# 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:** 1236
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24702 "2015-10-05T11:22:15Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Don’t you have to blow the chauffeur? How do you like me _shofar_? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24703 "2015-10-05T15:24:07Z")
A bit less than before. ---
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24704 "2015-10-05T16:49:49Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > I like the part about kids and pools, since he DID pass a law about that, if I recall. I think treating guns like pools would be a good compromise. They’ll cost $20,000 and you’ll have to put them in a hole in your backyard. ---
**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:** [October 5, 2015, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24705 "2015-10-05T17:08:52Z")
> [@marshmallow](#): > > I think treating guns like pools would be a good compromise. They’ll cost $20,000 and you’ll have to put them in a hole in your backyard. …and fill them with water. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24706 "2015-10-05T17:17:58Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > …and fill them with water. Put a cover on it, a fence around it, pay more insurance, and consider it more trouble than it’s worth. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24707 "2015-10-05T17:24:45Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > …and fill them with water. …leaving you a sitting duck when Captain Farrell bursts in. (Musha ring dum-a-do dum-a-da.) ---
**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:** [October 5, 2015, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24708 "2015-10-05T17:34:15Z")
> [@marshmallow](#): > > I think treating guns like pools would be a good compromise. They’ll cost $20,000 and you’ll have to put them in a hole in your backyard. > [@davidm](#): > > …and fill them with water. > [@jsgoddess](#): > > Put a cover on it, a fence around it, pay more insurance, and consider it more trouble than it’s worth. I suppose we should be grateful the founding fathers didn’t include a clumsily worded amendment about well regulated swim teams. ---
**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:** [October 5, 2015, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24709 "2015-10-05T17:48:09Z")
ducks like pools ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24710 "2015-10-05T18:14:47Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > I suppose we should be grateful the founding fathers didn’t include a clumsily worded amendment about well regulated swim teams. Yeah that amendment the gun nuts love so much sounds like the Founding Fathers were drunk when they wrote it. “In order to … what the fuck … because we need … well, SOMETHING about the militia … maybe “well-regulated” militia, that’ll sound good … we shall bare arms … no, BEAR ARMS … wait a minute … KEEP AND BEAR ARMS … that’s the ticket … now where’s that chauffer?” ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2015, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24711 "2015-10-06T15:02:17Z")
[Graham opposed Sandy aid but wants help in South Carolina](http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/05/politics/lindsey-graham-flooding-federal-aid/index.html?sr=fb100515lindsey-graham-flooding-federal-aid1108PMVODtop&linkId=17708511) > [@](#): > > “Let’s just get through this thing, and whatever it costs, it costs,” Graham told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on “The Situation Room” on Monday of the devastating floods in his home state. > > Graham was among the Republican senators who opposed a federal aid package in January 2013 to assist states hit by Hurricane Sandy, but now he doesn’t remember why. Most of the South Carolina Congressional delegation voted against Sandy aid. Now they want aid to help for damage caused by being brushed by the outskirts of a storm, not after suffering a direct hit as NJ and NY did from Sandy. I hope the NY and NJ delegations are more understanding this time than the Louisiana and South Carolina delegations were in 2012. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2015, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24712 "2015-10-06T15:06:42Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > [Graham opposed Sandy aid but wants help in South Carolina](http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/05/politics/lindsey-graham-flooding-federal-aid/index.html?sr=fb100515lindsey-graham-flooding-federal-aid1108PMVODtop&linkId=17708511) > Most of the South Carolina Congressional delegation voted against Sandy aid. Now they want aid to help for damage caused by being brushed by the outskirts of a storm, not after suffering a direct hit as NJ and NY did from Sandy. > > I hope the NY and NJ delegations are more understanding this time than the Louisiana and South Carolina delegations were in 2012. I hope we tell SC to get stuffed. If they want to turn their back on everybody when they’re in need, screw them. You have to be a far right wing Republican who thinks the federal government is evil in order to get elected, then let them live without federal help just like they think the rest of us should. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2015, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24713 "2015-10-06T15:08:51Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > I hope we tell SC to get stuffed. That’s not what decent people do. Don’t put a grudge ahead of the real needs of real, desperate people. Give them the aid they need, but it’s not out of line to also demand that Graham & Co. to admit they were wrong about Sandy aid. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2015, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24714 "2015-10-06T15:19:21Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > That’s not what decent people do. Don’t put a grudge ahead of the real needs of real, desperate people. > > Give them the aid they need, but it’s not out of line to also demand that Graham & Co. to admit they were wrong about Sandy aid. I can buy that and I want to help those that need it, but dammit I’m getting sick of Republicans acting like federal aid is the root of all evil until they need 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:** [October 6, 2015, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24715 "2015-10-06T15:21:05Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Give them the aid they need, but it’s not out of line to also demand that Graham & Co. to admit they were wrong about Sandy aid. I agree, but every Democrat that votes for aid to SC should take some time at the mike to stick it Graham and every other asshole who voted against Sandy aid. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2015, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24716 "2015-10-06T15:29:17Z")
Shaming someone only works if there is a core of decency to refer to. And besides, its Obama’s fault anyway. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2015, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24717 "2015-10-06T15:32:41Z")
From the cited article: > [@](#): > > Graham was among the Republican senators who opposed a federal aid package in January 2013 to assist states hit by Hurricane Sandy, but now he doesn’t remember why. > > … > “I’m all for helping the people in New Jersey. I don’t really remember me voting that way,” Graham said. > > Pressed further, he said: “Anyway, I don’t really recall that, but I’d be glad to look and tell you why I did vote no, if I did.” ---
**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:** [October 6, 2015, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24718 "2015-10-06T15:38:18Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > I agree, but every Democrat that votes for aid to SC should take some time at the mike to stick it Graham and every other asshole who voted against Sandy aid. [31 Republican Senators](http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/01/29/1510041/sandy-aid-republican-hypocrites/) who voted against Sandy Aid…and had availed themselves of disaster aid for their own states. And of course Cruz voted against and wanted some of that sweet gubmint cash after flooding in Texas. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2015, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24719 "2015-10-06T16:10:36Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > [31 Republican Senators](http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/01/29/1510041/sandy-aid-republican-hypocrites/) who voted against Sandy Aid…and had availed themselves of disaster aid for their own states. > > And of course Cruz voted against and wanted some of that sweet gubmint cash after flooding in Texas. 😕 The storm in the New York Area was evidence of God’s justice. He was punishing big city liberals for sodomizing each other, watching foreign movies, and Benghazi. To clean up the evidence of God’s wrath was sacrilegious. The raindrops that fell on South Carolina were the sweet tears of God’s Love. He was crying because atheists from the North are forcing Christian farmers to marry their farm animals and power tools. Apples and oranges. No surprise you libtards don’t even perceive the difference. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2015, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24720 "2015-10-06T19:33:34Z")
> **[Carson on Oregon shooting: ‘I would not just stand there and let him shoot me’](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/10/06/carson-on-oregon-shooting-i-would-not-just-stand-there-and-let-him-shoot-me/)** > > Carson has also accused gun-control advocates of politicizing the tragedy. “I would not just stand there and let him shoot me,” Carson said on “Fox and Friends” Tuesday morning. “I would say, ‘Hey guys, everybody attack him. He may shoot me, but he can’t get us all.’” Not necessarily a bad idea and now the current thinking in an aircraft hijacking incident. It just sounds to me like like our other brave Repubs warmongering while they were actually chickenhawks. ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2015, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24721 "2015-10-06T19:47:53Z")
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