# 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:** 813
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2014, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16241 "2014-08-20T14:35:24Z")
> [@Bridget\_Burke](#): > > _Fashion note:_ Chaps are _always_ buttless. In the Old West, they were worn over trousers, to protect them from the high chaparral. In the New West, the trouserless look has a certain popularity… I’m not sure I’d say it was ‘popular’ at my table that day, but it certainly was ‘remarkable’, as in “the kids made _many_ remarks…”🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2014, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16242 "2014-08-20T14:55:26Z")
> [@Bridget\_Burke](#): > > _Fashion note:_ Chaps are _always_ buttless. In the Old West, they were worn over trousers, to protect them from the high chaparral. In the New West, the trouserless look has a certain popularity… In a strange linguistic quirk, english has decided to use assless chaps to denote that the wearer is not wearing anything underneath the chaps. ---
**Author:** ![xenophon41](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xenophon41/32/253_2.png) [@xenophon41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenophon41)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2014, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16243 "2014-08-20T15:09:11Z")
Wouldn’t “pantsless” or “trouserless” be more accurate? 'Cause the wearers aren’t assless; you can _see it_ right there… ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2014, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16244 "2014-08-20T15:21:08Z")
This could go in the Ferguson thread too, but: The Missouri Lt. Gov. calls for the reinstatement of curfews, a product of [“Anglo-American civilization”,](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/08/19/missouri-lt-gov-we-need-anglo-american-justice-in-ferguson-not-racial-protests/#.U_Oo5dqukXA.facebook)for the colored people there. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2014, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16245 "2014-08-20T15:51:21Z")
> [@Bridget\_Burke](#): > > _Fashion note:_ Chaps are _always_ buttless. In the Old West, they were worn over trousers, to protect them from the high chaparral. In the New West, the trouserless look has a certain popularity… Chaps have their bottoms cut out? That must hurt like buggery! ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2014, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16246 "2014-08-20T16:16:10Z")
> [@xenophon41](#): > > Wouldn’t “pantsless” or “trouserless” be more accurate? 'Cause the wearers aren’t assless; you can _see it_ right there… I don’t make the rules, I just report on them. ---
**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:** [August 20, 2014, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16247 "2014-08-20T17:56:12Z")
You know who else just reported orders ? The _Völkischer Beobachter_, that’s who. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2014, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16248 "2014-08-20T18:11:43Z")
> [@xenophon41](#): > > Wouldn’t “pantsless” or “trouserless” be more accurate? 'Cause the wearers aren’t assless; you can _see it_ right there… You must be a real hoot at the topless bar. ---
**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:** [August 20, 2014, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16249 "2014-08-20T18:16:25Z")
Don’t be gory. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2014, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16250 "2014-08-20T18:20:48Z")
Lou Gohmert: ["Undocumented Democrats could be bringing Ebola across the border.](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/08/14/louie-gohmert-suspects-undocumented-democrats-are-bringing-ebola-across-the-border/) ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2014, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16251 "2014-08-20T18:32:17Z")
From the article linked by **BrainGlutton** : > [@](#): > > " … they see people coming across as undocumented Democrats. And so, they want to keep the surge of people coming in illegally, even though it includes a big spike in Other-Than-Mexicans, OTMs as we call them …" > > The Texas Republican insisted that he was not “fear mongering.” … I’d apologize on behalf of Texas politicians, but, well, I’d be here all day. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2014, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16252 "2014-08-20T18:33:32Z")
I hope “undocumented Democrat” becomes a meme. I want an “Undocumented Democrat” t-shirt. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2014, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16253 "2014-08-20T18:45:41Z")
> [@Truman\_Burbank](#): > > I’m not sure I’d say it was ‘popular’ at my table that day, but it certainly was ‘remarkable’, as in “the kids made _many_ remarks…”🙂 You should explain to the so called “non-bigots” that claim “Oh I don’t care if people want to be gay. I just don’t want it right there in my face. How am I going to explain that to my children?” how you talk to your children. Because they seem to really need your help. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2014, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16254 "2014-08-20T19:15:17Z")
[Mitch McConnell’s plans for after the midterms:](http://www.politico.com/story/2014/08/2014-election-mitch-mcconnells-barack-obama-confrontation-110154.html?hp=t1_3) > [@](#): > > HENDERSON, Ky. — Mitch McConnell has a game plan to confront President Barack Obama with a stark choice next year: Accept bills reining in the administration’s policies or veto them and risk a government shutdown. > > In an extensive interview here, the typically reserved McConnell laid out his clearest thinking yet of how he would lead the Senate if Republicans gain control of the chamber. The emerging strategy: Attach riders to spending bills that would limit Obama policies on everything from the environment to health care, consider using an arcane budget tactic to circumvent Democratic filibusters and force the president to “move to the center” if he wants to get any new legislation through Congress. ---
**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:** [August 20, 2014, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16255 "2014-08-20T19:26:42Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > From the article linked by **BrainGlutton** : > > I’d apologize on behalf of Texas politicians, but, well, I’d be here all day. As a compulsively neat person, I say Other Than Mexican is a terrible, shameful epithet to stand by. It speaks to a terminally impractical cladistics system that never ends ! Consider : “blah blah stupid shit blah I’m a complete tool” said Louis Gohmert, the Other Than Mexican, Not Quite Canadian, Totally Not British, Nippon-less […] Full Retard Congressman from Other Than Washington, Not Really Wisconsin, Certainly Not Virginia… No, really, we’d be here all week. Seriously, sir, just call them niggers. It _is_ what you mean, innit ? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2014, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16256 "2014-08-20T19:27:08Z")
That would be fun! I actually would like to see that happen, sorta. The Republicans wouldn’t win another national election for _decades_! ---
**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:** [August 20, 2014, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16257 "2014-08-20T19:27:58Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [Mitch McConnell’s plans for after the midterms:](http://www.politico.com/story/2014/08/2014-election-mitch-mcconnells-barack-obama-confrontation-110154.html?hp=t1_3) Those who don’t repeat history are doomed to remember it. Hold on… ---
**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:** [August 20, 2014, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16258 "2014-08-20T19:43:03Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Lou Gohmert: ["Undocumented Democrats could be bringing Ebola across the border.](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/08/14/louie-gohmert-suspects-undocumented-democrats-are-bringing-ebola-across-the-border/) It seems he thinks Liberia and Sierra Leone are located in South America. His comments seem like they are coming from someone in the initial stages of dementia. Perhaps he should be assessed by medical professionals. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2014, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16259 "2014-08-20T19:48:25Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > It seems he thinks Liberia and Sierra Leone are located in South America. > > His comments seem like they are coming from someone in the initial stages of dementia. Perhaps he should be assessed by medical professionals. He managed to find a way to link “undocumented” with “Democrats” and both with “Ebola” – that’s an impressive mental (if that is not too strong a word) feat. ---
**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:** [August 20, 2014, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16260 "2014-08-20T19:55:17Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > He managed to find a way to link “undocumented” with “Democrats” and both with “Ebola” – that’s an impressive mental (if that is not too strong a word) feat. I agree, it was pretty mental. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=812) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=814)