# NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 22, 2020, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140 "2020-06-22T07:01:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 173
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3449 "2021-02-18T17:42:30Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I tend to avoid Nextdoor. For one thing, all the lost pets really distress me. Huh, that’s actually the _only_ reason I go on there. I know a whole lot of dogs, and have helped to reunite quite a number with their owners. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3450 "2021-02-18T18:59:54Z")
Hey, he already threw his father and his wife under the bus, so I guess he had nobody left but the kids when he needed a new excuse: > Statement from Sen. Ted Cruz: > > This has been an infuriating week for Texans. The greatest state in the greatest country in the world has been without power. We have food lines, gas lines, and people sleeping at the neighbors’ houses. Our homes are freezing and our lights are out. Like millions of Texans, our family lost heat and power too. > > With school cancelled for the week, **our girls asked to take a trip with friends. Wanting to be a good dad, I flew down with them last night** and am flying back this afternoon. My staff and I are in constant communication with state and local leaders to get to the bottom of what happened in Texas. We want our power back, our water on, and our homes warm. My team and I will continue using all our resources to keep Texans informed and safe. (emphasis added) ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3451 "2021-02-18T19:03:59Z")
A good dad wouldn’t let his kids run off to a foreign country during a global pandemic… ---
**Author:** ![mistymage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mistymage/32/459_2.png) [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3452 "2021-02-18T20:45:17Z")
Discourse doesn’t like All Caps. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3453 "2021-02-18T20:54:12Z")
Every time I see Rick Perry’s name I think Sideshow Rick Perry. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3454 "2021-02-18T21:13:22Z")
It doesn’t matter that its a complete fabrication, it sounds plausible enough and doesn’t threaten their beliefs of Buisness= good, regulstions and environmentalism = bad. So its more true to them than any explanation that is supported by mere facts. They may be slowly freezing to death but at least they can bask in the comforting knowledge that they were right all along. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3455 "2021-02-18T21:35:32Z")
What was that thing those oil-rich states used to say to the east coast states? Something about how we could freeze in the dark as far as they were concerned? How’s that working out for you guys in Texas now? ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3456 "2021-02-18T21:39:00Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > Something about how we could freeze in the dark as far as they were concerned? But folks on the east coast are completely supportive of helping them. We may point out the petard they’ve hoisted themselves with is their own, but we are also happy to help get them down. The reverse isn’t true. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2021, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3457 "2021-02-18T21:50:10Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > If you look at that photo of Rick Perry and the corndog, and consider his relationship to Donnie, I believe you have all the information you need about Rick’s qualifications.\* 🤨 > > \*Note the tongue engagement. I mean, FFS, who LICKS a corndog? 'Nuff said. Someone should send this picture to Trump, it might revitalize Rick Santorum’s political career [![](https://mps110.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/mmmm-frothy-surreal1.jpg) ](https://mps110.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/mmmm-frothy-surreal1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3458 "2021-02-18T21:58:11Z")
EYE BLEACH EYE BLEACH!! * * * > [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > How’s that working out for you guys in Texas now? Please don’t lump us all together. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3459 "2021-02-18T23:07:04Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > But folks on the east coast are completely supportive of helping them. We may point out the petard they’ve hoisted themselves with is their own, but we are also happy to help get them down. The reverse isn’t true. My (possibly flawed) understanding is that in order to avoid oppressive Federal regulation, the Texas power grid is isolated and can’t “import” power from other grids. So they’ll have to pull themselves up by their cowboy bootstraps (sorry, @ThelmaLou ). ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3460 "2021-02-18T23:44:39Z")
That is true. Sad but true. I had nothing to do with it, Coach. I was in the locker room when the fracas broke out. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2021, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3461 "2021-02-19T01:11:25Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > > [@Sherrerd](#): > > > > I’d like to see that bumper sticker. > > “The tree of libertarianism must from time to time be refreshed with the blood of the poors.” Accurate representation of GOP views—but will cause quite a few vehicle crashes as people try to get close enough to read it. \ > [@running\_coach](#): > > > [@Sherrerd](#): > > > > So Rick Perry is asking Texans to, quite literally, die for Republican anti-regulatory dogma. > > A good leader sets the example. That’s not the way Republicans define “leadership.” For them “leadership” is bamboozling the rubes while making millions (at least) \ > [@amarinth](#): > > > [@Sherrerd](#): > > > > So Rick Perry is asking Texans to, quite literally, die for Republican anti-regulatory dogma. > > > > I’d like to see that bumper sticker. > > … if someone wants to sacrifice themselves rather than be subject to regulation or accept government assistance, I can kind of understand that. **It’s sacrificing other people that’s the problem.** You have _no_ future in Republican politics. (Sorry! …my emphasis in quote) ---
**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:** [February 19, 2021, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3462 "2021-02-19T03:52:38Z")
Cruz lied about his daughters asking for the Cancun trip, as Heidi revealed to a private chat group made up of her friends (the friends narked to the New York Times), she wanted to go because it was freezing in their house. They also left their dog behind in the freezing house with no electricity. There was a security guard to take care of the dog, ,and the power came on after they left, but how were they to know that was going to happen? [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ted-cruz-abandons-millions-of-freezing-texans-and-his-poodle-snowflake/ar-BB1dOtlS](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ted-cruz-abandons-millions-of-freezing-texans-and-his-poodle-snowflake/ar-BB1dOtlS) ---
**Author:** ![mistymage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mistymage/32/459_2.png) [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2021, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3463 "2021-02-19T04:45:32Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > So Rick Perry is asking Texans to, quite literally, die for Republican I think they already did that last year? > **[Arizona Republican Party asks followers if they're willing to die to overturn...](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/arizona-republican-party-overturn-election-results-death/)** > > "Live a life of service to a cause greater than yourself," the official account of the Arizona GOP also told its supporters. And then Jan. 6, 2021 happened. Oh, Arizona… Texas… but still Republicans. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2021, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3464 "2021-02-19T05:47:34Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Cruz lied about his daughters asking for the Cancun trip, as Heidi revealed to a private chat group made up of her friends (the friends narked to the New York Times), she wanted to go because it was freezing in their house. You know that only a horrible person would marry Ted Cruz…so, not surprised. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2021, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3465 "2021-02-19T08:02:18Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > My (possibly flawed) understanding is that in order to avoid oppressive Federal regulation, the Texas power grid is isolated and can’t “import” power from other grids. Other states can air-drop shipments of firewood. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2021, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3466 "2021-02-19T10:02:11Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Other states can air-drop shipments of firewood. Or thoughts and prayers. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2021, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3467 "2021-02-19T13:47:22Z")
> [@amarinth](#): > > This is, I’m assuming, the same TVA that we (well, many of us) learned about in history class that was part jobs program/part infrastructure project/part socialism? Yep, that’s the same one. Of course, you don’t hear anyone complain about that (other than freaking out about nuclear power, which I can sort of understand if you’re talking about Browns Ferry and the candle incident). ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2021, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3468 "2021-02-19T14:11:46Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Cruz lied about his daughters asking for the Cancun trip, as Heidi revealed to a private chat group made up of her friends (the friends narked to the New York Times), she wanted to go because it was freezing in their house. What a despicable human being - blaming his daughters for his political gaffe. > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > They also left their dog behind in the freezing house with no electricity. There was a security guard to take care of the dog, ,and the power came on after they left, but how were they to know that was going to happen? What a despicable human being - you do know, Ted, that pretty much all of the “wild” has been bred out of domestic dogs, and that they really can’t exist sub-freezing temperatures for long periods. What’s unfortunate is that I’m willing to bet that all will be forgotten by the time of the next Senatorial election. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=172) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=174)