# 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:** 815
**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 22, 2014, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16281 "2014-08-22T19:41:04Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > The [Westboro Baptist Church](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2014/08/22/this-should-go-well-westboro-baptist-church-says-its-going-to-iraq-to-protest-isis/) says it’s going to Iraq to protest ISIS. What can we do to ensure they follow through? ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16282 "2014-08-22T19:43:55Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > The [Westboro Baptist Church](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2014/08/22/this-should-go-well-westboro-baptist-church-says-its-going-to-iraq-to-protest-isis/) says it’s going to Iraq to protest ISIS. Hell, I’d buy their plane tickets. ---
**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 22, 2014, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16283 "2014-08-22T19:47:50Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Hell, I’d buy their plane tickets. Make sure they’re one-way. ---
**Author:** ![Spavined\_Gelding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@Spavined\_Gelding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spavined_Gelding)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16284 "2014-08-22T19:58:35Z")
If our friends from Kansas are serious about this a one-way ticket will be sufficient. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16285 "2014-08-22T20:02:03Z")
Are they going to give some head? ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16286 "2014-08-22T20:53:19Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > The [Westboro Baptist Church](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2014/08/22/this-should-go-well-westboro-baptist-church-says-its-going-to-iraq-to-protest-isis/) says it’s going to Iraq to protest ISIS. I love it when one problem solves another. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16287 "2014-08-22T21:34:01Z")
Oh no, I bet ISIS is trembling in fear…or something. ---
**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:** [August 22, 2014, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16288 "2014-08-22T21:45:30Z")
nm ---
**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 22, 2014, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16289 "2014-08-22T21:46:22Z")
This could be the feel-good buddy movie of the summer - Fred hates fags and America. Ahmed hates fags and America. They fight Popes ! ---
**Author:** ![PorchePine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/94ad74/32.png) [@PorchePine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PorchePine)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16290 "2014-08-22T22:01:47Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > This could be the feel-good buddy movie of the summer - Fred hates fags and America. Ahmed hates fags and America. They fight Popes ! Isn’t Fred dead? ---
**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 22, 2014, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16291 "2014-08-22T22:16:42Z")
Right. Yes. I totally didn’t forget that. He probably still hates fags though. ---
**Author:** ![DeptfordX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DeptfordX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeptfordX)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16292 "2014-08-22T22:41:23Z")
Yeah, they’re not going to do it though. It’s part of their M.o. They often claim they are going to attend some event/place/funeral where there prescence would be outrageous. The headlines they want go up and they don’t bother showing up, they just want the publicity. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16293 "2014-08-22T22:46:35Z")
> [@DeptfordX](#): > > Yeah, they’re not going to do it though. It’s part of their M.o. They often claim they are going to attend some event/place/funeral where there prescence would be outrageous. The headlines they want go up and they don’t bother showing up, they just want the publicity. Well, it’s a win-win for Australian (yes, apparently WBC is now world-famous) comedian Adam Hills, who challenged them to go to Iraq: They’ve said they will – so, now, whether they go or don’t go, he gets more material out of it. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16294 "2014-08-22T23:19:04Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > I love it when one problem solves another. You mean the WBC was right at the ISIS camp we hit with the drone? Aw, shucks. Not that they’d get within 500 miles of the other bad guys. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16295 "2014-08-22T23:50:31Z")
Well if we’re lucky, WBC will follow through, ISIS will kidnap them and demand a ransom, and then, later, instead of paying the ransom, we’ll force ISIS to pay us to take them back – much more than they asked for in ransom. ---
**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:** [August 23, 2014, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16296 "2014-08-23T00:29:04Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > Well if we’re lucky, WBC will follow through, ISIS will kidnap them and demand a ransom, and then, later, instead of paying the ransom, we’ll force ISIS to pay us to take them back – much more than they asked for in ransom. This is my nomination for the single best user name/post combination in the history of the SDMB. ---
**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 23, 2014, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16297 "2014-08-23T01:16:08Z")
> [@Lacunae\_Matata](#): > > This is my nomination for the single best user name/post combination in the history of the SDMB. If only we had a poster called **Red Chief** … ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2014, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16298 "2014-08-23T01:21:46Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > The [Westboro Baptist Church](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2014/08/22/this-should-go-well-westboro-baptist-church-says-its-going-to-iraq-to-protest-isis/) says it’s going to Iraq to protest ISIS. Good heavens, why? They’d run a country under their control just about the same way ISIS is running what passes for a country under their control. They should be best buddies. ---
**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 23, 2014, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16299 "2014-08-23T01:26:40Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > Good heavens, why? They’d run a country under their control just about the same way ISIS is running what passes for a country under their control. They should be best buddies. But those dirty Muslims don’t worship the same God. Which is true. _Nobody_ worships the same God as WBC ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2014, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16300 "2014-08-23T01:28:42Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [Rick Perry:](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/22/us/politics/rick-perry-says-terrorists-could-be-entering-us-along-mexico-border.html?_r=1) Quoted by **BrainGlutton** from the NYT: > [@](#): > > While Mr. Perry said that there was “no clear evidence” recruits from terrorist organizations had entered the United States illegally, he pointed to the number of violent crimes committed in recent years by illegal immigrants. A far greater concern should be the members of ISIS who are U.S. citizens, or are citizens of countries that can enter the U.S. as tourists with minimal requirements or restrictions. There are far many more of those people than there are of ISIS members who would travel to Mexico and sneak across a river or desert. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=814) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=816)