# 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:** 869
**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:** [October 11, 2014, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17361 "2014-10-11T19:14:09Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > He wouldn’t press charges. He also showed remarkable restraint (or stupidity, depending on your point of view) in not hitting back or even ducking the first five punches. The bitch would have been down for the count after the first swing in my world. I was raised a gentleman, I would never hit somebody without a Johnson. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2014, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17362 "2014-10-11T19:16:52Z")
> [@](#): > > …The bitch would have been down for the count after the first swing in my world. Yeah, that shit don’t go in savage, brutal Portland. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2014, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17363 "2014-10-11T19:51:42Z")
Lol, the Asian Republican Coalition is [full of white people](http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/10/asian-republican-coalition?utm_source=huffingtonpost.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=pubexchange_article) > [@](#): > > Yet, the Asian Republican Coalition appears to be in an awkward position: It seems unable to find many people of Asian descent to endorse or support its cause. Where’s a few token Asian people when you need them? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2014, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17364 "2014-10-11T21:04:18Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Yeah, that shit don’t go in savage, brutal Portland. Before I became a pacifist Portland hipster doofus, I was retired military, and before that a born and raised Alaskan. Someone swings on me, I swing back. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2014, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17365 "2014-10-11T21:11:14Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > He wouldn’t press charges. He also showed remarkable restraint (or stupidity, depending on your point of view) in not hitting back or even ducking the first five punches. The bitch would have been down for the count after the first swing in my world. But, there is no provision or possibility for the authorities to press charges in an abusive situation regardless if a victim does not want to press charges? Yeah, I know, they have officially decided to not press charges; but in many violent recent cases, where authorities decided early to not do a thing, are finding later that the public smells a rat and the authorities suddenly do find a way to do something. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2014, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17366 "2014-10-11T22:10:43Z")
Unless the cops are witness to it, you really need either someone willing to press charges or an indictment. The guy has to live with these nutballs in his town. Pressing charges for anything that isn’t a slam-dunk felony will just buy him more trouble than it is worth. Not that sluts like Bristol aren’t going to end up in prison eventually. Just not now, for this offense. But eventually. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17367 "2014-10-12T00:22:33Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Hurrah, [an update](http://www.adn.com/article/20141009/anchorage-police-no-charges-palin-birthday-brawl) on the Palin brawl, now with police reports! A family full of assholes. I’m just glad Sarah’s family moved out of Minnesota before she was born. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2014, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17368 "2014-10-12T00:55:07Z")
[You know who would’ve flown a rainbow flag?](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/10/nc-republicans-flying-gay-pride-flag-over-city-hall-is-just-like-something-hitler-would-have-done/) ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17369 "2014-10-12T02:20:07Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > Came up with a name for the Palins. “Tundra Trash”. A quick Google search shows someone beat me to it. I swear it’s getting harder to have an original thought. I’ve shamelessly stolen this from the comments on Charlie Pierce’s blog on Esquire: This family is looking for a Tennessee Williams’ play to haunt, without any sense of irony or self-awareness. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2014, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17370 "2014-10-12T09:29:38Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > [You know who would’ve flown a rainbow flag?](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/10/nc-republicans-flying-gay-pride-flag-over-city-hall-is-just-like-something-hitler-would-have-done/) You know how it is with those art students. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2014, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17371 "2014-10-13T15:59:15Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > I’ve shamelessly stolen this from the comments on Charlie Pierce’s blog on Esquire: > > This family is looking for a Tennessee Williams’ play to haunt, without any sense of irony or self-awareness. Excellent. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2014, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17372 "2014-10-13T19:12:45Z")
Not precisely Republican, _per se_, but boy howdy is this one dripping with teh stupid: [ChristWire: Obama is infecting Christains with Ebola to Destroy Jesus and start a New Age of Liberal Darkness!](http://christwire.org/2014/08/obama-is-infecting-christians-with-ebola-to-destroy-jesus-and-start-a-new-age-of-liberal-darkness/) _Be aware that reading this story may cause a temporary (or permanent) drop in your IQ_. Summary: the “bo” in ebola stands for Barack Obama; he has the cure, but only for supporters; the cure also injects you with a “RDIF” chip (whatever that is), which will emerge as the **Mark of the Beast**. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2014, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17373 "2014-10-13T19:26:09Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Not precisely Republican, _per se_, but boy howdy is this one dripping with teh stupid: > > [ChristWire: Obama is infecting Christains with Ebola to Destroy Jesus and start a New Age of Liberal Darkness!](http://christwire.org/2014/08/obama-is-infecting-christians-with-ebola-to-destroy-jesus-and-start-a-new-age-of-liberal-darkness/) > > _Be aware that reading this story may cause a temporary (or permanent) drop in your IQ_. > > Summary: the “bo” in ebola stands for Barack Obama; he has the cure, but only for supporters; the cure also injects you with a “RDIF” chip (whatever that is), which will emerge as the **Mark of the Beast**. I’m pretty sure that’s a satire site. Among its other stories: Giant Crab Monster Tests Mitt Romney For Power Over The USA (from 2012) Team USA Uniforms Laced With Steroids, Chinese Seastresses To Blame (from 2012) Chinese Cosmonauts Caught Faking SpaceWalk All Underwater (2009) ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2014, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17374 "2014-10-13T19:32:33Z")
That last conspiracy fantasy – that the Chinese spacewalk was faked in a big tank of water – was seriously bruited about in the conspiroverse, so its inclusion doesn’t go too far to demonstrate that the place is a hoax site. It’s so goddam hard to tell these days! ---
**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:** [October 13, 2014, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17375 "2014-10-13T20:18:48Z")
oops damn you, Poe, damn you ---
**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:** [October 13, 2014, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17376 "2014-10-13T20:48:03Z")
nm ---
**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:** [October 13, 2014, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17377 "2014-10-13T23:15:56Z")
[GOP Female Outreach, Part 46.](http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/10/13/1336291/-Scott-Brown-s-frat-buddies-scream-f-k-Jeanne-Shaheen-and-call-her-a-c-t?detail=hide) [GOP Female Outreach, Part 47.](http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/10/13/1336341/-GOP-Male-Rep-says-female-Democratic-candidate-Ann-McLane-Kuster-is-UGLY-As-SIN-and-can-t-win) If they shoot themselves in foot any more often, they’ll have to become Life Members of the NRA. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2014, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17378 "2014-10-14T00:51:10Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > [GOP Female Outreach, Part 47.](http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/10/13/1336341/-GOP-Male-Rep-says-female-Democratic-candidate-Ann-McLane-Kuster-is-UGLY-As-SIN-and-can-t-win) > > If they shoot themselves in foot any more often, they’ll have to become Life Members of the NRA. I like this part of the story: > [@](#): > > By contrast, he wrote, Kuster’s Republican challenger, State Rep. Marilinda Garcia, is “one of the most attractive women on the political scene anywhere, **not so attractive as to be intimidating [sic], but truly attractive**.” (bolding mine) “Intimidating”? 😕 WTF? This guy is intimidated by attractive women? WTF is that all about? Is there anything that conservatives don’t fear? ---
**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:** [October 14, 2014, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17379 "2014-10-14T01:02:08Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > I like this part of the story: > (bolding mine) > > “Intimidating”? 😕 WTF? This guy is intimidated by attractive women? WTF is that all about? > > Is there anything that conservatives don’t fear? Fear itself? ---
**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:** [October 14, 2014, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17380 "2014-10-14T01:09:06Z")
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