# 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:** 1214
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24262 "2015-09-14T22:38:48Z")
Ok, this is not stupid in the veign of this thread, but [to hear mrs Mooselini talk](http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/09/10/1420001/-Sarah-Palin-confounds-Rachel-Maddow-Tell-me-what-this-means?detail=emailclassic), _So up there in Alaska, across the way Russia. You know there is a name for this taking advantage of America. There is a Russian name for that. And it is called ‘fortushka.’ And that means Obama’s window of opportunity. So as Obama leads from behind the skirt of his right-hand man, Valerie Jarrett, then it’s up to Congress to close that window. He may propose. You dispose, Congress. You gotta be in it to win it because we want peace. With unapologetic mighty red, white, and blue, will have peace._ Sorry, what? Word-things 93 Saraħ 0 (And that Russian word? The closest I could find was «вертушка», which gets translated to “whirligig”) ---
**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:** [September 14, 2015, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24263 "2015-09-14T22:44:47Z")
[House Science and Technology Committee sends a letter to the White House demanding to know why the White House has not replied to their letter demanding answers on ozone regulations. Turns out, they never sent the letter with the questions first.](http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/09/12/1420137/-Republicans-send-letter-demanding-Obama-administration-respond-to-letter-they-didn-t-send) ---
**Author:** ![RadioWave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@RadioWave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RadioWave)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24264 "2015-09-14T23:06:51Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Ok, this is not stupid in the veign of this thread, but [to hear mrs Mooselini talk](http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/09/10/1420001/-Sarah-Palin-confounds-Rachel-Maddow-Tell-me-what-this-means?detail=emailclassic), > > - … With unapologetic mighty red, white, and blue, will have peace. …\* > > Sorry, what? Word-things 93 Saraħ 0 > > (And that Russian word? The closest I could find was «вертушка», which gets translated to “whirligig”) I wonder if it’s perhaps possible that Mrs. Palin has never actually seen the Russian flag or noticed what colors it uses. ---
**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:** [September 14, 2015, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24265 "2015-09-14T23:12:27Z")
> [@RadioWave](#): > > I wonder if it’s perhaps possible that Mrs. Palin has never actually seen the Russian flag or noticed what colors it uses. Of course not; the U.S. invented flags and we don’t let Russia have one. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24266 "2015-09-14T23:13:46Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > How do you propose to accelerate the whole country to 88 mph? Well, if that fucking Obama would just allow the Keystone pipeline… ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24267 "2015-09-14T23:18:25Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > Well, if that fucking Obama would just allow the Keystone pipeline… Wait, what? They will be pumping [sup]239[/sup]Pu slurry through Keystone? Argh, that could get messy. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24268 "2015-09-14T23:27:11Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > Well, if that fucking Obama would just allow the Keystone pipeline… Does it provide one point twenty one JIGAWATTS of power? ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24269 "2015-09-14T23:48:39Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Sorry, what? Word-things 93 Saraħ 0 Speaking of doing battle with the word-things: veign? That’s a new one for me, and I’ve been tracking the “vein/vane/vain” thing for a while. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24270 "2015-09-14T23:57:53Z")
> [@SpoilerVirgin](#): > > Speaking of doing battle with the word-things: veign? That’s a new one for me, and I’ve been tracking the “vein/vane/vain” thing for a while. It is a long-running, dominant theme. (vein + reign) ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24271 "2015-09-15T02:28:51Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Ok, this is not stupid in the veign of this thread, but [to hear mrs Mooselini talk](http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/09/10/1420001/-Sarah-Palin-confounds-Rachel-Maddow-Tell-me-what-this-means?detail=emailclassic), > _So up there in Alaska, across the way Russia. You know there is a name for this taking advantage of America. There is a Russian name for that. And it is called ‘fortushka.’ And that means Obama’s window of opportunity. So as Obama leads from behind the skirt of his right-hand man, Valerie Jarrett, then it’s up to Congress to close that window. He may propose. You dispose, Congress. You gotta be in it to win it because we want peace. With unapologetic mighty red, white, and blue, will have peace._ > > Sorry, what? Word-things 93 Saraħ 0 > > (And that Russian word? The closest I could find was «вертушка», which gets translated to “whirligig”) Early-onset Alzheimer’s. Seriously. ---
**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:** [September 15, 2015, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24272 "2015-09-15T02:58:18Z")
[FOX fudges facts on Union busting](http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/02/23/948814/-Fox-flips-poll-results-to-falsely-claim-Americans-support-union-busting). ---
**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:** [September 15, 2015, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24273 "2015-09-15T03:32:12Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > [FOX fudges facts on Union busting](http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/02/23/948814/-Fox-flips-poll-results-to-falsely-claim-Americans-support-union-busting). Four years ago. ---
**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:** [September 15, 2015, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24274 "2015-09-15T03:45:30Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Four years ago. haha whoops! My bad… it was linked from a story I was reading about Walker’s latest, um, proposal. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24275 "2015-09-15T03:51:06Z")
> [@Punoqllads](#): > > Early-onset Alzheimer’s. Seriously. She is emulating her idle, President 666. ---
**Author:** ![bosbfdsfd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba8739/32.png) [@bosbfdsfd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bosbfdsfd)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24276 "2015-09-15T04:00:03Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Senator Ron Johnson says the Syrian refugees are an ISIS plot against America. Hey, whatever keeps Muslims, liberals’ favorite religious fanatics, out of the country. ---
**Author:** ![bosbfdsfd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba8739/32.png) [@bosbfdsfd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bosbfdsfd)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24277 "2015-09-15T04:03:01Z")
> [@Toxgoddess](#): > > Not stupid, but we don’t have an Evil RIOTD thread. Scott Walker wants to take union busting to a whole new level: elilminate federal unions, gut the National Labor Relations Board, make all states automatically “right-to-work” unless they vote otherwise, and generally remove all worker protections against unfair labor practices and making it more difficult for unions to organize. As one expert quoted comments, he could only be making these proposals to satisfy wealthy contributors. And taxpayers who are getting repeatedly raped by worthless union slobs and their bought off political whores. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24278 "2015-09-15T04:13:48Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Ok, this is not stupid in the veign of this thread, but [to hear mrs Mooselini talk](http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/09/10/1420001/-Sarah-Palin-confounds-Rachel-Maddow-Tell-me-what-this-means?detail=emailclassic), > _So up there in Alaska, across the way Russia. You know there is a name for this taking advantage of America. There is a Russian name for that. And it is called ‘fortushka.’ And that means Obama’s window of opportunity. So as Obama leads from behind the skirt of his right-hand man, Valerie Jarrett, then it’s up to Congress to close that window. He may propose. You dispose, Congress. You gotta be in it to win it because we want peace. With unapologetic mighty red, white, and blue, will have peace._ > > Sorry, what? Word-things 93 Saraħ 0 She’s an inspiration to women everywhere, such as: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/lj3iNxZ8Dww/hqdefault.jpg "Miss Teen USA 2007 - South Carolina answers a question") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww) ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24279 "2015-09-15T05:43:42Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > (And that Russian word? The closest I could find was «вертушка», which gets translated to “whirligig”) Seems as though the Russian word was «форточка» (fortochka, which is how she actually pronounced it), which refers to a small auxiliary vent window and has some cultural vernacular to it. Why exactly she would try to force that word in there, in front of a bunch of bored teabaggers, is kind of perplexing. Now I need to listen to some nice relaxing Iron Maiden, to cleanse the sound of her voice out of my psyche. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24280 "2015-09-15T05:47:05Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Are you a Kansas state employee? [No freedom of religion for you!](http://www.politicususa.com/2015/09/13/kansas-secretary-state-fired-state-employee-attending-church.html) > > Apparently freedom of religion in Kansas applies only to evangelical Christians. I thought that must be a fake news / “satire” site. I guess not. That is…simply amazing. > [@elucidator](#): > > But she wasn’t required to _believe_, just go there and stand around for a while! How many of use have sat there with a straight face while our boss lays out a plan that might as well be faith-based, for all the difference it would make. Don’t make excuses for them, **'luc.** ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24281 "2015-09-15T06:52:53Z")
> [@bosbfdsfd](#): > > Hey, whatever keeps Muslims, liberals’ favorite religious fanatics, out of the country. Thank you; your contributions of stupid Republican ideas are amusing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1213) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1215)