# 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:** 1980
**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:** [November 14, 2018, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39582 "2018-11-14T03:41:41Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Will he be one-upped when someone nominates Trump for sainthood? Or is there some line beyond which even Trump will know sycophancy has turned to sarcasm? I’m fairly sure that, if Loser Donald has ever even contemplated his mortality, he assumes that he’ll ascend to godhood in the afterlife. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2018, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39583 "2018-11-14T13:32:21Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Wow, that’s stupid on multiple levels. Even aside from the idiocy in thinking that Trump deserves the award, there are enough people qualified to make Nobel nominations that Trump is pretty much guaranteed to be nominated, anyway. Heck, any member of Trump’s cabinet could do it. But for the cherry on top, national legislatures are _not_ valid nominators, so this bill couldn’t do anything even if it passed. That bill was actually introduced in the Ohio Statehouse. Which probably carries substantially even less weight. If they weren’t winning so damn many elections, it would be hard to take Republicans seriously. They are such raging idiots. ---
**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 14, 2018, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39584 "2018-11-14T16:27:29Z")
[Yertle Turtle bleats](https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/sen-mitch-mcconnell-will-dems-work-with-us-or-simply-put-partisan-politics-ahead-of-the-country) for “bipartisanship” from the new Democratic House majority. The comments (on the Fox News website!) are an almost unanimous cavalcade of scorn and mockery. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2018, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39585 "2018-11-14T20:47:24Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > [Yertle Turtle bleats](https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/sen-mitch-mcconnell-will-dems-work-with-us-or-simply-put-partisan-politics-ahead-of-the-country) for “bipartisanship” from the new Democratic House majority. The comments (on the Fox News website!) are an almost unanimous cavalcade of scorn and mockery. What a hypocritical POS. And quit calling it Obamacare you fucking moron! You’ve had two years of dismantling it piece by piece since you somehow couldn’t do the “repeal and replace” you promised (we all knew you couldn’t do it). You own it. It’s called Trumpcare now. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2018, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39586 "2018-11-14T23:15:50Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Conservative toy seller is selling MAGA “Build the Wall” building blocks with a little Trump figure. > [https://www.wthr.com/article/conservative-retailer-selling-build-wall-toy-kids](https://www.wthr.com/article/conservative-retailer-selling-build-wall-toy-kids) Great name for a (yes, a toy/gift company): [Keep and Bear.](https://keepandbear.com/) Neat! Rad! Zoinks! Very comforting and reassuring tagline: “One Amendment to Protect Them All.” Abounding with motivational feel-goods like: “Rep your conservative side with pride and show everyone what YOU believe in. The terrorists will NEVER win as long as we’re in charge!” Didn’t see any tiki torch stir sticks or battery-operated Dodge Chargers (“JFE” makes, that is.:eek:) Hopefully the figurine has anatomically correct small hands. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2018, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39587 "2018-11-14T23:58:25Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > [Yertle Turtle bleats](https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/sen-mitch-mcconnell-will-dems-work-with-us-or-simply-put-partisan-politics-ahead-of-the-country) for “bipartisanship” from the new Democratic House majority. Well, that didn’t last long: [McConnell pours cold water over (bipartisan) Mueller protection bill.](https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/mcconnell-pours-cold-water-mueller-protection-bill/story?id=59195824) ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39588 "2018-11-15T03:09:37Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > [Yertle Turtle bleats](https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/sen-mitch-mcconnell-will-dems-work-with-us-or-simply-put-partisan-politics-ahead-of-the-country) for “bipartisanship” from the new Democratic House majority. The comments (on the Fox News website!) are an almost unanimous cavalcade of scorn and mockery. Yet, just two years ago he said > [@Yertle](#): > > One of my proudest moments was when I told Obama, 'You will not fill this Supreme Court vacancy, ---
**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 15, 2018, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39589 "2018-11-15T03:36:19Z")
Governor of Kentucky says mass shootings are caused by TV shows about zombies. > **[Zombie television shows are among the root causes of mass shootings,...](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/11/14/zombie-television-shows-are-among-root-causes-mass-shootings-republican-governor-says/?fbclid=IwAR0gzV7TLNIHjoNneTD3pXFb2oG1Qq2JeQC6qSoY8Hk_L3xOdLA-T-0Vo8o&noredirect=on&utm_term=.886500f2056a)** > > Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin said American culture is “inundated by the worst things that celebrate death,” including the types of entertainment that young people consume. ---
**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 15, 2018, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39590 "2018-11-15T03:39:22Z")
> [@jasg](#): > > Yet, just two years ago he said I don’t even hate thump, but I fucking hate Mitch McConnell. :mad: ---
**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 15, 2018, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39591 "2018-11-15T08:32:22Z")
> [@amarinth](#): > > When I was younger, I used to think I wanted to visit all 50 states. Now, I see no reason at all to ever go to several of them. Mississippi is high on that list. > > She didn’t say it on accident. It wasn’t casual. She wanted to assure her supporters that she is pro-lynching - just like they are. No, no. You’re mistaken. They’re in favor of lynching _of Blacks_\*, not lynching in general. \*And likely anyone else of a less pasty hue. ---
**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:** [November 15, 2018, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39592 "2018-11-15T10:31:36Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > What a hypocritical POS. And quit calling it Obamacare you fucking moron! You’ve had two years of dismantling it piece by piece since you somehow couldn’t do the “repeal and replace” you promised (we all knew you couldn’t do it). You own it. **It’s called Trumpcare now.** You mean “America-hatingFuckstickcare,” surely? ---
**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:** [November 15, 2018, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39593 "2018-11-15T13:07:07Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Urainian oligarch with ties to Putin is sprinkling millions of dollars to Republican Senators. > [https://mavenroundtable.io/theintellectualist/news/mcconnell-received-3-5m-in-campaign-donations-from-russian-oligarch-linked-firm-93UjehU6aUCtejJRBFezCw/#utm\_source=Amplify&utm\_medium=Intellectualist&utm\_campaign=Twitter&utm\_term=Alessandra](https://mavenroundtable.io/theintellectualist/news/mcconnell-received-3-5m-in-campaign-donations-from-russian-oligarch-linked-firm-93UjehU6aUCtejJRBFezCw/#utm_source=Amplify&utm_medium=Intellectualist&utm_campaign=Twitter&utm_term=Alessandra) Urainian oligarchs? Now we’ve got _Uranus_ interfering in our elections? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39594 "2018-11-15T13:09:37Z")
I want to take a moment to commend everyone who ignored this straight-line setup. ---
**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:** [November 15, 2018, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39595 "2018-11-15T13:28:13Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > I want to take a moment to commend everyone who ignored this straight-line setup. For now… ---
**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 15, 2018, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39596 "2018-11-15T14:35:17Z")
SecDef Mattis attempts to defend Cadet Bone Spurs’ troops-to-the-border stunt by [comparing the situation](https://www.washingtonpost.com/pb/politics/mattis-compares-border-mission-to-one-against-pancho-villa/2018/11/15/3595f896-e896-11e8-8449-1ff263609a31_story.html) to the punitive response to Pancho Villa’s 1916 raid. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39597 "2018-11-15T14:42:34Z")
OK I got it. In Putin’s Russia, elections interfere with Uranus! ---
**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 15, 2018, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39598 "2018-11-15T15:32:05Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > OK I got it. In Putin’s Russia, elections interfere with Uranus! Please refer to the [“I love my bidet”](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=865359) thread for more information on uranus. ---
**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 15, 2018, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39599 "2018-11-15T19:48:31Z")
Trumpista stands up during intermission of a production of **Fiddler on the Roof** shouting, “Heil Hitler, Heil Trump!”, sending the audience in a panic, afraid that he had a gun. [https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/man-shouts-heil-hitler-fiddler-roof-show-59214398](https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/man-shouts-heil-hitler-fiddler-roof-show-59214398) ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39600 "2018-11-15T19:57:30Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Trumpista stands up during intermission of a production of **Fiddler on the Roof** shouting, “Heil Hitler, Heil Trump!”, sending the audience in a panic, afraid that he had a gun. > [https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/man-shouts-heil-hitler-fiddler-roof-show-59214398](https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/man-shouts-heil-hitler-fiddler-roof-show-59214398) From your link: > [@](#): > > After several minutes, the offending theatergoer was quietly escorted out of the Baltimore theater by security and the show continued without incident after the intermission ended. The Baltimore police said officers did respond to the Hippodrome at 9:40 p.m. Wednesday, but no arrest was made and the man was allowed to leave on his own. I hope they at least fined the guy for disturbing the peace. Jeez. ---
**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 15, 2018, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39601 "2018-11-15T21:32:12Z")
Kristin Olsen is the Vice Chair of the California Republican Party and former minority leader of the California state Assembly. In a new op-ed published in the San Francisco Chronicle, she says, “The California Republican Party isn’t salvageable at this time. The Grand Old Party is dead — partly because it has failed to separate itself from today’s toxic, national brand of Republican politics.” [GOP is dead in California. A new way must rise](https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/GOP-is-dead-in-California-A-new-way-must-rise-13393401.php)? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1979) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1981)