# 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:** 2096
**Author:** ![mcgato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@mcgato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcgato)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41908 "2019-08-22T19:18:03Z")
> [@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) Lebensraum! ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41909 "2019-08-22T19:26:12Z")
> [@Steve\_McQwark](#): > > 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. We’ll see when they start yammering about a war with Denmark to take what is rightfully Trump’s. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41910 "2019-08-22T19:32:15Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > 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 ! I was not expecting a salute to The Fuggs when I came to the Dope today. Well done. ---
**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, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41911 "2019-08-22T19:54:09Z")
> [@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) The GOP is offering special commemorative t-shirts. No word on whether presidential knee pads are also offered. ---
**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:** [August 22, 2019, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41912 "2019-08-22T19:58:51Z")
_ **"Who dealt this mess, anyway?"** _ \*Yeah, that’s an old card player’s term, but sometimes, you can use the old switcheroo and it can be applied to … Frontal politics. What I mean is … Who was it that set up a system A supposedly democratic system Where you end up always voting for the lesser of two evils? I mean, was George Washington the lesser of two evils? Sometimes I wonder … \* (spoken section over gospel piano) **"Wide, Wiiiide River" – The Fugs** ---
**Author:** ![xenophon41](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xenophon41/32/253_2.png) [@xenophon41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenophon41)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41913 "2019-08-22T21:54:04Z")
> [@Red\_Wiggler](#): > > I was not expecting a salute to The Fuggs when I came to the Dope today. Well done. Not sure _The Fugs_ would’ve stooped to performing anything from _Hair_, but I stand ready to be corrected. (Pretty sure the song **Kobal2** is pastiching is “Sodomy” from that musical.) ---
**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, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41914 "2019-08-22T22:58:02Z")
> [@xenophon41](#): > > Not sure _The Fugs_ would’ve stooped to performing anything from _Hair_, but I stand ready to be corrected. (Pretty sure the song **Kobal2** is pastiching is “Sodomy” from that musical.) That I was. I don’t know what a Fugs eats when it’s at home, I’m afraid :o ---
**Author:** ![xenophon41](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xenophon41/32/253_2.png) [@xenophon41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenophon41)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41915 "2019-08-22T23:13:40Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > I don’t know what a Fugs eats when it’s at home, I’m afraid :o Probably [nothing](https://youtu.be/4HmJX11_AQE). (Seriously, search out this group. They were significant.) ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2019, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41916 "2019-08-23T23:22:26Z")
[If only this were still shocking:](https://news.yahoo.com/keep-city-white-much-possible-153940875.html?ncid=facebook_yahoonewsf_akfmevaatca) > [@](#): > > MARYSVILLE, Mich. – A city council candidate in Marysville stunned an election forum Thursday night with racist comments that she later doubled down on when answering a question about diversity. > > Much of the night focused on city development and park improvements, but that thread was momentarily marred with shock following a racist statement from political newcomer Jean Cramer. > > “Keep Marysville a white community as much as possible,” said Cramer, one of five candidates vying for three open council seats in November. > > … > > “(A) husband and wife need to be the same race. Same thing with kids. That’s how it’s been from the beginning of, how can I say, when God created the heaven and the earth. He created Adam and Eve at the same time. But as far as me being against blacks, no I’m not.” Every other candidate and all the other town officials stood up for basic human decency, fortunately. ---
**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 24, 2019, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41917 "2019-08-24T17:26:25Z")
Mexican citizen who used a false identity has been convicted of voting for Individual 1 and voting illegally for the past 20 years. [https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article234263332.html](https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article234263332.html)? ---
**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:** [August 24, 2019, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41918 "2019-08-24T21:44:32Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > [If only this were still shocking:](https://news.yahoo.com/keep-city-white-much-possible-153940875.html?ncid=facebook_yahoonewsf_akfmevaatca)Every other candidate and all the other town officials stood up for basic human decency, fortunately. Too bad that loon’s name isn’t Ruth. ---
**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 25, 2019, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41919 "2019-08-25T03:01:29Z")
So are Republicans full-on Socialists now? Trump wants the government to take full control over private corporations, and tell them where they can conduct business, and who they can buy from. It looks very much like Trump believes that all legal production and distribution decisions should be made by the government. So can I assume that the Republican platform going forward will be that the government will determine the output and pricing levels of all produced goods and services, and the government will decide what countries corporations may trade with? ---
**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:** [August 25, 2019, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41920 "2019-08-25T03:13:28Z")
Come now. The corporations will take him in hand, whisper in his ear, and have things back to capitalism normal in no time. The “I hereby command you” thing will soon be forgotten as an absurd anomaly. If a wanker like Wayne LePierre can manipulate him, the Powers That Be will have no trouble. ---
**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:** [August 25, 2019, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41921 "2019-08-25T12:40:48Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > So are Republicans full-on Socialists now? > > Trump wants the government to take full control over private corporations, and tell them where they can conduct business, and who they can buy from. > > It looks very much like Trump believes that all legal production and distribution decisions should be made by the government. So can I assume that the Republican platform going forward will be that the government will determine the output and pricing levels of all produced goods and services, and the government will decide what countries corporations may trade with? My emphasis. No, no. _“Trump believes that all legal production and distribution decisions should be made by **HIM**.”_ See the difference? “L’état, c’est moi!” ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2019, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41922 "2019-08-25T13:41:44Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > So are Republicans full-on Socialists now? > > Trump wants the government to take full control over private corporations, and tell them where they can conduct business, and who they can buy from. > > It looks very much like Trump believes that all legal production and distribution decisions should be made by the government. So can I assume that the Republican platform going forward will be that the government will determine the output and pricing levels of all produced goods and services, and the government will decide what countries corporations may trade with? Oh boy. Get set for massive overproduction of golf clubs, hair spray and Big Macs. ---
**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 25, 2019, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41923 "2019-08-25T15:39:48Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Oh boy. Get set for massive overproduction of golf clubs, hair spray and Big Macs. “Five Year Plan for glorious production of golf clubs! Everybody is hereby commanded to play golf everyday.” ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2019, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41924 "2019-08-25T16:35:08Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Oh boy. Get set for massive overproduction of golf clubs, hair spray and Big Macs. No pickles, extra ketchup. ---
**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:** [August 25, 2019, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41925 "2019-08-25T19:34:32Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > “Five Year Plan for glorious production of golf clubs! Everybody is hereby commanded to play golf everyday.” As frequently happens, Mr Eric Blair has anticipated events. > [@](#): > > ‘Comrades!’ cried an eager youthful voice. ‘Attention, comrades! We have glorious news for you. We have won the battle for production! Returns now completed of the output of [DEL]all classes of consumption goods[/DEL] golf clubs, hair spray and Big Macs show that the standard of living has risen by no less than 20 per cent over the past year. All over [DEL]Oceania[/DEL] the United States this morning there were irrepressible spontaneous demonstrations when workers marched out of factories and offices and paraded through the streets with banners voicing their gratitude to [DEL]Big Brother[/DEL] The Chosen One for the new, happy life which his wise leadership has bestowed upon us. ---
**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 25, 2019, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41926 "2019-08-25T20:55:57Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > So are Republicans full-on Socialists now? Sounds more like absolute monarchy to me. Or, possibly, a Shogunate - I mean, they’re already denying anyone the right to come in, denying everyone the right to go out seems like the obvious next step. Make America [Sakoku](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakoku) Again ! ---
**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:** [August 26, 2019, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41927 "2019-08-26T03:41:20Z")
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