# Stupid Democratic Idea of the Day

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-democratic-idea-of-the-day/584618>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [June 7, 2011, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-democratic-idea-of-the-day/584618 "2011-06-07T12:22:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 10

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**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-democratic-idea-of-the-day/584618/181 "2014-05-21T17:44:45Z")

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> [@Finagle](#):
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> Or you could read the whole quote instead of taking it out of context like the Daily Caller. The only dumb idea there was in his naively giving his political opponents a nice out of context sound bite for the next election cycle.

I did read the whole article and the context doesn’t change the sheer idiocy of that statement.

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-democratic-idea-of-the-day/584618/182 "2014-05-21T18:04:30Z")

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> [@Finagle](#):
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> Or you could read the whole quote instead of taking it out of context like the Daily Caller. The only dumb idea there was in his naively giving his political opponents a nice out of context sound bite for the next election cycle.

What _was_ the whole quote? 'cause it sounds pretty bad. Considering the source and his rather spectacular Ed Schultz fail I’m willing to give Garcia the benefit of _some_ doubt.

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**Author:** ![Reyemile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@Reyemile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reyemile)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-democratic-idea-of-the-day/584618/183 "2014-05-21T18:12:18Z")

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Roughly translated:

“we’ve spent huge sums of money stuffing El Paso with government jobs, and now it’s nearly crime-free. Communism works! \<ba-dum ching\> But seriously folks, we’re spending way too much. There’s better ways to protect Americans.”

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