# 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:** 1907
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2018, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38122 "2018-07-01T04:34:47Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The Nevada brothel owner who won the primary for a state Assembly seat is accused of sexual assault. > [http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/394639-brothel-owner-who-won-gop-primary-accused-of-raping-prostitute?\_\_twitter\_impression=true](http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/394639-brothel-owner-who-won-gop-primary-accused-of-raping-prostitute?__twitter_impression=true) A misogynistic pimp ? Why, I never would have thought. What’s the world coming to ?! ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2018, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38123 "2018-07-01T05:12:20Z")
Wow, that is appropriately (for this thread) stupid. ---
**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:** [July 1, 2018, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38124 "2018-07-01T14:33:26Z")
> [@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): He also suggested that his answer for the crime problem in Louisville was to have groups go around and pray on street corners. ---
**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:** [July 1, 2018, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38125 "2018-07-01T17:15:01Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > He also suggested that his answer for the crime problem in Louisville was to have groups go around and pray on street corners. To be fair, that gives them something to do to keep them from stealing from the collection plate. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2018, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38126 "2018-07-01T17:33:39Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > He also suggested that his answer for the crime problem in Louisville was to have groups go around and pray on street corners. Republicans sure do have some undeniably effective problem solving skills! I am impressed!! ---
**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, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38127 "2018-07-01T20:08:12Z")
Convicted felon Dinesh D’Souza, pardoned by Donald Trump, has a new movie comparing Trump to Lincoln, and he’s retweeting anybody and everybody who praises him. Including one who included hashtag burnthjews and another one who included hashtag bringbackslavery. > > **[Dinesh D’Souza retweets a #burnthejews hashtag—and the internet is outraged](https://www.dailydot.com/debug/dinesh-dsouza-retweet-burnthejews-hashtag/)** > > Can you guess who D'Souza blamed? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2018, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38128 "2018-07-01T20:56:31Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > To be fair, that gives them something to do to keep them from stealing from the collection plate. And also, if you pray on a corner as close to the gangsters as possible, you might get attacked, but they might also be so annoyed that they leave. I’d be cool with either outcome, so win-win. ---
**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:** [July 1, 2018, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38129 "2018-07-01T21:16:25Z")
Just for fun, _**[Space ISIS!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYQX-BPUqN4&t=1m36s)**_ ---
**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:** [July 2, 2018, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38130 "2018-07-02T12:21:50Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Not to worry. Hannity identified the person responsible - Maxine Waters. :rolleyes: Well, a white guy repeatedly described the press as the enemy and another white guy told people to shoot journalists and another white guy went out and shot some journalists, so naturally Hannity assumes it’s the fault of a black woman. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38131 "2018-07-02T16:10:41Z")
Today Ron Paul tweeted out a straight-up white supremacist meme, complete with early 1900s-era racist caricatures. He deleted it quickly, but not before it was screencapped. > ---
**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 2, 2018, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38132 "2018-07-02T19:53:05Z")
Trump nominee for a judicial appointment withdrew his nomination after his past comments against Islam and pro-KKK came out. So now he works in the Justice Department vetting judge nominations. > **[Trump judicial pick who blogged favorably about the KKK and had to withdraw....](https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/07/trump-judicial-pick-who-blogged-favorably-about-the-kkk-had-to-withdraw-now-hes-at-the-justice-department/)** > > Brett Talley, who has also written horror novels and hunted ghosts, returned to a job overseeing other judicial nominations. ---
**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:** [July 2, 2018, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38133 "2018-07-02T20:11:59Z")
Any of y’all remember those charts that you sometimes used to see in campus papers or _Rolling Stone_ or the like that showed different rock bands and how this group was formed and then that player or singer moved over to this group or started his/her own group and then they broke up so the different members migrated to other partners or went solo, etc., etc., and the final product showed this ginormous, incestuous family tree/cross pollination map-thing? Some really clever person should do that for the thump administration. The time of the election needs to be in the center, with changes, firings, resignations moving downward. Nominations that were withdrawn. People who ran off in disgrace before they even took the job (whatever it was). New alliances formed, old ones dissolved in rage and scorn. Above the center starting point (as it were) it would show the past connections, relationships with the pertinent ones connected by trails of dollar signs. If it could be worked in, it would be interesting to show people who believed “A” at one time, and then flipped to “Z” later and then maybe flipped back. Ok, it needs to be a 3-dimensional or maybe 4-dimensional (to include time) construction. Anyone? There could be a Nobel prize in it for you. ---
**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:** [July 2, 2018, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38134 "2018-07-02T20:18:44Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Any of y’all remember those charts that you sometimes used to see in campus papers or _Rolling Stone_ or the like that showed different rock bands and how this group was formed and then that player or singer moved over to this group or started his/her own group and then they broke up so the different members migrated to other partners or went solo, etc., etc., and the final product showed this ginormous, incestuous family tree/cross pollination map-thing? > > Some really clever person should do that for the thump administration. The time of the election needs to be in the center, with changes, firings, resignations moving downward. Nominations that were withdrawn. People who ran off in disgrace before they even took the job (whatever it was). New alliances formed, old ones dissolved in rage and scorn. Above the center starting point (as it were) it would show the past connections, relationships with the pertinent ones connected by trails of dollar signs. If it could be worked in, it would be interesting to show people who believed “A” at one time, and then flipped to “Z” later and then maybe flipped back. Ok, it needs to be a 3-dimensional or maybe 4-dimensional (to include time) construction. Anyone? There could be a Nobel prize in it for you. Washington Post [is on it.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/trump-russia/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.bfd4428a62bd) it’s just the Russian ties but I know I’ve seen pages on firings and unfilled positions and such. ---
**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:** [July 2, 2018, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38135 "2018-07-02T21:00:39Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Washington Post [is on it.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/trump-russia/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.bfd4428a62bd) > > it’s just the Russian ties but I know I’ve seen pages on firings and unfilled positions and such. This is going to need way more than 4 dimensions… :eek: ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38136 "2018-07-02T21:24:34Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Well, a white guy repeatedly described the press as the enemy and another white guy told people to shoot journalists and another white guy went out and shot some journalists, so naturally Hannity assumes it’s the fault of a black woman. Not just any black woman, but 79-year-old California raisin Maxine Waters; clearly the black woman most likely to lead and direct angry white men. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![anomalous1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e56c9b/32.png) [@anomalous1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anomalous1)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38137 "2018-07-02T22:54:28Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > Not just any black woman, but 79-year-old California raisin Maxine Waters; clearly the black woman most likely to lead and direct angry white men. :rolleyes: 😛 That was fantastic. Thank you! ---
**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:** [July 3, 2018, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38138 "2018-07-03T15:00:52Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Trump nominee for a judicial appointment withdrew his nomination after his past comments against Islam and pro-KKK came out. So now he works in the Justice Department vetting judge nominations. > [Trump Judicial Pick Who Blogged Favorably About the KKK Had to Withdraw. Now He’s at the Justice Department. – Mother Jones](https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/07/trump-judicial-pick-who-blogged-favorably-about-the-kkk-had-to-withdraw-now-hes-at-the-justice-department/) Nitpick: he’s no longer working on the vetting team, but he was both before and after his nomination. ---
**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 3, 2018, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38139 "2018-07-03T18:07:17Z")
Powerful Congressman Jim Jordan is being accused of turning a blind eye to sexual assaults of Ohio State wrestlers when he was the coach. > **[Ex-wrestlers say U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan knew of alleged Ohio State abuse](https://www.denverpost.com/2018/07/03/ohio-state-wrestling-alleged-abuse/)** > > Two former wrestlers at Ohio State University say a congressman isn’t being truthful when he says he wasn’t aware of allegations that a team doctor was abusing athletes. ---
**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 3, 2018, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38140 "2018-07-03T20:46:29Z")
Crazy Louie Gohmert is claiming that Rod Rosenstein is spying on him. > **[GOP Rep: Rosenstein Spying on Me, My Staff](https://www.newsweek.com/republican-rod-rosenstein-spying-proof-1005785)** > > The Texas representative also repeated President Donald Trump's conspiracy theories concerning "SpyGate" and the "Deep State." ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2018, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38141 "2018-07-04T05:26:14Z")
> **[Twitter Has Letters And Potato Salad For Alex Jones' 'Civil War'](https://crooksandliars.com/2018/07/twitter-has-letters-and-potato-salad-alex)** > > Alex Jones freaked out that liberals plan a "second Civil War" on the 4th of July. Twitter responded with offers of potato salad and #secondcivilwarletters. Alex Jones (_Infowarts_) predicts 2nd Civil War on July 4th, twitter erupts and penis ensues. Good clean fun, have a chuckle, ya’ll! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1906) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1908)