# 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:** 2207
**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:** [April 26, 2020, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44129 "2020-04-26T21:05:24Z")
Rudy Giuliani once again reveals what a fart smeller he is: > [@](#): > > ([CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/24/politics/rudy-giuliani-donald-trump-laura-ingraham-coronavirus/?iid=ob_lockedrail_topeditorial))Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani was on Laura Ingraham’s show on Fox News Thursday night when the subject turned to the coronavirus – and attempts in New York to develop a contact tracing system to be able to monitor future outbreaks. > > That’s when this exchange happened: > > \*Ingraham: Michael Bloomberg is gonna handle the tracing, army of tracers in NY we learned today from [New York Gov. Andrew] Cuomo. > > Giuliani: That’s totally ridiculous. > > Ingraham: The army of tracers. > > Giuliani: Then we should trace everybody for cancer. > > Ingraham: Yeah, army of tracers. > > Giuliani: We should trace everybody for cancer, and heart disease. And obesity. I mean, a lot of things kill you more than Covid-19. So, we should be traced for all those things. I mean life possesses a certain degree of risk.\* > > Ah ha ha ha ha … wait, what??? > > Here’s the thing, Mr. Mayor: Those diseases are not at all the same. Cancer, obesity and heart disease are not contagious. Coronavirus is. Which is why contact tracing is a strategy to combat coronavirus and not, say, obesity. > … > > Giuliani – and Ingraham – seem to not understand that notion. Instead they saw the news that former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg was heading up the contact tracing efforts in the Empire State as an opportunity to mock the idea of “an army of tracers.” > … > > Here’s the problem with stuff like this: it isn’t just a harmless exchange. Lots and lots of people watch Ingraham’s show; in the first quarter of 2020, it was the fourth highest rated show on cable TV. They trust Ingraham. They trust Giuliani. And so when a man once referred to as “America’s Mayor” says something so flatly false – and, candidly, ignorant – it will have the impact of turning some watchers against the idea of contact tracing. > > Which is, again, according to doctors and infectious disease experts, exactly what we need to ramp up to deal with a second possible outbreak. :smack: Italics in original. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2020, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44130 "2020-04-26T22:01:39Z")
From the above article: “Giuliani – and Ingraham – seem to not understand that notion” They understand it just fine. They don’t care if they have to lie to advance their agenda, even at the risk of innocent lives. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_stamos_left_ear/32/3198_2.png) [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2020, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44131 "2020-04-26T22:02:52Z")
Saw Ghouliani and thought it was this gem that he is currently being raked over the Twitter coals for making… > ---
**Author:** ![John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_stamos_left_ear/32/3198_2.png) [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2020, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44132 "2020-04-26T22:04:35Z")
Repeat! ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2020, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44133 "2020-04-26T22:06:44Z")
From the above article: “Giuliani – and Ingraham – seem to not understand that notion” They understand it just fine. They don’t care if they have to lie to advance their agenda, even at the risk of innocent lives. ---
**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:** [April 26, 2020, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44134 "2020-04-26T23:05:22Z")
LOTS of timeouts this evening. ☹ ---
**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 27, 2020, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44135 "2020-04-27T00:18:58Z")
> [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](#): > > Saw Ghouliani and thought it was this gem that he is currently being raked over the Twitter coals for making… > > [http://twitter.com/RudyGiuliani/status/1254513987196248065](http://twitter.com/RudyGiuliani/status/1254513987196248065) Thank you for that. I especially liked the twet linking to [this edition of the Irish Daily Mirror](https://www.pressreader.com/ireland/irish-daily-mirror/20200425/page/1). “Imbleach him” That, my friends, needs to be on at least one prominent protest sign at every appearance the moron Trump makes. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2020, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44136 "2020-04-27T00:25:33Z")
> [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](#): > > Saw Ghouliani and thought it was this gem that he is currently being raked over the Twitter coals for making… > > [http://twitter.com/RudyGiuliani/status/1254513987196248065](http://twitter.com/RudyGiuliani/status/1254513987196248065) That’s not showing up for me, and maybe for others. But I’m guessing it’s this: > [@](#): > > Rudy W. Giuliani > ✔@RudyGiuliani > Why did the US (NIH) in 2017 give $3.7m to the Wuhan Lab in China? > Such grants were prohibited in 2014. > Did Pres. Obama grant an exception? > 28K > 4:53 PM - Apr 26, 2020 > That’s right: according to Rudy, Trump wasn’t President in 2017–so it must have been Obama who did the dirty deed! And when the grants that Rudy thinks are awful were “prohibited in 2014,” apparently someone _other_ than Obama was President. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44137 "2020-04-27T02:01:38Z")
This is why Trump likes Giuliani. Whenever he’s around, Trump isn’t the dumbest guy in the room. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2020, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44138 "2020-04-27T02:18:01Z")
Ghouliani is just like the Trumplicans wondering why Barrack HUSSEIN Obama didn’t use his Presidential powers to prevent 9/11/01. ---
**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 27, 2020, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44139 "2020-04-27T02:23:41Z")
> [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](#): > > Saw Ghouliani and thought it was this gem that he is currently being raked over the Twitter coals for making… > > [http://twitter.com/RudyGiuliani/status/1254513987196248065](http://twitter.com/RudyGiuliani/status/1254513987196248065) I forgot to mention something. I noticed in that twitter thread there are still utter morons who still think the virus comes from a lab in Wuhan and that Obama funded that lab. ---
**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 27, 2020, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44140 "2020-04-27T03:28:10Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > I forgot to mention something. I noticed in that twitter thread there are still utter morons who still think the virus comes from a lab in Wuhan and that Obama funded that lab. Wait. I thought Bill Gates owned that lab and has the patent on coronavirus? Which conspiracy theory am I supposed to believe? ---
**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 27, 2020, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44141 "2020-04-27T04:50:38Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Wait. I thought Bill Gates owned that lab and has the patent on coronavirus? Which conspiracy theory am I supposed to believe? All of them! ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44142 "2020-04-27T06:29:25Z")
'From the local idiot republican sector: Michigan State Senator Wears Confederate Flag Mask, Then Denies and Later Apologizes for Wearing Said Mask > **[Michigan State Senator Wears Confederate Flag Mask, Then Denies and Later...](https://www.theroot.com/michigan-senator-wears-confederate-flag-mask-then-deni-1843084825)** > > I don’t know everything about the racist history of America. But tell me if I have my facts wrong when I say that Michigan state was not part of the Confederacy. Because based on the recent behavior of a Michigan state senator, anyone could be... Goes with the standard Republican excuse formula, **The Republican/Trumpian 10 step program** : 1. Deny, didn’t do it, fake news. 2. Don’t even know that person, never met them (throws his wife under the bus???) 3. Saw her maybe a few times, not important, a nobody (wife again???). 4. Fake news (reprise), nasty reporter, SAD. 5. I didn’t say/do what I said/did. Go ahead check the transcript/video. 6. It was taken out of context (shit). 7. It was perfect, the bestest mask ever (substitute call, letter, executive order as needed). 8. it’s historical. Everyone/someone/many people are doing it. (His immigrant ancestor fought for the Union). 9. So what, I did it, you’ll never convict/impeach me. (man - he blew this step, never admit/apologize). 10. Obama (coming soon). ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44143 "2020-04-27T06:42:50Z")
Oklahoma Gov. asks president to declare fake virus an, “Act of God” dun- dun - dun. Governor Kevin Stitt ✔ @GovStitt Today I sent a letter to President @realdonaldtrump to ask for him to declare the #COVID19 pandemic an “Act of God” to provide aid to our oil and gas industry and to protect the environment. Yes, it has a legal meaning in contracts: “The term ‘act of God’ appears regularly within contracts, but is not a concept that is defined under statute. Despite this, its meaning is important, as an ‘act of God’ may trigger a right for a party to delay performance, suspend obligations, or even terminate a contract. In light of the COVID-19 outbreak, many parties are considering whether the outbreak itself is an ‘act of God’.” He’s trying to bail out the local fracking industry as that’s all Oklahoma has going for it. I can see Trump going with it as long as the declaration reads, “Act of Trump”. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44144 "2020-04-27T07:08:14Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Oklahoma Gov. asks president to declare fake virus an, “Act of God” And I thought it was _liberals_ who were supposed to believe that Obama was God. ---
**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 27, 2020, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44145 "2020-04-27T10:12:52Z")
Great one, **Smapti**! One might even say it’s divine. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44146 "2020-04-27T11:35:11Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Thank you for that. I especially liked the twet linking to [this edition of the Irish Daily Mirror](https://www.pressreader.com/ireland/irish-daily-mirror/20200425/page/1). That was good, but my personal favorite was: ```auto BARACK 6 HUSSIEN 7 OBAMA 5 ------------- COVID 19 OPEN YOUR EYES! ``` :smack: > [@smithsb](#): > > Oklahoma Gov. asks president to declare fake virus an, “Act of God” dun- dun - dun. Based on the article I read yesterday, I’m inclined to give a pass on this. According to that article, it’s specifically about the requirement to pump a certain amount of oil or lose your lease. Forget COVID-19, we don’t need these guys pumping oil that is: 1. Priced below production cost. 2. Not needed by anybody. 3. Literally more than we can store right now (tanks are full). But if the alternative is losing their lease, they WILL continue pumping at minimum required levels. Seems fairly common sense to say, “You can hold up for a bit and nobody’s going to take your lease.” ---
**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 27, 2020, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44147 "2020-04-27T12:37:32Z")
> [@Zakalwe](#): > > That was good, but my personal favorite was: > > ```auto > > BARACK 6 > HUSSIEN 7 > OBAMA 5 > ------------- > COVID 19 > OPEN YOUR EYES! > > ``` You’re channeling SuntanLotion! ---
**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:** [April 27, 2020, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44148 "2020-04-27T15:35:26Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > 'From the local idiot republican sector: > Michigan State Senator Wears Confederate Flag Mask, Then Denies and Later Apologizes for Wearing Said Mask > > [Michigan State Senator Dale Zorn Apologizes for Wearing Confederate Flag Mask](https://www.theroot.com/michigan-senator-wears-confederate-flag-mask-then-deni-1843084825) > > Goes with the standard Republican excuse formula, > **The Republican/Trumpian 10 step program** : > > 1. Deny, didn’t do it, fake news. > > 2. Don’t even know that person, never met them (throws his wife under the bus???) > > 3. Saw her maybe a few times, not important, a nobody (wife again???). > > 4. Fake news (reprise), nasty reporter, SAD. > > 5. I didn’t say/do what I said/did. Go ahead check the transcript/video. > > 6. It was taken out of context (shit). > > 7. It was perfect, the bestest mask ever (substitute call, letter, executive order as needed). > > 8. it’s historical. Everyone/someone/many people are doing it. (His immigrant ancestor fought for the Union). > > 9. So what, I did it, you’ll never convict/impeach me. (man - he blew this step, never admit/apologize). > > 10. Obama (coming soon). Oh God, you have nailed it! :D:D Bee-you-tee-full! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2206) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2208)