# 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:** 1867
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2018, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37322 "2018-04-12T20:44:36Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Shit. I thought this was a joke. Are there no adults left on that side of the fence? Haven’t been in quite a while now. ---
**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:** [April 12, 2018, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37323 "2018-04-12T22:03:38Z")
> [@mcgato](#): > > Bill Nye believes that a tiger killed John Kennedy. I had heard there was a big cat on the grassy knoll. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2018, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37324 "2018-04-13T07:04:41Z")
[Texas GOP congressman says mostly ugly immigrant children make it to the US border](https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/12/politics/john-carter-children-border/index.html). > [@](#): > > “Believe me, a lot of the attractive children are not making it to the border,” Carter said as an aside. There was a brief pause before the conversation moved on to another line of questioning. > > … > > “The congressman was referring to the fact that it’s a sad reality that unaccompanied children are subject to kidnapping, sexual violence, physical abuse, human trafficking and even death at the hands of human smugglers and ruthless cartels during their journey to cross over the southern border,” Carter’s spokeswoman Emily Taylor said about the remark. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2018, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37325 "2018-04-13T07:14:38Z")
So this isn’t technically a republican idea, but the German analogue to the republican party, the AfD, recently put out a questionnaire about the rise in the number of severely handicapped people where they posited that: - There are more severely handicapped people due to incest - There are more severely handicapped people due to syrian migrants - There is more incest because of the migrants God fucking dammit. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2018, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37326 "2018-04-13T09:02:02Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > [Texas GOP congressman says mostly ugly immigrant children make it to the US border](https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/12/politics/john-carter-children-border/index.html). I’m not convinced “The Congressman was making a valid point about a very serious problem and just happened to do so in the most offensive way possible” is much of a defense. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2018, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37327 "2018-04-13T09:54:11Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > But check out [all the diversity](https://www.acreageholdings.com/team) in their leadership! > [@steatopygia](#): > > Wow. > > That looks like a future Trump cabinet minor league team. > > I’m sticking with not what I want on my side. > [@Superdude](#): > > Truly diverse. They have both Caucasians AND white people. Hey now - they have that one Indian associate. Not sure, but it looks like [this is she](http://www.anitaganesan.com/). So I’m assuming “SENIOR ASSOCIATE” is code for “Spokesmodel”? ---
**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:** [April 13, 2018, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37328 "2018-04-13T10:23:21Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I’m not convinced “The Congressman was making a valid point about a very serious problem and just happened to do so in the most offensive way possible” is much of a defense. Technically better than the alternative, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2018, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37329 "2018-04-13T11:07:57Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > You can Google “Trump bald” and find images of what he’d look like. > > Don’t eat first. I actually think he looks better without that orange fur on his head. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2018, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37330 "2018-04-13T12:05:22Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The Republican National Committee has created a new website called LyinComey dot com. The Repubs really do depend on the 50% of voters who are below average intelligence. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2018, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37331 "2018-04-13T12:26:41Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > The Repubs really do depend on the 50% of voters who are below average intelligence. And they won’t rest until _everybody_ has below average intelligence! ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2018, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37332 "2018-04-13T14:27:10Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > And they won’t rest until _everybody_ has below average intelligence! You laugh, but this is near-literally true if one views it as _“everybody in the US”_ from a global stage. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2018, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37333 "2018-04-13T14:49:44Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > [Texas GOP congressman says mostly ugly immigrant children make it to the US border](https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/12/politics/john-carter-children-border/index.html). Ask her if that is why her kids are ugly. > [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > So this isn’t technically a republican idea, but the German analogue to the republican party, the AfD, recently put out a questionnaire about the rise in the number of severely handicapped people where they posited that: > > - There are more severely handicapped people due to incest > - There are more severely handicapped people due to syrian migrants > - There is more incest because of the migrants > > God fucking dammit. How does immigration policy make you fuck your sister? ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2018, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37334 "2018-04-13T14:59:43Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > How does immigration policy make you fuck your sister? If Budget Player Cadet had bothered to post a link it would have made total sense. Ok, [not really](http://www.euronews.com/2018/04/12/-little-enquiry-letter-by-anti-immigrant-afd-links-severe-disability-with-immigration). ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2018, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37335 "2018-04-13T15:07:58Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The Republican National Committee has created a new website called LyinComey dot com. Does that mean Comey was lying when he told Trump three times (three times!) that he wasn’t the subject of an investigation? ---
**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:** [April 13, 2018, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37336 "2018-04-13T15:57:25Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > How does immigration policy make you fuck your sister? The immigrants are scary and they blow things up. It makes me afraid to leave the house. Who do you expect me to fuck? My sister is the only person to fuck in the house (well, technically … uh, nevermind). ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2018, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37337 "2018-04-13T16:02:13Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > And they won’t rest until _everybody_ has below average intelligence! Zeno’s Paradox comes into play at some point. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2018, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37338 "2018-04-13T16:44:48Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > [Oh Lordy, there’s another one…](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5604135/Alabama-evangelist-Fox-News-contributor-arrested-child-sex-charges-involving-young-boy.html)So he’s still a vile child molester but at least he didn’t work for FoxNews. :rolleyes: But they’re “christians”, so they are auto-forgiven. No harm, no foul. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2018, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37339 "2018-04-14T02:38:31Z")
A bit over a year ago, the RNC announced new members of the finance [committee](https://gop.com/rnc-announces-additions-to-rnc-finance-leadership-team/). > [@](#): > > WASHINGTON – Today Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel and RNC Finance Chairman **Steve Wynn** announced additional members of the RNC’s Finance leadership team: > > “I am delighted to announce the addition of these longtime friends of the Party and supporters of this administration to our Finance leadership team,” said Chairwoman McDaniel. “ **Elliott Broidy, Michael Cohen** , and Louis DeJoy will serve as National Deputy Finance Chairmen” The chairman and two of the three deputy chairman have had to resign. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2018, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37340 "2018-04-14T02:46:57Z")
> [@jasg](#): > > A bit over a year ago, the RNC announced new members of the finance [committee](https://gop.com/rnc-announces-additions-to-rnc-finance-leadership-team/). > > The chairman and two of the three deputy chairman have had to resign. Only two? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2018, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37341 "2018-04-14T03:00:54Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Only two? Someone has to sign the checks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1866) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1868)