# 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:** 125
**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:** [January 15, 2011, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2481 "2011-01-15T03:26:04Z")
Oh, look! The conservative faction appropriates yet another physically violent Jewish ordeal to make themselves the victims! [From the Moonie Times](http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jan/12/blood-libel-against-palin-limbaugh/) > [@](#): > > This is simply the latest round of an ongoing pogrom against conservative thinkers. No, Moonie Times…this is not a pogrom. (Warning: Disturbing images behind links!) [This](http://dancutlermedicalart.com/AlbertEinstein%27sZionism/images/250%20pixels/1900-1919/1905%20ekaterinoslav%20pogrom.jpg) is a pogrom. And [this](http://www.zabludow.com/bialystokpogrom.jpg) is a pogrom. And [this](http://visualrian.com/storage/PreviewWM/0249/81/024981.jpg?1100648100) is also a pogrom. A little criticism isn’t a pogrom. You are not the victims in the Tucson tragedy. And you are not the Jewish people. Quit stealing their history to make yourselves look noble. ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2482 "2011-01-18T05:23:36Z")
I thought this sentence from the Moonie Times article was fantastic: > [@](#): > > Since the Saturday bloodbath, members of the liberal commentariat have spoken in a unified voice, charging her and other conservatives with being indirectly or somehow directly responsible for the lunatic actions of accused gunman Jared Loughner. I’ve never noticed a ‘unified liberal voice’ before, but then again I didn’t realize it was a _commentariat_ doing the speaking. Sounds vaguely… communist! :eek: Is anyone keeping track of this commentariat’s apparatchiks? ---
**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:** [January 18, 2011, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2483 "2011-01-18T10:11:07Z")
Who is the left-wing Grover Norquist? Apparently I need to subscribe to his or her newsletter. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2484 "2011-01-18T17:07:31Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Oh, look! The conservative faction appropriates yet another physically violent Jewish ordeal to make themselves the victims! Anyone got the over/under for Glen Beck doing a Kristallnacht reference? ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2485 "2011-01-25T19:03:09Z")
Oh, this is a good one. Republicans have selected Paul Ryan and Michelle Bachmann to deliver GOP responses to the State of the Union. Now Republicans are complaining that CNN will actually put both of these speeches on the air. Why? Because airing both responses could make it seem like the GOP doesn’t have a unified message! [Link.](http://voices.washingtonpost.com/plum-line/2011/01/gop_aides_irked_with_cnn_for_a.html) Well, if you don’t like CNN airing both GOP responses to the SOTU, then why don’t you just cancel one of the response speeches? ETA: Upon further review, it appears Bachmann was not officially selected by the GOP to give a response. Still, that’s not CNN’s problem. ---
**Author:** ![rogerbox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@rogerbox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rogerbox)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2486 "2011-01-25T19:52:47Z")
[Apparently America was founded upon diversity, where everyone’s color and language didn’t matter.](http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/01/bachmann-america-was-founded-on-diversity-video.php) I can’t see how anyone could possibly honestly believe this garbage is true. It’s insane, the truth doesn’t matter WHATSOEVER to republicans, just sticking to the tribe. ---
**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:** [January 25, 2011, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2487 "2011-01-25T20:03:26Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > ETA: Upon further review, it appears Bachmann was not officially selected by the GOP to give a response. Still, that’s not CNN’s problem. Smart Republican idea of the day: trying to keep Michelle Bachmann off TV. ---
**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:** [January 25, 2011, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2488 "2011-01-25T20:25:52Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > Oh, this is a good one. Republicans have selected Paul Ryan and Michelle Bachmann to deliver GOP responses to the State of the Union. The GOP didn’t select Bachmann, she selected herself. Ryan is the GOP-sanctioned response. Bachmann just wanted some attention, so she unilaterally decided to issue a video response of her own. This just highlights the rift the TEA Party is creating within the GOP, and it will grow wider in the run up to the 2012 election. I hope the Teapers decide to run their own ticket, and cannibalize the right wing. Let’s you and him fight. ---
**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:** [January 26, 2011, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2489 "2011-01-26T03:00:22Z")
> [@rogerbox](#): > > [Apparently America was founded upon diversity, where everyone’s color and language didn’t matter.](http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/01/bachmann-america-was-founded-on-diversity-video.php) > > I can’t see how anyone could possibly honestly believe this garbage is true. It’s insane, the truth doesn’t matter WHATSOEVER to republicans, just sticking to the tribe. Bachman: “we also know that the very founders that wrote those documents worked tirelessly until slavery was no more in the United States.” Sure, some might think that’s incorrect, seeing as how some of the founders owned slaves, but that just gave them the time to work _against_ slavery! How can you work against slavery when you’re busy picking your own cotton? ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2490 "2011-01-26T04:03:15Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > … How can you work against slavery when you’re busy picking your own cotton? > [@](#): > > … “And,” she continued, “I think it is high time that we recognize the contribution of our forbearers who worked tirelessly – men like John Quincy Adams, who would not rest until slavery was extinguished in the country.” > > It’s true – Adams became a vocal opponent of slavery, especially during his time in the House of Representatives. But Adams was not one of the founders, nor did he live to see the Emancipation Proclamation signed in 1863 (he died in 1848). … How can you work against slavery when you’re busy being dead? 😃 CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2491 "2011-01-26T04:56:11Z")
My great-grandmother was known in the family to have never cussed nor touched liquor. She died some forty years ago, but I am confident she still maintains her commitment. ---
**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:** [January 26, 2011, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2492 "2011-01-26T09:59:08Z")
> [@rogerbox](#): > > [Apparently America was founded upon diversity, where everyone’s color and language didn’t matter.](http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/01/bachmann-america-was-founded-on-diversity-video.php) > > I can’t see how anyone could possibly honestly believe this garbage is true. It’s insane, the truth doesn’t matter WHATSOEVER to republicans, just sticking to the tribe. It was thoughtful for the article to note that the slavery comments were 9 minutes into the video. They must have realized that no one could stomach watching the whole thing trying to find it. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2493 "2011-01-26T15:07:55Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > … They must have realized that no one could stomach watching the whole thing trying to find it. Worse, that’s [part](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAyUQJwEXdg&feature=related) [two](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGSCF712FCA&feature=player_embedded) of [three!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqzUYR0MrwA&feature=related) Forty-five whole minutes of potentially hilarious comedy and/or horrifying brain damage. :eek: CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2494 "2011-01-26T16:19:37Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > The GOP didn’t select Bachmann, she selected herself. Ryan is the GOP-sanctioned response. Bachmann just wanted some attention, so she unilaterally decided to issue a video response of her own. This just highlights the rift the TEA Party is creating within the GOP, and it will grow wider in the run up to the 2012 election. I hope the Teapers decide to run their own ticket, and cannibalize the right wing. Let’s you and him fight. She didn’t do this on her own. She was invited by the Tea Party Express to do this. You really have to wonder if the GOP thinks gaining a neutered House was worth the cost they are paying and will continue to pay for the foreseeable future for unleashing these Tea Party imbeciles on the rest of us. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2495 "2011-01-26T16:20:55Z")
> [@rogerbox](#): > > [Apparently America was founded upon diversity, where everyone’s color and language didn’t matter.](http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/01/bachmann-america-was-founded-on-diversity-video.php) Wow! I watched from the 9:00 to the 12:00 mark. I don’t think that I could have put that much revisionist history together in so short a time if I tried. Other than that JQ Adams was a against slavery I don’t think there was a single accurate fact in the whole thing. Then as the final clincher she capped it off with [QUOTE=Bachman] Instead of looking back at the weaknesses and stains of America let’s look back at the greatness of America [/QUOTE] Which is real easy to do if you totally mangle history the way she did. ---
**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:** [January 26, 2011, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2496 "2011-01-26T16:25:11Z")
Looking forward is of course not even an option. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2497 "2011-01-26T17:39:41Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Looking forward is of course not even an option. Hard to do when you’re always twirling, twirling, twirling towards freedom! ---
**Author:** ![AshenLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/94ad74/32.png) [@AshenLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AshenLady)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2498 "2011-01-26T17:49:00Z")
Paul Ryan’s assertion that we are at a “tipping point” with regards to our deficit. Hey moron, who put us into this position to begin with? The US had a balanced budget before Dubya took over. Then, some Islamofanatics took down a couple of buildings in NYC, and then the US spends hundreds of billions to seek revenge. Talk about “bang for the buck”. Al-Quadia probably spent $50,000 to initiate the attacks, which, in the end, cost the US 500 billion. That is a 10 million times return on their investment! Republicans are such hypocritical windbags, I can’t hardly stand it. ---
**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:** [January 26, 2011, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2499 "2011-01-26T17:50:35Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > Hard to do when you’re always twirling, twirling, twirling towards freedom! The pitch was excellent, and you knocked it out of the park! ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2500 "2011-01-26T17:59:01Z")
> [@AshenLady](#): > > Hey moron, who put us into this position to begin with? Well, it isn’t like Paul Ryan has been around Washington for the last ten years to oppose things like huge tax cuts, TARP or the auto bailout… oh, wait, he was elected in 1999, voted for the tax cuts, TARP, and the auto bail-out. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=124) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=126)