# 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:** 2063
**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:** [June 6, 2019, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41245 "2019-06-06T19:27:27Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Oh, don’t worry. Republicans will make sure that this is blamed on Democrats. The sad thing is that they won’t really need to. The farmers being screwed already believe it. I think it’s in their DNA. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41246 "2019-06-06T19:31:01Z")
Maybe the run-of-the-mill unthinking ones would not deign to be interviewed by NPR, but the farmers I’ve heard don’t blame the Democrats for the tariffs that are hurting their business. They just shrug and say “I don’t agree with Trump about everything but I still support him.” ---
**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:** [June 6, 2019, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41247 "2019-06-06T19:53:15Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Why did he put “awkward” in quotes? Because he is a fucking ignoramous. There is those as think “awkward” means _awkward_ or **awkward**. Twitter, AAUI, does not have formatting, to tweeties have to do whatever they can to EMPHASIZE their words. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2019, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41248 "2019-06-06T19:59:37Z")
[Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel says](https://twitter.com/GOP/status/1136282103593734144) that D-Day is a time to celebrate Napoleon Boneyspurs. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2019, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41249 "2019-06-07T00:22:06Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Why did he put “awkward” in quotes? Because he’s a moron who’s been hanging around another moron far too long. One uses random quotation marks and the other random capitalization. The latter could even be termed a capital offense. By the way, when I was stationed in Germany (1979~1982), all the Germans I knew (a) were quite happy the Nazi regime lost the war, and (b) were incredibly pleased to be part of NATO. There is literally nothing Trump and his associates can do right, evidently. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2019, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41250 "2019-06-07T00:54:22Z")
Everyone in any contact with Mike Huck, and his idiot traitor daughter should make a point of putting random words in air-quotes. Travel “plans” may need to change because “the” airlines think “you” may need more time “to” gather “the” needed information for “a” route. You “may” call “us” with the updated information at “any” time. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2019, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41251 "2019-06-07T09:27:22Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > Mike Huckabee, probably being a bit put out that his daughter Sarah is catching all the scorn these days, did his bit by posting this on twitter: > > Folks did point that that Ms. Merkle was born 10 years after the end of WWII and is the leader of one of our strongest Allies (at least, I think they still are) and is probably just as glad as anyone else that Schicklegruber got what he deserved. > > No word on apology by the Huckster for being governor once of a state that traitorously left the United States… What they should have pointed out: The Germans have renounced Nazism. Why haven’t the GOP? ---
**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:** [June 7, 2019, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41252 "2019-06-07T13:58:10Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > [Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel says](https://twitter.com/GOP/status/1136282103593734144) that D-Day is a time to celebrate Napoleon Boneyspurs. I didn’t realize D-Day was a celebration; I thought it was more of a solemn commemoration for those who lost their lives. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2019, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41253 "2019-06-07T14:47:08Z")
> [@](#): > > North Carolina Republicans lied to a federal court in 2017 when they claimed that they didn’t use racial data about voters as they drew new electoral maps, according to a blistering filing in a partisan gerrymandering lawsuit this week. > > Common Cause of North Carolina, the lead plaintiff in the case, says the state’s legislative maps are so gerrymandered to benefit Republicans that they violate the state’s constitution. The daughter of Thomas Hofeller, a GOP master of gerrymandering who assisted lawmakers in drawing the maps, gave the files to the voting rights group. Stephanie Hofeller found the files after her father died last August, and lawyers representing Common Cause subpoenaed them. > The files contained evidence that North Carolina Republicans misled the court ― both about how racial data was considered in creating the maps and their ability to create new ones in time for a special election, according to the filing. The court opted not to order special elections in 2017, leaving lawmakers elected under racially gerrymandered maps in power for a little bit longer. > > … > > After getting caught racially gerrymandering in 2017, the North Carolina lawmakers told the court late they didn’t use racial data when they drew the new maps. Lawmakers told the court in September 2017 that data regarding race of voters “was not even loaded into the computer used by the map drawer to construct the districts.” > > But Hofeller’s files show he did consider racial data when drawing the maps, according to the filing. All of Hofeller’s draft maps include racial data, the lawyers said. State Rep. David Lewis, a Republican who played a lead role in drawing the new maps, strongly denied he and other lawmakers misled the court. **He suggested Hofeller was drawing maps with racial data in his spare time.** > **[GOP Lied About Using Racial Data To Gerrymander, Lawyers Say](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/north-carolina-gerrymandering_n_5cf96992e4b0b08cf7eb18fb)** > > The stunning accusations came after the daughter of a former Republican strategist gave the lawyers hard drives containing the computer files. (Bolding mine) All I could think of was this. > [@](#): > > Mr. Vibrating: I told you, I’m not allowed to argue unless you’ve paid. > > Man: I just paid! > > Mr. Vibrating: No you didn’t. > > Man: I DID! > > Mr. Vibrating: No you didn’t. > > Man: Look, I don’t want to argue about that. > > Mr. Vibrating: Well, you didn’t pay. > > Man: Aha. If I didn’t pay, why are you arguing? I Got you! > > Mr. Vibrating: No you haven’t. > > Man: Yes I have. If you’re arguing, I must have paid. > > Mr. Vibrating: Not necessarily. I could be arguing in my spare time. > > Man: Oh I’ve had enough of this. > > Mr. Vibrating: No you haven’t. from the Monty Python bit “Argument Clinic” > **[Argument Clinic - Monty Python Scripts](http://montypython.50webs.com/scripts/Series_3/27.htm)** > > Scripts and sounds from Monty Python, Holy Grail, Meaning of Life and Life of Brian ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2019, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41254 "2019-06-07T14:58:09Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > I didn’t realize D-Day was a celebration; I thought it was more of a solemn commemoration for those who lost their lives. Yeah, everyone was partying like it was 1944. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2019, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41255 "2019-06-07T16:14:26Z")
Trump-fluffer extraordinaire whose appointment as Groom of the Stool is surely coming through any day now reacts to Speaker Pelosi’s comment that she’d like to see Trump in prison: > [@Sean Hannity](#): > > Based on no actual crime she wants a political opponents locked up? That happens in banana republics. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2019, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41256 "2019-06-07T17:03:31Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Trump-fluffer extraordinaire whose appointment as Groom of the Stool is surely coming through any day now reacts to Speaker Pelosi’s comment that she’d like to see Trump in prison: > > > [@](#): > > > > Quote: > > Originally Posted by Sean Hannity > > Based on no actual crime she wants a political opponents locked up? That happens in banana republics. Yes, and we are now living in a banana republic, you doofus. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2019, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41257 "2019-06-07T17:07:10Z")
I’ve said it before, and I know I’ll have plenty of opportunities to say it again… The Republicans only have one strategy, now - projecting like a motherfucking multiplex. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2019, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41258 "2019-06-08T19:37:44Z")
There was [this thing](https://www.apnews.com/717675623fe64e74a88273826e271779) about a man in Utah who has been arrested for threatening congresscritters. Yawn. _… Scott Brian Haven dialed the office of an unnamed U.S. representative and purported to be standing right behind him and ready to “shoot him in the head” because “the Russians want him taken out because he is trying to remove a duly elected President” …_ ---
**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:** [June 9, 2019, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41259 "2019-06-09T20:06:17Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > There was [this thing](https://www.apnews.com/717675623fe64e74a88273826e271779) about a man in Utah who has been arrested for threatening congresscritters. Yawn. > > _… Scott Brian Haven dialed the office of an unnamed U.S. representative and purported to be standing right behind him and ready to “shoot him in the head” because “the Russians want him taken out because he is trying to remove a duly elected President” …_ Well, of course the Russians want to take out someone who threatens one of their more useful assets. ---
**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:** [June 10, 2019, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41260 "2019-06-10T09:16:23Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Trump-fluffer extraordinaire whose appointment as Groom of the Stool is surely coming through any day now reacts to Speaker Pelosi’s comment that she’d like to see Trump in prison: > > > [@](#): > > > > Based on no actual crime she wants a political opponents locked up? That happens in banana republics. > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Yes, and we are now living in a banana republic, you doofus. Mr. Hannity has apparently forgotten The Donald announcing during the debates the wish to imprison Hillary, not to mention the chants of “Lock her up!” at Trump rallies. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2019, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41261 "2019-06-10T13:20:24Z")
I’m sure he knows. He also, as a professional entertainer like Trump, knows that “no u” is an effective schtick for his audience. ---
**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:** [June 10, 2019, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41262 "2019-06-10T13:49:29Z")
Just like Trump, Hannity understands just how ridiculously stupid his fans are. ---
**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:** [June 10, 2019, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41263 "2019-06-10T21:40:39Z")
June 10, 2019 Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri doesn’t understand why Democrats are bringing in John Dean and digging up comparisons to Watergate, since it all happened before he was born. > **[GOP senator: Comparing Trump to Nixon is pointless because Watergate happened...](https://deadstate.org/gop-senator-comparing-trump-to-nixon-is-pointless-because-watergate-happened-before-i-was-born)** > > John Dean, who was White House counsel for Richard Nixon during the Watergate era, is set to testify before the House Judiciary Committee this Monday — a prospect that has Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) a little out of sorts as evidenced by a Fox News... ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2019, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41264 "2019-06-11T01:30:47Z")
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