# 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:** 1858
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2018, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37142 "2018-03-28T12:25:46Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Come again…slower this time That’s what SHE said! ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2018, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37143 "2018-03-28T12:48:31Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Yes, as long as they’re here legally. Unless there’s a speciall provision for Dreamers. Yep. A friend of mine was born in Ireland, and spent the majority of her life there until she turned 19 (I think it is), and then enlisted in the Army. After completing her tour of duty, she was given American citizenship. I may have some of the details wrong, but I’m going by memory. Can’t ask her at the moment. She’s on her honeymoon. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2018, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37144 "2018-03-28T15:53:59Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > What a pussy. What a fucking disappointment. What a spineless, cunty opportunistic shitbag. It’s advised for all of us to keep in mind that Mitt Romney— notwithstanding the _trompe l’oeil_ palatability boost he gets from a side-by-side comparison with you-know-who— continues to be a massive asshole. ---
**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 28, 2018, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37145 "2018-03-28T16:05:02Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Rick Santorum: “Instead of calling for gun laws, kids should take CPR classes” > [https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/25/politics/rick-santorum-guns-cnntv/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/25/politics/rick-santorum-guns-cnntv/index.html) Santorum [froths at the mouth some more](http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/380617-santorum-after-blowback-over-advice-for-students-i): > [@](#): > > “…The larger point, which is that what we’ve seen from all of these mass shootings is that the things that have come out, the positive things that have come out of these mass shootings, are organizations and people who have actually focused on what we can do at our individual schools and communities to actually prevent these types of things,” he continued. > > “Things like Rachel’s Challenge, or even Sandy Hook Promise, and other organizations that have said what can we do in our community to promote mentoring, to stop bullying, to be more aware of the problems,” he said. > > “And what I see happen here is avoiding the issues that really actually unified. I mean that’s really the most disturbing thing.”… i.e. Do something, _any_thing, that doesn’t involve touching our penis substitutes! ---
**Author:** ![SaneBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SaneBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaneBill)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2018, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37146 "2018-03-28T17:38:34Z")
> [@](#): > > the positive things that have come out of these mass shootings, are organizations and people who have actually focused on what we can do at our individual schools and communities to actually prevent these types of things, What the…? “Mass shootings are good because they have made us focus on preventing mass shootings.” :smack: ---
**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 28, 2018, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37147 "2018-03-28T18:08:51Z")
Joe Arpaio says he will concentrate on proving Obama was born in Kenya, once he gets elected to the Senate. > **[Joe Arpaio suggests he'd revive 'birther' theory if elected to Senate | CNN...](https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/28/politics/joe-arpaio-birther/index.html)** > > Republican Senate candidate and former Maricopa County sheriff Joe Arpaio suggested that he would revive the debunked claim that President Barack Obama's birth certificate is fraudulent if he's elected to the Senate. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2018, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37148 "2018-03-28T18:56:26Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Joe Arpaio says he will concentrate on proving Obama was born in Kenya, once he gets elected to the Senate. > [https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/28/politics/joe-arpaio-birther/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/28/politics/joe-arpaio-birther/index.html) Run, Joe, Run! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2018, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37149 "2018-03-28T21:07:55Z")
[Heavily Republican Orange County sides against Sacramento WRT Sanctuary Cities.](https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/28/us/orange-county-sanctuary-state-law/index.html) ---
**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 28, 2018, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37150 "2018-03-28T21:30:46Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > [Heavily Republican Orange County sides against Sacramento WRT Sanctuary Cities.](https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/28/us/orange-county-sanctuary-state-law/index.html) And Trump tweeted calling them “brave”. I’m sure the LARGE Latino population of OC agrees with that assessment. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2018, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37151 "2018-03-29T00:54:18Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Run, Joe, Run! And if he doesn’t, I’ll be perfectly happy to run him over. ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2018, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37152 "2018-03-29T01:04:26Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Come again…slower this time Only someone without a uterus can view Romney without dread. Romney will not be good for women, and he will never understand why not. The party leadership isn’t standing up to Trump, not because they are spineless, but because he makes anyone else look good. Except maybe Joe. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2018, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37153 "2018-03-29T01:10:03Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > And of course Trump still maintains that Mexico’s going to actually pay for it with “refunds” from trade negotiations and remittance payments. > > Good luck with all that, Bozo. The military budget is for defense against enemies foreign and domestic, not poor brown people trying to pick lettuce and strawberries. Mr. Trump will gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger (or a border wall) today. ---
**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:** [March 29, 2018, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37154 "2018-03-29T01:18:40Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > And Trump tweeted calling them “brave”. I’m sure the LARGE Latino population of OC agrees with that assessment. I don’t understand if a large part of the OC population is Latino, why are Republicans in charge of the county? ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2018, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37155 "2018-03-29T01:50:51Z")
> [@j666](#): > > Only someone without a uterus can view Romney without dread. Romney will not be good for women, and he will never understand why not. > > The party leadership isn’t standing up to Trump, not because they are spineless, but because he makes anyone else look good. > > Except maybe Joe. Pick your poison. If you haven’t noticed, the American electorate has this annoying habit of rotating the two parties in and out of the presidency. Romney would be terrible in a lot of ways, not just for women. But would he be as bad as Ted Cruz? Or Rick Santorum? Or Scott Walker? I would take Romney over Trump in a heartbeat, but it’s not something I’d choose. ---
**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 29, 2018, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37156 "2018-03-29T01:58:24Z")
It may surprise you to learn that some Latinos are conservative. And if you are a conservative Latino, Orange County is where you wanna be. OC is _very_ conservative. There was a line on _The West Wing_ about Orange County where ‘the last Democrat to win did it by railing against Lincoln’. ---
**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 29, 2018, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37157 "2018-03-29T02:49:44Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > I don’t understand if a large part of the OC population is Latino, why are Republicans in charge of the county? Gerrymandering. ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2018, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37158 "2018-03-29T03:17:11Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > …I would take Romney over Trump in a heartbeat, … Romney might be effective. ---
**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 29, 2018, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37159 "2018-03-29T03:19:05Z")
which could be a very bad thing ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2018, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37160 "2018-03-29T10:04:10Z")
> [@j666](#): > > Only someone without a uterus can view Romney without dread. Romney will not be good for women, and he will never understand why not. For starters, it really _pinches_ when he puts you into his binder. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2018, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37161 "2018-03-29T10:08:07Z")
Warning: There’s a big picture of Paul Ryan’s smarmy face at this link. “House Republicans are considering a vote on a “balanced-budget amendment,” a move that would proclaim their desire to eliminate the federal deficit even as they control a Congress that has added more than $1 trillion to it.” > **[Republicans consider ‘balanced-budget amendment’ after adding more than $1...](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/03/28/republicans-consider-balanced-budget-amendment-after-adding-more-than-1-trillion-to-the-deficit/?utm_term=.c324ead53e41)** > > The plan is expected to have virtually no chance of passing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1857) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1859)