# 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:** 2135
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2019, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42689 "2019-11-04T15:59:16Z")
> [@Mr.Miskatonic](#): > > Not strictly Republican but close enough given the present regime: > > Dapper Nazi is just a plain ol’ Nazi in released audio tape: > > [Internet-Savvy Nazi Says a Bunch of Old Fashioned Nazi Shit in Leaked Tape](https://gizmodo.com/internet-savvy-nazi-says-a-bunch-of-old-fashioned-nazi-1839598635?utm_medium=socialflow&utm_campaign=socialflow_gizmodo_facebook&utm_source=gizmodo_facebook&fbclid=IwAR3eGq-GY64CsaqVdvjJn7b8NLlg-b0LdJOkyQaLKW7qmeCq9iBmnP6ZUYo) > > Summary: Milo, in yet another attempt to stay relevant, releases an audio of Nazi Richard Spencer made post-Charlottesville where he rants and raves with the expected racial slurs and other claims. This is one the “good people on both sides” Trump was referring to. What a vile, hideous piece of shit. ---
**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 4, 2019, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42690 "2019-11-04T20:15:24Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > This is one the “good people on both sides” Trump was referring to. > > What a vile, hideous piece of shit. Spencer or Trump? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2019, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42691 "2019-11-04T20:26:18Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Spencer or Trump? Yes. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2019, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42692 "2019-11-04T20:32:04Z")
> [@Mr.Greenjeans](#): > > Yes. lol! ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42693 "2019-11-05T00:41:26Z")
Wait, I thought Richard Spencer and Milo were on the same side? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42694 "2019-11-05T01:24:09Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > Wait, I thought Richard Spencer and Milo were on the same side? Nazis aren’t on anyone’s side; not even other Nazis’. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42695 "2019-11-05T01:45:07Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Nazis aren’t on anyone’s side; not even other Nazis’. If Klink and Shultz can’t trust each other, what have we come to? ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42696 "2019-11-05T02:04:43Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > [Students for Trump co-founder pleads guilty to $46,000 fraud scheme](https://www.foxnews.com/us/students-for-trump-co-founder-pleads-guilty-in-46000-fraud-scheme.amp?__twitter_impression=true) > . Pretending to be a lawyer isn’t grifting. That’s lying. Grifting happens to be an art form. Sure, grifting includes lying, but only a liar would call grifting lying. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2019, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42697 "2019-11-05T05:11:17Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > Wait, I thought Richard Spencer and Milo were on the same side? Not anymore. Milo has thrown his lot with a lesser, milder Nazi and is trying to deflect accusations that his guy is a Nazi by throwing other, Nazi-er ones under the bus. [Context](https://twitter.com/IGD_News/status/1191268013858795521)(warning, twitter, long, involves a lot of shitheads) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42698 "2019-11-05T13:09:51Z")
So, a centrist, moderate Nazi? ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42699 "2019-11-05T13:19:42Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > So, a centrist, moderate Nazi? To the left of Vlad the Impaler. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42700 "2019-11-05T13:22:02Z")
Newsweek: [the RNC paid for 11,000 automated phone calls to jam the switchboards of Dem Representatives involved in the impeachment proceedings.](https://www.newsweek.com/rnc-funded-roughly-11000-automated-calls-jam-house-democrats-phone-lines-amid-impeachment-1469719) So the Republican National Committee - the official embodiment of the Republican Party - in its efforts to combat the impeachment process, is reduced to having to deploy a massive version of a middle-school prank. They’ve got nothing. 😃 ---
**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:** [November 5, 2019, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42701 "2019-11-05T14:04:57Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > So, a centrist, moderate Nazi? Kinda. As far as I can tell he’s a white nationalist who supports Trump as being “good enough, for now” while Spencer opines Trump is a wimp and not nearly racist enough. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42702 "2019-11-05T15:40:20Z")
Man, I remember back when being a “grifter” was cool. > **[Amazon.com: Grifters Movie Poster 24Inx36In #01 : Home & Kitchen](https://www.amazon.com/Grifters-Movie-Poster-24Inx36In-01/dp/B005Y46PT2)** > > Buy Grifters Movie Poster 24Inx36In #01: Posters & Prints - Amazon.com ✓ FREE DELIVERY possible on eligible purchases ---
**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:** [November 5, 2019, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42703 "2019-11-05T15:45:53Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Newsweek: [the RNC paid for 11,000 automated phone calls to jam the switchboards of Dem Representatives involved in the impeachment proceedings.](https://www.newsweek.com/rnc-funded-roughly-11000-automated-calls-jam-house-democrats-phone-lines-amid-impeachment-1469719) > > So the Republican National Committee - the official embodiment of the Republican Party - in its efforts to combat the impeachment process, is reduced to having to deploy a massive version of a middle-school prank. > > They’ve got nothing. 😃 Leaving empty boxes outside office doors and creating a massive bomb scare, followed by malicious phone jamming. Why? “To Stop The Madness”. :smack::smack::smack: ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42704 "2019-11-05T15:54:24Z")
They are nothing but grandstanding obstructionist patsies. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42705 "2019-11-05T16:06:04Z")
Best term for Spencer I’ve run across was “Adolf Hipster”. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42706 "2019-11-05T16:18:34Z")
> [@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 Puppet! No Puppet! You’re the puppet! ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42707 "2019-11-05T16:25:16Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > Best term for Spencer I’ve run across was “Adolf Hipster”. Hah! ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42708 "2019-11-05T19:47:15Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > No Puppet! No Puppet! You’re the puppet! Three years later, they’re still trying to find a reason to throw Barack Obama in prison for Negro Presidentin.’ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2134) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2136)