# 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:** 2208
**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 27, 2020, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44149 "2020-04-27T15:52:37Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > 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. They understand it just fine. They also understand that their audience is as dumb as a bag of hammers. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44150 "2020-04-27T15:57:43Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > They understand it just fine. They also understand that their audience is as dumb as a bag of hammers. And their ‘leader’ is as sharp as a marble. ---
**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 27, 2020, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44151 "2020-04-27T15:58:10Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > They understand it just fine. They also understand that their audience is **as dumb as a bag of hammers.** How can that be true? Every time I hit my thumb with a hammer, I say “Ooh, that smarts!” ---
**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:** [April 27, 2020, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44152 "2020-04-27T17:01:56Z")
> [@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). 6a. It was… sarcasm! Ya that’s the ticket! You leftards have no sense of humor! ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Jocko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncle_jocko/32/2932_2.png) [@Uncle\_Jocko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Jocko)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44153 "2020-04-27T18:38:18Z")
So, things in Iowa regarding COVID-19 are … not good. We had a record number of new cases over the weekend, over 600 in one day - true, a lot of that is from increased testing at meat processing plants, but it’s still not a positive sign. Our R= rate (how fast cases are spreading) is the second worst in the country, only behind Nebraska. Most pandemic experts say the state’s peak in cases probably won’t come until mid- to late May, and the best guess at a smart time to reopen the economy is late June or early July. Thank goodness we are led by Governor Kim Reynolds (R-AA degree)! The fawning acolyte of former Governor and current ambassador to China Terry Branstad and eternal Trump supporter has decided these health wonks don’t know what they’re talking about! We’re revving things up on [May 1, dammit](https://www.kcrg.com/content/news/Gov-Reynolds-announces-loosened-restrictions-in-77-counties-in-Iowa-569980421.html), and no lab-coat-wearing Poindexter is going to tell us different! Go to the gym! Head to the mall! Gather at your favorite church! But be smart … the governor “encourages” you to practice safe social distancing. But isn’t it clever to only allow these relaxations in the 77 counties that are showing fewer cases and hospitalizations? Sure! Because Iowans \*never \*travel across county lines! A reporter asked a state spokeswoman about the issue of asymptomatic people traveling from a high-case county to a reopened county, and if the state had any recommendations or cautions about that. The answer? “This is why we strongly encourage those who are suffering possible symptoms or who aren’t feeling well, or who may in high-risk categories, to seriously reconsider traveling within the state.” Umm, that didn’t answer the question, you moron. We haven’t even had significant reopening protests like we’ve seen in Wisconsin or Minnesota or Michigan … but why wait for public pressure when business owners are begging to fling open their doors? Plus … no more unemployment benefits to pay, right? Yeah, I’m pissed. My state is led by a brain-dead Republican who follows advice from big business, huge meat processors, and Koch-funded think tanks, rather than listen to people who actually study science and health and, you know, “school stuff.” We are literally in one of the worst COVID-19 situations of any state in the nation - there’s no way we should even be \*thinking \*about reopening right now. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2020, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44154 "2020-04-27T18:51:40Z")
The meat processing plants are going to be hit HARD very soon (for those who have not already been hit). These employers in general do not give two shits about the poor bastards on the line, will not give them space to work, or any protective equipment and make them work when they are sick. It’s going to be very bad on the food chain, especially for meat products. I predict massive problems, similar to what happened when oil futures went into negative territory when it became apparent that there was no place to store the excess oil. When meat packing plants go down, cattle, pork and chicken will start to back up. Feedlots will back up. Prices for animals will plummet (ironically at the same time that consumers will not be able to get meat in the stores. I predict that animals will be left to starve, or slaughtered and left to rot, while consumers get no meat in the stores. A complete shit-show. And all this because politicians in agricultural states don’t have a fucking clue about how the systems work. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2020, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44155 "2020-04-27T19:00:36Z")
> [@Uncle\_Jocko](#): > > So, things in Iowa regarding COVID-19 are … not good. > > Thank goodness we are led by Governor Kim Reynolds (R-AA degree)! The fawning acolyte of former Governor and current ambassador to China Terry Branstad and eternal Trump supporter has decided these health wonks don’t know what they’re talking about! We’re revving things up on [May 1, dammit](https://www.kcrg.com/content/news/Gov-Reynolds-announces-loosened-restrictions-in-77-counties-in-Iowa-569980421.html), and no lab-coat-wearing Poindexter is going to tell us different! Go to the gym! Head to the mall! Gather at your favorite church! But be smart … the governor “encourages” you to practice safe social distancing. > > But isn’t it clever to only allow these relaxations in the 77 counties that are showing fewer cases and hospitalizations? Sure! Because Iowans \*never \*travel across county lines! A reporter asked a state spokeswoman about the issue of asymptomatic people traveling from a high-case county to a reopened county, and if the state had any recommendations or cautions about that. The answer? “This is why we strongly encourage those who are suffering possible symptoms or who aren’t feeling well, or who may in high-risk categories, to seriously reconsider traveling within the state.” Umm, that didn’t answer the question, you moron. > > We haven’t even had significant reopening protests like we’ve seen in Wisconsin or Minnesota or Michigan … but why wait for public pressure when business owners are begging to fling open their doors? Plus … no more unemployment benefits to pay, right? > > Yeah, I’m pissed. My state is led by a brain-dead Republican who follows advice from big business, huge meat processors, and Koch-funded think tanks, rather than listen to people who actually study science and health and, you know, “school stuff.” We are literally in one of the worst COVID-19 situations of any state in the nation - there’s no way we should even be \*thinking \*about reopening right now. Sorry about the complete quote, but I think the totality is necessary to support my statement that it turns out all those Iowa jokes we Minnesotan’s used to tell (I’ve moved, maybe they still do) were if anything too kind. > [@](#): > > Did you hear the Iowan who, upset about the jokes, threw a stick of dynamite across the border? A Minnesotan picked it up, lit the fuse, and threw it back. ---
**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, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44156 "2020-04-27T19:16:25Z")
> [@Uncle\_Jocko](#): > > …A reporter asked a state spokeswoman about the issue of \*\*asymptomatic \*\*people traveling from a high-case county to a reopened county, and if the state had any recommendations or cautions about that. The answer? “This is why we strongly encourage those who are suffering possible symptoms or who aren’t feeling well, or who may in high-risk categories, to seriously reconsider traveling within the state.” Umm, that didn’t answer the question, you moron… My bold. Well, asymptomatic IS a really big word. And anyway, who knows what it really means? :smack: ---
**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, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44157 "2020-04-27T19:27:00Z")
The Governor of Georgia has told stores to reopen, but tours of the Governor’s Mansion are still canceled due to coronavirus concerns. > **[Is the Georgia Governor’s Mansion Closed Due to COVID-19, Despite...](https://www.truthorfiction.com/is-the-georgia-governors-mansion-closed-due-to-covid-19-despite-its-governor-opening-the-state-for-business/)** > > After Gov. Brian Kemp said that Georgia businesses were to reopen during the coronavirus pandemic, a Facebook post (and copies) urged everyone to call the governor's mansion for a tour. ---
**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, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44158 "2020-04-27T19:36:35Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > My bold. > > Well, asymptomatic IS a really big word. And anyway, who knows what it really means? :smack: Upon reflection… She probably thinks “asymptomatic” means a person has “_a_ symptom.” 😃 I mean, if you want to say someone has NO symptoms, the word would be “_no_symptomatic” or “_un_symptomatic,” amirite. 😛 ---
**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 27, 2020, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44159 "2020-04-27T19:38:44Z")
> [@Uncle\_Jocko](#): > > A reporter asked a state spokeswoman about the issue of asymptomatic people traveling from a high-case county to a reopened county, and if the state had any recommendations or cautions about that. The answer? “This is why we strongly encourage those who are suffering possible symptoms or who aren’t feeling well, or who may in high-risk categories, to seriously reconsider traveling within the state.” Umm, that didn’t answer the question, you moron. > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Well, asymptomatic IS a really big word. And anyway, who knows what it really means? :smack: [Too big a word for some Republicans](https://hillreporter.com/watch-martha-mcsally-flubs-while-trying-to-blame-young-people-for-covid-19-crisis-61684), apparently: > [@Senator Martha "Crazy Eddie" McSally](#): > > Asymmetric people are spreading this virus Asymmetric people are spreading this virus ---
**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 27, 2020, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44160 "2020-04-27T20:25:52Z")
Those crooked bastards! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44161 "2020-04-27T20:30:57Z")
My right arm is bigger than my left. Started when I was fourteen. ---
**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 27, 2020, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44162 "2020-04-27T20:56:11Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > My right arm is bigger than my left. Started when I was fourteen. Pinched nerve? ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44163 "2020-04-27T21:33:54Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The Governor of Georgia has told stores to reopen, but tours of the Governor’s Mansion are still canceled due to coronavirus concerns. > [Is the Georgia Governor’s Mansion Closed Due to COVID-19, Despite...](https://www.truthorfiction.com/is-the-georgia-governors-mansion-closed-due-to-covid-19-despite-its-governor-opening-the-state-for-business) As I said on my Facebook page, So, Governor Kemp either thinks that the corona virus is no big deal, in which case, why won’t he open up the mansion? Or he knows how deadly it can be, in which case he doesn’t give a crap about his states residents, but at the same time, he must have made the political calculation that there are enough voters who think that this pandemic is no big deal, and will vote to reelect him in the next election. ---
**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, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44164 "2020-04-27T21:50:10Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > 1. Obama (coming soon). Maybe the Republicans should get ahead of the curve and stop blaming Obama and start blaming Biden. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2020, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44165 "2020-04-27T22:15:18Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Pinched nerve? Otherwise, he looks like Popeye. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44166 "2020-04-27T22:21:50Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > The meat processing plants are going to be hit HARD very soon (for those who have not already been hit)…_snip_… > I predict that animals will be left to starve, or slaughtered and left to rot, while consumers get no meat in the stores. A complete shit-show. Yep. Pro-tip from a grocery store worker - if you plan to eat meat over this summer you might want to stock up and freeze some _now_. Of course, most stores have a limit on how much meat you can buy at one time. Me - I’m working on new vegetarian dishes I can eat. So far as I know beans and their products will still be available. ---
**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, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44167 "2020-04-27T22:35:36Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Maybe the Republicans should get ahead of the curve and stop blaming Obama and start blaming Biden. Stop blaming Obama?? Never. :eek: It will always be Hillary, Obama, and now Biden… eventually adding in Biden’s VP. It’s a dynasty, emphasis on the _nasty_. ---
**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 27, 2020, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44168 "2020-04-27T22:51:46Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Stop blaming Obama?? Never. :eek: > > It will always be Hillary, Obama, and now Biden… eventually adding in Biden’s VP. It’s a dynasty, emphasis on the _nasty_. Here’s how I see it… Let’s say you have 2 roommates, Bob and Tom. One day you ask “You guys hungry? Let’s go get a pizza” Tom is in, but Bob says, “You guys go ahead I’m just gonna chill”. So, you and Tom go out and have a few beers and a pizza and when you come home you open the front door and you find Bob fucking your dog. You’re like “WHAT THE FUCK DUDE”! Bob just stares at you for a moment then points at Tom and shouts “He took $25 from your wallet”! Do you say to Bob: a) “Well OK, then, keep going” and turn to yell at Tom about that $25 Or b) “WHAT THE HELL DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH YOU FUCKING MY DOG”?! Every time someone point out the awful things Trump does, the Republican supporters shout “BENGHAZI/HILLARY’S EMAILS/PELOSI” like it changes the discussion, then the Republicans go right back to fuckin’ that dog. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2207) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2209)