# 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:** 1805
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2017, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36082 "2017-12-29T05:00:04Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > Well done > [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Aye _The thought of what America would be like If the Classics had a wide circulation… It troubles my sleep._ CMC fnord! ---
**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 29, 2017, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36083 "2017-12-29T12:13:38Z")
Make peonage great again. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2017, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36084 "2017-12-29T12:50:29Z")
[Roy Moore’s Crazy Spokeschick gives Kellyanne a run for the money](https://www.rawstory.com/2017/12/interview-goes-completely-off-the-rails-when-roy-moore-spokesperson-comes-back-to-cnn-for-round-two/). (Make sure that you watch the video.) ---
**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 29, 2017, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36085 "2017-12-29T14:07:59Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > [Roy Moore’s Crazy Spokeschick gives Kellyanne a run for the money](https://www.rawstory.com/2017/12/interview-goes-completely-off-the-rails-when-roy-moore-spokesperson-comes-back-to-cnn-for-round-two/). (Make sure that you watch the video.) Can you give some kind of a summary/takeaway? ---
**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:** [December 29, 2017, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36086 "2017-12-29T14:26:31Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Can you give some kind of a summary/takeaway? A summary can’t do justice to the insanity and sheer nastiness. This is the same woman who said to the pregnant Poppy Harlow(CNN) that “Doug Jones wants to kill babies like yours.” ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2017, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36087 "2017-12-29T15:18:45Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Can you give some kind of a summary/takeaway? Well, there’s the article that’s above the video. 🙂 ---
**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 29, 2017, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36088 "2017-12-29T19:10:28Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > [Roy Moore’s Crazy Spokeschick gives Kellyanne a run for the money](https://www.rawstory.com/2017/12/interview-goes-completely-off-the-rails-when-roy-moore-spokesperson-comes-back-to-cnn-for-round-two/). (Make sure that you watch the video.) And there it is. Moore is considering running for Governor. ---
**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:** [December 29, 2017, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36089 "2017-12-29T19:19:28Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Sessions Says to Courts: Go Ahead, Jail People Because They’re Poor > [https://nyti.ms/2E3SjlL](https://nyti.ms/2E3SjlL) > As long as we’re returning to Dickensian times, why don’t we put children back to work in factories and coal mines, too? That way they can make a little money, and we can stop wasting taxpayer funds on schools. Win-win. Of course this in no way will disproportionately affect Blacks and Women in jail for minor drug and prostitution crimes.:rolleyes: ---
**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:** [December 29, 2017, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36090 "2017-12-29T19:37:18Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Can you give some kind of a summary/takeaway? Moore’s election machine expert believes in a massive shadow government run by Jews from his own posting. She objects saying the quote is really from one of _ **Abraham Lincoln** _ blog posts (I am not shitting you). CNN interviewer proceeds to re-read directly from post - she goes nuts. Other stuff: She rants on how the the voting records were/are being destroyed. Alabama director of voting comes on to refute this. Alabama ballots are paper and required to be kept for a minimum of two months to allow for recounts (can be kept longer if necessary). And other crazy stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2017, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36091 "2017-12-29T19:58:57Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > She objects saying the quote is really from one of _ **Abraham Lincoln** _ blog posts (I am not shitting you). I think she was garbling the old joke: > [@Abraham Lincoln](#): > > Don’t believe everything you read on the internet. Of course she was trying to apply it to the newscaster reading from the guy’s own twitter account. That’s US Ambassador the the Netherlands level ballsy. ---
**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 29, 2017, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36092 "2017-12-29T19:59:05Z")
Rick Gates has filed a petition with the court allowing him to leave his house arrest to go to a New Year’s Eve party. > ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2017, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36093 "2017-12-29T20:06:49Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Rick Gates has filed a petition with the court allowing him to leave his house arrest to go to a New Year’s Eve party. > [x.com](https://twitter.com/chrisgeidner/status/946434704412200966) Gates hasn’t actually been convicted of anything yet, and he’ll be wearing a GPS monitor. Hard to tell for sure, but it [appears](https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4338496-document-22120236.html) the party is for his kids. ---
**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 29, 2017, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36094 "2017-12-29T20:12:36Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > Players are the CEO’s of the NFL? > > If the Papa John’s pizza delivery guy has a confederate/gay pride flag on his car, are you going to hold that against Papa John’s in general? I want to see the “Confederate/gay pride flag”. ---
**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 29, 2017, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36095 "2017-12-29T20:15:09Z")
There’s a bill before the Indiana state legislature requiring the Indianapolis Colts to pay compensation to fans offended by NFL players kneeling during the national anthem. > **[Colts fans offended by anthem kneeling could receive refunds under...](https://www.indystar.com/story/news/2017/12/28/colts-fans-offended-anthem-kneeling-could-receive-reindiana-lawmaker-pushes-legislation-refund-sport/986895001/)** > > Rep. Milo Smith said he was motivated to push the legislation in the upcoming session after the kneeling at the Colts vs. Browns game on Sept. 24 ---
**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 29, 2017, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36096 "2017-12-29T20:16:54Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > I want to see the “Confederate/gay pride flag”. [![](https://i.imgur.com/zb2vDeE.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/zb2vDeE.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2017, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36097 "2017-12-29T20:18:17Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > I want to see the “Confederate/gay pride flag”. The Stars and Gay Bars! ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2017, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36098 "2017-12-29T20:19:48Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > There’s a bill before the Indiana state legislature requiring the Indianapolis Colts to pay compensation to fans offended by NFL players kneeling during the national anthem. > [Lawmaker pushing legislation to refund fans angered by anthem protests](https://www.indystar.com/story/news/2017/12/28/colts-fans-offended-anthem-kneeling-could-receive-reindiana-lawmaker-pushes-legislation-refund-sport/986895001/) Poor little snowflakes. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2017, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36099 "2017-12-29T20:24:19Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > The Stars and Gay Bars! Bwwwaaa ha ha ha. Very good. ---
**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:** [December 29, 2017, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36100 "2017-12-29T20:24:20Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > I want to see the “Confederate/gay pride flag”. Was meant as an either/or type statement. ---
**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 29, 2017, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36101 "2017-12-29T23:29:10Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > Was meant as an either/or type statement. because there are no homasecshuls in Dixie [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1804) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1806)