# 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:** 1959
**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:** [September 23, 2018, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39162 "2018-09-23T23:04:08Z")
Stump. Definitely stump. Sorry. I’ve been on a fast-food voting binge on the Board That Shall Not Be Named and didn’t elaborate as fully as I should have. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2018, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39163 "2018-09-24T00:21:13Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > James Woods’s Twitter account has been locked because of a tweet he made back in July encouraging men not to vote. Twitter claimed the tweet could have impacted an election, and told hi they will unlock his account if he deletes the post. He says he won’t. I can think of someone else whose Twitter account should be locked because his tweets could impact an election. ---
**Author:** ![JB99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/439d5e/32.png) [@JB99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JB99)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2018, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39164 "2018-09-24T10:28:40Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > James Woods’s Twitter account has been locked because of a tweet he made back in July encouraging men not to vote. Twitter claimed the tweet could have impacted an election, and told hi they will unlock his account if he deletes the post. He says he won’t. > [James Woods Locked Out of Twitter Account](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/james-woods-locked-twitter-account-1146322) Is this some kind of fucking joke? I’m serious. I don’t understand this. They are locking accounts for ‘tweets that could have impacted an election?’ Since fucking when? How is this even a real thing? ---
**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 25, 2018, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39165 "2018-09-25T03:33:55Z")
Jeannine Pirro of Fox News calls the accusations against Kavanaugh suppressed memories, insinuating that the accusers were hypnotized. > ---
**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:** [September 25, 2018, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39166 "2018-09-25T19:14:51Z")
Er, about that… > [@Sarah "Mouth of Sauron" Hucky Boo Boo](#): > > In every single one of these instances where someone is nominated, they go before, they have a hearing, and then the senators vote on it. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2018, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39167 "2018-09-25T19:24:43Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Jeannine Pirro of Fox News calls the accusations against Kavanaugh suppressed memories, insinuating that the accusers were hypnotized. > [https://twitter.com/ndrew\_lawrence/status/1044336398319407104?s=12](https://twitter.com/ndrew_lawrence/status/1044336398319407104?s=12) [She really should take her mouth off Trump’s tiny mushroom dick.](https://www.thewrap.com/jeanine-pirro-obama-rob-porter-scandal-blame/) ---
**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 26, 2018, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39168 "2018-09-26T19:33:07Z")
Ted Cruz says he thinks police should patrol Muslim neighborhoods. I guess they expect Muslim “terrorists” are standing around on the corners plotting. > **[Ted Cruz: Police need to 'patrol and secure' Muslim neighborhoods | CNN Politics](https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2016/03/22/politics/ted-cruz-muslim-neighborhoods/index.html?__twitter_impression=true)** > > Ted Cruz on Tuesday called for law enforcement to step up their policing of Muslim neighborhoods in the U.S. in the wake of terrorist attacks in Brussels, comparing it to police boosting their presence in areas with known gang activity. ---
**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 26, 2018, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39169 "2018-09-26T19:54:05Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Ted Cruz says he thinks police should patrol Muslim neighborhoods. I guess they expect Muslim “terrorists” are standing around on the corners plotting. > [Ted Cruz: Police need to 'patrol' Muslim neighborhoods - CNNPolitics](https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2016/03/22/politics/ted-cruz-muslim-neighborhoods/index.html?__twitter_impression=true) Come on man, that was from March of 2016. ---
**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 26, 2018, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39170 "2018-09-26T20:19:05Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > Come on man, that was from March of 2016. Dammit. Again fooled by an old post showing up anew in my feed. Sorry again. Sigh. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2018, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39171 "2018-09-26T21:22:01Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Dammit. Again fooled by an old post showing up anew in my feed. Sorry again. Sigh. Cheer up, it’s still hateful, retarded and bigoted ! ---
**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:** [September 26, 2018, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39172 "2018-09-26T21:51:47Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > > > Dammit. Again fooled by an old post showing up anew in my feed. Sorry again. Sigh. > > Cheer up, it’s still hateful, retarded and bigoted ! And some SRIOTDs never go out of style. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2018, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39173 "2018-09-26T21:55:03Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > [She really should take her mouth off Trump’s tiny mushroom dick.](https://www.thewrap.com/jeanine-pirro-obama-rob-porter-scandal-blame/) Remember, Pirro and Trump go way back. Her ex-husband was a sleazy mobbed-up and felonious (served 29 months for tax evasion and fraud) real estate lawyer and, as one might expect, a very close business associate of Trump. ---
**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:** [September 27, 2018, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39174 "2018-09-27T21:40:58Z")
Within minutes of Brett Kavanaugh’s false claim that his use of the phrase “devil’s triangle” referred to a drinking game and not a sex act, [an anonymous edit was made to the Wikipedia entry on the phrase](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=861497321&oldid=839322382) to add a reference to it being a drinking game. The IP address the edit was made from [belongs to the US House of Representatives.](http://www.ip-analyse.com/ip/143.231.249.html) ---
**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 28, 2018, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39175 "2018-09-28T19:30:22Z")
Matt Schlapp just posted a photo of Senators Harris, Booker and Hirono with the caption, “Look at this photo conservative voters in WV, ND, IN, FL, MO, MT, MI, TN, AZ, NV” Appealing to the racist base. > > > MarjorieDannenfelser @marjoriesba ---
**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 28, 2018, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39176 "2018-09-28T19:34:31Z")
Fox News legal analyst Gregg Jarrett said Thursday Democratic Sen. Mazie Hirono should “shut the hell up” when it comes to speaking out against sexual assault allegations. > **[Fox News analyst: Hirono should ‘shut the hell up’ about allegations against...](https://thehill.com/homenews/media/408886-fox-news-gregg-jarrett-hirono-should-shut-the-hell-up-regarding-sexual-assault/?__twitter_impression=true)** > > Fox News legal analyst Gregg Jarrett said Thursday Democratic Sen. Mazie Hirono (Hawaii) should “shut the hell up” when it comes to speaking out against sexual assault allegations.Jarrett appe… ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39177 "2018-09-28T20:07:15Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Matt Schlapp just posted a photo of Senators Harris, Booker and Hirono with the caption, “Look at this photo conservative voters in WV, ND, IN, FL, MO, MT, MI, TN, AZ, NV” > Appealing to the racist base. > [https://twitter.com/mschlapp/status/1045444496467603457](https://twitter.com/mschlapp/status/1045444496467603457) I don’t get that whole thing. The original picture seems to have been posted without comment by some president of the Pro-Life People’s Judea Front or some shit, and Schlapp reTweeted it with that caption. But uh … I don’t get it. “Hey conservatives, here’s a picture of some black congress-people. Get mad.” Is it that simple? ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39178 "2018-09-28T23:28:01Z")
[Y’all seen _this_ shit?](https://twitter.com/senjudiciary/status/1045766343675408384) ETA: Checking that the link worked, that whole damn Twitter account needs to be shut down and everybody responsible for it fired. ---
**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 28, 2018, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39179 "2018-09-28T23:42:50Z")
> [@GreysonCarlisle](#): > > [Y’all seen _this_ shit?](https://twitter.com/senjudiciary/status/1045766343675408384) > ETA: Checking that the link worked, that whole damn Twitter account needs to be shut down and everybody responsible for it fired. Washington Examiner, the FOXnews of the newspaper world. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2018, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39180 "2018-09-29T01:11:19Z")
I’ve already got a Pit thread going about it, but it seems timely (as always) to share this link again… The GOP Rape Advisory Chart–updated [https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/9/21/1797415/-This-seems-like-a-good-point-to-dust-off-the-GOP-Rape-Advisory-Chart-again?detail=emaildkre](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/9/21/1797415/-This-seems-like-a-good-point-to-dust-off-the-GOP-Rape-Advisory-Chart-again?detail=emaildkre) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2018, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39181 "2018-09-29T01:12:05Z")
Just saw a quick clip from MSNBC, female House members filing into the room to give the stink eye to the Senators voting, and then they left. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1958) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1960)