# 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:** 1908
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2018, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38142 "2018-07-04T11:43:39Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > [Twitter Has Letters And Potato Salad For Alex Jones' 'Civil War' | Crooks and Liars](https://crooksandliars.com/2018/07/twitter-has-letters-and-potato-salad-alex) > > Good clean fun, have a chuckle, ya’ll! Chuckle I did. Re: The three above entities, Jordan, Gohmert & Jones… now there are some glowing examples of _ **American Exceptionalism** _. Just makes this American so proud on Independence Day! ---
**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 4, 2018, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38143 "2018-07-04T14:16:20Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Alex Jones (_Infowarts_) predicts 2nd Civil War on July 4th Honestly, it kinda should at this point. Not for any of the reasons Alex Jones thinks, but still. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2018, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38144 "2018-07-04T15:10:45Z")
Well, I was all ready to go out and get the war started, but it looks like rain most of the day, so the hell with it. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2018, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38145 "2018-07-04T17:50:50Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > [Twitter Has Letters And Potato Salad For Alex Jones' 'Civil War' | Crooks and Liars](https://crooksandliars.com/2018/07/twitter-has-letters-and-potato-salad-alex) > > Alex Jones (_Infowarts_) predicts 2nd Civil War on July 4th, twitter erupts and penis ensues. Good clean fun, have a chuckle, ya’ll! > > [@](#): > > Dearest wife, Quick thinking saved my platoon today from the Red Hats as we erected a barrier out of Hillary’s e-mails, since they still can’t seem to get over them. War is Hell. #secondcivilwarletters ---
**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 4, 2018, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38146 "2018-07-04T19:08:15Z")
Jim Jordan says he’s going to call the cops on the victims of sexual abuse accusing him of ignoring their abuse. > **[GOP Rep. Jim Jordan to Call Cops Over Sex Abuse Victim’s ‘Bullying’ Emails](https://www.thedailybeast.com/gop-rep-jim-jordan-to-call-cops-over-sex-abuse-victims-bullying-emails)** > > Ohio congressman Jim Jordan reportedly feels threatened by frequent emails from a man who accused him of covering up sex abuse. ---
**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 4, 2018, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38147 "2018-07-04T19:26:35Z")
Boy, every day we move closer and closer to “Republican” becoming across the board synonymous with “Unhinged Psychopath”. ---
**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 4, 2018, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38148 "2018-07-04T19:47:06Z")
Governor of Illinois can’t bring himself to support a Democrat over an avowed Nazi whom even Ted Cruz rebuffed. > **[Illinois Gov Says Voters Shouldn’t Support Dem Over Nazi GOP Candidate](https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/illinois-governor-nazi-gop-candidate-arthur-jones)** > > Illinois GOP Gov. Bruce Rauner on Tuesday declined to endorse the incumbent Democrat running for Congress against a neo-Nazi GOP candidate, instead calling for the Nazi to drop out of the race. ---
**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, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38149 "2018-07-04T19:47:54Z")
> [@](#): > > Jim Jordan says he’s going to call the cops on the victims of sexual abuse accusing him of ignoring their abuse All to the good, if he isn’t worried about a thorough investigation, then maybe he really isn’t guilty. Bring it on! ---
**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 4, 2018, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38150 "2018-07-04T20:22:13Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Governor of Illinois can’t bring himself to support a Democrat over an avowed Nazi whom even Ted Cruz rebuffed. > [Illinois Gov Says Voters Shouldn’t Support Dem Over Nazi GOP Candidate - TPM – Talking Points Memo](https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/illinois-governor-nazi-gop-candidate-arthur-jones) That’s how Rauner rolls. During the Presidential election he would not say anything period about Trump. He would never endorse a Democrat, even over a Nazi, and instead just pulls a pillow over his head. He never criticized Trump because he never let the name pass his teeth. He would only issue vague promises of supporting “The Nominee”. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2018, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38151 "2018-07-04T21:14:33Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Well, I was all ready to go out and get the war started, but it looks like rain most of the day, so the hell with it. Hey man, these ribs aren’t going to cook themselves. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2018, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38152 "2018-07-04T22:54:27Z")
> [@wonky](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > Dearest wife, Quick thinking saved my platoon today from the Red Hats as we erected a barrier out of Hillary’s e-mails, since they still can’t seem to get over them. War is Hell. #secondcivilwarletters > > [x.com](https://twitter.com/freddgorham/status/1014368610930823174) It’s beautiful, but then it was also beautiful three hours earlier when someone else posted it: > [@](#): > > Be Best Bowling Green Victim > ‏@TeamGulley > > Dear Ma, > > In preparing for tomorrow’s battle, we spent the day using Hillary’s emails to build our fortress. There is no doubt now that we will be victorious as no one can seem to get over them. Now we covfefe till morning. > > Happy Second Civil War Eve! > > #secondcivilwarletters (scroll down in your link and you’ll see a screenshot of the earlier version, or see [x.com](https://twitter.com/TeamGulley/status/1014322802776829952) ). Ah, Twitter. The search for glory so often involves outright theft… ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2018, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38153 "2018-07-05T00:41:39Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Ah, Twitter. The search for glory so often involves outright theft… Or, just possibly, two people came up with the same obvious joke. It really is low-hanging fruit. If you say something two hours before I do, then I say it having never heard you, did I steal it? And please don’t say, “but it’s on Twitter”; I read dozens of messages a day, but the people I follow tweet hundreds to thousands of times. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2018, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38154 "2018-07-05T14:31:17Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#): > > Or, just possibly, two people came up with the same obvious joke. It really is low-hanging fruit. If you say something two hours before I do, then I say it having never heard you, did I steal it? And please don’t say, “but it’s on Twitter”; I read dozens of messages a day, but the people I follow tweet hundreds to thousands of times. I’ve been hearing jokes about not getting over her emails for weeks (maybe months). I’ve even seen them posted on this very board. It wasn’t new those two hours before. ---
**Author:** ![SaneBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SaneBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaneBill)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2018, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38155 "2018-07-05T15:36:21Z")
The first time I heard it was probably right after trump was elected when somebody said the border wall should be built out of Hillary’s e-mails… ---
**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:** [July 5, 2018, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38156 "2018-07-05T16:14:37Z")
> [@SaneBill](#): > > The first time I heard it was probably right after trump was elected when somebody said the border wall should be built out of Hillary’s e-mails… Well, that doesn’t make any sense, unless we are trying to keep Republicans in. Who wants to do that? ---
**Author:** ![SaneBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SaneBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaneBill)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2018, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38157 "2018-07-05T16:41:52Z")
Yes, it doesn’t make much sense. However, that’s when I read it. Maybe it just suggest that nobody is getting over them, Republicans see them impenetrable, or … dunno, maybe there was some good reasoning and I’ve forgotten it. ---
**Author:** ![SaneBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SaneBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaneBill)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2018, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38158 "2018-07-05T17:18:16Z")
I decided to google if it was on STMB, found this: [post 4](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=850287) ( also 7, 8, 9, 19, 24 and 32 ) - close enough 😃 ---
**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 5, 2018, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38159 "2018-07-05T17:28:46Z")
> [@SaneBill](#): > > I decided to google if it was on STMB, found this: [post 4](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=850287) ( also 7, 8, 9, 19, 24 and 32 ) - close enough 😃 Well, if something is worth saying, it’s worth saying 1,428 times. Well, if something is worth saying, it’s worth saying 1,429 times. Well, if something is worth saying, it’s worth saying 1,430 times. Etc. ---
**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 5, 2018, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38160 "2018-07-05T20:36:34Z")
Yet another Republican candidate for Congress who’s a Nazi. > **[GOP House candidate went on neo-Nazi podcast to promote Holocaust denial](https://thinkprogress.org/gop-candidate-for-congress-california-neo-nazi-be57ad1be109/)** > > California Republican John Fitzgerald will face off in November against Rep. Mark DeSaulnier (D). ---
**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:** [July 5, 2018, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38161 "2018-07-05T20:39:44Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Yet another Republican candidate for Congress who’s a Nazi. > [GOP House candidate went on neo-Nazi podcast to promote Holocaust denial – ThinkProgress](https://thinkprogress.org/gop-candidate-for-congress-california-neo-nazi-be57ad1be109/) That’s kind of dog-bites-man at this point, though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1907) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1909)