# 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:** 1963
**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:** [October 8, 2018, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39242 "2018-10-08T06:41:41Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > 1. Maine has more than its share of toothless backwoods yokels; to meet some of them, just go a couple miles inland from the coast. I just didn’t realize they made it to the polls so handily. Speaking as someone who lives in Maine, and who should take offense at this, I can confirm every last word of it. As to what Susan Collins is playing, it’s her same old schtick - she’ll say anything in that Katherine Hepburn voice to try to convince her constituents that she’s a moderate while solidly voting R. Her Twitter feed is full of stuff like, “look how I helped these veterans, and old people, and puppies,” and then she turns around and votes for millionaires’ tax cuts. I must say, though, I’m not sure how well her latest judo is going to flip. “I believe Dr. Ford was attacked, just not by Kavanaugh (because he’s too important to my donors)” It’s not sitting well. She likes to pretend that she’s on the forefront of the movement to believe women and the first chance she gets to do it, she shits the bed. I can’t wait to see her voted out. ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2018, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39243 "2018-10-08T07:27:49Z")
Stupid Republican idea of the day (well, this day last week): [this movie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trump_Prophecy). > [@Wikipedia](#): > > The Trump Prophecy is a production of Rick Eldridge’s ReelWorks Studios, in cooperation with the film department of Liberty University, the evangelical Christian school founded by Jerry Falwell. It was directed by Stephan Schultze, the head of Liberty University’s film program, and made with the help of many of the school’s film students. ---
**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:** [October 8, 2018, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39244 "2018-10-08T09:36:48Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > “I believe Dr. Ford was attacked, just not by Kavanaugh (because he’s too important to my donors)” “…who are in no way bribing me, unlike the actual voters funding my next opponent.” ---
**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:** [October 8, 2018, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39245 "2018-10-08T18:40:37Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > Stupid Republican idea of the day (well, this day last week): [this movie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trump_Prophecy). So the movie starts with a fireman with PTSD who has to take time off and is having difficulty sleeping. He finds a glowing orb floating over his bed, not making any noise, and there’s a tv on with Trump on the screen (in 2005, apparently), and deduces that this silent globe is God telling him something about Trump. So he tells his psychiatrist, who tells his (the psychiatrist’s) wife, who immediately realizes this means God told the fireman in 2005 that Donald Trump was God’s choice to be President. The rest of the movie is the psychiatrist’s wife spreading this gospel. The wife and her clack brought out Israelis shofars and played them during Election Night so that God would know that they believe in Trump. The movie is even more about “Let’s support Israel” than it is “Trump is sent by God.” Based on a True Story. ---
**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:** [October 8, 2018, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39246 "2018-10-08T19:21:41Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > Stupid Republican idea of the day (well, this day last week): [this movie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trump_Prophecy). Some promising news though: > [@](#): > > The film was made with a budget of about $2 million.[2] > > Some Liberty University students created an online petition objecting to the school’s involvement with the film. The petition said, “We should be very wary of modern-day prophets. Mark Taylor has claimed God told him that electing Trump will save the world which is unbiblical at best and heretical at worst.”[1][5] ---
**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:** [October 8, 2018, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39247 "2018-10-08T21:31:54Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > Stupid Republican idea of the day (well, this day last week): [this movie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trump_Prophecy). > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > So the movie starts with a fireman with PTSD who has to take time off and is having difficulty sleeping. He finds a glowing orb floating over his bed, not making any noise, and there’s a tv on with Trump on the screen (in 2005, apparently), and deduces that this silent globe is God telling him something about Trump. So he tells his psychiatrist, who tells his (the psychiatrist’s) wife, who immediately realizes this means God told the fireman in 2005 that Donald Trump was God’s choice to be President. The rest of the movie is the psychiatrist’s wife spreading this gospel. > The wife and her clack brought out Israelis shofars and played them during Election Night so that God would know that they believe in Trump. > The movie is even more about “Let’s support Israel” than it is “Trump is sent by God.” > > Based on a True Story. Hope theaters are stocking plenty of sickness bags for those dragged to the movie by Trump-adoring relatives. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2018, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39248 "2018-10-09T07:15:36Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The movie is even more about “Let’s support Israel” than it is “Trump is sent by God.” Sorry. I mean, it’s not my fault, nor is it my country’s, but still… sorry. ---
**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:** [October 9, 2018, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39249 "2018-10-09T16:51:07Z")
We USAians are the ones who should be sorry. When “Let’s support Israel” is coming from the evangelicals, dollars to donuts says that it’s more about Dominionism than about making it safe to be a Jew. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2018, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39250 "2018-10-09T17:12:38Z")
That, or they want us to kill Arabs for them. ---
**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:** [October 9, 2018, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39251 "2018-10-09T17:26:17Z")
Well, that would be just gravy for them. Red-eye gravy, made with flour, black coffee, and bacon fat, so watch out. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2018, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39252 "2018-10-09T18:18:46Z")
Peckerwood caviar. ---
**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:** [October 9, 2018, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39253 "2018-10-09T20:28:36Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Sorry. > > I mean, it’s not my fault, **nor is it my country** ’s, but still… sorry. This is sorta a growing sentiment among US citizens. ---
**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:** [October 9, 2018, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39254 "2018-10-09T20:58:15Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > We USAians are the ones who should be sorry. When “Let’s support Israel” is coming from the evangelicals, dollars to donuts says that it’s more about Dominionism than about making it safe to be a Jew. Nah, they “believe that the Second Coming of Jesus Christ cannot occur until the Third Temple is constructed in Jerusalem, which requires the appearance of a red heifer born in Israel. Clyde Lott, a cattle breeder, is attempting to systematically breed red heifers and export them to Israel to establish a breeding line of red heifers in Israel in the hope that this will bring about the construction of the Third Temple and ultimately the Second Coming of Jesus” > **[Red heifer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_heifer)** > > The red heifer (Hebrew: פָּרָה אֲדֻמָּה, romanized: parah adumah), a heifer which is never pregnant, milked, or yoked, also known as the red cow, is a heifer sacrificed by the priests as a sacrifice to God in the Book of Numbers (Torah, Old Testament). Its ashes after being sacrificed and burned were used for the ritual purification of corpse uncleanness caused by an Israelite coming into contact with a human corpse, a human bone, or a human grave. > The red heifer offering instructions are descr... ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2018, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39255 "2018-10-09T21:31:37Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > Clyde Lott, a cattle breeder, is attempting to systematically breed red heifers and export them to Israel… If you’re going to make fun of Clyde Lott, watch out. His wife can get a little salty… ---
**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:** [October 9, 2018, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39256 "2018-10-09T21:49:06Z")
> [@digs](#): > > If you’re going to make fun of Clyde Lott, watch out. His wife can get a little salty… Hey, now! You’re talking about a pillar of the community there… ---
**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:** [October 9, 2018, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39257 "2018-10-09T22:00:42Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > Nah, they “believe that the Second Coming of Jesus Christ cannot occur until the Third Temple is constructed in Jerusalem, which requires the appearance of a red heifer born in Israel. Clyde Lott, a cattle breeder, is attempting to systematically breed red heifers and export them to Israel to establish a breeding line of red heifers in Israel in the hope that this will bring about the construction of the Third Temple and ultimately the Second Coming of Jesus” > > [Red heifer - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_heifer) So what Clyde is saying is that god isn’t doing it right, and needs a little help? Hey, check out the faith on that one! ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2018, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39258 "2018-10-09T22:47:56Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > We USAians are the ones who should be sorry. When “Let’s support Israel” is coming from the evangelicals, dollars to donuts says that it’s more about Dominionism than about making it safe to be a Jew. It’s about bringing on the Second Coming. They don’t give a tinker’s damn otherwise about Jews (or anyone else, for that matter). > [@Alessan](#): > > That, or they want us to kill Arabs for them. Not kill. Have them suffer because they’re not Raptured. You know “True Christians” really want others to suffer, not die. ---
**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:** [October 9, 2018, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39259 "2018-10-09T23:38:25Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > It’s about bringing on the Second Coming. They don’t give a tinker’s damn otherwise about Jews (or anyone else, for that matter). > … This. ---
**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:** [October 9, 2018, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39260 "2018-10-09T23:41:56Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Not kill. Have them suffer because they’re not Raptured. You know “True Christians” really want others to suffer, not die. This. Because the Rapture part of it is only HALF of the enjoyment for them. Being able to witness the suffering of non-Christians is almost more important. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39261 "2018-10-10T00:27:48Z")
Do NONE of these\* Christians Who Are The Opposite of Jesus\* stop and think “Wait a minute, does it make any sense for an omnipotent God to be powerless unless we breed red cows, or a loving God to want us to engineer people’s suffering?” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1962) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1964)