# 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:** 2159
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43169 "2019-12-22T03:37:45Z")
Read somewhere recently that meth wasn’t actually invented by the Nazis. Might as well have been. ---
**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:** [December 22, 2019, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43170 "2019-12-22T04:01:10Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > My guess is that Trump’s (and Barr’s) Department of Justice will find an excuse to avoid prosecuting this under federal hate crime laws. > > That excuse is likely to be that the perpetrator has mental illness issues. From your source: it appears that the perp was found after an extensive search that focused on identifying her vehicle, but then as it turned out: > > I would be amazed if Barr’s DOJ is prosecuting hate crimes by whites against non-whites at a rate anywhere near what it was under previous administrations. > > ETA: In the photo accompanying the article, the perpetrator looks positively proud of herself. Perhaps she anticipates being invited to the White House? She’s going to be prosecuted by the people of the state of Iowa, not the USDOJ (unless she knocked her victim into a neighboring state. Barr and the America-hating fuckstick aren’t going to get their grimy paws on the case. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43171 "2019-12-22T04:39:18Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Smoked 5 hours before. Just how long do the effects linger? (I know nothing about meth, other than that it makes people lose their minds and their teeth.) According to [this site](https://www.drugrehab.com/addiction/drugs/crystal-meth/how-long-meth-lasts/), the effects of meth can last for 8 to 24 hours, so she was well within the window. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43172 "2019-12-22T06:25:26Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Dec. 14, 2019 > The military is investigating Army Cadets and Navy Midshipmen seen flashing white power signs during the Army-Navy game. > [Military investigates possible white power signs flashed by students during Army-Navy telecast](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1102366) I seem to recall a whole [_Malcolm in the Middle_ episode](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1glTOFPECNI) about this sort of thing, it’s “the circle game”, not a white power thing. The black kid ends up winning. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2019, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43173 "2019-12-23T00:16:55Z")
What is it with these guys and their hair, lately? When did Il Douche go from dull brown to electric orange? And SSteve Miller and his spray on? Rudy get monkey gland implants? And here’s a recent shot of Lou Duhbs… > **[Page not found | Crooks and Liars](https://crooksandliars.com/2019/12/l...mocrats-trying)** > > A progressive news blog focusing on political events and the news coverage of them (Courtesy of Crooks and Liars) Sure, whatever, change your hair color, why not. But I can’t get past thinking they expect us not to notice. ---
**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:** [December 23, 2019, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43174 "2019-12-23T00:26:15Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > She’s going to be prosecuted by the people of the state of Iowa, not the USDOJ (unless she knocked her victim into a neighboring state. Barr and the America-hating fuckstick aren’t going to get their grimy paws on the case. She could be prosecuted under both state and federal laws, with the federal charges serving (largely) as ‘penalty enhancements.’ For example, Dylan Roof could have been prosecuted solely under South Carolina law for his 2015 church killings. In the event he was charged also under federal hate crime laws, which generally carry stricter penalties than the equivalent state laws. But it’s up to the US Department of Justice to decide whether or not to charge. And such decisions have been going in the ‘don’t charge’ direction. From August of this year: > [@](#): > > Prosecutions under federal hate crime statutes have declined, according to the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) at Syracuse University. > There have been just under 2,000 referrals since fiscal year 2009 under the five federal statutes enacted to combat hate crimes, and only 15 percent have resulted in federal prosecutions, said TRAC in a new report. > > … “[d]espite around 50 criminal referrals each year to federal prosecutors for these hate crimes, few have resulted in actual charges filed in federal court,” said TRAC. “During the Trump Administration, the number of federal prosecutions under this statute have become even rarer,” added the report. … [https://thecrimereport.org/2019/08/14/federal-hate-crime-prosecutions-are-falling-report/](https://thecrimereport.org/2019/08/14/federal-hate-crime-prosecutions-are-falling-report/) ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2019, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43175 "2019-12-23T00:53:41Z")
> [@](#): > > Prosecutions under federal hate crime statutes have declined Or as Fox News puts it, “Statistics Prove That Trump is Reducing Racism” ---
**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:** [December 23, 2019, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43176 "2019-12-23T01:10:11Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > Or as Fox News puts it, “Statistics Prove That Trump is Reducing Racism” Seriously. Now if the Trump Administration can just stop all prosecutions of cops who shoot unarmed black guys, they’ll have a _real_ selling point. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2019, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43177 "2019-12-23T22:07:54Z")
[Rudy Giuliani says he’s ‘more of a Jew’ than Holocaust survivor George Soros](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-impeachment-inquiry/giuliani-says-he-s-more-jew-holocaust-survivor-george-soros-n1106701) ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2019, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43178 "2019-12-23T22:44:03Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > That [goofy-looking picture of her](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2019/12/22/us/22xp-mexican-print/merlin_166226664_968cf39a-5587-42bb-bcec-f19045e134d7-superJumbo.jpg) looks amazingly similar to [this fictional(?) movie character](https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/lotr/images/b/ba/Smeagol_5.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20060310225156) ! I got an error with your link, but I was thinking Aileen Wuornos. Was I right? ---
**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:** [December 24, 2019, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43179 "2019-12-24T00:15:33Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Read somewhere recently that meth wasn’t actually invented by the Nazis. Might as well have been. They did use it extensively however (well, they had their grunts do). So did the Allies, though. It was a hell of a war, which called for one hell of a drug ! ---
**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:** [December 24, 2019, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43180 "2019-12-24T00:21:57Z")
SNopes is debunking the claim that George Soros, a Jew, funds Christianity Today, which was founded by Billy Graham. > **[Does Billionaire George Soros Fund Christianity Today Publication?](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/christianity-today-george-soros/)** > > In response to Christianity Today's blistering criticism of U.S. President Donald Trump, some readers used every weapon they could find to attack the evangelical publication. ---
**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:** [December 24, 2019, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43181 "2019-12-24T00:32:06Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > I got an error with your link, but I was thinking Aileen Wuornos. Was I right? Well, Aileen Wuornos was a real person, so not fictional. That said, the image is a screen cap of Smeagol first admiring his Precious (when he still looked like a hobbit). ---
**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:** [December 24, 2019, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43182 "2019-12-24T04:18:23Z")
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**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:** [December 25, 2019, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43183 "2019-12-25T00:50:44Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > I don’t think they needed to do an analysis. There are some very simple criteria, e.g. permanence of residence, that correlate very strongly with party. Students, in particular, are likely D voters who can be targeted in this and several other ways. > > And of course, note that voters who have moved are unlikely to drive across their state, or whatever, to vote illegally. This kind of voter fraud doesn’t exist. > > As another example, recall the Suppression Program which looked for false duplicates. (A “John B. Brown” is registered in another state? Strike him from the rolls!) These fake duplicates are obviously easiest with common surnames. Here are the 20 commonest surnames according to U.S. census, along with a major racial component: > **#1 Smith 22% Black > #2 Johnson 34% Black > #3 Williams 47% Black > #4 Brown 35% Black > #5 Jones 38% Black > #6 Miller 86% White > #7 Davis 31% Black > #8 Garcia 91% Hispanic > #9 Rodriguez 93% Hispanic > #10 Wilson 25% Black > #11 Martinez 92% Hispanic > #12 Anderson 18% Black > #13 Taylor 28% Black > #14 Thomas 38% Black > #15 Hernandez 94% Hispanic > #16 Moore 27% Black > #17 Martin 77% White > #18 Jackson 53% Black > #19 Thompson 23% Black > #20 White 27% Black** > > Only the #6 and #17 most common surnames come close to the GOP’s preferred ethnicity. That’s why the GOP _loves_ spurious name matching. > > Finally, what happens when a R-looking voter shows up at an R-controlled precinct to vote and finds he’s been removed from the roll? “No problem, Jimmy Bob. The state of North Calinkey hain’t got no problem with a good-ol-boy like you voting!” > Did someone mention Chuck Todd? Isn’t he the go-to example of how [checks forum] _utterly stupid_ some of today’s newscasters are? Walter Cronkite, Dan Rather — where are you guys when we need you? Factor in further how frequently _first_ names are duplicated within minority communities as opposed to among whites. Bottom line, we are becoming a more pluralistic country. Those who seek to reject said pluralism must, of necessity, reject the democracy that flows from it. ---
**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:** [December 25, 2019, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43184 "2019-12-25T01:02:40Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > SNopes is debunking the claim that George Soros, a Jew, funds Christianity Today, which was founded by Billy Graham. > [Does Billionaire George Soros Fund Christianity Today Publication? | Snopes.com](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/christianity-today-george-soros/) But… but I \*thought \*we were at war with Oceania ?! This is confusing. ---
**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:** [December 25, 2019, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43185 "2019-12-25T01:45:01Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > And of course, note that voters who have moved are unlikely to drive across their state, or whatever, to vote illegally. This kind of voter fraud doesn’t exist. I can count on exactly zero fingers how many times I’ve “de-registered to vote” in any jurisdiction. What I have done is whenever I’ve moved–across town, to the next town, or even to another state–is to register to vote in the appropriate jurisdiction. What I have never done is vote where I’m not resident. > [@](#): > > As another example, recall the Suppression Program which looked for false duplicates. (A “John B. Brown” is registered in another state? Strike him from the rolls!) These fake duplicates are obviously easiest with common surnames. Here are the 20 commonest surnames according to U.S. census, along with a major racial component: > **#1 Smith 22% Black > #2 Johnson 34% Black > #3 Williams 47% Black > #4 Brown 35% Black > #5 Jones 38% Black > #6 Miller 86% White > #7 Davis 31% Black > #8 Garcia 91% Hispanic > #9 Rodriguez 93% Hispanic > #10 Wilson 25% Black > #11 Martinez 92% Hispanic > #12 Anderson 18% Black > #13 Taylor 28% Black > #14 Thomas 38% Black > #15 Hernandez 94% Hispanic > #16 Moore 27% Black > #17 Martin 77% White > #18 Jackson 53% Black > #19 Thompson 23% Black > #20 White 27% Black** > > Only the #6 and #17 most common surnames come close to the GOP’s preferred ethnicity. That’s why the GOP _loves_ spurious name matching. Depending on the city, my actual family name is either mostly represented in the Black community or the White community. It is quite easy to mistake my color just going by my name if you’re not famililar with the demographics of a different area. > [@](#): > > Finally, what happens when a R-looking voter shows up at an R-controlled precinct to vote and finds he’s been removed from the roll? “No problem, Jimmy Bob. The state of North Calinkey hain’t got no problem with a good-ol-boy like you voting!” Isn’t that why there are provisional ballots? I wonder how much training the poll workers get on that and how often people of color are not informed of their options for it. > [@](#): > > Bottom line, we are becoming a more pluralistic country. Those who seek to reject said pluralism must, of necessity, reject the democracy that flows from it. That’s because those who reject pluralism have always rejected democracy in our country. They prefer only certain people to have the privilege of voting and, to ensure “the wrong person” didn’t get into the top office in the country, they cobbled together the electoral college. You saw how well that worked out, didn’t you? ---
**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:** [December 26, 2019, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43186 "2019-12-26T19:01:22Z")
Congressman Paul Gosar posted a video of a light fixture falling during a Clinton interview and labeled it, “Remember the reason for the season.” [Republican Congressman Posts Video on Christmas Eve of Hillary Clinton Getting Hit by Light Fixture](https://www.newsweek.com/gop-rep-paul-gosar-posts-video-hillary-clinton-getting-hit-light-fixture-1479196)? * * * Individual 1 supporters are touting a website that claims that Individual 1 has an IQ of 156. > **[Trump supporters are promoting a bizarre website that claims the president's...](https://www.rawstory.com/2019/12/trump-supporters-are-promoting-a-bizarre-website-that-claims-the-presidents-iq-is-156-at-the-minimum/)** > > One of President Donald Trump's favorite insults is to label someone as "low IQ," even though the president himself has never released his own IQ score.However, a bizarre website that's being cited by some Trump supporters claims that the president's... ---
**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:** [December 26, 2019, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43187 "2019-12-26T19:47:33Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Individual 1 supporters are touting a website that claims that Individual 1 has an IQ of 156. In Kelvins, possibly ? ---
**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:** [December 26, 2019, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43188 "2019-12-26T20:11:46Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Congressman Paul Gosar posted a video of a light fixture falling during a Clinton interview and labeled it, “Remember the reason for the season.” > [Republican Congressman Posts Video on Christmas Eve of Hillary Clinton Getting Hit by Light Fixture](https://www.newsweek.com/gop-rep-paul-gosar-posts-video-hillary-clinton-getting-hit-light-fixture-1479196)? Watching that video the thing that jumps out at me is how instinctively protective Bill is of Hillary, but I kind of doubt that that is the message that Gosar wanted to send. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2158) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2160)