# And then there's the TEXAS Republican Platform... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 24, 2004, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-theres-the-texas-republican-platform/261328 "2004-08-24T20:29:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-theres-the-texas-republican-platform/261328/21 "2004-08-25T13:22:03Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > What point are you desperately trying to make here Lib? Are you suggesting that Gore’s failure to utilize this information has some bearing on the long-standingness of the lunacy of the Texas Republican Party platform? Um, no, Otto, I’m saying what I said. […dumbfounded stare…] Namely, that it seems to me that Gore had a golden opportunity to ridicule Bush’s “compassionate conservativism” crap by using this platform to show that, indeed, his own party has no compassion. ---
**Author:** ![spectrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@spectrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spectrum)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-theres-the-texas-republican-platform/261328/22 "2004-08-25T15:29:46Z")
NEWSFLASH: Al Gore ran one of the worst presidential campaigns in living memory. ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-theres-the-texas-republican-platform/261328/23 "2004-08-25T15:54:00Z")
> [@rjung](#): > > …I just thought it’s worth mentioning that last week’s episode of **Penn & Teller: Bullshit!** debunked faith-based 12-step programs, and showed that they had the same efficiency rate as quitting cold turkey – 5%. Makes me wonder where the Texas GOP gets their “higher proven rate of success” from. “In the butt, Bob!” That joke works on so many levels for this thread. 🙂 Enjoy, Steven ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-theres-the-texas-republican-platform/261328/24 "2004-08-25T16:22:37Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > 😕 It’s repulsive **and** addictive? How does that work, exactly? > > “Eeeewww, that stuff is so repulsive! I’m grossed out and repelled by it! In fact, I’m so repelled that now I’m hooked on it! Give me more, more, more, I can’t live without it!” Is it just me or does that make no sense? Maybe it’s a variant on the old “oooh, degrade me, humiliate me!” kick. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-theres-the-texas-republican-platform/261328/25 "2004-08-25T16:23:45Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Glacier! Run for your lives! _spits food at monitor_ This is fucking funny. Half the stuff fell out of my ham sandwich because I squeezed it when I was laughing. Thanks, man. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-theres-the-texas-republican-platform/261328/26 "2004-08-25T16:27:49Z")
> [@rjung](#): > > …I just thought it’s worth mentioning that last week’s episode of **Penn & Teller: Bullshit!** debunked faith-based 12-step programs, and showed that they had the same efficiency rate as quitting cold turkey – 5%. Makes me wonder where the Texas GOP gets their “higher proven rate of success” from. Well, 12-step programs don’t accept governmental money, so the Texas GOP is barking up the wrong tree if they think they can fund them. As for 12-step programs being wholly “faith-based,” well…it’s been rather a while since I’ve been to church… ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-theres-the-texas-republican-platform/261328/27 "2004-08-25T16:31:02Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > Um, no, Otto, I’m saying what I said. […dumbfounded stare…] Namely, that it seems to me that Gore had a golden opportunity to ridicule Bush’s “compassionate conservativism” crap by using this platform to show that, indeed, his own party has no compassion. I know you make a lot of strong statements that sometimes offend people, but I have to stand with you on this one. It really did seem like Otto just made up what he thought you said out of whole cloth. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-theres-the-texas-republican-platform/261328/28 "2004-08-25T16:38:49Z")
Thanks, Elenia28. Interestingly, I just finished watching my DVR programming, and John Kerry was doing pretty much exactly that on the Daily Show. He used Republican policies to poke fun at Bush’s “compassion”. Whoever ran Gore’s campaign needs a slap upside the head. Just so you know, I’m a recent Gore convert — because of this speech. [http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0624-15.htm](http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0624-15.htm) It is one of the finest political speeches of our time. ---
**Author:** ![PussyCow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/22d042/32.png) [@PussyCow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PussyCow)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-theres-the-texas-republican-platform/261328/29 "2004-08-25T16:43:08Z")
> [@](#): > > The Party believes, as do the vast majority of Texans, that pornography is repulsive, addictive and contributes to deviant criminal behavior. It exploits men, women, and children and degrades society as a whole. At least they believe it’s an _equal opportunity_ exploiter. Man, this is so absurd. These people are so wacked! I can only laugh… …and slink off my chair… …and crawl under the desk… …and get into the fetal position… …and cry. ---
**Author:** ![malden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@malden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malden)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-theres-the-texas-republican-platform/261328/30 "2004-08-25T18:51:26Z")
It’s repulsive, _and_ addictive… It’s **Tomacco!** (obligatory simpsons reference) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-theres-the-texas-republican-platform/261328.md?page=1)