# 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:** 2017
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2019, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40323 "2019-02-07T03:54:43Z")
One hundred and ten percent humidity and the stench of rotting grapefruit. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2019, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40324 "2019-02-07T04:39:22Z")
> [@Zakalwe](#): > > Ummm… For, you know, dealing with sea level rise. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2019, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40325 "2019-02-07T13:33:21Z")
The Hill runs a breathless article with the clickbait headline [Mueller hauled before secret FISA court to address FBI abuses in 2002, Congress told](https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/428755-mueller-hauled-before-secret-fisa-court-to-address-fbi-abuses-in-2002). Turns out it’s an opinion piece from [John F. Solomon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Solomon) who is a notorious right wing shill and what actually happened (and can be ascertained even through the weasel-wording of the piece) is after he became FBI director the FISA court asked Mueller to rein in post 9/11 FISA abuse by FBI agents before he became director and he proceeded to do exactly that. > [@](#): > > Most of the omissions occurred in FBI work that pre-dated Mueller’s arrival, the sources said. But the court wanted assurances the new sheriff in town was going to stop such widespread abuses. > > Mueller told the court the FBI had created a new system called the Woods Procedures — named for the FBI lawyer who drafted them — to ensure FISA warrant applications were accurate and did not omit material information, according to Anderson’s congressional interview. > > “My understanding is he committed to the court to address the problem and then that the series of reforms that we implemented, including the use of the Woods form, were the direct result of his engagement before the FISA court,” Anderson told Congress. Used to be so-called “law and order” Republicans would appreciate such a thing. Now they try and use buzzwords like the headline to muddy what happened seventeen years ago with Google searches that include Mueller and FISA court today (most of that is bullshit as well, but that’s par for the course). ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2019, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40326 "2019-02-07T13:36:54Z")
Which number is larger? 400 or 40,000? [GOP Congressman flunks this 4th-grade math problem.](https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/rep-matt-gaetz-lies-gun-violence-parkland-parent_us_5c5b40a0e4b09293b20b019a) Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) insists that the 400 killings by immigrants are a bigger problem than last year’s 40,000 gun deaths, taking care to insult the parents of two victims of the Parkland massacre, even asking for them to be evicted. > [@](#): > > “I hope that we’ll deal with all the drivers of violence,” he said. “The greatest driver of violence — in the circumstances that I indicated — was not the firearm. It’s the fact that we have an immigration system that allows people to come here violently …” > … > **Gaetz ― who was condemned last year for inviting a Holocaust denier and white nationalist to the State of the Union address** ― doubled down on Twitter, saying that anyone worried about gun violence should “join us to #BuildTheWall.” One of the grieving fathers claimed to be thrilled by Gaetz’ fetid stench: > [@](#): > > “I found what he did, to treat what happened to our families that way, it’s disgusting, despicable and vile,” Guttenberg said. “But I’m actually thrilled Mr. Gaetz acted like Mr. Gaetz. I think it was wonderful for the American people to see who he is as a person.” > > He added: “This is the kind of behavior that got us to where we are — where 40k per year are dying from guns.” Give Gaetz some credit: It took $2500 for him to become a NRA whore. As reported in these threads, the Donald Thrump has revealed that his price is 13¢. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2019, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40327 "2019-02-07T15:59:39Z")
How much did the NRA charge to be Putin’s whore? ---
**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:** [February 7, 2019, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40328 "2019-02-07T19:02:40Z")
Dana Loesch: Send the NRA money so we can stop Kamala Harris. [Dana Loesch: Only the NRA Can Stop ‘Existential Threat’ Kamala Harris, So Give Us Money Now](https://www.thedailybeast.com/dana-loesch-only-the-nra-can-stop-existential-threat-kamala-harris-so-give-us-money-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:** [February 7, 2019, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40329 "2019-02-07T19:21:47Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Dana Loesch: Send the NRA money Nah! I don’t need to send any of _my_ money; the Russians have _totally got this_. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2019, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40330 "2019-02-07T20:18:12Z")
Tommy Norment, the Republican majority leader of the Virginia state Senate, was an editor of the Virginia Military Institute yearbook which contained ethnic slurs and blackface pictures. > **[Virginia Sen. Tommy Norment admits he was editor of yearbook filled with...](https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-news-tommy-norment-editor-yearbook-racist-photos-20190207-story.html)** > > Tommy Norment, fourth in line for the governance, was the managing editor for the Virginia Military Institute yearbook in 1968. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2019, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40331 "2019-02-07T20:20:39Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > How much did the NRA charge to be Putin’s whore? Vlad’s puta? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2019, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40332 "2019-02-07T20:23:42Z")
In response to student demonstrations at Berkeley, Michigan Republican and secretary of the Marquette County Republican Party Dan Adamini says it’s time for another Kent State. > [@](#): > > “Violent protesters who shut down free speech? Time for another Kent State perhaps. One bullet stops a lot of thuggery," Adamini tweeted. > > In a separate Facebook post, Adamini wrote: “I’m thinking that another Kent State might be the only solution…They do it because they know there are no consequences yet.” > **[GOP leader apologizes for tweeting: 'Time for another Kent State'](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/02/05/gop-leader-apologizes-kent-state/97533372/?fbclid=IwAR062lzxyBRCy8aooIkMiHG0xkrR1XT1leTNSlX2B_Ab8N_hnkE7aRx3hK8)** > > Marquette County Republican leader says he was trying to prevent violence, not promote it. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2019, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40333 "2019-02-07T20:24:10Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Tommy Norment, the Republican majority leader of the Virginia state Senate, was an editor of the Virginia Military Institute yearbook which contained ethnic slurs and blackface pictures. > [Virginia Sen. Tommy Norment admits he was editor of yearbook filled with racist photos, says he’s ‘not surprised’ people are trying to ‘engulf Republican leaders’ in controversy – New York Daily News](https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-news-tommy-norment-editor-yearbook-racist-photos-20190207-story.html) It’s okay if a republican does it. ---
**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2019, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40334 "2019-02-07T20:33:32Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > > > Tommy Norment, the Republican majority leader of the Virginia state Senate, was an editor of the Virginia Military Institute yearbook which contained ethnic slurs and blackface pictures. > > [Virginia Sen. Tommy Norment admits he was editor of yearbook filled with racist photos, says he’s ‘not surprised’ people are trying to ‘engulf Republican leaders’ in controversy – New York Daily News](https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-news-tommy-norment-editor-yearbook-racist-photos-20190207-story.html) > > It’s okay if a republican does it. Now that you mention Virginia, it occurs to me that anyone here who might be invested in having a robust _Stupid Liberal Idea of the Day_ thread is really falling down on the job. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2019, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40335 "2019-02-07T20:52:44Z")
> [@Borborygmi](#): > > Now that you mention Virginia, it occurs to me that anyone here who might be invested in having a robust _Stupid Liberal Idea of the Day_ thread is really falling down on the job. Only if you quote me, who wants the governor to remain out of spite for the GOP. Otherwise, despite the “the liberals are the REAL racists amirite?” crowd, wearing those outfits is not a _liberal_ idea. ---
**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2019, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40336 "2019-02-07T21:09:37Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Only if you quote me, who wants the governor to remain out of spite for the GOP. Otherwise, despite the “the liberals are the REAL racists amirite?” crowd, wearing those outfits is not a _liberal_ idea. That’s true of course, but having once been a editor on a yearbook with racist stuff in it isn’t really a Republican idea, either, if we want to be strict about such things. If this scandal and the ensuing attempt at crisis management were coming from the GOP I would expect to see it covered in this thread. For anyone lamenting that the SLIotD thread usually has to resort to the likes of what an imaginary neighborhood jogger might have said, they are squandering an opportunity. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2019, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40337 "2019-02-07T22:10:49Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > In response to student demonstrations at Berkeley, Michigan Republican and secretary of the Marquette County Republican Party Dan Adamini says it’s time for another Kent State. > > [GOP leader apologizes for tweeting: 'Time for another Kent State'](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/02/05/gop-leader-apologizes-kent-state/97533372/?fbclid=IwAR062lzxyBRCy8aooIkMiHG0xkrR1XT1leTNSlX2B_Ab8N_hnkE7aRx3hK8) Check the date. That story is two years old. I just saw this posted by a friend on FB. I wonder why it’s suddenly going around again? ETA: He also [resigned](https://www.uppermichiganssource.com/content/news/Dan-Adamini-resigns-from-Marquette-Rep-Party-after-death-threats-and-backlash-413203753.html) very soon after deleting his Twitter account where he made those comments. ---
**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:** [February 8, 2019, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40338 "2019-02-08T02:34:36Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Tommy Norment, the Republican majority leader of the Virginia state Senate, was an editor of the Virginia Military Institute yearbook which contained ethnic slurs and blackface pictures. > [Virginia Sen. Tommy Norment admits he was editor of yearbook filled with racist photos, says he’s ‘not surprised’ people are trying to ‘engulf Republican leaders’ in controversy – New York Daily News](https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-news-tommy-norment-editor-yearbook-racist-photos-20190207-story.html) I’d be amazed if the Legislatures (and probably Governors and cabinets) of the southern states don’t currently contain _at least_ several dozen members who can be seen in yearbook-photos in blackface. “Decimated” is a term that comes to mind, for what we’ll be seeing in coming weeks. ---
**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:** [February 8, 2019, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40339 "2019-02-08T20:02:09Z")
Candace Owens, conservative talking head, says Hitler was “ok” till he started looking beyond Germany’s borders. I would think the Jews, handicapped people, Roma, and homosexuals living in Germany at the time would disagree. [Candace Owens: Hitler Was ‘OK’ Until He Tried to Go Global](https://www.thedailybeast.com/candace-owens-hitler-was-ok-until-he-tried-to-go-global/)? ---
**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:** [February 8, 2019, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40340 "2019-02-08T20:19:46Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > I’d be amazed if the Legislatures (and probably Governors and cabinets) of the southern states don’t currently contain _at least_ several dozen members who can be seen in yearbook-photos in blackface. > > “Decimated” is a term that comes to mind, for what we’ll be seeing in coming weeks. So only 1 in 10 will be affected? :flees: ---
**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:** [February 8, 2019, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40341 "2019-02-08T21:43:12Z")
[**Warnings of Trumpism ‘Forever’ as Senate GOP Rams Through 44 Lifetime Judges in One Day**](https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/02/08/warnings-trumpism-forever-senate-gop-rams-through-44-lifetime-judges-one-day) > [@](#): > > With the nation’s eyes largely elsewhere in a sea of distraction on Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee quietly advanced 44 of President Donald Trump’s federal judicial nominees in what civil rights defenders denounced as a “monster markup” that threatens to leave the president’s dangerous ideological footprint on the nation’s courts for generations to come. > … > > “In just the first two years of this administration, the Senate has already confirmed 85 federal judges, including two Supreme Court justices,” [Kamala] Harris said. > > While pointing out that if the 44 under consideration are confirmed, “they will represent one out of 20 lifetime-appointed federal judges in the United States,” she emphasized that “it’s not the number of judges that are being confirmed that concerns me as much as the number of extreme judges who are being confirmed.” > … This is the stuff that really matters. While thump is tap-dancing in the spotlight and tripping over his own [del]feet[/del] tongue, McConnell is packing the Federal courts with conservative, anti-civil rights judges. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40342 "2019-02-08T23:17:56Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > [**Warnings of Trumpism ‘Forever’ as Senate GOP Rams Through 44 Lifetime Judges in One Day**](https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/02/08/warnings-trumpism-forever-senate-gop-rams-through-44-lifetime-judges-one-day)This is the stuff that really matters. While thump is tap-dancing in the spotlight and tripping over his own [del]feet[/del] tongue, McConnell is packing the Federal courts with conservative, anti-civil rights judges. Terrifying! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2016) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2018)