# 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:** 1919
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38362 "2018-07-25T13:48:02Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > 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. I live in Tennessee as well. Those commercials are truly vomit-inducing! ---
**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 25, 2018, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38363 "2018-07-25T15:21:40Z")
> [@gytalf2000](#): > > I live in Tennessee as well. Those commercials are truly vomit-inducing! I love how they are all talking about shutting down sanctuary cities and stopping M13. Yep, that’s what we need in a governor in Tennessee. Their supporters are truly idiots. ---
**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 25, 2018, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38364 "2018-07-25T23:23:37Z")
Eleven members of Congress have introduced impeachment articles against Rod Rosenstein. > **[GOP lawmakers introduce articles of impeachment against Rosenstein](https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/398902-gop-lawmakers-introduce-impeachment-resolution-against-rosenstein/?__twitter_impression=true)** > > A group of conservative House lawmakers on Wednesday introduced articles of impeachment against Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, the top Department of Justice (DOJ) official overseeing speci… ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38365 "2018-07-25T23:34:33Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > I love how they are all talking about shutting down sanctuary cities and stopping M13. Yep, that’s what we need in a governor in Tennessee. Their supporters are truly idiots. Kentucky felt like you until the Bowling Green Massacre. ---
**Author:** ![Aescwynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Aescwynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aescwynn)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38366 "2018-07-25T23:51:56Z")
> [@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. “This is becoming more and more like a Soviet type of economy here: Commissars deciding who’s going to be granted waivers, commissars in the administration figuring out how they’re going to sprinkle around benefits,” said Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.). “I’m very exasperated. This is serious.” ---
**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 26, 2018, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38367 "2018-07-26T04:05:40Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Kentucky felt like you until the Bowling Green Massacre. Was it Kentucky or was it Ohio? I could have sworn that BGSU was somehow connected to it. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38368 "2018-07-26T04:46:10Z")
> [@Aescwynn](#): > > “This is becoming more and more like a Soviet type of economy here: Commissars deciding who’s going to be granted waivers, commissars in the administration figuring out how they’re going to sprinkle around benefits,” said Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.). “I’m very exasperated. This is serious.” He’s exasperated. So - fucking - what? ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38369 "2018-07-26T04:47:30Z")
> [@gytalf2000](#): > > I live in Tennessee as well. Those commercials are truly vomit-inducing! The first person who says “n\*\*\*ers suck” on live TV wins! ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38370 "2018-07-26T11:02:52Z")
Speaking of Republitard racism… Check out this Vox article on Steve King, who is about as proudly and openly racist a member of congress as you’ll find these days. The party has essentially normalized him: > **[Steve King is a racist, and conservatives don’t want to talk about it](https://www.vox.com/2018/6/28/17506880/steve-king-twitter-racism-congress-republicans)** > > Republicans want to have a conversation about civility. The Iowa representative wants to retweet neo-Nazis. > [@](#): > > A longtime Republican member of Congress is retweeting Nazis and arguing in interviews that Somali Muslims shouldn’t be permitted to work in meatpacking plants in his district — and no GOP official appears to want to publicly challenge him. Paul Ryan, the biggest pussy of a House Speaker in the history of the position, offers his usual “I don’t agree with that” response. I won’t be surprised when finally, a Republican offers to propose Jim Crow laws again. ---
**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 26, 2018, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38371 "2018-07-26T15:48:12Z")
This is not “of the day,” but it’s a [statement](https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/07/what-mike-pence-once-thought-of-potus/566117/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheAtlantic+%28The+Atlantic+-+Master+Feed%29)by stupid Republican Mike Pence before he was V-P wherein he listed the qualities of a good President. > [@](#): > > Six years before Mike Pence worked to put Donald Trump in the White House, became his vice president, and proceeded to lavish praise on his job performance, the Indiana politician gave a formal speech on the presidency. What did Pence think were the qualities a good president should possess, speaking from behind the veil of ignorance, when he did not yet know what sort of man would afford him the best opportunity to radically enhance his own political fortune? > > > [@](#): > > > > A sensibility such as this, and not power, is the source of presidential dignity, and must be restored. It depends entirely upon character, self-discipline, and an understanding of the fundamental principles that underlie not only the republic, but life itself. It communicates that the president feels the gravity of his office and is willing to sacrifice himself; that his eye is not upon his own prospects but on the storm of history, through which he must navigate with the specific powers accorded to him and the limitations placed on those powers both by man and by God. And how does your pantsonhead-wearing leader measure up, you disgusting, hypocritical Loser? ---
**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:** [July 26, 2018, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38372 "2018-07-26T17:38:57Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Eleven members of Congress have introduced impeachment articles against Rod Rosenstein. > [http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/398902-gop-lawmakers-introduce-impeachment-resolution-against-rosenstein?\_\_twitter\_impression=true](http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/398902-gop-lawmakers-introduce-impeachment-resolution-against-rosenstein?__twitter_impression=true) It’s just the Freedom Circus. No one pays them any attention (except Fox News). And the measure won’t get voted on, and Congress goes on recess until September, so nothing will come from it. But the trump base is cheering like their team won the Super Bowl. Stupid chumps. ---
**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 26, 2018, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38373 "2018-07-26T18:01:00Z")
Jim Jordan is running for Speaker of the House. Continuing the fine tradition of Republican Speakers’ association with pedophilia. > **[Conservative Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan to run for House speaker | CNN Politics](https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/26/politics/jim-jordan-running-for-house-speaker/index.html)** > > Rep. Jim Jordan, a leader in the conservative House Freedom Caucus and former chairman of the group, announced his run for speaker of the House of Representatives in a letter to colleagues Thursday. ---
**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 26, 2018, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38374 "2018-07-26T18:07:30Z")
One of Betsy DeVos’s family’s \*\*\*ten \*\*\*yachts was set loose from its moorings in Ohio, causing thousands of dollars in damage. Ten. They have ten yachts. The yacht is worth $40 million. And it’s registered in the Cayman Islands. > **[Betsy DeVos' $40 Million Yacht Set Adrift By Vandals At Ohio Dock](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/betsy-devos-40-million-yacht-set-adrift-by-vandals-at-ohio-dock_n_5b59cf4fe4b0fd5c73cc92ea?utm_medium=facebook&ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000013&utm_campaign=hp_fb_pages§ion=politics&utm_source=politics_fb)** > > Someone untied the SeaQuest from its mooring, causing it to ram into a dock and sustain "large scratches and scrapes," according to a police report. ---
**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:** [July 26, 2018, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38375 "2018-07-26T18:46:26Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > One of Betsy DeVos’s family’s \*\*\*ten \*\*\*yachts was set loose from its moorings in Ohio, causing thousands of dollars in damage. > Ten. They have ten yachts. The yacht is worth $40 million. And it’s registered in the Cayman Islands. > [Betsy DeVos' $40 Million Yacht Set Adrift By Vandals At Ohio Dock | HuffPost Latest News](https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/betsy-devos-40-million-yacht-set-adrift-by-vandals-at-ohio-dock_us_5b59cf4fe4b0fd5c73cc92ea?utm_medium=facebook&ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000013&utm_campaign=hp_fb_pages§ion=politics&utm_source=politics_fb) How is this a Stupid Republican idea? ---
**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 26, 2018, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38376 "2018-07-26T19:52:38Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > How is this a Stupid Republican idea? How is it not? ---
**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 26, 2018, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38377 "2018-07-26T19:53:44Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > How is this a Stupid Republican idea? Yachts don’t belong in Ohio. 😉 ---
**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:** [July 26, 2018, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38378 "2018-07-26T20:11:41Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > How is it not? Was it a Republican idea to set the yacht loose? > [@k9bfriender](#): > > Yachts don’t belong in Ohio. 😉 Well, that’s a valid point. 🙂 ---
**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 26, 2018, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38379 "2018-07-26T20:47:10Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > Was it a Republican idea to set the yacht loose? > > Well, that’s a valid point. 🙂 It was a Republican idea to have ten yachts, to pay $49 million for one of them, and to register it in the Cayman Islands. ---
**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 26, 2018, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38380 "2018-07-26T21:54:22Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Eleven members of Congress have introduced impeachment articles against Rod Rosenstein. > [http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/398902-gop-lawmakers-introduce-impeachment-resolution-against-rosenstein?\_\_twitter\_impression=true](http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/398902-gop-lawmakers-introduce-impeachment-resolution-against-rosenstein?__twitter_impression=true) > [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > It’s just the Freedom Circus. No one pays them any attention (except Fox News). And the measure won’t get voted on, and Congress goes on recess until September, so nothing will come from it. > … Not necessarily ‘nothing.’ If Trump gets desperate enough he can use it as an excuse to fire Rosenstein and install in his place someone who will shut down the Mueller probe. “I had to fire him–Congress had voted to impeach him! So he had to go! Sad!” The counter-factual-in-the-extreme basis of that “excuse” would bother Trump not at all. ---
**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:** [July 27, 2018, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38381 "2018-07-27T00:29:12Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > It was a Republican idea to have ten yachts, to pay $49 million for one of them, and to register it in the Cayman Islands. Seems pretty smart to me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1918) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1920)