# 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:** 1944
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38862 "2018-09-06T18:34:44Z")
Guys? Yuck-o-rama! Icky-palooza! ---
**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:** [September 6, 2018, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38863 "2018-09-06T18:48:42Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Guys? Yuck-o-rama! Icky-palooza! Nothing human (or apparently _inhuman_) is foreign to The Dope. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38864 "2018-09-06T19:00:26Z")
_Night of the Iguana?_ One of my favorites, as well. ---
**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:** [September 6, 2018, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38865 "2018-09-06T20:03:23Z")
Roy Moore is suing Sacha Baron Cohen for his appearance on Cohen’s show, where Cohen used a “pedophile detector” on him. [Roy Moore is suing Sacha Baron Cohen over his 'Who is America?' prank | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/06/entertainment/roy-moore-sacha-baron-cohen-lawsuit/index.html)? ---
**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:** [September 6, 2018, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38866 "2018-09-06T20:26:42Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Roy Moore is suing Sacha Baron Cohen for his appearance on Cohen’s show, where Cohen used a “pedophile detector” on him. > [https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/06/entertainment/roy-moore-sacha-baron-cohen-lawsuit/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/06/entertainment/roy-moore-sacha-baron-cohen-lawsuit/index.html)? Personally, I think it would have been funnier if Cohen’s “pedophile detector” _didn’t_ beep for Moore, but then have Cohen look at the silent device in mild confusion before declaring “The batteries, I forgot to bring,” and putting it down. Having it beep pretty much ends the interview. _Not_ having it beep maintain comic tension and lets Cohen keep the sham going. ---
**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:** [September 6, 2018, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38867 "2018-09-06T22:34:51Z")
Graham Slams Roe: Founding Fathers Didn’t Talk Abortion [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/graham-slams-roe-founding-fathers-didnt-talk-abortion/ar-BBMY0vd](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/graham-slams-roe-founding-fathers-didnt-talk-abortion/ar-BBMY0vd) Seriously? He didn’t see this backfiring??? > [@](#): > > The comments were quickly met with backlash on social media, as people questioned his logic by saying that the founding fathers didn’t discuss a lot of things in the Constitution, like the Internet, technology, women’s suffrage or the freeing of slaves. They also didn’t discuss heart surgery, electric light and firearms that could hold more than one round at a time. ---
**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:** [September 6, 2018, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38868 "2018-09-06T22:37:05Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > Graham Slams Roe: Founding Fathers Didn’t Talk Abortion > [MSN](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/graham-slams-roe-founding-fathers-didnt-talk-abortion/ar-BBMY0vd) > > Seriously? He didn’t see this backfiring??? > > They also didn’t discuss heart surgery, electric light and firearms that could hold more than one round at a time. Graham may have been operating on the New Normal knowledge that a politician can say virtually any ridiculous thing, and expect to see it applauded and celebrated by about a third of the US population. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38869 "2018-09-06T23:17:41Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > Graham Slams Roe: Founding Fathers Didn’t Talk Abortion > [MSN](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/graham-slams-roe-founding-fathers-didnt-talk-abortion/ar-BBMY0vd) So, that means they didn’t believe life begins at conception? It’s not like abortion wasn’t a thing through out human history. If they thought it was important, surely they would have mentioned it. ---
**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:** [September 7, 2018, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38870 "2018-09-07T18:11:08Z")
Republican candidate for Congress says her opponent can’t be called Native American because she didn’t grow up on a reservation. > **[Republican Questions Native American Opponent's Ethnicity In Bizarre Fox...](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/deb-haaland-janice-arnold-jones-reservation-native-american_n_5b918422e4b0162f472b56ca/amp)** > > New Mexico state Rep. Janice Arnold-Jones suggests Democratic rival Deb Haaland isn't Native American because she didn't grow up on a reservation. ---
**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:** [September 7, 2018, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38871 "2018-09-07T19:28:49Z")
It’s like an overwhelming need to be racist/stupid. They just can’t help it. Morons. ---
**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:** [September 7, 2018, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38872 "2018-09-07T19:33:07Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Republican candidate for Congress says her opponent can’t be called Native American because she didn’t grow up on a reservation. > [Republican Questions Native American Opponent's Ethnicity In Bizarre Fox Interview | HuffPost](https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5b918422e4b0162f472b56ca/amp) Neither did Pocahontas (the real one) and even Trump acknowledges she’s Native American. ---
**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:** [September 7, 2018, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38873 "2018-09-07T20:36:14Z")
Brett Kavanagh said he grew up in “in a city plagued by gun violence and gang violence and drug violence”. He grew up in Bethesda, Maryland, which, in 2014, was the wealthiest town in the country. He attended Georgetown Prep High School, which has its own on-campus golf course. [Brett Kavanaugh Trolled After Claiming He Grew Up in 'City Plagued by Gun Violence'](https://www.newsweek.com/brett-kavanaugh-trolled-after-claiming-he-grew-city-plagued-gun-violence-1111776)? ---
**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:** [September 7, 2018, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38874 "2018-09-07T20:37:42Z")
The Republican candidate for Governor of Oklahoma is an anti-vaxxer. [Oklahoma’s GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Kevin Stitt Is an Anti-Vaxxer](https://www.thedailybeast.com/oklahomas-gop-gubernatorial-candidate-kevin-stitt-is-an-anti-vaxxer)? ---
**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:** [September 8, 2018, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38875 "2018-09-08T01:10:09Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Brett Kavanagh said he grew up in “in a city plagued by gun violence and gang violence and drug violence”. He grew up in Bethesda, Maryland, which, in 2014, was the wealthiest town in the country. He attended Georgetown Prep High School, which has its own on-campus golf course. > [Brett Kavanaugh Trolled After Claiming He Grew Up in 'City Plagued by Gun Violence'](https://www.newsweek.com/brett-kavanaugh-trolled-after-claiming-he-grew-city-plagued-gun-violence-1111776)? Interesting. I wonder if people who’ve known Kavanaugh for years would testify that he’s always been prone to bending the truth to enhance his image, or if this is a new thing. (I guess it would endear him to Trump…) ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2018, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38876 "2018-09-08T01:13:52Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Graham may have been operating on the New Normal knowledge that a politician can say virtually any ridiculous thing, and expect to see it applauded and celebrated by about a third of the US population. I doubt that the Trump base is particularly fond of Senator Graham. They suspect that, late at night, he enjoys dressing up in ladies’ clothing and regarding himself in the tall mirror. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2018, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38877 "2018-09-08T01:18:04Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > You can watch it [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeoxtBH6ojI). I think it might have been a piece of popcorn or perhaps a breath mint. I am trying to picture Ted Cruz wolfing down a bucket of popcorn just before a debate, and am failing. It just seems too wholesome. A bucket of baby white mice, I can see. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2018, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38878 "2018-09-08T01:22:32Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Brett Kavanagh said he grew up in “in a city plagued by gun violence and gang violence and drug violence”. He grew up in Bethesda, Maryland, which, in 2014, was the wealthiest town in the country. He attended Georgetown Prep High School, which has its own on-campus golf course. > [Brett Kavanaugh Trolled After Claiming He Grew Up in 'City Plagued by Gun Violence'](https://www.newsweek.com/brett-kavanaugh-trolled-after-claiming-he-grew-city-plagued-gun-violence-1111776)? Kavanaugh also attended Yale College as an undergraduate, several years behind me. I wish I had still been there when he matriculated, to pull his freshman beanie down over his eyes, give him wedgies and Indian burns, and deny him entry to Skull and Bones. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2018, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38879 "2018-09-08T01:26:48Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > I doubt that the Trump base is particularly fond of Senator Graham. They suspect that, late at night, he enjoys dressing up in ladies’ clothing and regarding himself in the tall mirror. I think you’re right, but he may still cherish ambitions of being raised to High Office (should a vacancy occur in, say the Department of Justice) by Trump, despite his (Graham’s) image. They say that if you flatter Trump solicitously enough and say things that advance his current projects, Trump will respond positively to that groveling. (And after all, he has to appoint _someone_ to the job, and Senators usually have a better chance of getting the votes in the Senate.) ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2018, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38880 "2018-09-08T01:33:56Z")
Senator Graham has been groveling mightily recently, but there are still all those 2015-16 tapes of him calling Trump “unhinged,” “goofy,” and “unfit for office.” Trump holds grudges forever, so Graham will eventually experience a Romney-sized awakening. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2018, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38881 "2018-09-08T01:39:52Z")
True enough. Trump has elevated people who aren’t very servile to him, but I think it’s true that none of them had publicly criticized him before they got those jobs. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1943) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1945)