# 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:** 2110
**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:** [September 22, 2019, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42189 "2019-09-22T23:50:54Z")
I wonder if the automakers would even bother to re-tool on the assumption that the tool will be gone in thirteen months, so just keep on keeping on by voluntarily exceeding the regs. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2019, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42190 "2019-09-23T00:36:25Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > I wonder if the automakers would even bother to re-tool on the assumption that the tool will be gone in thirteen months, so just keep on keeping on by voluntarily exceeding the regs. Particularly since their Asian & European competitors are unlikely to spend any money re-tooling for this – they’ll just keep using the same designs they sell all over the world. And Detroit automakers well remember what happened years ago when Detroit kept producing the same cars they always had, and the imports were offering smaller, more efficient, higher-mileage cars – buyers went for those, and Detroit automakers came close to bankruptcy. ---
**Author:** ![mjmlabs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mjmlabs/32/69_2.png) [@mjmlabs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mjmlabs)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2019, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42191 "2019-09-23T00:38:33Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > … the tool will be gone in thirteen months … Oh, how I hope that comes to pass. But technically it’ll be 16 months until [del]Celebration[/del] Inauguration Day. ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2019, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42192 "2019-09-23T01:19:05Z")
> [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](#): > > Particularly since their Asian & European competitors are unlikely to spend any money re-tooling for this – they’ll just keep using the same designs they sell all over the world. > > And Detroit automakers well remember what happened years ago when Detroit kept producing the same cars they always had, and the imports were offering smaller, more efficient, higher-mileage cars – buyers went for those, and Detroit automakers came close to bankruptcy. Frankly, I don’t think they do remember. Their time horizon is the next quarterly earnings call. There’s no other reason that they would all be cutting or ending production of compact sedans. I notice that Honda, for one, isn’t. ---
**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:** [September 23, 2019, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42193 "2019-09-23T01:43:14Z")
So, where are all of these American cars I see in Beijing produced? If they’re produced in the US, they still have to meet the emission requirements set by the PRC goverment. Nah, I just don’t see how this “policy”, anymore than any other so-called idea from the so-called president, is even remotely workable, let alone enforceable. ---
**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:** [September 23, 2019, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42194 "2019-09-23T02:16:52Z")
Speaking of cars and Republicans… [VP Pence arrives on Mackinac Island with eight-vehicle motorcade](https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2019/09/21/mike-pence-motorcade-mackinac-island/2403623001/) > [@](#): > > Vice President Mike Pence arrived at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island in an eight-vehicle motorcade Saturday, prompting cries of “sacrilege” on social media. > > Cars are generally banned on the island, and that century-old ban is integral to its charm. > > When President Gerald Ford visited the island in 1975 — the only sitting president to make such a visit — he and first lady Betty Ford traveled by horse-drawn carriage. > > Pence, who spoke at the Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference, is the first sitting vice president to visit the island. He traveled to and from the airport with a cluster of monster SUVs shipped to the island Friday night. > > It was the first-ever motorcade on Mackinac. ---
**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:** [September 23, 2019, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42195 "2019-09-23T02:40:22Z")
Dinesh D’Souza calls out Greta Thunberg as an example of Aryan propaganda being perpetrated by the Left. > ---
**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 23, 2019, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42196 "2019-09-23T02:54:51Z")
And yet all the American Nazis vote GOP… ETA: [Here’s Mr. D’Souza’s ex-girlfriend throwing a Nazi salute to Trump on national television](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8MNb8_9YeQ), btw. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2019, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42197 "2019-09-23T04:46:00Z")
> [@Tatterdemalion](#): > > There’s no other reason that they would all be cutting or ending production of compact sedans. > > I notice that Honda, for one, isn’t. Well, Honda is selling all the compact sedans they make. Detroit carmakers, no such sales numbers. When your product isn’t selling, it’s only good business to cut down on production. ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2019, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42198 "2019-09-23T04:52:56Z")
> [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](#): > > Well, Honda is selling all the compact sedans they make. Detroit carmakers, no such sales numbers. > When your product isn’t selling, it’s only good business to cut down on production. In other words, repeat their mistakes. ---
**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:** [September 23, 2019, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42199 "2019-09-23T12:13:57Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Speaking of cars and Republicans… > > [VP Pence arrives on Mackinac Island with eight-vehicle motorcade](https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2019/09/21/mike-pence-motorcade-mackinac-island/2403623001/) > [@](#): > > It was the first-ever motorcade on Mackinac. And Donny Two-scoops is thinking, _Dammit! That coulda been me!_ ---
**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:** [September 23, 2019, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42200 "2019-09-23T13:12:16Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > And Donny Two-scoops is thinking, _Dammit! That coulda been me!_ Ooooo… wait and see. Mikey is going to have to pay for one-upping Former President Trump\* on that. Shame, shame Mikey. You know that Donnie has to be first at everything. I wonder what Mike’s punishment will be? ---
**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 23, 2019, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42201 "2019-09-23T13:15:57Z")
His punishment will be having to play second fiddle to Trump. For anyone involved with Trump, that’s the only punishment for transgressions (and the only reward for successes). ---
**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 23, 2019, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42202 "2019-09-23T14:17:15Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > And Donny Two-scoops is thinking, _Dammit! That coulda been me!_ Maybe in a tank… ---
**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:** [September 23, 2019, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42203 "2019-09-23T18:19:35Z")
Virginia state Senator runs an ad telling gun control advocates that she’s not afraid to “shoot them down”. [GOP State Senator Runs Ad Saying She's 'Not Afraid To Shoot' Gun Control Groups Down | HuffPost Latest News](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/virginia-senator-amanda-chase-anti-gun-control-ad_n_5d87ef65e4b0849d472b1517)? ---
**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 23, 2019, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42204 "2019-09-23T18:55:26Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Virginia state Senator runs an ad telling gun control advocates that she’s not afraid to “shoot them down”. > [GOP State Senator Runs Ad Saying She's 'Not Afraid To Shoot' Gun Control Groups Down | HuffPost Latest News](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/virginia-senator-amanda-chase-anti-gun-control-ad_n_5d87ef65e4b0849d472b1517)? > [@](#): > > The name of the digital agency purportedly involved has not yet been released, though Chase said one of its representatives “admitted fault.” She has vowed to reveal the name of the company if it does not publicly apologize by noon on Monday. It’s well past noon in Virginia now. Have they apologized? If not, has Sen. Chase revealed their name? ETA: A quick google says no and no. ---
**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:** [September 23, 2019, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42205 "2019-09-23T22:05:11Z")
" She has vowed to reveal the name of the company if it does not publicly apologize by noon on Monday." And then if there is any proof that her campaign actually signed off on the ad and approved the language used… she will be sued into oblivion. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2019, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42206 "2019-09-23T22:17:35Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Speaking of cars and Republicans… > > [VP Pence arrives on Mackinac Island with eight-vehicle motorcade](https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2019/09/21/mike-pence-motorcade-mackinac-island/2403623001/) They really care about the law, don’t they? ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2019, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42207 "2019-09-23T23:57:04Z")
> [@raventhief](#): > > They really care about the law, don’t they? Would have liked to see a grandmother block that parade. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2019, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42208 "2019-09-24T00:38:17Z")
Fox News analyst calls Greta Thunberg “a mentally ill Swedish girl.” Asperger’s is not mentally ill. > [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2109) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2111)