# 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:** 1271
**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:** [November 11, 2015, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25402 "2015-11-11T18:43:11Z")
> [@Sterling\_Archer](#): > > Confused Republicans voting against their own self-interest is the only way they win. There are massive amounts of people in this country so anti-Obama and anti-liberal they’ve stopped processing any other political thoughts. Some members of my own family are perfect examples of this. > > My brother is on disability. My father draws a social security survivor’s benefit check from when my mom passed away. And they are TERRIFIED… terrified I tell you, that because Obama is in the white house, they are going to have their benefits taken away. Basically, anything bad that might happen to them politically, is Obama’s fault. Anything good is because of the Republicans. I tried to explain that if anyone wants to reduce SS and disability benefits, it’s the Republicans, but they just look at me like I’m crazy and say something about how Obama is still a secret Muslim. I got the exact same look of befuddlement and pivot to random conspiracy theory when I tried to explain that Obamacare is not a health plan you sign up for, it’s a law that affects all health plans. I can confirm this, I have relatives who think in exactly this way. ---
**Author:** ![mcgato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@mcgato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcgato)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2015, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25403 "2015-11-11T19:17:19Z")
Some of Carson’s stories that have come out remind me a bit of a guy that I used to work with. It took me quite a while to figure out that the coworker was telling stories of his past, not as they actually happened, but how he wished they had actually happened. For instance, the Yale prank story. He may or may not have been registered for the class in question. He may or may not have fallen for the prank. He knew enough about the prank, though, to be able to spin a story where he comes out looking like a heroic figure doing the right thing. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2015, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25404 "2015-11-11T19:48:00Z")
> [@mcgato](#): > > Some of Carson’s stories that have come out remind me a bit of a guy that I used to work with. […] He knew enough about the prank, though, to be able to spin a story where he comes out looking like a heroic figure doing the right thing. Didn’t he break a guy’s femur with a broomstick once? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2015, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25405 "2015-11-11T19:51:57Z")
No, that was his wife. Morgan Fairchild. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2015, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25406 "2015-11-11T19:53:28Z")
He married Morgan Freemen? I thought he was against same sex marriage? ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2015, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25407 "2015-11-11T20:15:32Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > He married Morgan Freemen? I thought he was against same sex marriage? He married Morgana, a Fremen, in Arrakis, land of sand… ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2015, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25408 "2015-11-11T20:25:03Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > He married Morgana, a Fremen, in Arrakis, land of sand… No, he married the Faerie Queen, Morgan le Faygeleh. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2015, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25409 "2015-11-11T21:28:56Z")
[Carly Fiorina wants all federal agency regulations that would cost more than $100 million would have to be approved by Congress within 70 days.](http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2015/11/11/3721475/carly-fiorina-thinks-the-problem-with-washington-is-that-it-is-not-dysfunctional-enough/) ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2015, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25410 "2015-11-11T21:58:22Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > He married Morgana, a Fremen, in Arrakis, land of sand… > [@BrainGlutton](#): > > No, he married the Faerie Queen, Morgan le Faygeleh. 😃 ---
**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:** [November 11, 2015, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25411 "2015-11-11T22:18:06Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Carly Fiorina wants all federal agency regulations that would cost more than $100 million would have to be approved by Congress within 70 days.](http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2015/11/11/3721475/carly-fiorina-thinks-the-problem-with-washington-is-that-it-is-not-dysfunctional-enough/) That’s…idealistic. Even if one agreed with the general idea of the REINS Act, $100 000 000 is very little money for Congress, and 70 days is very little time. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2015, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25412 "2015-11-11T22:28:45Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Carly Fiorina wants all federal agency regulations that would cost more than $100 million would have to be approved by Congress within 70 days.](http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2015/11/11/3721475/carly-fiorina-thinks-the-problem-with-washington-is-that-it-is-not-dysfunctional-enough/) I wonder how often regulations are tweaked in one way or another. A few times a year? A few times a month? A few times a day? What does it cost to determine the economic cost of a regulatory change? Certainly that determination cannot be made for free. Would we, overall, end up spending more by researching the cost of every little change than we would save on the ones that are prevented? ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2015, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25413 "2015-11-11T22:41:02Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Carly Fiorina wants all federal agency regulations that would cost more than $100 million would have to be approved by Congress within 70 days.](http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2015/11/11/3721475/carly-fiorina-thinks-the-problem-with-washington-is-that-it-is-not-dysfunctional-enough/) That isn’t just Carly – that legislation has been passed by the House on a few occasions. Republicans have this complete hard-on for deregulating everything which demonstrates a faith in both mankind and the invisible hand of capitalism that beggars belief. For example, every Republican candidate on the podium in last night’s debate wanted to take the[Dodd-Frank Act](http://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/13/dodd-frank-act-affect-me.asp?header_alt=true) out back behind the woodshed and shoot it; apparently believing that all those bankers and mortgage brokers who came within a hair of destroying economy only 7 years ago have all evaluated the light taps on the wrists that they received and will never do it again. And it’s always a given that the environment can always take another hit for the team. It’s not like the EPA regulations have made any difference at all between the air and water quality in the 70’s and today. Companies can be trusted to make sure that oil wells and pipelines don’t leak into aquifers,[because it’s practically unheard of for corporations to put profit ahead of responsible behavio](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Canal)r. Honestly, Republicans are so damned trusting that I don’t understand how any of them got out of grade school without taking candy from corporate strangers in windowless vans. ---
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2015, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25414 "2015-11-11T23:53:51Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > Perhaps the solution will be for the Republicans to gain full control of the House, the Senate, and the presidency for a couple of election cycles, at the end of which there might very well be a popular revolt including many of the swing voters and dunderheads sweeping in the Democrats. You’re advocating [accelerationism.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerationism) I can see the appeal from a place of frustration, but it’s always struck me spiteful. Plus, it doesn’t stick. Obama was the result of a backlash against Bush and pals. Then there was a backlash against him, and America may end up with President Trump. I don’t expect Kansas or the South to turn lib anytime soon. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2015, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25415 "2015-11-11T23:55:43Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > No, that was his wife. Morgan Fairchild. No, that was Tonya Harding, and it was a girl’s leg, and it wasn’t her femur … otherwise, exactly right! ---
**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:** [November 11, 2015, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25416 "2015-11-11T23:59:10Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > Honestly, Republicans are so damned trusting that I don’t understand how any of them got out of grade school without taking candy from corporate strangers in windowless vans. Isn’t that how you become a Republican in the first place? ---
**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:** [November 12, 2015, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25417 "2015-11-12T00:17:25Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > And it’s always a given that the environment can always take another hit for the team. It’s not like the EPA regulations have made any difference at all between the air and water quality in the 70’s and today. Companies can be trusted to make sure that oil wells and pipelines don’t leak into aquifers,[because it’s practically unheard of for corporations to put profit ahead of responsible behavio](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Canal)r. > > Honestly, Republicans are so damned trusting that I don’t understand how any of them got out of grade school without taking candy from corporate strangers in windowless vans. You went all the way back to Love Canal for an example when the [Enron](http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/0,28757,2021097,00.html) debacle is still fresh? ---
**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:** [November 12, 2015, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25418 "2015-11-12T00:18:09Z")
[Chris Christie says no Presidential candidate should meet with BlackLivesMatter.](http://www.mediaite.com/online/christie-to-blacklivesmatter-dont-ask-me-for-a-meeting-youre-not-getting-one/) ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2015, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25419 "2015-11-12T00:22:52Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Chris Christie says no Presidential candidate should meet with BlackLivesMatter.](http://www.mediaite.com/online/christie-to-blacklivesmatter-dont-ask-me-for-a-meeting-youre-not-getting-one/) Pander all you like, Christie, you’re still not gonna break out of the undercard debates. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2015, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25420 "2015-11-12T00:40:11Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Chris Christie says no Presidential candidate should meet with BlackLivesMatter.](http://www.mediaite.com/online/christie-to-blacklivesmatter-dont-ask-me-for-a-meeting-youre-not-getting-one/) But they should meet with Reverend Puss-y Sores? ---
**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:** [November 12, 2015, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25421 "2015-11-12T05:11:42Z")
Donald Trump speaking on the “War on Christmas”: > [@](#): > > Still, in a nod to the evangelical Iowans next door, the savvy businessman made this over-the-top pander to the “War on Christmas” brigade: “If I become president, we’re all going to be saying Merry Christmas again, that I can tell you. That I can tell you.” > **[Donald Trump joins the War on Christmas brigade: "If I become president,...](https://www.salon.com/2015/11/10/donald_trump_joins_the_war_on_christmas_brigade_if_i_become_president_were_all_going_to_be_saying_merry_christmas_again/)** > > "Maybe we should boycott Starbucks?" Trump floats, jumping on the anti-red cup rage [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1270) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1272)