# 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:** 2049
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40964 "2019-04-25T16:32:54Z")
> [@begbert2](#): > > Oddly, I’m not really pleased about vigilante justice being carried out against this criminal vigilante. Poetic justice is great and all but justice justice isn’t really about being cool with crime, even against criminals. Yeah, but I _am_ ok with him feeling vulnerable and afraid, you know, like the destitute families he rounded up. ---
**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:** [April 25, 2019, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40965 "2019-04-25T18:51:24Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > Yeah, but I _am_ ok with him feeling vulnerable and afraid, you know, like the destitute families he rounded up. Do you really think he’ll have the brains to make the connection? I’d more expect him to be muttering about how he “didn’t do anything to deserve this”. ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40966 "2019-04-25T18:53:24Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > Do you really think he’ll have the brains to make the connection? I’d more expect him to be muttering about how he “didn’t do anything to deserve this”. That is the saddest, truest thing I’m going to see today. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40967 "2019-04-25T19:50:06Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > Do you really think he’ll have the brains to make the connection? I’d more expect him to be muttering about how he “didn’t do anything to deserve this”. Alternatively, as one surmises he was beat up by Latino or at least progressive-leaning inmates, “fucking spic bastards and/or liberal traitors ! I’ll get you yet ! Just all o’ y’all wait until I get out and get my posse, I seen yer face, asshole !” etc, etc. Violence begets violence and an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. Yet forgiveness begets getting taken advantage of by ungrateful, selfish pricks. It is a conundrum. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40968 "2019-04-25T20:24:30Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > Do you really think he’ll have the brains to make the connection? I’d more expect him to be muttering about how he “didn’t do anything to deserve this”. And '…those damn librals!" ---
**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:** [April 26, 2019, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40969 "2019-04-26T00:59:51Z")
[Lara Trump: Merkel admitting migrants ‘one of the worst things that ever happened to Germany’](https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/440616-lara-trump-merkel-decision-to-allow-in-migrants-one-of-the) > [@](#): > > President Trump’s daughter-in-law Lara Trump remarked Thursday that German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s decision to allow migrants into the country was “one of the worst things that ever happened to Germany.” > > President Trump’s daughter-in-law Lara Trump remarked Thursday that German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s decision to allow migrants into the country was “one of the worst things that ever happened to Germany.” > > “When there was a march across Europe by a million people who wanted to get into Western Europe, Angela Merkel let them in,” Fox Business host Stuart Varney said during an interview with Lara Trump, an adviser on President Trump’s reelection campaign, on the network. > > “It was the downfall of Germany, it was one of the worst things that ever happened to Germany,” Trump responded. “This president knows that, he’s trying to prevent that from happening here.” Does nobody in that crowd have any actual knowledge of _anything_? ---
**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:** [April 26, 2019, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40970 "2019-04-26T02:15:24Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > [Lara Trump: Merkel admitting migrants ‘one of the worst things that ever happened to Germany’](https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/440616-lara-trump-merkel-decision-to-allow-in-migrants-one-of-the) > > Does nobody in that crowd have any actual knowledge of _anything_? No, but that doesn’t slow them down. ---
**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:** [April 26, 2019, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40971 "2019-04-26T02:29:04Z")
Wait…Germany fell? Why was this not reported anywhere? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2019, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40972 "2019-04-26T02:42:30Z")
“Anybody here remember World War Two? It was in all the papers.” ---
**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:** [April 26, 2019, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40973 "2019-04-26T02:44:43Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Wait…Germany fell? Why was this not reported anywhere? “The Haters and Losers in the Fake News Media refuse to report on my great Success in stopping our Country from falling (like Germany did!) so they can deny “Trump” a Great win. Apologize!” ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2019, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40974 "2019-04-26T10:27:49Z")
Huh? Wha’? How fucking senile does this guy need to get? Or is that the Adderall talking? ---
**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:** [April 26, 2019, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40975 "2019-04-26T10:53:02Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Wait…Germany fell? Why was this not reported anywhere? I vaguely remember seeing a video on the internet about Germany and its “Downfall”, but I don’t think Merkel was in it… ---
**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:** [April 26, 2019, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40976 "2019-04-26T11:34:03Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > “The Haters and Losers in the Fake News Media refuse to report on my great Success in stopping our Country from falling (like Germany did!) so they can deny “Trump” a Great win. Apologize!” > [@dropzone](#): > > Huh? Wha’? How fucking senile does this guy need to get? Or is that the Adderall talking? FTR, that isn’t a real Trump quote. It’s just me imitating his speaking/Tweeting style, which I seem to be uncannily good at. SAD! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2019, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40977 "2019-04-26T12:03:13Z")
Tweeting like Trump isn’t difficult. Just write a tweet and take away reason and accountability. ---
**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:** [April 26, 2019, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40978 "2019-04-26T12:24:55Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Tweeting like Trump isn’t difficult. Just write a tweet and take away reason and accountability. Throw in a couple of misspellings, and you’re there. Anyone can be president! ---
**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:** [April 26, 2019, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40979 "2019-04-26T15:05:14Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > “The Haters and Losers in the Fake News Media refuse to report on my great Success in stopping our Country from falling (like Germany did!) so they can deny “Trump” a Great win. Apologize!” Sorry, if you’re not going to post a link to the tweet, I have no choice but to view it as a brilliantly constructed parody. ---
**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:** [April 26, 2019, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40980 "2019-04-26T15:07:14Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Huh? Wha’? How fucking senile does this guy need to get? Or is that the Adderall talking? > [@Smapti](#): > > FTR, that isn’t a real Trump quote. It’s just me imitating his speaking/Tweeting style, which I seem to be uncannily good at. SAD! 😃 Heh. Called it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2019, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40981 "2019-04-26T16:19:38Z")
You should open a parody Trump Twitter account, Smapti. You’ll get some followers: your stuff is that good. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2019, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40982 "2019-04-26T16:23:43Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > You should open a parody Trump Twitter account, Smapti. You’ll get some followers: your stuff is that good. When it comes to pure comedy, it isn’t as good as the original. ---
**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:** [April 26, 2019, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40983 "2019-04-26T16:34:38Z")
I fully expect a re-tweet to correcting it to being “the worst thing since the fall of Hitler.” With the question of whether this means that worse stuff happened before the fall of Hitler, or Hitler’s fall itself being bad, left up to the audience. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2048) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2050)