# 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:** 2097
**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 26, 2019, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41928 "2019-08-26T19:54:07Z")
Rudy Giuliani jumps head first into the Seth Rich conspiracy. When Daily Beast questioned him about it, he replied, “Either you haven’t been trained in proper \*\*\*seductive \*\*\*[sic] reasoning or the most truthful explanation is irrelevant." > **[Rudy Giuliani Jumps on the Seth Rich Conspiracy Bandwagon](https://www.thedailybeast.com/rudy-giuliani-jumps-in-on-the-seth-rich-conspiracy-bandwagon)** > > Trump’s lawyer says he’s just pointing to “nagging coincidences,” even though Rich’s family has begged people to stop speculating about their son’s death. ---
**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 26, 2019, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41929 "2019-08-26T20:20:49Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Rudy Giuliani jumps head first into the Seth Rich conspiracy. When Daily Beast questioned him about it, he replied, “Either you haven’t been trained in proper \*\*\*seductive \*\*\*[sic] reasoning or the most truthful explanation is irrelevant." > [Rudy Giuliani Jumps on the Seth Rich Conspiracy Bandwagon](https://www.thedailybeast.com/rudy-giuliani-jumps-in-on-the-seth-rich-conspiracy-bandwagon) Seductive reasoning is when girls have to pole dance to pay their way through their philosophy PhD, right ? ---
**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 27, 2019, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41930 "2019-08-27T04:05:57Z")
But what the ever-lovin’ fuck does “_the most truthful explanation_” mean? "I’ll have Italian dressing on my word salad” ? ---
**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 27, 2019, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41931 "2019-08-27T04:20:49Z")
Liberty Counsel, which SPLC has called a hate group, is representing Kentucky homophobe former county clerk Kim Davis. An appeals court has ruled that she has to pay the attorney’s fees for four gay couples who had sued her over her refusal to grant them marriage licenses. The Liberty Counsel is begging for money, say she, and they, don’t have the money to pay. > **[Christian law firm that represented Kim Davis begs for cash after court rules...](https://www.rawstory.com/2019/08/christian-law-firm-that-represented-kim-davis-begs-for-cash-after-court-rules-gay-couples-can-sue-her/)** > > Last week, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the state of Kentucky must pay attorney’s fees to four couples who sued Kim Davis for denying them their marriage licenses. The Court upheld a lower-court ruling awarding... ---
**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 27, 2019, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41932 "2019-08-27T04:22:33Z")
Devin Nunes’ lawsuit against Twitter and three Twitter users for being mean to him is being held in Richmond, Virginia. His attorney argued that Twitter and the users were involved in “an orchestrated defamation campaign of stunning breadth and scope, one that no human being should ever have to bear and suffer in their whole life.” Nunes’ lawyer said that Twitter allowing the parody accounts to exist was equivalent to negligently giving them a gun. > **[Devin Nunes' Attorney Argues Twitter Parody Accounts as Dangerous as Guns](https://www.newsweek.com/devin-nunes-attorney-argues-devinnunesmom-devincow-parody-accounts-dangerous-guns-1456219)** > > Republican Representative Devin Nunes of California is suing Twitter for $250 million over two parody accounts, @DevinNunesMom and @DevinCow, mocking him. ---
**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:** [August 27, 2019, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41933 "2019-08-27T04:43:35Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Devin Nunes’ lawsuit against Twitter and three Twitter users for being mean to him is being held in Richmond, Virginia. His attorney argued that Twitter and the users were involved in “an orchestrated defamation campaign of stunning breadth and scope, one that no human being should ever have to bear and suffer in their whole life.” Nunes’ lawyer said that Twitter allowing the parody accounts to exist was equivalent to negligently giving them a gun. > [Devin Nunes' Attorney Argues @DevinNunesMom, @DevinCow Parody Accounts as Dangerous as Guns](https://www.newsweek.com/devin-nunes-attorney-argues-devinnunesmom-devincow-parody-accounts-dangerous-guns-1456219) So in other words, he’s saying that it’s the inalienable and God-given right of all Americans to have Devin Nunes parody twitters, and the only thing that stops a bad Devin Nunes is good guy with a Devin Nunes parody account. Right? ---
**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 27, 2019, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41934 "2019-08-27T18:11:48Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Devin Nunes’ lawsuit against Twitter and three Twitter users for being mean to him is being held in Richmond, Virginia. His attorney argued that Twitter and the users were involved in “an orchestrated defamation campaign of stunning breadth and scope, one that no human being should ever have to bear and suffer in their whole life.” Nunes’ lawyer said that Twitter allowing the parody accounts to exist was equivalent to negligently giving them a gun. > [Devin Nunes' Attorney Argues @DevinNunesMom, @DevinCow Parody Accounts as Dangerous as Guns](https://www.newsweek.com/devin-nunes-attorney-argues-devinnunesmom-devincow-parody-accounts-dangerous-guns-1456219) Well, so is allowing Republicans to hold elected office. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2019, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41935 "2019-08-27T21:03:54Z")
First the poolboy and now his personal trainer. Falwell sure likes to inexplicably divert large sums of money to young gentlemen. > **[Exclusive: Falwell steered Liberty University land deal benefiting his...](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-falwell-trainer-exclusive-idUSKCN1VH283)** > > Evangelical leader and prominent Donald Trump backer Jerry Falwell Jr personally approved real estate transactions by his nonprofit Christian university that helped his personal fitness trainer obtain valuable university property, according to real... ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2019, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41936 "2019-08-27T22:01:34Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > First the poolboy and now his personal trainer. Falwell sure likes to inexplicably divert large sums of money to young gentlemen. > > [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-falwell-trainer-exclusive-idUSKCN1VH283](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-falwell-trainer-exclusive-idUSKCN1VH283) Now, I know you are implying that there is icky gay stuff going on - but it could be that Junior enjoys watching while his wife enjoys handsome young men. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2019, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41937 "2019-08-27T22:12:07Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > Now, I know you are implying that there is icky gay stuff going on - but it could be that Junior enjoys watching while his wife enjoys handsome young men. No, I actually think the cuckold thing is the more likely scenario here considering we already know that Cohen fixed the issue of picture’s of [Falwell’s wife](https://talkingpointsmemo.com/fivepoints/jerry-falwell-michael-cohen-photos). ---
**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 28, 2019, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41938 "2019-08-28T04:33:59Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > Now, I know you are implying that there is icky gay stuff going on - but it could be … it could be blithe and bonney and good gay stuff – why does the gay stuff always have to be icky? What is wrong with people, the stuff is _gay_, ffs. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41939 "2019-08-28T08:01:49Z")
Let’s see if I can remember the rantings of my Evangelical relatives well enough – [ul] [li]If it’s a same-sex affair, that’s the temptation of Satan imposing anti-Christian values in order to corrupt young people. Everyone involved is engaged in an “unnatural lifestyle.”[/li][li]If it’s an opposite-sex affair, that brazen hussy is clearly the one at fault for luring the innocent Christian man into sin with her evil, lustful ways. If she had just stayed in the kitchen where she belonged, the good Christian man would have remained at his obedient wife’s side.[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41940 "2019-08-28T08:24:47Z")
[Arriving Harvard Freshman was sent back to Lebanon.](https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/27/us/harvard-freshman-denied-entry-immigration/index.html) First he was detained for eight hours at Boston’s airport; his passwords were demanded; US Customs and Border Protection spent five hours studying his laptop and smartphone; decided that some of his Facebook Friends had anti-US (anti-Trump?) views. They wouldn’t need to check Facebook to learn that my views are _very_ anti-Trump. Would I also be turned back? > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The lawyer for the guy who body slammed the 13-year-old boy for not taking off his hat during the National Anthem is saying that his client did it because he believed he was following Individual 1’s orders. > [Man Who Attacked Boy for Wearing Hat During National Anthem Thought He Was Acting on Trump’s Orders: Attorney](https://www.thedailybeast.com/man-who-attacked-boy-for-wearing-hat-during-national-anthem-thought-he-was-acting-on-trumps-orders-attorney) Trump has enabled so much hatred. It’s all so very sad. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41941 "2019-08-28T10:54:56Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > it could be blithe and bonney and good gay stuff – why does the gay stuff always have to be icky? What is wrong with people, the stuff is _gay_, ffs. Okay, let’s break this down: 1. It’s “blithe and bonney and good gay stuff” to other gay people (maybe, could still be icky depending on the participants, but it’s a value call rather than a judgement call). 2. It’s just regular gay stuff to people who aren’t gay, but also aren’t complete assholes. 3. It’s “icky gay stuff” to people who are gay, but are desperately trying to not let anybody know that. “See, I called it ‘icky’! That means I can’t possibly be dreaming of being the meat in that hot sweaty man sandwich! No, no, that’s just my phone in my pocket.” 3a. It could also be “icky gay stuff” to people who aren’t gay, but just generally hate all people including themselves. For them, anything is bad, the gay part is just icing on the cake. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41942 "2019-08-28T11:10:54Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > [Arriving Harvard Freshman was sent back to Lebanon.](https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/27/us/harvard-freshman-denied-entry-immigration/index.html) First he was detained for eight hours at Boston’s airport; his passwords were demanded; US Customs and Border Protection spent five hours studying his laptop and smartphone; decided that some of his Facebook Friends had anti-US (anti-Trump?) views. > > They wouldn’t need to check Facebook to learn that my views are _very_ anti-Trump. Would I also be turned back? I just told this story to my wife (who has learned how to speak Sarcastic from me). Her response: _"That’s why I don’t click Like on your Facebook posts. Who wants to be Friends with anti-Trump people? 😛 "_ ---
**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 28, 2019, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41943 "2019-08-28T13:09:56Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > [Arriving Harvard Freshman was sent back to Lebanon.](https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/27/us/harvard-freshman-denied-entry-immigration/index.html) First he was detained for eight hours at Boston’s airport; his passwords were demanded; US Customs and Border Protection spent five hours studying his laptop and smartphone; decided that some of his Facebook Friends had anti-US (anti-Trump?) views. > > … This atrocity started back in March **2018**. Does anyone even remember when this kicked off? **[14 Million Visitors to U.S. Face Social Media Screening](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/30/world/americas/travelers-visa-social-media.html?module=inline)** > [@](#): > > March 30, 2018. > Nearly all applicants for a visa to enter the United States — an estimated 14.7 million people a year — will be asked to submit their social media user names for the past five years, under proposed rules that the State Department issued on Friday. > > Last September, the Trump administration announced that applicants for immigrant visas would be asked for social media data, a plan that would affect 710,000 people or so a year. The new proposal would vastly expand that order to cover some 14 million people each year who apply for nonimmigrant visas. > > The proposal covers 20 social media platforms. Most of them are based in the United States: Facebook, Flickr, Google+, Instagram, LinkedIn, Myspace, Pinterest, Reddit, Tumblr, Twitter, Vine and YouTube. But several are based overseas: the Chinese sites Douban, QQ, Sina Weibo, Tencent Weibo and Youku; the Russian social network VK; Twoo, which was created in Belgium; and Ask.fm, a question-and-answer platform based in Latvia. > > During his campaign, President Trump promised “extreme vetting” of people seeking to enter the United States, and last March the State Department directed consular officers worldwide to step up scrutiny of visa applicants. > … ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41944 "2019-08-28T14:01:56Z")
TIL Myspace still exists. ---
**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 28, 2019, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41945 "2019-08-28T16:50:59Z")
Okay, this is off-topic, but I can’t take it any more. WTF does TIL mean? ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41946 "2019-08-28T16:53:10Z")
Today I Learned ---
**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 28, 2019, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41947 "2019-08-28T16:53:54Z")
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