# 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:** 1881
**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:** [May 4, 2018, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37602 "2018-05-04T00:34:54Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > He’s a Jesuit so that wouldn’t be pretty. :eek: That means it will also be well above the Republican heads in Congress. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2018, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37603 "2018-05-04T00:38:48Z")
As JohnT posted in the other giant thread (Clusterfuck), about half of those Wisconsin residents who identify as “religious” are Catholic. [Wisconsin Religion](https://www.bestplaces.net/religion/state/wisconsin) Which would explain _this_ recent headline: > [@](#): > > House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) reversed course Thursday and agreed to keep the Rev. Patrick J. Conroy on as House chaplain… [https://www.washingtonpost.com/.../house-chaplain...ryan/.../b770de7c-4f07-11e8-84a0](https://www.washingtonpost.com/.../house-chaplain...ryan/.../b770de7c-4f07-11e8-84a0)… Ever the portrait in courage, our Mr. Ryan. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2018, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37604 "2018-05-04T00:40:57Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > That means it will also be well above the Republican heads in Congress. “Cletus, do ya think maybe that preacher’s making fun of us?” ---
**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:** [May 4, 2018, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37605 "2018-05-04T00:55:42Z")
Never go in against a Jesuit when logic’s on the line! ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2018, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37606 "2018-05-04T01:06:48Z")
And never get involved in a land war in Syria! ---
**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:** [May 4, 2018, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37607 "2018-05-04T19:48:16Z")
Don Blankenship, former coal mine owner who went to jail after 29 miners died in a coal mine explosion, is out of jail and is running for US Senate in West Virginia. Surprisingly, as a Republican, he’s running his ads attacking Mitch McConnell (calling him “cocaine Mitch”) and Mitch’s “China family”. > In another ad, he claims he was innocent and “they” blew up the mine. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2018, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37608 "2018-05-04T19:51:55Z")
I know I could look it up somehow, but do people like that need an endorsement from the State Republican Party HQ, or whatever it’s called, in order to appear on a ballot as a Republican? What about that anti-semitic guy in California? Does he need to be endorsed by the state GOP in order to appear on the ballot as a Republican? ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2018, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37609 "2018-05-04T19:59:12Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > I know I could look it up somehow, but do people like that need an endorsement from the State Republican Party HQ, or whatever it’s called, in order to appear on a ballot as a Republican? What about that anti-semitic guy in California? Does he need to be endorsed by the state GOP in order to appear on the ballot as a Republican? Nope. Lyndon LaRouche famously ran for the Presidency as a Democrat in 1992 while still in prison for fraud. ---
**Author:** ![SaneBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SaneBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaneBill)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2018, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37610 "2018-05-04T20:24:51Z")
But he couldn’t vote, I assume. ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2018, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37611 "2018-05-04T21:12:47Z")
> [@SaneBill](#): > > But he couldn’t vote, I assume. Correct. If he had won, he would have been the first President in the era of pledged electors to win without voting for himself. And if frogs had wings, they wouldn’t bump their butts when they land. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2018, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37612 "2018-05-06T18:48:11Z")
Patrick Little, the Nazi Republican who is second in polling for the California Senate primary, was kicked out of the Republican state convention yesterday and left dragging and stepping on an Israeli flag. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2018, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37613 "2018-05-06T22:48:50Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Patrick Little, the Nazi Republican who is second in polling for the California Senate primary, was kicked out of the Republican state convention yesterday and left dragging and stepping on an Israeli flag. And, one hopes, that’s the last we’ll ever hear of him. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2018, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37614 "2018-05-07T14:53:30Z")
This doesn’t count as a stupid Republican idea. This is a smart Republican idea. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2018, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37615 "2018-05-07T15:40:22Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > This doesn’t count as a stupid Republican idea. This is a smart Republican idea. Well, the original “Y’know what? I think I’ll be a Nazi.” wasn’t a smart idea. ---
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2018, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37616 "2018-05-07T16:40:24Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > And, one hopes, that’s the last we’ll ever hear of him. Why would that be the case? The California Republican Party can throw him out of their convention, but they can’t stop him from running for senate as a Republican, and he’s still doing that and doing better than anyone else running as a Republican. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2018, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37617 "2018-05-07T20:52:15Z")
The leading Republican for the US Senate in West Virginia is Don Blankenship, who killed 29 people in a coal mine explosion. Even Donald Trump is campaigning against him. > **[Trump Urges West Virginia Voters Not To Back Don Blankenship, Comparing Him...](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-don-blankenship-west-virginia-senate-primary_n_5af03425e4b0ab5c3d677cae)** > > The former coal CEO is one of the three leading contenders in Tuesday's GOP Senate primary in West Virginia. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2018, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37618 "2018-05-07T21:12:38Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The leading Republican for the US Senate in West Virginia is Don Blankenship, who killed 29 people in a coal mine explosion. > Even Donald Trump is campaigning against him. > [Trump Urges West Virginia Voters Not To Back Don Blankenship, Comparing Him To Roy Moore | HuffPost Latest News](https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-don-blankenship-west-virginia-senate-primary_us_5af03425e4b0ab5c3d677cae) That will change should Odious Don (B) win the primary. See: Moore, Judge Roy. ---
**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:** [May 9, 2018, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37619 "2018-05-09T15:23:18Z")
This almost got me. It seemed so plausible, then I saw it was from The Onion. [**Sean Hannity Informs Building Tenants About Deep-State Conspiracy Forcing Him To Triple Rent**](https://www.theonion.com/sean-hannity-informs-building-tenants-about-deep-state-1825854980) > [@](#): > > PERRY, GA—Explaining to the residents that the matter was simply out of his control, television host and landlord Sean Hannity informed tenants living in buildings he owns about the deep-state conspiracy that was forcing him to triple their rents, sources confirmed Tuesday. “I’m sorry, folks, but raising your rent is the only way I can cover cost-of-living increases, property taxes, and the vast effort by the military-industrial complex to undermine President Donald Trump’s most dedicated supporters,” said Hannity, adding that anyone in the apartment complexes who was unable to pay thousands of dollars extra per month, thus exposing him to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s rogue attacks on American patriots through apartment leases, would be evicted. “Listen, I don’t like being under the thumb of the deep state any more than you do, but this is all part of being a landlord. There’s just a lot I have to take into account, whether it’s building codes, keeping pests out, or the far-reaching schemes of a criminal cabal of left-wing intelligence agencies, Barack Obama, and the Clinton Foundation to dismantle the president’s agenda by forcing landlords to raise rent. Furthermore, the deep state demands that rent increases start on the first of next month instead of when your lease is up.” Hannity also warned several tenants requesting repairs in their apartments that attempting to fix anything was playing right into the deep state’s hands. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37620 "2018-05-09T18:47:02Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The leading Republican for the US Senate in West Virginia is Don Blankenship, who killed 29 people in a coal mine explosion. > Even Donald Trump is campaigning against him. > [Trump Urges West Virginia Voters Not To Back Don Blankenship, Comparing Him To Roy Moore | HuffPost Latest News](https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-don-blankenship-west-virginia-senate-primary_us_5af03425e4b0ab5c3d677cae) Blankenship came in third in the primary. ---
**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:** [May 9, 2018, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37621 "2018-05-09T22:49:13Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Blankenship came in third in the primary. That’s an alternative first. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1880) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1882)