# 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:** 739
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14761 "2014-05-16T19:23:41Z")
Anyone wanna dress up like the KKK and go out there and support them? Specially the guy throwin around the N word? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14762 "2014-05-16T19:26:25Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > It rather reminds one of [Coxey’s Army](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coxey's_Army) of 1894. Coxey had real numbers. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14763 "2014-05-16T19:32:47Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > Wa Times: [Operation American Spring falls flat: ‘This is very disappointing,’ Texan says](http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/may/16/operation-american-spring-falls-flat-very-disappoi/) [http://www.ustream.tv/channel/thepetesantillishow](http://www.ustream.tv/channel/thepetesantillishow) I found an active live feed, it looks like a couple dozen people walking through a park. I think some of them are just people walking through a park, though. Maybe there are millions in the bathroom. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14764 "2014-05-16T19:52:01Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Ezekiel 23:30 - _She lusted after lovers with genitals as large as a donkey’s and emissions like those of a horse._ One or two times in my life I’ve run across church groups who all had matching t-shirts with bible verses on them (just the Book Chapter:verse(s)) . Each time I smiled, wondering how easy it would be to t-shirt post something horrible that way. Ezekiel 23:30 is a perfect example, and one I was not familiar with. Thanks for the addition. > [@Truman\_Burbank](#): > > I’m sure his criteria are strictly guided by science. You know, ratios and all that other mathematical stuff. The only question left regarding his criteria is: 1/16th, or more, or less? He has more than one criterion? I’m not sure that, “Looking around, I’m pretty sure that I’m not going to get beaten badly” counts as a criterion. It’s more a meta-criterion. ---
**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 16, 2014, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14765 "2014-05-16T20:15:44Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > Wa Times: [Operation American Spring falls flat: ‘This is very disappointing,’ Texan says](http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/may/16/operation-american-spring-falls-flat-very-disappoi/) > > > [@](#): > > > > “We were getting over two inches of rain in hour in parts of Virginia this morning,” Mr. Milton said. Really? Why is _that_ not in the news, seems pretty unusual. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14766 "2014-05-16T21:03:26Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Really? Why is _that_ not in the news, seems pretty unusual. Not really. Standard East Coast summertime weather. You get heavy localized downpours, but they’re typically fairly short. So you might get 2-4 inches of rain and some local flooding. The local papers get to run photos of people kayaking down Main street in the harder hit areas. Still, if you’re going to have a revolution and a few inches of rain discourages the masses, they’re probably not all _that_ discontented. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14767 "2014-05-16T21:55:37Z")
[The Freepers are calling it a false-flag op.](http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3156818/posts) No, really. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14768 "2014-05-16T21:58:49Z")
Yeah, the PA/MD/NEVA/DC area got some really heavy showers this morning. When I got to work, I speculated that I’d missed a text message from God…something about a boat. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14769 "2014-05-16T22:04:17Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [The Freepers are calling it a false-flag op.](http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3156818/posts) > > No, really. It’s because conservatives have jobs, and liberals are all unemployed with nothing else to do. ---
**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 16, 2014, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14770 "2014-05-16T22:13:31Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [The Freepers are calling it a false-flag op.](http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3156818/posts) > > No, really. And quite frankly, that would make as much sense as anything: if you remove from office the bastards they decry, the government would, in theory, follow the natural line of succession, the new president being … Senator Patrick Leahy, D-VT. Let me see, what does healthcare look like in Vermont? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14771 "2014-05-16T22:18:04Z")
Well, I thought it was a hoax when first I heard bout it, so, yeah, I could see that. ---
**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:** [May 17, 2014, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14772 "2014-05-17T08:37:03Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [The Freepers are calling it a false-flag op.](http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3156818/posts) > > No, really. The cognitive dissonance is strong. ---
**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2014, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14773 "2014-05-17T21:30:11Z")
I just adore the weather rationalization: Sure, hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, of patriots walked, drove, flew, bussed, cabbed to DC from all across the nation to take back their country, and then? “Oh, wait Mabel! It’s raining! I guess we’d better go to Walmart instead!” ---
**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 18, 2014, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14774 "2014-05-18T02:21:28Z")
Yeah, because the troops at Mt. Vernon packed up and went home because, weather. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2014, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14775 "2014-05-18T12:48:51Z")
Troops at Mount Vernon? Actually winter did stop most fighting back then. Recall winter at Valley Forge. ---
**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:** [May 18, 2014, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14776 "2014-05-18T14:06:39Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > Troops at Mount Vernon? > > Actually winter did stop most fighting back then. Recall winter at Valley Forge. Actually, the winter the Americans spent at Valley Forge was relatively mild. Read about the winters at Morristown, NJ ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2014, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14777 "2014-05-18T14:06:48Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Obnoxious, ultimately irrelevant but useful to millionaires for soulless exploitative cash-in purposes ? Brilliant! (ETA, so you don’t have to search up thread: makes analogy between poorly organized white male anti-government protestors and Ewoks from the Star Wars films.) ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2014, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14778 "2014-05-18T15:09:15Z")
Gary Kiehne, a Republican businessman running for Arizona’s 1st Congressional District says most mass shootings in the U.S. are [committed by Democrats.](http://huff.to/1lAeUFY) > [@](#): > > “99 percent of (mass shootings) have been by Democrats pulling their guns out and shooting people.” ---
**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 18, 2014, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14779 "2014-05-18T20:21:18Z")
Sorry to post mere asshattery, but we move on to Mississippi for > [@"\[CBS](#): > > ([Arrest of Clayton Thomas Kelly roils Mississippi GOP Senate primary - CBS News](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/arrest-of-clayton-thomas-kelly-roils-mississippi-gop-senate-primary/))"]Conservative blogger Clayton Thomas Kelly was arrested Saturday after allegedly trespassing at the nursing home where Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran’s wife lives and posting a picture of the Republican’s spouse online without permission. > > Cochran’s wife, Rose Cochran, suffers from dementia, according to the Jackson Clarion-Ledger. She lives at the St. Catherine’s Village retirement home in Madison, Miss., where she is bedridden. > > Kelly runs a political blog called Constitutional Clayton, where he posted a story April 26 attacking Cochran and supporting state Sen. Chris McDaniel, who’s challenging Cochran in the state’s GOP Senate primary this year. > > The piece included a picture taken bedside in Rose Cochran’s room at the nursing home, where she has lived since 2000. Ts v. Rs (pronounced “tease v. arse”), ain’t cannibalism lovely? ---
**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 18, 2014, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14780 "2014-05-18T21:06:01Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > Troops at Mount Vernon? > > Actually winter did stop most fighting back then. Recall winter at Valley Forge. Mt Vernon. Duh. I meant Valley Forge. :smack: But I’m talking about packing up and going home, they stayed there. With no shoes and little food. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=738) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=740)