# 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:** 2205
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44089 "2020-04-21T19:23:30Z")
Right-wing pundit discovers [new proof](https://twitter.com/mitchellvii/status/1252453257080909824) of “Democrat” corruption! > [@Bill Mitchell](#): > > Interesting that ActBlue raised an average donation of $30.38. > > This would imply people are donating in uneven numbers, including pennies, which would be odd. OR it would indicate untraceable foreign donations and an exchange rate translation, which would be illegal. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44090 "2020-04-21T19:29:32Z")
Wait, where’d that $30.38 come from? I get [$123.95](https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/20/actblue-small-donor-bonanza-first-quarter-195434). ---
**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:** [April 21, 2020, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44091 "2020-04-21T20:10:29Z")
Tucker Carlson, whose father was the head of the Voice of America and whose stepmother is a Swanson foods heiress, calls AOC, whose mother was a house cleaner, “a child of privilege.” > **[Tucker Carlson Calls AOC a 'Child of Privilege' | The Mary Sue](https://www.themarysue.com/tucker-carlson-calls-aoc-privileged-no-really/)** > > Tucker Carlson called Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez a 'child of privilege' as if he's never met himself. ---
**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:** [April 21, 2020, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44092 "2020-04-21T20:17:44Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Right-wing pundit discovers [new proof](https://twitter.com/mitchellvii/status/1252453257080909824) of “Democrat” corruption! So now not only are they anti-science, they’re also anti-math? ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44093 "2020-04-21T21:49:05Z")
> [@Running\_with\_Scissors](#): > > So now not only are they anti-science, they’re also anti-math? Also [anti](https://twitter.com/biglyprez/status/1022199217538977794)-[spelling](https://twitter.com/georgetakei/status/497209638728003584). ---
**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:** [April 21, 2020, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44094 "2020-04-21T23:47:46Z")
> [@Running\_with\_Scissors](#): > > So now not only are they anti-science, they’re also anti-math? Well, of course they are. After all, math uses those [“evil Arabic numerals”](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/arabic-numerals-survey-prejudice-bias-survey-research-civic-science-a8918256.html). ---
**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:** [April 22, 2020, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44095 "2020-04-22T04:45:23Z")
McCrae Dowless, the guy involved in the election fraud case in North Caroline Congressional District 9 which led to a re-election, has been arrested on Social Security fraud. [https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/man-center-district-9-election-scandal-indicted-social-security-fraud](https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/man-center-district-9-election-scandal-indicted-social-security-fraud) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2020, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44096 "2020-04-22T06:21:33Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > McCrae Dowless, the guy involved in the election fraud case in North Caroline Congressional District 9 which led to a re-election, has been arrested on Social Security fraud. > [https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/man-center-district-9-election-scandal-indicted-social-security-fraud](https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/man-center-district-9-election-scandal-indicted-social-security-fraud) I’m getting a 404 Error on that link-try [this link.](https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article242174111.html) ---
**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:** [April 22, 2020, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44097 "2020-04-22T10:04:04Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > McCrae Dowless, the guy involved in the election fraud case in North Caroline Congressional District 9 which led to a re-election, has been arrested on Social Security fraud. > [https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/man-center-district-9-election-scandal-indicted-social-security-fraud](https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/man-center-district-9-election-scandal-indicted-social-security-fraud) But, but, but [del]her E-mails[/del] [del]Obama[/del] he’s not a Democrat. How can this be? ---
**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:** [April 22, 2020, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44098 "2020-04-22T12:16:44Z")
Sa this gem this morning about Kemp’s decision to “re-open” Georgia. I have no idea if it’s correct or not, but it reportedly has a lot of folks upset: > [@](#): > > GA local, George Chidi, just wrote a local op-ed and a public facebook post that proffers an explanation for why Kemp is reopening the state for such bizarre businesses as massage parlors (really!), tattoo parlors, hair dressers and restaurants. His argument is pretty stark. The money quote is this: > > ``` > If there's no state order calling for businesses to be closed, the people who are unemployed can no longer claim that their unemployment is involuntary, even if it would be utter idiocy for them to return to work. A hair dresser or a massage therapist cannot maintain social distance. But they can certainly file for relief ... unless the law says they can work. > > ``` > > This is blowing up in my face book community … especially with restaurant owners, servers, hair stylists and their colleagues. No one seems to question that Chidi is right. > **[GA losing it over this possible explanation of Kemp's reopening.](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/4/21/1939356/-GA-losing-it-over-this-possible-explanation-of-Kemp-s-reopening?utm_campaign=trending)** > > This will be short. A GA local, George Chidi, just wrote a local op-ed and a public facebook post that proffers an explanation for why Kemp is reopening the state for such bizarre businesses as massage therapists, tattoo parlors, hair dressers and... ---
**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:** [April 22, 2020, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44099 "2020-04-22T12:48:14Z")
Can we start the day with a hearty “Fuck You” to Mitch MCConnell? From [here](https://nypost.com/2020/04/21/mitch-mcconnell-calls-big-firms-getting-loans-interesting-debate/): > [@](#): > > The main purpose obviously of this small business program was small businesses. On the other hand, you could make an argument that if my job was lost, the size of my employer doesn’t make any difference to me. I’m out of work. So it’s an interesting debate. We’re feeling our way along here, we’re trying to do the best we can to get money to our people and to our small businesses. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2020, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44100 "2020-04-22T13:35:31Z")
> [@Mr.Greenjeans](#): > > Can we start the day with a hearty “Fuck You” to Mitch MCConnell? I always do. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2020, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44101 "2020-04-22T14:12:05Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > McCrae Dowless, the guy involved in the election fraud case in North Caroline Congressional District 9 which led to a re-election, has been arrested on Social Security fraud. > [https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/man-center-district-9-election-scandal-indicted-social-security-fraud](https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/man-center-district-9-election-scandal-indicted-social-security-fraud) So we’ve got Election Fraud and Social Security Fraud. All he needs now is Insurance Fraud to get the Bladen County Trifecta. ---
**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:** [April 22, 2020, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44102 "2020-04-22T14:20:24Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > So we’ve got Election Fraud and Social Security Fraud. All he needs now is Insurance Fraud to get the Bladen County Trifecta. If only he could defraud a charity, he’d be ready for national politics. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2020, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44103 "2020-04-22T14:29:18Z")
Keepin’ it local. Keepin’ it real. ---
**Author:** ![Project\_Patahhh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7cd45c/32.png) [@Project\_Patahhh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Project_Patahhh)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2020, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44104 "2020-04-22T16:18:31Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > But, but, but [del]her E-mails[/del] [del]Obama[/del] he’s not a Democrat. How can this be? It’s because it’s part of a Deep State coup by Democrats to silence the voice of the people and force us all to be socialists. Isn’t it obvious? ---
**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:** [April 22, 2020, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44105 "2020-04-22T18:58:15Z")
Mike Huckabee tweeted that he’s going to drive to Georgia to get a haircut and a tattoo. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2020, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44106 "2020-04-22T19:05:33Z")
> [@Mr.Greenjeans](#): > > Can we start the day with a hearty “Fuck You” to Mitch MCConnell? > > From [here](https://nypost.com/2020/04/21/mitch-mcconnell-calls-big-firms-getting-loans-interesting-debate/): COVID-19 is going to be a perpetual litmus test that will repeatedly eat their economic orthodoxy. And Mitch knows it. ---
**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:** [April 22, 2020, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44107 "2020-04-22T20:24:01Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Mike Huckabee tweeted that he’s going to drive to Georgia to get a haircut and a tattoo. Isn’t there something in that book he’s always waving around about not making cuttings upon one’s flesh? :dubious: ---
**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:** [April 22, 2020, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44108 "2020-04-22T20:29:18Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > Isn’t there something in that book he’s always waving around about not making cuttings upon one’s flesh? :dubious: It’s one of the few parts he _hasn’t_ violated. Seriously:[Should Christians Get Tattoos? 7 Points to Consider First](https://www.crosswalk.com/family/singles/is-it-biblical-for-christians-to-get-tattoos.html) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2204) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2206)