# 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:** 2217
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2020, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44329 "2020-05-10T15:29:43Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > I can’t think of a rationale — other than CYA — for “seek[ing] legal counsel before signing a false affidavit.” Despite what the Trumpistas have been telling us, facts are facts and a count is a count. “If your supporters are too afraid to exercise their franchise, that’s not my problem; I’m not putting myself in legal jeopardy because you don’t like the results.” > > OTOH, this could be something on the order of a trial balloon for November. If it works in this instance, then swing counties in swing states could be targeted: a county here, a county there … it all adds up. Reading the article, I don’t think it was completely CYA. He repeatedly said “you’re asking me to say something is true when it clearly is not”. Despite the superficially polite and noncommittal tone, the weight of the number of objections carries a clear subtext of “What the heck, man? I’m not going to do something that is so beyond the pale.” ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2020, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44330 "2020-05-10T15:34:46Z")
“They’re trying to steal another election”… with votes! ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2020, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44331 "2020-05-10T16:21:09Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Reading the article, I don’t think it was completely CYA. He repeatedly said “you’re asking me to say something is true when it clearly is not”. Despite the superficially polite and noncommittal tone, the weight of the number of objections carries a clear subtext of “What the heck, man? I’m not going to do something that is so beyond the pale.” I believe we’re in agreement. What I meant by CYA (and I may have misused the term) was “have a legal defense when the [DEL]Politburo[/DEL] Central Committee files a lawsuit seeking to penalize me for refusing to falsify the actual results.” The second part of my post — that the GOP may be field-testing a possible tactic for November — stands. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2020, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44332 "2020-05-10T16:24:32Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > “They’re trying to steal another election”… with votes! At this point it wouldn’t surprise me if they tried to assert that a vote for a Democrat only counts for 3/5 as much as a vote for a Republican. ---
**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:** [May 10, 2020, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44333 "2020-05-10T16:38:46Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > At this point it wouldn’t surprise me if they tried to assert that a vote for a Democrat only counts for 3/5 as much as a vote for a Republican. And take it down another 1/5 if it’s cast by a person of color or someone with a Hispanic or Asian-sounding first or last name. ---
**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:** [May 10, 2020, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44334 "2020-05-10T17:04:09Z")
[IIRC](https://ballotpedia.org/Voting_in_Colorado), Colorado is one of the vote-by-mail states, where in-person voting is essentially non-existent. It is all mail-in/drop-off voting. Which is so, you know, unfair, because there are hard-copy election records and election officials cannot rig touch-screen voting machines to return the desired results. Stiver was cheated out of fair votes due to accurate counting. ---
**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:** [May 10, 2020, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44335 "2020-05-10T21:02:59Z")
Gym Jordan says there will be show trial charges brought against Obama by November. > And Individual 1 tweeted, “OBAMAGATE!” > ---
**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:** [May 10, 2020, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44336 "2020-05-10T21:27:34Z")
[**Acin Torabi**](https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1258838201818476544?s=20) [INDENT]_…ump: Katie, she tested very good for a long period of time and then all of the sudden today she tested positive… This is why the whole concept of tests aren’t necessarily great_[/indent] Stop the testing! We might not get the results we want! ---
**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:** [May 10, 2020, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44337 "2020-05-10T21:32:20Z")
I’m still wondering if there’s going to be some sort of punishment for Trump’s valet for daring to get sick while under Trump’s employ… because that seems to be the sort of thing Trump would do. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2020, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44338 "2020-05-10T21:46:57Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > And take it down another 1/5 if it’s cast by a person of color or someone with a Hispanic or Asian-sounding first or last name. Let’s work this out:[ul] [li]AS Democrats were the pre-Civil War Party of Slavery™;[/li][li]AND AS Slaves counted as [three-fifths of a free person](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-Fifths_Compromise) for legislative representation and taxing purposes;[/li][li]THEREFORE Contemporary Democrats should be punished in a commensurate manner.[/li][/ul]See? It makes perfect sense, provided you can twist your brain into a Möbius strip. It also takes care of that pesky “reparations” issue: since we’re punishing present-day Democrats for what the party did to their ancestors, there’s no need to shell out money to the descendants of slaves. Win-win! ---
**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:** [May 10, 2020, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44339 "2020-05-10T22:25:15Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > …It makes perfect sense, provided you can twist your brain into a Möbius strip. … In this administration, that’s the default. ---
**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:** [May 11, 2020, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44340 "2020-05-11T00:08:08Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > Let’s work this out:[ul] > [li]AS Democrats were the pre-Civil War Party of Slavery™;[/li][li]AND AS Slaves counted as [three-fifths of a free person](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-Fifths_Compromise) for legislative representation and taxing purposes;[/li][li]THEREFORE Contemporary Democrats should be punished in a commensurate manner.[/li][/ul]See? It makes perfect sense, provided you can twist your brain into a Möbius strip. It also takes care of that pesky “reparations” issue: since we’re punishing present-day Democrats for what the party did to their ancestors, there’s no need to shell out money to the descendants of slaves. Win-win! Five 'll get you ten they’re discussing this at Heritage Foundation headquarters _right now_. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2020, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44341 "2020-05-11T15:07:43Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > It makes perfect sense, provided you can twist your brain into a Möbius strip. > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > In this administration, that’s the default. People, people, first we need to establish that the current administration and its supporters have any brains to begin with. Evidence points to ‘no.’ ---
**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:** [May 11, 2020, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44342 "2020-05-11T18:11:26Z")
The Genesis II Church, in a court filing, is claiming that their right to tell people to drink bleach is a holy rite. > **[Church Of Holy Bleach Drinking Invokes First Amendment Right To Sell Bleach...](https://www.wonkette.com/church-of-holy-bleach-drinking-says-it-is-their-first-amendment-right-to-sell-bleach-as-a-covid-19-cure)** > > Religious freedom! ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2020, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44343 "2020-05-11T18:25:16Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The Genesis II Church, in a court filing, is claiming that their right to tell people to drink bleach is a holy rite. > [Church Of Holy Bleach Drinking Invokes First Amendment Right To Sell Bleach To Cure COVID-19](https://www.wonkette.com/church-of-holy-bleach-drinking-says-it-is-their-first-amendment-right-to-sell-bleach-as-a-covid-19-cure) Isn’t Wonkette a satire site like _The Onion_? ETA: Seems to be [partly true](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/florida-church-coronavirus-bleaching-agent-cure-covid-19/), at least. > [@](#): > > Grenon, who is one of the founders of Genesis and referred to as “Archbishop,” responded to the FDA in a letter two days later. “We can say cure, heal and treat as a Free Church,” he wrote. “Don’t need you [sic] approval or authorization for a Church Sacrament… There will be NO corrective actions on our part … You have no authority over us! … Never going to happen.” ---
**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:** [May 11, 2020, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44344 "2020-05-11T19:04:11Z")
> [@GreysonCarlisle](#): > > Isn’t Wonkette a satire site like _The Onion_? > > ETA: Seems to be [partly true](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/florida-church-coronavirus-bleaching-agent-cure-covid-19/), at least. To my knowledge, Wonkette isn’t a satire site. It is unabashedly liberal and often over the top in its rhetoric, so it could certainly be mistaken for one at times. ---
**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:** [May 11, 2020, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44345 "2020-05-11T19:07:27Z")
> [@GreysonCarlisle](#): > > Isn’t Wonkette a satire site like _The Onion_? No, it’s a left wing news/political site, with an affection for dick jokes. Stephen Robinson, Evan Hurst, and Robyn Pennacchia are national treasures, and the rest of the staff isn’t far behind. ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2020, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44346 "2020-05-11T19:09:36Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > To my knowledge, Wonkette isn’t a satire site. It is unabashedly liberal and often over the top in its rhetoric, so it could certainly be mistaken for one at times. > [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > No, it’s a left wing news/political site, with an affection for dick jokes. > > Stephen Robinson, Evan Hurst, and Robyn Pennacchia are national treasures, and the rest of the staff isn’t far behind. Thanks! I’ll have to give them a closer look. (I mean, you had me at _dick jokes_.) ---
**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:** [May 11, 2020, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44347 "2020-05-11T20:17:31Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The Genesis II Church, in a court filing, is claiming that their right to tell people to drink bleach is a holy rite. > [Church Of Holy Bleach Drinking Invokes First Amendment Right To Sell Bleach To Cure COVID-19](https://www.wonkette.com/church-of-holy-bleach-drinking-says-it-is-their-first-amendment-right-to-sell-bleach-as-a-covid-19-cure) That’s if they run out of Kool-aid, or what? ---
**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:** [May 11, 2020, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/44348 "2020-05-11T22:04:09Z")
> [@GreysonCarlisle](#): > > Thanks! I’ll have to give them a closer look. (I mean, you had me at _dick jokes_.) Most recent Wonkette headline: **Everybody Hates Bill Barr and His Stupid Sh\*t-Mouthed Face.** Now _there’s_ some journalism I can get behind. > **[Everybody Hates Bill Barr And His Stupid Sh\*t-Mouthed Face](https://www.wonkette.com/p/everybody-hates-bill-barr-and-his-stupid-face)** > > The reviews are in, and they are unanimous! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2216) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2218)