# 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:** 2025
**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 27, 2019, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40483 "2019-02-27T15:46:53Z")
Apparently there are still people out there dumb enough to take the word of the Prevaricator-in-Chief: > [@Martha McSally (R-AZ)](#): > > I am seeking assurances that the money will not come from Arizona military construction projects. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2019, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40484 "2019-02-27T16:48:10Z")
Mmm, sounds like she \*knows \*he’s lying and is telling him so. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2019, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40485 "2019-02-27T16:50:43Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > [Sometimes](http://time.com/5297891/gregory-hill-jury-awards-4-dollars-police-shooting/) it’s just because the jurors are assholes. [And sometimes it’s because the \*plaintiff \*is an asshole.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Football_League) > [@](#): > > In 1985, the USFL voted to move from a spring to a fall schedule in 1986 to compete directly with the NFL. This was done at the urging of New Jersey Generals majority owner Donald Trump and a handful of other owners as a way to force a merger between the leagues. As part of this strategy, the USFL filed an anti-trust lawsuit against the National Football League in 1986, and a jury ruled that the NFL had violated anti-monopoly laws. However, in a victory in name only, the USFL was awarded a judgment of just $1, which under anti-trust laws, was tripled to $3. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2019, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40486 "2019-02-27T16:54:56Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Apparently there are still people out there dumb enough to take the word of the Prevaricator-in-Chief: > > > [@Martha McSally (R-AZ)](#): > > > > I am seeking assurances that the money will not come from Arizona military construction projects. And of course the implication is that it’s perfectly fine to defund necessary military spending to build the wall… as long as it doesn’t cost MY state jobs. What a jackass. ---
**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 27, 2019, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40487 "2019-02-27T21:09:50Z")
Texas state legislator who wants to loosen requirements that kids get vaccinated isn’t worried about diseases like measles because there are antibiotics. > **[Texas Lawmaker Completely Unconcerned About Measles Outbreak Because of...](https://gizmodo.com/texas-lawmaker-completely-unconcerned-about-measles-epi-1832919951)** > > Some lawmakers in Texas are apparently very unworried about the growing number of epidemics across the country involving diseases once nearly eradicated by vaccines, including a five-county one in their state. A few of them are even pushing a bill... ---
**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:** [February 28, 2019, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40488 "2019-02-28T00:36:01Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by Martha McSally (R-AZ) > I am seeking assurances that the money will not come from Arizona military construction projects. “I am seeking assurances that the face-eating weasels will not eat MY face right away. Screw those other people.” ---
**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 28, 2019, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40489 "2019-02-28T01:16:30Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > Originally Posted by Martha McSally (R-AZ) > > I am seeking assurances that the money will not come from Arizona military construction projects. > > “I am seeking assurances that the face-eating weasels will not eat MY face right away. Screw those other people.” Seriously. NIMBY becomes NECGIMST: _No “Emergency” Cash-Grab In My State, Trump_. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40490 "2019-02-28T12:46:10Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > And of course the implication is that it’s perfectly fine to defund necessary military spending to build the wall… as long as it doesn’t cost MY state jobs. What a jackass. She prominently ran endorsements from Donnie during the campaign and lost anyway, then was appointed senator by the Republican governor to fill the remainder of McCain’s term. Color me not surprised. ---
**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:** [February 28, 2019, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40491 "2019-02-28T13:00:21Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Texas state legislator who wants to loosen requirements that kids get vaccinated isn’t worried about diseases like measles because there are antibiotics. > [Texas Lawmaker Completely Unconcerned About Measles Outbreak Because of 'Antibiotics'](https://gizmodo.com/texas-lawmaker-completely-unconcerned-about-measles-epi-1832919951) Isn’t science that has been filtered through a Republican brain just the greatest? :smack: ---
**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 28, 2019, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40492 "2019-02-28T14:52:58Z")
Rick Santorum [explains](https://thehill.com/homenews/media/431947-santorum-its-not-out-of-character-for-trump-to-lie-about-russia-because-he) that it’s not particularly suspicious that Trump lies about Russia, because Trump lies about everything: > [@](#): > > “The president doesn’t tell the truth about a lot of things fairly consistently,” Santorum, a CNN commentator, said during a panel discussion on"Anderson Cooper 360." > “And so the fact that he’s not telling the truth about Russia fairly consistently, at least in the eyes of the people around here, why is that any different? It’s not like he’s doing something out of character with the Russia investigation, that he’s not doing in other areas,” he continued. > “Is that really the best defense you can come up with?” CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin responded. > Santorum defended his comments, stating that Trump is “not acting differently” when it comes to his remarks about special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation… I’m surprised. I would have expected Santorum to be much smoother and slicker and slipperier than that. ---
**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:** [February 28, 2019, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40493 "2019-02-28T15:03:14Z")
Remember when Trump told that “You knew I was a snake when you took me in” story during the campaign? Yeah, that’s Santorum’s argument for Trump. Mind you, why does anyone care what Santorum even says these days? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40494 "2019-02-28T15:46:55Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > She prominently ran endorsements from Donnie during the campaign and lost anyway, then was appointed senator by the Republican governor to fill the remainder of McCain’s term. Color me not surprised. Nitpick: she was appointed to fill the remainder of Jon Kyl’s term after his resignation, not McCain’s. Anyway, one would think that if there is genuinely a National Emergency at the border, she would be happy to suspend construction on other Arizona military projects to take care of 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:** [February 28, 2019, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40495 "2019-02-28T16:06:39Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Nitpick: she was appointed to fill the remainder of Jon Kyl’s term after his resignation, not McCain’s. Anyway, one would think that if there is genuinely a National Emergency at the border, she would be happy to suspend construction on other Arizona military projects to take care of it. The two operative words in your post are \*\*IF \*\*and **GENUINELY**. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40496 "2019-02-28T16:10:17Z")
> [@](#): > > Quoth **eschereal** : > > Montana state legislator Joe read introduced a bill that would require the state to ignore federal rules aimed at addressing climate change. He claims that the federal rules violate the 10th Amendment and, I guess, what ever happens in Montana stays in Montana (would that that were so, sometimes). For what it’s worth, the bill has no chance whatsoever of passing. Montanans are pretty conservative in some ways, but the environment is not one of them. There are regions that lean heavily on the fossil-fuel industry (presumably, this idiot represents one of them), but they’re outnumbered by the regions that depend on healthy wilderness. ---
**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 28, 2019, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40497 "2019-02-28T17:36:52Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > I’m surprised. I would have expected Santorum to be much smoother and slicker and slipperier than that. Yes, he’s usually much more frothy. ---
**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 28, 2019, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40498 "2019-02-28T18:27:10Z")
Paul LePage may have finally been removed from the Maine governor’s mansion, but he continues to pollute the body politic. The headline pretty much says it all: [Former Maine Governor Defends Electoral College, Saying It Protects White People](http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/02/paul-lepage-says-electoral-college-protects-white-people.html) ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40499 "2019-02-28T18:44:25Z")
That isn’t stupid, just unusually honest. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40500 "2019-02-28T19:03:53Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Rick Santorum [explains](https://thehill.com/homenews/media/431947-santorum-its-not-out-of-character-for-trump-to-lie-about-russia-because-he) that it’s not particularly suspicious that Trump lies about Russia, because Trump lies about everything: > > I’m surprised. I would have expected Santorum to be much smoother and slicker and slipperier than that. That guy’s a fucking drip. ---
**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:** [February 28, 2019, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40501 "2019-02-28T19:56:53Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Rick Santorum [explains](https://thehill.com/homenews/media/431947-santorum-its-not-out-of-character-for-trump-to-lie-about-russia-because-he) that it’s not particularly suspicious that Trump lies about Russia, because Trump lies about everything: > > I’m surprised. I would have expected Santorum to be much smoother and slicker and slipperier than that. iswydt 😉 ---
**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 28, 2019, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40502 "2019-02-28T20:23:44Z")
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