# 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:** 1945
**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:** [September 8, 2018, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38882 "2018-09-08T12:23:54Z")
Faux News opinion piece wants to make clear to Faux’s mindless, thoughtless viewers what they should think about President Obama’s speech yesterday. That the snowflake voters themselves were being demonized. Fucking idiots. “Former President Obama gave the nation some insights into the Democratic Party’s midterm election strategy Friday with a political speech demonizing Americans who elected Donald Trump as president and doubling down on the failed liberal ideology that devastated our economy.” As for the random economy comment there- Bush was president then you fuvking ignoramous dipshits. > **[Obama tries to demonize Trump voters, following Hillary's losing strategy](https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/obama-tries-to-demonize-trump-voters-following-hillarys-losing-strategy)** > > Former President Obama gave the nation some insights into the Democratic Party’s midterm election strategy Friday with a political speech demonizing Americans who elected Donald Trump as president and doubling down on the failed liberal ideology that... ---
**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, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38883 "2018-09-08T17:18:35Z")
After eight years of lying about Obama’s accomplishments and smearing him generally, I can see where Fox News and Republicans could get right back into the swing of it. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2018, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38884 "2018-09-08T17:19:42Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Faux News opinion piece wants to make clear to Faux’s mindless, thoughtless viewers what they should think about President Obama’s speech yesterday. That the snowflake voters themselves were being demonized. Fucking idiots. > “Former President Obama gave the nation some insights into the Democratic Party’s midterm election strategy Friday with a political speech demonizing Americans who elected Donald Trump as president and doubling down on the failed liberal ideology that devastated our economy.” > As for the random economy comment there- Bush was president then you fuvking ignoramous dipshits. > [Obama tries to demonize Trump voters, following Hillary's losing strategy | Fox News](http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/09/07/obama-tries-to-demonize-trump-voters-following-hillarys-losing-strategy.html) But, Bush was a liberal. ---
**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 8, 2018, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38885 "2018-09-08T21:51:56Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > But, Bush was a liberal. > **[Lou Dobbs Calls President George W. Bush a Liberal](https://www.newsweek.com/fox-lou-dobbs-george-bush-liberal-1111686)** > > President George W. Bush was "a radical... What would you call him? A liberal himself. He wasn't a conservative," Lou Dobbs claimed. ---
**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 8, 2018, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38886 "2018-09-08T21:53:02Z")
The Junior Cheeto says Obama ruined the economy for eight years. > **[Test Title](http://washingtonsources.org/public/trump-jr-claims-obama-killed-growth-for-his-entire-8-years-cant-read-charts)** > > test meta description ---
**Author:** ![jshore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@jshore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jshore)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2018, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38887 "2018-09-08T21:58:02Z")
> [@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)? Yeah…but those prep school gangs can be brutal! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![jshore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@jshore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jshore)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2018, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38888 "2018-09-08T22:03:21Z")
> [@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)? Just in case people don’t click on your link or read it far enough, here is what I thought was the best quote: > [@](#): > > “While Brett Kavanaugh says ‘I grew up in a city plagued by gun violence and gang violence,’ I remember Bethesda, Maryland more as being plagued by enormous amounts of soccer practice,” Schwartz joked. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2018, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38889 "2018-09-08T23:00:58Z")
Well, there are the bands of Supermutants and rogue Protectrons. ---
**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 8, 2018, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38890 "2018-09-08T23:46:14Z")
> [@jshore](#): > > Yeah…but those prep school gangs can be brutal! 😃 Hey! Getting beaten up with a putter is no joke! Okay, maybe it is. ---
**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 11, 2018, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38891 "2018-09-11T06:11:08Z")
Pat Robertson has declared his protection for his studios from Hurricane Florence and has ordered the hurricane back to sea. > **[Pat Robertson Establishes A 'Shield of Protection' Against Hurricane Florence...](https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/pat-robertson-establishes-a-shield-of-protection-against-hurricane-florence/)** > > Televangelist Pat Robertson spoke at a special prayer service at his Christian Broadcasting Network today, ordering Hurricane Florence not to harm any of ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2018, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38892 "2018-09-11T09:14:41Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Pat Robertson has declared his protection for his studios from Hurricane Florence and has ordered the hurricane back to sea. > [Pat Robertson Establishes A 'Shield of Protection' Against Hurricane Florence | Right Wing Watch](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/pat-robertson-establishes-a-shield-of-protection-against-hurricane-florence/) Oh, great. So, do we hope the Tidewater is spared, out of simple compassion and human decency, or that it gets devastated, lest this vicious old man gains any further credence? Lose-lose. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2018, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38893 "2018-09-11T09:26:45Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Pat Robertson has declared his protection for his studios from Hurricane Florence and has ordered the hurricane back to sea. > [Pat Robertson Establishes A 'Shield of Protection' Against Hurricane Florence | Right Wing Watch](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/pat-robertson-establishes-a-shield-of-protection-against-hurricane-florence/) Ah, Pat Robertson - showing us what an utter [Cnut](https://www.firstclasssailing.com/blog/the-king-canute-dispute/) he is. ---
**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:** [September 11, 2018, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38894 "2018-09-11T11:53:46Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Pat Robertson has declared his protection for his studios from Hurricane Florence and has ordered the hurricane back to sea. > [Pat Robertson Establishes A 'Shield of Protection' Against Hurricane Florence | Right Wing Watch](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/pat-robertson-establishes-a-shield-of-protection-against-hurricane-florence/) Win-win for Dear Reverend Father. Either he becomes a hero to the Northeastern part of the Confederacy, or he says “I prayed to the All Powerful Lord, but He, in His Great Wisdom, answered me that he needed to vent His Wrath on the Homosexuals and Democrats.” ---
**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 11, 2018, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38895 "2018-09-11T18:23:35Z")
Donnie Jr. said the writer of the anonymous op-ed committed the crime of “subverting the will of the people”. [Donald Trump Jr. Says New York Times Op-Ed Commits Crime of 'Subverting the Will of the People'](https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-jr-says-nyt-op-ed-commits-crime-subverting-will-people-1115773)? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2018, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38896 "2018-09-11T18:29:14Z")
The people of whom more voted for Hillary than Daddy? That’s whose will counts? ---
**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 11, 2018, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38897 "2018-09-11T18:43:39Z")
Ken Starr, on NPR, talking about his new book about all of teh evuhl that the Clintons have perpetrated, says he had time to write the book since he was “freed” from his duties as President of Baylor University. > **[Ken Starr's Memoir 'Contempt' Looks At The Rocky Road To Clinton Impeachment](https://www.npr.org/2018/09/10/643124271/ken-starr-s-new-memoir-on-the-rocky-road-to-impeachment)** > > "An indulgent and prosperous nation readily forgave Bill Clinton and instead blamed the prosecutor," Starr writes of investigating the president. "That would be me." He was fired for covering up sexual assaults. ---
**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:** [September 11, 2018, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38898 "2018-09-11T18:45:17Z")
Baylor? I thought he was at Pepperdine! ---
**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 11, 2018, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38899 "2018-09-11T18:48:56Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Baylor? > > I thought he was at Pepperdine! > **[Ken Starr and Baylor University Cut Ties](https://www.theatlantic.com/news/archive/2016/08/ken-starr-baylor-university/496646/)** > > The school’s former president and chancellor, who was demoted over how he handled sexual-assault allegations, will leave the faculty. ---
**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 11, 2018, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38900 "2018-09-11T20:45:56Z")
[ **Authorities Can Now Deny Visa and Green Card Applications Without Giving Applicants a Chance to Fix Errors** _Immigration lawyers call the policy change, which kicks in today, another brick in Trump’s “invisible wall” to make legal immigration as difficult as possible._](https://www.propublica.org/article/authorities-can-now-deny-visa-and-green-card-applications-without-giving-applicants-a-chance-to-fix-errors#149636) > [@](#): > > As President Donald Trump wages a vocal battle against illegal immigration, his administration has been working more quietly to cut down on legal pathways to immigrate to the U.S. > > On Tuesday, a new policy kicks in, allowing officers with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to outright deny any visa or green card application that is missing evidence or contains an error. Around 7 million people apply every year. > > Previously, officers were required by an Obama-era policy to send notices, giving applicants a chance to correct such problems instead of closing the process. Officers can still choose to do so, but they can also opt to skip that step if the application is deemed frivolous. > > Without the notices, applicants won’t have the opportunity to intervene before a decision is made, potentially adding months or years of extra paperwork and thousands of dollars in fees to the already lengthy process. In the case of those trying to renew their visas while they’re still in the U.S., they could be placed in deportation proceedings the moment their visas expire… [Right](https://fishandbicylces.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/statue-of-liberty.jpg). ---
**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 11, 2018, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/38901 "2018-09-11T21:01:09Z")
NRA is not hiding its going further into white supremacy. For some reason, Dana Loesch is butt hurt that Thomas the Tank Engine, of all things, is introducing a Nigerian female train to the show. So she responded by putting up an image of some of the trains were white hoods. > **[NRA TV puts KKK hoods on Thomas and Friends as a 'joke' in protest of new...](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/9/11/1794999/-NRA-TV-puts-hoods-on-Thomas-the-Train-as-joke-protesting-new-Kenyan-female-character?detail=facebook)** > > What do you do when you are an organization known for supporting mass murder of children and a white supremacist politician, and maybe having involved yourself with possibly treasonous money laundering? You attack children’s... How does any of this have to do with guns? Of course, they celebrated 9/11 by attacking Colin Kaepernick … > > > NRATV @NRATV [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1944) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1946)