# 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:** 2117
**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:** [October 6, 2019, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42329 "2019-10-06T19:25:31Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Ron Johnson goes on Meet the Press, and even Chuck Todd has had enough of Republican obfuscation. > [https://www.channel3000.com/news/sen-ron-johnson-chuck-todd-have-heated-argument-on-meet-the-press-/1129416657](https://www.channel3000.com/news/sen-ron-johnson-chuck-todd-have-heated-argument-on-meet-the-press-/1129416657) One of those “testosterone booster supplement” purveyors ought to get the rights to a normal Chuck Todd show and this performance and make a commercial implying that they are “BEFORE” and “AFTER” snapshots. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2019, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42330 "2019-10-07T12:44:23Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > “[Dollars are the real polls](https://twitter.com/GOPChairwoman/status/1180833147963035649)” should be the slogan for the GOP. “Those who give up liberty for dollars deserve neither.” –Benjamin Franklin (It’s all about the Benjamins) ---
**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:** [October 7, 2019, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42331 "2019-10-07T14:41:42Z")
Here’s a stupid Republican idea: Throw the Kurds under the bus. Bumpity bump. Thanks guys for all your support in the past, and we know that we’ve protected you from Turkey for decades and you were long tme allies,but… Trump decided that you were expendable and he really does not understand where you are or what the situation is. He’s busy tweeting rude nicknames for people, so does not have the time to figure it out. So… tough luck. Of course, when the region all goes to hell in a handbasket because of this, Trump will blame Obama. Or Hillary. Or someone in his own cabinet. Plenty of room under the bus. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2019, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42332 "2019-10-07T14:43:13Z")
Senator Lindsey Graham, a staunch Trump loyalist on most issues, told Fox News the move represented “a big win for Iran and Assad [and] a big win for Isis”. Hey Senator; There is a solution when a president is going off the fucking rails like this. Take a look; This solution might be right in front of your nose. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2019, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42333 "2019-10-07T15:26:48Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Senator Lindsey Graham, a staunch Trump loyalist on most issues, told Fox News the move represented “a big win for Iran and Assad [and] a big win for Isis”. > > Hey Senator; There is a solution when a president is going off the fucking rails like this. Take a look; This solution might be right in front of your nose. That would require the South Carolina Slinky to acquire a spine. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2019, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42334 "2019-10-07T16:38:41Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > That would require the South Carolina Slinky to acquire a spine. The thing is… Even in a hypothetical world, where there is a recording and twelve witnesses that all describe Trump calling Erdoğan and promising him that the US will remove troops and let Turkey massacre all the Kurds they want… In exchange for a cash payment directly to Trump business… The Republicans would all line up to support Trump. They are just that horrible now. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2019, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42335 "2019-10-07T20:24:14Z")
Under stupid lesser Republican ideas, this is from my embarrassment of a Congressional representative, Andy Biggs: > [@Andy Biggs](#): > > Democrats, under House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s leadership, are working to grind President Donald J. Trump under the heel of their boots with the intention of overturning the outcome of the 2016 election. It is reminiscent of the iconic American classic film, “It’s a Wonderful Life,” which shows that right will triumph over those who malevolently attempt to manipulate justice. (yes, he really does talk like that) This isn’t the first time Andy’s self-owned himself by misunderstand what it is that he’s referencing. My response : > [@Me](#): > > I think you missed the point of the movie. Pottersville was a happening place! It had cheap booze and loose women. Plus it lacked regulations and an effective police force. Everything trump and the repubs love! Yep, trump is… POTTER! > > But wait! George, through inept supervision of Uncle Billy, committed misfeasance and lost $8000 of his stockholder’s money (equivalent to over $100K today). Without any of those socialist programs like FDIC, that money was gone! The only way for George to avoid “bankruptcy, scandal and prison” was for him to solicit charity from his own victims! That doesn’t sound very…conservative. Plus, he got a corruptible DA to tear up a legal warrant for his arrest. “Law and order” indeed! ---
**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:** [October 7, 2019, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42336 "2019-10-07T20:29:34Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > The thing is… Even in a hypothetical world, where there is a recording and twelve witnesses that all describe Trump calling Erdoğan and promising him that the US will remove troops and let Turkey massacre all the Kurds they want… In exchange for a cash payment directly to Trump business… > > The Republicans would all line up to support Trump. They are just that horrible now. The poor Kurds are really the Middle East’s Poland. They keep getting fucked over by everybody. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2019, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42337 "2019-10-07T21:57:27Z")
You may have heard of my congressional district (GA-6), which was represented by Newt Gingrich from 1978 to 1998. It came to national prominence again in 2017, when seven-term Republican Tom Price was selected by Trump to head HHS in February 2017. (He was forced to resign in less than six months over charges that he used military and private jets for personal travel. A typical corrupt Trump appointee who was held to a higher ethical standard than his boss.) In the special election to fill his seat, Democrat Jon Ossoff was narrowly defeated by Trump toady Karen Handel. Then in 2018 (with the active help of me and my wife) the district elected Democrat Lucy McBath in 2018, the first time it had gone to a Democrat since 1978. However, that rep, John Flynt, was an old-style Democrat, a strict segregationist who had served since the 1960s. So effectively, 2018 was the first time the district has been represented by what we would today call a Democrat. But the area is hardly solid blue, and is apparently still capable of raising nut jobs. A few weeks ago, signs started springing up with the following message: “Marjorie Greene. Save America. Stop Socialism.” Here’s the candidate: [Marjorie Taylor Greene](https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/08/16/marjorie-taylor-greene-how-outspoken-maga-fan-built-following-world-extremists). > [@Southern Poverty Law Center](#): > > She uses a cheery persona and smiles to sugarcoat a message of intolerance toward different targets – all based on the opportunity for publicity. > > In a two-day span that month, Greene accused U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters of “inciting violence against MAGA patriots,” touted a petition to impeach House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and accused Rep. Ilhan Omar of marrying her brother so he could gain U.S. citizenship. > > In all cases, the videos resulted in a spike in online interest in Greene and her anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim musings. She’s used hate-mongering stunts to gain attention, going as far as ridiculing a survivor of the Parkland, Florida, high school shooting that left 17 students and staff members dead. More hateful stuff she’s said and done is described at the link. My wife and I will be working harder than ever to make sure she doesn’t get elected. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2019, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42338 "2019-10-07T22:08:21Z")
> [@](#): > > [Donald Trump got “rolled” by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan](https://www.newsweek.com/exclusive-official-who-heard-call-says-trump-got-rolled-turkey-has-no-spine-1463623?utm_campaign=NewsweekFacebookSF&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR0fk9yzNLb1aEzRLPl79LVtxndrr4Xe5QEweKaEIO43hZf4qsXxqQZwL_0), a National Security Council source with direct knowledge of the discussions told Newsweek. > [@](#): > > “President Trump was definitely out-negotiated and only endorsed the troop withdraw to make it look like we are getting something—but we are not getting something,” the National Security Council source told Newsweek. “The U.S. national security has entered a state of increased danger for decades to come because the president has no spine and that’s the bottom line.” In case you had not guessed, I think we can do away with any thought that Trump did this for some sort of reason. Basically, he announced that the USA is shafting their long term allies the Kurds, because he’s a gullible idiot. That is all. That’s it. On another note; Does congress have any say in running the country anymore? At all? Or is the USA now governed entirely by random tweet from someone with the mental capacity of a 4 year old? If Trump tweets that he’s selling Alaska to Russia for a dollar is that it? Done deal? Nobody else has any say in the matter? ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2019, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42339 "2019-10-07T22:10:54Z")
Well, I’m sure Putin would prefer rubles. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2019, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42340 "2019-10-07T22:11:40Z")
To add to the above: If Trump has his spokesperson state that " United States forces, having defeated the ISIS territorial “Caliphate,” will no longer be in the immediate area." Does that mean that ISIS is now defeated? That’s it, go home, it’s all over, Trump has won…? Nobody else has any say in the matter? ---
**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:** [October 8, 2019, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42341 "2019-10-08T01:37:30Z")
What part of “acting unilaterally” is confusing you? ETA: “America is _exceptional_ and part off being this kind of exceptional is getting to call the shots. All the shots. All the time. Everywhere.” This hasn’t been a secret conservative position or anything; they wear it on their sleeves FFS. Have you already forgotten about W’s big banner and the fighter jet flight to get to it to make his big speech? This kind of shit isn’t new. EATA: Remember this from Karl Rove? > [@](#): > > The aide said that guys like me were ‘in what we call the reality-based community,’ which he defined as people who ‘believe that solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality.’ […] ‘That’s not the way the world really works anymore,’ he continued. ‘We’re an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you’re studying that reality—judiciously, as you will—we’ll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that’s how things will sort out. We’re history’s actors…and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do’. ---
**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:** [October 8, 2019, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42342 "2019-10-08T01:42:42Z")
I guess what I’m saying is… Is Congress still actually a thing now? Are we a full blown dictatorship? ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42343 "2019-10-08T02:19:21Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > In case you had not guessed, I think we can do away with any thought that Trump did this for some sort of reason. Basically, he announced that the USA is shafting their long term allies the Kurds, because he’s a gullible idiot. > … Well, a lot of people are talking about this, now, and fewer people are talking about how Trump openly committed a crime when he encouraged China to intervene in our elections. So there’s that. But I bet Trump got a lot of money out of it, too. ---
**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:** [October 8, 2019, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42344 "2019-10-08T03:19:35Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > You may have heard of my congressional district (GA-6), which was represented by Newt Gingrich from 1978 to 1998. It came to national prominence again in 2017, when seven-term Republican Tom Price was selected by Trump to head HHS in February 2017. (He was forced to resign in less than six months over charges that he used military and private jets for personal travel. A typical corrupt Trump appointee who was held to a higher ethical standard than his boss.) > > In the special election to fill his seat, Democrat Jon Ossoff was narrowly defeated by Trump toady Karen Handel. Then in 2018 (with the active help of me and my wife) the district elected Democrat Lucy McBath in 2018, the first time it had gone to a Democrat since 1978. However, that rep, John Flynt, was an old-style Democrat, a strict segregationist who had served since the 1960s. So effectively, 2018 was the first time the district has been represented by what we would today call a Democrat. > > But the area is hardly solid blue, and is apparently still capable of raising nut jobs. A few weeks ago, signs started springing up with the following message: “Marjorie Greene. Save America. Stop Socialism.” > > Here’s the candidate: [Marjorie Taylor Greene](https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/08/16/marjorie-taylor-greene-how-outspoken-maga-fan-built-following-world-extremists). > > More hateful stuff she’s said and done is described at the link. My wife and I will be working harder than ever to make sure she doesn’t get elected. Where are these idiots getting the idea that you can impeach members of Congress? Probably from the same place where people are claiming that if Individual 1 is not convicted in an impeachment trial, he can run for a third term. “Just read the Constitution”. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42345 "2019-10-08T11:20:09Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > … > > On another note; Does congress have any say in running the country anymore? At all? … I guess, thechnically, senate Republicans could step up to the plate and HAHA! Ha Ha! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Oh nevermind, I couldn’t say it with a straight face. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42346 "2019-10-08T17:30:05Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > I expect the next Republican “fundraising” campaign will be to send people directly to your house: > > “Nice house you got here. It would be a shame if anything happened to it.” > \ > > “Now you might be interested in our little fundraising campaign here. How much can I put you down for?” > \ “Oh dear. Ya gotta watch that. Things break easily, you know?” You joke, but the GOP, the KKK, & the Mafia have been converging & turning into each other for decades. It’s this or cross-burning. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42347 "2019-10-08T18:13:35Z")
Wait until Republicans find out that Sondland was communicating with the State Department via [Whatsapp on personal devices](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/oct/08/impeachment-donald-trump-gordon-sondland-testimony-house-democrats). I mean, they’re so invested in the issue of email security, I’m sure that there will be hell to pay and they will have a consistent stance on this issue. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42348 "2019-10-08T18:17:49Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > Wait until Republicans find out that Sondland was communicating with the State Department via [Whatsapp on personal devices](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/oct/08/impeachment-donald-trump-gordon-sondland-testimony-house-democrats). I mean, they’re so invested in the issue of email security, I’m sure that there will be hell to pay and **they will have a consistent stance on this issue.** They already have one. IOKWARDI [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2116) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2118)