# 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:** 1216
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24302 "2015-09-15T18:48:14Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > _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 Holy shit, did she have a stroke in the middle of that?? :eek: ---
**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, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24303 "2015-09-15T19:21:57Z")
[North Carolina Republican legislator calls Obama an “Islamic son of a bitch”.](http://ringoffireradio.com/2015/09/n-c-rep-called-obama-an-islamic-son-of-a-bitch-on-facebook/) ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24304 "2015-09-15T19:34:21Z")
Well, the ‘Islamic’ is stupid. The ‘son of a bitch’ is just colorful. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24305 "2015-09-15T19:49:27Z")
Is ‘Islamic’ the new ‘shiftless’ ? ---
**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, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24306 "2015-09-15T20:37:23Z")
[Mike Huckabee wonders if the Syrian refugees are just leaving their country so they can get cable TV.](http://www.occupydemocrats.com/huckabee-refugees-fleeing-horrific-violence-really-just-want-our-cable-television/) ---
**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:** [September 15, 2015, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24307 "2015-09-15T20:57:10Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Mike Huckabee wonders if the Syrian refugees are just leaving their country so they can get cable TV.](http://www.occupydemocrats.com/huckabee-refugees-fleeing-horrific-violence-really-just-want-our-cable-television/) Hey, he has a point. Who wouldn’t risk their lives and the lives of their children for _Pawnstars_, _The Kardashians_, and _Honey Boo Boo_? ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24308 "2015-09-15T21:21:52Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > Hey, he has a point. Who wouldn’t risk their lives and the lives of their children for _Pawnstars_, _The Kardashians_, and _Honey Boo Boo_? Honey Boo Boo is canceled! Get with the times man! Its all about I Am Cait now! ---
**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, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24309 "2015-09-15T21:41:23Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [North Carolina Republican legislator calls Obama an “Islamic son of a bitch”.](http://ringoffireradio.com/2015/09/n-c-rep-called-obama-an-islamic-son-of-a-bitch-on-facebook/) You libtards are all missing the point. He’s just exposing the left’s hypocrisy, as he explains in another tweet: “I find it interesting how many liberals pretend that they are offended by this post, yet they have no problem with Obama destroying the very fabric of this nation.” So there. You won’t catch Mike Huckabee destroying the very fabric of this nation. ---
**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:** [September 15, 2015, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24310 "2015-09-15T21:45:57Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > Honey Boo Boo is canceled! Get with the times man! Its all about I Am Cait now! > [@TonySinclair](#): > > You libtards are all missing the point. He’s just exposing the left’s hypocrisy, as he explains in another tweet: “I find it interesting how many liberals pretend that they are offended by this post, yet they have no problem with Obama destroying the very fabric of this nation.” > > So there. You won’t catch Mike Huckabee destroying the very fabric of this nation. It’s already destroyed. _Honey Boo Boo_ has been cancelled. (Actually, I’m not even sure who or what Honey Boo Boo is or was.) And it’s been replaced by another fabric: muslin! ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24311 "2015-09-15T22:49:26Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > So there. You won’t catch Mike Huckabee destroying the very fabric of this nation. Sure we won’t catch him, but he’s still gonna do it ---
**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:** [September 15, 2015, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24312 "2015-09-15T23:10:33Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [North Carolina Republican legislator calls Obama an “Islamic son of a bitch”.](http://ringoffireradio.com/2015/09/n-c-rep-called-obama-an-islamic-son-of-a-bitch-on-facebook/) Well, I think we’ve nailed down **bosbfdsfd** ’s identity, IRL. ---
**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:** [September 15, 2015, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24313 "2015-09-15T23:13:22Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > You libtards are all missing the point. He’s just exposing the left’s hypocrisy, as he explains in another tweet: “I find it interesting how many liberals pretend that they are offended by this post, yet they have no problem with Obama destroying the very fabric of this nation.” > > So there. You won’t catch Mike Huckabee destroying the very fabric of this nation. Just what _is_ the fabric of our nation, anyway? Wool. I think it’s wool. It’s certainly scratchy enough. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24314 "2015-09-15T23:26:41Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Just what _is_ the fabric of our nation, anyway? > > Wool. I think it’s wool. It’s certainly scratchy enough. Pollsters used to go door to door canvasing neighborhoods. ---
**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, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24315 "2015-09-15T23:37:21Z")
From what I can tell, it is duct tape. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24316 "2015-09-15T23:42:23Z")
[The touch, the feel of cotton, the fabric of our lives …](https://thefabricofourlives.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24317 "2015-09-15T23:51:17Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Just what _is_ the fabric of our nation, anyway? > > Wool. I think it’s wool. It’s certainly scratchy enough. [Cotton. Always, cotton.](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-o4nvUn9fvNc/UAiCocqbgwI/AAAAAAAAFU0/sLQK0Dm4Pwg/s1600/Natives+Working+on+Sudanese+Cotton+Plantation+c1930.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24318 "2015-09-16T00:41:27Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > [Cotton. Always, cotton.](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-o4nvUn9fvNc/UAiCocqbgwI/AAAAAAAAFU0/sLQK0Dm4Pwg/s1600/Natives+Working+on+Sudanese+Cotton+Plantation+c1930.jpg) Egyptian cotton? ---
**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 16, 2015, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24319 "2015-09-16T00:54:08Z")
> [@Punoqllads](#): > > Egyptian cotton? Only [_chocolate covered_ Egyptian cotton](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jcx-bSyJpYk). ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24320 "2015-09-16T01:02:41Z")
> [@Punoqllads](#): > > Egyptian cotton? Shit. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24321 "2015-09-16T01:03:03Z")
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