# 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:** 1795
**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:** [December 5, 2017, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35882 "2017-12-05T03:46:58Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Explain, please. > > I’m talking about middle class people who would never come within spitting distance of the estate tax. So you were. Please pardon the brainfart. That said, it’s worth noting that the spitting-distance issue is opaque to the vast majority of them; the majority of the rest of them are convinced that if only the policies put in place and set in motion by that damned FDR would be terminated with extreme prejudice, they’d be billionaires by the following week. ETA: IOW, what **jayjay** said. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35883 "2017-12-05T03:51:39Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > They THINK they will. Whether they’re conflating state and federal estate taxes or they think the fed estate tax lower threshold is low enough for them to qualify or they think they’ll be rich enough to qualify by the time they die, they THINK they will. > [@kaylasdad99](#): > > So you were. Please pardon the brainfart. > > That said, it’s worth noting that the spitting-distance issue is opaque to the vast majority of them; the majority of the rest of them are convinced that if only the policies put in place and set in motion by that damned FDR would be terminated with extreme prejudice, they’d be billionaires by the following week. > > ETA: IOW, what **jayjay** said. No, that’s okay. I get it. Both of you are right. Most people have no idea that the estate tax has nothing to do with them. There’s a lot of stupidity going around. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2017, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35884 "2017-12-05T08:02:13Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > So what’s next? The Senate re-votes? With all the extra goodies that craven senators, like my very own Susan Collins, got in now taken out? Or does it go right to the house with all the goodies gone? Or do we just say fuck it and break out a Parcheesi tournament in the congressional chambers for all the good they’re doing in there trying to govern? As I understand it, a joint conference has to hammer out a single version of the bill, which both houses must vote on without any further amendments. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35885 "2017-12-05T08:45:42Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > As I understand it, a joint conference has to hammer out a single version of the bill, which both houses must vote on without any further amendments. And there’s a backup if that collapses due to incompetence. If Paul Ryan can get the Senate version through the House, the Senate need not vote again. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2017, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35886 "2017-12-05T09:50:35Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Turns out that in their rush to pass a bill in the dead of night without giving anyone a chance to read it, [the Senate Republicans accidentally nullified all corporate tax deductions.](http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/12/senate-gop-accidentally-killed-all-corporate-tax-deductions.html) > > SAD! Hilarious. And sad too. Is the Robert Murray quoted there the same one currently engaged in a pointless defamation lawsuit against John Oliver and _Last week Tonight_? Because seriously - fuck that guy. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2017, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35887 "2017-12-05T11:20:36Z")
> [@Lord\_Feldon](#): > > And there’s a backup if that collapses due to incompetence. If Paul Ryan can get the Senate version through the House, the Senate need not vote again. They will, however, have to draw straws to see who explains to their lords and masters that they just took away all their sweet corporate tax deductions. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2017, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35888 "2017-12-05T20:42:51Z")
The RNC is still sending out anti-Hillary screeds > **[Reporter shares screenshot of recent GOP email — and they're still going...](https://www.salon.com/2017/12/05/reporter-shares-screenshot-of-recent-gop-email-and-theyre-still-going-after-hillary/)** > > Thirteen months after the 2016 presidential election, the Republican National Committee is still attacking Hillary ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35889 "2017-12-05T20:53:06Z")
If it ain’t broke… ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2017, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35890 "2017-12-06T11:43:24Z")
I just stumbled on [this horrifying video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uX222P3O2yg). Anybody who thinks the U.S. is not unusually racist for a developed country would do well to watch it. I have personally witnessed episodes similar to those depicted here. One woman screams at someone speaking a foreign language on the grounds that “we fought for Freedom of Speech.” Freedom of Speech means we are NOT free to speak Spanish? Can anyone explain this non sequitur? Why do I post this in the Stupid Republican thread? During the first episode, cameraman asks asshole who he voted for! This seemed hilarious — the idea that he might not be a Trump voter is absurd. Welcome to America. ☹ ---
**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:** [December 6, 2017, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35891 "2017-12-06T21:43:55Z")
Is there a version of that video with captions? ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2017, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35892 "2017-12-06T23:55:53Z")
From Pennsylvania state Rep Daryl Metcalfe: [Touching is gay, gay, gay!](http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/06/politics/pennsylvania-hand-statehouse/index.html) > [@](#): > > the homosexual crowd thinks that they can, you know, flaunt their sexuality routinely throughout the course of the day and throughout our government now and debate after debate. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35893 "2017-12-07T04:22:34Z")
Beyond belief… [https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/4a878114-3e46-3da6-84b4-b6fc410b084b/wife-of-supreme-court-justice.html](https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/4a878114-3e46-3da6-84b4-b6fc410b084b/wife-of-supreme-court-justice.html) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35894 "2017-12-07T04:28:23Z")
Oh, no, not any more. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2017, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35895 "2017-12-07T04:55:24Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > Beyond belief… > > [https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/4a878114-3e46-3da6-84b4-b6fc410b084b/wife-of-supreme-court-justice.html](https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/4a878114-3e46-3da6-84b4-b6fc410b084b/wife-of-supreme-court-justice.html) I knew that was going to be Ginni Thomas as soon as I saw the headline. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2017, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35896 "2017-12-07T04:59:10Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > Beyond belief… > > [https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/4a878114-3e46-3da6-84b4-b6fc410b084b/wife-of-supreme-court-justice.html](https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/4a878114-3e46-3da6-84b4-b6fc410b084b/wife-of-supreme-court-justice.html) My favorite part of that article was the reference to O’Keefe and Hannity as “conservative thought leaders”. These are the intellectual heavyweights of American conservatism. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2017, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35897 "2017-12-07T05:50:57Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Both of them are _backpfeifengesichten_. Here, add this guy (not **E-DUB** ) to your list: > [@E-DUB](#): > > Beyond belief… > > [https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/4a878114-3e46-3da6-84b4-b6fc410b084b/wife-of-supreme-court-justice.html](https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/4a878114-3e46-3da6-84b4-b6fc410b084b/wife-of-supreme-court-justice.html) ---
**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:** [December 7, 2017, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35898 "2017-12-07T05:51:32Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > My favorite part of that article was the reference to O’Keefe and Hannity as “conservative thought leaders”. These are the intellectual heavyweights of American conservatism. Who are the intellectual heavyweights of American non-conservatism? And how much influence are they having over the electoral process over the last 20 years? :dubious: ---
**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:** [December 7, 2017, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35899 "2017-12-07T11:03:23Z")
Oh yes, the blind, impartial, non-partisan Supreme Court of the United States. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35900 "2017-12-07T20:43:10Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > Oh yes, the blind, impartial, non-partisan Supreme Court of the United States. Of all the unbelievable/frightening/disgusting things that have happened this year, this bothers me the most – the fact that we have justices and judges who think the likes of Hannity and Breitbart are intellectual leaders, and that Trump is appointing more of them every day. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2017, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/35901 "2017-12-07T20:43:44Z")
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