# 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:** 1822
**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 31, 2018, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36422 "2018-01-31T20:35:00Z")
Alex Jones thinks the train crash involving multiple Republican members of Congress was a terrorist attack and a deliberate attack on Republicans. > **[Alex Jones: Train Crash Was 'Kamikaze' Attack On Republicans](https://crooksandliars.com/2018/01/alex-jones-train-crash-was-kamikaze-attack)** > > And he's not alone! ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36423 "2018-01-31T20:46:37Z")
Well, no mention so far of either men in the truck being minorities. I’m sure Mr. Jones will be all over it if one of them is. ☹ ---
**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 31, 2018, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36424 "2018-01-31T21:18:21Z")
The President pro tem of the Pennsylvania State Senate says he will not comply with the state Supreme Court’s ruling ordering the legislature to turn over demographic data to the court so that the court can draw up election maps if the legislature doesn’t come up with new non-gerrymandered maps. > **[Pennsylvania GOP leader tells state supreme court he will ignore its...](https://thinkprogress.org/pennsylvania-gop-leader-tells-state-supreme-court-he-will-defy-its-anti-gerrymandering-order-afc0b3cd8eb0/)** > > Contempt. ---
**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:** [January 31, 2018, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36425 "2018-01-31T21:21:28Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The President pro tem of the Pennsylvania State Senate says he will not comply with the state Supreme Court’s ruling ordering the legislature to turn over demographic data to the court so that the court can draw up election maps if the legislature doesn’t come up with new non-gerrymandered maps. > [Pennsylvania GOP leader tells state supreme court he will ignore its anti-gerrymandering order – ThinkProgress](https://thinkprogress.org/pennsylvania-gop-leader-tells-state-supreme-court-he-will-defy-its-anti-gerrymandering-order-afc0b3cd8eb0/) Can State Senators be arrested for contempt of court? ---
**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:** [January 31, 2018, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36426 "2018-01-31T21:33:51Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Alex Jones thinks the train crash involving multiple Republican members of Congress was a terrorist attack and a deliberate attack on Republicans. > [Alex Jones: Train Crash Was 'Kamikaze' Attack On Republicans | Crooks and Liars](https://crooksandliars.com/2018/01/alex-jones-train-crash-was-kamikaze-attack) Does he actually not know how trains work? ---
**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 31, 2018, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36427 "2018-01-31T22:19:34Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > Does he actually not know how trains work? To be fair to someone who doesn’t deserve fairness, the republicans were on the train, which would put the terrorists in the truck, and the truck was mobile. If the republicans had been in the truck and the terrorists on the train, then the accusation would be _even stupider_. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2018, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36428 "2018-02-01T03:38:03Z")
The Attorney General of Missouri, who is running for the Republican nomination to challenge Senator Claire McCaskill, says human trafficking is the result of the sexual revolution. > **[GOP candidate blames human trafficking on sexual liberation, saying it leads...](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2018/01/31/gop-candidate-blames-human-trafficking-on-sexual-liberation-saying-it-leads-to-slavery-of-women/?utm_term=.b7105e89b0dc)** > > Josh Hawley, the state's attorney general and a staunch abortion opponent, made the remarks at a religious group's event in December. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2018, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36429 "2018-02-01T05:22:18Z")
Michigan state Senate candidate calls the judge in the Larry Nassar trial a feminazi. > **[Candidate in hot water over social media post](https://www.wxyz.com/news/region/oakland-county/state-senate-candidate-in-hot-water-over-social-media-post-about-nassar-judge)** > > A social media post is landing a self-proclaimed candidate for state Senate in hot water with some. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2018, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36430 "2018-02-01T05:25:05Z")
Hm. Never mind. It looks like Saari is a Democrat. Just another idiot. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2018, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36431 "2018-02-01T07:50:26Z")
Richard Spencer is asking a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit against him because [no lawyer in the state of Virginia is willing to represent him.](https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/31/us/richard-spencer-no-lawyer-charlottesville-lawsuit/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Not\_Carlson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bc79bd/32.png) [@Not\_Carlson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_Carlson)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2018, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36432 "2018-02-01T12:46:12Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Hm. Never mind. It looks like Saari is a Democrat. Just another idiot. Holyshit! You done struck gold there. Put it in the other thread where it can be admired as a rare treasure. What a total douche. Are you sure he’s (D), and not just “(D)” in the Fox News sense? If he’s the “Mike Saari” on [this Wikipedia page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_Senate_election,_2018), he’s listed under the Republican primary. ---
**Author:** ![Not\_Carlson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bc79bd/32.png) [@Not\_Carlson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_Carlson)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2018, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36433 "2018-02-01T12:50:29Z")
Yep, Mr. “Feminazi” is a Republican. > [@](#): > > Saari describes himself on Facebook as “a conservative republican that grew up in this very community and believe I can serve our community best, and thats (sic) on the level!” What a tool. ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2018, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36434 "2018-02-01T13:31:58Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Richard Spencer is asking a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit against him because [no lawyer in the state of Virginia is willing to represent him.](https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/31/us/richard-spencer-no-lawyer-charlottesville-lawsuit/index.html) That’s concerning. Richard Spencer is a noxious tit, but legal representation should not be a roght which is waived when the person in need of it is an asshole. 😕 See also: the jury recusions in Martin Shkreli’s case. We want these people to lose quickly and brutally, not be forced off the field because no umpire won’t cheat them. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2018, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36435 "2018-02-01T13:45:48Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > You can’t make this stuff up. > > [https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/29/politics/state-of-the-uniom-ticket-typo/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/29/politics/state-of-the-uniom-ticket-typo/index.html) > > Truly representative of their base, spelling errors and all. I wonder if the typo might have been deliberate sabotage by a Trump-hater. 🙂 If one _were_ to make a deliberate typo, hoping it wouldn’t be caught before printing, what would you pick? Surely not _State of the Onion_ or _Spate of the Union_ or even (blaming spell-checker) _Address to the Congruous_. (And an extreme effort like _Redress at the Mongrels / Shite of the Bunion_ would just get one fired.) I think _State of the Uniom_ would be about right. Blatant enough that literate Americans would laugh, but not obvious enough that Trump-mentality aides would catch it. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2018, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36436 "2018-02-01T14:24:16Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > That’s concerning. Richard Spencer is a noxious tit, but legal representation should not be a roght which is waived when the person in need of it is an asshole. 😕 See also: the jury recusions in Martin Shkreli’s case. We want these people to lose quickly and brutally, not be forced off the field because no umpire won’t cheat them. Got some ideas how this can be accomplished in the context of civil suits? If so, I’m sure we’d all love to hear them. Maybe he could get those nice Koch boys, or perhaps a Mercers, to place one of their lawyers at his disposal. Actually, from their position, that might be a sound strategic move. The civil suit moves forward, leads to Spencer’s penury and disappearance from the public eye, and the oligarchs suddenly have one fewer embarrassment tied to themselves. All for less than half the cost of buying a U.S. senator. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2018, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36437 "2018-02-01T14:36:05Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The Attorney General of Missouri, who is running for the Republican nomination to challenge Senator Claire McCaskill, says human trafficking is the result of the sexual revolution. > [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2018/01/31/gop-candidate-blames-human-trafficking-on-sexual-liberation-saying-it-leads-to-slavery-of-women/?utm\_term=.b7105e89b0dc](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2018/01/31/gop-candidate-blames-human-trafficking-on-sexual-liberation-saying-it-leads-to-slavery-of-women/?utm_term=.b7105e89b0dc) Clearly that is correct. There was no human trafficking, slavery, or even prostitution before 1960. Right. > [@septimus](#): > > I wonder if the typo might have been deliberate sabotage by a Trump-hater. 🙂 > > If one _were_ to make a deliberate typo, hoping it wouldn’t be caught before printing, what would you pick? Surely not _State of the Onion_ or _Spate of the Union_ or even (blaming spell-checker) _Address to the Congruous_. (And an extreme effort like _Redress at the Mongrels / Shite of the Bunion_ would just get one fired.) > > I think _State of the Uniom_ would be about right. Blatant enough that literate Americans would laugh, but not obvious enough that Trump-mentality aides would catch it. Emphasis added. When I worked for a public library system, the most important thing I learned WRT press releases was to MAKE SURE there was an “L” in pubLic library when you sent out the release. I’m sure it would be pretty easy to introduce that typo into this administration… “public good,” “public welfare,” “public infrastructure and enhancements”… The possibilities are endless. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2018, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36438 "2018-02-01T15:22:03Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > That’s concerning. Richard Spencer is a noxious tit, but legal representation should not be a roght which is waived when the person in need of it is an asshole. There isn’t any applicable “right” here. The right to legal representation applies to _criminal_ defendants, not to civil cases such as this one. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2018, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36439 "2018-02-01T15:38:46Z")
Also, he says that he tried about a dozen attorneys and couldn’t find one. Hardly an exhaustive search. You don’t get out of being sued because you make a half-assed attempt at finding an attorney and fail. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2018, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36440 "2018-02-01T15:46:21Z")
What he means is he can’t find one of the Usual Suspect right-wing “law firms” like Liberty Counsel to represent him for free. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2018, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36441 "2018-02-01T16:31:47Z")
Has he tried Dewey, Cheatham and Howe? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1821) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1823)