# 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:** 1773
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35442 "2017-10-29T13:03:51Z")
Please try not to be shocked. Are you sitting down? Good. [Trump is letting a foreigner charged with rape stay in the US.](http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-rape-fugitive-mar-a-lago-member-not-deport-accused-florida-guo-wengui-china-a8020576.html) Seems he found out the guy is a member at Mar-a-Lago. > [@](#): > > ‘We need to get this criminal out of the country’ President allegedly said before changing mind. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35443 "2017-10-29T13:15:49Z")
Dinky Zinke responding to suggestions that maybe that deal to restore Puerto Rico’s powergrid isn’t totally in PR’s best interests. > [@](#): > > …“Only in elitist Washington, D.C., would being from a small town be considered a crime,” Zinke said… ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35444 "2017-10-29T14:25:16Z")
> [@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. This post has been reddened by the Reditor! ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35445 "2017-10-29T15:24:06Z")
Steve King (R-Iowa, a regular in this thread) [went shootin](https://www.mediaite.com/online/donald-jr-goes-on-peasant-hunt-with-white-nationalist-congressman/)’ with Donny Jr., El Pendejo Pequeno. And for what? King tweeted it: > [@](#): > > “Steve King’s annual Bud Day Peasant Hunt. ‘If Donald Trump Jr. defends 2nd Amendment as well as he shoots, we have nothing to worry about.'” Yes. A peasant hunt. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35446 "2017-10-29T15:47:21Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Steve King (R-Iowa, a regular in this thread) [went shootin](https://www.mediaite.com/online/donald-jr-goes-on-peasant-hunt-with-white-nationalist-congressman/)’ with Donny Jr., El Pendejo Pequeno. And for what? King tweeted it: Yes. A peasant hunt. Was it a pleasant peasant hunt, or were the peasants a bunch of pissants? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35447 "2017-10-29T17:35:29Z")
Serfs up! ---
**Author:** ![brossa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brossa/32/3040_2.png) [@brossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brossa)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35448 "2017-10-29T18:16:31Z")
"I have no regard for the peasants!? They are my people! I am their sovereign. I love them! Pull! […Drifting to the left."](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dk47saogI8o) ---
**Author:** ![AI\_Proofreader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@AI\_Proofreader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AI_Proofreader)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35449 "2017-10-29T23:18:31Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > 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 Am I the only one who is more **encouraged** than discouraged by these rallies popping up? It seems like the numbers in all of them have been a few dozen people, surrounded by hundreds or thousands of protestors. Frankly I would have thought the proportion of racist / white nationalist / neo-Nazi / Confederate secessionist traitor loving scum would have been a lot higher. The rallies are highlighting just how lost these causes are and how universally hated these people are. Before they started happening I would have guessed the percentage of such people to be much higher than it actually is. Guess they’re just a very loud, and very stupid, minority. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35450 "2017-10-29T23:22:58Z")
You’re only seeing the ones brave enough, or perhaps simple-minded enough, to act out their racism in public and not just in the voting booth, or in innumerable everyday interactions. Many or most of those racists do not consider themselves racist at all. Their absence from Nazi rallies does not mean they are not part of the problem. ---
**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 30, 2017, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35451 "2017-10-30T02:47:07Z")
The Wall Street Journal has called for Robert Mueller’s resignation and a full blown investigation into collusion between him, the Democratic party, and the FBI. > **[WSJ editorial board calls for Mueller's resignation and accuses Clinton...](https://www.businessinsider.com/wsj-mueller-trump-russia-dossier-collusion-clinton-2017-10)** > > The Wall Street Journal's editorial board argued that Hillary Clinton's campaign, the Democratic Party, and the FBI colluded with Russia. ---
**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:** [October 30, 2017, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35452 "2017-10-30T03:04:02Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The Wall Street Journal has called for Robert Mueller’s resignation and a full blown investigation into collusion between him, the Democratic party, and the FBI. > [WSJ Editorial: Mueller Should Resign, Clinton Campaign and DNC Colluded - Business Insider](http://www.businessinsider.com/wsj-mueller-trump-russia-dossier-collusion-clinton-2017-10) WSJ’s actual news is still pretty good, but their editorial board is Murdochian since the Wrinkled Aussie bought the paper. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2017, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35453 "2017-10-30T03:27:57Z")
So the WSJ is saying collusion with the FBI, a law enforcement agency, is a \*bad \*thing. Where else would Mueller go to get incriminating information, The National Enquirer? ---
**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 30, 2017, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35454 "2017-10-30T03:37:36Z")
I saw a headline in my news feed the the _New York Post_ was also calling for Mueller to resign. I couldn’t be bothered to read beyond the headline, though. I guess now that indictments are coming down, the right wing media is going from “nothing to see here” to “Mueller is a stooge”. ---
**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:** [October 30, 2017, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35455 "2017-10-30T03:44:26Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > I saw a headline in my news feed the the _New York Post_ was also calling for Mueller to resign. I couldn’t be bothered to read beyond the headline, though. I guess now that indictments are coming down, the right wing media is going from “nothing to see here” to “Mueller is a stooge”. I would not be surprised to see Trump attempt to get Mueller arrested by somebody, somehow. Just firing him is not going to be enough. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2017, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35456 "2017-10-30T03:45:56Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > I guess now that indictments are coming down, the right wing media is going from “nothing to see here” to “Mueller is a stooge”. I hope they get through bargaining and depression quickly; I’m looking forward to acceptance. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2017, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35457 "2017-10-30T12:07:16Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I hope they get through bargaining and depression quickly; I’m looking forward to acceptance. Sticking to “Anger” and “Denial” seems to work pretty well for them so far; why change now? ---
**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:** [October 31, 2017, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35458 "2017-10-31T07:45:11Z")
[John Kelly says](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/10/31/john-kelly-calls-robert-e-lee-an-honorable-man-and-says-lack-of-compromise-caused-the-civil-war/?utm_term=.4440c6fb0112) that Robert E. Lee was “an honorable man” and the Civil War was caused by “lack of ability to compromise”. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2017, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35459 "2017-10-31T11:18:18Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > [John Kelly says](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/10/31/john-kelly-calls-robert-e-lee-an-honorable-man-and-says-lack-of-compromise-caused-the-civil-war/?utm_term=.4440c6fb0112) that Robert E. Lee was “an honorable man” and the Civil War was caused by “lack of ability to compromise”. Of course, he means “compromise” in the battlefield meaning of the term - “Surrender immediately and unconditionally and I _might_ let you live.” Exactly like the GOP thinks. ---
**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 31, 2017, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35460 "2017-10-31T12:10:53Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > [John Kelly says](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/10/31/john-kelly-calls-robert-e-lee-an-honorable-man-and-says-lack-of-compromise-caused-the-civil-war/?utm_term=.4440c6fb0112) that Robert E. Lee was “an honorable man” and the Civil War was caused by “lack of ability to compromise”. The Civil War, I mean, there was violence on many sides. On many sides. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2017, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35461 "2017-10-31T12:39:19Z")
I wonder what a compromise would have looked like, to Kelly. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1772) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1774)