It’s not the job of anyone in congress to say anything at all when the president blatantly, obviously lies.](http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/25/politics/jim-risch-wolf-blitzer-lies/index.html) They don’t have time for that. too busy. Not their job to make sure that the truth is told by the holder of the highest political office in the land. Nu-uh. Someone else’s job > > The media. Ya, that’s the ticket, it’s the media’s job. The same media that we call “fake news”. > > CNN article puts it thusly: in an opinion piece: > > > [@](#): > > > > The whole damn point of public service is to **serve the public.** You do a disservice to the public when you abrogate your responsibility to tell the truth and ensure that those around you do the same. Case closed. > [@asahi](#): > > The Republican party is not serving the public; they’re serving their voters and their donors. Everyone else is vermin. Somebody didn’t get the memo. The point of public service isn’t to _serve_ the public; it’s to [_service_](https://images.locanto.net/1365290095/St-Bernard-Newfoundland-husky-dogs-available-STUD-service_4.jpg) the public… ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2017, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35426 "2017-10-26T03:12:57Z")
In Trump America, pooch screws _you_! ---
**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 26, 2017, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35427 "2017-10-26T03:54:47Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Somebody didn’t get the memo. The point of public service isn’t to _serve_ the public; it’s to [_service_](https://images.locanto.net/1365290095/St-Bernard-Newfoundland-husky-dogs-available-STUD-service_4.jpg) the public… To Serve The Public. “It’s a cookbooooook!!” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2017, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35428 "2017-10-26T05:32:42Z")
And every recipe calls for ketchup. ---
**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 26, 2017, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35429 "2017-10-26T13:20:22Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Wanna guess which word you misspelled where **reactionaries** goes? > > And once you _have_ guessed, you’ll have be less incredulous about the fact that they fall for it. You misspelled fuckheads. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2017, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35430 "2017-10-26T14:03:27Z")
Today’s dead tree NY Times headline: Congressional Repubs say “not our job” to contain Trump. “I’m too busy cutting taxes and repealing Obamacare,” says Lindsey Graham. > **[As G.O.P. Bends Toward Trump, Critics Either Give In or Give Up (Published 2017)](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/25/us/politics/trump-republican-party-critics.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0)** > > President Trump has vocal critics, but the Republican Party is increasingly his own, with little room left for an older breed of internationalist conservative. ---
**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 26, 2017, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35431 "2017-10-26T14:06:23Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Today’s dead tree NY Times headline: Congressional Repubs say “not our job” to contain Trump. “I’m too busy cutting taxes and repealing Obamacare,” says Lindsey Graham. > > [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/25/us/politics/trump-republican-party-critics.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&\_r=0](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/25/us/politics/trump-republican-party-critics.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0) “I’m too busy fucking over the american people to protect the american people from the fascist that we are tacitly supporting.” ---
**Author:** ![Greathouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greathouse/32/2992_2.png) [@Greathouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greathouse)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2017, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35432 "2017-10-26T14:12:28Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > You misspelled fuckheads. Which is another word for conservatives, so we’ve come full circle. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35433 "2017-10-27T00:53:15Z")
Georgia Wiped Its Election Server While Advocates Fought for Security Investigation > **[Georgia Wiped Its Election Server While Advocates Fought for Security...](https://gizmodo.com/georgia-wiped-its-election-server-while-advocates-fough-1819885057)** > > A server that held data central to Georgia’s elections was wiped this summer, destroying the potential for a forensic investigation to determine whether or not the server was compromised by hackers, the AP reports. "A server that held data central to Georgia’s elections was wiped this summer, destroying the potential for a forensic investigation to determine whether or not the server was compromised by hackers, the AP reports. The data destruction was revealed in an email last week from an associate state attorney general to a group that is suing Georgia in an attempt to force additional security measures into the election system. The lawsuit was filed on July 3rd and data was reportedly destroyed on July 7th. In August, backups of the wiped server were also destroyed." Wasn’t under a preservation order so the data deletion and the lawsuit timing were completely innocuous. Nothing to see here, happens all the time. Probably done by some pranksters at Kennesaw State University because the Georgia Secretary of State knew nothing about the multiple deletions. ---
**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:** [October 27, 2017, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35434 "2017-10-27T01:55:49Z")
A prank? Sneaking a sheep into a dean’s office is a prank. Wrapping all the seats from a given floor in a giant ball of yarn is a prank. This is destruction of evidence. [Elections thread about the Kennesaw State University server.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=839984) ---
**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 27, 2017, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35435 "2017-10-27T18:38:02Z")
Betsy DeVos’s brother Erik Prince, the founder of the Blackwater mercenaries, is considering running against the current Republican Senator from Wyoming in the Republican primary, with the backing of Steve Bannon. > **[Backed by Bannon, Blackwater founder won't rule out plan to challenge GOP...](https://www.cnn.com/2017/10/25/politics/erik-prince-sen-barrasso-wyoming-erin-burnett-outfront-cnntv/index.html)** > > As President Donald Trump's former chief strategist Steve Bannon warns he may target every incumbent Republican senator except Ted Cruz, his top recruit to take on Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso, former Blackwater CEO and founder Erik Prince, confirmed... ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35436 "2017-10-27T21:45:42Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Betsy DeVos’s brother Erik Prince, the founder of the Blackwater mercenaries, is considering running against the current Republican Senator from Wyoming in the Republican primary, with the backing of Steve Bannon. > [http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/25/politics/erik-prince-sen-barrasso-wyoming-erin-burnett-outfront-cnntv/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/25/politics/erik-prince-sen-barrasso-wyoming-erin-burnett-outfront-cnntv/index.html) Trump’s special police force. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2017, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35437 "2017-10-28T19:57:37Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > Trump’s special police force. The Blackwater Shirts. ---
**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 28, 2017, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35438 "2017-10-28T22:39:28Z")
Stupid Republican Idea? A White Lives Matter rally. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2017, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35439 "2017-10-28T23:10:21Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Stupid Republican Idea? > > A White Lives Matter rally. Are you saying they’re sponsoring one of those??? :eek: ---
**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:** [October 28, 2017, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35440 "2017-10-28T23:35:07Z")
There was [a thingy](http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2017/10/27/white-lives-matter-rally-murfreesboro-tn-shelbyville-what-to-know/806029001/). _Law enforcement announced plans to remove barriers from the downtown square after white nationalists called off a planned White Lives Matter Rally there.… About 800 to 1,000 counterprotesters gathered in Murfreesboro to oppose the rally, chanting “Murfreesboro loves,” “refugees are welcome here” and “this is what democracy looks like.” About 30 white nationalists showed up at the rally in the square in downtown Murfreesboro._ I mean I suppose the WLM marchers might have been Democrats. I am doubting it, though. ---
**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 29, 2017, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35441 "2017-10-29T07:37:00Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > Are you saying they’re sponsoring one of those??? :eek: They are the participants. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1771) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1773)