# 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:** 126
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2501 "2011-01-26T18:11:09Z")
Did Ryan propose a special tax to pay for the last administration’s ‘ **war on surpluses** ’? ---
**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, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2502 "2011-01-26T18:15:41Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > 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. Never mind who said it…Ryan or whatever…the REPUBLICANS put us into a deficit with their crazy war…and now they are crying about the deficit? This is just crazy Republican shit…they should all go out to the wilderness and never come back!!! ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2503 "2011-01-26T19:18:41Z")
[Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas Comes up with a Lame Excuse for Breaking the Law](http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/25/us/politics/25thomas.html?partner=rss&emc=rss): > [@](#): > > Under pressure from liberal critics, Justice Clarence Thomas of the Supreme Court acknowledged in filings released on Monday that he erred by not disclosing his wife’s past employment as required by federal law. > > Justice Thomas said that in his annual financial disclosure statements over the last six years, the employment of his wife, Virginia Thomas, was “inadvertently omitted due to a misunderstanding of the filing instructions.” We’re expected to believe the ‘legalese’ was too much for him? Well, I guess we’re also expected to believe that he’s not raging partisan. Anyone think the house’ll vote to impeach over this? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2504 "2011-01-26T19:28:31Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > [Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas Comes up with a Lame Excuse for Breaking the Law](http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/25/us/politics/25thomas.html?partner=rss&emc=rss): > > We’re expected to believe the ‘legalese’ was too much for him? > Well, I guess we’re also expected to believe that he’s not raging partisan. He was even filling it out in prior years and then stopped doing so. So he’s admitted he fills out forms he doesn’t understand. I think he should have a legal expert look over any forms he’s filling out. I think we should work harder to find legal experts to put on the Supreme Court because we seem to be doing a crappy job at 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:** [January 27, 2011, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2505 "2011-01-27T01:15:13Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > We’re expected to believe the ‘legalese’ was too much for him? Scalia wasn’t around to tell him what to do. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_Stimulus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Digital\_Stimulus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_Stimulus)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2506 "2011-01-27T16:55:13Z")
Palin [strikes again](http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20029742-503544.html)! Interpreting the “Sputnik moment” part of the SotU: > [@](#): > > …Palin responded, “That was another one of those WTF moments when [Mr. Obama] so often repeated the ‘Sputnik Moment’ that he would aspire Americans to celebrate. He needs to remember that what happened back then with the former communist USSR and their victory in that race to space, yeah, they won, but they also incurred so much debt at the time that it led to the inevitable collapse of the Soviet Union.” > … > Palin seems to have a misunderstanding of the analogy…Mr. Obama used the analogy to compare the U.S. to China and India and to suggest that those countries’ investments in, for example, green technology and information technology should spur the United States to research and development better technologies so that the United States may remain a world leader. He wasn’t cheering on the former Soviet Union. Y’know, it’s certainly not the stupidest Palinism. It just baffles me that, even with time to digest and prepare, her reading/listening comprehension could be so close to non-existent. It’s like she’s ensconsed in an intelligence-repulsion field. And I can’t believe I’m contributing to the attention she gets. ☹ ---
**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 27, 2011, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2507 "2011-01-27T16:58:36Z")
Actually, I think the whole conservative WTF riff is pretty funny. Somebody at the White House should have thought about that. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2508 "2011-01-27T17:14:58Z")
Waitaminute. I’m not about to visit the FoxNews site to try to find the clip, bit did she actually speak the term “WTF?” ---
**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:** [January 27, 2011, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2509 "2011-01-27T17:37:28Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > did she actually speak the term “WTF?” “We Talk Foolishness.” ---
**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 27, 2011, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2510 "2011-01-27T17:38:48Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Waitaminute. I’m not about to visit the FoxNews site to try to find the clip, bit did she actually speak the term “WTF?” Why wouldn’t she? If she gets any criticism, she can always bat her eyes and claim it was shorthand for the President’s new motto: “Win the Future!” ---
**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 27, 2011, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2511 "2011-01-27T17:41:00Z")
I would honestly be surprised if she knew what it stands for. Have we already forgotten about last month, when she didn’t know what blood libel was? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2512 "2011-01-27T18:47:28Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > Actually, I think the whole conservative WTF riff is pretty funny. Somebody at the White House should have thought about that. Not sure because I don’t care that much, but TPM may have been the first to notice the “WTF” parallel: > [@](#): > > …9:37 PM: For sake of clarity, I will from now on abbreviate ‘win the future’ as WTF… Thats “TPM” for _Talking Points Memo_, [http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/week\_2011\_01\_23.php?ref=fpblg](http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/week_2011_01_23.php?ref=fpblg), without which no citizen can hope to be well informed. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2513 "2011-01-27T18:50:12Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > …We’re expected to believe the ‘legalese’ was too much for him? > Well, I guess we’re also expected to believe that he’s not raging partisan. > > Anyone think the house’ll vote to impeach over this? 😉 For just about one second I thought “Shit gonna hit the fan now!”. Unbridled optimism. Nothing, but nothing will happen to him over this. It’s Chinatown. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2514 "2011-01-27T19:34:50Z")
> [@boytyperanma](#): > > So he’s admitted he fills out forms he doesn’t understand. I think he should have a legal expert look over any forms he’s filling out. I guess Scalia is too busy to hand-hold him _all_ the time. EDIT: Ninja’d/GMTA’d. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2011, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2515 "2011-01-29T12:30:04Z")
The GOP thinks things are getting to rape-y on the SDMB too, [so they are re-defining rape](http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/01/republican-plan-redefine-rape-abortion) to cut down on it. Yeah, I said ‘rape’ twice. But I said it in a non-forceful way. ---
**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:** [January 29, 2011, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2516 "2011-01-29T14:18:03Z")
This is great news… for Roman Polanski. ---
**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 31, 2011, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2517 "2011-01-31T21:12:36Z")
Georgia Republican sponsors bill to [do away with driver’s licenses](http://www.cbsatlanta.com/news/26675368/detail.html): > [@](#): > > State Rep. Bobby Franklin, R-Marietta, has filed House Bill 7, calling it the “Right to Travel Act.” > > In his bill, Franklin states, “Free people have a common law and constitutional right to travel on the roads and highways that are provided by their government for that purpose. Licensing of drivers cannot be required of free people, because taking on the restrictions of a license requires the surrender of an inalienable right.” ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2518 "2011-02-01T06:03:20Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Georgia Republican sponsors bill to [do away with driver’s licenses](http://www.cbsatlanta.com/news/26675368/detail.html): > > > [@](#): > > > > State Rep. Bobby Franklin, R-Marietta, has filed House Bill 7, calling it the “Right to Travel Act.” > > > > In his bill, Franklin states, “Free people have a common law and constitutional right to travel on the roads and highways that are provided by their government for that purpose. Licensing of drivers cannot be required of free people, because taking on the restrictions of a license requires the surrender of an inalienable right.” At least that would settle the perennial debate about whether illegals should be denied drivers’ licenses . . . ---
**Author:** ![Batfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Batfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batfish)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2519 "2011-02-01T18:27:00Z")
In case any of you were worried. [FAA will not pursue legal action against Inhofe](http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=12&articleid=20110201_12_0_WorldW885640) ---
**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:** [February 3, 2011, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2520 "2011-02-03T15:00:09Z")
I don’t think I’ve seen this here yet. So, does anyone remember the Missouri referendum to install regulation of dog breeders to prevent cruelty and abuse of the animals? [There are at least four bills in the Missouri House at the moment that would either repeal that referendum or exempt pretty much everyone who would be affected by it.](http://house.mo.gov/BillsAssignedToCommittee.aspx?com=453&year=2011&code=R) Republicans: They Really DO Want To Kick Puppies! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=125) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=127)