# 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:** 1871
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2018, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37402 "2018-04-18T01:16:22Z")
I’m guessing that a lot of these politicians are falling for the “loyalty” bullshit. They may feel that if they remain loyal, they’ll be part of his morning news clippings and getting some benefits. (Won’t be financial, of course.) ---
**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 18, 2018, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37403 "2018-04-18T02:15:34Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Despite only supplying the set-up for that punchline, I’m honored. I’ve always thought that being the straight man is the harder job, as compared to the actual joke. I was surprised I got to it first. As straight lines go, that was like a hanging curve ball. ---
**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:** [April 18, 2018, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37404 "2018-04-18T02:53:09Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Another Republican Congressman is resigning. Charlie Dent of PA. > The weird part is that he’s resigning before the November election, meaning that the election to replace him will occur in the gerrymandered 15th District, whereas the November election for his seat will be in the non-gerrymandered 7th District. > [https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/gop-rep-charlie-dent-resigning-coming-weeks](https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/gop-rep-charlie-dent-resigning-coming-weeks) That is peculiar, because he wasn’t going to run for re-election this time around. I wonder if he just got sick of what’s happening in Congress? I always considered him to be a party-liner, but he never seemed to be hard right. ---
**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 18, 2018, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37405 "2018-04-18T08:57:53Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > That is peculiar, because he wasn’t going to run for re-election this time around. I wonder if he just got sick of what’s happening in Congress? I always considered him to be a party-liner, but he never seemed to be hard right. There are a couple of other possibilities, including: 1. A serious medical condition (in himself or a close family member) 2. A scandal about to emerge (or for which he’s being blackmailed) that he nullifies by stepping down 3. An amazing, immediate job offer that can’t wait until he finishes his term Hard to say but it will probably be revealed in due course. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2018, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37406 "2018-04-18T12:35:57Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > That is peculiar, because he wasn’t going to run for re-election this time around. I wonder if he just got sick of what’s happening in Congress? I always considered him to be a party-liner, but he never seemed to be hard right. Although it’ll be a revamped and renumbered district, resigning now would give his replacement some potential incumbent bump for name recognition (assuming one wants to be recognized as a Republican in the revamped district). ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2018, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37407 "2018-04-18T15:04:22Z")
[Tennessee Legislators Vote to Strike Funding for Memphis’ Bicentennial Celebration as Punishment for Removing Confederate Statues](https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/04/tennessee-house-votes-withhold-funding-punish-memphis-removing-confederate-statues.html?via=homepage_taps_top) ---
**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:** [April 18, 2018, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37408 "2018-04-18T15:16:32Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > [Tennessee Legislators Vote to Strike Funding for Memphis’ Bicentennial Celebration as Punishment for Removing Confederate Statues](https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/04/tennessee-house-votes-withhold-funding-punish-memphis-removing-confederate-statues.html?via=homepage_taps_top) Yeah, that’s just a bit vindictive. However, in that story was this: “After being denied permission to remove the statues of Confederate President Jefferson Davis and Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, the city sold the parks to a nonprofit, which then took the statues down” I think that’s awesome 🙂 ---
**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 18, 2018, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37409 "2018-04-18T15:32:32Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > Yeah, that’s just a bit vindictive. However, in that story was this: “After being denied permission to remove the statues of Confederate President Jefferson Davis and Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, the city sold the parks to a nonprofit, which then took the statues down” > > I think that’s awesome 🙂 They really are some hateful fucks, aren’t they? ---
**Author:** ![SaneBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SaneBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaneBill)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2018, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37410 "2018-04-18T15:48:25Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > I think that’s awesome 🙂 Too bad they didn’t buy them back the next day with the same price. Now THAT would’ve been really middle-fingerish. ---
**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:** [April 18, 2018, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37411 "2018-04-18T15:50:07Z")
> [@SaneBill](#): > > Too bad they didn’t buy them back the next day with the same price. Now THAT would’ve been really middle-fingerish. LOL, that would have been great. ---
**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:** [April 18, 2018, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37412 "2018-04-18T15:57:33Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Michigan Republicans tried to pass a law to mark \*\*\*legal \*\*\*immigrants’ drivers licenses with a yellow star. You know, like the one the Nazis used to identify Jews? > [Immigrant driver's license bill moves ahead — with changes](https://www.freep.com/story/news/2018/04/10/michigan-drivers-license-immigrants/503450002/) > [@dropzone](#): > > Do’t be silly. That’s a pentacle, not a magen david, and it’s handy to remind us that all immigrants are Satanists. Well, it’s moot now, but 10-to-1 the first run of those licenses would have “inadvertently” rotated the emblem 180[sup]o[/sup]… ---
**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:** [April 18, 2018, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37413 "2018-04-18T16:05:12Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > [Tennessee Legislators Vote to Strike Funding for Memphis’ Bicentennial Celebration as Punishment for Removing Confederate Statues](https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/04/tennessee-house-votes-withhold-funding-punish-memphis-removing-confederate-statues.html?via=homepage_taps_top) Kinda makes me want to find out if there’s a GoFundMe page to raise the extra $250K… ---
**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:** [April 18, 2018, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37414 "2018-04-18T16:08:11Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > Yeah, that’s just a bit vindictive. However, in that story was this: “After being denied permission to remove the statues of Confederate President Jefferson Davis and Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, the city sold the parks to a nonprofit, which then took the statues down” > > I think that’s awesome 🙂 > [@SaneBill](#): > > Too bad they didn’t buy them back the next day with the same price. Now THAT would’ve been really middle-fingerish. > [@Slash1972](#): > > LOL, that would have been great. Would have been greater if they had bought the parks back at the selling price _minus the cost of statue removal_. ---
**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:** [April 18, 2018, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37415 "2018-04-18T16:22:35Z")
Would have been greater if they had bought the parks back with the statues replaced with statues honoring African American heroes of the Civil War. ---
**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:** [April 18, 2018, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37416 "2018-04-18T16:51:30Z")
Would have been greatest if the nonprofit bought the parks and then seceded. ---
**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 18, 2018, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37417 "2018-04-18T17:39:54Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Would have been greatest if the nonprofit bought the parks and then seceded. 'Cause then we could get the statues of Sherman and Grant to invade 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:** [April 18, 2018, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37418 "2018-04-18T19:29:19Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > If he’s smart, he’ll just say [he’s a performance artist playing a fictional character](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/04/20/alex-jones-is-a-narcissist-a-witness-says-and-possibly-the-worst-client-ever/?utm_term=.56331d52128c), like his lawyers did during his divorce. Actually I think in this case the opposite is true. In his divorce case he had to show that he wasn’t really a psychotic nutball who would be a danger to his child. He knew the things he was saying were false, he is entirely sane and stable and just puts on an act for the ratings. However in this case, knowingly lying would indicate that he consciously decided to defame the families even though he knew it wasn’t true. So any damage they suffered was due to willful negligence or malice on his part. To defend himself he is going to have to claim that he wholeheartedly believed what he said, it just turns out that reality appears support the notion that he was mistaken. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2018, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37419 "2018-04-18T19:39:58Z")
I wonder if they can enter the sworn testimony from the previous case into this one. ---
**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:** [April 18, 2018, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37420 "2018-04-18T23:22:48Z")
The New York Fraternal Order of Police has withdrawn its endorsement for a Republican candidate for the state Senate after a fundraiser for her attacked David Hogg and Emma Gonzalez. > **[Police group withdraws endorsement of GOP state candidate over fundraiser...](https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/383820-nyc-fraternal-order-of-police-withdraws-endorsement-of-gop-state/)** > > New York’s Fraternal Order of Police on Wednesday said it will no longer support a Republican candidate for state Senate after a fundraiser for her campaign attacked student su… ---
**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:** [April 18, 2018, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37421 "2018-04-18T23:25:25Z")
Chuck Grassley is going to go ahead and introduce a bill to protect Mueller from firing, despite Tortoise’s announcement that he will not allow it to come to a vote. > **[Senate panel moving ahead with Mueller bill despite McConnell opposition](https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/383753-senate-panel-moving-ahead-with-mueller-bill-despite-mcconnell-opposition/)** > > “I can’t worry about what’s going on on the floor. I’ve just got to do what I can do,” Sen. Chuck Grassley said. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1870) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1872)