# 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:** 1906
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38102 "2018-06-28T18:30:49Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The Chairwoman of the state of Minnesota Republican Party is fed up with Republican party leaders making racist and sexist comments about her (She’s Korean, adopted by American parents). > [http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/393796-minnesota-gop-chairwoman-accuses-party-leaders-of-racist-insults?\_\_twitter\_impression=true&\_\_twitter\_impression=true](http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/393796-minnesota-gop-chairwoman-accuses-party-leaders-of-racist-insults? __twitter_impression=true&__ twitter_impression=true) What was that joke about the “Leopards Eating my Face Party”? ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38103 "2018-06-28T18:40:54Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > The political parties don’t have any vetting mechanisms for people running for that party in the primaries? Yes, they have party caucuses & Conventions, and usually one candidate will be the one ‘endorsed’ by the party. But anyone can go out and file in the Primary, and if they are chosen by the voters, they become the only candidate from that party on the general election ballot. At that point, the party can either choose to support them, or do nothing and risk the other party winning the election. Generally, they choose to endorse the candidate. ---
**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:** [June 28, 2018, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38104 "2018-06-28T19:02:24Z")
> [@](#): > > The NCGOP along with our local parties in Hoke, Scotland and Robeson Counties will be spending our time and resources supporting Republican candidates that better reflect the values of our party Nah, too easy… ---
**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:** [June 28, 2018, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38105 "2018-06-28T19:03:05Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > How would they prevent someone from submitting the right paperwork and claiming Republican Party affiliation? If all the requirements are met, I don’t see how the state could refuse to put them on the ballot. I don’t know. That’s why I’m asking. ---
**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:** [June 28, 2018, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38106 "2018-06-28T19:29:44Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > The political parties don’t have any vetting mechanisms for people running for that party in the primaries? If you’ve got $50 and 100 signatures (I don’t actually know the NC ballot access rules and can’t be bothered to look them up), then your name is on the ballot. And if the Democrats knew about his website, they were wise to keep it quiet until after the election (and maybe put up a couple of yard signs for him) (c.f. Todd Akins). ---
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38107 "2018-06-28T19:42:22Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > And if the Democrats knew about his website, they were wise to keep it quiet until after the election (and maybe put up a couple of yard signs for him) (c.f. Todd Akins). Ha ha, that presumes that it’s a slam dunk that he’d lose once his views surfaced! We shall see… Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**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:** [June 28, 2018, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38108 "2018-06-28T20:21:13Z")
Multiple fatalities at a shooting at the newspaper in Annapolis. I wonder if somebody has been listening to Milo. > **[Police confirm deadly mass shooting at Maryland newspaper was ‘targeted attack’](https://thinkprogress.org/shooter-reported-at-maryland-newspaper-fc8ea34ede8e/)** > > Five people were killed at The Capital newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38109 "2018-06-28T20:24:59Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The Republican primary winner for state legislature in North Carolina says God is a white supremacist and he created white people to be superior and black people to be inferior. And Jews are descended from Satan. > [The Guardians of Democracy - Transpartisan organization of citizen journalists](https://theguardiansofdemocracy.com/nc-gop-candidate-jews-descend-satan-god-racist-white-supremacist/) Holy shit! They are really scraping the bottom of the barrel. What a complete fucktard! ---
**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:** [June 28, 2018, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38110 "2018-06-28T20:44:09Z")
The Nevada brothel owner who won the primary for a state Assembly seat is accused of sexual assault. > **[Brothel owner who won GOP primary accused of raping prostitute](https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/394639-brothel-owner-who-won-gop-primary-accused-of-raping-prostitute/?__twitter_impression=true)** > > Nevada legal brothel owner and HBO “Cathouse” star Dennis Hof, who won a GOP primary to run for the Nevada state Assembly earlier this month, was accused in a newly released police repo… ---
**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:** [June 28, 2018, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38111 "2018-06-28T22:20:49Z")
> [@gytalf2000](#): > > Holy shit! They are really scraping the bottom of the barrel. What a complete fucktard! Note: Primary WINNER. Somebody agrees with him. A lot of somebodies. ---
**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:** [June 29, 2018, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38112 "2018-06-29T03:53:55Z")
Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin says school shootings are due to [teenagers using smartphones](http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/394649-kentucky-governor-links-schools-shootings-to-smart-phones): > [@](#): > > “This is a very, very, very dangerous tool in the hands of young people, and I don’t say that lightly or flippantly,” Bevin said as he held a cellphone while delivering remarks Tuesday at an event organized by the Federal Commission on School Safety, the Courier Journal reported. > > … > > Bevin went on to say that kids are being treated with “psychotropic drugs” for illnesses caused by cellphones, and that the drugs “come with a severe list of warnings, not the least of which is … suicidal thoughts, thoughts of self-harm and harm to others,” according to the Louisville newspaper. > > “As a nation, we want so quickly to find some solution … but culturally, we are feeding this epidemic,” he added. ---
**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:** [June 29, 2018, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38113 "2018-06-29T06:31:57Z")
> [@C3](#): > > Ha ha, that presumes that it’s a slam dunk that he’d lose once his views surfaced! We shall see… > > Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I did some half-hearted research on Ballotpedia and it looks like there was an unusually low turnout for the Republican primary in that district (1271). The incumbent, Garland Pierce, ran unopposed for the Democratic nomination. Other districts look to have much higher turnouts in their primaries. I suspect Pierce’s seat is fairly safe. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38114 "2018-06-29T06:35:34Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Multiple fatalities at a shooting at the newspaper in Annapolis. I wonder if somebody has been listening to Milo. > [Police confirm deadly mass shooting at Maryland newspaper was ‘targeted attack’ – ThinkProgress](https://thinkprogress.org/shooter-reported-at-maryland-newspaper-fc8ea34ede8e/) Not to worry. Hannity identified the person responsible - Maxine Waters. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![user\_hostile](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/user_hostile/32/474_2.png) [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2018, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38115 "2018-06-30T08:22:33Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin says school shootings are due to [teenagers using smartphones](http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/394649-kentucky-governor-links-schools-shootings-to-smart-phones): Substitute gun for smart-phones and whaddya get? More thoughts and prayers, and pile 'o dead. But Governor Bevin will argue that’s okay cuz the 2nd Amendment is worth the price we pay… ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2018, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38116 "2018-06-30T16:02:18Z")
St. Peter don’t ya call me, 'cause I can’t go I sold my soul as a corporate ho! ---
**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:** [June 30, 2018, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38117 "2018-06-30T17:45:26Z")
Didn’t the right get all snowflakey at how poor Barron Trump would be traumatized by the photo of Kathy Griffin holding up the bloody Trump mask? And yet here they are using it in their own ad. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/eFRHX6glTSM/maxresdefault.jpg "The Left Is Unhinged") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFRHX6glTSM) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2018, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38118 "2018-06-30T22:11:09Z")
See? Even that gang of Ricky Retardos know Trump is full of shit! Don’t have to be smart to know that, bleeding obvious. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2018, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38119 "2018-06-30T22:28:11Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Not to worry. Hannity identified the person responsible - Maxine Waters. :rolleyes: and she’s getting death threats ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2018, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38120 "2018-06-30T23:22:08Z")
She wasn’t before? I think I’ve heard her name spoken by people who hate the horse she rode in more than from anyone else. She’s a politician, so she has her share of look-at-me, but all of hers and half of somebody else. ---
**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:** [July 1, 2018, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38121 "2018-07-01T01:46:31Z")
Two Ohio state legislators have introduced a bill requiring teachers to immediately report to parents if their children show signs of being transgender. > **[Ohio state reps offer bill that would make teachers ‘out’ students to their...](https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/394991-ohio-state-lawmakers-propose-bill-that-would-force-teachers-to-out/)** > > Should parents decline to provide counseling or resources to their child, the bill would prevent this from being used against them in custody cases or abuse and neglect complaints.  [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1905) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1907)