# 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:** 2136
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42709 "2019-11-05T19:55:33Z")
> [@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. 😃 This sort of thing is a [federal crime](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack#Legality) if you do it in the computer-verse. It’s probably okay to do over the phone lines, though. Especially if you’re a republican. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42710 "2019-11-05T20:04:38Z")
> [@begbert2](#): > > This sort of thing is a [federal crime](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack#Legality) if you do it in the computer-verse. It’s probably okay to do over the phone lines, though. Especially if you’re a republican. Even if it were a federal crime, there’s no one left to enforce it. Especially against a Republican. ---
**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 5, 2019, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42711 "2019-11-05T20:06:38Z")
It is the 20th century equivalent of a DDoS attack. ---
**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 6, 2019, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42712 "2019-11-06T00:55:21Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Nazis aren’t on anyone’s side; not even other Nazis’. > [@Kobal2](#): > > 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. I guess I’ve always assumed hate-filled bigoted types would embrace a chance to be hateful together…I still remember being confused when I found out that the Klan and the neo-Nazis can’t stand each other. > [@E-DUB](#): > > Best term for Spencer I’ve run across was “Adolf Hipster”. Somehow, this is the first time I’ve encountered it…perfect! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2019, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42713 "2019-11-06T01:07:20Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > I guess I’ve always assumed hate-filled bigoted types would embrace a chance to be hateful together…I still remember being confused when I found out that the Klan and the neo-Nazis can’t stand each other. Gangsters are always warring with other gangsters about turf. ---
**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:** [November 6, 2019, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42714 "2019-11-06T03:32:53Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > All I want to know is whether there any truth to what some people are saying, that Mike Pompeo and his goat lover watched while Glenn Beck raped and murdered a young girl in 1990 ? Well, not his _present_ goat lover. ---
**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 6, 2019, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42715 "2019-11-06T04:29:24Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > I still remember being confused when I found out that the Klan and the neo-Nazis can’t stand each other. Even a racist clock is right twice a day. ---
**Author:** ![slumtrimpet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@slumtrimpet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slumtrimpet)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2019, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42716 "2019-11-06T13:38:09Z")
Well then, this is timely: [The Massacre That Spawned the Alt-Right](https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/11/03/greensboro-massacre-white-nationalism-klan-229873?utm_source=pocket-newtab) ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2019, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42717 "2019-11-06T14:24:06Z")
> [@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. 😃 My polling place had two fire alarms go off yesterday. It’s a sad state of affairs in this country - or maybe just in my head- that I immediately wondered if it was a prank by kids or a republican who pulled that lever. Ah well. Democrats control both sides the house of delegates and the state Senate now. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2019, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42718 "2019-11-06T14:25:18Z")
> [@slumtrimpet](#): > > Well then, this is timely: > [The Massacre That Spawned the Alt-Right](https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/11/03/greensboro-massacre-white-nationalism-klan-229873?utm_source=pocket-newtab) Fascinating! ---
**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 6, 2019, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42719 "2019-11-06T17:18:56Z")
> [@slumtrimpet](#): > > Well then, this is timely: > [The Massacre That Spawned the Alt-Right](https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/11/03/greensboro-massacre-white-nationalism-klan-229873?utm_source=pocket-newtab) Which just goes to show antifascists are the REAL fascists ! If those dangerous commies hadn’t tried to violently head-butt those klansmen’s bullets, none of this would have happened. /sarcasm ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2019, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42720 "2019-11-06T19:33:17Z")
I’ll just leave this here: > **[Paula White Prays Against Trump's Opponents, Suggests They Use 'Sorcery'](https://www.newsweek.com/trump-spiritual-adviser-paula-white-prays-against-presidents-opponents-suggests-they-operate-1470197)** > > "Stretch out your arm and deliver President Trump and rid him of any bondage the enemy would try to bring against him," the televangelist prayed. ---
**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:** [November 6, 2019, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42721 "2019-11-06T20:17:20Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > I’ll just leave this here: > [Trump Spiritual Adviser Paula White Prays Against President's Opponents, Suggests They 'Operate in Sorcery and Witchcraft'](https://www.newsweek.com/trump-spiritual-adviser-paula-white-prays-against-presidents-opponents-suggests-they-operate-1470197) The reason she’s his “spiritual advisor” is obvious: unlike E. Jean Carroll, she’s his “type.” ---
**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 6, 2019, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42722 "2019-11-06T20:30:15Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > I’ll just leave this here: > [Trump Spiritual Adviser Paula White Prays Against President's Opponents, Suggests They 'Operate in Sorcery and Witchcraft'](https://www.newsweek.com/trump-spiritual-adviser-paula-white-prays-against-presidents-opponents-suggests-they-operate-1470197) There are fines for littering. Please dispose of things like this appropriately. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2019, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42723 "2019-11-06T20:31:30Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > I’ll just leave this here: > [Trump Spiritual Adviser Paula White Prays Against President's Opponents, Suggests They 'Operate in Sorcery and Witchcraft'](https://www.newsweek.com/trump-spiritual-adviser-paula-white-prays-against-presidents-opponents-suggests-they-operate-1470197) Witchcraft & sorcery. Stupid is as stupid does. ---
**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 6, 2019, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42724 "2019-11-06T20:41:43Z")
And to think that the First Lady basing her opinions regarding government policy on the advice of an astrologer was something that happened in the “good old days.” ---
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2019, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42725 "2019-11-06T21:11:22Z")
Hey! I oppose Donald Trump. When do I get to learn witchcraft and sorcery? ---
**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:** [November 6, 2019, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42726 "2019-11-06T21:23:51Z")
She’s an obvious fucking loon. Not for nothing, but her husband (third husband, by the way) is Jonathan Cain, who replaced a much better musician (Greg Rolle) in Journey and started contributing awful tripe like _Faithfully_ - and instantly Journey posters were moved from teenaged boys rooms to their little sisters’ rooms. I started to really hate him when I watched that special about the Philipino kid who sounds just like Steve Perry and came on as lead singer. The doc was ostensibly about the kid, but fucked if Cain didn’t chew up the scenery every time the camera was pointed at him. He took it upon himself to be the kid’s mentor, putting him through his vocal paces and giving him these little bullshit platitude speeches. Biggest, self-concerned phony in the biz. And, as I said before, he married a certified nutcase. This circus just gets more rings every day. Evidence of simulation run amok is growing. ---
**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 6, 2019, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42727 "2019-11-06T22:32:12Z")
> [@Fugazi](#): > > Hey! I oppose Donald Trump. When do I get to learn witchcraft and sorcery? You need to sign up at your local public library. I’ve been getting lessons since early 2017. Hey, what’s that in your ear? Look, a nickel! ---
**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 6, 2019, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42728 "2019-11-06T22:34:34Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Hey, what’s that in your ear? Look, a nickel! BURN THE WITCH!! i [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2135) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2137)