# 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:** 2095
**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:** [August 20, 2019, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41888 "2019-08-20T17:00:30Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Given that there is a sharp dip in the approval of education over the entire population, it would seem to be a shift in attitudes rather than a shift in party identification. Yes, but if you look at the numbers, the dip in the entire population is _entirely due_ to the drop in the Republican numbers. The approval numbers for Democrats have remained steady. ---
**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:** [August 20, 2019, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41889 "2019-08-20T17:59:49Z")
The new Repub talking point: “Antifa stands for ‘Anti First Amendment’” > **[Kellyanne Conway Falsely Claims Antifa Is Short for ‘Anti-First Amendment’](https://www.thedailybeast.com/kellyanne-conway-trump-senior-adviser-falsely-claims-antifa-is-short-for-anti-first-amendment)** > > The White House senior adviser’s creative interpretation echoed a tweet from Fox News contributor Dan Bongino. ---
**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:** [August 20, 2019, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41890 "2019-08-20T20:12:02Z")
Right wing “prophet” Mark Taylor: "if President Trump doesn’t carry out mass arrests of high-level Democratic politicians by this January, there will be blood in the streets. “What the Lord has shown me is that if they wait too long, it could be another Mogadishu or another Benghazi where the patriots will rise up and say, ‘Enough is enough,’ and they will take matters into their own hands and they will drag their dead bodies through the streets,” Taylor said, adding that these patriots (presumably Trump supporters) will literally hunt down Democrats and drag them out of their “houses or offices.”" > **[Christian prophet: ‘Patriots’ will drag dead Democrats through the streets if...](https://deadstate.org/christian-prophet-patriots-will-drag-dead-democrats-through-the-streets-if-trump-doesnt-carry-out-mass-arrests-by-january)** > > If Trump doesn’t carry out mass arrests of high-profile Democratic politicians by this coming January, “patriots” will rise up and get the job done, according to Christian “prophet” and whack job conspiracy theorist Mark Taylor. During an appearance... ---
**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:** [August 20, 2019, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41891 "2019-08-20T20:43:42Z")
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**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2019, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41892 "2019-08-20T20:45:48Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Right wing “prophet” Mark Taylor: > "if President Trump doesn’t carry out mass arrests of high-level Democratic politicians by this January, there will be blood in the streets. > > “What the Lord has shown me is that if they wait too long, it could be another Mogadishu or another Benghazi where the patriots will rise up and say, ‘Enough is enough,’ and they will take matters into their own hands and they will drag their dead bodies through the streets,” Taylor said, adding that these patriots (presumably Trump supporters) will literally hunt down Democrats and drag them out of their “houses or offices.”" > [Christian prophet: ‘Patriots’ will drag dead Democrats through the streets if Trump doesn’t carry out ‘mass arrests’ by January – DeadState](https://deadstate.org/christian-prophet-patriots-will-drag-dead-democrats-through-the-streets-if-trump-doesnt-carry-out-mass-arrests-by-january) They really, really, really don’t like democracy, do they? ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2019, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41893 "2019-08-20T21:17:20Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Right wing “prophet” Mark Taylor: > "if President Trump doesn’t carry out mass arrests of high-level Democratic politicians by this January, there will be blood in the streets. > > “What the Lord has shown me is that if they wait too long, it could be another Mogadishu or another Benghazi where the patriots will rise up and say, ‘Enough is enough,’ and they will take matters into their own hands and they will drag their dead bodies through the streets,” Taylor said, adding that these patriots (presumably Trump supporters) will literally hunt down Democrats and drag them out of their “houses or offices.”" > [Christian prophet: ‘Patriots’ will drag dead Democrats through the streets if Trump doesn’t carry out ‘mass arrests’ by January – DeadState](https://deadstate.org/christian-prophet-patriots-will-drag-dead-democrats-through-the-streets-if-trump-doesnt-carry-out-mass-arrests-by-january) So, to be clear, Mogadishu and Benghazi are places where patriots rose up and said, “Enough is enough”? ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2019, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41894 "2019-08-20T21:25:48Z")
> [@74westy](#): > > So, to be clear, Mogadishu and Benghazi are places where patriots rose up and said, “Enough is enough”? “Enough is enough”? I thought these morons where enjoying a new “Great America”. They need to make up their fucking minds. ---
**Author:** ![Swampwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Swampwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swampwolf)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2019, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41895 "2019-08-20T21:34:11Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > “Enough is enough”? I thought these morons where enjoying a new “Great America”. They need to make up their fucking minds. Yeah, not gonna happen. These are the people who have their minds made up for them. ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2019, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41896 "2019-08-20T21:40:34Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Right wing “prophet” Mark Taylor: > "if President Trump doesn’t carry out mass arrests of high-level Democratic politicians by this January, there will be blood in the streets. > > “What the Lord has shown me is that if they wait too long, it could be another Mogadishu or another Benghazi where the patriots will rise up and say, ‘Enough is enough,’ and they will take matters into their own hands and they will drag their dead bodies through the streets,” Taylor said, adding that these patriots (presumably Trump supporters) will literally hunt down Democrats and drag them out of their “houses or offices.”" > [Christian prophet: ‘Patriots’ will drag dead Democrats through the streets if Trump doesn’t carry out ‘mass arrests’ by January – DeadState](https://deadstate.org/christian-prophet-patriots-will-drag-dead-democrats-through-the-streets-if-trump-doesnt-carry-out-mass-arrests-by-january) Guy sounds like a terrorist to me. ---
**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:** [August 20, 2019, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41897 "2019-08-20T22:51:50Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Right wing “prophet” Mark Taylor: > "if President Trump doesn’t carry out mass arrests of high-level Democratic politicians by this January, there will be blood in the streets. > > “What the Lord has shown me is that if they wait too long, it could be another Mogadishu or another Benghazi where the patriots will rise up and say, ‘Enough is enough,’ and they will take matters into their own hands and they will drag their dead bodies through the streets,” Taylor said, adding that these patriots (presumably Trump supporters) will literally hunt down Democrats and drag them out of their “houses or offices.”" > [Christian prophet: ‘Patriots’ will drag dead Democrats through the streets if Trump doesn’t carry out ‘mass arrests’ by January – DeadState](https://deadstate.org/christian-prophet-patriots-will-drag-dead-democrats-through-the-streets-if-trump-doesnt-carry-out-mass-arrests-by-january) Another quote from your cite: > [@](#): > > During an appearance on Sheila Zilinsky’s podcast this Tuesday, Taylor recounted a conversation he had with God last year, where he was told that if President Trump doesn’t carry out mass arrests of high-level Democratic politicians by this January, there will be blood in the streets. “So God and me were sittin’ around, over a coupla Coors, just shootin’ the shit, y’know, and He said he was just gettin’ disgusted with these darned Democrats. He kept sayin’ they needed to be taken care of, but it’s like Trump never even listened to Him.” ---
**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:** [August 20, 2019, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41898 "2019-08-20T22:56:39Z")
People who worship a God that loves murder, blood and dragging dead bodies through the streets are a little bit of a worry. Strike that. They are mentally ill sociopaths, who are hearing voices in their heads. This is not religion… It is mental illness. Full stop. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2019, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41899 "2019-08-20T23:15:22Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Devin Nunes [is a farmer](https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/regional/the-west/article233995452.html), or maybe he is not, but he claims to own a farm, which seems to be the size of a postcard and makes no money. Oh, yeah, Devin? Well, I’ve got a back yard with a few small watermelons, tomatoes, and a fig tree, and I make no money but it puts your postcard acreage to shame. So there. Mine’s bigger. ---
**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:** [August 20, 2019, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41900 "2019-08-20T23:36:32Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > People who worship a God that loves murder, blood and dragging dead bodies through the streets are a little bit of a worry. Yes, but on the other hand **BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD ! SKULLS FOR THE SKULLS THRONE**. So you see, your religious bigotry […] ---
**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:** [August 20, 2019, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41901 "2019-08-20T23:38:29Z")
Akin to asking that if Aliens traveled light years with such superior technology to come to Earth to study humanity, why would they be searching swamps in Mississippi? If God exists, and I believe he does, why would he have a sit down with _this_ blithering idiot? ---
**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:** [August 22, 2019, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41902 "2019-08-22T18:03:58Z")
The GOP is running ads showing Greenland as part of the United States, with the slogan, ‘Support President Trump and his efforts to help America grow!’ > **[GOP fundraises off Greenland flap: 'Support President Trump and his efforts...](https://www.politico.com/amp/story/2019/08/22/donald-trump-greenland-t-shirt-1471960)** > > The NRCC is giving donors a t-shirt apparently depicting Greenland as the 51st state. ---
**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:** [August 22, 2019, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41903 "2019-08-22T18:14:39Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The GOP is running ads showing Greenland as part of the United States, with the slogan, ‘Support President Trump and his efforts to help America grow!’ > [https://www.politico.com/amp/story/2019/08/22/donald-trump-greenland-t-shirt-1471960](https://www.politico.com/amp/story/2019/08/22/donald-trump-greenland-t-shirt-1471960) Distraction Misdirection Mass detention Confusi-ion Prezzah ! Why do these words sound so nasty ? Grifts and cons Can be fun Join the corrupt bankrupt greed-for-all Everyone ! ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41904 "2019-08-22T18:32:09Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The GOP is running ads showing Greenland as part of the United States, with the slogan, ‘Support President Trump and his efforts to help America grow!’ > [https://www.politico.com/amp/story/2019/08/22/donald-trump-greenland-t-shirt-1471960](https://www.politico.com/amp/story/2019/08/22/donald-trump-greenland-t-shirt-1471960) For the umpteenth time since this shitshow began, words fail me. ---
**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:** [August 22, 2019, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41905 "2019-08-22T18:57:52Z")
[Tom Cotton says](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/08/22/tom-cotton-proposed-greenland-sale-trump-met-denmark-report/2081531001/) buying Greenland is too a good idea and anyone who doesn’t see that is a big meanie doodoo head blinded by Trump derangement. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_McQwark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@Steve\_McQwark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_McQwark)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41906 "2019-08-22T19:02:41Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The GOP is running ads showing Greenland as part of the United States, with the slogan, ‘Support President Trump and his efforts to help America grow!’ > [https://www.politico.com/amp/story/2019/08/22/donald-trump-greenland-t-shirt-1471960](https://www.politico.com/amp/story/2019/08/22/donald-trump-greenland-t-shirt-1471960) I know conservatives aren’t known for having a sense of humor, but this is a decent joke. Help America grow. I give them a solid B for that joke. It must be a joke, right? Right? It _has_ to be a joke. Oh god, please make it be a joke. ---
**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:** [August 22, 2019, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41907 "2019-08-22T19:10:35Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > [Tom Cotton says](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/08/22/tom-cotton-proposed-greenland-sale-trump-met-denmark-report/2081531001/) buying Greenland is too a good idea and anyone who doesn’t see that is a big meanie doodoo head blinded by Trump derangement. He also says that it was his idea. [Yup.](http://i.imgur.com/2t3F1VZ.png) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2094) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2096)