# Stupid Republican idea of the day **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 26, 2009, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897 "2009-03-26T18:48:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1002
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20022 "2015-03-16T23:45:48Z")
[Ted Cruz vows to repeal legislation that doesn’t exist.](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/03/16/ted-cruz-wants-to-repeal-every-word-of-federal-legislation-that-doesnt-actually-exist/) Common Core isn’t Federal legislation, dick-hole. It’s a state-by-state agreement. With that, I have hit 42,000 posts, at least half of them in this thread! Yea, me. If it wasn’t for Republican stupidity, _BtVS_ and beer, I’d still be a lurker! ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20023 "2015-03-16T23:46:10Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > I think it’s time somebody went through this thread and pulled out all the distinct SRIOTD --there’s probably 10 posts of commentary for every nugget of stupidity – and give us a neat and succinct catalog of idiocy, categorized by State, Local, Federal and Right-Wing Punditry. > > Somebody? anybody? Oh, since I’m too sick to go to work but not too sick to be bored…here’s the first 8 pages (thru June 2009 basically)-- maybe I’ll shoot for more tomorrow. I didn’t do categories. Kind of interesting in retrospect: 1. Regulating the activities of Michelle Obama 2. The GOP’s 19 page Affirmational Federal Budget 3. Badly worded GOP poll regarding “socialism” used to “prove” stupid stuff 4. Pundit makes joke about White House dog and the First Lady using the word bitch 5. Overreaction to Franken-Coleman senate race 6. RNC chair snubs Obama 7. Virginia Foxx calls Matthew Shepard murder a hoax 8. Byron York says something racist about Obamas approval ratings 9. A retrospective look at Starving Artist’s posts on the Vince Foster/Hillary conspiracy 10. Boehner releases a fear-mongering video about Obama 11. Something about National Council for A New America (6 years later the link is dead) 12. GWB and Downing St memo regarding Iraq 13. A lot of Starving Artist blather on previous subjects – a whole lot 14. Potential witness in Ohio voter fraud case killed in plane crash – Did Rove do it? 15. Sean Hannity rips Obama for putting Dijon mustard on burger 16. Sportscaster jokes about soldiers wanting to shoot Nancy Pelosi 17. A devil’s liaison between Ron Paul And Michelle Bachman 18. Republicans complain about Obama screening Star Trek movie 19. Commentators allege grand conspiracy by Obama to destroy America 20. RNC tries to rebrand Democratic Party as Democratic Socialist party 21. Republicans get DHS report on right-wing extremism yanked. 22. Republicans complain about Obama spending money to buy a dog ( but the dog was a gift) 23. RNC petitions Pelosi to stop funding for ACORN 24. Repubs recognize Democratic march to Socialism. 25. Torture and Liz Cheney running for office 26. Ending Birthright Citizenship 27. Obama won because he’s black 28. Something about car dealers voting Republican 29. Obama gets flack for taking his wife to a Broadway show 30. Republicans slam idea of public option on Healthcare 31. GOP elected official accidently sends racist e-mail to wrong people 32. Republicans send proposal for alternate health care plan that says nothing. 33. Some false equivalency about Iran 34. Old link to something Michael Steele wrote that was probably idiotic 35. Pat Buchanan mock Sonia Sotomeyer 36. Missouri House rep says hunger motivates people to get jobs 37. The beginning of the Mark Sanford Appalachian Trail sage 38. Republicans spend billions on F-22 bomber 39. Maryland GOP group compares Obama to Hitler 40. Birther fever begins 41. More Mark Sanford idiocy, Fox News puts (D) after his name 42. Lot of dirt about Mark Sanford 43. Limbaugh blames Mark Sanford’s affair on…….wait for it……………OBAMA 44. Someone says something about needing shots to go to Arkansas – old link 45. Everything that is wrong in the world is because Obama is immoral 46. A misplaced post about a Democrat making anti-gay statements at a gay pride parade 47. First whispers that King Obama and his cult plan on ruling past 2016 ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2015, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20024 "2015-03-17T00:14:11Z")
After 20,000 posts, I think I have the winner for stupidest idea ever: Mittens is going to fight Evander Holyfield. > **[Rolly: Mitt Romney's new opponent is Evander Holyfield](https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=2248523&itype=CMSID)** > > I've learned the real reason why “It will either be a very short fight, or I will be knocked unconscious,” Romney quipped in an interview recently. I don’t think he knows what “or” means. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2015, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20025 "2015-03-17T00:31:38Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > After 20,000 posts, I think I have the winner for stupidest idea ever: > Mittens is going to fight Evander Holyfield. > > [Rolly: Mitt Romney's new opponent is Evander Holyfield - The Salt Lake Tribune](http://www.sltrib.com/home/2248523-155/rolly-mitt-romney-is-preparing-for) > > “It will either be a very short fight, or I will be knocked unconscious,” Romney quipped in an interview recently. > > I don’t think he knows what “or” means. I have no love for Romney, but that sounds like a good thing. Clown around, pretend-fight Holyfield, raise money for medical care for underserved people. Sounds like a slightly goofy event, but if you can help people get medical care by making a fool of yourself, I say have at it. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2015, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20026 "2015-03-17T00:45:22Z")
Romney got a lot of people in Massachusetts medical care by being serious about it. Too bad he gave it up. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2015, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20027 "2015-03-17T00:46:04Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > …if you can help people get medical care by making a fool of yourself, I say have at it. Hmmm. So, how about a system where the GOP presidential campaign for 2016 pledges an amount equal to the cost of the primary campaign to go to insurance exchange subsidies? ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2015, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20028 "2015-03-17T01:49:55Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > 20K, baby > > snow days are an evil Obama plot > > [http://www.salon.com/2015/03/16/its\_using\_the\_crisis\_to\_the\_liberal\_benefit\_fox\_news\_panel\_argues\_snow\_days\_are\_plot\_against\_religion/](http://www.salon.com/2015/03/16/its_using_the_crisis_to_the_liberal_benefit_fox_news_panel_argues_snow_days_are_plot_against_religion/) > > A whole universe of stupid > > I should’ve let a regular have the honor but I was in the right place at the right time and couldn’t resist From the [Raw Story link](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/03/fox-news-host-andrea-tantaros-snow-days-are-a-liberal-plot-to-strip-schools-of-religious-holidays/): > [@](#): > > “Take away from president’s day or go a little earlier in the summer or **even a Saturday** ,” she advised. “There’s other options but they don’t want those options. They would rather take away the religious holidays.” Yes, let’s avoid going to school on Jewish holidays by going to school on Saturday. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2015, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20029 "2015-03-17T02:05:42Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > Oh, since I’m too sick to go to work but not too sick to be bored…here’s the first 8 pages (thru June 2009 basically)-- maybe I’ll shoot for more tomorrow. I didn’t do categories. > > Kind of interesting in retrospect: > > 1. Regulating the activities of Michelle Obama > 2. The GOP’s 19 page Affirmational Federal Budget > 3. Badly worded GOP poll regarding “socialism” used to “prove” stupid stuff… > > …45. Everything that is wrong in the world is because Obama is immoral > 46. A misplaced post about a Democrat making anti-gay statements at a gay pride parade > 47. First whispers that King Obama and his cult plan on ruling past 2016 (Post shortened in dismay) Ann? OCD kills. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2015, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20030 "2015-03-17T02:06:49Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Romney got a lot of people in Massachusetts medical care by being serious about it. Too bad he gave it up. Oh yeah I agree. Guy’s an idiot and an empty suit. I just think making fun of him for “fighting” Holyfield is a bit unfair. It’s a silly publicity stunt, and he could probably put his fame to more effective use, but it sounds like a decent cause. Shrug. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2015, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20031 "2015-03-17T04:41:12Z")
Democratic governor Kate Brown of Oregon signs into law a first ever [automatic voter registration law](http://news.yahoo.com/oregon-governor-signs-sweeping-automatic-voter-registration-law-194121303.html) for her state. But that’s not the stupid part. The stupid part is apparently every single Republican voted against it. Their stated reason was that yada yada yada, it puts voters’ private information at risk, which even sounds idiotic when you realize the information would come from already existing DMV records I think this law is quite an ingenious plan. It doesn’t cover everyone, but it may reduce the need for those long voter registration drives somewhat to find unregistered voters. Now if only a state that figures prominently in the presidential race does this automatically. I want the next/current Democratic governor of states like Ohio and Virginia and Florida to push this through as soon as possible! We need Democrats in those state legislatures too. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2015, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20032 "2015-03-17T05:03:29Z")
Gonna be an uphill climb, they’re stacking every deck they can get their hands on. ---
**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:** [March 17, 2015, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20033 "2015-03-17T14:02:31Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > If it wasn’t for Republican stupidity, _BtVS_ and beer, I’d still be a lurker! Man, if I had a dollar for every time those three things brought me trouble. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2015, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20034 "2015-03-17T14:06:26Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > Man, if I had a dollar for every time those three things brought me trouble. So you are saying that “Beer Bad”? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2015, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20035 "2015-03-17T14:18:03Z")
[David “Whoremonger” Vitter poisons the anti-trafficking bill with an amendment both irrelevant and unconstitutional.](http://www.salon.com/2015/03/16/david_vitters_horrific_amendment_gop_senator_seeks_to_insert_xenophobia_into_anti_trafficking_bill/) > [@](#): > > Republicans have already poisoned the debate over an anti-human trafficking bill by inserting anti-abortion language into the legislation, and if Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) gets his way, the bill will contain yet another divisive provision. > > As senators haggle over GOP language that bans using fines paid by traffickers to fund victims’ abortions, [NOLA.com](http://NOLA.com) reports that Vitter aims to tack on an amendment that would end deny citizenship to the U.S.-born children of unauthorized immigrants. ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2015, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20036 "2015-03-17T14:36:29Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > I have no love for Romney, but that sounds like a good thing. Clown around, pretend-fight Holyfield, raise money for medical care for underserved people. Sounds like a slightly goofy event, but if you can help people get medical care by making a fool of yourself, I say have at it. There are [worse ways](http://crooksandliars.com/2015/03/huckabees-diabetes-snake-oil-pays-his) for people to raise money for their campaigns. > [@](#): > > ``` > In a wood-paneled study lined with books and framed family photos, the prospective presidential candidate looks into the camera. “I’m Mike Huckabee,” he says with all the folksy charm that propelled a career as a preacher, politician and broadcaster. > > But this is no campaign ad. It is an Internet infomercial for a dubiousdiabetes treatment, in which Mr. Huckabee, who is contemplating a run for the Republican nomination in 2016, tells viewers to ignore “Big Pharma” and instead points them to a “weird spice, kitchen-cabinet cure,” consisting of dietary supplements. > > “Let me tell you, diabetes can be reversed,” Mr. Huckabee says. “I should know because I did it. Today you can, too.” > > ``` ---
**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:** [March 17, 2015, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20037 "2015-03-17T14:39:03Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > The Aleutians are substantially in Alaska, in the sense of Alaskan territorial claims. Alaska isn’t only mainland any more than New York is. Nitpick: the island referred to in all this is Little Diomede Island (America) in the Bering Strait, which is about 2.5 miles from Big Diomede Island (Russia). The International Dateline runs between them, making travel into the future by kayak possible. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2015, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20038 "2015-03-17T14:41:24Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [David “Whoremonger” Vitter poisons the anti-trafficking bill with an amendment both irrelevant and unconstitutional.](http://www.salon.com/2015/03/16/david_vitters_horrific_amendment_gop_senator_seeks_to_insert_xenophobia_into_anti_trafficking_bill/) It would be a very good thing is the anti-trafficking act gets totally sandbagged and does not pass. [It’s a very bad bill that criminalizes prostitutes.](http://rhrealitycheck.org/article/2015/03/17/might-bad-thing-senates-human-trafficking-bill-dies/) It will do a lot more harm than good. It will just put more women in jail for a victimless crime. I’m certain Vitter was not thinking along these lines when he added his anti-immigrant legislation to the act … like most Republicans he just wanted to hurt more poor people, and thought the legislation was unstoppable so why not throw his stone into the soup, too? ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2015, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20039 "2015-03-17T15:04:21Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > Oh, since I’m too sick to go to work but not too sick to be bored…here’s the first 8 pages (thru June 2009 basically)-- maybe I’ll shoot for more tomorrow. I didn’t do categories. [standing ovation] I applaud your courage! And salute a fellow obsessive. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2015, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20040 "2015-03-17T15:04:25Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > It would be a very good thing is the anti-trafficking act gets totally sandbagged and does not pass. [It’s a very bad bill that criminalizes prostitutes.](http://rhrealitycheck.org/article/2015/03/17/might-bad-thing-senates-human-trafficking-bill-dies/) It will do a lot more harm than good. It will just put more women in jail for a victimless crime. I’m certain Vitter was not thinking along these lines when he added his anti-immigrant legislation to the act … like most Republicans he just wanted to hurt more poor people, and thought the legislation was unstoppable so why not throw his stone into the soup, too? Even worse, however, [McConnell won’t allow a vote on Loretta Lynch’s USAG confirmation until the anti-trafficking bill is passed](http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/16/politics/loretta-lynch-nomination-stall-unconscionable/). ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2015, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20041 "2015-03-17T15:08:50Z")
> [@hotflungwok](#): > > There are [worse ways](http://crooksandliars.com/2015/03/huckabees-diabetes-snake-oil-pays-his) for people to raise money for their campaigns. Now you’re talking! That is a stupid and corrupt Republican idea. Fuck Mike Huckabee. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1001) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1003)