# 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:** 2133
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2019, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42649 "2019-10-31T21:14:25Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > The nasty troll got owned. Even worse (or better?) was this … > “You got owned by Cat turd”. > > OMG. Next she’ll be getting civics classes from "Dog shit’ > > 😃😃😃😃😃😃 I liked “This goes to show you what a combination of diet pills, Red Bull, chardonnay and Marlboro Lights will do to a persons mental capacity”. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2019, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42650 "2019-10-31T21:37:49Z")
I liked the next response that read, “So you’re saying that she wrote this at breakfast?” ---
**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:** [November 1, 2019, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42651 "2019-11-01T01:21:40Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > I have at times posted angry things on the internets. > > I have at times posted stupid things on the internets. > > But I don’t think I’ve ever posted anything as simultaneously angry and stupid on the internets. And that’s why you’re not as highly respected as the highly respected Ann Coulter! ---
**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:** [November 1, 2019, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42652 "2019-11-01T01:26:08Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > In fairness, this might simply be an accurate assessment of congressional Republicans’ reading level: > > [Fox’s Jason Chaffetz says two days isn’t enough time for congressional Republicans to read the eight-page impeachment resolution](https://www.mediamatters.org/trump-impeachment-inquiry/foxs-jason-chaffetz-says-two-days-isnt-enough-time-congressional) > [@SteveG1](#): > > So now we know, they’re all fucking illiterate. This also reveal the answer to that frequently-asked question, ‘_who are these “elites” that the Republicans resent so bitterly?_’----clearly, “elite” means “ **someone who can read as much as eight pages within the span of two days** ”. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2019, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42653 "2019-11-01T02:10:53Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > This also reveal the answer to that frequently-asked question, ‘_who are these “elites” that the Republicans resent so bitterly?_’----clearly, “elite” means “ **someone who can read as much as eight pages within the span of two days** ”. _Some of those words mean things. What do they mean? You don’t know! How did they get those meanings? And the letters, they have five, six, eight, sometimes ten letters! Where did all those letters come from? No one can say! No one knows!_ to be read in the voice of Sam Rockwell portraying Bill O’Reilly; or perhaps the voice of Bill O’Reilly imitating Sam Rockwell ---
**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:** [November 1, 2019, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42654 "2019-11-01T02:14:05Z")
Well, in fairness they have to:[ul] [li]Read all eight pages;[/li][li]Rewrite the eight pages into a one-paragraph summation that contain words of no more than one syllable;[/li][li]Send the summation to the White House;[/li][li]Wait until someone at the White House:[LIST][/li][li]Translates the summary into a storybook;[/li][li]Reads the storybook to King Cannot;[/li][li]Gets King Cannot’s response;[/li][li]Translates the response into text;[/li][li]Sends the text to Fox&Friends;[/li][/ul] [li]Watch F&F to get their talking points.[/li][/LIST]All of which is terribly time consuming, especially if KC is taking a long time with his daily BM and tweetstorm (and sometimes it’s hard to tell which is which). ---
**Author:** ![Skypist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skypist/32/169_2.png) [@Skypist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skypist)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42655 "2019-11-01T03:28:57Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > Well, in fairness they have to:[ul] > [li]Read all eight pages;[/li][li]Rewrite the eight pages into a one-paragraph summation that contain words of no more than one syllable;[/li][li]Send the summation to the White House;[/li][li]Wait until someone at the White House:[LIST][/li][li]Translates the summary into a storybook;[/li][li]Reads the storybook to King Cannot;[/li][li]Gets King Cannot’s response;[/li][li]Translates the response into text;[/li][li]Sends the text to Fox&Friends;[/li][/ul] > [li]Watch F&F to get their talking points.[/li][/LIST]All of which is terribly time consuming, especially if KC is taking a long time with his daily BM and tweetstorm (and sometimes it’s hard to tell which is which). I read that as “King Carrot.” Which would not be a completely off base name for him. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2019, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42656 "2019-11-01T03:37:05Z")
10/31/2019 The National Republican Congressional Committee thought it would be a hilarious prank to leave sealed moving boxes in front of the office doors of vulnerable Democratic members of Congress who had voted for the impeachment proposal. Capitol Police got called out of fear the the boxes were bombs. [NRCC Impeachment 'Prank' On Capitol Hill Leads To Police Investigation | HuffPost Latest News](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/police-nrcc-prank-packages-democrat-offices_n_5dbb53b2e4b09d8f97988b65)? ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42657 "2019-11-01T03:52:46Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > 10/31/2019 > The National Republican Congressional Committee thought it would be a hilarious prank to leave sealed moving boxes in front of the office doors of vulnerable Democratic members of Congress who had voted for the impeachment proposal. Capitol Police got called out of fear the the boxes were bombs. > [NRCC Impeachment 'Prank' On Capitol Hill Leads To Police Investigation | HuffPost Latest News](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/police-nrcc-prank-packages-democrat-offices_n_5dbb53b2e4b09d8f97988b65)? In a show of real class, [the DCCC is now holding a Thanksgiving food drive](https://twitter.com/sarahnferris/status/1190039919189798913?s=20) with those boxes. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2019, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42658 "2019-11-01T04:02:27Z")
> [@Skypist](#): > > I read that as “King Carrot.” Which would not be a completely off base name for him. I first read it as “KFC”. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2019, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42659 "2019-11-01T04:51:06Z")
But prettymuch the complete opposite of Kng Canute. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2019, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42660 "2019-11-01T12:56:32Z")
> [@Skypist](#): > > I read that as “King Carrot.” Which would not be a completely off base name for him. Same. Actually, an excellent sobriquet. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42661 "2019-11-01T13:12:37Z")
> [@Skypist](#): > > I read that as “King Carrot.” Which would not be a completely off base name for him. Oh, that’s a good one for the “names for the president” thread. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42662 "2019-11-01T17:20:16Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > _Some of those words mean things. What do they mean? You don’t know! How did they get those meanings? And the letters, they have five, six, eight, sometimes ten letters! Where did all those letters come from? No one can say! No one knows!_ > to be read in the voice of Sam Rockwell portraying Bill O’Reilly; or perhaps the voice of Bill O’Reilly imitating Sam Rockwell “You can’t explain that!” 😃 ---
**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:** [November 1, 2019, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42663 "2019-11-01T18:17:05Z")
10/31/19 Mike Pompeo is claiming that Obama and Biden colluded to keep weapons from Ukraine because of Hunter Biden. [Mike Pompeo Touts Vague Conspiracy Theory That Barack Obama, Joe Biden Withheld Lethal Military Aid From Ukraine 'Because of Hunter Biden'](https://www.newsweek.com/pompeo-ukraine-obama-biden-military-aid-conspiracy-theory-1468909)? ---
**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:** [November 1, 2019, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42664 "2019-11-01T20:04:35Z")
11/1/19 Activists from the liberal MoveOn organization kept trying to ask Congressman Don Young about whether he thought it was appropriate for Individual 1 to try to pressure Ukraine to dig up dirt on Biden. He tried to run away, but when they kept asking him, he turned around and heat butted the camera. > **[Alaska Congressman Headbutts Camera When Asked About Election Interference](https://www.newsweek.com/watch-republican-congressman-headbutts-camera-when-asked-about-foreign-election-interference-1469216)** > > Activists approached Alaska representative Don Young to ask him about foreign interference in our elections. He responded with a swift headbutt to their camera. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42665 "2019-11-01T20:42:27Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > 10/31/19 > Mike Pompeo is claiming that Obama and Biden colluded to keep weapons from Ukraine because of Hunter Biden. > [Mike Pompeo Touts Vague Conspiracy Theory That Barack Obama, Joe Biden Withheld Lethal Military Aid From Ukraine 'Because of Hunter Biden'](https://www.newsweek.com/pompeo-ukraine-obama-biden-military-aid-conspiracy-theory-1468909)? No, he’s not. He’s merely raising the question, like all good tabloid journalists do. Does Mike Pompeo still blow goats? You’ll have to ask him that, maybe I don’t have the full story. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42666 "2019-11-01T20:50:07Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > No, he’s not. He’s merely raising the question, like all good tabloid journalists do. > > Does Mike Pompeo still blow goats? You’ll have to ask him that, maybe I don’t have the full story. Some people are saying… ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2019, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42667 "2019-11-02T02:36:13Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > No, he’s not. He’s merely raising the question, like all good tabloid journalists do. > > Does Mike Pompeo still blow goats? You’ll have to ask him that, maybe I don’t have the full story. That is a scurrilous lie, and you should be ashamed to be promoting it. There are any number of innocent reasons Pompeo might have been seen carrying a goat into a hotel room. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_stamos_left_ear/32/3198_2.png) [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2019, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42668 "2019-11-02T03:56:28Z")
The North Carolina state senate will not call a vote on a veto override on the long overdue state budget because they are waiting for there to be [strike]everyone present[/strike] enough Democrats missing so they can override their veto. A Republican Senator stands up and says, “We’ll call [a vote] at the right time. I hope you’ll miss it.” Then all the Republican Senators erupt in laughter. > I guess this can be expected in a state where the House agreed not to hold a vote when Democrats were at a 9/11 memorial and then [did it anyway](http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/09/north-carolina-house-republicans-surprise-9-11-vote.html). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2132) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2134)