# Stupid liberal idea of the day **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 20, 2011, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086 "2011-04-20T15:35:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/221 "2011-09-29T04:04:25Z")
Let’s suspend elections. Oh, yeah, that’s a [real good idea.](http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2011/09/bev-perdue-congressional-elections-/1?csp=34news) ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/222 "2011-09-29T05:34:53Z")
> [@](#): > > “I think we ought to suspend, perhaps, elections for Congress for two years and just tell them we won’t hold it against them, whatever decisions they make, to just let them help this country recover. I really hope that someone can agree with me on that,” Perdue is quoted as saying. “You want people who don’t worry about the next election.” That’s pretty good stupid. C’mon kids, lets give **Clothahump** a cheer-- He’s tryin’ so hard. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/223 "2011-09-29T06:46:53Z")
_The Little Engine That Never Had A Fucking Prayer._ ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/224 "2011-09-29T06:55:16Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Let’s suspend elections. Oh, yeah, that’s a [real good idea.](http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2011/09/bev-perdue-congressional-elections-/1?csp=34news) Yup. Stupid. Very stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/225 "2011-09-29T11:52:42Z")
Never mind that she quite clearly explained that it was a joke. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/226 "2011-09-29T12:19:42Z")
The best part is that her hyperbole is addressing the very real stupidity of the Teabaggers driving our economy over the cliff by paralyzing the Republicans with threats of primaries if they set on toe over the aisle to actully accomplish something. ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/227 "2011-09-29T12:59:31Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > Never mind that she quite clearly explained that it was a joke. Joke or not, it was STILL stupid. Clothy’s got so little to work with, I’m going to give him this one. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2011, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/228 "2011-09-29T13:10:25Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > Never mind that she quite clearly explained that it was a joke. Everyone “explains it was a joke” after they realize they said something stupid. Or, more accurately, their campaign managers/press officers do it for them. We don’t give Palin, Bachmann, _et al_ a pass, so there’s no reason for anyone to give Bev Purdue one. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/229 "2011-09-29T13:16:25Z")
It’s like Poe’s law, but backward. Lenore’s law? ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/230 "2011-09-29T13:43:35Z")
As an NC Democrat who (held his nose and) voted for Purdue, I will freely admit it was stoopid. ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/231 "2011-09-29T14:10:08Z")
So whose idea was it to ban lawn darts? Was that a stupid liberal idea? ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/232 "2011-09-29T14:39:14Z")
> [@Darth\_Nader](#): > > That’s pretty good stupid. > > C’mon kids, lets give **Clothahump** a cheer-- He’s tryin’ so hard. Yeah, and there is so goddam much stoopid to choose from, it’s overwhelming. But I appreciate the kind words. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/233 "2011-09-29T16:55:34Z")
Here, let me help. According to that brilliant liberal light, Jeaneane Garofolo, Republican support for Herman Cain is racist. I presume she feels the same way about Clarence Thomas, Colin Powell, Condoleeza Rice and every other black Republican in the country as well. :rolleyes: As time goes by and more and more blacks enter the upper ranks of Republican politics, this stupid and dishonest tactic by the left becomes more and more laughable. [http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/09/29/janeane\_garofalo\_racist\_republicans\_support\_herman\_cain.html](http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/09/29/janeane_garofalo_racist_republicans_support_herman_cain.html) ---
**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:** [September 29, 2011, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/234 "2011-09-29T17:05:30Z")
Stupid **Starving** idea of the [del]day[/del] minute: pretending Jean Garofalo said something she didn’t. From your own link: > [@](#): > > Herman Cain is probably well liked by some of the Republicans because it hides the racist elements of the Republican party. Conservative movement and tea party movement, one in the same. > > People like Karl Rove liked to keep the racism very covert. And so Herman Cain provides this great opportunity say you can say ‘Look, this is not a racist, anti-immigrant, anti-female, anti-gay movement. Look we have a black man.’ She’s not saying Cain supporters are racist, moron. She said Republicans like Cain because it makes the party seem less racist. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/235 "2011-09-29T17:08:13Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > Here, let me help. According to that brilliant liberal light, Jeaneane Garofolo, Republican support for Herman Cain is racist. I presume she feels the same way about Clarence Thomas, Colin Powell, Condoleeza Rice and every other black Republican in the country as well. :rolleyes: > > As time goes by and more and more blacks enter the upper ranks of Republican politics, this stupid and dishonest tactic by the left becomes more and more laughable. > > [Janeane Garofalo: Racist Republicans Support Herman Cain | RealClearPolitics](http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/09/29/janeane_garofalo_racist_republicans_support_herman_cain.html) > [@](#): > > Janeane Garofalo: "Herman Cain is probably well liked by some of the Republicans because it hides the racist elements of the Republican party. Conservative movement and tea party movement, one in the same. Well, she did use the terms “probably” and “some of the Republicans” So at least she’s not guilty of painting an entire group with a broad brush, unlike some folks here. (“stupid and dishonest tactic of the left”) I thought that she was some kind of comic and/or actress. I did not realize that she spoke for the Democrats or even for the entire “left”. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/236 "2011-09-29T17:12:11Z")
Rightys grasping at straws . What is new? SOS. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/237 "2011-09-29T17:29:33Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Well, she did use the terms “probably” and “some of the Republicans” > > So at least she’s not guilty of painting an entire group with a broad brush, unlike some folks here. (“stupid and dishonest tactic of the left”) I thought that she was some kind of comic and/or actress. I did not realize that she spoke for the Democrats or even for the entire “left”. How can you possibly, on this board where conservatives, Republican and Tea Partiers come in for broad brush criticism and false accusations multiple times hourly, complain about this broad brush characterization toward the left, which, as far as I’m able to determine, is unanimus in attempting to portray conservatives and Republicans as racist? ---
**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:** [September 29, 2011, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/238 "2011-09-29T17:33:59Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > Here, let me help. According to that brilliant liberal light, Jeaneane Garofolo, Republican support for Herman Cain is racist. > [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > How can you possibly, on this board where conservatives, Republican and Tea Partiers come in for broad brush criticism and false accusations multiple times hourly, complain about this broad brush characterization toward the left, which, as far as I’m able to determine, is unanimus in attempting to portray conservatives and Republicans as racist? These two claims are not the same. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2011, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/239 "2011-09-29T17:34:20Z")
Leaving aside the fact that (as I’ve already pointed out) you clearly didn’t read what she said… how can one person be unanimous, exactly? ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/240 "2011-09-29T17:35:46Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > Never mind that she quite clearly explained that it was a joke. When asked for comment, Perdue expressed surprise at the outcry over her remark, which she again insisted was a joke. “It wasn’t even funny,” she said. “That stuff usually _kills_ with the Right!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086.md?page=13)