# 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:** 1929
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38562 "2018-08-12T06:38:27Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Not a Harley fan. But I hope they either just stay quite or come out with a giant fuck you Donnie V-twin. Let’s go for 100 c.i. on this one. > > Or they could commemorate DJT by coming out with a mini-bike. Now that would be good. Maybe something like [this](https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=i0UEO8p2&id=86B773BE66B6D0CF8FC0BC1E829F063D810CD7CC&thid=OIP.i0UEO8p25d4WV-mMHgeSjQHaKO&mediaurl=http%3a%2f%2fwww.tituscountyfair.com%2ftituscountyfair%2fassets%2fImage%2fLanky_on_bike.jpg&exph=396&expw=287&q=clown+small+bicycle&simid=607993635880109622&selectedIndex=12&ajaxhist=0), but with a 5-10 cc “engine” (that makes kind of a farting noise instead of the HD rumble). ---
**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:** [August 12, 2018, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38563 "2018-08-12T06:39:04Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Not a Harley fan. But I hope they either just stay quite or come out with a giant fuck you Donnie V-twin. Let’s go for 100 c.i. on this one. > > Or they could commemorate DJT by coming out with a mini-bike. Now that would be good. A regular-size bike with teeny-tiny handlebars… ---
**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:** [August 12, 2018, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38564 "2018-08-12T08:13:45Z")
The DeVos family has created a fake political action committee posing as a leftist group to attack Michigan gubernatorial candidate Gretchen Whitmer for not being liberal enough. “Priorities for Michigan” > **[Mystery group attacking Whitmer in Dem primary has GOP links](https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2018/07/05/mystery-group-attack-whitmer-gop-linnks/761310002/)** > > A mysterious group running left-leaning online ads hitting Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Gretchen Whitmer has connections to Michigan Republicans ---
**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:** [August 12, 2018, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38565 "2018-08-12T13:18:21Z")
Check out the unapologetic (not to mention outrageously stupid) contradictions of Bikers for Trump founder, who’s trying to get other bikers to protest Harley Davidson’s plans to move its manufacturing to Europe: > [@](#): > > The founder of “Bikers for Trump” said he sells pro-Trump T-shirts made in Haiti because American-made products are too expensive. > > “If I get a T-shirt made in the USA, it’s going to cost about $8 more,” Chris Cox told The New York Times. “I looked far and wide to try to get a shirt made in America, it’s just they get you, they gouge you.” Jee-zus fuck-ing Christ! So basically, only Trump Kool-Aid chuggers are allowed to save money by outsourcing to trim costs? Just the sheer brazenness of that open contradiction… I think it tells us everything we need to know about what we’re dealing with. This is, plainly and simply, a culture war. That’s what matters to them. Not facts or logic, but who you roll with. There’s no rational thought underlying the thinking of diehard Trump voters - certainly nothing that the country as a whole can rationally accept. Their bottom line is that they want the freedom to hunt and burn witches, and a witch is anyone who disagrees with their Lord Trump. ---
**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:** [August 12, 2018, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38566 "2018-08-12T14:16:02Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The DeVos family has created a fake political action committee posing as a leftist group to attack Michigan gubernatorial candidate Gretchen Whitmer for not being liberal enough. > “Priorities for Michigan” > [Mysterious group's ad hits Whitmer for not backing single-payer care](https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2018/07/05/mystery-group-attack-whitmer-gop-linnks/761310002/) Yeah, I made reference to that one in the “Elections” thread about that race. False flag campaign ads, cute. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38567 "2018-08-12T15:27:51Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > …Their bottom line is that they want the freedom to hunt and burn witches, and a witch is anyone who disagrees with their Lord Trump. Ehh… tap, tap tap. The bottom line is that trump supporters are a bunch of morons. But we know that. There have been talks about how you shouldn’t call them ‘deplorable’ or morons, but I’m done with that. The one thing I might agree with trump morons is the whole ‘Politically Correct’ movement. OK. That’s cool. They don’t want to be PC? Fine with me. Trump supporters are assholes. Troglodytes, morons and deplorable. Yes Hillary was correct. Bring it on assholes. Just how far is congress willing to go to support their hypocritical, racist, child king. Hmm? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38568 "2018-08-12T22:56:08Z")
[RIGHT][/RIGHT] > [@jayjay](#): > > A regular-size bike with teeny-tiny handlebars… It could be an orange panhead. ---
**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:** [August 12, 2018, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38569 "2018-08-12T22:59:29Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > A regular-size bike with teeny-tiny handlebars… > [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > [RIGHT][/RIGHT] > > It could be an orange panhead. Kncuklehead is more like it. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2018, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38570 "2018-08-13T04:17:06Z")
Headless! It will be the first Headless Harley! ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2018, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38571 "2018-08-13T05:21:34Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Jerry Falwell Jr. wants to know why Democrats are not working with Republicans to “lock up Comey, Lynch, Ohr, Rosenstein, Strzok, @HillaryClinton, @BarackObama & maybe even @jeffsessions despite damning evidence!” > [https://twitter.com/JerryFalwellJr/status/1028040720865808384](https://twitter.com/JerryFalwellJr/status/1028040720865808384) Wow. I scrolled through the first few dozen responses on that tweet and the blowback was brutal. Not one supportive comment. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2018, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38572 "2018-08-13T17:33:29Z")
Congressman Bob Goodlatte of Virginia is retiring. His son, Bobby, tweeted that he contributed the maximum allowed to the Democrat who is running for his father’s seat. Yeah, not a stupid Republican idea, I just thought it was funny. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2018, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38573 "2018-08-13T19:32:32Z")
Trump’s favorite black sheriff, David Clarke, explains to Sacha Baron Cohen how he would have stopped people protesting against the Nazis before World War II. > **[Ex-Sheriff David Clarke describes how he would have stopped anti-fascists in...](https://thehill.com/homenews/media/401516-ex-sheriff-david-clarke-describes-how-he-would-have-stopped-anti-fascists-in/)** > > Former Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke Jr. told disguised comedian Sacha Baron Cohen that it is wrong to “take sides” between fascists and anti-fascists on the latest episode of S… ---
**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:** [August 13, 2018, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38574 "2018-08-13T19:45:31Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Congressman Bob Goodlatte of Virginia is retiring. His son, Bobby, tweeted that he contributed the maximum allowed to the Democrat who is running for his father’s seat. > > Yeah, not a stupid Republican idea, I just thought it was funny. And now Bobby Goodlatte is actually going after his father personally. "I’m deeply embarrassed that Peter Strzok’s career was ruined by my father’s political grandstanding. That committee hearing was a low point for Congress. Thank you for your service sir. You are a patriot" [https://twitter.com/rsg/status/1029057447393144832](https://twitter.com/rsg/status/1029057447393144832) ---
**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:** [August 13, 2018, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38575 "2018-08-13T19:50:43Z")
Fox News idiot claims the Mueller investigation is being run by Putin. > **['We've completely fallen for it': Fox News host suggests Mueller's probe is a...](https://www.rawstory.com/2018/08/weve-completely-fallen-fox-news-host-suggests-mueller-putin-plot/)** > > Fox News Outnumbered host Trish Regan suggested on Monday that special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian election attacks is actually being secretly manipulated by Russian President Vladimir Putin.During a discussion of the Mueller... ---
**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:** [August 13, 2018, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38576 "2018-08-13T20:52:10Z")
Is the Russian hacking of Lindsey Graham’s emails responsible for his turnaround on the Mueller investigation? Just askin’. > **[Authoritarianism expert hints Lindsey Graham may be covering for Trump due to...](https://www.rawstory.com/2018/08/authoritarianism-expert-hints-lindsey-graham-may-covering-trump-due-2016-russian-hacking-emails/)** > > Addressing the about-face Sen Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has made -- going from Donald Trump critic to stalwart Trump defender -- authoritarian expert Sarah Kendzior suggested that the South Carolina Republican may be doing it involuntarily.Appearing 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:** [August 13, 2018, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38577 "2018-08-13T20:58:23Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Fox News idiot … _not a mod at all_ I’m throwing a yellow flag on that one! That’s 5 yards for redundancy! _just a guy with a beer_ ---
**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:** [August 13, 2018, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38578 "2018-08-13T22:36:00Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Trump’s favorite black sheriff, David Clarke, explains to Sacha Baron Cohen how he would have stopped people protesting against the Nazis before World War II. > [http://thehill.com/homenews/media/401516-ex-sheriff-david-clarke-describes-how-he-would-have-stopped-anti-fascists-in](http://thehill.com/homenews/media/401516-ex-sheriff-david-clarke-describes-how-he-would-have-stopped-anti-fascists-in) I think he thinks “BlacKkKlansman” is the name of a how-to video. ---
**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:** [August 14, 2018, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38579 "2018-08-14T05:24:29Z")
> [@wonky](#): > > I think he thinks “BlacKkKlansman” is the name of a how-to video. I think he was in the movie _Mother Night_, playing the Black Fuhrer of Harlem. ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38580 "2018-08-14T14:32:24Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Fox News idiot claims the Mueller investigation is being run by Putin. > ['We've completely fallen for it': Fox News host suggests Mueller's probe is a plot from Vladimir Putin - Raw Story](https://www.rawstory.com/2018/08/weve-completely-fallen-fox-news-host-suggests-mueller-putin-plot/) He’s a few weeks behind Q. ---
**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:** [August 14, 2018, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38581 "2018-08-14T16:51:37Z")
Not entirely sure whether this qualifies as a Stupid Republican idea, but Ms. O. Manigualt Newman seems to have neglected to consider that while non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) mandated by the Trump White House are probably unenforceable, NDAs on behalf of the Trump _campaign_ very well could be. > **[Trump campaign takes legal action against Omarosa, alleging breach of...](https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/14/trump-campaign-taking-omarosa-to-court-alleges-breach-of-hush-deal.html)** > > Omarosa revealed later on Tuesday that she has been interviewed by special counsel Robert Mueller.  [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1928) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1930)