# 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:** 115
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2010, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2281 "2010-11-01T22:53:38Z")
A few GOP candidates have decided to hire voice actors that sound like Morgan Freeman to do political ads. Only B.J. Lawson was so bold to claim he actually hired him. Of course this isn’t working out so well as Morgan Freeman has pointed out he didn’t do the ad. [QUOTE=Lawson Campaign] Barbara Streisand wouldn’t do it this, but Morgan Freeman doesn’t have a problem cutting ads against Washington insiders or he wouldn’t do it. People shouldn’t be so shocked that someone like Mr. Freeman would think outside of the left-right red vs. blue dynamic. This election IS about regular people asking basic questions. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Morgan Freeman] These people are lying, I have never recorded any campaign ads for B.J. Lawson and I do not support his candidacy. And, no one who represents me ever has ever authorized the use of my name, voice or any other likeness in support of Mr. Lawson or his candidacy. [/QUOTE] ---
**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:** [November 1, 2010, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2282 "2010-11-01T23:17:38Z")
Morgan Freeman just gained 300 points on my Cool Meter™ for that. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2010, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2283 "2010-11-01T23:26:29Z")
Just for reference … Easy Reader … more than 300 or less? ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2010, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2284 "2010-11-01T23:28:12Z")
> [@boytyperanma](#): > > A few GOP candidates have decided to hire voice actors that sound like Morgan Freeman to do political ads. Only B.J. Lawson was so bold to claim he actually hired him. Of course this isn’t working out so well as Morgan Freeman has pointed out he didn’t do the ad. I hope Freeman sues the ass off of whoever did this - either the Lawson campaign manager, or the PR company that they dealt with. Whoever lied. Someone needs to pay. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2010, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2285 "2010-11-02T00:20:24Z")
> [@boytyperanma](#): > > A few GOP candidates have decided to hire voice actors that sound like Morgan Freeman to do political ads. Only B.J. Lawson was so bold to claim he actually hired him. Of course this isn’t working out so well as Morgan Freeman has pointed out he didn’t do the ad. Heh. 🙂 Linky, though, so I can relish the fiasco in all it’s schadenfreudelicious glory? ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2286 "2010-11-02T00:28:21Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Heh. 🙂 > > Linky, though, so I can relish the fiasco in all it’s schadenfreudelicious glory? Here’s one in which Lawson [Grovels](http://www.wtkr.com/news/sns-ap-us--ad-morganfreeman,0,1830506.story)and tries to explain that he was “scammed” by the PR firm that they hired. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2287 "2010-11-02T00:37:58Z")
"Can you really vote for anybody this stupid? If he’s dumb enough to get suckered by a PR firm, and so dumb he didn’t stop and think “Waitaminute! Morgan Freeman is on my side here? Has Michael Moore offered his endorsement yet…” This announcement paid for by Citizens United Against Teh Stupid, which won’t exist tomorrow and you will never, ever know who really paid for 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:** [November 2, 2010, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2288 "2010-11-02T00:49:57Z")
I wonder if Lawson knows [Freeman is an atheist](http://friendlyatheist.com/2010/06/02/morgan-freeman-tells-cnn-anchor-he-is-not-a-man-of-god/)? ---
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2289 "2010-11-02T00:56:36Z")
> [@boytyperanma](#): > > A few GOP candidates have decided to hire voice actors that sound like Morgan Freeman to do political ads. Only B.J. Lawson was so bold to claim he actually hired him. Of course this isn’t working out so well as Morgan Freeman has pointed out he didn’t do the ad. This is so exciting! My congressional district made the “Stupid Republican idea of the day” thread!! ---
**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:** [November 2, 2010, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2290 "2010-11-02T01:03:19Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Just for reference … Easy Reader … more than 300 or less? Easy Reader is so cool, he has his own scale. 😉 Srsly, I used to love that show as a kid and he was my favorite character. Definitely partially responsible for my insatiable appetite for books, magazines, comics, cereal boxes, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2291 "2010-11-02T01:06:29Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > I deserved that. > > But I don’t have to LIKE it. Set him up the bomb. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2292 "2010-11-02T01:09:26Z")
> [@C3](#): > > This is so exciting! My congressional district made the “Stupid Republican idea of the day” thread!! Going to go into work tomorrow and brag about it? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2293 "2010-11-02T01:13:46Z")
Piffle! My district has the Muslim terrorist guy, and I’m going to vote for him tomorrow! Despite those rumors that he’s secretly a Lutheran. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2294 "2010-11-02T01:23:42Z")
Lucky. My representative is Betty McCollum. An uncontroversial Democrat and an automatic reelection every two years, but I don’t get the fun of either voting for a Mohammedan or voting against Batshit in that other district. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2295 "2010-11-02T01:28:29Z")
Well, seriously, _St. Paul_? The subconcious of the Twin Cities? ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2296 "2010-11-02T02:11:44Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Lucky. My representative is Betty McCollum. An uncontroversial Democrat and an automatic reelection every two years, but I don’t get the fun of either voting for a Mohammedan or voting against Batshit in that other district. I’m starting to understand you a bit more, you don’t get enough political extremism at home so you need to take it out on the board. I too suffer from boring elections. My rep is John Olver. He’s pretty boring as Democratic house members go. I often envy other MA districts who get some of the best representatives in the country on C-span making moving speeches(or mumbles). The last election John Olver got 73% of the vote. The year with two challengers he’s looking at hard times, he may only get 65%. Haven’t heard a single ad concerning that election. In the fourth district, where I do a fair amount of work, the radio almost has me convinced Barney Frank is the spawn of Satan. Even with that I’m not even sure who his opponent is(other then nameless corporations). I’m cheering for him still. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2297 "2010-11-02T02:18:34Z")
[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/10/31/wyoming-rep-lummis-constituents-planning-death-estate-tax-rise/](http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/10/31/wyoming-rep-lummis-constituents-planning-death-estate-tax-rise/) (Yes, that’s right, Fox News…) **Wyoming Rep. Lummis: Some Constituents Planning Death Before Estate Tax Rise** > [@](#): > > U.S. Rep. Cynthia Lummis said Friday that some of her Wyoming constituents are so worried about the reinstatement of federal estate taxes that they plan to discontinue dialysis and other life-extending medical treatments so they can die before Dec. 31… > > Lummis said many ranchers and farmers in the state would rather pass along their businesses – “their life’s work” – to their children and grandchildren than see the federal government take a large chunk. > > “If you have spent your whole life building a ranch, and you wanted to pass your estate on to your children, and you were 88-years-old and on dialysis, and the only thing that was keeping you alive was that dialysis, you might make that same decision,” Lummis told reporters… Naturally, I expect all of my fellow Dopers to approach this matter with the sombre gravity it deserves. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2010, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2298 "2010-11-02T02:21:38Z")
^ :dubious::eek:😕:rolleyes::p:D;) ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2299 "2010-11-02T02:40:29Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Heh. 🙂 > > Linky, though, so I can relish the fiasco in all it’s schadenfreudelicious glory? here is huffpo’s [story](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/01/morgan-freeman-bj-lawson-ad_n_777280.html) on it ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_Stimulus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Digital\_Stimulus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_Stimulus)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2300 "2010-11-03T18:25:27Z")
> [@Digital\_Stimulus](#): > > I was popping in to drop this nugget: [Fears of Sharia Law in America Grow Among Conservatives](http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20019405-503544.html). I’d guess that it’s been mentioned earlier, but the stupid just kinda blends into a miasma – a pastiche of pathetic. **Whew!** I’m glad to report that [Oklahomans have dodged that bullet](http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2010/11/02/oklahoma_sharia_law_ban). Praise Allah! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=114) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=116)