# 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:** 119
**Author:** ![legalsnugs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@legalsnugs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/legalsnugs)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2361 "2010-11-26T10:44:03Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Remember, Rick Scott eats babies, and that’s worth a chuckle. I understand that’s okay if it’s a post-birth baby. What? Too ick? ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2362 "2010-11-26T20:06:18Z")
Fox’s website posts an article from [The Onion](http://nation.foxnews.com/barack-obama/2010/11/26/frustrated-obama-sends-nation-rambling-75000-word-e-mail), and their readers just gobble it up like Thanksgiving turkey. They treat their viewers/readers like they’re idiots. > [@](#): > > Having admittedly “reached the end of [his] rope,” President Barack Obama sent a rambling 75,000-word e-mail to the entire nation Wednesday, revealing deep frustrations with America’s political culture, his presidency, U.S. citizens, and himself. From the comments: > [@](#): > > A friend of mine got the email because she was an Obama supporter. She forwarded it to me. It was pitiful. My friend thinks he is losing it. I told her I knew this a long time ago. ---
**Author:** ![sleeping](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@sleeping](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleeping)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2363 "2010-11-26T20:27:21Z")
> [@Lamar\_Mundane](#): > > Fox’s website posts an article from [The Onion](http://nation.foxnews.com/barack-obama/2010/11/26/frustrated-obama-sends-nation-rambling-75000-word-e-mail), and their readers just gobble it up like Thanksgiving turkey. > > From the comments: Another comment: > [@](#): > > Wolverine\_OathKeeper 19 minutes ago > This is what Odrama does. He talks and talks and talks, in circles, until you just want him to s h u t up already and ignore the original thought. > [@Lamar Mundane](#): > > They treat their viewers/readers like they’re idiots. I would say, then, that they are getting the treatment they deserve. ---
**Author:** ![eulalia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eulalia/32/457_2.png) [@eulalia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eulalia)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2364 "2010-11-27T02:18:33Z")
> [@Lamar\_Mundane](#): > > Fox’s website posts an article from [The Onion](http://nation.foxnews.com/barack-obama/2010/11/26/frustrated-obama-sends-nation-rambling-75000-word-e-mail), and their readers just gobble it up like Thanksgiving turkey. The link no longer works, and neither does the Google search link. Fox says I’m lost, but I’m pretty sure they lost it. ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2365 "2010-11-27T02:32:52Z")
[This page](http://www.mediaite.com/online/foxnation-com-repurposes-anti-obama-article-from-the-onion-forgets-to-mention-its-a-joke/) has a screenshot of the original article. ---
**Author:** ![eulalia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eulalia/32/457_2.png) [@eulalia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eulalia)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2366 "2010-11-27T05:10:16Z")
> [@Punoqllads](#): > > [This page](http://www.mediaite.com/online/foxnation-com-repurposes-anti-obama-article-from-the-onion-forgets-to-mention-its-a-joke/) has a screenshot of the original article. Thanks. People clearly believe this crap because they want to think Obama’s crazy. I don’t know why anyone would be comforted by that thought. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2367 "2010-11-27T05:11:17Z")
Give the readers a little slack, the Onion article was roughly as true as anything else on the site about Obama. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2368 "2010-11-27T16:47:26Z")
This raises the interesting question of whether simply reposting Onion articles would raise Fox News’ journalistic standards. ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2369 "2010-12-01T06:24:12Z")
OK, here’s a good one, Tea Party Nation president Judson Phillips thinks we should go back to only [allowing property owners to vote](http://thinkprogress.org/2010/11/30/tea-party-voting-property/): > [@](#): > > If you’re not a property owner, you know, I’m sorry but property owners have a little bit more of a vested interest in the community than non-property owners. Where the fuck do these people come from? The early 19th Century or something? ---
**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:** [December 1, 2010, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2370 "2010-12-01T08:05:03Z")
[Senate GOP letter calls for blocking most bills](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101201/ap_on_go_co/us_senate_republicans) > [@](#): > > WASHINGTON – Senate Republicans intend to block action on virtually all Democratic-backed legislation unrelated to tax cuts and government spending in the current postelection session of Congress, officials said Tuesday, adding that the leadership has quietly collected signatures on a letter pledging to carry out the strategy. > > If carried out, it would doom Democratic-backed attempts to end the Pentagon’s practice of discharging openly gay members of the military service and give legal status to young illegal immigrants who join the military or attend college. An entire month dedicated solely to tax cuts for the rich. Stay classy, guys. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2010, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2371 "2010-12-01T08:18:15Z")
> [@waterj2](#): > > OK, here’s a good one, Tea Party Nation president Judson Phillips thinks we should go back to only [allowing property owners to vote](http://thinkprogress.org/2010/11/30/tea-party-voting-property/): > Where the fuck do these people come from? The early 19th Century or something? I wouldn’t be surprised if he examined the demographic breakdown of home ownership by race and realized that blacks and latinos, who skew democratic, own fewer homes combined than whites. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2372 "2010-12-01T13:15:23Z")
> [@waterj2](#): > > OK, here’s a good one, Tea Party Nation president Judson Phillips thinks we should go back to only [allowing property owners to vote](http://thinkprogress.org/2010/11/30/tea-party-voting-property/): > > > [@](#): > > > > If you’re not a property owner, you know, I’m sorry but property owners have a little bit more of a vested interest in the community than non-property owners. > > Where the fuck do these people come from? The early 19th Century or something? This is a great idea. Perhaps, the non-property owners should count as 3/5 of a person, so the census more fairly counts who would vote. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2373 "2010-12-01T14:20:51Z")
The Church could administer the whole thing, and we’d save money on Census workers. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2010, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2374 "2010-12-01T16:34:04Z")
I believe it’s wasteful to change politicians every four years. What can they do in such a short time ? And besides, the quasi-constant election cycle makes them very vulnerable to corruption and influence games. Much better to elect the President (and his heads of departments) for life. Hell, make the title hereditary, that way they’ll really focus on the country instead of their own pockets, what with that huge vested interest in it ! Same goes for Senators and Representatives of course, but are they _really_ necessary ? Could save a \*mint \*on their salaries, dontcherknow… ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2375 "2010-12-02T06:27:55Z")
Republican Eugene Delgaudio feels that TSA pat downs are a [gay conspiracy](http://dcist.com/2010/11/loudoun_county_official_tsa_pat_dow.php). We also had Steve King this week feeding his racist followers referring to Obama as ‘very urban’ while voicing his objections to the government paying people who the courts found where discriminated against by the department of agriculture. According to him this is ‘reparations’ for slavery. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2010, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2376 "2010-12-07T18:37:35Z")
Texas State Republican Executive Committee member John Cook is not prejudiced against Jews. [He just thinks Christians do a better job](http://thinkprogress.org/2010/12/06/texas-christians-best-jobs/). ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2377 "2010-12-07T19:04:58Z")
Well, in fairness, it took Jesus like 35 years to die for our sins. A Christian would have gotten that shit done much more efficiently. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2378 "2010-12-07T20:31:14Z")
Holy Moly. He actually used the Some Of My Best Friends defense. I didn’t think anyone actually said that in real life. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2010, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2379 "2010-12-07T21:11:40Z")
This guy’s job is being a Christian conservative. There is no way a Jew can be a Christian as well as a Christian can be a Christian. Or if he is, he’s an incompetent Jew, and who wants an incompetent Jew in power? We’ll call the ‘conservative’ part a wash. ---
**Author:** ![Spavined\_Gelding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@Spavined\_Gelding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spavined_Gelding)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2380 "2010-12-07T22:11:33Z")
With regard to the Texas Leg., wouldn’t it be great if Molly Ivins were still with us. Imagin the lacing she would have given these pretenders. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=118) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=120)