# 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:** 1917
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2018, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38322 "2018-07-23T21:21:22Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Fox News dumbasses [book the wrong guest](https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-and-friends-first-barbara-litalien-ann-kirkpatrick-ice-hijack-video) and get an earful instead of the expected buttkissing. Excellent. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2018, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38323 "2018-07-23T21:22:28Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > A Georgia state legislator was on Sacha Barron Cohne’s show where he repeatedly shouted the N word and dropped his pants and shouted “USA, motherf-----!” > [http://thehill.com/homenews/398403-georgia-lawmaker-who-yells-racial-slurs-on-sacha-baron-cohen-show-says-he-wont?\_\_twitter\_impression=true](http://thehill.com/homenews/398403-georgia-lawmaker-who-yells-racial-slurs-on-sacha-baron-cohen-show-says-he-wont?__twitter_impression=true) That would, **in a sensible world** , be a “career limiting move”. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2018, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38324 "2018-07-23T21:24:30Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Congressman Ron DeSantis calls Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez “this girl Ocasio-Cortez or whatever she is” > [GOP Congressman Calls Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez 'This Girl ... Or Whatever She Is' | HuffPost Latest News](https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-ron-desantis_us_5b55e36de4b0fd5c73c76718)? Her reply: “Rep DeSantis, it seems you‘re confused as to ‘whatever I am.’ I am a Puerto Rican woman,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “It‘s strange you don’t know what that is, given that ~75,000 Puerto Ricans have relocated to Florida in the 10 mos since [Hurricane] María. But I’m sure these new FL voters appreciate your comments!” ---
**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 23, 2018, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38325 "2018-07-23T22:04:17Z")
Dana Rohrabacher told reporters that they could ask him anything. But when the questions turned to his relationship with Mariia Butina, he got mad and walked away. > **[OC Rep. Dana Rohrabacher Gets Testy About Reporters' Russia Questions After...](https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/dana-rohrabacher-ice-facility-russia-press-conference-confrontation-maria-butina/)** > > Rohrabacher was in Irvine touring an ICE detention facility when reporters asked him about his involvement with suspected covert Russian agent Maria Butina. ---
**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 23, 2018, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38326 "2018-07-23T22:07:27Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Fox News dumbasses [book the wrong guest](https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-and-friends-first-barbara-litalien-ann-kirkpatrick-ice-hijack-video) and get an earful instead of the expected buttkissing. Ann Kirkpatrick says that Fox is misrepresenting her policy on ICE. > ---
**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:** [July 23, 2018, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38327 "2018-07-23T23:39:42Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Fox News dumbasses [book the wrong guest](https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-and-friends-first-barbara-litalien-ann-kirkpatrick-ice-hijack-video) and get an earful instead of the expected buttkissing. > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Ann Kirkpatrick says that Fox is misrepresenting her policy on ICE. > [https://twitter.com/Ann\_Kirkpatrick/status/1021418005371211776](https://twitter.com/Ann_Kirkpatrick/status/1021418005371211776) So, it might not have gone much better for them if they HAD booked the right person? ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2018, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38328 "2018-07-23T23:55:22Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Congressman Ron DeSantis calls Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez “this girl Ocasio-Cortez or whatever she is” > [GOP Congressman Calls Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez 'This Girl ... Or Whatever She Is' | HuffPost Latest News](https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-ron-desantis_us_5b55e36de4b0fd5c73c76718)? This should go over well with women everywhere. ---
**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 24, 2018, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38329 "2018-07-24T02:05:53Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > This should go over well with women everywhere. If “grab them by the pussy” didn’t get every woman voting against Trump, this won’t even be a blip for them. ---
**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 24, 2018, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38330 "2018-07-24T15:30:52Z")
[US Attorney General Jeff Sessions participates in “Lock Her Up” chant at high school appearance.](https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/24/politics/jeff-sessions-hillary-clinton-lock-her-up/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2018, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38331 "2018-07-24T17:46:56Z")
Sooo presidential. Apparently Ryan finds this acceptable. [https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-today-07-24-18/h\_6cbcb5a984b2eefb66b12e7df6105501](https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-today-07-24-18/h_6cbcb5a984b2eefb66b12e7df6105501) ---
**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 24, 2018, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38332 "2018-07-24T18:43:49Z")
Fox & Friends is horrified that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is advocating healthcare and education. > **[‘Fox & Friends’ Falls Face-First Into Ocasio-Cortez ‘Trap’](https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-and-friends-falls-face-first-into-ocasio-cortez-trap?source=articles&via=rss)** > > After listening to Ocasio-Cortez talk about education and health care, the show’s guest said it’s ‘easy to fall into that trap’ and start thinking ‘my kids deserve this.’ ---
**Author:** ![Batano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@Batano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batano)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2018, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38333 "2018-07-24T18:49:48Z")
> [@Truman\_Burbank](#): > > Sooo presidential. Apparently Ryan finds this acceptable. [Paul Ryan says Trump is just “trolling” people with threat to strip security clearances](https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-today-07-24-18/h_6cbcb5a984b2eefb66b12e7df6105501) This reminds me of a conservative friend who blames the media for Trump getting elected because they kept reporting on what he said and did. I tried to point out that if they decided to ignore him to prevent him from being elected, that would show bias. People want to blame everyone except the idiots who voted for him ---
**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 24, 2018, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38334 "2018-07-24T19:05:53Z")
Members of the House Judiciary Committee are threatening retaliation against social media sites unless they provide the algorithms to prove they aren’t discriminating against conservative and right wing posters. > **[GOP to Silicon Valley: Promote the Far Right or Else](https://www.thedailybeast.com/gop-to-silicon-valley-promote-the-far-right-or-else?via=twitter_page&__twitter_impression=true)** > > Several members of the powerful House Judiciary Committee are threatening to regulate tech companies if they don’t promote conservative content to their satisfaction. ---
**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 24, 2018, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38335 "2018-07-24T19:23:47Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Members of the House Judiciary Committee are threatening retaliation against social media sites unless they provide the algorithms to prove they aren’t discriminating against conservative and right wing posters. > [GOP to Silicon Valley: Promote the Far Right or Else](https://www.thedailybeast.com/gop-to-silicon-valley-promote-the-far-right-or-else?via=twitter_page&__twitter_impression=true) Yeah, the invisible hand of the market is always the solution - until it doesn’t go their way - then it isn’t ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2018, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38336 "2018-07-24T19:34:55Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > Yeah, the invisible hand of the market is always the solution - until it doesn’t go their way - then it isn’t Sorta like States’ Rights, which only exists when the States are Right. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2018, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38337 "2018-07-24T21:05:04Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Fox & Friends is horrified that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is advocating healthcare and education. > [https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-and-friends-falls-face-first-into-ocasio-cortez-trap?source=articles&via=rss](https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-and-friends-falls-face-first-into-ocasio-cortez-trap?source=articles&via=rss) There are three main candidates running for governor in the Republican primary in Tennessee. They are all trying to out-Trump each other. One of the ads I saw over the weekend said “they (her opponents) are nice guys but they are _moderates_!” The horror! Who would want someone moderate when you can have an extremist? I expect to see more ads fighting it out for who is the most extreme ever. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2018, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38338 "2018-07-24T21:07:07Z")
Why choose a conservative, when you can have a radical? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2018, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38339 "2018-07-24T21:40:12Z")
You mean reactionary. Radicals are our guys. ---
**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 24, 2018, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38340 "2018-07-24T22:04:58Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > Yeah, the invisible hand of the market is always the solution - until it doesn’t go their way - then it isn’t Yes. You know those genius tariffs that are hurting US farmers? Trump’s got a fair market, supply and demand solution: Give them 12 billion US taxpayer dollars! Ha! Tariffs are easy and FUN. And easy!! Just call it a bailout like youre doing everyone a favor. :smack: > **[Trump administration announces $12 billion "bailout" for farmers hit by tariffs](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-administration-to-announce-12-billion-in-aid-to-farmers-affected-by-tariffs/)** > > Earlier the president said in a tweet, "Tariffs are the greatest!" And he threatened, "Either a country which has treated the United States unfairly on Trade negotiates a fair deal, or it gets hit with Tariffs" Fucking Trump supporters- show me you have any fucking spine. I dare you. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2018, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38341 "2018-07-24T22:31:33Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Yes. You know those genius tariffs that are hurting US farmers? Trump’s got a fair market, supply and demand solution: Give them 12 billion US taxpayer dollars! Ha! > Tariffs are easy and FUN. And easy!! > Just call it a bailout like youre doing everyone a favor. > :smack: > [Trump administration announces $12 billion "bailout" for farmers hit by tariffs - CBS News](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-administration-to-announce-12-billion-in-aid-to-farmers-affected-by-tariffs/) > > Fucking Trump supporters- show me you have any fucking spine. I dare you. The “good” news about this is China is tailoring it’s retaliatory tariffs to hit the states that voted Trump in the hardest. So this trade war may have deleterious effects on Trump’s base. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1916) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1918)