# 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:** 128
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2541 "2011-02-08T19:30:12Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Just like a liberal, looking for any excuse to abort little Casper! Those aren’t ghosts, just an optical illusion created by the double exposure of sonograms. ---
**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:** [February 8, 2011, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2542 "2011-02-08T19:30:25Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > …Fear not, if a pressing problem needs to be addressed anytime in the near future, dedicated public servant [Bristol Palin](http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/08/bristol-palin-to-run-for-office/#more-146113) will step up to the plate… I’m reassured that we live in a perfect world. > [@](#): > > If I saw something that needed to be changed, then I would step up to the plate and do something about it," the former dancing with the Stars contestant said. ---
**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 8, 2011, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2543 "2011-02-08T19:35:33Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Palin/Palin 2012. So THAT’S why Bristol moved to Arizona! To get around the “POTUS and VPOTUS can’t live in the same state” rule! ---
**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:** [February 8, 2011, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2544 "2011-02-08T19:42:10Z")
It’s too bad that she’s not staying in Wasilla. A mayoral race between Levi and Bristol would be the election of the century. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2545 "2011-02-08T21:15:32Z")
> [@](#): > > …she “probably” will run for office some day if a pressing problem needs to be addressed. For instance, the pressing problem of not enough people paying attention to her clown act of a family. ---
**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:** [February 8, 2011, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2546 "2011-02-08T22:00:59Z")
Or the problem that, should her mom get elected, all public assistance to unwed mothers will be eliminated. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2547 "2011-02-08T22:01:05Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > For instance, the pressing problem of not enough people paying attention to her clown act of a family. Seriously. What is with them? There’s something very off about that entire clan. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2011, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2548 "2011-02-09T00:36:21Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > It’s too bad that she’s not staying in Wasilla. A mayoral race between Levi and Bristol would be the election of the century. I caught Levi on Bill Maher’s show a little while back and he startled me by not sounding like a total doofus. Maybe not the guy to run a whole town but at least he sounded like he’d given serious thought to the issues and unlike his ex-almost-MIL he could answer questions without tripping and falling into his own anus. On the downside he laughs like a braying donkey. Too long in the same room as that and I’d be forced to stab him. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2549 "2011-02-09T00:41:54Z")
Yeah, but is he still _cute?_😛 ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2550 "2011-02-09T02:50:48Z")
Its hard to sustain cute if you’ve recently been stabbed. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2011, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2551 "2011-02-09T05:10:29Z")
Maybe _Mythbusters!_ could do a show where they take Levi to a laboratory and run some tests to determine exactly how long cuteness can be sustained in the presence of stab wounds. I’d watch. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2011, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2552 "2011-02-09T05:24:55Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I caught Levi on Bill Maher’s show a little while back and he startled me by not sounding like a total doofus. Maybe not the guy to run a whole town but at least he sounded like he’d given serious thought to the issues and unlike his ex-almost-MIL he could answer questions without tripping and falling into his own anus. > > On the downside he laughs like a braying donkey. Too long in the same room as that and I’d be forced to stab him. Yes, I saw that too. IIRC, he impressed me most by a willingness to admit ignorance of some subjects and to refrain from some knee jerk off the wall responses. That puts him miles ahead of Sarah Palin. Another plus, he was smart enough not to get railroaded into a marriage to Bristol. ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2553 "2011-02-10T01:12:17Z")
Less a stupid (Republican idea) than it is a (stupid Republican) idea… Congressman decides the Internet is the way to meet the ladies: [http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/09/ny-rep-chris-lee-resigns/?hpt=T1&iref=BN1](http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/09/ny-rep-chris-lee-resigns/?hpt=T1&iref=BN1) Did I mention he’s married? ---
**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:** [February 10, 2011, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2554 "2011-02-10T01:35:36Z")
> [@Punoqllads](#): > > Less a stupid (Republican idea) than it is a (stupid Republican) idea… > > Congressman decides the Internet is the way to meet the ladies: > [http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/09/ny-rep-chris-lee-resigns/?hpt=T1&iref=BN1](http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/09/ny-rep-chris-lee-resigns/?hpt=T1&iref=BN1) > > Did I mention he’s married? NOW you did. Did he? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2555 "2011-02-10T01:35:55Z")
No reason you should, he didn’t. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2556 "2011-02-10T01:37:27Z")
Hey! You! Yeah, you, **Kaylasdad**! Knock it off! ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2011, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2557 "2011-02-12T20:13:29Z")
South Carolina is like a gift that keeps on giving. Fearing hyperinflation in the foreseeable future, a state senator is proposing the [creation of a South Carolina currency](http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2011/02/picking_up_on_the_ancestral.php) to fall back on: > [@](#): > > State Sen. Lee Bright (R-Roebuck) says that federal spending and increased monetary intervention by the Fed have placed the entire US Federal Reserve system on a path to monetary collapse. And when the crash comes, state residents will need to rely on the stable South Carolina currency to weather the storm. > > “If folks lose faith in the dollar, we need to have some kind of backup,” Bright told the Spartanburg Herald-Journal on Friday. Meanwhile, over here in the real world, let’s look at [inflation levels over the last 40 years](http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/09/inflation-in-one-picture/). ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2011, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2558 "2011-02-13T02:43:20Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Hey! You! Yeah, you, **Kaylasdad**! Knock it off! [Waters]You! Yes you! Stand _still_ Luci![/Waters][sup]\*[/sup] [sup]\*Yes, I know it’s not actually Waters, but Wrighting [Schollmaster] would have been too obscure. By Clouds, even.[/sup] ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2011, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2559 "2011-02-13T05:20:31Z")
If you don’t slash your taxes, you can’t have any balanced budget ! How can you have any balanced budget if you don’t slash your taxes ?! ---
**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:** [February 13, 2011, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2560 "2011-02-13T23:18:28Z")
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