# 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:** 1811
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2018, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36202 "2018-01-11T20:44:57Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > If that guy ever searches “Smurf porn” or “Pterodactyl porn” his head will explode! Thanks. Now I’m picturing smurfs having their way with pterodactyls… … y’know, it’s actually entertaining, if you picture the smurfs as the aggressors. ---
**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:** [January 11, 2018, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36203 "2018-01-11T21:20:43Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > [Ruh-roh!](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/kevin-swanson-the-shape-of-water-represents-the-end-of-civilization-as-we-know-it/) > [@Slash1972](#): > > If that guy ever searches “Smurf porn” or “Pterodactyl porn” his head will explode! What’s his email address? I’ll send him some links. ---
**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:** [January 11, 2018, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36204 "2018-01-11T21:41:23Z")
Trump’s South Dakota campaign manager, a state legislator, freaked out when he found Muslims daring, _daring_, to attend an interfaith prayer session at the state capitol. > **[Trump-backing lawmaker freaks out after seeing Muslims at interfaith event at...](https://www.rawstory.com/2018/01/trump-backing-lawmaker-freaks-out-after-seeing-muslims-at-interfaith-event-at-south-dakota-capitol/)** > > A Republican state senator confronted an interfaith group praying at the South Dakota Capitol -- and then complained when they called him a racist.State Sen. Neal Tapio (R-Watertown) was unable to stay silent after seeing about 50 Muslims and others... ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2018, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36205 "2018-01-11T22:40:29Z")
President “Drain the Swamp” suggests bringing back earmarks, a major cause of the swamp in the first place: > **[To Grease Wheels of Congress, Trump Suggests Bringing Back Pork (Published 2018)](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/10/us/politics/trump-earmarks-pork-barrel-spending.html?_r=0)** > > President Trump’s suggestion that Congress revive the old practice of salting spending bills with lawmaker pet projects has revived a simmering debate. The NY Times does a good job of reporting what earmarking led to. ---
**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:** [January 11, 2018, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36206 "2018-01-11T22:52:38Z")
[It’s Joe’s moment.](https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/01/joe-arpaio-the-gop-is-my-party-now/550223/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheAtlantic+%28The+Atlantic+-+Master+Feed%29) > [@](#): > > …Over 24 years as “America’s toughest sheriff” (a self-awarded superlative), Arpaio cultivated a national reputation for unabashed nativism and theatrically draconian law enforcement. He ran a “mugshot of the day” contest on the official sheriff’s office website; forced prisoners to move from one jail to another wearing nothing but pink underwear; sent a deputy to Hawaii to investigate Barack Obama’s birth certificate; and emerged as one of the fiercest champions of Arizona’s brutal immigration crackdown in 2010. > > Now, he wants to be a United States senator—and he believes the political climate has never been better for a candidate like him. > > In a phone interview Wednesday, Arpaio told me [McKay Coppins, NYT reporter] the national GOP had moved sharply in his direction in recent years. All that gauzy post-2012 talk of Republicans reaching out to Latino voters and championing “compassionate” immigration reform seems like a distant memory now—replaced by a climate in which the godfather of the birther movement can become president by promising to keep Mexican rapists out of the country with a massive border wall. > > This, in other words, is Sheriff Joe’s moment. > … Yup. ---
**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:** [January 11, 2018, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36207 "2018-01-11T23:13:55Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > [Ruh-roh!](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/kevin-swanson-the-shape-of-water-represents-the-end-of-civilization-as-we-know-it/) Didn’t [West Wing](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=5&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiZ7ZyyhNHYAhVFxWMKHR3IBm8QtwIIPjAE&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dp7jOek1KhZs&usg=AOvVaw2OJ2qEkvxz6alH5AtK_mGO) already cover this? ---
**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:** [January 11, 2018, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36208 "2018-01-11T23:43:08Z")
One of the top headlines on these news sites right now is not like the others; [CNN.com](http://CNN.com): Trump decries immigrants from ‘shithole countries’ in US [CBSNews.com](http://CBSNews.com): Trump questions why U.S. welcomes people from “sh\*thole” countries [NBCNews.com](http://NBCNews.com): Trump referred to Haiti and African countries as ‘shithole’ nations [NYTimes.com](http://NYTimes.com): Trump’s Vulgar Immigration Remarks Alarm Lawmakers [WashingtonPost.com](http://WashingtonPost.com): Trump attacks protections for immigrants from ‘shithole’ countries [FoxNews.com](http://FoxNews.com): LGBTQ groups unusually silent after Chelsea Handler’s homophobic tweet to Lindsey Graham ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36209 "2018-01-12T00:23:19Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > One of the top headlines on these news sites right now is not like the others; > > [CNN.com](http://CNN.com): Trump decries immigrants from ‘shithole countries’ in US > > [CBSNews.com](http://CBSNews.com): Trump questions why U.S. welcomes people from “sh\*thole” countries > > [NBCNews.com](http://NBCNews.com): Trump referred to Haiti and African countries as ‘shithole’ nations > > [NYTimes.com](http://NYTimes.com): Trump’s Vulgar Immigration Remarks Alarm Lawmakers > > [WashingtonPost.com](http://WashingtonPost.com): Trump attacks protections for immigrants from ‘shithole’ countries > > [FoxNews.com](http://FoxNews.com): LGBTQ groups unusually silent after Chelsea Handler’s homophobic tweet to Lindsey Graham What are you talking about? All five news sites are talking about roughly the same thing. ---
**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:** [January 12, 2018, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36210 "2018-01-12T00:41:15Z")
The first GOP Congresscritter I’ve seen [weighing in](https://twitter.com/senorrinhatch/status/951594612350734336): > [@Orrin Hatch](#): > > I look forward to getting a more detailed explanation regarding the President’s comments. They should do a updated edition of _Profiles in Courage_ with a chapter about this moment. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36211 "2018-01-12T01:20:41Z")
You guys are all joking about pterodactyl porn, aren’t you? Aren’t 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:** [January 12, 2018, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36212 "2018-01-12T01:52:10Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > And the hits just keep on comin’! TPM reports that the woman told her husband that Greitens slapped her when she told Greitens she’d had sex with her husband since her last encounter with Greitens. The husband’s lawyer confirms that the woman did include that detail in what she told her husband. The husband’s lawyer predicts more damaging information will come out, saying, colorfully, > [EXCLUSIVE: Missouri Gov. Accused Of Blackmail Allegedly Slapped Ex-Lover - TPM – Talking Points Memo](https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/missouri-governor-eric-greitens-allegedly-slapped-woman-having-affair) The St. Louis prosecutor has opened an investigation into the allegations. The lawyer for the woman’s husband says he has also been in contact with the FBI. The FBI has not commented. [https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/state-prosecutor-investigating-blackmail-allegations-against-missouri-governor-greitens](https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/state-prosecutor-investigating-blackmail-allegations-against-missouri-governor-greitens) Go away, Greitens, you piece of shit. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36213 "2018-01-12T02:08:26Z")
> [@j666](#): > > You guys are all joking about pterodactyl porn, aren’t you? > > Aren’t you? I googled it. what has been seen cannot be unseen… ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36214 "2018-01-12T02:25:58Z")
> [@j666](#): > > You guys are all joking about pterodactyl porn, aren’t you? > > Aren’t you? Worse. Western-themed gay pterodactyl porn. _Rodan Hard and Put Away Wet_. Cast list says Jerry Assic, but sure looks like John Travolta. ---
**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:** [January 12, 2018, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36215 "2018-01-12T03:20:31Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > If that guy ever searches “Smurf porn” or “Pterodactyl porn” his head will explode! just the one ---
**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:** [January 12, 2018, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36216 "2018-01-12T03:51:24Z")
> [@j666](#): > > You guys are all joking about pterodactyl porn, aren’t you? > > Aren’t you? Well, dinosaur porn is a thing … SFW: > **[Taken by the T-Rex (Dinosaur Erotica) - Kindle edition by Sims, Christie,...](https://www.amazon.com/Taken-T-Rex-Dinosaur-Erotica-Christie-ebook/dp/B00FI9JFFO)** > > Taken by the T-Rex (Dinosaur Erotica) - Kindle edition by Sims, Christie, Branwen, Alara. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Taken by the... ---
**Author:** ![user\_hostile](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/user_hostile/32/474_2.png) [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36217 "2018-01-12T04:18:53Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Well, dinosaur porn is a thing … > > SFW: > [https://www.amazon.com/Taken-T-Rex-Dinosaur-Erotica-Christie-ebook/dp/B00FI9JFFO](https://www.amazon.com/Taken-T-Rex-Dinosaur-Erotica-Christie-ebook/dp/B00FI9JFFO) Can’t tell from the book cover if she’s Cro-Magnon or Neanderthal…also, I did not know that blue jeans have been around since the Triassic-Paleolithic epoch ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36218 "2018-01-12T04:23:34Z")
So when does he get up there with his wife and pastor/minister and declare that GOD has forgiven him, so we should too? ---
**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:** [January 12, 2018, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36219 "2018-01-12T04:24:45Z")
> [@user\_hostile](#): > > Can’t tell from the book cover if she’s Cro-Magnon or Neanderthal…also, I did not know that blue jeans have been around since the Triassic-Paleolithic epoch That’s the hide of the Levisarus. ETA: I think she’s a Clairol-Magnon. ---
**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:** [January 12, 2018, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36220 "2018-01-12T08:17:06Z")
Somewhat off-topic, but I didn’t want to start a new thread: [America leads the developed world with more mothers dying in childbirth](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CA6A3ZlGlH8). “Stupid Republican”? It’s the “red states” where the women are dying. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36221 "2018-01-12T09:08:19Z")
> [@j666](#): > > You guys are all joking about pterodactyl porn, aren’t you? > > Aren’t you? Haven’t you learned already ? “There’s porn of it”. No exceptions. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1810) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1812)