# 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:** 74
**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:** [November 27, 2013, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/1461 "2013-11-27T14:28:50Z")
Exercising the nuclear option _was_ a good idea. The dumb liberal idea was waiting until the end of this administration to do it, in fact. I’ll give you the other two - except that he didn’t actually say the third one. So you get one point. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/1462 "2013-11-27T14:30:40Z")
Holy Christ **Clothy** got one, a genuine Stupid Liberal Idea. They said this day would never come, but here it is. There should be some kind of sticky announcement in the forum. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/1463 "2013-11-27T15:40:26Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Wait. Waitwaitwait… **Clothahump** actually posted something in the Stupid Liberal Idea of the Day thread that was genuinely a “stupid liberal idea”? > > What is the world coming to? Dude…I started this thread. Every liberal idea is a stupid one. There are just so damn many to choose from that I have to limit myself to the really egregious ones. I could have put Obamacare in here, but that would have been like shooting fish in a barrel. With a shotgun. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/1464 "2013-11-27T15:57:23Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Dude…I started this thread. Every liberal idea is a stupid one. There are just so damn many to choose from that I have to limit myself to the really egregious ones. I could have put Obamacare in here, but that would have been like shooting fish in a barrel. With a shotgun. [Public opinion sees it differently.](http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/11/27/cnnorc-poll-are-obamacares-flaws-fixable/) > [@](#): > > Washington (CNN) – Despite the flawed rollout of [HealthCare.gov](http://HealthCare.gov), a majority of Americans still seem to have an open mind about whether Obamacare will work, and more than half of those surveyed in a new national poll believe the current problems can be solved. > > A CNN/ORC International poll also indicates nearly six in 10 Americans oppose the national health care law, but some give the Affordable Care Act a thumbs down because it isn’t liberal enough. > > According to the survey released on Wednesday, four in 10 say they support the law, with 58% opposed. Those figures are little changed from a CNN poll a month ago, just two weeks into the rough start up of [HealthCare.gov](http://HealthCare.gov) and mostly before the controversy over insurance policy cancellations due primarily to the new health law. > > But 41% say they oppose the law because they think it’s too liberal, with 14% saying the measure doesn’t go far enough. That means that **54% either support Obamacare, or say it’s not liberal enough.** ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/1465 "2013-11-27T16:01:53Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Every liberal idea is a stupid one. I know it’s against the rules to tease the animals in a zoo … but I wonder if Mr. Hump would tell us whether this was sincere or hyperbolic. ---
**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:** [November 27, 2013, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/1466 "2013-11-27T16:08:32Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Dude…I started this thread. Every liberal idea is a stupid one. There are just so damn many to choose from that I have to limit myself to the really egregious ones. I could have put Obamacare in here, but that would have been like shooting fish in a barrel. With a shotgun. And now you’re back to form. Dude, I **know** you started this thread. And I **know** you claim that there are just so many you can’t possibly choose. And yet most of your contributions here have not been examples of anything remotely on the same scale as the examples over in the SRIOTD thread. Some of them have not even been “liberal”, let alone “stupid”. But keep fucking that chicken! ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/1467 "2013-11-27T16:43:48Z")
Really, I’d say that this thread might have died altogether if not for the efforts of the liberals on this board and our talking amongst ourselves. Bet there are more “liberal” posts than “conservative” ones in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/1468 "2013-11-27T16:57:53Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > I know it’s against the rules to tease the animals in a zoo … but I wonder if Mr. Hump would tell us whether this was sincere or hyperbolic. It’s Clothy. It’s sincere. Stupid, but sincere. One thing you really can’t call Clothy is “troll”. He really does actually believe every single thing he posts here. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/1469 "2013-11-27T21:49:37Z")
> [@Abe\_Babe](#): > > Here in Chicago, I usually just kick them in the nuts and say “Get a job, hippie!!” I don’t think my state has five-term representatives since term limits came in, but I suppose if we did, people would tell them to, “Get a job,” as well. I don’t think that’s fair, entirely. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/1470 "2013-11-27T23:29:03Z")
> [@Abe\_Babe](#): > > Here in Chicago, I usually just kick them in the nuts and say “Get a job, hippie!!” “Ahh, Central, this is One Adam Nine, we got a man here lying on the sidewalk moaning, with a boot print on his butt and a hacky-sack rammed up his ass. Advise…” ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2013, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/1471 "2013-11-28T03:18:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid did a good thing when he violated Senate rules to invoke the nuclear option, Umm, Senate rules allow you to change the Senate rules by a majority vote. This is exactly what Harry Reid did. ---
**Author:** ![sylmar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@sylmar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sylmar)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2013, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/1472 "2013-11-28T10:32:32Z")
> [@Frostillicus](#): > > Umm, Senate rules allow you to change the Senate rules by a majority vote. This is exactly what Harry Reid did. Look, if you won’t let people inaccurately paraphrase and insert misleading innuendo into a speech, you’re going to end up with an idea that makes sense. Stop being reasonable! ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2013, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/1473 "2013-11-28T14:49:03Z")
> [@sylmar](#): > > Look, if you won’t let people inaccurately paraphrase and insert misleading innuendo into a speech, you’re going to end up with an idea that makes sense. > > Stop being reasonable! I agree. It’s well known that facts have a strong liberal bias. Commentators who prevaricate less than 50% of the time can hardly be called “impartial.” ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2013, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/1474 "2013-11-28T15:37:37Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > I could have put Obamacare in here, but that would have been like shooting fish in a barrel. With a shotgun. Never as good as the real thing, eh? ---
**Author:** ![Fuji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a9a28c/32.png) [@Fuji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuji)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/1475 "2013-11-29T04:05:49Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Every liberal idea is a stupid one. Too bad you don’t realize you read like a Southpark caricature. Man, your parents really dropped the ball. ---
**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:** [November 29, 2013, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/1476 "2013-11-29T06:13:45Z")
> [@Fuji](#): > > Too bad you don’t realize you read like a Southpark caricature. Man, your parents really dropped the ball. I don’t think it was a ball they dropped… ---
**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:** [November 29, 2013, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/1477 "2013-11-29T09:42:22Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Every liberal idea is a stupid one. Yeah, damn those 40-hour work weeks, paid vacations, sick leave, safe workplaces, minimum wage, clean air and water, public education, no child labor, safe food and medicine, civil rights, Social Security, Medicare… What a bunch of stupid liberal ideas. The country was a better place before all of those. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2013, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/1478 "2013-11-30T00:35:50Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Yeah, damn those 40-hour work weeks, paid vacations, sick leave, safe workplaces, minimum wage, clean air and water, public education, no child labor, safe food and medicine, civil rights, Social Security, Medicare… > > What a bunch of stupid liberal ideas. The country was a better place before all of those. I bet somehow Clothy thinks these are conservative ideas, in his little FOX News world. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2013, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/1479 "2013-12-01T17:04:36Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > And now you’re back to form. > > Dude, I **know** you started this thread. And I **know** you claim that there are just so many you can’t possibly choose. And yet most of your contributions here have not been examples of anything remotely on the same scale as the examples over in the SRIOTD thread. Some of them have not even been “liberal”, let alone “stupid”. > > But keep fucking that chicken! Nah, I’ll let you guys do that. You do it so well, because you’ve had so much practice. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2013, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/1480 "2013-12-01T17:08:11Z")
And while we’re at it,[how about super-compassionate liberal editor Erin Ryan’s comments on Paul Walker’s death](http://thedesk.matthewkeys.net/2013/12/01/jezebel-editor-stirs-controversy-over-ill-timed-political-tweet/)? There’s some liberal lovin’ for ya. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086.md?page=73) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086.md?page=75)