# 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:** 2130
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2019, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42589 "2019-10-26T21:40:28Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > … It’s the republican clowns who keep agitating, threatening violence. THIS bears repeating. Also they actually commit violence too. It’s in the news often enough. Nazis, Proud Boys, assclowns with bear spray, you name it. ---
**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 27, 2019, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42590 "2019-10-27T00:05:48Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > “I am actually a very modest and shy person. My own husband has never seen me naked. Nor has he ever expressed the least desire to do so!” > > - Dame Edna Classic! (Humphries is a funny guy. 85, now, I see. How shockingly quickly the years fly, oddly even now in the Trump era, where every week seems like a year.) ---
**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 27, 2019, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42591 "2019-10-27T02:02:51Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > [Justice Department review of Russia probe turns into criminal investigation](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/justice-department-review-origins-russia-probe-turns-criminal-investigation-n1071731) > > I’ve tried to explain to you, my lambs, my children, what is at stake. You apparently do not understand that it is the very essence of the republic, the nation, the freedoms that you inherit, and dare I say, take for granted as though it were your birthright. > > Go on and enjoy your Friday, and remain convinced that I am insane. > > I am not. I am the only sane one among us all, who knows and perceives the reality of the situation, which is that the ‘great experiment’ is about to die. > > What is freedom? How does freedom continue to exist? > > Freedom…is not free. You are now confronted with the moment. I believe you, Cassandra, but they won’t listen to me either. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42592 "2019-10-28T14:45:07Z")
The GOP has [elected a child predator to one of its local Bylaws committees.](https://www.columbian.com/news/2019/oct/27/election-of-party-official-rocks-clark-county-gop/). “Dan Clark, a precinct committee officer with the party, was previously convicted after repeatedly sneaking into a teenage girl’s bedroom and giving her alcohol.” "Over a two-month period in 2010, and despite a previously filed restraining order preventing him from contacting her, Clark repeatedly snuck into a 15-year-old girl’s bedroom in the Sherwood neighborhood, according to an affidavit of probable cause filed in Clark County Superior Court. After tapping on the window to grab the girl’s attention and using a folding metal chair to enter the room, Clark — 43 at the time — and the girl would hug and kiss on her bed, the affidavit said. Clark and the girl would also read poems and consume alcohol, and he gave her a cellphone that allowed them to communicate, according to the affidavit." It’s creeps all the way down. ---
**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 28, 2019, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42593 "2019-10-28T14:50:07Z")
Better a dangerous pedophile than a democrat! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42594 "2019-10-28T14:55:11Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > Better a dangerous pedophile than a democrat! Isn’t it sad that it wouldn’t be that hard to find people on this board that would agree with that. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42595 "2019-10-28T15:54:33Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > Better a dangerous pedophile than a democrat! > [@Czarcasm](#): > > Isn’t it sad that it wouldn’t be that hard to find people on this board that would agree with that. I’d say we’ve already seen samples of that, with one particular piece of shit actively and stubbornly defending that Penn State pedo (Sandusky). Yeah, it’s already happened. ---
**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 28, 2019, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42596 "2019-10-28T15:57:15Z")
That reminds me, thanks, I need to stop after work and pick up some paper towels. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42597 "2019-10-28T16:07:46Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > Better a dangerous pedophile than a democrat! Old news. They elected Trump, didn’t they? ---
**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 29, 2019, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42598 "2019-10-29T02:06:15Z")
[I thought it was the Democrats who wanted to have more “anchor babies” born in the US?](https://news.yahoo.com/arizona-elected-official-accused-adoption-213658250.html) ---
**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 29, 2019, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42599 "2019-10-29T05:24:32Z")
Fox News is trying to claim that Lt. Col. Vindman is a Ukrainian double agent. > ---
**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 29, 2019, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42600 "2019-10-29T13:08:30Z")
Fox News summed up in one sign: [![](https://images.dailykos.com/images/469673/large/fox-news-infromed.jpg) ](https://images.dailykos.com/images/469673/large/fox-news-infromed.jpg) ---
**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 29, 2019, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42601 "2019-10-29T13:17:31Z")
Morans. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2019, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42602 "2019-10-29T13:37:02Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > Better a dangerous pedophile than a democrat! Well they have plenty of perverts and predators in their ranks. But we aren’t supposed to talk about that … Take the high road and shit. Trump, Roy Moore, Gym Jordan, Ralph Shortey, Jeffrey Epstein, Paul Petersen, Dennis Hastert, George Alan Rekers, Pat Meehan, Chris Myers, Larry Craig, Bob Allen, Mark Foley, James E. West, Ken Calvert, Buz Lukens, Dan Crane, Robert Bauman, Charlie Crist, Dennis Hastert, etc etc etc etc ETCETERA. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2019, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42603 "2019-10-29T13:38:03Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Fox News is trying to claim that Lt. Col. Vindman is a Ukrainian double agent. > [https://twitter.com/ndrew\_lawrence/status/1189002513594441730](https://twitter.com/ndrew_lawrence/status/1189002513594441730) Smearing and projection. Fucking liars. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2019, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42604 "2019-10-29T13:44:00Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > Well they have plenty of perverts and predators in their ranks. But we aren’t supposed to talk about that … Take the high road and shit. > > Trump, Roy Moore, Gym Jordan, Ralph Shortey, Jeffrey Epstein, Paul Petersen, Dennis Hastert, George Alan Rekers, Pat Meehan, Chris Myers, Larry Craig, Bob Allen, Mark Foley, James E. West, Ken Calvert, Buz Lukens, Dan Crane, Robert Bauman, Charlie Crist, Dennis Hastert, etc etc etc etc ETCETERA. You said “Dennis Hastert” twice. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2019, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42605 "2019-10-29T13:55:00Z")
So did the bank teller. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2019, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42606 "2019-10-29T13:58:36Z")
I just wanted to see what would happen if I provided the opportunity to quote Blazing Saddles. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_McQwark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@Steve\_McQwark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_McQwark)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2019, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42607 "2019-10-29T14:28:01Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > I just wanted to see what would happen if I provided the opportunity to quote Blazing Saddles. 😃 But nobody likes Dennis Hastert. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2019, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42608 "2019-10-29T14:58:20Z")
> [@dung beetle](#): > > i just wanted to see what would happen if i provided the opportunity to quote blazing saddles. :d lol 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2129) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2131)