# 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:** 1987
**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:** [December 1, 2018, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39722 "2018-12-01T21:59:57Z")
> [@Truman\_Burbank](#): > > I wouldn’t swear to it, but I read somewhere that Loomer did, in fact, bring keys to the handcuffs. She then, apparently, threw them grandiosely away sometime during the two hours. Funny as hell, if true. [Well, she said that she threw away the key.](https://dailycaller.com/2018/11/29/loomer-hancuffed-nyc-twitter/) > [@](#): > > “I threw away the key!” Loomer told onlookers. “I’ll be here as long as it takes.” Evidently, two hours is as long as it takes. ---
**Author:** ![Apollyon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/apollyon/32/4238_2.png) [@Apollyon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apollyon)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2018, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39723 "2018-12-02T18:30:50Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > …She’s not very good at this. Are we sure she’s not some sort of guerrilla performance artist? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2018, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39724 "2018-12-02T23:32:32Z")
OK, technically there’s no party affiliation given, but I’m not inclined to be charitable and besides, I’d bet real money on the answer: > [@](#): > > ‘My supervisor says we cannot accept international driver’s licenses. Do you have a New Mexico passport?’ [:eek: Uh huh.]([Former candidate Gavin Clarkson forced to argue that NM is U.S. state](https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/local/2018/11/29/las-cruces-resident-prove-new-mexico-statehood-washington-dc/2149376002/)) Y’all are gonna love this one! A guy from New Mexico is in Washington, DC with his fiancee; they go to apply for a marriage license: > [@](#): > > After approaching the clerk for a license and showing his New Mexico ID, Clarkson said the clerk told him he needed an international passport to get the marriage license. > > Clarkson said he protested to a supervisor, who also told him that he needed a foreign passport. > > The clerk finally concluded New Mexico was a state after Clarkson objected three times. The clerk granted the license to Clarkson and his fiancée. > > “She thought New Mexico was a foreign country,” Clarkson said of the clerk. “All the couples behind us waiting in line were laughing.” No video, so it could be fake, right? > [@](#): > > In a statement, the D.C. courts system acknowledged the staff error to the Sun-News. > > “We understand that a clerk in our Marriage Bureau made a mistake regarding New Mexico’s 106-year history as a state,” Leah H. Gurowitz, spokeswoman for D.C. Courts, said in an email. “We very much regret the error and the slight delay it caused a New Mexico resident in applying for a D.C. marriage license.” 😃 ---
**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:** [December 3, 2018, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39725 "2018-12-03T00:09:23Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > OK, technically there’s no party affiliation given, but I’m not inclined to be charitable and besides, I’d bet real money on the answer:[Former candidate Gavin Clarkson forced to argue that NM is U.S. state](https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/local/2018/11/29/las-cruces-resident-prove-new-mexico-statehood-washington-dc/2149376002/)] No one will take that bet. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2018, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39726 "2018-12-03T00:25:21Z")
I will. I lived in NM for 7 yrs and I was on the receiving end of that conversation several times. Usually on the phone, once on the internet. . . We don’t ship internationally. There’s a _New_ Mexico, now? You speak good english for a foreigner. Is it tomorrow or yesterday there? (this one really caught me off guard) From men and women, from all over the map, and I’m confident political affiliation had nothing to do with it. It’s a sad commentary on our education system. mc ---
**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:** [December 3, 2018, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39727 "2018-12-03T03:08:02Z")
Tarrant County GOP in Texas attempting to remove surgeon (and city councilman) as vice-chairman of the county party. Why? Well, he’s [Muslim](https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/texas-gop-in-disarray-as-party-members-demand-removal-of-practicing-muslim-leader/). That appears to be the only reason (although some later reports imply he is not sufficiently zealous in his support of Israel also). Keeping making that tent bigger, guys. I will note that the state GOP is trying to talk the locals out of this, but the county GOP is apparently having none of that. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2018, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39728 "2018-12-03T03:12:33Z")
> [@mikecurtis](#): > > I will. > I lived in NM for 7 yrs and I was on the receiving end of that conversation several times. Usually on the phone, once on the internet. . . > > We don’t ship internationally. > There’s a _New_ Mexico, now? > You speak good english for a foreigner. > Is it tomorrow or yesterday there? (this one really caught me off guard) > > From men and women, from all over the map, and I’m confident political affiliation had nothing to do with it. It’s a sad commentary on our education system. > > mc New Mexico magazine (Or is it called New Mexico Highways?) runs a column about the idiocy of people who don’t know New Mexico is a state. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2018, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39729 "2018-12-03T03:22:43Z")
**Despite Big House Losses, G.O.P. Shows No Signs of Course Correction** [https://nyti.ms/2zBKcMm](https://nyti.ms/2zBKcMm) > [@](#): > > WASHINGTON — With a brutal finality, the extent of the Republicans’ collapse in the House came into focus last week as more races slipped away from them and their losses neared 40 seats. > > Yet nearly a month after the election, there has been little self-examination among Republicans about why a midterm that had seemed at least competitive became a rout. > > President Trump has brushed aside questions about the loss of the chamber entirely, ridiculing losing incumbentsby name, while continuing to demand Congress fund a border wall despite his party losing many of their most diverse districts. Unlike their Democratic counterparts, Republicans swiftly elevated their existing slate of leaders with little debate, signaling a continuation of their existing political strategy. > … > The quandary, some Republicans acknowledge, is that the party’s leaders are constrained from fully grappling with the damage Mr. Trump inflicted with those voters, because he remains popular with the party’s core supporters and with the conservatives who will dominate the caucus even more in the next Congress. > … He’s the albatross. But they can’t cut him loose. Good. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2018, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39730 "2018-12-03T04:00:46Z")
> [@Apollyon](#): > > Are we sure she’s not some sort of guerrilla performance artist? 🙂 At last, the guerilla my dreams! ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2018, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39731 "2018-12-03T04:05:07Z")
Go to your room ---
**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:** [December 3, 2018, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39732 "2018-12-03T04:06:22Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > Tarrant County GOP in Texas attempting to remove surgeon (and city councilman) as vice-chairman of the county party. > > Why? Well, he’s [Muslim](https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/texas-gop-in-disarray-as-party-members-demand-removal-of-practicing-muslim-leader/). That appears to be the only reason (although some later reports imply he is not sufficiently zealous in his support of Israel also). > > Keeping making that tent bigger, guys. > > I will note that the state GOP is trying to talk the locals out of this, but the county GOP is apparently having none of that. How’d you like all the frothing in the comments to that article? Poor guy’s stuck in a damned if you do, damned if you don’t situation. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2018, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39733 "2018-12-03T07:52:40Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > Tarrant County GOP in Texas attempting to remove surgeon (and city councilman) as vice-chairman of the county party. > > Why? Well, he’s [Muslim](https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/texas-gop-in-disarray-as-party-members-demand-removal-of-practicing-muslim-leader/). That appears to be the only reason (although some later reports imply he is not sufficiently zealous in his support of Israel also). > . You know what? Fuck the Republicans. Fuck them for using my country as a fig leaf to cover their own bigotry. And that goes from the White House on down. ---
**Author:** ![user\_hostile](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/user_hostile/32/474_2.png) [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2018, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39734 "2018-12-03T08:10:17Z")
> [@mikecurtis](#): > > I will. > I lived in NM for 7 yrs and I was on the receiving end of that conversation several times. Usually on the phone, once on the internet. . . > > We don’t ship internationally. > There’s a _New_ Mexico, now? > You speak good english for a foreigner. > Is it tomorrow or yesterday there? (this one really caught me off guard) > > From men and women, from all over the map, and I’m confident political affiliation had nothing to do with it. It’s a sad commentary on our education system. > > mc Well, then include the Federal German Republic in the 1950s. My mom moved out to New Mexico in the early 1950’s. Being from a family of immigrants one of her aunts from Germany was quite concerned about moving out of the US to this new foreign country she’d never heard of before. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2018, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39735 "2018-12-03T13:30:28Z")
> [@mikecurtis](#): > > I will. > I lived in NM for 7 yrs and I was on the receiving end of that conversation several times. Usually on the phone, once on the internet. . . > > We don’t ship internationally. > **There’s a _New_ Mexico, now?** > You speak good english for a foreigner. > Is it tomorrow or yesterday there? (this one really caught me off guard) > > From men and women, from all over the map, and I’m confident political affiliation had nothing to do with it. It’s a sad commentary on our education system. > > mc At least with that one, you can hope they’re [just quoting Homer Simpson.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3jYO0TKcm4) ---
**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:** [December 3, 2018, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39736 "2018-12-03T13:45:48Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > Tarrant County GOP in Texas attempting to remove surgeon (and city councilman) as vice-chairman of the county party. > > Why? Well, he’s [Muslim](https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/texas-gop-in-disarray-as-party-members-demand-removal-of-practicing-muslim-leader/). That appears to be the only reason (although some later reports imply he is not sufficiently zealous in his support of Israel also). > > Keeping making that tent bigger, guys. > > I will note that the state GOP is trying to talk the locals out of this, but the county GOP is apparently having none of that. Hesitant as I am to defend the GOP, I will point out that the county GOP chairman supports Dr. Shafi; it’s certain precinct chairs within the county who are attacking him. So, while there are plenty of bigots in Tarrant county opposing Dr. Shafi, the county and state leadership seem to recognize how bad this looks. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2018, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39737 "2018-12-03T16:49:03Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > **Despite Big House Losses, G.O.P. Shows No Signs of Course Correction** > [https://nyti.ms/2zBKcMm](https://nyti.ms/2zBKcMm) > He’s the albatross. But they can’t cut him loose. Good. And they’re still gonna whine about how they represent Real America. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2018, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39738 "2018-12-03T17:11:43Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > No one will take that bet. Actually I’d definitely take that bet. Someone working in the DC court is very likely to be a Democrat, and the misunderstanding about the status of New Mexico is [surprisingly common](https://www.newmexico.org/nmmagazine/heart-of-nm/one-of-our-50-is-missing/). Ignorance crosses party lines, its just that the Dems usually don’t celebrate it and promote it to higher office. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2018, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39739 "2018-12-03T17:48:12Z")
> [@user\_hostile](#): > > Well, then include the Federal German Republic in the 1950s. My mom moved out to New Mexico in the early 1950’s. Being from a family of immigrants one of her aunts from Germany was quite concerned about moving out of the US to this new foreign country she’d never heard of before. I hope she mailed them some New Mexico green chiles. Blow their little German minds. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2018, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39740 "2018-12-03T18:21:39Z")
They should just change the name of that state to “Zia”. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2018, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39741 "2018-12-03T23:14:43Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Actually I’d definitely take that bet. Someone working in the DC court is very likely to be a Democrat, and the misunderstanding about the status of New Mexico is [surprisingly common](https://www.newmexico.org/nmmagazine/heart-of-nm/one-of-our-50-is-missing/). Ignorance crosses party lines, its just that the Dems usually don’t celebrate it and promote it to higher office. Fair enough. I wonder how the same geniuses do on New Jersey, New Hampshire, and New York. If they’re confused they’d assume UK locations for each, presumably. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1986) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1988)