# 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:** 1066
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21302 "2015-04-30T18:11:55Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Oh, c’mon. The state must have _some_ good qualities. I mean, I hear the wavin’ wheat can sure smell sweet, when the wind comes right behind the rain. WTF is a “Sooner”? Sooner than what? The End of Days? Alabama? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21303 "2015-04-30T18:18:14Z")
Hey, profiles in courage! Cotton is bravely defying the awesome power of Iran protected only by a few armored divisions and several thousand thermonuclear weapons! Wait, just a second, Iran might get an atomic bomb! Imagine Irwin Rommel, pacing in his Afrika Corps tent, fretting that local tribesmen may develop a crossbow… ---
**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:** [April 30, 2015, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21304 "2015-04-30T18:22:40Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Well, “enjoy him” might be a bit ambiguous . . . If you saw what he typed before auto-correct changed it to “peace”, it might make more sense. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2015, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21305 "2015-04-30T18:32:52Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > WTF is a “Sooner”? Sooner than what? The End of Days? Alabama? It refers to the cheaters who got to Oklahoma and claimed land there before the government officially opened the territory for settling. [Hannity thinks Freddie Grey broke his own spine.](http://www.salon.com/2015/04/30/the_facts_be_damned_sean_hannitys_demented_freddie_gray_fantasies/) ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21306 "2015-04-30T18:40:17Z")
And then crushed his own throat? ---
**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:** [April 30, 2015, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21307 "2015-04-30T19:34:57Z")
Just like Water Scott tripped in the park, and fell on some bullets. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2015, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21308 "2015-04-30T19:37:03Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Hannity thinks Freddie Grey broke his own spine.](http://www.salon.com/2015/04/30/the_facts_be_damned_sean_hannitys_demented_freddie_gray_fantasies/) … as you do :dubious:. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2015, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21309 "2015-04-30T21:43:09Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Governor Abbott of Texas orders the state National Guard to keep an eye on the US Army.](https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/593117869904252928) > > Civil War, anybody? Obama should hold a press conference and announce matter-of-factly that since Texas has decided that the US military is no longer welcome there, that he will be considering closing the 20+ military bases there and moving the personnel to other states where their presence, the local jobs, and and all that lovely government money is welcome. Fuck Texas. ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21310 "2015-04-30T22:04:02Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > It refers to the cheaters who got to Oklahoma and claimed land there before the government officially opened the territory for settling. > > [Hannity thinks Freddie Grey broke his own spine.](http://www.salon.com/2015/04/30/the_facts_be_damned_sean_hannitys_demented_freddie_gray_fantasies/) So he then crushed his larynx? Or maybe crushed his larynx first and then broke his spine? Hannity should go ahead and try one first and then tell us how he felt about attempting the second. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2015, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21311 "2015-04-30T22:37:11Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > So he then crushed his larynx? Or maybe crushed his larynx first and then broke his spine? Hannity should go ahead and try one first and then tell us how he felt about attempting the second. We’re still waiting for Hannity to step up to his commitment to trying out waterboarding to prove it’s not torture. Strange how he never actually went through with that one, either. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21312 "2015-04-30T22:43:48Z")
[Jeb proclaims](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/jeb-bush-charles-murray-the-bell-curve) that he’s a fan of ‘blacks are inherently genetically less intelligent’ author Charles Murray. I bet his handlers are crying in their whiskey. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2015, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21313 "2015-04-30T23:19:37Z")
I thought Jeb was supposed to be the smart brother. 😕 ---
**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:** [April 30, 2015, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21314 "2015-04-30T23:33:23Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Obama should hold a press conference and announce matter-of-factly that since Texas has decided that the US military is no longer welcome there, that he will be considering closing the 20+ military bases there and moving the personnel to other states where their presence, the local jobs, and and all that lovely government money is welcome. Fuck Texas. I find your ideas intriguing and would like to subscribe to your newsletter. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2015, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21315 "2015-05-01T00:36:34Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > I thought Jeb was supposed to be the smart brother. 😕 No, that’s Marvin. Neil thought he was smart, but got caught. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2015, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21316 "2015-05-01T00:45:11Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > No, that’s Marvin. Neil thought he was smart, but got caught. Wasn’t Neil the one who had no idea that all those Asian ladies coming to his hotel room at night were being sent by someone? ---
**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:** [May 1, 2015, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21317 "2015-05-01T01:07:27Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > WTF is a “Sooner”? Sooner than what? The End of Days? Alabama? Sooner than the official starting gun for the Oklahoma Land Rush, was the explanation I heard. Perhaps some debunking/clarification will turn 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:** [May 1, 2015, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21318 "2015-05-01T01:10:55Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Hannity thinks Freddie Grey broke his own spine.](http://www.salon.com/2015/04/30/the_facts_be_damned_sean_hannitys_demented_freddie_gray_fantasies/) > [@Kobal2](#): > > … as you do :dubious:. 😕 Clarify, please? ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2015, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21319 "2015-05-01T01:17:47Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > 😕 > > Clarify, please? IAN **Kobal2** and can’t speak for him, but I think he was using [the sarcastic expression “as you do”](http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/as_you_do) to express incredulity about the suggestion that Grey broke his own spine. “As you do” in the deadpan sense of “oh yes, that’s what one typically does in such circumstances”. “Of course he did.” “Seems legit.” That sort of thing. “I was waving the vibrator to try to lure the cat out from under the china cupboard, as you do, when I heard my phone ring.” ---
**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:** [May 1, 2015, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21320 "2015-05-01T01:21:10Z")
Ah. Thanks, that makes sense. In the circumstances, had I written the post, I probably would have phrased it: _“As one does,”_ but that’s just me. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2015, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21321 "2015-05-01T01:22:41Z")
\*\*Kimstu \*\*has it right. ETA : ah, yes, that makes sense. English isn’t my first language, so :o. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1065) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1067)