# Stupid Democratic Idea of the Day **URL:** \ **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:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-democratic-idea-of-the-day/584618/121 "2011-06-15T20:38:30Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Which is very, very odd. FactCheck has done such excellent work in the past, I am at a loss to understand how they could have screwed the pooch with such thoroughness. A natural consequence of trying to defend the GOP? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-democratic-idea-of-the-day/584618/122 "2011-06-15T20:48:57Z")
Possibly, but still, in the past, I’ve only had the minorest quibbles with them, most of which could be fairly explained by an overweening desire to be non-partisan, a case of crippling “on the other handedness”. But this confuses me, and, frankly, worries. ---
**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:** [June 15, 2011, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-democratic-idea-of-the-day/584618/123 "2011-06-15T20:57:10Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > How gauche of you to gloat over this news. The appropriate venue is a new thread in Great Debates, where you announce, "I was right in my analysis. Discuss. " That’s how a gentleman does it. Would opening a thread in the Pit and announcing “I was right in my analysis. Discuss, _bitch_” be meeting the gentleman halfway ? ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-democratic-idea-of-the-day/584618/124 "2011-06-15T21:17:51Z")
If you really think that proposing a bigger hike than your opponent, and then robocalling to say your opponent is proposing a big hike, isn’t deceptive, [factcheck.org accepts emails](http://factcheck.org/category/archives/factcheck-mailbag/) and takes criticism pretty well. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-democratic-idea-of-the-day/584618/125 "2011-07-15T18:58:16Z")
How about them Dems, insisting on continuing their disastrous spending policies and balking at any attempt to cut them back? They are perfectly willing to let the country default on its debt rather than accepts spending reductions. Gotta spend, spend, spend like a drunen sailor, don’cha know? ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-democratic-idea-of-the-day/584618/126 "2011-07-15T19:17:21Z")
You’re not even fucking trying. It’s sad. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-democratic-idea-of-the-day/584618/127 "2011-07-15T19:22:44Z")
Now, that’s just not fair! Its all he’s got, try to be charitable. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-democratic-idea-of-the-day/584618/128 "2011-07-15T20:11:06Z")
Dude, **Clothahump** , lots of us are totally ready and willing to mock Democrats. You gotta be able to find something better than that. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-democratic-idea-of-the-day/584618/129 "2011-07-15T20:14:23Z")
This is gonna get my vote for most pitiful Pit thread ever. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-democratic-idea-of-the-day/584618/130 "2011-07-15T20:22:17Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > How about them Dems, insisting on continuing their disastrous spending policies and balking at any attempt to cut them back? They are perfectly willing to let the country default on its debt rather than accepts spending reductions. Gotta spend, spend, spend like a drunen sailor, don’cha know? Well, that is certainly _one_ take on the Tea-Party-sponsored “Puppetry of the Penis” show that’s dragging along in the House. It’s a bit like the famous optical illusion picture that some people see as a vase, and others as a bunch of half-baked, partisan-spun horseshit that bears little resemblance to reality. ---
**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:** [July 15, 2011, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-democratic-idea-of-the-day/584618/131 "2011-07-15T20:54:13Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > How about them Dems, insisting on continuing their disastrous spending policies and balking at any attempt to cut them back? They are perfectly willing to let the country default on its debt rather than accepts spending reductions. Gotta spend, spend, spend like a drunen sailor, don’cha know? Both parties spend like drunks on a binge. It’s just that the left generally does funded (revenue) spending and right does deficit (borrowed) spending. It’s really not a contest as to which I would prefer, but perhaps you prefer the giant economic hole that we’re in. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-democratic-idea-of-the-day/584618/132 "2011-07-15T21:00:21Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > How about them Dems, insisting on continuing their disastrous spending policies and balking at any attempt to cut them back? They are perfectly willing to let the country default on its debt rather than accepts spending reductions. Gotta spend, spend, spend like a drunen sailor, don’cha know? I seriously opened this thread fully prepared to congratulate the resurrector, agree with him or her, and then laugh that it’ll just take another 3000 ideas to equal the Republican version. But this…this…seriously? No link? Nothing but a generalized and completely out-of-touch generalization? Even the scarecrows are complaining that you’re hoarding all the straw for yourself. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-democratic-idea-of-the-day/584618/133 "2011-07-15T22:06:11Z")
This just in: _Angry, ignorant, man shakes fist at cloud!_ ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-democratic-idea-of-the-day/584618/134 "2011-07-15T23:18:49Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Both parties spend like drunks on a binge. It’s just that the left generally does funded (revenue) spending and right does deficit (borrowed) spending. It’s really not a contest as to which I would prefer, but perhaps you prefer the giant economic hole that we’re in. Right, ‘Tax and Spend’ vs. ‘No Tax and Spend’. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_fun_ball/32/17664_2.png) [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-democratic-idea-of-the-day/584618/135 "2011-07-15T23:27:22Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > How about them Dems, insisting on continuing their disastrous spending policies and balking at any attempt to cut them back? They are perfectly willing to let the country default on its debt rather than accepts spending reductions. Gotta spend, spend, spend like a drunen sailor, don’cha know? :rolleyes: How do you like them dems, they have become party of personal and national responsibility? They believe when we start wars or pass medicare drug benefit expansions, we should raise taxes to pay for it instead of making our children and grandchildren pay for it. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-democratic-idea-of-the-day/584618/136 "2011-07-15T23:38:10Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > How about them Dems, insisting on continuing their disastrous spending policies and balking at any attempt to cut them back? They are perfectly willing to let the country default on its debt rather than accepts spending reductions. Gotta spend, spend, spend like a drunen sailor, don’cha know? Oh, come on. Remember why your original dumbass thread failed? This is why. We ask for actual examples and links and such, and you chime in with “Democrats R stoopid poopyheads, hur hur hur”. It’s not the Democrats who come out looking stupid. And it says a lot that the so-called liberal Kool Aid drinkers of the SDMB have to do the heavy lifting in a Stupid Democratic Idea of the Day thread. At least **Bricker** is making an effort. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-democratic-idea-of-the-day/584618/137 "2011-07-15T23:38:27Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Congratulations to [Congressman Anthony Weiner](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=610638) for finally giving us a solid launching point for this thread. > > Seriously, dude - all the previous recent sex scandals and topless photos and everything else, and you still thought tweeting a picture of your lunchbox was a good idea? I am so disappointed in you. You may have thought you’d heard all the weiner/wiener jokes before but the collected masses of the media and the internet are busily writing new ones right now. > > Way to go, guy. > > (See, **Clothahump**? That’s how you do it.) Dude, if that’s your idea of a “Stupid Democratic Idea” – if that’s the best you can come up with – then you’d **damned** well better vote Democratic all up and down the ticket in 2012. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-democratic-idea-of-the-day/584618/138 "2011-07-15T23:41:15Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Now, that’s just not fair! Its all he’s got, try to be charitable. You forgot to add “Bless his heart”. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2011, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-democratic-idea-of-the-day/584618/139 "2011-07-16T00:24:57Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Dude, if that’s your idea of a “Stupid Democratic Idea” – if that’s the best you can come up with – then you’d **damned** well better vote Democratic all up and down the ticket in 2012. I tend to vote Democratic as the closest to my political position (I’ve been registered Independent for decades now) but then I end up voting for people like Ben effing Nelson (speaking of stupid Democrats). It’s not much of a solution. I can’t believe the Democrats aren’t doing and saying more specifically stupid things (other than just being their usual weeny weedy weaky selves). I want links, people! Hasn’t Biden said anything dumb lately? I am disappointed. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2011, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-democratic-idea-of-the-day/584618/140 "2011-07-16T00:31:28Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > You’re not even fucking trying. It’s sad. No, what’s sad is that he is trying, and that’s the best he can do. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-democratic-idea-of-the-day/584618.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-democratic-idea-of-the-day/584618.md?page=8)