# 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:** 1849
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2018, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36962 "2018-03-07T22:39:45Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > [Brought to you by Rafael “Ted” Cruz](https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/06/politics/ted-cruz-mocks-beto-orourke-name/index.html): \*Right-wing Rafael wanted to fit in with the White Anglo-Saxons back in New England He was stuck in a boarding school for a long while so he changed his name to Ted and now he never smiles Oh, right-wing Rafael, right-wing Rafael He’s living in a hell of his own makiiiiiiiiiiiiiing\* I can’t be the only one for whom “Beto” implies "The Worst"—that is, Gilbert Hernandez, most surrealist of cartoonist famiy Los Bros. Hernandez. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2018, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36963 "2018-03-08T00:42:45Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Mr. Kobach is so worried about the evil pro-voting contingent that he asked the court if he could bring a gun with him. Denied. I understand that the court is not without sympathy, and would be willing to allow Mr. Kobach to carry a substitute comfort totem such as a blankie or a stuffed animal. ---
**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 8, 2018, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36964 "2018-03-08T00:51:32Z")
Wait, is Kobach the guy who was picked to head up the WH task force on voter fraud? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36965 "2018-03-08T00:55:50Z")
One and the same. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2018, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36966 "2018-03-08T01:04:05Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > I understand that the court is not without sympathy, and would be willing to allow Mr. Kobach to carry a substitute comfort totem such as a blankie or a stuffed animal. Maybe he could use a therapy peacock. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36967 "2018-03-08T01:45:26Z")
Ted Cruz’s Humon Logic that this is “humor” and “having fun”. Yes, yes it is. But dude, wtf? Is this Humon Narcissism? Make the commercial attacking your opponent for something you yourself do, ultimately be about you? ---
**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 8, 2018, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36968 "2018-03-08T19:00:29Z")
Trump supporters caught on camera threatening to burn down leftist book store. > **['We're going to burn down your store!': Trump supporters caught on camera...](https://www.rawstory.com/2018/03/going-burn-store-trump-supporters-caught-camera-threatening-california-book-shop/)** > > A pair of Trump supporters were caught on camera this past weekend issuing unhinged threats to a left-wing bookstore in Berkeley, California.The video, which was posted on YouTube by Berkeley's Revolution Books, shows the Trump supporters coming into... ---
**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 8, 2018, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36969 "2018-03-08T22:20:09Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Trump supporters caught on camera threatening to burn down leftist book store. > ['We're going to burn down your store!': Trump supporters caught on camera threatening California book shop](https://www.rawstory.com/2018/03/going-burn-store-trump-supporters-caught-camera-threatening-california-book-shop/) Those people are basically outliers. This incident does not deserve mention, because it only feeds them and people like them with sweet little sprinkles of legitimacy and makes the boundary inliers feel like this kind of puffery is acceptable. There are a lot of assholes in the country. I am not a fan of looking at assholes, especially scummy ones. We have to stop giving air to this shit. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36970 "2018-03-08T22:40:12Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Those people are basically outliers. This incident does not deserve mention, because it only feeds them and people like them with sweet little sprinkles of legitimacy and makes the boundary inliers feel like this kind of puffery is acceptable. > > There are a lot of assholes in the country. I am not a fan of looking at assholes, especially scummy ones. We have to stop giving air to this shit. Not to mention: being outraged by the presence of a lefty bookstore in \*Berkeley \*is like being outraged by the presence of snow in Alaska. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2018, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36971 "2018-03-08T23:16:50Z")
I think that guy went way out of his way to be a dick to somebody. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2018, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36972 "2018-03-09T03:09:48Z")
Or it was some strange false-flag marketing campaign. ---
**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 9, 2018, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36973 "2018-03-09T04:42:18Z")
I suspect it is easier for an actor to play a moron than to play a person of respectable intelligence. Or maybe it is a delightful challenge to them. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2018, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36974 "2018-03-09T17:37:27Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Or it was some strange false-flag marketing campaign. That thought crossed my mind as well. It might be Poe’s law coming to get me, but this seemed a bit too much on the nose. ---
**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 9, 2018, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36975 "2018-03-09T19:14:59Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Or it was some strange false-flag marketing campaign. That thought did occur to me. ---
**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 9, 2018, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36976 "2018-03-09T19:26:27Z")
Ryan Bundy is running for Governor of Nevada. [States' Rights Rancher Ryan Bundy To Run For Nevada Governor | HuffPost Latest News](https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ryan-bundy-nevada-governor_us_5aa2b709e4b07047bec608a3)? ---
**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:** [March 9, 2018, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36977 "2018-03-09T19:41:49Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Ryan Bundy is running for Governor of Nevada. > [States' Rights Rancher Ryan Bundy To Run For Nevada Governor | HuffPost Latest News](https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ryan-bundy-nevada-governor_us_5aa2b709e4b07047bec608a3)? Oh fun. > [@](#): > > “I intend to secure the sovereignty of the state of Nevada and its land and resources for the people of Nevada,” I’m sure that could go swimmingly. Like Cal-exit, but with a traitor rather than a russian at the helm. > [@](#): > > Under Nevada law, a candidate unaffiliated with either major party must gather 250 signatures of registered voters by June 1 to qualify for the ballot. Really, 250? That’s it? On the plus side… > [@](#): > > Bundy said he was aware he may draw votes way from the Republican nominee, possibly boosting the chances of a liberal Democrat getting elected. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2018, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36978 "2018-03-09T19:49:34Z")
This is where we insert the Obama ‘Please proceed’ meme. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2018, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36979 "2018-03-09T20:03:19Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > Oh fun. > I’m sure that could go swimmingly. Like Cal-exit, but with a traitor rather than a russian at the helm. > > Really, 250? That’s it? > On the plus side… I’ll start my own state, with blackjack, and hookers! ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2018, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36980 "2018-03-10T20:23:25Z")
Steve Bannon, attempting to stay relevant, tells far-right French “[Let them call you racist](https://www.yahoo.com/gma/steve-bannon-let-them-call-racist-wear-badge-190903180--abc-news-topstories.html).” > [@](#): > > “Let them call you racist. Let them call you xenophobes. Let them call you nativists,” he said. “Wear it as a badge of honor. Because every day, we get stronger and they get weaker.” So, nationalists of different countries don’t see the conflict of interest when talking to each other. When an American nationalist who would by extension oppose French migration to the US tells French people it’s OK to be xenophobes, that would by extension mean they should resist his American influence. But his French counterpart Marine Le Pen seems to think that any country that rejects outsiders are part of the same brotherhood. From [BBC News](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38321401): > [@](#): > > She described Britain’s vote for Brexit as the most important event since the fall of the Berlin Wall, and Donald Trump’s US presidential victory as “an additional stone in the building of a new world”. Just so it’s all white. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2018, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36981 "2018-03-11T00:01:48Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > \*Right-wing Rafael wanted to fit in > with the White Anglo-Saxons back in New England > He was stuck in a boarding school for a long while > so he changed his name to Ted and now he never smiles > > Oh, right-wing Rafael, right-wing Rafael > He’s living in a hell of his own makiiiiiiiiiiiiiing\* > > I can’t be the only one for whom “Beto” implies “The Worst”—that is, Gilbert Hernandez, most surrealist of cartoonist famiy Los Bros. Hernandez. \*When sending out his drawings failed to bring him joy Cruz found a new way, the people to annoy: He said, “I’ll be a Pubbie not named Rafael! And I’ll win on a platform of ‘Fags Will Burn in Hell!’” Right-wing, right-wing Cruz-er, he’s not named Rafael! Right-wing, right-wing Cruz-er, never call him Rafael!\* [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1848) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1850)