# 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:** 1966
**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 12, 2018, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39302 "2018-10-12T20:51:54Z")
Two Republicans went to the field office for the re-election campaign of Democratic Congressman Tom O’Halleran to give his campaign a contribution. But they wanted the receipt made out to the “Northern Arizona University Communist party”. When they didn’t get what they wanted, they left. A worker for the campaign drove over to the local Republican Party offices to return the money and was met by one of the two “Communists”. > **[Republican pair apparently pose as communists to make Democratic donation](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/12/arizona-republicans-communists-democrats-donation-attempt?CMP=share_btn_tw)** > > Men visit office of Arizona’s Tom O’Halleran with jar of money in apparent effort to create link to far-left ---
**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 12, 2018, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39303 "2018-10-12T21:47:53Z")
[McCarthy introduces bill to fully fund Trump’s border wall](https://thehill.com/homenews/house/411205-mccarthy-introduces-bill-to-fully-fund-trumps-border-wall) > [@](#): > > House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) introduced a bill on Friday to fully fund President Trump’s proposed border wall, a chief campaign promise that Congress has struggled to deliver. > > The measure, dubbed the “Build the Wall, Enforce the Law Act,” provides **$23.4 billion** to construct a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, with $5.5 billion in funding available immediately. > > About $16.6 billion would be dedicated to physical barriers, while the rest would cover technology, operations and other infrastructure costs associated with border security. > > The money would come out of the annual Department of Homeland Security budget, **leaving it up to appropriators to decide where to cut** from in order to cover the cost of the bill. > … My bold. $23.4 BILLION?? Yeah, that’s a really good use of the money. No other needs in the country are more pressing that this magic wall. \*Magic \*because the Pubs think it will stop the Blue Wave. Fuck disaster relief, health care, reuniting immigrant children with their parents. Those are all things that affect POOR people, so no prob. As for “where to cut”? Gee, _\_ where-oh-where can we cut to come up with $23.4 billion? ---
**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:** [October 12, 2018, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39304 "2018-10-12T22:10:43Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > \*Magic \*because the Pubs think it will stop the Blue Wave. Not to mention ladders and/or shovels. ---
**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 13, 2018, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39305 "2018-10-13T00:37:43Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > That’s already been worked out in The Handmaid’s Tale. Interesting. They’re not in the novel, but I gather the TV series (which I haven’t seen) has had to invent new horrors. > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > [Flake on Kavanaugh confirmation: To see GOP ‘spiking the ball in the end zone’ doesn’t seem right](https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/411055-flake-on-kavanaugh-confirmation-to-see-gop-spiking-the-ball-in-the-end-zone) > No fucking joke. > Well, they’re your people, doofus. :dubious: If Flake is pretending he had no idea there would be partisan rejoicing, then he’s a manipulative, lying twit. If he’s _not_ pretending–if he’s genuinely shocked–then he’s too stupid to hold public office. > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > [McCarthy introduces bill to fully fund Trump’s border wall](https://thehill.com/homenews/house/411205-mccarthy-introduces-bill-to-fully-fund-trumps-border-wall) > My bold. > $23.4 BILLION?? Yeah, that’s a really good use of the money. No other needs in the country are more pressing that this magic wall… I’ll say. How can young white supremacist children and teens yell “go back behind The Wall!” to non-whites if there’s no wall??!!?!? The lack of a wall with which white supremacists can taunt non-whites is the NUMBER ONE PROBLEM facing white supremacists today. Twenty-three billion dollars (plus) is truly a small price to pay to remedy this grievous deficiency. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_stamos_left_ear/32/3198_2.png) [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2018, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39306 "2018-10-13T00:49:04Z")
Nice to see my state come to the plate and take a swing at stupid: > [@](#): > > Scott Wagner, the Republican gubernatorial candidate in Pennsylvania, released an aggressive campaign video on Facebook Friday in which he vowed to “stomp all over” his opponent’s “face with golf spikes.” > > Wagner makes the startling threat to his Democratic opponent, incumbent Gov. Tom Wolf. > > [NBC News](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/pennsylvania-gop-gov-candidate-vows-stomp-opponent-s-face-golf-n919581?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma) ---
**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 13, 2018, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39307 "2018-10-13T00:58:34Z")
> [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](#): > > Nice to see my state come to the plate and take a swing at stupid: Then he apologized, showing he has failed to learn the Lesson of Trump. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2018, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39308 "2018-10-13T01:28:23Z")
The candidate has said he didn’t mean it literally. As if a Republican would use a metaphor. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2018, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39309 "2018-10-13T05:54:12Z")
Maybe it was, like, an analogy? ---
**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:** [October 13, 2018, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39310 "2018-10-13T11:20:07Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > [Flake on Kavanaugh confirmation: To see GOP ‘spiking the ball in the end zone’ doesn’t seem right](https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/411055-flake-on-kavanaugh-confirmation-to-see-gop-spiking-the-ball-in-the-end-zone) > No fucking joke. > > Well, they’re your people, doofus. :dubious: I really wish Jeff Flake would just shut the hell up - Goddamn, what a fucking pathetic, spineless wuss that guy is. No - good - Republicans. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2018, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39311 "2018-10-13T16:09:44Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > I really wish Jeff Flake would just shut the hell up - Goddamn, what a fucking pathetic, spineless wuss that guy is. > > No - good - Republicans. Not true. I present to you John Smith, he’s from back east. He is a great guy, generous, loving, caring, also, a registered republican. Unfortunately, back in 1980, while contemplating the differences between a further carter administration and a potential reagan one, he fell off a ladder and hit his head. He is still in a coma. I have nothing against him. ---
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2018, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39312 "2018-10-14T02:18:36Z")
[Enemy of free speech fined $30k for trying to silence political speech he didn’t like.](https://shareblue.com/dale-kooyenga-wisconsin-30000-sign/) ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2018, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39313 "2018-10-14T20:46:09Z")
GOP Senator David Purdue rips phone out of the hand of constituent asking question about voter suppression: > [@](#): > > The student says, “How can you endorse a candidate that–” but before he finishes his question, Perdue says, “No, I’m not doing that. I’m not doing that.” The senator then appears to make contact with the student and apparently snatches his phone away from him as the phone’s camera films the entire encounter. > > The student calmly notes, “You stole my property. You stole my property. Give me my phone back, senator.” Video at link: > **[GOP Sen. David Perdue Rips Phone Away From Student | Law & Crime](https://lawandcrime.com/caught-on-video/gop-senator-david-perdue-ripped-phone-away-while-constituent-records-him/)** > > U.S. Senator David Perdue (R-GA) ripped a phone out of a constituent's hand on Saturday afternoon as the constituent was recording their encounter. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2018, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39314 "2018-10-14T22:14:18Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > GOP Senator David Purdue rips phone out of the hand of constituent asking question about voter suppression I was just coming to post that one myself. You can’t just grab someone else’s property from them, when they’re doing something totally legal in a place where they have every right to be. How is that not a fucking crime? _Lock him up! Lock him up!_ ---
**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 14, 2018, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39315 "2018-10-14T22:22:09Z")
> [@MEBuckner](#): > > I was just coming to post that one myself. > > You can’t just grab someone else’s property from them, when they’re doing something totally legal in a place where they have every right to be. How is that not a fucking crime? > > _Lock him up! Lock him up!_ IOWRDI It’s Okay When Republicans Do 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:** [October 15, 2018, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39316 "2018-10-15T18:27:33Z")
US Senate candidate from Minnesota compares Michlle Obama to a chimp. > **[Minnesota GOP Senate candidate compared Michelle Obama to a chimp in Facebook...](https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/411428-minnesota-gop-senate-candidate-compared-michelle-obama-to-a-chimp-in/? __twitter_impression=true&__ twitter_impression=true&__twitter_impression=true)** > > A Republican Senate candidate in Minnesota criticized Michelle Obama’s posture when the former first lady met with the Queen of England and said the chimpanzee in the 1951 movie “Bedtime… ---
**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:** [October 15, 2018, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39317 "2018-10-15T20:14:02Z")
It’s amazing that posting a person’s own Facebook post is somehow “attacking them” > [@](#): > > “This is what the radical left does when they are losing — they attack Republicans so they don’t have to come up with solutions to the problems Minnesotans are facing,” Schneider said in an email to The Hill. ---
**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 15, 2018, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39318 "2018-10-15T20:33:09Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > It’s amazing that posting a person’s own Facebook post is somehow “attacking them” Notice how anybody to the left of Attila the Hun is the radical left? ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39319 "2018-10-15T21:27:38Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > It’s amazing that posting a person’s own Facebook post is somehow “attacking them” Eh, if they’re not a public figure there’s definitely something to be said for [signal-boosting as doxxing](http://slatestarcodex.com/2017/07/29/against-signal-boosting-as-doxxing/)… But this fucker’s a politician. They’re running to represent a state. If they said something shitty, let the whole fuckin’ world know about it. :mad: ---
**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:** [October 16, 2018, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39320 "2018-10-16T17:16:41Z")
I think movements like the Proud Boys are the ones to watch. I’ve been wondering when right wing thuggery would start to approach the mainstream, and it appears to be taking a few steps in that direction. > **[Republicans Are Adopting the Proud Boys](https://www.thedailybeast.com/republicans-are-adopting-the-proud-boys)** > > Before and after the Manhattan brawl, GOP figures defended and promoted the far-right group. It’s a valuable and dangerous bridge between fascism and mainstream politics. I suspect we’ll be seeing a proliferation of groups like Proud Boys, containing some elements of skinhead-ism, but without the skinheads. More like frat boys with handle-bar mustaches and tattoos. The Unite the Right thugs like the ones who appeared in Charlottesville, while indeed menacing, aren’t the ones I fear as much as the frat boys who have connections, whose fathers and grandfathers are retired lawyers or judges with country club memberships. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2018, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39321 "2018-10-16T18:36:01Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > Eh, if they’re not a public figure there’s definitely something to be said for [signal-boosting as doxxing](http://slatestarcodex.com/2017/07/29/against-signal-boosting-as-doxxing/)… But this fucker’s a politician. They’re running to represent a state. If they said something shitty, let the whole fuckin’ world know about it. :mad: That article is pretty interesting, but this quote: “Have any of you ever said or done anything which, if signal-boosted, would be very embarrassing and might prevent you from getting a job?” is telling. Sure, maybe I have. But not on a world-accessible public forum. But anyway, I agree, people running for elected office are fair game, IMHO. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1965) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1967)