# 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:** 1820
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36382 "2018-01-25T19:55:04Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Missouri Senate candidate Courtland Sykes wants a girlfriend who stays at home and makes sure his dinner is ready for him when he gets home, and produces daughters who “do not grow up to be “career obsessed banshees who forgo home life and children and the happiness of family to become nail-biting manophobic hell-bent feminist she devils who shriek from the top of a thousand tall buildings they are [SIC] think they could have leaped in a single bound — had men not been ‘suppressing them.’ It’s just nuts.”” > [GOP Senate candidate flips out over 'women's rights': 'I want to come home to a cooked dinner every night'](https://www.rawstory.com/2018/01/gop-senate-candidate-flips-womens-rights-want-come-home-cooked-dinner-every-night/) Well, he’s an idiot, that’s certain - but I’m nearly as much of a Republican candidate for US Senate as he is (and I’m not a Republican). [Here’s a profile](http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article175724311.html) about him from last September - it sounds like he wishes he was as cool as Trump and/or Roy Moore. ---
**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:** [January 25, 2018, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36383 "2018-01-25T20:24:47Z")
But less popular. ---
**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 25, 2018, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36384 "2018-01-25T21:39:58Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > I don’t know if “cross-posting” is against the rules. I’ve put this in “Elections” but I think it belongs here too: > > [https://www.yahoo.com/news/alabama-house-ends-special-elections-154909073.html](https://www.yahoo.com/news/alabama-house-ends-special-elections-154909073.html) I don’t really have a problem with this one, provided the Governor’s appointee is from the same party as whoever created the vacancy. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36385 "2018-01-25T22:28:55Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > I don’t really have a problem with this one, provided the Governor’s appointee is from the same party as whoever created the vacancy. Why would you make that a rule? In theory, the governor is appointing that singular person who can best represent her state. And yeah, I know that that person is going to be a member of the governor’s party. But if the will of the people said that party should hold the governor’s mansion, part of that is the knowledge that she will appoint a Senator, should a vacancy occur. I don’t have a problem with governor appoints (lots of states do it that way), but this is such obvious sour grapes that it has a certain aroma to it (to mix my metaphors a bit). ---
**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 25, 2018, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36386 "2018-01-25T22:44:52Z")
People don’t think that far ahead. And if they voted for Governor, be HE resigned and the Lt Governor takes over, and we all know what kind of a dweeb THAT guy can be… Well, my point is if they elected a republican or democrat for senator, the the vacancy should be filled by another republican or democrat. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36387 "2018-01-25T23:01:30Z")
Here in Minnesota we’re suing the new Lt. Governor because she refuses to resign from her seat in the state Senate, where she serves as President of the Senate. Why? The state constitution says that you can’t hold two state offices at the same time. It also says that if the Lt. Governor resigns (as she did, to take Franken’s seat in the US Senate), then the President of the Senate automatically becomes the new Lt Governor. Adding in; The Governor is a Democrat, the new Lt. Governor is a Republican. She was elected in her district by a more than 2-1 margin. There’s no question that she’d win re-election next fall. However, the Lt Governor spot only runs for another year, as we have Governor elections this fall. BUT, by state law, we also have to have a special election to fill her senate seat until the November elections. Which means that another Republican would run and win, then might not want to give it back to her in the fall. They may run against her this summer for the party nominee! Which means that she’s unwilling to give up her seat and guaranteed money, but too greedy to turn down the Lt. Governor position. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36388 "2018-01-26T02:12:52Z")
[Scott Walker refuses to call special election to fill to WI seats](http://host.madison.com/ct/opinion/column/john_nichols/scott-walker-is-undermining-democracy/article_195374b0-4815-5bea-943f-3000eac1752d.html), 'cause he’s a punk-ass and afraid the GOP will lose the elections. WI law is clear that elections must be held if vacancies happen before May. ---
**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:** [January 26, 2018, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36389 "2018-01-26T03:43:21Z")
They’re doing that in Michigan too with John Conyers seat. Is there a way that a Congressperson can resign “upon election of a replacement”? ---
**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 27, 2018, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36390 "2018-01-27T04:01:08Z")
Tomi Lahren: Kids eating Tide Pods is the fault of liberals. > **[Tomi Lahren: The left "brainwashes" teens into eating Tide Pods!](https://www.salon.com/2018/01/26/tomi-lahren-the-left-brainwashes-teens-into-eating-tide-pods/)** > > "The Tide Pod challenge couldn’t possibly be political, could it? Actually, yes, it is." Oh, do go on. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2018, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36391 "2018-01-27T09:04:23Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Tomi Lahren: Kids eating Tide Pods is the fault of liberals. > [https://www.salon.com/2018/01/26/tomi-lahren-the-left-brainwashes-teens-into-eating-tide-pods/](https://www.salon.com/2018/01/26/tomi-lahren-the-left-brainwashes-teens-into-eating-tide-pods/) She’s right. You never saw kids eating Tide Pods before they banned prayer in schools. #MAGA ---
**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:** [January 27, 2018, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36392 "2018-01-27T16:49:21Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Tomi Lahren: Kids eating Tide Pods is the fault of liberals. > [https://www.salon.com/2018/01/26/tomi-lahren-the-left-brainwashes-teens-into-eating-tide-pods/](https://www.salon.com/2018/01/26/tomi-lahren-the-left-brainwashes-teens-into-eating-tide-pods/) Something I figured out before I had to learn it the hard way: parents don’t want to hear criticism of their parenting from non-parents. And I hope somebody is researching the political affiliations of all the families of kids who ate one of those pods and we find out that 90% of them were GOP, just so it can be tossed back in Miss Lahren’s face. ---
**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 28, 2018, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36393 "2018-01-28T00:16:17Z")
\*\*\*Armed \*\*\*demonstrators showed up at the Arizona Capitol to protest attempts at immigration reform and harassed all dark skinned people entering the building, including staffers and legislators, including Native Americans, calling them “Illegal” and shouting at them to go back to their home countries. > **[Legislative staffers say pro-Trump supporters called them ‘illegal’ for being...](https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2018/01/26/arizona-capitol-eric-descheenie-cesar-chavez-lisette-flores-selianna-robles-katie-hobbs-tomas-robles-trump-supports-yell-illegal/)** > > Supporters of President Donald Trump singled out dark-skinned lawmakers, legislative staffers and children at the Capitol on Jan. 25 as they protested congressional efforts to pass immigration reform. ---
**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 28, 2018, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36394 "2018-01-28T00:39:33Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > \*\*\*Armed \*\*\*demonstrators showed up at the Arizona Capitol to protest attempts at immigration reform and harassed all dark skinned people entering the building, including staffers and legislators, including Native Americans, calling them “Illegal” and shouting at them to go back to their home countries. > [Legislative staffers say pro-Trump supporters called them ‘illegal’ for being dark-skinned | Arizona Capitol Times](https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2018/01/26/arizona-capitol-eric-descheenie-cesar-chavez-lisette-flores-selianna-robles-katie-hobbs-tomas-robles-trump-supports-yell-illegal/) Don’t anyone dare berate me for calling thump supporters stupid! :mad: That’s exactly what this is: sheer, uninformed, blatant, stupid IGNORANCE, on top of a foundation of racist hatred. These people are utterly deplorable-- in fact, that word is too good for them. Jesus Henry Christ. And, by all means, let’s make sure it’s legal for them to demonstrate while armed. What can possibly go wrong, eh? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2018, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36395 "2018-01-28T03:01:33Z")
Speaking as a white person, I deplore the insinuation that these people were primarily, if not unanimously, white. I am done speaking as a white person. ---
**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 28, 2018, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36396 "2018-01-28T03:05:54Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Speaking as a white person, I deplore the insinuation that these people were primarily, if not unanimously, white. I am done speaking as a white person. I agree. Maybe we should let them have the white label and start calling ourselves beige people. Or light tan people. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2018, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36397 "2018-01-28T03:09:08Z")
You and me, we can just kind of fall back on “peckerwood”. Rest of 'em, they’re on their own. ---
**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 28, 2018, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36398 "2018-01-28T03:21:09Z")
How about “spruce”? I am not white, I am spruce. Has a nice clean sound to it. ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2018, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36399 "2018-01-28T03:23:33Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > How about “spruce”? I am not white, I am spruce. Has a nice clean sound to it. I was once told not to describe people using foods. That immediately made me realize that I am almost the exact shade of a boiled potato. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2018, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36400 "2018-01-28T05:50:35Z")
Ah, but where do you fall on the [Sheamus](http://www.pngmart.com/image/40184)-[R Truth](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2WLaYqvBje8/ToEPLI80rrI/AAAAAAAAClE/EG13hWAmGyM/s1600/236107_WWE12_R-Truth.jpg) Scale? ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2018, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36401 "2018-01-28T05:56:05Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Ah, but where do you fall on the [Sheamus](http://www.pngmart.com/image/40184)-[R Truth](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2WLaYqvBje8/ToEPLI80rrI/AAAAAAAAClE/EG13hWAmGyM/s1600/236107_WWE12_R-Truth.jpg) Scale? Holy fuck. A bit darker than the first, a bit lighter than the second. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1819) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1821)