# 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:** 1147
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2015, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22922 "2015-07-13T17:43:21Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > More importantly, how do we go about securing the border with Texas? I mean, there will be _some_ people who actually want to stay in Texas, but can we handle the inevitable influx of refugees? Is suffocating stupidity a justification for refugee status? I’m going to repeat my usual plea when the Texas-bashing starts: Please remember that there are a _lot_ of us trying to rein in the stupidity here. Over 3.3 million Texans voted for Obama in 2012–more people than _live_ in Iowa, or in 20 other states. We’re still badly outnumbered, but we’re fighting the good fight. Broad-brush bashing, or encouraging liberal-minded people to move out of the state, doesn’t help us as much as you might think. Would I like to live in a more liberal place? Sure. It would be easier. But if I leave, Texas will be that one tiny little bit redder. One vote farther away from sanity. Does one vote matter that much? Of course not–but it’s not just my vote, it’s the votes of all the people like me. We stay. We vote. We argue. Sometimes we persuade someone–usually someone young. Hopefully, the little victories will add up enough to change things here in my lifetime. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2015, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22923 "2015-07-13T17:55:04Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Sarah Palin is back on the death panels shtick.](http://freakoutnation.com/2015/07/sarah-palins-latest-anti-obamacare-rant-mentions-death-panels-ten-times/) She’s the Jay Leno of political commentary. Bringing up shit that died eight years ago is not only irrelevant, but really just tiresome. The woman personifies ‘banal’. I do like the stop-action photo, though. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2015, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22924 "2015-07-13T18:10:47Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > They’re announcing that they intend to interfere with military exercises? It seems like that must be illegal somehow. Time for those well-regulated militia to show us all what they’re made of! ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2015, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22925 "2015-07-13T18:49:50Z")
> [@Balance](#): > > I’m going to repeat my usual plea when the Texas-bashing starts: Please remember that there are a _lot_ of us trying to rein in the stupidity here. Over 3.3 million Texans voted for Obama in 2012–more people than _live_ in Iowa, or in 20 other states. We’re still badly outnumbered, but we’re fighting the good fight. Broad-brush bashing, or encouraging liberal-minded people to move out of the state, doesn’t help us as much as you might think. > > Would I like to live in a more liberal place? Sure. It would be easier. But if I leave, Texas will be that one tiny little bit redder. One vote farther away from sanity. Does one vote matter that much? Of course not–but it’s not just my vote, it’s the votes of all the people like me. We stay. We vote. We argue. Sometimes we persuade someone–usually someone young. Hopefully, the little victories will add up enough to change things here in my lifetime. I know, I know . . . but your RW dumbshit neighbors make it so **easy!** :o ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2015, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22926 "2015-07-13T20:03:31Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > They’re announcing that they intend to interfere with military exercises? It seems like that must be illegal somehow. Nah, just follow and observe and report. Which might be construed as espionage, come to think of it . . . ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2015, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22927 "2015-07-13T20:11:07Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Nah, just follow and observe and report. I wonder who they are reporting to… each other? ---
**Author:** ![user\_hostile](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/user_hostile/32/474_2.png) [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2015, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22928 "2015-07-13T20:19:54Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > This being the Republic of Texas, I’m sure they view the US military as an insurgent force. If the track record of the [Republic of Texas’s military](https://medium.com/war-is-boring/the-god-awful-military-record-of-the-texas-republic-b23bac554bc3) is any indication, the US military has nothing to worry about. Best line: > [@](#): > > It’s 1838, two years after Texas won its independence following a bloody war with Mexico. Pres. Sam Houston, the founding father of Texas, is prohibited by law from running for a second consecutive term. > > \ > > Houston’s chosen successor, Peter Grayson—the attorney general—commits suicide by gunshot after hearing he’s been nominated to run for president. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2015, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22929 "2015-07-13T20:38:48Z")
[Donald Trump advocates invading Mexico.](http://www.salon.com/2015/07/12/we_should_have_invaded_mexico_donald_trump_bashes_iraq_war_suggests_a_different_one_report/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow) ---
**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:** [July 13, 2015, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22930 "2015-07-13T20:41:04Z")
> [@Balance](#): > > . . . Does one vote matter that much? Of course not–but it’s not just my vote, it’s the votes of all the people like me. We stay. We vote. We argue. Sometimes we persuade someone–usually someone young. Hopefully, the little victories will add up enough to change things here in my lifetime. LBJ won the 1948 Texas Democratic primary for US Senator by 87 votes. In those days that was tantamount to winning the election. Thus: Landslide Lyndon. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2015, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22931 "2015-07-13T21:02:43Z")
[Steve King introduces a resolution in the House to put the House on record as “disapproving” of the gay marriage ruling.](http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/07/13/1401805/-Steve-King-introduces-resolution-encouraging-Americans-to-discriminate-against-LGBT-Americans) ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2015, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22932 "2015-07-13T21:39:02Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > I wonder who they are reporting to… each other? Their website, I suppose . . . and I was going to find the story I linked above, which includes a link to that website, and post the link here . . . but now that link is “The webpage cannot be found” . . . what’s more, I googled on “salon jade helm,” and **every** [salon.com](http://salon.com) article that search turns up is now “The webpage cannot be found” . . . 😕 Military censors at work, or what?! ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2015, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22933 "2015-07-13T21:47:03Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Their website, I suppose . . . and I was going to find the story I linked above, which includes a link to that website, and post the link here . . . but now that link is “The webpage cannot be found” . . . what’s more, I googled on “salon jade helm,” and **every** [salon.com](http://salon.com) article that search turns up is now “The webpage cannot be found” . . . 😕 Military censors at work, or what?! > **[Texans to "practice counter-insurgency" while U.S. special forces participate...](https://www.salon.com/2015/07/13/texans_to_practice_counter_insurgency_while_u_s_special_forces_participate_in_operation_jade_helm/)** > > "If a team member sees two Humvees full of soldiers driving through town, they're going to follow them" ---
**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:** [July 13, 2015, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22934 "2015-07-13T21:49:51Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Their website, I suppose . . . and I was going to find the story I linked above, which includes a link to that website, and post the link here . . . but now that link is “The webpage cannot be found” . . . what’s more, I googled on “salon jade helm,” and **every** [salon.com](http://salon.com) article that search turns up is now “The webpage cannot be found” . . . 😕 Military censors at work, or what?! I can access those pages. Either you or [salon.com](http://salon.com) must have been having some sort of internet connectivity issues. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2015, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22935 "2015-07-13T21:54:05Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Donald Trump advocates invading Mexico.](http://www.salon.com/2015/07/12/we_should_have_invaded_mexico_donald_trump_bashes_iraq_war_suggests_a_different_one_report/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow) You know, he could be on to something. We could invade Mexico for lots of reason; to prevent ISIS from expanding, to deter them from pursuing nuclear weapons, and to get them to leave Ukraine. When you consolidate operations under a single management structure like that it really cuts down on overhead. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2015, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22936 "2015-07-13T22:26:44Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > You know, he could be on to something. We could invade Mexico for lots of reason; to prevent ISIS from expanding, to deter them from pursuing nuclear weapons, and to get them to leave Ukraine. When you consolidate operations under a single management structure like that it really cuts down on overhead. I think we should forcibly invade and occupy Mexico to keep Greece in the Euro. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2015, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22937 "2015-07-13T22:27:23Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Steve King introduces a resolution in the House to put the House on record as “disapproving” of the gay marriage ruling.](http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/07/13/1401805/-Steve-King-introduces-resolution-encouraging-Americans-to-discriminate-against-LGBT-Americans) Gawd. If he’d just stopped there, it would have been fine. An issue of speech, no more. “We disapprove of the Supreme Court’s decision.” Hey, great! I disagree with several of them myself. But the goddamn fucker had to go farther, and urge the citizenry to shun gays in the businessplace. He’s urging people to break the law (in those states that have anti-discrimination protection for gays.) These guys are as evil as anything this country has ever vomited forth. The neo-Nazis were not worse. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2015, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22938 "2015-07-13T23:11:34Z")
Nonono, he’s not encouraging anybody shunning anyone! He’s encouraging the free exercise of religion! Who could possibly object to that? ---
**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:** [July 13, 2015, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22939 "2015-07-13T23:25:06Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Time for those well-regulated militia to show us all what they’re made of! Fat, middle-age white guys? > [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Nah, just follow and observe and report. > > Which might be construed as espionage, come to think of it . . . PLEASSSSE can we hang them? How about just one as an example for the others? We can half blind the rest. It’s Biblical! > [@Matthew 18:9](#): > > And if your eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2015, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22940 "2015-07-13T23:25:43Z")
King is a punk, he’s not even running for President! ---
**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:** [July 13, 2015, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22941 "2015-07-13T23:31:39Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > We can half blind the rest. It’s Biblical! For the record, when I stumble it’s because of my feet. The Bible was written by the foot lobby! DON’T LET THE PRO-FOOT FACTION BLAME EYES! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1146) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1148)