# 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:** 2164
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2020, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43269 "2020-01-06T00:36:23Z")
The next negligent (or staged) US petro refinery explosion will be blamed on Iran, thus justifying nuking Teheran. Expect the next SOTU to end with,“I just ordered the launch. Terrorism will be destroyed! Have a nice year.” ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2020, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43270 "2020-01-06T01:35:21Z")
> [@RioRico](#): > > The next negligent (or staged) US petro refinery explosion will be blamed on Iran, thus justifying nuking Teheran. Expect the next SOTU to end with,“I just ordered the launch. Terrorism will be destroyed! Have a nice year.” Remember the Maine! ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2020, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43271 "2020-01-06T02:38:20Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Anybody want to bet Iran makes a major retaliatory strike on February 4th, right before (or during) the State of the Union address? Nancy Pelosi is supposedly doing the same thing. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2020, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43272 "2020-01-06T04:40:58Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > On the one hand its a war crime, but on the other hand it will piss off multiculturalist liberals, so from a cost benefit analysis it’s clearly the right thing to do. Yeah, this. The Base is never going to see Quebec City, let alone Paris, Osaka, or Tehran. They have no idea how to apply for a passport, and wouldn’t do it even if they could figure it out. Branson, Missouri, or bust. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2020, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43273 "2020-01-06T19:26:07Z")
Donnie Jr. just posted a photo of his target shooting gun decorated with a Crusader helmet and a drawing of Hillary behind bars. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2020, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43274 "2020-01-06T20:00:52Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Donnie Jr. just posted a photo of his target shooting gun decorated with a Crusader helmet and a drawing of Hillary behind bars. Seems like he’s angling harder and harder for that 2024 nomination and sees what works with Trumpistas. You can’t be too big of an asshole for Republican voters and that gives junior a massive head start over just about anybody else. Also, fuck Shodan. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2020, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43275 "2020-01-06T20:43:09Z")
Fox & Friends suddenly is beleivng the US intelligence people whom they have accused of plotting against Individual 1. [Fox And Friends Wants You To Trust Intelligence Agencies Now | Crooks and Liars](https://crooksandliars.com/2020/01/fox-and-friends-wants-you-trust)? ---
**Author:** ![margin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@margin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/margin)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2020, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43276 "2020-01-06T20:57:36Z")
> [@](#): > > No doubt someone helped him with the math. Fucker can’t count to 21 without taking both shoes off _and_ dropping trou. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2020, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43277 "2020-01-06T21:03:18Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Anybody want to bet Iran makes a major retaliatory strike on February 4th, right before (or during) the State of the Union address? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Nancy Pelosi is supposedly doing the same thing. Nancy Pelosi is planning a major retaliatory strike? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2020, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43278 "2020-01-06T21:08:53Z")
> [@margin](#): > > Fucker can’t count to 21 without taking both shoes off _and_ dropping trou. 20.5 ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2020, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43279 "2020-01-06T23:26:57Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > 20.5 15.5 if every finger only counts for 0.5 ---
**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:** [January 7, 2020, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43280 "2020-01-07T05:31:09Z")
Crazy Paul Gosar, who tweeted a Christmas greeting of a studio light almost falling on Hillary Clinton, today tweets a photoshopped picture of Obama shaking hands with Hassan Rouhani. When called out for it, he said, “[N]o one said this wasn’t photoshopped. No one said the president of Iran was dead. No one said Obama met with Rouhani in person. The tweet says: “the world is a better place without either of them in power.” > **[GOP lawmaker shares fake image of Obama meeting with Iran’s Rouhani](https://thehill.com/homenews/house/476999-gop-lawmaker-shares-photoshopped-image-of-obama-meeting-with-irans-rouhani/)** > > Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) on Monday tweeted a fake image of former President Obama meeting with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.“The world is a better place without these guys in power,” Gosa… ---
**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:** [January 7, 2020, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43281 "2020-01-07T09:03:26Z")
He’s at least half wrong. And I don’t know from Rouhani. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2020, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43282 "2020-01-07T19:16:33Z")
Nikki Haley is saying that Democrats are mourning Soleimani. > **[Nikki Haley slammed for claim that Democrats are 'only ones that are mourning...](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/01/07/nikki-haley-democrats-mourning-soleimani/2830729001/)** > > "The only ones that are mourning the loss of Soleimani are our Democrat leadership, and our Democrat presidential candidates," Haley said on Fox News. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2020, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43283 "2020-01-07T19:45:24Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Nikki Haley is saying that Democrats are mourning Soleimani. > [Nikki Haley: Democrats are only ones mourning Iran Gen. Soleimani](https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/2830729001) Is that what they really think? Or are they just lying liars who lie all the time? Every so often, I see some news thing that says that conservatives understand liberals better than liberals understand conservatives. And then I see something like this where the conservatives so completely misstate the left’s POV\* that it means that either the study is really, really, really wrong; we don’t understand them at all, because that’s the only way you could be less than this; or they’re just thoroughly corrupt that falsehood is their only setting. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2020, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43284 "2020-01-07T20:20:14Z")
> [@amarinth](#): > > Is that what they really think? Or are they just lying liars who lie all the time? > > Every so often, I see some news thing that says that conservatives understand liberals better than liberals understand conservatives. And then I see something like this where the conservatives so completely misstate the left’s POV\* that it means that either the study is really, really, really wrong; we don’t understand them at all, because that’s the only way you could be less than this; or they’re just **thoroughly corrupt that falsehood is their only setting**. I vote for the part I’ve bolded. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2020, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43285 "2020-01-07T20:43:57Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I vote for the part I’ve bolded. There was a time I would have agreed with you on that, but then conspiracy theorists managed to take over the GOP. And, while it’s tempting to read the typical CT BS and declare that no one could be stupid enough to actually believe that, the sad reality is, there really are a lot of them that really do believe it. It is often said that the biggest mistake you can make is to start believing your own bullshit, but that is a mistake I think they’re all doing now. When you look at it, the entire Ukraine scandal only makes sense if Trump and some significant portion of his supporters all really believe the bullshit they’ve made up about how Biden is really the corrupt one. This is also true of pulling out of the Iran Nuclear Deal. Trump also believes in mass voter fraud so completely he even created a committee to investigate it. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2020, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43286 "2020-01-07T20:59:45Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > There was a time I would have agreed with you on that, but then conspiracy theorists managed to take over the GOP. And, while it’s tempting to read the typical CT BS and declare that no one could be stupid enough to actually believe that, the sad reality is, there really are a lot of them that really do believe it. > > It is often said that the biggest mistake you can make is to start believing your own bullshit, but that is a mistake I think they’re all doing now. > > When you look at it, the entire Ukraine scandal only makes sense if Trump and some significant portion of his supporters all really believe the bullshit they’ve made up about how Biden is really the corrupt one. This is also true of pulling out of the Iran Nuclear Deal. Trump also believes in mass voter fraud so completely he even created a committee to investigate it. That doesn’t necessarily mean he believes it – only that he wants others to believe it. ---
**Author:** ![Running\_with\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Running\_with\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Running_with_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2020, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43287 "2020-01-07T21:14:00Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > That doesn’t necessarily mean he believes it – only that he wants others to believe it. Personally I don’t think Trump believes a lot of the shit he says (such as that Obama wasn’t born in the US, since he was actually an Obama supporter until he decided to join the GOP). I don’t think he cares either; as has been shown many times, he’ll say whatever he thinks is best to preserve his base. That’s not to say he doesn’t believe a lot of bizarre shit. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2020, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43288 "2020-01-07T23:00:58Z")
Former MLB player Aubrey Huff (he of teaching his sons how to shoot so they can defend themselves when Bernie Sanders tries to take his guns, and loves that tweet so much he has it pinned to the top of his Twitter account) is now saying he wants to go to Iran and kidnap ten women so he can bring them back to the US so they can fan him and feed him grapes. [https://twitter.com/aubrey\_huff/status/1214571848198832128](https://twitter.com/aubrey_huff/status/1214571848198832128) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2163) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2165)