# 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:** 1968
**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 18, 2018, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39342 "2018-10-18T02:24:11Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Pat Robertson, the notable quivering mass of insects in a rubber suit that pretends to be Christian, says that [holding the Saudis responsible for murder isn’t worth losing an arms contract over.](https://www.vox.com/2018/10/17/17990268/pat-robertson-khashoggi-saudi-arabia-trump-crisis) > > Big fan of war and money, that Jesus fellow. Jesus Herbert Walker Christ. :smack: Been waiting for a good opportunity to use that one. This fits. ---
**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 18, 2018, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39343 "2018-10-18T02:56:16Z")
They know they can tell their voters who just got mugged by a white guy in a bright orange suit that they’ll catch that black guy in the blue shirt for them and be absolutely believed. ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2018, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39344 "2018-10-18T03:44:37Z")
lol **ThelmaLou** But not so funny: > [@](#): > > “For those who are screaming blood for the Saudis — look, these people are key allies,” Robertson said. While he called the faith of the Wahabists — the hardline Islamist sect to which the Saudi Royal Family belongs — “obnoxious,” he urged viewers to remember that “we’ve got an arms deal that everybody wanted a piece of…it’ll be a lot of jobs, a lot of money come to our coffers. It’s not something you want to blow up willy-nilly.” > > Robertson praised the approach of President Donald Trump, who has publicly cast doubt on the allegations against the Saudis, comparing them to those of sexual assault against Supreme Court justice Brett Kavanaugh earlier this month. On Wednesday, after the New York Times reported that it had obtained audio of Khashoggi being tortured, murdered, and dismembered inside the consulate, Turkish newspaper Yeni Safak reported that Trump said that he had requested the recording, “if it exists,” later adding “I’m not sure that it exists.” ---
**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 18, 2018, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39345 "2018-10-18T04:23:40Z")
[quote=“Anny\_Middon, post:39334, topic:490897”] > [@asahi](#): > > I think movements like the Proud Boys are the ones to watch. Speaking of whom, how on Earth did Shane Smith and Suroosh Avi fall in with Gavin McInnes (founder of Proud Boys) to start up Vice Media? ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2018, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39346 "2018-10-18T04:40:04Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > I feel like we are at a magic show, and the magician on stage is doing a very poor job. > > The magician fans out a deck of cards, and asks the volunteer to pick one. The card is picked, and the magician instructs the volunteer to show him the card, tell him what it is, then hand it back to him. The volunteer does this, and the magician holds up the card, asking, “Is this your card?” > > You are sitting in the audience, thinking to yourself, “Who the fuck would ever be fooled by that trick?” > > Meanwhile, the audience member next to you claps excitedly, and exclaims, “How did he do that?!” This is the most perfect description of how I feel every single day. Mind if I steal it? ---
**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 18, 2018, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39347 "2018-10-18T05:06:08Z")
I have no idea how that happened in Post #39338. Here’s the correct version. > [@asahi](#): > > I think movements like the Proud Boys are the ones to watch. Speaking of whom, how on Earth did Shane Smith and Suroosh Avi fall in with Gavin McInnes (founder of Proud Boys) to start up Vice Media? ---
**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 18, 2018, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39348 "2018-10-18T05:36:46Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > They know they can tell their voters who just got mugged by a white guy in a bright orange suit that they’ll catch that black guy in the blue shirt for them and be absolutely believed. Damn, now you have me imagining an orange guy in an orange jumpsuit. ---
**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 18, 2018, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39349 "2018-10-18T08:15:06Z")
Chuck Grassley is holding hearings for controversial republican nominees during senate recesses. > **[Republicans are ramming through more judges — by holding hearings when...](https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/10/17/17985512/senate-judiciary-chuck-grassley-dianne-feinstein)** > > They’re doing so despite vocal Democratic opposition. Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley insisted on holding a confirmation hearing for six federal judges on Wednesday, even though he himself — and the majority of the committee — weren’t able to attend. Most senators have now returned home to either campaign for the midterms or take care of other state business. In the course of the hearing, the only lawmakers who were present of the 21-member committee were Republican Sens. John Kennedy (LA), Orrin Hatch (UT), Ben Sasse (ME), and Mike Crapo (ID). It’s an unprecedented arrangement, all 10 Judiciary Democrats say. While confirmation hearings have been held during recesses before, they’ve only been done so with the consent of the minority, Democrats wrote in a letter urging Grassley to reschedule. Grassley argues, however, that Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) previously agreed to these dates even though she knew recess could have started earlier than expected. He says that the timing for these hearings — which have been set for October 17 and 24 — has already been pushed at least once and he’s simply refusing to do it again. “Norms? What norms? We have the power, we have the votes, we’re going to do whatever the fuck we want, and fuck you for implying that we shouldn’t be able to.” ---
**Author:** ![carlb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carlb/32/5930_2.png) [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2018, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39350 "2018-10-18T09:47:39Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > I doubt that’s why. > > It’s reminding the billionaire donor class that they’re seriously behind in Q3 fundraising and that the billionaires club needs to remember what’s at stake in the election. The plutocrats have a chance to fundamentally change America’s economy and society as they know it: the great regressive experiment. It’s been a good 90 years almost since the dawn of the Great Society, the time when government asserted itself in the name of the common man and confronted the abuses of private power. In the decades since, private power has been scheming for ways to tilt that balance of power back to where it was pre-1933. They’re almost there. I wonder if it’s a little bit of Munchausen by Proxy - show everyone how serious they are about fixing the problem that they created. “Elect us in the mid-terms so we can save you all fro this horrible debt problem.” ---
**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:** [October 18, 2018, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39351 "2018-10-18T13:57:16Z")
As Mel Brooks said, “Tragedy is when I stub my toe. Comedy is when you fall into an open manhole and die.” > [@](#): > > [Virginia GOP congressman tells recovering addict he has it bad too because he faces attack ads](https://thinkprogress.org/virginia-gop-congressman-brat-tells-addict-he-has-it-worse-0f795053c3e4/) > > Rep. Dave Brat (R-VA), who is locked in a toss-up re-election race against Democrat Abigail Spanberger, met with members of an addiction support group during a recent visit to the Chesterfield County Jail. When an inmate expressed concerns about the challenges she’d face upon release, the far-right Freedom Caucus member responded that he has it even worse, as he is facing negative campaign ads. > > Brat told the woman, “You think you’re having a hard time. I’ve got $5 million of negative ads against me. How do you think I’m feeling?”… ---
**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 18, 2018, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39352 "2018-10-18T14:06:40Z")
You know what is worse than that? Someone saying they have Native American heritage. (sarcasm) ---
**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 18, 2018, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39353 "2018-10-18T15:01:52Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > As Mel Brooks said, “Tragedy is when I stub my toe. Comedy is when you fall into an open manhole and die.” > > > [@](#): > > > > Virginia GOP congressman tells recovering addict he has it bad too because he faces attack ads > > > > Rep. Dave Brat (R-VA), who is locked in a toss-up re-election race against Democrat Abigail Spanberger, met with members of an addiction support group during a recent visit to the Chesterfield County Jail. When an inmate expressed concerns about the challenges she’d face upon release, the far-right Freedom Caucus member responded that he has it even worse, as he is facing negative campaign ads. > > > > Brat told the woman, “You think you’re having a hard time. I’ve got $5 million of negative ads against me. How do you think I’m feeling?”… Hey! Don’t be so hard on him! Remember that thump’s “own personal VietNam” was when he couldn’t dodge bullets (much as he wanted to!) because of his bone spurs but he spent the war _sweating bullets_ trying to avoid STDs. Each of us suffers in his/her own way. Yeah. ---
**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 18, 2018, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39354 "2018-10-18T15:19:10Z")
I didn’t know where to post this and I didn’t think it merited a new thread. This isn’t strictly a stupid Republican thing, but I feel pretty sure these guys prolly ARE Pubbies. Every day I read something that blows my mind anew, but this was in a class by itself. [**Why White Supremacists Are Chugging Milk (and Why Geneticists Are Alarmed)**](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/17/us/white-supremacists-science-dna.html) > [@](#): > > Nowhere on the agenda of the annual meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics, being held in San Diego this week, is a topic plaguing many of its members: the recurring appropriation of the field’s research in the name of white supremacy. > … > > One slide Dr. Novembre has folded into his recent talks depicts a group of white nationalists chugging milk at a 2017 gathering to draw attention to a genetic trait known to be more common in white people than others — the ability to digest lactose as adults. It also shows a social media post from an account called “Enter The Milk Zone” with a map lifted from a scientific journal article on the trait’s evolutionary history. > > In most of the world, the article explains, the gene that allows for the digestion of lactose switches off after childhood. But with the arrival of the first cattle herders in Europe some 5,000 years ago, a chance mutation that left it turned on provided enough of a nutritional leg up that nearly all of those who survived eventually carried it. **In the post, the link is accompanied by a snippet of hate speech urging individuals of African ancestry to leave America. “If you can’t drink milk,” it says in part, “you have to go back.”** > … My bold. _\_ ---
**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 18, 2018, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39355 "2018-10-18T15:57:51Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > This is the most perfect description of how I feel every single day. Mind if I steal it? Sure, just no peeking behind the curtain. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_McQwark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@Steve\_McQwark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_McQwark)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2018, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39356 "2018-10-18T16:06:04Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I didn’t know where to post this and I didn’t think it merited a new thread. This isn’t strictly a stupid Republican thing, but I feel pretty sure these guys prolly ARE Pubbies. Every day I read something that blows my mind anew, but this was in a class by itself. > > [**Why White Supremacists Are Chugging Milk (and Why Geneticists Are Alarmed)**](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/17/us/white-supremacists-science-dna.html) > My bold. > > _\_ One of the most ironic, and simultaneously pathetic, things of all time is that white supremacists believe that they are intellectually superior to other races. ---
**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 18, 2018, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39357 "2018-10-18T16:19:45Z")
> [@Steve\_McQwark](#): > > One of the most ironic, and simultaneously pathetic, things of all time is that white supremacists believe that they are intellectually superior to other races. NFJ! If they were smarter, they’d be embarrassed, but they’re too stupid! ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2018, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39358 "2018-10-18T16:34:05Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > I feel like we are at a magic show, and the magician on stage is doing a very poor job. > . . . . > You are sitting in the audience, thinking to yourself, “Who the fuck would ever be fooled by that trick?” > > Meanwhile, the audience member next to you claps excitedly, and exclaims, “How did he do that?!” [I’m foolin’ you and you don’t like it! Fuck you. it’s magic!](https://youtu.be/kJiUVp890TY?t=52) ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2018, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39359 "2018-10-18T16:40:59Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > I feel like we are at a magic show, and the magician on stage is doing a very poor job. > > The magician fans out a deck of cards, and asks the volunteer to pick one. The card is picked, and the magician instructs the volunteer to show him the card, tell him what it is, then hand it back to him. The volunteer does this, and the magician holds up the card, asking, “Is this your card?” > > You are sitting in the audience, thinking to yourself, “Who the fuck would ever be fooled by that trick?” > > Meanwhile, the audience member next to you claps excitedly, and exclaims, “How did he do that?!” I Feel like I woke up to discover that nearly half of the people in our country really are reptiles in disguise. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2018, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39360 "2018-10-18T17:52:41Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > NFJ! If they were smarter, they’d be embarrassed, but they’re too stupid! More like Dunning-Kruger Supremacists. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2018, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39361 "2018-10-18T19:05:21Z")
> [@Steve\_McQwark](#): > > One of the most ironic, and simultaneously pathetic, things of all time is that white supremacists believe that they are intellectually superior to other races. Obligatory [Preacher reference](https://imgur.com/gallery/zHSo5). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1967) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1969)