# 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:** 1162
**Author:** ![John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_stamos_left_ear/32/3198_2.png) [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2015, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23222 "2015-07-24T21:54:34Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Ted Cruz calls Mitch McConnell a liar on the floor of the Senate.](http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/07/24/ted-cruz-accuses-mitch-mcconnell-of-lying-and-behaving-like-harry-reid/) Any link to this at a less Derpy website? ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2015, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23223 "2015-07-24T22:04:27Z")
> [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](#): > > Any link to this at a less Derpy website? 36000 hits in 0.32 seconds, e.g. [http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/cruz-mcconnell-lied-im-bank-trusted-32663137](http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/cruz-mcconnell-lied-im-bank-trusted-32663137) ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2015, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23224 "2015-07-24T22:36:14Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > He was liberal enough not to care what color. …or species. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2015, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23225 "2015-07-24T23:32:51Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > 36000 hits in 0.32 seconds, e.g. > [http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/cruz-mcconnell-lied-im-bank-trusted-32663137](http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/cruz-mcconnell-lied-im-bank-trusted-32663137) And many on the right still are in denial that the high number of Republican candidates is most likely due now to the increase in the divisions that the Republican party has currently. IMHO many groups from the right do fear that their agendas will get no attention if they do not have their own candidate. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2015, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23226 "2015-07-24T23:36:40Z")
No, I think we’re quite aware of that. As I keep saying, it’s not our fault that Democrats started screwing up right away, thus not allowing us to settle our internal differences before getting back in power. The Republicans should have enjoyed a decade or two in the wilderness after the Bush administration. Instead, we got two years. Thanks Democrats. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2015, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23227 "2015-07-25T00:09:42Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > No, I think we’re quite aware of that. As I keep saying, it’s not our fault that Democrats started screwing up right away, thus not allowing us to settle our internal differences before getting back in power. The Republicans should have enjoyed a decade or two in the wilderness after the Bush administration. Instead, we got two years. Thanks Democrats. And you will continue to carry water for them, even if you are aware of those contradictory and harmful agendas. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2015, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23228 "2015-07-25T00:42:06Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > No, I think we’re quite aware of that. As I keep saying, it’s not our fault that Democrats started screwing up right away, thus not allowing us to settle our internal differences before getting back in power. The Republicans should have enjoyed a decade or two in the wilderness after the Bush administration. Instead, we got two years. Thanks Democrats. Wait, did you just say that it’s the Dems’ fault that the Reps are so disorganized? ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2015, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23229 "2015-07-25T00:43:21Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > No, I think we’re quite aware of that. As I keep saying, it’s not our fault that Democrats started screwing up right away, thus not allowing us to settle our internal differences before getting back in power. The Republicans should have enjoyed a decade or two in the wilderness after the Bush administration. Instead, we got two years. Thanks Democrats. Isn’t this pretty much like saying: “Well honey, it YOUR fault I fucked your best friend. If you didn’t introduce me to her I never would have fucked her.” ---
**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:** [July 25, 2015, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23230 "2015-07-25T01:36:12Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > Isn’t this pretty much like saying: “Well honey, it YOUR fault I fucked your best friend. If you didn’t introduce me to her I never would have fucked her.” Nah. It’s more like “WHY do you keep making me hit you?” ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2015, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23231 "2015-07-25T02:22:10Z")
“Honey, from a genetic point of view, you and your sister are pretty much the same person, so…” ---
**Author:** ![John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_stamos_left_ear/32/3198_2.png) [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2015, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23232 "2015-07-25T03:47:46Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > 36000 hits in 0.32 seconds, e.g. > [http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/cruz-mcconnell-lied-im-bank-trusted-32663137](http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/cruz-mcconnell-lied-im-bank-trusted-32663137) I didn’t ask because I couldn’t find it. I asked so that maybe the Derpy website gets less clicks from this page and I was too pressed for time to just add my own link. But thanks. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2015, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23233 "2015-07-25T04:25:18Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > Wait, did you just say that it’s the Dems’ fault that the Reps are so disorganized? No, it’s the Dems fault that Republicans control the Congress and have an even chance of winning it all in the next election. Given the GOP’s reputation and their recent record, that should not be happening. It happened because the Democrats pursued an unpopular agenda and have carried water for an incompetent President rather than holding him to account. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2015, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23234 "2015-07-25T04:33:55Z")
You know, adaher, this thread is not meant to be for you to offer up your own original examples of stupid ideas, but ok. Your idea is properly stupid. ---
**Author:** ![3trew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/13edae/32.png) [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2015, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23235 "2015-07-25T06:03:26Z")
What if every one of is is like adaher, just getting hit over and over again, multiple times every day, by things that show us we are horribly, terribly wrong, about everything, and we don’t notice it? That’s some cosmic horror stuff right there. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2015, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23236 "2015-07-25T12:23:59Z")
Calling Obama incompetent is like talking about a jockey who rode a three-legged horse around the race track but came in second. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2015, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23237 "2015-07-25T12:32:34Z")
So, what will be the next huge government failure that won’t be his fault? Can we start a pool? ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2015, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23238 "2015-07-25T12:51:21Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > So, what will be the next huge government failure that won’t be his fault? Can we start a pool? What was the last one? I’m getting a bit scatterbrained in my dotage. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2015, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23239 "2015-07-25T13:00:20Z")
Osama bin Laden. Only killed him once. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2015, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23240 "2015-07-25T13:03:05Z")
Won’t be Obamacare either, he’s slowly coming to realize, to his horror. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2015, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23241 "2015-07-25T13:10:55Z")
Wow guys, this isn’t the stupid, uninformed, obtuse liberal thread. Hey, has anyone heard of the OPM hack? The VA(still not making much progress)? Those are the two most recent. ACA was back in 2013. Apparently the government still sucks at information technology. Wonder when someone will make it a priority? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1161) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1163)