# 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:** 1990
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39782 "2018-12-07T17:36:24Z")
On a similar note, I’d like to thank the Japanese government for their cooperation in the United States’s historic field-testing of two nuclear weapons. ---
**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 7, 2018, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39783 "2018-12-07T20:09:43Z")
Laura Ingraham: "[Liberals] probably like child pornography better than they like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer " > **[Laura Ingraham Slams Liberals Over Holiday Movie](https://www.newsweek.com/laura-ingraham-liberals-child-pornography-movie-rudolph-red-nosed-reindeer-1248055)** > > "You'll have to hide it. You can't keep that around the house, oh no. That might as well be child pornography. They actually probably like child pornography better than they like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer at this point." ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39784 "2018-12-07T20:11:21Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Laura Ingraham: "[Liberals] probably like child pornography better than they like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer " > [Fox News Host Laura Ingraham Claims Liberals 'Probably Like Child Pornography' Better Than 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer'](https://www.newsweek.com/laura-ingraham-liberals-child-pornography-movie-rudolph-red-nosed-reindeer-1248055) I guess she’s sad that she’s not in the news much anymore. Expect an escalation from the other non-relevant muppets, like Ann Coulter. ---
**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 7, 2018, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39785 "2018-12-07T20:51:14Z")
Jared Kushner’s brother is selling insurance under Obamacare in Ohio which doesn’t pay a penny till the policy holder pays out $24,000. > **[Insurance That Costs $24,000 Before It Starts Working](https://www.newsweek.com/high-deductible-health-insurance-plan-jared-kushner-affordable-care-act-1248297)** > > High-deductible health insurance offered through the Affordable Care Act doesn't cover much without a lot of out-of-pocket expenses first. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2018, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39786 "2018-12-08T00:11:43Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Laura Ingraham: "[Liberals] probably like child pornography better than they like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer " > [Fox News Host Laura Ingraham Claims Liberals 'Probably Like Child Pornography' Better Than 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer'](https://www.newsweek.com/laura-ingraham-liberals-child-pornography-movie-rudolph-red-nosed-reindeer-1248055) > [@Laura Idiot](#): > > She then claimed that liberals do not “really have a problem with pornography at all,” and said they have issues with anything that is traditional. Wow, liberals sound a lot like Donald Trump. ---
**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:** [December 10, 2018, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39787 "2018-12-10T12:32:07Z")
A pending lawsuit has brought to light the news that, in 2012, Jerry Falwell Jr. [struck up a “friendly relationship” with a 21-year-old Miami pool boy](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/aramroston/jerry-falwell-jr-michael-cohen-pool-attendant-lawsuit), flew him around on his private jet, and loaned him $800,000 to buy a hostel. I’m absolutely sure that this was a completely innocent business relationship that rich white conservatives engage in with attractive young men on a platonic basis all the time. ---
**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 10, 2018, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39788 "2018-12-10T13:16:32Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > A pending lawsuit has brought to light the news that, in 2012, Jerry Falwell Jr. [struck up a “friendly relationship” with a 21-year-old Miami pool boy](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/aramroston/jerry-falwell-jr-michael-cohen-pool-attendant-lawsuit), flew him around on his private jet, and loaned him $800,000 to buy a hostel. > > I’m absolutely sure that this was a completely innocent business relationship that rich white conservatives engage in with attractive young men on a platonic basis all the time. It was clearly missionary work. Miami? Was the boy Anglo or brown-skinned? The brown-skinned ones need saving. Unless they’re Anglos with a very good tan. Jerry was prolly introducing him to Jesus. (At least, that’s what he called it.) ---
**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 10, 2018, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39789 "2018-12-10T13:44:12Z")
[Donald Trump Will Resign Presidency With 10 Minutes Left in Term So Mike Pence Can Pardon Him, Conservative Columnist Predicts](https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-impeachment-resignation-robert-mueller-mueller-probe-russia-1251580) > [@](#): > > In the wake of Robert Mueller’s release of key court filings in the Russia probe on Friday, conservative columnist Jennifer Rubin said Sunday that President Donald Trump would pull an unusual last-minute move to protect himself from potential legal action. > > “I would predict here on MSNBC that when Trump leaves office he will resign the presidency 10 minutes before Mike Pence leaves office, allowing Pence to pardon him if there is not a Republican president to follow him,” Rubin told the network’s AM Joy program. > … K. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39790 "2018-12-10T14:00:17Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > A pending lawsuit has brought to light the news that, in 2012, Jerry Falwell Jr. [struck up a “friendly relationship” with a 21-year-old Miami pool boy](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/aramroston/jerry-falwell-jr-michael-cohen-pool-attendant-lawsuit), flew him around on his private jet, and loaned him $800,000 to buy a hostel. > > I’m absolutely sure that this was a completely innocent business relationship that rich white conservatives engage in with attractive young men on a platonic basis all the time. I mean, just when I get a handle on this and briefly consider that we are not necessarily living in a simulation where the subjects are being tested for just how much nonsense they can handle, shit like this comes up and causes me to rethink it again. ---
**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:** [December 10, 2018, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39791 "2018-12-10T14:07:15Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > A pending lawsuit has brought to light the news that, in 2012, Jerry Falwell Jr. [struck up a “friendly relationship” with a 21-year-old Miami pool boy](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/aramroston/jerry-falwell-jr-michael-cohen-pool-attendant-lawsuit), flew him around on his private jet, and loaned him $800,000 to buy a hostel. > > I’m absolutely sure that this was a completely innocent business relationship that rich white conservatives engage in with attractive young men on a platonic basis all the time. Clearly he brought him along to [lift his luggage](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Alan_Rekers#%22Rent_boy%22_allegations) for him. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39792 "2018-12-10T14:46:36Z")
Well, don’t worry. Foxnews has the story covered: “Trump says Stormy payments weren’t campaign-related; finance expert agrees” is their current lead story. They fail to mention that their [“finance expert”](https://ballotpedia.org/Dan_Backer) "has served as counsel for over 40 campaigns, candidates, and PACs, including Stop Hillary PAC, Great America PAC, Stop Pelosi PAC, Stop R.E.I.D. PAC, Draft Newt, Tea Party Leadership Fund, Conservative Action Fund, and the Special Operations Speaks PAC among others. ---
**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:** [December 10, 2018, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39793 "2018-12-10T15:00:41Z")
In that case Trump should totally hire Dan Backer to be his new attorney. He’d make the bestest argument in court. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_stamos_left_ear/32/3198_2.png) [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39794 "2018-12-11T00:19:26Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > In that case Trump should totally hire Dan Backer to be his new attorney. He’d make the bestest argument in court. If they trotted him out on TV, Trump probably would hire him. [https://www.businessinsider.com/ap-trump-is-staffing-or-casting-from-fox-2018-3](https://www.businessinsider.com/ap-trump-is-staffing-or-casting-from-fox-2018-3) ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39795 "2018-12-12T02:49:09Z")
Steve KKKing of Iowa wants to know from the Google chairman why his (KKKing’s) grandaughter saw something unflattering about her Grandwizard on her iPhone. As the scene cuts to Mr. Google, who lets KKKing know that Google doesn’t do the iPhone, I see top-hatted monopoly guy smirking in the background. How in the hell am I supposed to take this seriously? > ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39796 "2018-12-12T06:39:34Z")
Siri says Antifas is responsible, Cortana blames the Jews. ---
**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 12, 2018, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39797 "2018-12-12T14:48:13Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Siri says Antifas is responsible, Cortana blames the Jews. What does Alexa say? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39798 "2018-12-12T14:49:06Z")
[“Play Baby Shark!”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzfBedGaIjU) ---
**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:** [December 12, 2018, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39799 "2018-12-12T15:46:20Z")
Not A Hoax! Not a Dream! [Not _The Onion_!](https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/420961-sarah-sanders-she-hopes-people-remember-her-as-being) > [@](#): > > White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said on Tuesday that she hopes to be remembered as being “transparent and honest” when her tenure in the role comes to an end… ---
**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 12, 2018, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39800 "2018-12-12T15:51:01Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Not A Hoax! Not a Dream! [Not _The Onion_!](https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/420961-sarah-sanders-she-hopes-people-remember-her-as-being) > > > [@](#): > > > > White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said on Tuesday that she hopes to be remembered as being “transparent and honest” when her tenure in the role comes to an end… Well, I hope to be remembered as a [Bernadette Peters](https://goo.gl/images/9BPJgd), the singing, dancing, Broadway musical comedy star with the fabulous hair. I guess we can all hope, amirite? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39801 "2018-12-12T15:55:37Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Not A Hoax! Not a Dream! [Not _The Onion_!](https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/420961-sarah-sanders-she-hopes-people-remember-her-as-being) You can’t say she isn’t transparent. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1989) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1991)