# 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:** 1933
**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 18, 2018, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38642 "2018-08-18T23:22:06Z")
Kevin McCarthy threatened to haul Twitter before Congress to explain why they were blocking his ability to see Laura Ingraham’s tweets. Turns out it was a function of the way he had set up his account. > **[GOP leader threatens Twitter with 'censorship' hearings after he bungles his...](https://www.rawstory.com/2018/08/gop-leader-threatens-twitter-censorship-hearings-bungles-account-settings/)** > > House majority leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) embarrassed himself with a complaint about Twitter "censorship" that was actually a function of his own account settings.McCarthy was unable to see a "sensitive" tweet by Fox News host Laura Ingraham and... ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2018, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38643 "2018-08-18T23:53:12Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Kevin McCarthy threatened to haul Twitter before Congress to explain why they were blocking his ability to see Laura Ingraham’s tweets. Turns out it was a function of the way he had set up his account. > [GOP leader threatens Twitter with 'censorship' hearings after he bungles his own account settings - Raw Story](https://www.rawstory.com/2018/08/gop-leader-threatens-twitter-censorship-hearings-bungles-account-settings/) Another reason for Dems to retake the House. If Republicans have their way, this is our next Speaker. Because he’s the _smart_ one between him and Jim Jordan. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2018, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38644 "2018-08-19T06:12:59Z")
Fox News sez; [Robert Mueller something something something BENGHAZI.](https://www.rawstory.com/2018/08/watch-fox-news-host-jeanine-pirro-claims-bob-mueller-panicking-involved-benghazi/) > [@](#): > > “When covert missions go wrong, the government calls in its own cleaner,” Pirro said. “And when things go terribly wrong for the Democrats, they don’t just call in a cleaner to get the job done, they call in someone who’s been in the clean-up business a long time, they call in the serial cleaner, former FBI director and current special prosecutor Bob Mueller.” > > It’s all part of the efforts by the “Trump-hating deep state” to cover for Hillary Clinton’s performance in the 2016 election, she alleged. > > “Your credentials as a serial government cleaner are really good,” Pirro said. “You testified, after four Americans are killed in Benghazi, to cover for Hillary Clinton’s incompetence. Bob, why would you say that the FBI couldn’t get into Benghazi?” I don’t even. ---
**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 19, 2018, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38645 "2018-08-19T06:19:27Z")
Pirro’s a nutcase. She hasn’t had a passing acquaintance with reality in years. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2018, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38646 "2018-08-19T09:58:21Z")
\*Serial \*cleaner? Are you shitting me? ---
**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:** [August 19, 2018, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38647 "2018-08-19T16:02:41Z")
His name is Bob Mueller, not Winston Wolf. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2018, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38648 "2018-08-19T16:25:50Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Kevin McCarthy threatened to haul Twitter before Congress to explain why they were blocking his ability to see Laura Ingraham’s tweets. Turns out it was a function of the way he had set up his account. > [GOP leader threatens Twitter with 'censorship' hearings after he bungles his own account settings - Raw Story](https://www.rawstory.com/2018/08/gop-leader-threatens-twitter-censorship-hearings-bungles-account-settings/) This tweet is the modern Republican party in a nutshell. Get outraged by something that isn’t happening, provide evidence that isn’t real, demand action on the pretend issue and refuse t acknowledge that that whole thing was made up even when faced with incontrovertible evidence. (McCarthy’s tweet is still up.) ---
**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 19, 2018, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38649 "2018-08-19T16:33:14Z")
Irony: when you use social media to complain that you’re not able to speak freely on social media. ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2018, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38650 "2018-08-19T16:33:28Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > This tweet is the modern Republican party in a nutshell. Get outraged by something that isn’t happening, provide evidence that isn’t real, demand action on the pretend issue and refuse t acknowledge that that whole thing was made up even when faced with incontrovertible evidence. (McCarthy’s tweet is still up.) Reminds me of the French reaction to “Freedom Fries”. A spokeswoman basically dismissed it as unimportant, offhandedly adding that French fries actually come from Belgium. ---
**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:** [August 19, 2018, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38651 "2018-08-19T22:31:14Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Pirro’s a nutcase. She hasn’t had a passing acquaintance with reality in years. And she’s slipping. She completely failed to work George Soros, Susan Rice, or CNN into that theory. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2018, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38652 "2018-08-20T15:45:06Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Kevin McCarthy threatened to haul Twitter before Congress to explain why they were blocking his ability to see Laura Ingraham’s tweets. Turns out it was a function of the way he had set up his account. > [GOP leader threatens Twitter with 'censorship' hearings after he bungles his own account settings - Raw Story](https://www.rawstory.com/2018/08/gop-leader-threatens-twitter-censorship-hearings-bungles-account-settings/) Twitter management ought to tweak the error message to be more informative (e.g. “This post has been blocked by @[username]'s adult-content filter settings.”) and make sure the new version propagates to all tweets and retweets of posts with the old one. ---
**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 20, 2018, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38653 "2018-08-20T16:57:29Z")
I wonder if Rudy’s “truth is not truth” will eventually rank up there with Kellyanne’s “alternative facts”. [http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/08/giuliani-goes-full-orwell-truth-is-not-truth.html](http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/08/giuliani-goes-full-orwell-truth-is-not-truth.html) “Truth is not truth” sounds a bit too philosophical for me. “Alternative facts” gives me the giggles almost every time, so I’ll vote for that. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2018, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38654 "2018-08-20T17:06:03Z")
I saw the following in another thread, but any of the rejoinders I could think of seemed likely to earn me a warning. > [@Elizabeth Warren has introduced legislation to Give Workers More Control Over Corporate Decisions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elizabeth-warren-has-introduced-legislation-to-give-workers-more-control-over-corporate-decisions/819733/8): > > I don’t know whether I’m being cynical or naive, here, but: if the whole point of that second one is that the workers are supposed to call the shots when it comes to, say, 40% of the board, then aren’t a lot of 60-40 votes in store? > > Just, like, _tons_ of 60-40 votes: a long shadow of 60-40 votes o’er the land, as far as the eye can see; picture an ex-con with “60” tattooed on the knuckles of one fist, and “40” on the other, only ever bothering to throw punches with one hand… ˙pǝpuᴉɯ-ǝldɯᴉs ǝɥʇ ɹoɟ ǝldɯᴉs ǝɹɐ ǝɹns sƃuᴉɥʇ ---
**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 20, 2018, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38655 "2018-08-20T19:11:08Z")
QAnon nuts are threatening to sue media outlets for making them look like nuts. > **[Reports about Trump-loving QAnon conspiracy nuts make them look insane -- and...](https://www.rawstory.com/2018/08/reports-trump-loving-qanon-conspiracy-nuts-make-look-insane-now-want-sue/)** > > Believers in the pro-Trump "QAnon" conspiracy theory have increasingly found themselves feeling isolated from their friends and families -- and they're blaming the media for making them seem insane.Via Daily Beast reporter Will Sommer, a popular... ---
**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 20, 2018, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38656 "2018-08-20T19:44:53Z")
Federal Elections Commission rules unanimously that Ted Cruz violated federal elections laws. > **[Ted Cruz Was Just Found Unanimously Guilty Of Violating U.S. Election Law -...](https://hillreporter.com/ted-cruz-just-found-guilty-violating-u-s-election-law-1127)** > > The Federal Election Commission has issued a rare unanimous decision against Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX). The agency has found that Cruz violated federal election law in his campaign for Senate in 2012. ---
**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 20, 2018, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38657 "2018-08-20T19:49:04Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Federal Elections Commission rules unanimously that Ted Cruz violated federal elections laws. > [https://hillreporter.com/ted-cruz-just-found-guilty-violating-u-s-election-law-1127](https://hillreporter.com/ted-cruz-just-found-guilty-violating-u-s-election-law-1127) _2012!?_ They work _fast!!!_ : old rolleyes: ---
**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 20, 2018, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38658 "2018-08-20T20:25:07Z")
The National Republican Congressional Committee is showing an image of Trump in front of a space shuttle getting ready for launch. The Columbia. [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DlEKuFPW0AAHZOu.jpg:large) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DlEKuFPW0AAHZOu.jpg:large) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2018, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38659 "2018-08-20T20:35:42Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The National Republican Congressional Committee is showing an image of Trump in front of a space shuttle getting ready for launch. > The Columbia. > [https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DlEKuFPW0AAHZOu.jpg:large](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DlEKuFPW0AAHZOu.jpg:large) The picture that shows flames coming out of the shuttle, and smoke billowing out from his ass? ---
**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:** [August 20, 2018, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38660 "2018-08-20T20:36:20Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > QAnon nuts are threatening to sue media outlets for making them look like nuts. > [Reports about Trump-loving QAnon conspiracy nuts make them look insane -- and now they want to sue - Raw Story](https://www.rawstory.com/2018/08/reports-trump-loving-qanon-conspiracy-nuts-make-look-insane-now-want-sue/) I’m loving the comments in the linked Reddit thread: [Poor, poor me](https://www.reddit.com/r/greatawakening/comments/98qp0p/when_this_is_all_done_can_we_get_a_class_action/) My favorite so far: "Suing is not good enough , since people are staring at me in the grocery store when I wear q gear, like my favorite q tshirts. I tore up a whole stack of newspapers at the store the other day, and when security came, I TruthBombed the f\*ck out of them as they escorted me to the store office for interrogation. Wil I sue? You’re damn right! I am suing my kids, too, for believing all the UnTruth about q followers. They are OUT of the will , I tell you, and have NO right to my RV or DVD collection (Their former inheritance)." Now maybe that is someone making fun of these folks. It’s hard to tell. But it is really entertaining me at work this afternoon. ---
**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:** [August 21, 2018, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38661 "2018-08-21T01:22:46Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > QAnon nuts are threatening to sue media outlets for making them look like nuts. > [Reports about Trump-loving QAnon conspiracy nuts make them look insane -- and now they want to sue - Raw Story](https://www.rawstory.com/2018/08/reports-trump-loving-qanon-conspiracy-nuts-make-look-insane-now-want-sue/) Damn that’s hard to read (in more ways than one). I had no idea this level of stupidity existed. This Q thing is like a religious cult to these poor bastards. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1932) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1934)