# 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:** 1067
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2015, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21322 "2015-05-01T02:10:10Z")
> [@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. Perhaps he should advise them that, while an independent Texas is completely off the table, we are willing to open a dialogue on giving it back to Mexico. ---
**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, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21323 "2015-05-01T02:20:20Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > In the circumstances, had I written the post, I probably would have phrased it: _“As one does,”_ but that’s just me. Oddly, I think of the form “as one does” as more typically American, while I tend to hear “as you do” from British (and other Commonwealth) English speakers. No idea if that’s an accurate representation of actual usage. ---
**Author:** ![SantaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@SantaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SantaMan)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2015, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21324 "2015-05-01T06:59:36Z")
In cases where I would use it, I would probably go the full ironically posh over-embellishment of "…as one is wont to do " \ ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2015, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21325 "2015-05-01T10:31:53Z")
[Brownback reaches peak Caligula, stages weird reenactments of abortion ban signing,](http://www.salon.com/2015/04/30/brownback_reaches_peak_caligula_stages_weird_reenactments_of_abortion_ban_signing/) ---
**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, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21326 "2015-05-01T10:39:24Z")
Well, maybe not \*peak \*Caligula. He hasn’t appointed any farm animal Senator yet, as far as I’m aware. Although this being Kansas, how could you even tell ?! _badum, tssssh_ ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2015, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21327 "2015-05-01T11:32:20Z")
To quote from the Brownback article: > [@](#): > > On Tuesday the governor set out on a four-city tour to re-enact his signing of SB95, which happened during a closed-door ceremony earlier this month. I’m all excited. Will this be like a rock tour, with t-shirts bearing the tour’s itinerary on the back, worn by roadies who set up the replica desk and set and lights? Who is the opening act, and how long is his set? Will we be treated just to Brownback sitting at the desk and signing a replica of the bill, flanked by blown-up images of fetuses and by anti-abortion activists, or will there be a musical number, too? Or maybe a speech. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2015, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21328 "2015-05-01T12:59:42Z")
> [@](#): > > **Mike Huckabee doesn’t speak Spanish, but he does “speak Jesus”** > Republican candidates are down in Texas this week to woo another important potential voting bloc. No, there isn’t a billionaires convention in town — it’s a meeting of the evangelical National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference . > > … > … > … > > But it was Mike Huckabee who surprised observers with a rousing speech, which he opened with his characteristic humor saying, “I do not come to you tonight with the ability to speak Spanish. But I do speak a common language: I speak Jesus.” And that he did. > **[Mike Huckabee doesn't speak Spanish, but he does "speak Jesus": Inside the...](https://www.salon.com/2015/05/01/mike_huckabee_doesnt_speak_spanish_but_he_speaks_jesus_inside_the_gops_hopeless_religion_gambit/)** > > The Republican Party is desperately in need of Hispanic votes — and it's showing. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2015, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21329 "2015-05-01T13:17:17Z")
Not sure that counts as notably stupid, just a normal display of religiosity to a religious audience. I’m picturing the Animatronic version of Brownback performing the show hourly at Disneyland Kansas for generations to come. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2015, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21330 "2015-05-01T13:37:23Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > I’m picturing the Animatronic version of Brownback performing the show hourly at Disneyland Kansas for generations to come. 😃 ---
**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:** [May 1, 2015, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21331 "2015-05-01T14:02:27Z")
One thing for sure - Kansas Disney will be missing Tomorrowland, and Fantasyland will be twice as large. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2015, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21332 "2015-05-01T14:17:08Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > One thing for sure - Kansas Disney will be missing Tomorrowland, and Fantasyland will be twice as large. But The Twister ride will be _awesome_. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2015, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21333 "2015-05-01T14:19:53Z")
If the’re lucky, they’ll exit the ride somewhere _outside_ of Kansas. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2015, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21334 "2015-05-01T14:30:36Z")
> [@](#): > > **Cruz tries to blame Obama for 2008 crash** > > A few years ago, a statewide poll in Louisiana found that nearly a third of Republicans in the Pelican State blamed President Obama for the poor federal response to Hurricane Katrina. The nonsense was almost amusing – Katrina hit in August 2005; Obama was inaugurated in January 2009. > > But Louisiana Republicans aren’t the only ones blaming the president for things that happened before he took office. Philip Bump had this nice catch yesterday: > Speaking at an event hosted by the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) linked the economic policies of President Obama with those of the much-maligned Jimmy Carter. “Historically, the economy has grown 3.3 percent a year since World War II,” he said. “There are only two four-year periods where growth averaged less than 1 percent: 1978 to 1982, coming out of the Jimmy Carter administration, and 2008 to 2012. Same failed economic policies.” > > If you didn’t catch it, Cruz employed a nifty little bit of rhetorical spin there. What he’s actually comparing isn’t Jimmy Carter and Barack Obama. It’s Jimmy Carter and George W. Bush. > **[Cruz tries to blame Obama for 2008 crash](https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/cruz-tries-blame-obama-2008-crash-msna586036)** > > It was only a matter of time before Republican presidential candidates starting blaming the president for the crash that happened on Bush/Cheney's watch. That opening sentence about Katrina refers to a year and a half-old report, but it’s worth repeating – I wasn’t aware of this: > [@](#): > > A large number of Louisiana Republicans think President Barack Obama is to blame for the federal government’s poor response to Hurricane Katrina, according to a new Public Policy Polling survey released Wednesday – despite the fact that the storm occurred three years before he took office. > > The Democratic-leaning polling firm, which provided its results to Talking Points Memo, found that 29 percent of Louisiana Republicans said Obama was responsible for the Katrina response. Twenty-eight percent put the blame on President George W. Bush, whose administration did in fact oversee the federal response to Katrina. Nearly half (44 percent) of the Louisiana Republicans polled didn’t know who to blame. > **[Surprising Number Of Louisiana Republicans Blame Obama For Katrina Response](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/obama-hurricane-katrina_n_3790612)** > > Surprising Number Of Louisiana Republicans Blame Obama For Katrina Response ---
**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:** [May 1, 2015, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21335 "2015-05-01T14:37:15Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > If the’re lucky, they’ll exit the ride somewhere _outside_ of Kansas. With fields full of _poppies! poppies! poppies!_ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2015, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21336 "2015-05-01T14:54:53Z")
Who could imagine that they would _freak out_…in Kansas!? ---
**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:** [May 1, 2015, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21337 "2015-05-01T15:23:36Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [Brownback reaches peak Caligula, stages weird reenactments of abortion ban signing,](http://www.salon.com/2015/04/30/brownback_reaches_peak_caligula_stages_weird_reenactments_of_abortion_ban_signing/) Rachel Maddow tells us Brownback has set aside $500,000 to defend the bill in the courts. There’s probably some public cost to the gov’s statewide signing tour as well. Meanwhile, many Kansas schools, starved of funds, will be [closing their doors early](http://www.inquisitr.com/1981269/kansas-schools-closing-early-blame-governors-budget-cuts/) this spring. That laser focus on jobs exists only during campaign season. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2015, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21338 "2015-05-01T17:36:10Z")
This is where stupid and crass converge in a tsunami that leaves a bad taste in _your_[sup]\*[/sup] mouth. [quote=“[Todd Smith, formerly of the Texas Lege] ([Texas GOP ex-lawmaker schools governor for ‘pandering to idiots’ who fear Jade Helm 15 military takeover](http://www.rawstory.com/2015/05/texas-gop-ex-lawmaker-schools-governor-for-pandering-to-idiots-who-fear-jade-helm-15-military-takeover/))”]Pandering to idiots who believe that U.S. Navy SEALs and other U.S. military personnel are somehow a threat to be watched has left me livid. I am horrified that I have to choose between the possibility that my Governor actually believes this stuff and the possibility that my Governor doesn’t have **the backbone to stand up to** those who do. I’m not sure which is worse. [/quote] (emphasis mine) I mean, yeah, Rs eating there own is fun to watch. But IIUC, governor Abbot is in _a wheelchair_. Could Smith, maybe, have worded that a little differently, so that it did not sound like it came right out of, oh, a book by Molly Ivins? \*“your” as in “one’s” ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2015, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21339 "2015-05-01T18:15:02Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > “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.” [insert your own pussy joke here] ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2015, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21340 "2015-05-01T18:20:03Z")
> [@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/) Well, it turns out they can’t count on [this](http://www.salon.com/2015/05/01/man_detained_with_freddie_gray_speaks_out_police_are_trying_to_use_me_to_cover_their_ass/) [witness](http://www.democracynow.org/2015/5/1/headlines#513) to back that up. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2015, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21341 "2015-05-01T18:27:30Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Originally Posted by **Todd Smith** , formerly of the Texas Lege > Pandering to idiots who believe that U.S. Navy SEALs and other U.S. military personnel are somehow a threat to be watched has left me livid. Todd Smith just became my favorite Republican. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1066) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1068)