# 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:** 2127
**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:** [October 23, 2019, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42529 "2019-10-23T19:15:58Z")
> [@mjmlabs](#): > > **[Republican congressmen stormed the hearing room where Pentagon official was testifying](https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/impeachment-inquiry-10-23-2019/index.html)** > > ::grabs some PopSecret Movie Theater Butter:: & > [@enipla](#): > > The laws and facts are not on ‘their’ side, so their ‘A’ game is to break into the proceedings and cause a ruckus. > > These guys are taking lessons from the lowest of the low MAGA’s. Guess that’s all they got. No, it Looks like the Republicans–in Congress, yet–have abandoned any pretense whatsoever that they do not admire how the Nazis came to pwoer in Germany. > [@SteveG1](#): > > Put them in General Population, microwave some popcorn, and just watch the show. > > They’re so damn tough, they should have NO problem. I really have a problem with this kind of comment. Do you seriously think that justice is in the hands of convicted felons? Let’s say you do. What’s your plan for rewarding them when they mete out your version of justice? > [@Aspenglow](#): > > The whistleblower will never testify and doesn’t need to. We’re so far beyond that. The whistleblower made the allegations, Trump himself confirmed them to be true by releasing his call summary, and every witness called since has corroborated what was contained in the whistleblower’s report. > > Here’s the best analogy I’ve seen to help understand this: If someone calls 911 to report a fire, firefighters respond and find a fire is indeed in progress. The fact of the fire is witnessed by all of them. No one cares who called 911. > > It’s the facts that matter, not who provided the allegations. Are the allegations true or not? In this case, it would seem they are true. > > The GOP has members on the committees present in the hearing room for all testimony. They get to ask questions and everything, same as the Democrats. If they had heard anything in the testimony that exonerated Trump, believe me, they would be leaking it like a blown water heater. As I’ve posted before, Trump simply cannot keep his mouth shut. He is the best witness against himself. And the sooner he’s out of office, the better for the country and the world. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2019, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42530 "2019-10-23T19:34:00Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > … I really have a problem with this kind of comment. Do you seriously think that justice is in the hands of convicted felons? Let’s say you do. What’s your plan for rewarding them when they mete out your version of justice? … At this point the most honest answer is, I don’t give a fuck about them. ---
**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:** [October 23, 2019, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42531 "2019-10-23T19:58:04Z")
Then you don’t care about law, order, justice, right, and wrong. That is exactly what you are saying. ---
**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:** [October 23, 2019, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42532 "2019-10-23T20:02:18Z")
And [yet another Republican in office spreads a whacked out nutjob conspiracy theory](https://news.yahoo.com/rep-ilhan-omar-condemns-north-171006403.html); in this case, it’s a debunked manipulated photo. > [@](#): > > Rep. Ilhan Omar has condemned a Republican state senator from North Dakota who posted a long-debunked photo on his Facebook page that purports to show the Minnesota Democrat holding a weapon at an al-Qaida training camp. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2019, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42533 "2019-10-23T20:24:55Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > Put them in General Population, microwave some popcorn, and just watch the show. > > They’re so damn tough, they should have NO problem. Actually, racists with no compunction about violence should feel right at home in prison. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2019, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42534 "2019-10-23T20:30:54Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Then you don’t care about law, order, justice, right, and wrong. That is exactly what you are saying. I’m simply saying I don’t give a fuck about them. Period. Indifference to their fate. If something happens, it happens. If something doesn’t happen, it doesn’t happen. I’ll save my care or worry for other people, who I see as being more worthy of my interest and concern. ---
**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 23, 2019, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42535 "2019-10-23T20:57:34Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > Actually, racists with no compunction about violence should feel right at home in prison. Yeah. That’s where they can prove how superior they are. It’s like a free ticket to the big leagues. Something every white power tough guy should welcome. ---
**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:** [October 23, 2019, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42536 "2019-10-23T21:36:43Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > That looks like revolt, mutiny, insurrection, rebellion, interfering with an investigation, something. Lock their asses up for contempt, while you figure out more serious charges. > > All that to destroy an investigation of a traitor president and his traitor cronies. > > Fucking traitor bastards. I’m reading this as (among other things) a complete abandonment of any pretense of having a defense for CFSG’s actions. As has been said elsewhere, “If the facts are against you, argue the law; if the law is against you, argue the facts; if the facts and the law are against you, pound the table and shout.” Or in this case, make a mockery of yourselves in an attempt to make a mockery of the proceedings. I saw on CNN’s home page that CFSG was aware of the plan in advance. If true, it appears that the White House may finally have its “impeachment war room” — though it looks like it’s staffed by four warbadgers and a cranky Cub Scout. ---
**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2019, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42537 "2019-10-23T21:54:28Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Right wing mama’s boys get to go to prison and show everyone there about how superior white power mama’s boys are to everyone else! > > (tagline) > Prison: It Ain’t Your Mama’s Basement > > “Two members of the far-right group the Proud Boys were each sentenced to four years in prison and five years post-release supervision on Tuesday for their involvement in a violent 2018 clash with anti-fascist protesters in New York City, the Manhattan District Attorney’s office said. > Maxwell Hare, 27, and John Kinsman, 40, [had been convicted](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/two-members-proud-boys-convicted-new-york-city-brawl-antifa-n1044021) of attempted gang assault, attempted assault and riot in August. The jury in State Supreme Court had rejected the defendants’ claims that they had acted in self-defense.” > … > “These defendants transformed a quiet, residential street into the site of a battle-royale, kicking and beating four individuals in a brutal act of political violence,” Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance [said](https://www.manhattanda.org/d-a-vance-announces-trial-conviction-of-two-proud-boys-for-upper-east-side-gang-assault/)." > Oh, I bet your mama’s are proud, boys! > [Proud Boys members sentenced to four years in prison for violent clash with antifa](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/proud-boys-members-sentenced-four-years-prison-violent-clash-antifa-n1070166) The place where the fight was is right up the street from me and half a block from Park Avenue (beyond rich). I’m very surprised that the club let in such a sorry lot but [apparently…](https://nypost.com/2019/10/19/the-elite-metropolitan-republican-club-is-turning-into-a-gop-fight-club/?utm_source=url_sitebuttons&utm_medium=site%20buttons&utm_campaign=site%20buttons) > [@](#): > > **The elite Metropolitan Republican Club is turning into a GOP fight club** > > …in recent months the Upper East Side institution has been shaken by scandal, stung by a bitterly-divided board of directors and shunned by state party brass. > > In February, Ian Walsh Reilly was voted in as president in a divisive election. > > “Ian is not the archetype of someone who is president of Metropolitan Republican Club: he’s a professional doorman … it’s a little bit weird,” said one member. > > “He’s incompetent,” said another. > > The contest was a mirror image of the larger civil war within the Republican Party, with the 40-year-old Reilly accusing his 67-year-old opponent, Robert Morgan Sr., of being insufficiently loyal to Donald Trump. > […] > In October, he (Reilly) booked an appearance by Gavin McInnes, founder of the far-right Proud Boys. Later that evening members of the group sparred with Antifa protesters outside the building. The scuffle resulted in multiple arrests and made national news. > > Reilly has also taken heat for building ties to far-right groups abroad, including the ultranationalist political party “Alternative for Germany,” which has downplayed Holocaust remembrance. Looks they picked a real winner (no offense to doormen). ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2019, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42538 "2019-10-23T22:05:37Z")
These disrespectful numbskulls should be removed from the House for such a gross display of contempt. They didn’t breach the decorum of the House, they gleefully stomped on it and flushed what was left down the toilet. What they did was in a way worse than Brooks attacking Sumner: that was an attack on one Congressman, however violent, this is one party calculatingly trying to stop official House business because they can’t stop it by proper (or even shady) parliamentary procedure. Alas, it takes a two-thirds vote to remove a House member, which isn’t likely to happen here. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2019, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42539 "2019-10-23T23:44:58Z")
> [@John\_Bredin](#): > > These disrespectful numbskulls should be removed from the House for such a gross display of contempt. They didn’t breach the decorum of the House, they gleefully stomped on it and flushed what was left down the toilet. What they did was in a way worse than Brooks attacking Sumner: that was an attack on one Congressman, however violent, this is one party calculatingly trying to stop official House business because they can’t stop it by proper (or even shady) parliamentary procedure. Alas, it takes a two-thirds vote to remove a House member, which isn’t likely to happen here. :mad: I would imagine Sumner would disagree. So would I. Not defending their actions; they see Pelosi walking out on the President when he refuses to put up with his shit, and think grandstanding will work. Sadly, it does work for the Trumpiverse. Can’t wait for that 'verse to implode. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2019, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42540 "2019-10-24T04:53:56Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > That looks like revolt, mutiny, insurrection, rebellion, interfering with an investigation, something. Lock their asses up for contempt, while you figure out more serious charges. > > All that to destroy an investigation of a traitor president and his traitor cronies. > > Fucking traitor bastards. You’re right. Popcorn won’t do. We need to upgrade to Sno-Caps and Milk Duds. ---
**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:** [October 24, 2019, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42541 "2019-10-24T05:17:03Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#): > > I would imagine Sumner would disagree. So would I. Not defending their actions; they see Pelosi walking out on the President when he refuses to put up with his shit, and think grandstanding will work. Sadly, it does work for the Trumpiverse. Can’t wait for that 'verse to implode. I believe you meant “when she refuses to put up with his shit”. ---
**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 24, 2019, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42542 "2019-10-24T05:37:53Z")
Major League Baseball umpire Rob Drake tweeted yesterday, "I will be buying an AR-15 tomorrow, because if you impeach MY PRESIDENT this way, YOU WILL HAVE ANOTHER CIVAL WAR!!! #MAGA2020” He then deleted the tweet and deleted his Twitter account. But Major League Baseball is investigating. > **[MLB Ump Says He's Buying Gun, Threatens Civil War If Trump is Impeached](https://www.tmz.com/2019/10/23/mlb-ump-rob-drake-buying-gun-threatens-civil-war-trump-impeached-deleted-tweet/)** > > MLB umpire Rob Drake tweeted his plans to buy an AR-15 and threatened a civil war if Trump is impeached. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2019, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42543 "2019-10-24T05:38:38Z")
> [@](#): > > I believe you meant “when she refuses to put up with his shit”. Granny Nancy knows politics like your granny knows knitting. There was a time, she wouldn’t risk that. And that time is past. And she knows it. ---
**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 24, 2019, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42544 "2019-10-24T05:49:12Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Major League Baseball umpire Rob Drake tweeted yesterday, "I will be buying an AR-15 tomorrow, because if you impeach MY PRESIDENT this way, YOU WILL HAVE ANOTHER CIVAL WAR!!! #MAGA2020” Can’t spell; probably can’t call balls and strikes, either. ---
**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 24, 2019, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42545 "2019-10-24T10:37:44Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Major League Baseball umpire Rob Drake tweeted yesterday, "I will be buying an AR-15 tomorrow, because if you impeach MY PRESIDENT this way, YOU WILL HAVE ANOTHER CIVAL WAR!!! #MAGA2020” > … Wow. Some right wing “opinion charading as information” news source must be winding these righties up. I wonder which one pushed him over the edge. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2019, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42546 "2019-10-24T10:50:38Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Major League Baseball umpire Rob Drake tweeted yesterday, "I will be buying an AR-15 tomorrow, because if you impeach MY PRESIDENT this way, YOU WILL HAVE ANOTHER CIVAL WAR!!! #MAGA2020” > > He then deleted the tweet and deleted his Twitter account. But Major League Baseball is investigating. > [MLB Ump Says He's Buying Gun, Threatens Civil War If Trump is Impeached](https://www.tmz.com/2019/10/23/mlb-ump-rob-drake-buying-gun-threatens-civil-war-trump-impeached-deleted-tweet) I’m sick and tired of all these assholes and their “impending civil war” crap. Bring it, or shut the fuck up already. But they won’t. No balls. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2019, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42547 "2019-10-24T11:22:55Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Major League Baseball umpire Rob Drake tweeted yesterday, "I will be buying an AR-15 tomorrow, because if you impeach MY PRESIDENT this way, YOU WILL HAVE ANOTHER CIVAL WAR!!! #MAGA2020” Huh. So there really are blind umpires. ---
**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:** [October 24, 2019, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42548 "2019-10-24T11:55:17Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Major League Baseball umpire Rob Drake tweeted yesterday, "I will be buying an AR-15 tomorrow, because if you impeach MY PRESIDENT this way, YOU WILL HAVE ANOTHER CIVAL WAR!!! #MAGA2020” > > He then deleted the tweet and deleted his Twitter account. But Major League Baseball is investigating. > [MLB Ump Says He's Buying Gun, Threatens Civil War If Trump is Impeached](https://www.tmz.com/2019/10/23/mlb-ump-rob-drake-buying-gun-threatens-civil-war-trump-impeached-deleted-tweet) By “this way” does he mean “by following the Constitution and the rules of the House and Senate”? Because I can see why a Trump supporter might object to that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2126) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2128)