# 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:** 113
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2241 "2010-10-15T00:30:29Z")
Campaign signs that say: _Had enough? Vote Republican_ In South Carolina. Riiiiight. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2242 "2010-10-15T01:09:56Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > Maybe he’ll get better. ‘Tick’ Gingrich? ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2243 "2010-10-18T23:44:59Z")
[Miller cites Communist East Germany as effective in dealing with border security](http://www.adn.com/2010/10/18/1507198/miller-cites-communist-east-germany.html) AK Republican candidate for US senate, Joe Miller: > [@](#): > > “We have the capacity to, as a great nation, secure the border. If East Germany could do it, we could do it.” Just for good measure, he pulls a little Stasi action on a local reporter who dared to question him: [Joe Miller flap follows tea party trend](http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1010/43778.html): > [@](#): > > Joe Miller’s bodyguards arrested the founder of Alaska Dispatch after he tried asking a question. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2244 "2010-10-19T00:28:33Z")
Just a second here! It is a historical fact that East Germany had little or no problem with illegal immigration! So, the wall worked! ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2245 "2010-10-19T00:46:48Z")
^ lol ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2246 "2010-10-19T10:32:47Z")
[Sharron Angle is . . . “the first Asian legislator in our Nevada State Assembly.”](http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/10/angle-to-latino-students-some-of-you-look-a-little-more-asian-to-me.php) At least she’s been called that. By the voices in her head. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2247 "2010-10-19T12:52:03Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Just a second here! It is a historical fact that East Germany had little or no problem with illegal immigration! So, the wall worked! On the other hand, the illegal \*emmigration \*issue was a bit of a sticky wicket for them. ---
**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:** [October 19, 2010, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2248 "2010-10-19T13:52:43Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > [Sharron Angle is . . . “the first Asian legislator in our Nevada State Assembly.”](http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/10/angle-to-latino-students-some-of-you-look-a-little-more-asian-to-me.php) > > At least she’s been called that. By the voices in her head. “Some of you look a little Asian to me”??? I’m starting to wonder if some of these right-wing candidates go find groups they know would never vote for them and use the opportunity to say really offensive things in public, secure in the knowledge it won’t cost them anything and will please their base. ---
**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:** [October 19, 2010, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2249 "2010-10-19T14:02:31Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > On the other hand, the illegal \*emmigration \*issue was a bit of a sticky wicket for them. Not really, after they built the wall, laid the mine fields, and gave several thousand border guards licenses to kill. Then it became a “mopping up” operation, often literally. ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2250 "2010-10-19T21:42:29Z")
Former Alaska Governor Palin [tweeted encouragement](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/19/AR2010101905083.html) to Pennsylvania voters to elect John Raese to the Senate. However, he’s running to be West Viriginia’s Senator. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2251 "2010-10-19T22:06:11Z")
Whitman spokeswoman had a very funny [Twitter FAIL](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/19/whitman-twitter-fail-beco_n_768205.html) last night. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2252 "2010-10-19T22:23:02Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > “Some of you look a little Asian to me”??? I’m starting to wonder if some of these right-wing candidates go find groups they know would never vote for them and use the opportunity to say really offensive things in public, secure in the knowledge it won’t cost them anything and will please their base. Harry Reid must be the absolute worst Senator ever. What else could possibly explain the ascendancy of that wack-job Angle? She’s a certifiable nutcase and has a really good chance of winning. At some point you have to ask if some of this is Reid’s fault, don’t you? ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2253 "2010-10-19T22:25:17Z")
Exciting news, everyone! [Christine O’Donnell has finally learned about the First Amendment!](http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2010/10/christine_odonnell_introduced.html) ---
**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:** [October 19, 2010, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2254 "2010-10-19T22:30:24Z")
It seems [Nevada’s largest newspaper](http://www.lvrj.com/opinion/election-offers-clear-choice-104232129.html) has endorsed Angle. > [@](#): > > …For the past two years, Sen. Reid has been a water boy for the Obama White House, which is pushing perhaps the most radical liberal agenda in the country’s history. > > Whether it’s shoving the unpopular and hugely expensive ObamaCare down the throats of the American people, or rewarding failing companies with taxpayer bailouts, or ginning up expensive and futile “stimulus” packages larded with pork that push the nation closer and closer to fiscal chaos, Sen. Reid has cheered them all… ---
**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:** [October 19, 2010, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2255 "2010-10-19T22:35:34Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > Exciting news, everyone! > > [Christine O’Donnell has finally learned about the First Amendment!](http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2010/10/christine_odonnell_introduced.html) Oh that is so cool. And she repeats her disbelief, again and again and again, and the crowd’s initial chuckles turns to gasps of shock. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2256 "2010-10-19T22:41:27Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > Exciting news, everyone! > > [Christine O’Donnell has finally learned about the First Amendment!](http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2010/10/christine_odonnell_introduced.html) Oh my. If she had any remaining feet to shoot before this debate, she’s certainly walking on stumps now. She’s done. I almost feel sorry for her…almost. Maybe they have a job for her at FOX News. ---
**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:** [October 19, 2010, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2257 "2010-10-19T22:46:02Z")
Bill Maher will take her back on his show. ---
**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:** [October 19, 2010, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2258 "2010-10-19T22:54:12Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > Whitman spokeswoman had a very funny [Twitter FAIL](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/19/whitman-twitter-fail-beco_n_768205.html) last night. Korean bassists are a very big voting bloc. ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2259 "2010-10-19T22:55:28Z")
> [@Punoqllads](#): > > Former Alaska Governor Palin [tweeted encouragement](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/19/AR2010101905083.html) to Pennsylvania voters to elect John Raese to the Senate. However, he’s running to be West Viriginia’s Senator. Let me see, if she would have been president in December 1941, the US would have declared war on Chile ? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2260 "2010-10-19T23:03:27Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Korean bassists are a very big voting bloc. All your bass are belong to us. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=112) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=114)