# 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:** 2073
**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:** [July 3, 2019, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41445 "2019-07-03T18:11:53Z")
July 2, 2019 After the Governor of Arizona said that he will no longer support the opening of a new Nike factory that would bring 500 jobs to the state, the Mayor of Goodyear, Arizona, where the facility will be opening, says the city will still support opening it. > **[Goodyear mayor stands ground on Nike deal after Gov. Ducey says Arizona...](https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/southwest-valley/2019/07/02/city-officials-silent-gov-doug-ducey-tweets-az-fine-without-nike/1629293001/)** > > Goodyear Mayor Georgia Lord says the city is “in the middle of a difficult situation" but that it is committed to bringing a Nike plant to the city. ---
**Author:** ![Running\_with\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Running\_with\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Running_with_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2019, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41446 "2019-07-03T19:17:23Z")
From the article. Sounds like a typical Republican: > [@](#): > > Goodyear residents offered mixed opinions to the governor’s social media criticism. > > “I’m behind Gov. Ducey 100%,” resident Gary Kotula said. “I could give a care if Colin Kaepernick is offended.” > > As a retiree, he said the jobs the manufacturing plant would bring the city were not important to him. I’ve never heard the expression “I could give a care” so I don’t know if it’s a reporting error, a regionalism, or the result of illiteracy on the part of Mr. Kotula. ---
**Author:** ![Running\_with\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Running\_with\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Running_with_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2019, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41447 "2019-07-03T19:21:48Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > “Governor who enabled Flint’s water crisis gets hired by Harvard to ‘improve how government works” Maybe he’s there to serve as a bad example? ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2019, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41448 "2019-07-03T20:13:10Z")
> [@Running\_with\_Scissors](#): > > I’ve never heard the expression “I could give a care” so I don’t know if it’s a reporting error, a regionalism, or the result of illiteracy on the part of Mr. Kotula. It’s commonly used in some areas as a sanitized form of _give a damn_. ---
**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:** [July 3, 2019, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41449 "2019-07-03T20:54:09Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > So what exactly should happen to a fake orange man who molests the flag only to show us, “Hey, look who’s in charge now!”? I’m sure the answer I’m going to read is one about how orange dick suckers are the best in the world, who have the best people, who think bigly. Is my American flag tee with orange Donny boy sucking on Putin’s dick offensive? Maybe to Putin lovers and orange dick suckers, but who cares? The FB posts should send the FBI to my house any day now. (Been about 17 months…) You seem to have mistaken me for a fan of Loser Donald. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2019, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41450 "2019-07-03T21:15:40Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Any person who (earnestly) respects any flag should probably see the inside of a rubber room. Hey, if it’s hand-stitched, I can respect the pains taken. ---
**Author:** ![anomalous1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e56c9b/32.png) [@anomalous1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anomalous1)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41451 "2019-07-04T04:24:50Z")
Holy shit, who cares about the shoes with the flags on them. If you don’t like them shut up and don’t wear them. Not speaking to anyone in particular, more of a general ‘you’. Who the fuck actually wears Nike’s anyway? They have been pretty ugly shoes for a long time. If you like them, more power to you, but damn. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41452 "2019-07-04T05:18:53Z")
> [@anomalous1](#): > > Who the fuck actually wears Nike’s anyway? They have been pretty ugly shoes for a long time. If you like them, more power to you, but damn. Would you have said that if the Tightie Righties hadn’t picked a fight with them? You do realize that not only are they the most popular, but polls of runners, athletes and fashionable teens all put Nike at the top or close to it… [cite,](https://www.thetoptens.com/running-shoe-brands/) and [cite](https://www.t3.com/features/best-running-shoes) and [cite](https://blog.technavio.com/blog/top-15-vendors-athletic-footwear-market-us). ---
**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:** [July 4, 2019, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41453 "2019-07-04T12:51:10Z")
> [@GreysonCarlisle](#): > > It’s commonly used in some areas as a sanitized form of _give a damn_. Maybe it’s a Midwest regionalism – the guy’s retired, after all. Living and partially raised here, I’ve never heard it before. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2019, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41454 "2019-07-04T19:47:02Z")
July 4, 2019 QAnon’s new thing is that John F. Kennedy Junior is going to appear next to Individual 1 at his speech today and may be announced as Individual 1’s running mate, as well as announce that he has proof about Pizzagate. > **[Here's the insane reason some Trump supporters are wearing JFK Jr. masks to...](https://www.rawstory.com/2019/07/heres-the-insane-reason-some-trump-supporters-are-wearing-jfk-jr-masks-to-the-fourth-of-july-celebration/)** > > President Donald Trump's Fourth of July blowout celebration will host military flyovers, tanks, parades, and a grand speech by the president on the National Mall.It also sports something a bit stranger. At the Trump International Hotel in Washington,... ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41455 "2019-07-04T19:55:52Z")
So Trump ushers in the zombie apocalypse? Sounds right. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2019, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41456 "2019-07-04T19:58:12Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > July 4, 2019 > QAnon’s new thing is that John F. Kennedy Junior is going to appear next to Individual 1 at his speech today and may be announced as Individual 1’s running mate, as well as announce that he has proof about Pizzagate. > [Here's the insane reason some Trump supporters are wearing JFK Jr. masks to the Fourth of July celebration - Raw Story](https://www.rawstory.com/2019/07/heres-the-insane-reason-some-trump-supporters-are-wearing-jfk-jr-masks-to-the-fourth-of-july-celebration/) Having stopped following QAnon for a while now, but intimately knowing the depth of their kook-ness, but all the same, and I can’t stress it enough : what in the Jesus \*fuck \*?! And does Elvis know about this ? ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41457 "2019-07-04T20:13:17Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > July 4, 2019 > QAnon’s new thing is that John F. Kennedy Junior is going to appear next to Individual 1 at his speech today **and may be announced as Individual 1’s running mate** , as well as announce that he has proof about Pizzagate. > [Here's the insane reason some Trump supporters are wearing JFK Jr. masks to the Fourth of July celebration - Raw Story](https://www.rawstory.com/2019/07/heres-the-insane-reason-some-trump-supporters-are-wearing-jfk-jr-masks-to-the-fourth-of-july-celebration/) Could the emphasized part be the reason for Mike Pence’s sudden trip cancellation? ---
**Author:** ![anomalous1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e56c9b/32.png) [@anomalous1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anomalous1)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41458 "2019-07-04T20:40:53Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Would you have said that if the Tightie Righties hadn’t picked a fight with them? > > You do realize that not only are they the most popular, but polls of runners, athletes and fashionable teens all put Nike at the top or close to it… [cite,](https://www.thetoptens.com/running-shoe-brands/) and [cite](https://www.t3.com/features/best-running-shoes) and [cite](https://blog.technavio.com/blog/top-15-vendors-athletic-footwear-market-us). Yes, I would’ve. If you like the product buy it, if you don’t, don’t. Simple as that. Not making a political statement here. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2019, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41459 "2019-07-04T22:51:19Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > July 4, 2019 > QAnon’s new thing is that John F. Kennedy Junior is going to appear next to Individual 1 at his speech today and may be announced as Individual 1’s running mate, as well as announce that he has proof about Pizzagate. > [Here's the insane reason some Trump supporters are wearing JFK Jr. masks to the Fourth of July celebration - Raw Story](https://www.rawstory.com/2019/07/heres-the-insane-reason-some-trump-supporters-are-wearing-jfk-jr-masks-to-the-fourth-of-july-celebration/) > [@Kobal2](#): > > Having stopped following QAnon for a while now, but intimately knowing the depth of their kook-ness, but all the same, and I can’t stress it enough : what in the Jesus \*fuck \*?! And does Elvis know about this ? I guess it would make sense if they were talking this up just to get a rise out of people, but I suspect at least a substantial portion of them are not trolling—they really believe stuff like this. The idea that JFK, Jr. would be an ally of _Trump_ is perhaps the most bizarre construction they could have come up with. (As well as being ghoulish as hell.) ---
**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:** [July 6, 2019, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41460 "2019-07-06T16:58:00Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Having stopped following QAnon for a while now, but intimately knowing the depth of their kook-ness, but all the same, and I can’t stress it enough : what in the Jesus \*fuck \*?! And does Elvis know about this ? There is definitely a contingent of the QAnon posters that are just trolling, trying to see what absurd things they can get people to believe. In some cases they succeed. It reminds me of the late lamented weekly world news (bat boy and aliens), which I would buy and love for purely ironic reasons. I always assumed that that was the only reason anybody bought it until I noticed that all of the advertising was directed at the gullible (psychic readings, crystals, buy gold etc.) so there must be a contingent that took it at least somewhat seriously. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2019, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41461 "2019-07-06T19:03:11Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > I thought these guys gave up Nike back in 2017? They did! And they all forgot about it as soon as they needed new sneakers. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2019, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41462 "2019-07-06T20:09:08Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I love the Russian national anthem. I’m talking about the melody; I don’t know what the words are. YouTube has (or at least had) a recording of Paul Robeson singing a Stalin-era translation. I despise the USSR but I have some sympathy for Robeson’s admiration of it. He sure as hell wasn’t getting a fair shake as a black man in mid 20th-century America. I wonder if he ever wore sneakers. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2019, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41463 "2019-07-06T20:14:33Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > They did! And they all forgot about it as soon as they needed new sneakers. Click on the following Twitter link, then click the picture to get the full version. You know, the one that shows the feet. 😃 > [@Is the "Betsy Ross" flag racist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-betsy-ross-flag-racist/836376/154): > > oops > > [https://twitter.com/darrenrovell/status/1147127081421160448](https://twitter.com/darrenrovell/status/1147127081421160448) > > "Arizona Governor Doug Ducey says, after Nike’s decision to pull “Betsy Ross flag” sneakers that he is pulling incentives for company to have a plant there. Two days later, shows up to 4th of July party with Nikes on his feet! " ---
**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:** [July 6, 2019, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41464 "2019-07-06T20:33:11Z")
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