# 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:** 2180
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2020, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43589 "2020-03-02T17:56:17Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Bernie Sanders -\> Colonel Sanders -\> Fried Chicken -\> Birds -\> Avian Flu -\> COVID-19 > **[SIZE=“4”][SIZE=“3”] > Connect the dots, people!![/SIZE][/SIZE]** That’s the only reason I can think of to not rename the disease to the infinitely-cooler-sounding-yet-still-legit CORVID-19, because people will confuse it with Bird Flu. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2020, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43590 "2020-03-02T21:03:49Z")
I’m not buying that at all. You didn’t show any connection to 5G or chemtrails, or how all of this is just a big pharma inside job to force vaccinations. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2020, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43591 "2020-03-02T21:04:18Z")
Sometimes I feel like “the internet” is not a well chosen name. A more descriptive appellation is in order – it should henceforth be labeled the “OFFS”. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2020, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43592 "2020-03-02T21:24:28Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Bernie Sanders -\> Colonel Sanders -\> Fried Chicken -\> Birds -\> Avian Flu -\> COVID-19 > **[SIZE=“4”][SIZE=“3”] > Connect the dots, people!![/SIZE][/SIZE]** I’m with you up to a point, but how do Them Jews fit into it ? ---
**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:** [March 2, 2020, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43593 "2020-03-02T21:58:35Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > I’m with you up to a point, but how do Them Jews fit into it ? Well, what is Bernie? ---
**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:** [March 3, 2020, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43594 "2020-03-03T01:45:29Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Sure they do, its a man, a woman, and a mistress! They call that _mercredi_. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2020, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43595 "2020-03-03T03:11:58Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > They call that _mercredi_. From the [movie](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060112/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0) of the same name. 😉 ---
**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:** [March 3, 2020, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43596 "2020-03-03T15:51:52Z")
This is the kind of thinking the Democrats are up against. :smack: **[These suburban white women are ‘mortified’ they voted for Trump. But they’ll do it again.](https://www.thelily.com/these-suburban-white-women-are-mortified-they-voted-for-trump-but-theyll-do-it-again/http://)** > [@](#): > > [Patricia] Murphy, who considers herself a moderate Republican, is what political analysts would call the “hidden Trump voter.” In 2016, suburban white women, especially in purple states like North Carolina, voted for Trump in far greater numbers than pollsters projected, contributing to Trump winning white women by 53 percent overall. These were women, analysts concluded, who weren’t particularly proud to support Trump, but voted for him anyway. > … > > Murphy doesn’t regret voting for Trump: She was never going to support Clinton. She will always remember the “60 Minutes” appearance Clinton made when Bill Clinton was running for president in 1992. Responding to a question about her legal career, Clinton said, **“I suppose I could have stayed home and baked cookies.”** To Murphy, that comment felt personal: If the two of them met at a party, Murphy says, she feels sure Clinton would not bother to talk to her, a marketing specialist who took years off to raise her kids, educated far from the Ivy League. Many of her friends feel the same way, she says. > > “We’ll talk about how horrible Trump is, how embarrassing. We’re mortified. But then we’ll look at each other and be like, ‘Not having Hillary Clinton as president — worth it.’” > … My bold. Okay, let me get this straight. This educated woman still holds the cookie remark against Hillary Clinton ALMOST TWENTY YEARS AFTER IT HAPPENED, and she’ll vote AGAIN for a stupid, arrogant blowhard who is on record bragging that he can grab a woman’s pussy any time he wants to. Right. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43597 "2020-03-03T16:02:28Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > This is the kind of thinking the Democrats are up against. :smack: > > **[These suburban white women are ‘mortified’ they voted for Trump. But they’ll do it again.](https://www.thelily.com/these-suburban-white-women-are-mortified-they-voted-for-trump-but-theyll-do-it-again/http://)** > My bold. > > Okay, let me get this straight. This educated woman still holds the cookie remark against Hillary Clinton ALMOST TWENTY YEARS AFTER IT HAPPENED, and she’ll vote AGAIN for a stupid, arrogant blowhard who is on record bragging that he can grab a woman’s pussy any time he wants to. > > Right. You can’t fix [del]stupid[/del] fucking idiotic. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2020, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43598 "2020-03-03T19:38:53Z")
When I’m considering who to vote for, my single issue is “would this person talk to me at a party?” While I respect those who are more concerned about issues like what the candidate would eat at the party or what would the candidate wear to the party, I personally think the biggest issue facing our country today is whether or not the person would talk to me at the party. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2020, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43599 "2020-03-03T19:58:31Z")
> [@Borborygmi](#): > > When I’m considering who to vote for, my single issue is “would this person talk to me at a party?” While I respect those who are more concerned about issues like what the candidate would eat at the party or what would the candidate wear to the party, I personally think the biggest issue facing our country today is whether or not the person would talk to me at the party. Yes, but would you vote for a man who brags that he can grab your pussy (presuming you have one)? THAT’S the real test. :rolleyes: ---
**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:** [March 3, 2020, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43600 "2020-03-03T20:40:26Z")
> [@Borborygmi](#): > > When I’m considering who to vote for, my single issue is “would this person talk to me at a party?” Everything I heard coming out of the 2016 campaign is that while Hillary generally comes off stiff and (please excuse the misogyny) a bit of a bitch while giving speeches, she is absolutely charming and gracious in small group settings. So she probably would talk to you at a party. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2020, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43601 "2020-03-03T23:55:56Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > This is the kind of thinking the Democrats are up against. :smack: > > **[These suburban white women are ‘mortified’ they voted for Trump. But they’ll do it again.](https://www.thelily.com/these-suburban-white-women-are-mortified-they-voted-for-trump-but-theyll-do-it-again/http://)** > My bold. > > Okay, let me get this straight. This educated woman still holds the cookie remark against Hillary Clinton ALMOST TWENTY YEARS AFTER IT HAPPENED, and she’ll vote AGAIN for a stupid, arrogant blowhard who is on record bragging that he can grab a woman’s pussy any time he wants to. > > Right. Do they know that Hillary is not running this time? ---
**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:** [March 4, 2020, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43602 "2020-03-04T00:34:37Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Do they know that Hillary is not running this time? Doesn’t matter. They’ll come up with some other ridiculous excuse to vote for Trump again, no matter who runs against him. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2020, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43603 "2020-03-05T00:11:27Z")
> [@Running\_with\_Scissors](#): > > Doesn’t matter. They’ll come up with some other ridiculous excuse to vote for Trump again, no matter who runs against him. Plan 1: Burisma! Yes, the GOP really think that no one will notice that they had nothing whatsoever to say about Hunter Biden and Burisma during the weeks in which Joe was low in the polling. And they think that no one will notice how thin these “accusations” are. They are going full steam ahead with Hearings! Investigations! A Special Prosecutor (maybe)! > [@](#): > > It’s not just former Vice President Joe Biden’s campaign experiencing a resurrection in light of his strong Super Tuesday performance. > > After telling CNN reporter Manu Raju Wednesday morning that he told President Trump that Biden will be “tough” to beat in the general election, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) appeared to suggest that Senate Republicans plan to go after the former vice president for his son’s tenure on the board of Ukraine energy company Burisma. … [https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/graham-johnson-biden-campaign-burisma](https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/graham-johnson-biden-campaign-burisma) It’s mighty weak sauce. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2020, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43604 "2020-03-05T00:31:55Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > It’s mighty weak sauce. When all you have is weak sauce, Fox News will lap it up and say “yum yum, rich thick gravy!” ---
**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:** [March 5, 2020, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43605 "2020-03-05T00:54:00Z")
Even the weakest sauce turns to sludge if you boil it long enough. [/deepity] ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43606 "2020-03-05T01:24:13Z")
It’s Swift Boat III (if one considers Bengazi to be Swift Boat II) ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43607 "2020-03-05T01:51:51Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#): > > It’s Swift Boat III (if one considers Bengazi to be Swift Boat II) Y’know, I don’t recall an investigation into Biden’s role in the Benghazi Massacre, and he outranked Hillary at the time. His fingerprints are probably all over it. Note to Republicans: Conspiracy theory copyright 2020. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2020, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43608 "2020-03-05T21:22:29Z")
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