# 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:** 1890
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37782 "2018-05-22T04:51:30Z")
The Conservatives over at The Gateway Pundit are saying it loud and clear: [IMPEACH OBAMA!](https://web.archive.org/web/20180522034520/http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/05/there-may-be-an-impeachment-in-the-works-but-it-wont-be-trump/) Good to see the righties focused on the _real_ issues our country faces. Maybe next week they’ll call for FDR to stand trial. ---
**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:** [May 22, 2018, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37783 "2018-05-22T10:25:01Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > The Conservatives over at The Gateway Pundit are saying it loud and clear: [IMPEACH OBAMA!](https://web.archive.org/web/20180522034520/http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/05/there-may-be-an-impeachment-in-the-works-but-it-wont-be-trump/) > > Good to see the righties focused on the _real_ issues our country faces. Maybe next week they’ll call for FDR to stand trial. Wouldn’t that be “sit trial?” ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37784 "2018-05-22T12:55:44Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > The Conservatives over at The Gateway Pundit are saying it loud and clear: [IMPEACH OBAMA!](https://web.archive.org/web/20180522034520/http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/05/there-may-be-an-impeachment-in-the-works-but-it-wont-be-trump/) > > Good to see the righties focused on the _real_ issues our country faces. Maybe next week they’ll call for FDR to stand trial. Because of that private typewriter he had in the basement? ---
**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:** [May 22, 2018, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37785 "2018-05-22T13:26:28Z")
Maybe we can finally take Harding to task for the whole Teapot Dome thing. ---
**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:** [May 22, 2018, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37786 "2018-05-22T14:32:09Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > The Conservatives over at The Gateway Pundit are saying it loud and clear: [IMPEACH OBAMA!](https://web.archive.org/web/20180522034520/http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/05/there-may-be-an-impeachment-in-the-works-but-it-wont-be-trump/) > > Good to see the righties focused on the _real_ issues our country faces. Maybe next week they’ll call for FDR to stand trial. Should I be reading anything into the fact that your link goes to a wayback machine hit? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37787 "2018-05-22T15:03:12Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Should I be reading anything into the fact that your link goes to a wayback machine hit? Reading a bit further, like the top of the page, you would find that the article dates from the far past of…yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37788 "2018-05-22T15:24:15Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > The Conservatives over at The Gateway Pundit are saying it loud and clear: [IMPEACH OBAMA!](https://web.archive.org/web/20180522034520/http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/05/there-may-be-an-impeachment-in-the-works-but-it-wont-be-trump/) > > Good to see the righties focused on the _real_ issues our country faces. Maybe next week they’ll call for FDR to stand trial. [Impeach Earl Warren!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Warren) ---
**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:** [May 22, 2018, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37789 "2018-05-22T15:27:46Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Should I be reading anything into the fact that your link goes to a wayback machine hit? > [@Czarcasm](#): > > Reading a bit further, like the top of the page, you would find that the article dates from the far past of…yesterday. Yeah, I did notice that. Was the original deleted, or something? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37790 "2018-05-22T15:33:23Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Yeah, I did notice that. Was the original deleted, or something? It could be that it is just automatically collected, and the search engine noted it because technically it was posted more recently than the original. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37791 "2018-05-22T15:49:35Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Should I be reading anything into the fact that your link goes to a wayback machine hit? It’s a common tactic to keep the assholes from getting hits, and thereby profiting off their assholery. ---
**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:** [May 22, 2018, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37792 "2018-05-22T15:50:57Z")
o\_o \>\_\< o\_o TEACH ME! ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37793 "2018-05-22T16:06:27Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > o\_o > > \>\_\< > > o\_o > > TEACH ME! It’s quite simple: Copy the URL of the page you want to share but don’t want to give any more hits to. Paste it into the “Save Page Now” box on [https://web.archive.org/](https://web.archive.org/) (lower-right, should be above the fold) and click the “Save” button. Wait a while until the page stops loading. Copy the URL from your browser, and share that. If [web.archive.org](http://web.archive.org) doesn’t work, [https://archive.is/](https://archive.is/) might. Same concept. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37794 "2018-05-22T16:09:51Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > It’s a common tactic to keep the assholes from getting hits, and thereby profiting off their assholery. After all these years that had never occurred to me. I will definitely remember that tactic in the future. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37795 "2018-05-22T16:22:27Z")
> [@anomalous1](#): > > Not worried about hidden guns, worried about the Mopery! And dopery is right out! ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37796 "2018-05-22T18:11:31Z")
Is it too late to impeach Frederick Douglass? Asking for a friend. ---
**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:** [May 23, 2018, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37797 "2018-05-23T02:11:42Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Hugh Hewitt thinks schools should ban trench coats. > [http://thehill.com/homenews/media/388657-hugh-hewitt-suggests-schools-ban-trench-coats-after-texas-shooting](http://thehill.com/homenews/media/388657-hugh-hewitt-suggests-schools-ban-trench-coats-after-texas-shooting) Trench coat? What trench coat? This is a duster. Can you not tell the difference? ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2018, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37798 "2018-05-23T03:41:01Z")
Yup, the people who claim to want less government just keep proposing more and more. Turn schools into armed prisons. Ban jackets. Ban books. Ban muslims. Ban displays of other religions because they offend Christians. Ban transsexuals from the military. Ban gays from the military. Ban this. Ban that. Let’s have the government monitor every child’s social media. :rolleyes: But hey, environmental and worker regulations are completely unnecessary and intrusive on the rights of businesses. :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:** [May 23, 2018, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37799 "2018-05-23T18:08:14Z")
Arizona teachers could decide for themselves if they want to teach creationism or evolution. [http://littlegreenfootballs.com/page/325758\_Arizona\_Could\_Roll\_Back\_Teachi](http://littlegreenfootballs.com/page/325758_Arizona_Could_Roll_Back_Teachi) ---
**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 23, 2018, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37800 "2018-05-23T20:31:32Z")
Florida Congressional candidate doesn’t think displaced Puerto Ricans should be allowed to vote. > **[Candidate criticized for saying displaced Puerto Ricans shouldn't be able to...](https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/22/politics/florida-republican-candidate-puerto-ricans-voting-registration/)** > > A Republican congressional candidate is facing a backlash after saying that Puerto Ricans who moved to Florida in the wake of Hurricane Maria last year should not be able to register to vote in the state. ---
**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:** [May 23, 2018, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37801 "2018-05-23T21:08:24Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Florida Congressional candidate doesn’t think displaced Puerto Ricans should be allowed to vote. > [https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/22/politics/florida-republican-candidate-puerto-ricans-voting-registration/](https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/22/politics/florida-republican-candidate-puerto-ricans-voting-registration/) He’s probably not a fan of out-of state FSU students registering and voting in Florida, either. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1889) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1891)