# 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:** 1977
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39522 "2018-11-05T13:42:25Z")
This probably belongs in “Elections” but I couldn’t find a thread that I thought it would fit with, and didn’t think it was worth starting whole new thread, so I thought I’d stick it here instead. Along with their endorsements of Democratic candidates for KS 2nd and 3rd district seats, the Sunday Kansas City Star published this editorial [explaining why they were not endorsing any major GOP candidates in this year’s election](https://www.kansascity.com/opinion/editorials/article220923860.html). It seems one of their criteria for endorsement is the opportunity to meet with candidates one-on-one to ask questions, get their position on issues, etc. Only one GOP candidate, KS-3 incumbent Kevin Yoder, bothered to sit down and answer questions. All the other major candidates either ignored requests for interviews, or cancelled/rescheduled at the last minute until the clock finally ran out. I guess if all you have to campaign on is scare tactics rather than actual goals or accomplishments, it doesn’t make any sense to bother sitting down with a reporter. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2018, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39523 "2018-11-05T13:57:29Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > I can’t seem to locate the article, but I recall reading that one concern of the real military is that apart from the fake military’s general yahooishness, every time the two groups occupy the same area the real military ends up missing equipment. So in addition to wasting $100M+, the taxpayers are arming the “patriots.” The “militias” probably believe they’re liberating materiel that by rights belongs to them.\* “After all, our taxes bought that stuff for the army, amirite?”\* :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39524 "2018-11-05T14:22:58Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Karen Housley, the Minnesota state Senate candidate who recently compared Michelle Obama to a chimp, says people with pre-existing conditions are generally older and wealthier. > [Minnesota GOP Senate Candidate Says People With Pre-Existing Conditions Are ‘Wealthier’ | HuffPost Latest News](https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/karin-housley-pre-existing-conditions_us_5bd8e577e4b01abe6a192135?section=politics&utm_campaign=hp_fb_pages&ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000063&utm_source=main_fb&utm_medium=facebook&fbclid=IwAR1LmjLEMJIx5MsYyGZP63-bafaa23eI1aXNQHfld2b69IVQq7jco46l4Gk&fbclid=IwAR1YkUAq3XhY-3YYfDZPIFvdSbXUIGdcnmCVCrwqLtMEc4kPTzWymqanPfk) I guess she reckons the only ones who’ve got preexisting conditions are those who have been able to pay for treatment so far (never mind that a preexisting condition can require no long-term treatment, or be treatable with a cheap body milk, or be something you “caught” recently such as pregnancy). If you’re too poor to pay for a doctor the first time you have something lasting longer than a week, and it kills you… well, that would mean only the rich survive. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39525 "2018-11-05T15:05:50Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > I think [this billboard](https://twitter.com/dianabutlerbass/status/1058950301271486465) needs some heavy-duty lightning rods. You beat me to it. And just in case anyone’s wondering if it’s real, here’s [St. Louis TV station KMOV’s report](https://www.kmov.com/news/make-the-gospel-great-again-large-billboard-of-trump-has/article_538f78d0-e0a9-11e8-b68e-4735053c1e10.html?fbclid=IwAR3_VFhlJryeGnqpFDvDLxs0tSZwtaiaYNsymhkfdtdeacrfAp21k-O_DHk) on it. Didn’t know the Gospel needed to be made great again. OTOH, if there’s an Antichrist-In-Waiting\* out there, Trump’s certainly laying out the game plan for him. - No, I don’t believe in any of that End Times/Antichrist/Rapture crap. I’m being strictly hypothetical here. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2018, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39526 "2018-11-05T15:25:32Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > You beat me to it. > > And just in case anyone’s wondering if it’s real, here’s [St. Louis TV station KMOV’s report](https://www.kmov.com/news/make-the-gospel-great-again-large-billboard-of-trump-has/article_538f78d0-e0a9-11e8-b68e-4735053c1e10.html?fbclid=IwAR3_VFhlJryeGnqpFDvDLxs0tSZwtaiaYNsymhkfdtdeacrfAp21k-O_DHk) on it. > > Didn’t know the Gospel needed to be made great again. OTOH, if there’s an Antichrist-In-Waiting\* out there, Trump’s certainly laying out the game plan for him. > > - No, I don’t believe in any of that End Times/Antichrist/Rapture crap. I’m being strictly hypothetical here. A more accurate caption for the billboard would be “The Seven Deadly Sins Became Flesh”. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39527 "2018-11-05T15:36:27Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > You beat me to it. > > And just in case anyone’s wondering if it’s real, here’s [St. Louis TV station KMOV’s report](https://www.kmov.com/news/make-the-gospel-great-again-large-billboard-of-trump-has/article_538f78d0-e0a9-11e8-b68e-4735053c1e10.html?fbclid=IwAR3_VFhlJryeGnqpFDvDLxs0tSZwtaiaYNsymhkfdtdeacrfAp21k-O_DHk) on it. > > Didn’t know the Gospel needed to be made great again. OTOH, if there’s an Antichrist-In-Waiting\* out there, Trump’s certainly laying out the game plan for him. > > - No, I don’t believe in any of that End Times/Antichrist/Rapture crap. I’m being strictly hypothetical here. If there was anyone that could be described as the antithesis of the religious people that support the president, Trump would be the one. > **[Trump embodies every one of the Seven Deadly Sins](https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/07/31/how-trump-embodies-seven-deadly-sins-brian-klaas-column/523664001/)** > > We are all human. But Trump departs from all presidents since Nixon in that he is unable to control his impulses and manage his sins. > [@](#): > > Trump embodies every one of the Seven Deadly Sins ---
**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:** [November 5, 2018, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39528 "2018-11-05T16:58:33Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > I think [this billboard](https://twitter.com/dianabutlerbass/status/1058950301271486465) needs some heavy-duty lightning rods. That’s the kind of heresy that gets Exterminatus called down on you. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39529 "2018-11-05T18:06:37Z")
So NPR did a quick story on the election, and in order to keep it balanced interviewed two Democratic women voters and two Republican woman voters in Pennsylvania. Unfortunately in the end it wasn’t as balanced as they might have hoped. The two Democrats went as expected, but when they interviewed the Republicans, the women claimed to never have heard the highly publicized sound bite Trump offered to pay the legal bills of people who assault protesters had his rallies despite “Watching all kinds of Channels” and “Reading all kinds of Websites”, and then proceeded to use two bogus claims (which were parenthetically debunked by the interviewer) as reasons for their voting Republican. It’s worth a listen/read > **[Issues Dividing Democrats And Republicans In Pennsylvania](https://www.npr.org/2018/11/04/664211404/democrat-vs-republican-concerns-in-pennsylvania)** > > Both major parties are counting on some of their core constituents to turn out and vote on Tuesday. We'll hear from some of those people about what's motivating them this election season. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2018, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39530 "2018-11-05T19:16:47Z")
Two women wearing MAGA hats went into a restaurant in New York City on Saturday night, the night before the New York City Marathon, which draws thousands of viewers, without having previously making reservations. They were told they were going to have to wait two hours. They are now accusing the restaurant’s owner of discriminating against them for their political beliefs, and are calling him anti-Semitic. He’s Jewish. [https://theguardiansofdemocracy.com/two-female-trump-supporters-accuse-jewish-owned-restaurant-of-being-anti-semitic-anti-trump/?fbclid=IwAR1x7h4F5G1lw86eLCmoY7M\_UqY59VbOUlA3Q5QjaBX1zw\_asS4W6NXrr2c](https://theguardiansofdemocracy.com/two-female-trump-supporters-accuse-jewish-owned-restaurant-of-being-anti-semitic-anti-trump/?fbclid=IwAR1x7h4F5G1lw86eLCmoY7M_UqY59VbOUlA3Q5QjaBX1zw_asS4W6NXrr2c) ---
**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:** [November 5, 2018, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39531 "2018-11-05T19:19:43Z")
Republican Congressional candidate says there can be no peace in the Middle East until the Jews convert to Christianity. > **[GOP Candidate: No Peace In Israel Until Jews Convert To Christianity](https://forward.com/fast-forward/413488/gop-candidate-no-peace-in-israel-until-jews-muslims-convert-to/?fbclid=IwAR3JK_2k6UVyf6SU7MJo20OjzY0BqAi7x6ar1TvSdTNNCiR-wjVk11kbnJY)** > > Republican congressional candidate Mark Harris said there would be no peace in Israel unless Jews and Muslims converted to Christianity. ---
**Author:** ![Gus\_Gusterson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85f322/32.png) [@Gus\_Gusterson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gus_Gusterson)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39532 "2018-11-05T19:38:22Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Two women wearing MAGA hats went into a restaurant in New York City on Saturday night, the night before the New York City Marathon, which draws thousands of viewers, without having previously making reservations. They were told they were going to have to wait two hours. They are now accusing the restaurant’s owner of discriminating against them for their political beliefs, and are calling him anti-Semitic. He’s Jewish. > [https://theguardiansofdemocracy.com/two-female-trump-supporters-accuse-jewish-owned-restaurant-of-being-anti-semitic-anti-trump/?fbclid=IwAR1x7h4F5G1lw86eLCmoY7M\_UqY59VbOUlA3Q5QjaBX1zw\_asS4W6NXrr2c](https://theguardiansofdemocracy.com/two-female-trump-supporters-accuse-jewish-owned-restaurant-of-being-anti-semitic-anti-trump/?fbclid=IwAR1x7h4F5G1lw86eLCmoY7M_UqY59VbOUlA3Q5QjaBX1zw_asS4W6NXrr2c) Nobody is walking into Carmine’s on Saturday night and getting a table right away. The place is huge and they surely had already seated plenty of morons and just didn’t have room for two more. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39533 "2018-11-05T21:28:23Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Republican Congressional candidate says there can be no peace in the Middle East until the Jews convert to Christianity. > [GOP Candidate: No Peace In Israel Until Jews Convert](https://forward.com/fast-forward/413488/gop-candidate-no-peace-in-israel-until-jews-muslims-convert-to/?fbclid=IwAR3JK_2k6UVyf6SU7MJo20OjzY0BqAi7x6ar1TvSdTNNCiR-wjVk11kbnJY) I’m certain we all remember the peace in Ireland that descended when they were all Christian. Of course, numbnuts Harris probably doesn’t consider Catholics Christian, so he wouldn’t consider that a fair comparison. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39534 "2018-11-05T21:30:00Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Republican Congressional candidate says there can be no peace in the Middle East until the Jews convert to Christianity. > [GOP Candidate: No Peace In Israel Until Jews Convert](https://forward.com/fast-forward/413488/gop-candidate-no-peace-in-israel-until-jews-muslims-convert-to/?fbclid=IwAR3JK_2k6UVyf6SU7MJo20OjzY0BqAi7x6ar1TvSdTNNCiR-wjVk11kbnJY) Couldn’t we also have peace if they converted to Islam? ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39535 "2018-11-05T22:16:56Z")
Not sure if this has already been posted–went back to yesterday and didn’t see it, so: [Robocall in Georgia governor’s race claims to be from ‘Magical Negro’ Oprah Winfrey.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/11/04/racist-magical-negro-robo-call-oprah-targets-stacey-abrams-georgia-governors-race/?utm_term=.b3d919602e09) > [@WaPo](#): > > “This is the magical Negro Oprah Winfrey asking you to make my fellow Negress Stacey Abrams the governor of Georgia,” the robo-call begins, before spewing nearly 60 seconds of racism coupled with a dash of anti-Semitism. Georgians began hearing the call last week, according to the Hill. > > The video is made by [TheRoadToPower.com](http://TheRoadToPower.com), an anti-Semitic video podcasting website that the Anti-Defamation League says “has zeroed in on divisive political campaigns across the country,” including two of the three races that feature a black candidate for governor. It’s unclear how many Oprah Winfrey robo-calls have been received. > > The robo-call labels Abrams “a poor man’s Aunt Jemima,” a reference to the black lady on the front of the pancake mix box, an image that has itself been derided as a racist symbol. It suggests that Winfrey is a media construction made to trick fat, white women into voting. And it mocks what Winfrey has called one of her all-time happiest moments in media. Nice. Another line: > [@](#): > > “Years ago, the Jews who own the American media saw something in me—the ability to trick dumb white women into thinking I was like them, and to do, read, and think what I told them to.” ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39536 "2018-11-05T23:32:09Z")
So this is aiming at recruiting whites? Black? Pancake lovers? ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2018, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39537 "2018-11-06T00:04:46Z")
> [@Grey](#): > > So this is aiming at recruiting whites? Black? Pancake lovers? AFAICT it’s just hate-fuel for racist whites, as was the fake “I is Andrew Gillum” robocall produced by [the same podcast studio as this one](https://www.adl.org/blog/the-road-to-power-idaho-outfit-behind-rash-of-racist-anti-semitic-robocalls). They just enjoy the feeling of being able to mock black people (and Jews) with racist stereotypes and get away with it. I doubt that there’s any serious strategizing about electoral impact involved in this bile-spewing. ---
**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:** [November 6, 2018, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39538 "2018-11-06T00:25:34Z")
Negress? Good grief. What happened with their invective? I mean, they had plenty of opportunity to use other “fun” words to rile up the fearful. For my Year 12 class (as it’s called in Western Australia) this week, I have to show them the film [_Rabbit-Proof Fence_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit-Proof_Fence_(film)). One of the characters uses the terms “half-caste” and “quadroon”. Oh, yeah; I’m sure a fair (heh, heh) percentage of the pubbie base in the US longs to bring such terms back into vogue. ---
**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:** [November 6, 2018, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39539 "2018-11-06T06:07:31Z")
Gateway Pundit is going to do live election night coverage with Steve Bannon. I hope he has apoplexy. ---
**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:** [November 6, 2018, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39540 "2018-11-06T06:18:01Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Gateway Pundit is going to do live election night coverage with Steve Bannon. > I hope he has apoplexy. With Bannon? Hahahahaha! Thanks. That’s hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2018, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39541 "2018-11-06T07:14:04Z")
Steve Bannon. Look at that guy, see what too much money will do to you? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1976) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1978)