# 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:** 1915
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2018, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38282 "2018-07-21T15:52:00Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > And a lot of “whites/Anglos” do, too. The point is, Latino is not a separate RACE. Well, “race” is a social construction. But as race is generally understood, as the federal government puts it, “Hispanics may be of any race”. Alberto Fujimori, Juan Peron, David Ortiz, and Evo Morales are/were all Hispanic, even though Fujimori’s parents were Japanese, Peron’s ancestors were Spanish and Basque, Ortiz’s ancestors were mostly West Africans brought to the Dominican Republic as slaves, and Evo Moralez is Aymara. Of the four of them, only Peron would be considered by most Americans as “white”. ---
**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 22, 2018, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38283 "2018-07-22T00:13:33Z")
Steve Bannon has set up an organization in Europe to foment a right wing revolution across the continent. > **[Inside Bannon’s Plan to Hijack Europe for the Far-Right](https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-bannons-plan-to-hijack-europe-for-the-far-right?ref=home&via=twitter_page)** > > Bannon is moving to Europe to set up The Movement, a populist foundation to rival George Soros and spark a right-wing revolt across the continent. ---
**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 22, 2018, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38284 "2018-07-22T02:08:42Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Steve Bannon has set up an organization in Europe to foment a right wing revolution across the continent. > [Inside Bannon’s Plan to Hijack Europe for the Far-Right](https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-bannons-plan-to-hijack-europe-for-the-far-right?ref=home&via=twitter_page) First reaction : “Oh good, we didn’t have enough far right assholes” Second reaction : “So he wants to create an international nationalist movement ? Buddy…” ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2018, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38285 "2018-07-22T02:14:33Z")
Third reaction: A foreign national is going to lead a nationalist movement? ---
**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 22, 2018, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38286 "2018-07-22T02:20:19Z")
It says in the article that his goal is to break up the EU. Howsoever he might accomplish that may not be important to him as much as the end result. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2018, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38287 "2018-07-22T02:41:06Z")
In the latter part of this century, will they refer to these as “The Joker Years”? ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2018, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38288 "2018-07-22T02:45:10Z")
Wait, why the fuck does Steve Bannon care if there’s an EU or not? ---
**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:** [July 22, 2018, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38289 "2018-07-22T03:46:45Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Steve Bannon has set up an organization in Europe to foment a right wing revolution across the continent. > [Inside Bannon’s Plan to Hijack Europe for the Far-Right](https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-bannons-plan-to-hijack-europe-for-the-far-right?ref=home&via=twitter_page) Don’t these fuckin’ pez heads realize that if you stir up hyper nationalism abroad that you’re the foreigners that they’re gonna hate? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2018, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38290 "2018-07-22T03:48:09Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > Wait, why the fuck does Steve Bannon care if there’s an EU or not? Why would the EU care what some former webmaster thinks about the EU? ---
**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 22, 2018, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38291 "2018-07-22T04:04:13Z")
I think I shall be off composing my doctoral thesis on the sociopolitical dynamic of the various sizes and densities of states. ---
**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 22, 2018, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38292 "2018-07-22T05:07:34Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > Don’t these fuckin’ pez heads realize that if you stir up hyper nationalism abroad that you’re the foreigners that they’re gonna hate? Chillax dude, it’s not like European ultranationalism has ever gone wrong. ---
**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 22, 2018, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38293 "2018-07-22T11:00:41Z")
Ah, yes, the dream of the Fascist International. OK, granted, Bannon might not have a Mussolini and a Hitler engaged in empire building in the middle of it this time. But he’s an American, and he thinks like an American. I expect he doesn’t really get how Europe works. ---
**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2018, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38294 "2018-07-22T13:54:26Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > Ah, yes, the dream of the Fascist International. I like my fascism international and I expect to be delighted. ---
**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 22, 2018, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38295 "2018-07-22T15:47:45Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > I expect he doesn’t really get how Europe works. Hey, he read _The Prince_. How much more does he need? ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2018, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38296 "2018-07-22T15:54:29Z")
Let us turn to the rotting, maggot infested and diseased corpse known as the Christian Right. [Why have they embraced Putin?](https://nypost.com/2018/07/21/why-the-christian-right-has-embraced-putin/) Yes, that link is to the New York Post. No, I don’t know what the hell is going on any more, either. ---
**Author:** ![Aescwynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Aescwynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aescwynn)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2018, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38297 "2018-07-22T17:50:43Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > Wait, why the fuck does Steve Bannon care if there’s an EU or not? Bannon regards EU countries as lazy, relying on the US too much for protection when they should be standing up for themselves, a view that he persuaded Trump to adopt. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2018, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38298 "2018-07-22T18:33:22Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > When I read the following, I cried. We have to have LEGISLATION to fix this?? And BTW thump/Putin has kicked this topic off the front page, and it will probably soon be forgotten. (My bold.) > > [Deal to fix family separations hits snag in the Senate](http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/397744-deal-to-fix-family-separations-hits-snag-in-the-senate) > Fuck you, Ted Cruz. > > And then there’s this (not news): > > [Trump Administration Considers Unprecedented Curbs on Asylum for Migrants](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/18/us/immigration-asylum-children.html) > Also not news: thump and the Republicans [del]want to trash[/del] are trashing everything this country has ever stood for. Yes, fuck you Ted Cruz… Calgary Cruz, isn’t it??? ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2018, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38299 "2018-07-22T18:35:04Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > That’s what’s so exhausting about this presidency. No one can get a handle on one crisis before Trump fucks up something else. It just never stops. Trump does this deliberately. It’s the Gish gallop. No one can keep up. It’s ON PURPOSE. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2018, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38300 "2018-07-22T18:39:36Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > It says in the article that his goal is to break up the EU. Howsoever he might accomplish that may not be important to him as much as the end result. Bannon’s goal is to tear everything down. He’s said so himself. “I want to bring everything crashing down and destroy all of today’s establishment.” ~ Bannon ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2018, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38301 "2018-07-22T18:53:32Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > Yes, fuck you Ted Cruz… Calgary Cruz, isn’t it??? Not any more, hahahahahahahhahahaha. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1914) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1916)