# 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:** 1842
**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 27, 2018, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36822 "2018-02-27T19:53:17Z")
Alex Jones’s YouTube channel has been blocked for two weeks for getting a second warning after attacking David Hogg, the Stoneman Douglas survivor, twice now as a crisis actor. One more strike in the next few months will lead to a permanent ban. > **[Infowars one strike away from YouTube ban](https://thehill.com/homenews/media/375806-infowars-one-strike-away-from-youtube-ban/)** > > Conspiracy theory outlet Infowars is one strike away from being banned from YouTube.The channel said it received an alert from YouTube on Tuesday morning, saying Infowars received a secon… He’s now begging David Hogg on Twitter to come on his show. > **[Alex Jones Tangles With David Hogg on Twitter Over Conspiracy Theory, Invites...](https://www.mediaite.com/online/alex-jones-tangles-with-david-hogg-on-twitter-over-conspiracy-theory-invites-him-on-his-show/)** > > Over the weekend, it was reported that Alex Jones' InfoWars was given a strike by YouTube over a video that portrayed David Hogg and other Parkland students as paid "crisis actors." ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36823 "2018-02-27T21:32:37Z")
Don’t do it, kid, the dumb rays will drop your IQ fifty points in ten minutes. You won’t be able to install a video game, much less play it. ---
**Author:** ![Anny\_Middon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc79bd/32.png) [@Anny\_Middon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anny_Middon)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36824 "2018-02-27T22:58:23Z")
Ooo eee, ooo ah ah ting tang Walla walla, bang bang ---
**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:** [February 27, 2018, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36825 "2018-02-27T23:46:11Z")
"Tim, Tim, Benzedrine! Hash! Boo! Valvoline! Clean! Clean! Clean for Gene! First, second, neutral, park, _Hie thee hence_, you leafy narc!"1 ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36826 "2018-02-27T23:57:36Z")
Abaca dibrica dabrica dilliker T - E - R - W - I - L -L -illiker (hint: Hans Conreid. The audio sounds like ‘dillica’ and ‘illica’ but the character name ends with ‘illiker.’) ---
**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 28, 2018, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36827 "2018-02-28T00:09:48Z")
Breitbart strikes again! [Breitbart editor: Parkland students are ‘human shields for CNN’](http://thehill.com/homenews/media/375894-breitbart-editor-parkland-students-are-human-shields-for-cnn) > [@](#): > > “You’re trying to be polite and this is the debate we’re having right now, which is that most people calling on the show are whether or not we should be polite to these 17-year-old pawns, these human shields for CNN and Jeff Zucker’s agenda, or whether or not we should rip them a new one,” Marlow said. Emphasis added. WHAAAAT?? :eek: And later in that article: > [@](#): > > “There’s a reason that every time politicians try to do something, like in this case banning the AR-15, why is it that you have this kind of collapse of the government to protect the people?” Hurt asked. “The first reaction of some people is to go out and ban one of the most popular tools people use to protect themselves. It’s monstrously arrogant and on top of that, also useless.” “You have this kind of collapse of the government to protect the people”? What does that even mean? I suggest you discontinue that medication immediately. But this: the AR-15 is “one of the most popular tools people use to protect themselves.” :dubious: It’s a TOOL? No, honey, YOU are. ---
**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 28, 2018, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36828 "2018-02-28T00:14:21Z")
Jeff Sessions floats the ideal of banning bump stocks through regulation. [Cite](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-guns-justice/sessions-says-justice-dept-inching-closer-to-banning-bump-stocks-idUSKCN1GB24W). > [@](#): > > …“We believe in that, and we have had to deal with previous ATF legal opinions, but our top people in the Department of Justice have believed for some time that we can through regulatory process not allow the bump stock to convert a weapon from a semiautomatic to a fully automatic.” > … Wait just one freakin’ minute! Using a regulation to bypass Congress?? No! It can’t be! You mean like Obama did on lots of stuff?? OMG! :eek: Oh wait. I forgot: It’s okay when Republicans do it. Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36829 "2018-02-28T04:54:11Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Wait just one freakin’ minute! > > Using a regulation to bypass Congress?? No! It can’t be! You mean like Obama did on lots of stuff?? OMG! :eek: > > Oh wait. I forgot: It’s okay when Republicans do it. Carry on. It’s like all of those executive orders Trump’s issued – totally different from the Kenyan tyrant’s abuse of his office. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2018, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36830 "2018-03-01T00:35:58Z")
[Joe Arpaio seems to think he and thump are soul mates.](http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/376141-arpaio-on-trump-i-can-read-his-mind-without-even-talking-to-him) (Okay, I paraphrased a little bit. But just to make it more romantic.) > [@](#): > > Former Maricopa County, Ariz., Sheriff Joe Arpaio says in a new interview that he believes he has a connection with President Trump, claiming “I can read his mind without even talking to him.” > > “I think he may be reading mine,” Arpaio told The Washington Post. “Is there something that goes through the airwaves? Mental telepathy?” > > Arpaio, who is running for a Senate seat in Arizona, also credited Trump for his decision to run for office, saying Trump “needs help” in Washington. > > “I am running now because of Trump,” Arpaio told the Post. “Because he needs help.” > > The former sheriff also told the Post he believes Trump should make him White House press secretary. > > “That would be a great combination, what a great combination,” he said. “I’ll have all those reporters eating out of my hand, you know that.” Eating OFF his hand, maybe. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2018, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36831 "2018-03-01T01:23:20Z")
Eating what? Green bologna and Nutra-loaf? ---
**Author:** ![Anny\_Middon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc79bd/32.png) [@Anny\_Middon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anny_Middon)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36832 "2018-03-01T01:34:20Z")
Arpaio just gave up an endorsement from Two Scoops. I can’t imagine Cadet Bone Spurs ever endorsing anyone who said that he needs help. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2018, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36833 "2018-03-01T02:20:25Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Eating what? Green bologna and Nutra-loaf? Eating his hand. Off. ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36834 "2018-03-01T02:22:31Z")
Deceive Inveigle Obfuscate > [@](#): > > **13 House Republicans call on Sessions to appoint second special counsel** > > The conservative lawmakers sent a letter to Sessions on Wednesday requesting that he appoint a special counsel to investigate the end of the Clinton email probe, the start of the investigation into Russia’s election meddling and alleged surveillance abuses by the FBI. -[The Hill](http://thehill.com/homenews/house/376159-13-house-republicans-call-on-sessions-to-appoint-second-special-counsel) Republicans running scared. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2018, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36835 "2018-03-01T02:56:13Z")
> [@GreysonCarlisle](#): > > Republicans running scared. [Sort of](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43220700). There used to be broad dislike of Shitgibbon in the Party, but, at least for CPAC, that appears to have mostly evaporated. One of the most RW assholes out there is struggling with the problem > [@](#): > > … And, perhaps as a testament to the power of the #metoo movement, the most dramatic break came on Saturday. Conservative columnist Mona Charen was roundly booed - and received a security escort from the conference - because she condemned “sexual harassers and abusers of women who are in our party, who are sitting in the White House, who brag about their extramarital affairs, who brag about mistreating women.” … > > “What happened to me at Cpac is the perfect illustration of the collective experience of a whole swath of conservatives since Donald Trump became the Republican nominee,” she wrote. “We built and organised this party - but now we’re made to feel like interlopers.” > > She compared the Trump presidency, for traditional conservatives, to … The Twilight Zone. “Politicians, activists and intellectuals have succumbed with numbing regularity, betraying every principle they once claimed to uphold …” I always found her writings to be those of a dirtbag in the past. If you cannot keep her in your party, what next? ---
**Author:** ![AI\_Proofreader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@AI\_Proofreader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AI_Proofreader)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36836 "2018-03-01T05:04:44Z")
> [@](#): > > The RNC broke fundraising records by raising over $198 million during the 2010 Congressional cycle; in November 2010, Republicans won 63 House seats (the biggest pickup since 1938) and retook control of the House. The 2010 midterm elections were successful for Steele and the Republicans, as they also took back six Senate seats, seven governorships, and the greatest share of state legislative seats since 1928 (over 600 seats). > [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > From his Wikipedia article:Is there some other metric I am missing that demonstrates his incompetence? IMO the 1,000 seats the Republicans have snatched from the Democrats in the last 10 years says a lot more about the Democrats than it does about Steele or any Republican.e The GOP is keeping on doing the same loathsom shit they’ve been doing ever since the party shifted after Reagan’s “The problem IS government” speech: moving to privatize everything, legislatively weakening any successful government programs, and demonizing anyone who benefits from those programs. The fact that the Democrats have managed to become known as the party of the rich coastal elites, divorced from reality and the common man, while the party that’s actively and openly working to deconstruct any edifice not directly related to gathering large sums of money for the already-rich, is a failure on the part of the Democrats, who have themselves been corrupted by giant sums of corporate cash, hollowed out and weakened to the point of laugh-ability, and their spokespeople are now just a litany of empty platitudes and weasel words to avoid making any commitment to meaningful policy. ---
**Author:** ![AI\_Proofreader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@AI\_Proofreader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AI_Proofreader)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36837 "2018-03-01T05:08:33Z")
> [@jasg](#): > > Another one of the kids just tweeted “Hey FedEx why do you support the NRA?” > > (They offer a 25% discount) > > Not a good weekend to be in FedEx Public Relations… I think this is what marketing executives call “synergy” - here we have a group of people known for a propensity for losing it and shooting everything in sight with automatic weapons - “going postal” - there we have an organization that gets most of its funding from the manufacturers of those weapons…natural partners of course. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2018, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36838 "2018-03-01T06:00:16Z")
Geez, when was the last time someone shot up a PO? I think it is time to change that cliché to “going to school”. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2018, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36839 "2018-03-01T06:03:33Z")
> [@GreysonCarlisle](#): > > Republicans running scared. > [@eschereal](#): > > [Sort of](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43220700). There used to be broad dislike of Shitgibbon in the Party, but, at least for CPAC, that appears to have mostly evaporated. One of the most RW assholes out there is struggling with the problem > > > [@](#): > > > > … And, perhaps as a testament to the power of the #metoo movement, the most dramatic break came on Saturday. Conservative columnist Mona Charen was roundly booed - and received a security escort from the conference - because she condemned “sexual harassers and abusers of women who are in our party, who are sitting in the White House, who brag about their extramarital affairs, who brag about mistreating women.” … > > > > “What happened to me at Cpac is the perfect illustration of the collective experience of a whole swath of conservatives since Donald Trump became the Republican nominee,” she wrote. “We built and organised this party - but now we’re made to feel like interlopers.” > > > > She compared the Trump presidency, for traditional conservatives, to … The Twilight Zone. “Politicians, activists and intellectuals have succumbed with numbing regularity, betraying every principle they once claimed to uphold …” > > I always found her writings to be those of a dirtbag in the past. If you cannot keep her in your party, what next? Yep, Charen has ALWAYS been a reactionary twit ever since I first saw her byline on an Op-Ed page. And CPAC hasn’t been conservative at any time since I became aware of them in the late 90s - early 2000s. They’ve always been reactionaries, and radically so. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2018, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36840 "2018-03-01T06:13:39Z")
> [@AI\_Proofreader](#): > > IMO the 1,000 seats the Republicans have snatched from the Democrats in the last 10 years says a lot more about the Democrats than it does about Steele or any Republican.e > > The GOP is keeping on doing the same loathsom shit they’ve been doing ever since the party shifted after Reagan’s “The problem IS government” speech: moving to privatize everything, legislatively weakening any successful government programs, and demonizing anyone who benefits from those programs. > > The fact that the Democrats have managed to become known as the party of the rich coastal elites, divorced from reality and the common man, while the party that’s actively and openly working to deconstruct any edifice not directly related to gathering large sums of money for the already-rich, is a failure on the part of the Democrats, who have themselves been corrupted by giant sums of corporate cash, hollowed out and weakened to the point of laugh-ability, and their spokespeople are now just a litany of empty platitudes and weasel words to avoid making any commitment to meaningful policy. Right. The party that stands up for the poor people are the rich coastal elites. You might also look at population distributions to see that they represent the places where there are people. There are even Democratic representatives in Texas, Mississippi, and Alabama. Horrors. ---
**Author:** ![AI\_Proofreader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@AI\_Proofreader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AI_Proofreader)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36841 "2018-03-01T06:27:12Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Right. The party that stands up for the poor people are the rich coastal elites. You might also look at population distributions to see that they represent the places where there are people. There are even Democratic representatives in Texas, Mississippi, and Alabama. Horrors. Got drawn away from keys before I could proofread, I just realized the entire meaning of my post was derailed by lack of editing - fixed below: > [@AI Proofreader](#): > > IMO the 1,000 seats the Republicans have snatched from the Democrats in the last 10 years says a lot more about the Democrats than it does about Steele or any Republican. > > The GOP is keeping on doing the same loathsom **e** shit they’ve been doing ever since the party shifted after Reagan’s “The problem IS government” speech: moving to privatize everything, legislatively weakening any successful government programs, and demonizing anyone who benefits from those programs. > > The fact that the Democrats have managed to become known as the party of the rich coastal elites, divorced from reality and the common man, while the party that’s actively and openly working to deconstruct any edifice not directly related to gathering large sums of money for the already-rich **becomes known as the populists standing up for the little guy despite their billionaire President** , is a failure on the part of the Democrats; who have themselves been corrupted by giant sums of corporate cash, hollowed out and weakened to the point of laugh-ability, and their spokespeople are now just a litany of empty platitudes and weasel words to avoid making any commitment to meaningful policy. Run-on galore, but a bit clearer. I would add that as weak and prone to complete inaction as the Democrats are, it’s still wildly preferable to Republicans actively working to “deconstruct the administrative state” and “remove burdensome regulations” (read: protections, and burdensome on the corporations). I’d prefer things get frozen in the completely shitty state they’re in rather than getting the Titanic up to full steam and aiming it for the nearest iceberg. And of course liberals are everywhere. Even progressives are all over; their policies garner majority support throughout the nation, even on some issues _among Republicans_. The fact that despite that fact they’ve become known as “rich coastal elites” is a massive failure on the part of the Democrats. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1841) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1843)