# 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:** 192
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2015, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/3821 "2015-07-20T13:36:04Z")
> [@Mr.Miskatonic](#): > > Meanwhile, the GOP let the far rightes take over with the Tea Party crap. I only wish that were true. Then we would have a party that was working toward lowering taxes, reducing the size and cost of government, minimizing government’s footprint on our faces and increasing job growth. Instead…business as usual. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2015, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/3822 "2015-07-20T13:41:09Z")
Well, the Tea Party does have power. The far left doesn’t, although they are starting to act like they think they do. We’ll see. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2015, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/3823 "2015-07-20T14:04:35Z")
Don’t suppose you have anything like a definition for “far left” just lying around within easy reach? ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2015, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/3824 "2015-07-20T14:05:56Z")
The Teabaggers want more services for less taxes. Perhaps the most useless cunts in the history of the republic. Of course, they would yield little power if not for the fact that the average republican politician is a week-kneed, spineless slave to special interests. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2015, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/3825 "2015-07-20T14:13:01Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Don’t suppose you have anything like a definition for “far left” just lying around within easy reach? Everyone to the left of **Clothy**. ETA:which would include **adaher**. Welcome to the Far Left, buddy! ---
**Author:** ![PatriotX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2015, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/3826 "2015-07-20T14:14:34Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Don’t suppose you have anything like a definition for “far left” just lying around within easy reach? They’re the lefties who do not have power although they are starting to act like they think they do. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2015, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/3827 "2015-07-20T14:19:32Z")
Don’t worry about it, buddy, I’ll keep you off The List. ---
**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 20, 2015, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/3828 "2015-07-20T14:20:08Z")
> [@PatriotX](#): > > They’re the lefties who do not have power although they are starting to act like they think they do. Pay them no mind - they’re just getting a little excited now that their boy Bernie is seen as a credible candidate. Once he loses, they’ll quiet down again. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2015, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/3829 "2015-07-20T14:21:42Z")
They often erupt into bouts of loud noise and fury, only to go back to sleep once they realize no one cares. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2015, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/3830 "2015-07-20T14:26:52Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > They often erupt into bouts of loud noise and fury, only to go back to sleep once they realize no one cares. That sounds like **Clothy**. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2015, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/3831 "2015-07-20T14:27:47Z")
Well, lucky you, you get the support of people who stay wide awake and run out to vote for Louis “Goober” Gohmert. Lot to be proud of, right there! ---
**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:** [July 20, 2015, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/3832 "2015-07-20T21:57:38Z")
Not liberal, but Democrat-lite. [Charlie Crist says he would run for Congress if the newly-drawn Florida Congressional districts put his house in a majority-Democrat district.](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2015/07/20/charlie-crist-is-going-to-run-for-office-again-but-why/) Way to go out on a limb, there, Charlie. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/3833 "2015-07-21T16:45:48Z")
> [@Haberdash](#): > > Yup, I can just think of all the legitimate engagement with these points that doesn’t rely on accusations of racism or heresy against the God-Emperor that has come from the Obamabots in the last seven years. That’s funny because you only quoted what I considered non-racist stuff to attack Obama with. So its exactly correct that there are non-racist points of attack on Obama. But the sarcasm dripping from your post shows that you’re too much of an idiot to write correctly when you have Obama on your mind. When you pass 4th grade, feel free to try again > [@Haberdash](#): > > There seems to be some dissent in the ranks – **septimus** is vocalizing the unspoken id of the rest of the Obamadrones in the thread by explicitly stating that it “doesn’t matter” how or why you criticize Obama, it’s simply unacceptable to do so. Maybe you two should get together for a rousing game of Who’s The Racist? I don’t care what he says. If you want to talk about him, respond to him. > [@Haberdash](#): > > No one actually called him a nigger. Completely irrelevant to my post as I was making an analogy. But you just want it out there to make your shitead right-wingers seem more reasonable. “They never called him THAT! See how reasonable they debate?” Nobody’s falling for it > [@Haberdash](#): > > Bill Maher tweeted that asking about his Iran policy is the same thing as calling him a nigger. And its true. Garrett questioned his Americanism and explicitly said he was celebrating while 4 Americans were still held in Iran. Let’s go back to the part of my post you skipped: > [@](#): > > Racist > > - Obama’s giving handout to his urban cronies > - Obama cannot relate to small towns because he’s a Kenyan Socialist Foreigner > - Obama wants to help his Muslim friends over our Jewish allies These things attack Obama personally; they attack his race and his religion. They imply he’s not American even when he clearly is. It inserts thoughts into his mind rather than critique his actions or his words. When Garrett said Obama was “content”, he was making an accusation that Obama is happy with 4 Americans in Iran even though all he could tell from Obama’s actions and words were that Obama was happy about the nuclear deal. Garrett knows nothing about anything being done by Obama for those 4 Americans and knows even less about how Obama feels about them. That’s where he made the mistake. And the point Bill Mahar was saying is that this kind of thing is generally never asked of a white president, or that its not done to the degree as one, therefore the only real uncommon denominator is that Obama’s the first black president. That’s why its racist and that’s why you bend over backwards to try to explain it away, because people that you agree with are totally fucking racist > [@Haberdash](#): > > So again we come to the typical Obama-brained response… You know, if you’re not going to actually respond to the quoted section, why even bother quoting it? Are you just some simpleton who repeats stuff? Fox has you trained that well huh? If I ring a bell, will you drool? My suggestion would be for you to take the actual phrase I said Garrett should have said had he not been a racist, and respond to how that would have been better or worst. In a political way I mean, because I know its not racist, so its not better racially and not better for the kind of message Fox and you want to convey ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/3834 "2015-07-22T06:46:08Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Not liberal, but Democrat-lite. > > [Charlie Crist says he would run for Congress if the newly-drawn Florida Congressional districts put his house in a majority-Democrat district.](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2015/07/20/charlie-crist-is-going-to-run-for-office-again-but-why/) > > Way to go out on a limb, there, Charlie. That’s quite a fall going from popular governor of a purple state to only being willing to run for a HOUSE seat if it’s a safely drawn district for him. In fairness, Charlie Crist was always a responsible, capable public servant. Why he decided to go all politician on us I’ll never know. And his worst crime is that he’s so bad at it. What Charlie Crist should actually be angling for is a Cabinet job with either a Democrat or Republican administration. An ideal job for someone with managerial talent and isn’t corrupt, but is terrible at politics. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2015, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/3835 "2015-07-22T12:53:41Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > What Charlie Crist should actually be angling for is a Cabinet job with either a Democrat or Republican administration. An ideal job for someone with managerial talent and isn’t corrupt, but is terrible at politics. That… actually makes sense. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/3836 "2015-07-23T02:41:50Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Everyone to the left of **Clothy**. > > ETA:which would include **adaher**. Welcome to the Far Left, buddy! BZZZZT! Wrong answer. But thanks for playing anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/3837 "2015-07-23T02:43:01Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > That sounds like **Clothy**. BZZZTT! Another wrong answer. Wanna try for a third strike? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/3838 "2015-07-23T02:46:31Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > BZZZTT! Another wrong answer. Wanna try for a third strike? Go ahead. I expect a major league asshole to throw shitballs. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/3839 "2015-07-23T03:03:58Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > BZZZTT! Another wrong answer. Wanna try for a third strike? You obviously have no clue whatsoevar what you sound like. A normal thing, really, most of us have a hard time recognizing what we sound like. 3rd base umpire reverses your call, sorry. ---
**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 23, 2015, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/3840 "2015-07-23T07:27:59Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > I only wish that were true. Then we would have a party that was working toward lowering taxes, reducing the size and cost of government, minimizing government’s footprint on our faces and increasing job growth. > > Instead…business as usual. You’re a stupid, angry person who is in a rage because of lies people have told you. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086.md?page=191) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086.md?page=193)