# 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:** 1299
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2015, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25962 "2015-12-04T10:11:14Z")
> [@Knorf](#): > > Dear Og, did you survive? Is everyone ok? Life imitates parody. Articles this past summer ([Here is one, for example](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3153194/45-ISIS-fighters-die-eating-poisoned-Ramadan-meal-Iraq.html)) that guerrilla Kurds infiltrated ISIS camps, posing as chefs, and poisoned there food, killing dozens of them. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2015, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25963 "2015-12-04T12:34:26Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > What the fuck is it with Republicans and their secret plans that are guaranteed to work and create peace in [fill in the blank here]? Nixon did it, McCain did it, Trump’s doing it … why in hell can’t they reveal these sure-fire plans so we can, you know, actually have peace (assuming they’re not fantasies)? That’d get them elected, but so far, all I hear is pie in the sky. Secret plans in an election offer many advantages to a candidate. It’s like a horror movie not actually showing the monster on screen. The voter can fill in the details with whatever he or she thinks will work. It also has the advantage of always working, because the candidate says so. It reduces the ability of opponents to shoot down the idea. It reduces their air time to saying “nuh-uh,” and puts pressure on them to give their own, specified plan that can be torn apart. ---
**Author:** ![user\_hostile](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/user_hostile/32/474_2.png) [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2015, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25964 "2015-12-04T17:52:44Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Well,historically, that tactic only put one guy in the White House, so there’s really very little precedent for a candidate to expect such a “seekrit plan” approach to actually gain him anything. And let’s not forget the benefits of that person who won the election with his “secret plan”: 22,000+ American soldiers who got a chance to have their names grit blasted onto a wall of gabbro. ---
**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:** [December 4, 2015, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25965 "2015-12-04T22:09:39Z")
Crazy Louie Gohmert: [Obama is bringing Muslim terrorists into the country to justify taking our guns.](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/louie-gohmert-obama-importing-terrorists-justify-gun-control-laws) One wonders which Muslim terrorists Obama has brought into the country. Surely not Sayed Farook, who was born in Chicago? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2015, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25966 "2015-12-04T22:27:37Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > One wonders which Muslim terrorists Obama has brought into the country. Surely not Sayed Farook, who was born in Chicago? One you learn how to make fake birth certificates, you’d be crazy to stop at just one. ---
**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:** [December 4, 2015, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25967 "2015-12-04T22:53:01Z")
Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick of Texas decided to respond to the New York Daily News calling out Republicans who only pray for mass murder victims. So he “reimagined” the cover with various Republicans (including himself) with a headline that said “[14 Dead in California Mass Shooting … God Hears Our Prayers](http://winningdemocrats.com/texas-lt-governor-tweets-photo-claiming-god-answered-his-prayers-for-mass-shooting-image/)”. Somehow, people thought that was not appropriate. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2015, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25968 "2015-12-04T23:38:12Z")
The party of accountability, ladies and gentlemen. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2015, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25969 "2015-12-04T23:40:43Z")
I have no idea what point he thinks he’s making. Anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2015, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25970 "2015-12-04T23:49:44Z")
God loves guns and he’s always here to protect them. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2015, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25971 "2015-12-04T23:55:02Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > I have no idea what point he thinks he’s making. Anyone? Seriously, it’s probably “If we prayed more, this wouldn’t happen.” But the way he wrote it…wow, what a ham-fisted, cack-thumbed, butter-fingered, greasy-palmed boner! ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25972 "2015-12-05T00:03:34Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > I have no idea what point he thinks he’s making. Anyone? I think he was just generally coming out For Prayer. [And not realizing what it would look like because he’s a dumbass.](http://winningdemocrats.com/texas-lt-governor-tweets-photo-claiming-god-answered-his-prayers-for-mass-shooting-image/) Dan Patrick once had a sports talk show; now he (still) has a political one. As well as being Lite Gov–more powerful than the Governor in Texas. (I think there’s a more famous Dan Patrick who is still a sports reporter.) ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25973 "2015-12-05T01:33:23Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > wow, what a ham-fisted, cack-thumbed, butter-fingered, greasy-palmed boner! You say that like it’s a bad thing. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25974 "2015-12-05T02:59:29Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > It’s not like it is [without precedent;](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oradour-sur-Glane_massacre) > > There are plenty of people who would gladly carry out the orders. I know, but I want to hear DT say it in gruesome detail. I wonder if his poll numbers would go down at all. I don’t even know anymore. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2015, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25975 "2015-12-05T03:13:36Z")
Ben Carson thinks there is a Star of David on the back of the one dollar bill, because a Jewish merchant gave all his money [to support George Washington’s army](http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/ben-carson-adds-the-1-bill-his-list-the-wall-theories): > [@](#): > > “Salomon gave all his funds to save the U.S. Army and, some say, no one knows for sure, that’s the reason there’s a Star of David on the back of the one dollar bill,” the retired neurosurgeon argued. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25976 "2015-12-05T03:34:53Z")
“Oy! Say, can you see…” ---
**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:** [December 6, 2015, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25977 "2015-12-06T00:49:32Z")
I guess George Pataki is tired of being irrelevant. [He literally called for a genocide against all Muslims, and dared the Attorney General to arrest him.](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/12/05/gop-2016-candidate-calls-for-muslim-genocide-im-declaring-we-kill-them-tweet/) His father’s parents came from Hungary, his mother’s father came from Italy, his mother’s mother came from Ireland. ---
**Author:** ![Reyemile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@Reyemile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reyemile)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2015, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25978 "2015-12-06T01:30:14Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > I guess George Pataki is tired of being irrelevant. [He literally called for a genocide against all Muslims, and dared the Attorney General to arrest him.](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/12/05/gop-2016-candidate-calls-for-muslim-genocide-im-declaring-we-kill-them-tweet/). He in fact did no such thing. ---
**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:** [December 6, 2015, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25979 "2015-12-06T01:55:17Z")
> [@Reyemile](#): > > He in fact did no such thing. Pataki tweets: > [@](#): > > ``` > We must declare war on radical Islam. @LorettaLynch I'm not edging toward violent speech, I'm declaring we kill them. Go ahead, arrest me. > > — George E. Pataki (@GovernorPataki) December 4, 2015 > > ``` Since the military does not operate in the U.S. and police can’t go around gunning down random people in the streets(irony), who do you think this is directed toward? ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2015, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25980 "2015-12-06T02:02:25Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Since the military does not operate in the U.S. Only because of the courage and vigilance of the patriots who forced the military to call off the main mission of Operation Jade Helm. [http://www.thedailyprep.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/redneck\_special\_forces1.jpg](http://www.thedailyprep.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/redneck_special_forces1.jpg) ---
**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:** [December 6, 2015, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25981 "2015-12-06T02:16:11Z")
> [@Reyemile](#): > > He in fact did no such thing. What do you think he was saying, then? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1298) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1300)