# 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:** 1007
**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:** [March 19, 2015, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20122 "2015-03-19T00:51:19Z")
I guess he figured, as long as he’s already there he might as well try and fuck it up in his spare time. Idle hands being the devil’s landscaping tools or somesuch. More seriously though, isn’t Congress nominally in charge of DC ? And Ted Cruz is, regrettably, a no-foolin’, people-actually-voted-for-this-muppet part of Congress, so his stupidity doesn’t seem devoid of legitimacy. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2015, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20123 "2015-03-19T01:05:57Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Speaking of Glenn Beck, [he thinks Netanyahu’s electoral victory is proof that God exists.](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/beck-netanyahus-victory-shows-lord-does-exist-and-he-sitting-his-throne) Well, he’s right. I suppose you think it’s just a coincidence that a Jew won an election in the Middle East? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2015, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20124 "2015-03-19T01:16:00Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Speaking of Glenn Beck, [he thinks Netanyahu’s electoral victory is proof that God exists.](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/beck-netanyahus-victory-shows-lord-does-exist-and-he-sitting-his-throne) . . . and has a really sick, sadistic sense of humor. But, we knew that. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2015, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20125 "2015-03-19T01:31:27Z")
Rick Santorum does everything he can to agree with a lady who is absolutely batshit crazy. > **[Watch Santorum Field an Insane Question About Obama's Plot to Nuke S.C.](https://www.gawker.com/watch-santorum-field-an-insane-question-about-obamas-pl-1692253833)** > > A special thing happened last weekend at the South Carolina National Security Action Summit: Rick "We Will Never Have the Smart People on Our Side" Santorum met an American citizen who makes him look like a champion of reason. Among other things, she mentions Obama’s plot to nuke Charleston, which I somehow missed. ETA: To be fair, I guess I would be afraid to say anything to upset (more than she already is) this woman, too. ---
**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:** [March 19, 2015, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20126 "2015-03-19T01:43:45Z")
I have been subjected to hours-on-end of _Rocky & His Friends_, because someone got the box-set for a gift and is forging through it at a breakneck pace. These Rs make Bullwinkle, Dudley and Boris look darn high-toned by comparison. ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2015, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20127 "2015-03-19T01:49:39Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > I guess he figured, as long as he’s already there he might as well try and fuck it up in his spare time. Idle hands being the devil’s landscaping tools or somesuch. > > More seriously though, isn’t Congress nominally in charge of DC ? And Ted Cruz is, regrettably, a no-foolin’, people-actually-voted-for-this-muppet part of Congress, so his stupidity doesn’t seem devoid of legitimacy. It is technically in his power, sure. But it’s a dick move. It’s bad enough that I don’t even get representation in congress without having people from freaking Texas trying to make changes that are widely opposed by basically the entire city. The whole situation is frankly undemocratic and shameful. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2015, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20128 "2015-03-19T01:55:46Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > I have been subjected to hours-on-end of _Rocky & His Friends_, because someone got the box-set for a gift and is forging through it at a breakneck pace. These Rs make Bullwinkle, Dudley and Boris look darn high-toned by comparison. Eez beeg trrubble for Muslim Squirrel! 😃 ---
**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:** [March 19, 2015, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20129 "2015-03-19T02:07:36Z")
_“Rather than exercising regulatory humility, the three majority (FCC) commissioners chose to take the most radical, polarizing, and partisan path possible,” [Thune said](http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/03/congressman-to-fcc-open-internet-rules-jeopardize-the-open-internet/). “Instead of working with me and my colleagues in the House and Senate on a bipartisan basis, to find a consensus, the three of you chose an option that I believe will only increase political, regulatory, and legal uncertainty, which will ultimately hurt average Internet users. Simply put, your actions jeopardize the open Internet that we are all seeking to protect.”_ Open Internet means the opposite of Open Internet. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2015, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20130 "2015-03-19T02:20:15Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Thanks, I wasn’t aware of that. > [Nevada State Assemblywoman thinks cancer, which is a fungus, can be cured by being flushed out by bicarbonate of soda water (though she calls it salt water)](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/02/nevada-republican-says-cancer-is-a-fungus-you-can-flush-out-with-salt-water/) Good news everyone! The same lady has just declared [Racism is Over!](http://www.reviewjournal.com/columns-blogs/politics/slash-politics/five-things-we-learned-voter-id-hearing) > [@](#): > > Assemblywoman Michele Fiore, R-Las Vegas, apparently didn’t like the fact that some committee members and witnesses claimed that minorities would be disproportionately harmed by a voter ID law. “We’re in 2015 and we have a black president, in case anyone didn’t notice,” she said. And there were apparently audible gasps in one of the hearing rooms after Fiore referred to colleague Harvey Munford, D-Las Vegas, who is black, as the first “colored man to graduate from his high school.” ---
**Author:** ![Lemmytheseal2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/82dd89/32.png) [@Lemmytheseal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemmytheseal2)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2015, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20131 "2015-03-19T02:21:55Z")
> [@even\_sven](#): > > It is technically in his power, sure. > > But it’s a dick move. It’s bad enough that I don’t even get representation in congress without having people from freaking Texas trying to make changes that are widely opposed by basically the entire city. > > The whole situation is frankly undemocratic and shameful. You probably know this already, but religious nutters like him think they are on a Mission From God to stamp out sin, which they define as people having sex outside of very narrow parameters. That, and Republicans hate DC. You know who lives here. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2015, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20132 "2015-03-19T03:13:08Z")
> [@even\_sven](#): > > It’s bad enough that I don’t even get representation in congress If we made you choose between Ted Cruz and nothing, you’d choose nothing and be glad for it! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2015, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20133 "2015-03-19T04:41:57Z")
> [@even\_sven](#): > > It is technically in his power, sure. > > But it’s a dick move. It’s bad enough that I don’t even get representation in congress without having people from freaking Texas trying to make changes that are widely opposed by basically the entire city. > > The whole situation is frankly undemocratic and shameful. Washington was a bad idea anyway. They should’ve just made NYC or Philly the capital and not bothered about the question of federal control over the city. Of course, Congress did get run out of Philly by unpaid soldiers, and the Governor and Militia of Pennsylvania wouldn’t help, so I can at least understand the notion. ---
**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:** [March 19, 2015, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20134 "2015-03-19T05:25:37Z")
Maybe we would be better off with an itinerant federal government. Move the whole shooting match to a new town every six months or so. If we were ever in a war on US soil, it would make the enemy’s job that much harder. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2015, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20135 "2015-03-19T05:31:02Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Maybe we would be better off with an itinerant federal government. Move the whole shooting match to a new town every six months or so. If we were ever in a war on US soil, it would make the enemy’s job that much harder. Nah. If we want defensibility and/or centrality, better we should move the capital to St. Louis and keep it there. ---
**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:** [March 19, 2015, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20136 "2015-03-19T07:12:14Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Nah. If we want defensibility and/or centrality, better we should move the capital to St. Louis and keep it there. I could see a central capital as an excuse to revitalize Cairo, Illinois. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2015, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20137 "2015-03-19T12:35:34Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > Rick Santorum does everything he can to agree with a lady who is absolutely batshit crazy. > > [http://gawker.com/watch-santorum-field-an-insane-question-about-obamas-pl-1692253833](http://gawker.com/watch-santorum-field-an-insane-question-about-obamas-pl-1692253833) > > Among other things, she mentions Obama’s plot to nuke Charleston, which I somehow missed. > > ETA: To be fair, I guess I would be afraid to say anything to upset (more than she already is) this woman, too. That copy of the video has been marked private for some reason. Here’s one that plays for me. I almost felt sorry for Santorum as the lady was ranting at him; until he responded. It’s disturbing how many people there are who are like this lady. She’s frantic and terrified over a bunch of crazy untrue bullshit. ---
**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 19, 2015, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20138 "2015-03-19T13:22:57Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Nah. If we want defensibility and/or centrality, better we should move the capital to St. Louis and keep it there. As a proud St. Louisan, I approve of this idea. But I am forced to admit that the [geographical center of the contiguous US](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographic_center_of_the_contiguous_United_States) is closer to (gasp!) Kansas City or Wichita. And if you include Hawaii and Alaska, the [center](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographic_center_of_the_United_States) moves way over to about 50 miles north of Rapid City, South Dakota. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2015, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20139 "2015-03-19T13:51:09Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > As a proud St. Louisan, I approve of this idea. But I am forced to admit that the [geographical center of the contiguous US](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographic_center_of_the_contiguous_United_States) is closer to (gasp!) Kansas City or Wichita. And if you include Hawaii and Alaska, the [center](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographic_center_of_the_United_States) moves way over to about 50 miles north of Rapid City, South Dakota. St. Louis is still a better choice because it’s on the Mississippi, America’s central waterway. And it is a city neither Eastern nor Western, neither Northern nor Southern – the ideal capital. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2015, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20140 "2015-03-19T13:53:53Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > I could see a central capital as an excuse to revitalize Cairo, Illinois. Why is it that Cairo never developed into a major city, anyway? It’s at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2015, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20141 "2015-03-19T13:57:42Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > Rick Santorum does everything he can to agree with a lady who is absolutely batshit crazy. > > [http://gawker.com/watch-santorum-field-an-insane-question-about-obamas-pl-1692253833](http://gawker.com/watch-santorum-field-an-insane-question-about-obamas-pl-1692253833) > > Among other things, she mentions Obama’s plot to nuke Charleston, which I somehow missed. > > ETA: To be fair, I guess I would be afraid to say anything to upset (more than she already is) this woman, too. Personally, I think it would be funny to ask Santorum about Obama’s plot to taint our precious bodily fluids by contaminating the water supply with a mixture of lube and fecal matter. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1006) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1008)