# 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:** 2166
**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:** [January 9, 2020, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43309 "2020-01-09T20:59:02Z")
> [@mcgato](#): > > Where do people get the idea that the [voter fraud investigation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_Advisory_Commission_on_Election_Integrity) concluded that there was no voter fraud. After the commission asked for voter data, including voter rolls, from every state, the states told them to pound salt. Enough people figured that the voter fraud commission was just a voter suppression commission, and they refused to play ball with them. Once the true purpose was sufficiently exposed, Trump shut it down. > > There was no honest investigation, and there certainly weren’t any honest people on the commission. Like Burisma-gate, it’s irrelevant whether there was an investigation at all, let alone whether it found any actual fraud (and IIRC, the minuscule amount that did turn up tended to be perpetrated by Republican voters). The object was to talk about “voter fraud” as often and as loudly as possible; eventually the Teeming Millions\* will start to think there must be something there, and by golly we oughtta **do** something about it. \*At least those without the IQ that Og gave mayonnaise, which seems to be a distressingly high segment. ---
**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 9, 2020, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43310 "2020-01-09T21:04:35Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > Like Burisma-gate, it’s irrelevant whether there was an investigation at all, let alone whether it found any actual fraud (and IIRC, the minuscule amount that did turn up tended to be perpetrated by Republican voters). The object was to talk about “voter fraud” as often and as loudly as possible; eventually the Teeming Millions\* will start to think there must be something there, and by golly we oughtta **do** something about it. > > \*At least those without the IQ that Og gave mayonnaise, which seems to be a distressingly high segment. And use it to justify kicking people off the rolls in droves, which is what is currently happening in places like Wisconsin. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2020, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43311 "2020-01-09T21:10:45Z")
Shortly after the 2016 election, I happened to be sharing a bus with a crazy guy who was continually ranting about Clinton, and why couldn’t she just have used her own computer, she’s got millions, she can afford it, but no, she had to go and use a government computer and get in trouble, and how dare she think she was entitled to do that. Moral of the story, people don’t care what they’re ranting about. Just keep them ranting about something, anything. ---
**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 9, 2020, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43312 "2020-01-09T22:19:04Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > Like Burisma-gate, it’s irrelevant whether there was an investigation at all, let alone whether it found any actual fraud (and IIRC, the minuscule amount that did turn up tended to be perpetrated by Republican voters). The object was to talk about “voter fraud” as often and as loudly as possible; eventually the Teeming Millions\* will start to think there must be something there, and by golly we oughtta **do** something about it. > > \*At least those without the IQ that Og gave mayonnaise, which seems to be a distressingly high segment. Point of Order: Teeming Millions, when capitalized, most properly refers to Dopers. The term when used to describe the unwashed masses who are not smart or hip enough (or favored-by-the-vagaries-of-Furtune dipsticks) to be Dopers, should be simply given as “the teeming millions.” ---
**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:** [January 9, 2020, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43313 "2020-01-09T23:01:37Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Well, to be fair, it didn’t say “100% real ingredients.” “Contains molecular compounds!” Oh good, no helium. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43314 "2020-01-10T00:40:47Z")
Trump supporter writes an editorial for the WSJ supporting Trump’s tariffs. [Except the tariffs that affect his business. He needs an exemption to those.](https://www.wsj.com/articles/i-support-trumps-tariffs-but-need-an-exemption-11578441310?mod=e2two) I have no idea how this isn’t satire. ---
**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:** [January 10, 2020, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43315 "2020-01-10T00:55:41Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > “Contains molecular compounds!” > > Oh good, no helium. More importantly, no oganesson. That stuff is dangerous. ---
**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43316 "2020-01-10T13:42:39Z")
[sub]118[/sub]Og[sub]SMASH![/suB] ---
**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:** [January 10, 2020, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43317 "2020-01-10T14:36:07Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > And use it to justify kicking people off the rolls in droves, which is what is currently happening in places like Wisconsin. And Georgia in 2018, where the Republican gubernatorial candidate, who just happened to also be the incumbent Secretary of State, and didn’t resign or recuse himself before the election, kicked enough people off the rolls to steal the election from Democrat Stacy Abrams, who should have been the country’s first black female governor. She has since formed an [organization](https://fairfight.com/) to fight the continuing process of Republican voter purges. ---
**Author:** ![margin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@margin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/margin)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43318 "2020-01-10T15:00:58Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > And Georgia in 2018, where the Republican gubernatorial candidate, who just happened to also be the incumbent Secretary of State, and didn’t resign or recuse himself before the election, kicked enough people off the rolls to steal the election from Democrat Stacy Abrams, who should have been the country’s first black female governor. She has since formed an [organization](https://fairfight.com/) to fight the continuing process of Republican voter purges. Where are all our brave Republicans to defend this fuckery? Repubs are throwing what they _think_ are Dem voters. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43319 "2020-01-10T15:21:07Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > And Georgia in 2018, where the Republican gubernatorial candidate, who just happened to also be the incumbent Secretary of State, and didn’t resign or recuse himself before the election, kicked enough people off the rolls to steal the election from Democrat Stacy Abrams, who should have been the country’s first black female governor. She has since formed an [organization](https://fairfight.com/) to fight the continuing process of Republican voter purges. Wow! That’s pretty damm sick! What an evil Repugnican turd. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43320 "2020-01-10T15:37:39Z")
> [@margin](#): > > Where are all our brave Republicans to defend this fuckery? Repubs are throwing what they _think_ are Dem voters. If it is legal, then it is a good thing. To be more precise, if you can’t get a court to reverse it, then it is a good thing. Actually, if you can ignore a court order to reverse it long enough, then it is a good thing. Obvious when you think of it a certain way (the “way” being that a vote for a Democrat is a Bad Vote). ---
**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 10, 2020, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43321 "2020-01-10T15:56:56Z")
All’s fair in stopping the spread of socialism into the west. Democracy will have to wait. Right, pubbies? ---
**Author:** ![margin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@margin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/margin)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43322 "2020-01-10T16:19:20Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > If it is legal, then it is a good thing. > > To be more precise, if you can’t get a court to reverse it, then it is a good thing. Slavery was legal. > [@](#): > > Actually, if you can ignore a court order to reverse it long enough, then it is a good thing. You’re avoiding addressing this precise, realworld example of Republican evil. > [@](#): > > Obvious when you think of it a certain way (the “way” being that a vote for a Democrat is a Bad Vote). Republicans want to silence Dems forever. Then what? Seriously, they want only white “Christian” Republican men to have the vote. That’s the end game. ---
**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 10, 2020, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43323 "2020-01-10T21:34:15Z")
Greg Abbott, you S.O.B., you’ve given some of us another reason to be embarrassed to be Texans. [**Texas becomes first state to refuse refugees**](https://www.axios.com/texas-state-ban-refugees-trump-executive-order-ef2769bb-0a06-41e7-a583-b7649dd4f9c2.html) > [@](#): > > Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said on Friday that the state will not accept any refugees this year, AP reports. > > \*\*Why it matters: \*\*Abbott is the first governor to take President Trump up on his executive order allowing state and local governments to block refugee resettlements. Other Republican governors have publicly welcomed refugees. (Bold in original) ☹ ---
**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 12, 2020, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43324 "2020-01-12T02:29:59Z")
> [@margin](#): > > …Republicans want to silence Dems forever. Then what? Seriously, they want only white “Christian” Republican men to have the vote. That’s the end game. You forget the repeal of the Income Tax and the reinstitution of black slavery. ---
**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:** [January 12, 2020, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43325 "2020-01-12T02:54:38Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Greg Abbott, you S.O.B., you’ve given some of us another reason to be embarrassed to be Texans. It will be thirteen years this month since there was a Texan of whom to be proud (and she was always good for a laugh, too). ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2020, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43326 "2020-01-12T04:18:11Z")
> [@margin](#): > > Slavery was legal. > > You’re avoiding addressing this precise, realworld example of Republican evil. > > Republicans want to silence Dems forever. Then what? Seriously, they want only white “Christian” Republican men to have the vote. That’s the end game. I think you missed the invisible \ tag. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2020, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43327 "2020-01-12T04:58:08Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > It will be thirteen years this month since there was a Texan of whom to be proud (and she was always good for a laugh, too). Well, now, Willie Nelson may not have a lot of keen political insight, but Molly couldn’t play a guitar for shit. ---
**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:** [January 12, 2020, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43328 "2020-01-12T05:45:39Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > You forget the repeal of the Income Tax and the reinstitution of black slavery. Now, now, you’re being unfair, the times they have changed. I think nowadays they’re be OK with Democrat slavery, regardless of race. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2165) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2167)