# 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:** 2173
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2020, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43449 "2020-02-06T18:54:16Z")
Gaetz led the invasion of the Intelligence Committee SCIF in which he brought in phones and other prohibited equipment. He should be lucky that congressmen are generally immune from prosecution. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2020, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43450 "2020-02-06T18:59:39Z")
Franklin Graham was planning a seven city tour of the UK, but every venue has canceled, saying his homophobia and Islamophobia is not welcome > **[Evangelist preacher Franklin Graham planned a seven-city UK tour. All seven...](https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/06/uk/franklin-graham-uk-tour-scli-intl/index.html)** > > A planned UK tour by US evangelist Franklin Graham is in question after every venue booked by the preacher canceled planned appearances, following an outcry over his homophobic and Islamophobic comments. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2020, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43451 "2020-02-06T19:31:42Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Matt Gaetz has filed a formal ethics complaint against Pelosi for tearing up her copy of the SOTU speech. > He also is planning on filing criminal charges. > [https://thehill.com/homenews/house/481796-gaetz-files-ethics-complaint-against-pelosi-for-destroying-trump-speech](https://thehill.com/homenews/house/481796-gaetz-files-ethics-complaint-against-pelosi-for-destroying-trump-speech) Direct quote : > [@](#): > > Nobody is above the law. She must be held accountable. … Today ? You fucking have the gall to say this TODAY, you little 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:** [February 6, 2020, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43452 "2020-02-06T20:07:10Z")
Fuckety fuck, it’s not even my country, my circus OR my monkeys ; and I’ve been fuming about this for the last half hour. You gotta hand it to the new normal American right : their troll game is unparalleled. ---
**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:** [February 8, 2020, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43453 "2020-02-08T03:17:33Z")
Susan Collins just said it would be inappropriate for Individual 1 to retaliate against those who testified against him. ---
**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:** [February 8, 2020, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43454 "2020-02-08T03:26:28Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Susan Collins just said it would be inappropriate for Individual 1 to retaliate against those who testified against him. Wow, that is just fucking _harsh_. How can she stand to live with herself? ---
**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:** [February 8, 2020, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43455 "2020-02-08T04:02:19Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Franklin Graham was planning a seven city tour of the UK, but every venue has canceled, saying his homophobia and Islamophobia is not welcome > [https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/06/uk/franklin-graham-uk-tour-scli-intl/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/06/uk/franklin-graham-uk-tour-scli-intl/index.html) > [@](#): > > … Though his tour is currently without a venue, Graham has said he intends for it to continue and will make arrangements at alternative sites. “We are still finalising where the Graham Tour will be held, but we want to be clear that the initiative and all associated training courses will take place on the same dates as originally planned…” “_You don’t want me there, but I’m coming anyway._” ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2020, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43456 "2020-02-08T14:31:09Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Susan Collins just said it would be inappropriate for Individual 1 to retaliate against those who testified against him. He already started, and he ain’t done by a long shot. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2020, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43457 "2020-02-08T15:34:08Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Susan Collins just said it would be inappropriate for Individual 1 to retaliate against those who testified against him. Another opportunity to furrow her brow and pretend to weigh the evidence before bending over to kiss Trump’s ass. It’s like Lucy pulling the ball away from Charlie Brown, yet the media pretend to fall for it every time. “What will Senator Collins do?” They know what she’ll do, they’re just generating stories to fill the news cycle. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2020, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43458 "2020-02-09T08:22:58Z")
(slyly cross-posted from forum I egregiously misposted in: :smack:) The fucknuckle that Don Jr. most likely modeled his look after - Jerry Falwell Jr - and West Virginia Gov. (and hideous freaking toad monster) Jim Justice\* want the western part of Virginia to [secede and graft\*\*](https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/28/virginia-secession-jerry-falwell-jr-jim-justice-ur/) itself Basket Case-style on to West Virgina in order to fight back the rising tide of that god-awful Democratic Party Totalitarianism that took over aw poooorrrr Virginia last November. > [@](#): > > In what they acknowledged is a long-shot bid, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice and Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. urged unhappy Virginia counties Tuesday to secede and join a neighboring state where Democrats aren’t in charge. > Glad to at least hear the acknowledgement. > [@](#): > > “If you’re not truly happy where you are, we stand with open arms to take you from Virginia **or anywhere where you may be** ,” said Justice, who’s running for reelection. “We stand strongly behind the Second Amendment and **we stand strongly for the unborn**.” First bolded: hey gee that’s not a dog-whistle for shitheads everywhere, nope. Second bolded: “…we stand strongly on the born.” FTFY. Thankfully, this was the reception: > [@](#): > > The announcement from Falwell and Justice drew laughs from both sides of the aisle in Virginia. > > “What are they doing, a comedy routine?” said Republican Sen. Emmett Hanger. Huh, even an (R.) laughing at this cockamamie shite. Laughing, for now. \*Hey with a Jusctice-y name like that, what could go wrong? Totally looks like some bloated, miserable national Russian hockey coach from the 70s. \*\* Not my first choice of sources, but article seemed, to, er, scan, I spose… ---
**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:** [February 9, 2020, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43459 "2020-02-09T09:01:57Z")
Remove the red counties from Virginia and graft them onto a red state? Works for me! If the Republicans really want to gerrymander at the federal level in favor of the Democrats I won’t stand in their way. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2020, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43460 "2020-02-09T10:07:54Z")
Right wing asshole Jordan Peterson is _in Russia_ “recovering” from benzodiazepine addiction. > **['Extreme desperation' leads Jordan Peterson to undergo detox for physical...](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-09/jordan-peterson-is-recovering-from-tranquiliser-dependence/11947500)** > > The bestselling Canadian author's daughter says he was sent to Russia for benzodiazepine detox after North American hospitals failed to treat his dependence. (I guess he technically doesn’t qualify as a Republican since he’s Canadian, but Republicans love him) ---
**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:** [February 9, 2020, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43461 "2020-02-09T10:47:47Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > The fucknuckle that Don Jr. most likely modeled his look after - Jerry Falwell Jr - and West Virginia Gov. (and hideous freaking toad monster) Jim Justice\* Who the fuck, having a kickass surname “Justice”, name their fucking son “Jim” ? By rights and all natural law, a Justice kid needs to be called something like “Booker T.” or “Maximum” ---
**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:** [February 9, 2020, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43462 "2020-02-09T11:11:56Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Who the fuck, having a kickass surname “Justice”, name their fucking son “Jim” ? By rights and all natural law, a Justice kid needs to be called something like “Booker T.” or “Maximum” How about “Chief”? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2020, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43463 "2020-02-09T13:43:27Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Right wing asshole Jordan Peterson is _in Russia_ “recovering” from benzodiazepine addiction. > [Author Jordan Peterson is recovering from physical dependence to benzodiazepine in Russia - ABC News](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-09/jordan-peterson-is-recovering-from--tranquiliser-addiction/11947500) > > (I guess he technically doesn’t qualify as a Republican since he’s Canadian, but Republicans love him) I’m eager to learn whether it’s political correctness, cultural Marxism, feminism, or some combination of the three that is to blame for his drug addiction. (Also somewhat curious what kind of detox programs they have in Russia that they don’t have in “numerous North American hospitals”…) ---
**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:** [February 9, 2020, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43464 "2020-02-09T14:04:52Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > I’m eager to learn whether it’s political correctness, cultural Marxism, feminism, or some combination of the three that is to blame for his drug addiction. > > (Also somewhat curious what kind of detox programs they have in Russia that they don’t have in “numerous North American hospitals”…) Vodka. Lots of vodka. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2020, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43465 "2020-02-09T15:50:42Z")
Approved standard treatment for HIV, arthritis, diabetes, STDs, and pneumonia. Also, depression. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43466 "2020-02-09T16:02:50Z")
[Florida Man runs for Congress](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/09/us/politics/qanon-trump-conspiracy-theory.html): > [@](#): > > Matthew Lusk, who is running unopposed in the Republican primary for a Florida congressional seat and openly embraces QAnon, said in an email that its anonymous creator was a patriot who “brings what the fake news will not touch without slanting.” As for the theory’s more extreme elements, Mr. Lusk said he was uncertain whether there really was a pedophile ring associated with the deep state. > > **“That being said,” he added, “I do believe there is a group in Brussels, Belgium, that do eat aborted babies.”** ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2020, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43467 "2020-02-09T16:50:42Z")
While we’re on this Qanon thing… Was never sure if it was pronounced “can-on”, “qua-non”, or what the hey, but then this [link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN8z8KIEofo) distinctly says it like “can-in-non”, no? What? ---
**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:** [February 9, 2020, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43468 "2020-02-09T17:21:53Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > While we’re on this Qanon thing… > Was never sure if it was pronounced “can-on”, “qua-non”, or what the hey, but then this [link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN8z8KIEofo) distinctly says it like “can-in-non”, no? > What? I always went with Q - Anon, since the whole point was an anonymous person who claimed to have “Q” level clearance. I’ve never actually listened to any of its adherents speak, due to a congenital inability to sit though stupid people talking as if they were smart, so I’m not familiar with how they mangle it, but am not at all surprised they apparently misunderstood the whole point of the name. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2172) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2174)