# 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:** 2099
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2019, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41968 "2019-08-29T17:07:44Z")
Too environmentally damaging. Why not just spread some conspiracy theory that it is in the works and then sit back and watch Trump freak. (Bonus points if Mattis can be worked into the conspir-a-story line). ---
**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 29, 2019, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41969 "2019-08-29T17:27:53Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > Too environmentally damaging. > > Why not just spread some conspiracy theory that it is in the works and then sit back and watch Trump freak. (Bonus points if Mattis can be worked into the conspir-a-story line). “Hillary is working in secret with Mattis, NASA scientists and Wanda Vázquez Garced to re-direct the hurricane to Mar-a-Lago, using technology that has been kept secret by the lying media.” ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2019, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41970 "2019-08-29T18:05:40Z")
Nicely 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 29, 2019, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41971 "2019-08-29T18:43:23Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Update: Dorian has pretty much bypassed PR, and is now headed closer to Mar-a- Lago. Those poor bed bugs… ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2019, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41972 "2019-08-29T19:10:58Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > “Hillary is working in secret with Mattis, NASA scientists and Wanda Vázquez Garced to re-direct the hurricane to Mar-a-Lago, using technology that has been kept secret by the lying media.” Throw in a reference to HAARP and that’s pretty much what a lot of them actually already believe. ---
**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 29, 2019, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41973 "2019-08-29T20:34:43Z")
Lindsey Graham wants to put Obama under oath to find out what he knew about the investigation into Individual 1’s ties with Russia. [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/graham-open-to-putting-obama-under-oath-in-probe-into-russia-investigation-origins/ar-AAGvoLv](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/graham-open-to-putting-obama-under-oath-in-probe-into-russia-investigation-origins/ar-AAGvoLv) ---
**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 30, 2019, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41974 "2019-08-30T00:05:09Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Lindsey Graham wants to put Obama under oath to find out what he knew about the investigation into Individual 1’s ties with Russia. > [MSN](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/graham-open-to-putting-obama-under-oath-in-probe-into-russia-investigation-origins/ar-AAGvoLv) Surely Lindsey assumes Obama will lie, so what’s the point? ---
**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:** [August 30, 2019, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41975 "2019-08-30T00:44:14Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > 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] You forgot to mention that in both cases its also the wife’s fault for not being sexually available enough to prevent her husband from straying. > [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Update: Dorian has pretty much bypassed PR, and is now headed closer to Mar-a- Lago. So Trump was right Hurricanes are attracted to corruption. ---
**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 30, 2019, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41976 "2019-08-30T00:53:42Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > You forgot to mention that in both cases its also the wife’s fault for not being sexually available enough to prevent her husband from straying. A Good Christian Wife stays 21 years old in perpetuity in order to remain sexually attractive to her husband. ---
**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 30, 2019, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41977 "2019-08-30T00:55:24Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > Storm is heading to Mar-a-Lago? Maybe would should reconsider that whole ‘drop a nuke on it’ thingy? Hang on. Are the Keys and the Everglades within the fallout zone? I LIKE the Keys and the Everglades. The rest of Florida, not so much. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41978 "2019-08-30T01:56:20Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > A Good Christian Wife stays 21 years old in perpetuity in order to remain sexually attractive to her husband. I think you misspelled 14. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41979 "2019-08-30T02:01:58Z")
And boy. ---
**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 31, 2019, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41980 "2019-08-31T05:18:56Z")
> **[Stunned Twitter Critics Swat Bret Stephens' Bedbug Link To Nazis In NYT Column](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bret-stephens-bedbug-nazi-column_n_5d69e2f0e4b0cdfe05704bf5)** > > The conservative writer ties insect insult against him to anti-Semitism. He once called Palestinians mosquitos in a Wall Street Journal column. Jesus Holy Christ. Will this be enough for the NY Times to fire Stephens, the most persecuted man in the history of the human race? We can only hope. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2019, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41981 "2019-09-02T00:27:04Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Lindsey Graham wants to put Obama under oath to find out what he knew about the investigation into Individual 1’s ties with Russia. > [MSN](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/graham-open-to-putting-obama-under-oath-in-probe-into-russia-investigation-origins/ar-AAGvoLv) Imagine the howls from Republicans when Obama invokes executive privilege. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2019, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41982 "2019-09-02T01:58:01Z")
or, “_Sorry, that’s classified_.” ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2019, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41983 "2019-09-03T12:57:36Z")
I think we need a thread for right wing Facebook memes. Here’s a pisser: “DON’T COMPLAIN ABOUT CHILDREN IN “CAGES” AT THE BORDER IF YOU WON’T COMPLAIN ABOUT CHILDREN IN GARBAGE CANS AT PLANNED PARENTHOOD”. Fuck that shit with a red hot poker. Because I don’t share your views on abortion then I don’t get to be outraged about government sanctioned child abuse? And because you’re against abortion then your supposed moral superiority gives you license to ignore inhumanity against children and put “cages” in scare quotes to minimize it’s horror? Fuck you assholes who share this shit. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2019, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41984 "2019-09-03T14:02:26Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Lindsey Graham wants to put Obama under oath to find out what he knew about the investigation into Individual 1’s ties with Russia. > [MSN](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/graham-open-to-putting-obama-under-oath-in-probe-into-russia-investigation-origins/ar-AAGvoLv) Good idea. “Donald Trump has his head far up Vladimir Putin’s ass he can taste whether last night’s borscht was too salty. Next question?” ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2019, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41985 "2019-09-03T14:35:49Z")
> [@Bill\_Door](#): > > Good idea. “Donald Trump has his head far up Vladimir Putin’s ass he can taste whether last night’s borscht was too salty. Next question?” Not true! It was last night’s Beluga caviar… ---
**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:** [September 3, 2019, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41986 "2019-09-03T14:41:26Z")
[Mike Pence Goes 3 Hours Out Of His Way To Stay At Trump’s Irish Golf Resort](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mike-pence-doonbeg-dublin-gold-course_n_5d6e06ffe4b011080453bda9) > [@](#): > > Vice President Mike Pence is staying at Donald Trump’s Doonbeg luxury golf course in Ireland even though he has official meetings in Dublin across the country a three-hour drive away. > > Not to worry, because he’ll be able to fly back and forth on the taxpayer’s tab. [Pence aide defends stay at Trump property in Ireland](https://apnews.com/0604821ef5cb478eb0eaaa0212bb5fcd) > [@](#): > > Marc Short, Pence’s chief of staff, told reporters aboard Air Force Two on Tuesday that the decision to stay at Trump International Golf Links in Doonbeg was made at Trump’s “suggestion” and that Pence and his entourage will not be staying for free. > > But Short said Pence’s office followed official protocol and received State Department sign-off, adding that the club is the “one facility” in the Doonbeg area that can accommodate a group of their size. > > Pence, who is traveling with his wife, mother and sister, coincidentally has deep families ties to the village of Doonbeg and visited with the area with his children in 2013. > > He had originally planned to visit the village at the end of his trip, but his staff scrambled to reshuffle the schedule after Trump canceled his planned visit to Poland and asked Pence to take his place. > > Short said advance teams and Secret Service had already done weeks of planning work to secure the site, so they decided to keep the Doonbeg plan in place and commute by plane into Dublin for meetings Tuesday, including coffee with Irish President Michael Higgins and lunch with Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and his partner. Is it just me, or does that story not make a whole lot of sense? ---
**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:** [September 3, 2019, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41987 "2019-09-03T14:47:58Z")
Of course Pence and entourage “will not be staying for free”. The whole point is to funnel taxpayer money to Trump’s businesses. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2098) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2100)