# 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:** 1981
**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:** [November 15, 2018, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39602 "2018-11-15T22:18:28Z")
California has tighter rules on toxic waste than many other states. This may take a while. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39603 "2018-11-15T22:48:45Z")
I know, I know, Rule 34 and all, but I didn’t really need to know of the existence of Trump/Sansa fanfic. [Link](https://mobile.twitter.com/UrbanAchievr/status/1063108640670994432) to Twitter, not directly to said fanfic. ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39604 "2018-11-16T00:27:51Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > I know, I know, Rule 34 and all, but I didn’t really need to know of the existence of Trump/Sansa fanfic. [Link](https://mobile.twitter.com/UrbanAchievr/status/1063108640670994432) to Twitter, not directly to said fanfic. Everyone was perfectly fucking fine not knowing about this, and now we do. I want you to go and sit in a corner and think about what you have done. I am going to get filthily drunk and hope the memory fades. . ---
**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 16, 2018, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39605 "2018-11-16T00:35:50Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > 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.” > > [https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/GOP-is-dead-in-California-A-new-way-must-rise-13393401.php](https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/GOP-is-dead-in-California-A-new-way-must-rise-13393401.php)? One down, forty-nine to go. ---
**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:** [November 16, 2018, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39606 "2018-11-16T00:58:45Z")
> [@Precambrianmollusc](#): > > Everyone was perfectly fucking fine not knowing about this, and now we do. I want you to go and sit in a corner and think about what you have done. > I am going to get filthily drunk and hope the memory fades. This has something to do with that show that everyone else watches, right? ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39607 "2018-11-16T01:35:32Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > This has something to do with that show that everyone else watches, right? No, I’m assuming that it’s a misspelling of “Samsa”, as in “Gregor Samsa”, the protagonist of Kafka’s _The Metamorphosis_ who wakes one morning to find that he’s turned into a giant cockroach. I have no problem with the existence of fanfic coupling Trump with a giant cockroach. And if I’m wrong about that, I rely on the basic human decency of my fellow posters not to tell me. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39608 "2018-11-16T01:55:03Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > I have no problem with the existence of fanfic coupling Trump with a giant cockroach. Trump _is_ a giant cockroach. ---
**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 16, 2018, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39609 "2018-11-16T03:47:41Z")
Leavenworth, KS county commissioner, appointed by the local Republican Party and not elected to the board, tells a black woman appearing before the commission that he is a part of the master race. > **[Kansas Official Tells Black Woman He Is 'Master Race'](https://www.newsweek.com/kansas-official-tells-black-woman-hes-member-master-race-dont-ever-forget-1216506?fbclid=IwAR3tmkUcZxEO0RRbtokThGY62O1pYAOF0_xdWUetT_nJhg_rmvP1gxntFzg)** > > "You have a gap in your teeth. We are part of the master race, don't ever forget that," said Leavenworth County Commissioner Louis Klemp. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39610 "2018-11-16T04:09:30Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Leavenworth, KS county commissioner, appointed by the local Republican Party and not elected to the board, tells a black woman appearing before the commission that he is a part of the master race. > [Kansas Official Tells Black Woman He's Member of the 'Master Race:' 'Don't Ever Forget That'](https://www.newsweek.com/kansas-official-tells-black-woman-hes-member-master-race-dont-ever-forget-1216506?fbclid=IwAR3tmkUcZxEO0RRbtokThGY62O1pYAOF0_xdWUetT_nJhg_rmvP1gxntFzg) When the Commissioner says “we is the master race”… ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39611 "2018-11-16T04:12:24Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Leavenworth, KS county commissioner, appointed by the local Republican Party and not elected to the board, tells a black woman appearing before the commission that he is a part of the master race. > [https://www.newsweek.com/kansas-official-tells-black-woman-hes-member-master-race-dont-ever-forget-1216506?fbclid=IwAR3tmkUcZxEO0RRbtokThGY62O1pYAOF0\_xdWUetT\_nJhg\_rmvP1gxntFzg](https://www.newsweek.com/kansas-official-tells-black-woman-hes-member-master-race-dont-ever-forget-1216506?fbclid=IwAR3tmkUcZxEO0RRbtokThGY62O1pYAOF0_xdWUetT_nJhg_rmvP1gxntFzg) I saw this on the local news. This is what I remember from the news story: The commissioner has a gap between his front teeth. He evidently thought that the black woman who was addressing the commission also had a gap between her front teeth. So his remark somehow was meant to insinuate that all people who have a gap between their front teeth are all part of some ‘master race’. Which, of course, is an extremely stupid and rude comment, at the very least. But, reading this article, it’s also apparent that he’s made overtly racist comments in the past. ---
**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 16, 2018, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39612 "2018-11-16T10:00:03Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > 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. He’s only letting Trump get away with it out of kindness, I suppose. > [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > When the Commissioner says “we is the master race”… We heil! \ Heil! \ And then we get escorted out of the theatre. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39613 "2018-11-16T13:53:38Z")
Senator Hyde-Smith accidentally[says the quiet part loud](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/mississippi-gop-sen-hyde-smith-calls-voter-suppression-great-idea-n936946), but don’t worry, it was just a joke: _“And then they remind me that there’s a lot of liberal folks in those other schools who … maybe we don’t want to vote,” Hyde-Smith is heard saying. “Maybe we want to make it just a little more difficult. And I think that’s a great idea.”_ HAHAHAHA! Get it?! We should specifically disenfranchise liberals! That’s a joke. Somehow. ---
**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:** [November 16, 2018, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39614 "2018-11-16T15:16:34Z")
[quote=“Gyrate, post:39612, topic:490897”] He’s only letting Trump get away with it out of kindness, I suppose. You are Townes Van Zandt and I claim my five pounds. ---
**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:** [November 16, 2018, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39615 "2018-11-16T16:18:37Z")
> [@Steve\_McQwark](#): > > > [@Gyrate](#): > > > > He’s only letting Trump get away with it out of kindness, I suppose. > > You are Townes Van Zandt and I claim my five pounds. You can claim it from the dust in Trumpy’s mouth. ---
**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 16, 2018, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39616 "2018-11-16T16:43:05Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > I saw this on the local news. This is what I remember from the news story: The commissioner has a gap between his front teeth. He evidently thought that the black woman who was addressing the commission also had a gap between her front teeth. So his remark somehow was meant to insinuate that all people who have a gap between their front teeth are all part of some ‘master race’. Which, of course, is an extremely stupid and rude comment, at the very least. > > But, reading this article, it’s also apparent that he’s made overtly racist comments in the past. OK, I get that he was trying to make a joke, but most people wouldn’t have the words Master Race slip out of their vocabulary so easily. He could have said, “that makes us superior”, or “that makes us better than everyone else”, without sounding quite so Naziish. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39617 "2018-11-16T17:39:42Z")
More from Mississippi Senator [Cindy Hyde-Smith](https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/cindy-hyde-smith-voter-suppression_us_5beea9b7e4b0c19de3fecb10), noted for colorblindness, who loves democracy equally well: > [@](#): > > “And then they remind me that there’s a lot of liberal folks in those other schools who maybe we don’t want to vote,” Hyde-Smith can be heard telling a small crowd of young people outside her campaign bus in a video taken Nov. 3 and posted on online Thursday. “Maybe we want to make it just a little more difficult. And I think that’s a great idea.” ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39618 "2018-11-16T18:00:30Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > I hope they at least fined the guy for disturbing the peace. Jeez. Ah yes, the much-cited example of shouting “Hitler” in a crowded theater. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39619 "2018-11-16T18:39:16Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > I hope they at least fined the guy for disturbing the peace. Jeez. Nothing except a ban from the theatre. White, of course. ---
**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 16, 2018, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39620 "2018-11-16T20:26:38Z")
Bob Goodlatte, current Chair of the House Judiciary Committee, is planning on subpoenaing Comey and Loretta Lynch to answer questions about their activities prior to the 2016 election. [U.S. House Republican to subpoena ex-FBI head Comey, ex-AG Lynch | Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-subpoenas/house-republican-to-subpoena-ex-fbi-director-comey-former-ag-lynch-idUSKCN1NL2EF)? Gotta get those jabs in before he’s demoted. ---
**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 16, 2018, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39621 "2018-11-16T23:41:19Z")
Senator Mike Lee of Utah says the left is about to start a civil war, and in order to prevent it, we need to eradicate a long list of federal programs including “the interstate highway system,” funding for “K through 12 public education,” “federal higher education accreditation,” “early childhood education, the Department of Commerce,” “housing policy, workforce regulation,” and what Lee labeled the “huge glut of federally owned land.” [Republican senator claims ‘the left’ will start a civil war unless federal highway system abolished – ThinkProgress](https://thinkprogress.org/mike-lee-civil-war-highways-86be306e06b9/)? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1980) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1982)