# 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:** 1348
**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:** [January 24, 2016, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26942 "2016-01-24T02:56:19Z")
> [@](#): > > Poverty stats are very different between that area and D.C. proper, right? I think Prince George’s County, Maryland is pretty similar. Not next door Montgomery County, though. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2016, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26943 "2016-01-24T03:03:51Z")
Oh my… Glenn Beck makes his endorsement: [http://money.cnn.com/2016/01/23/media/glenn-beck-ted-cruz-president/index.html](http://money.cnn.com/2016/01/23/media/glenn-beck-ted-cruz-president/index.html) And this: > [@](#): > > “We need a new George Washington,” Beck said at the rally. “Today’s Washington will not be found in the garish light of gold, but rather, in the bold service of a man who stands tirelessly for what he deeply believes – that government should be of the people, by the people, and for the people.” > > “I have prayed for the next George Washington,” Beck said of Cruz. “I believe I have found him.” Any ground shaking in Northern Virginia due to ol’George spinning in his grave…is Obama’s fault, of course… ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2016, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26944 "2016-01-24T03:11:45Z")
> [@](#): > > “I have prayed for the next George Washington,” Beck said of Cruz. “I believe I have found him.” And look at all the flack I get in GD for saying prayer doesn’t work. ETA: to be fair, Cruz’s views on slavery are probably compatible with Washington’s. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2016, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26945 "2016-01-24T04:45:33Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > And look at all the flack I get in GD for saying prayer doesn’t work. > > ETA: to be fair, Cruz’s views on slavery are probably compatible with Washington’s. Except, I suspect, how to treat them. ---
**Author:** ![drew870mitchell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drew870mitchell/32/3946_2.png) [@drew870mitchell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drew870mitchell)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2016, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26946 "2016-01-24T05:29:54Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Most of the politicians and officials live there and fight for DC’s interests. Are you high right now? ---
**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 24, 2016, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26947 "2016-01-24T06:31:50Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > You do realize how much money is brought into DC, and that the majority of Congressmen, in bipartisan fashion, are always fighting to bring more money into DC, right? > > DC is practically recession proof thanks to the efforts of Congress and the President. While the rest of the country suffered during the great recession, DC became wealthier. Hey look: **adaher** is wrong again! ---
**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:** [January 24, 2016, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26948 "2016-01-24T10:12:58Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > And look at all the flack I get in GD for saying prayer doesn’t work. > > ETA: to be fair, Cruz’s views on slavery are probably compatible with Washington’s. Well, if “a new George Washington” is someone to plunge a great empire into internal war, cut off a sizeable chunk of its territory, and send a third of the population of that chunk into exile, all for the sake of his own speculative investments, yeah, Ted Cruz probably could be that guy. The question is, is there a corollary to the Kingdom of France to back him? ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2016, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26949 "2016-01-24T14:09:23Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > The twitter account he’s responding to is called WhiteGenocide. I mean, come the fuck on. There’s oversight, and then there’s just not giving a damn. I’m beginning to come over to the side of those who say that Trump is pulling our collective legs after all: [Quote=Donald J. Trump, the gift that keeps on giving] “I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and wouldn’t lose any voters, ok? It’s, like, incredible.” [/quote] > **[This Is A Thing Donald Trump Just Said. For Real. This Is Real Life.](https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/01/shorter-donald-trump-haha-my-supporters-are-so-stupid/)** > > The GOP frontrunner for president! ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2016, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26950 "2016-01-24T14:14:27Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > I’m beginning to come over to the side of those who say that Trump is pulling our collective legs after all: > > [This Is A Thing Donald Trump Just Said. For Real. This Is Real Life. – Mother Jones](http://www.motherjones.com/contributor/2016/01/shorter-donald-trump-haha-my-supporters-are-so-stupid) Yeah, no doubt. If you hear that statement and still remain a Trump fan, you are beyond moronic. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2016, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26951 "2016-01-24T14:23:03Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > Yeah, no doubt. If you hear that statement and still remain a Trump fan, you are beyond moronic. Paging **Starving Artist** … ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2016, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26952 "2016-01-24T16:22:37Z")
Posted a reply on some news site about that guy refused service in the military because of his confederate flag tattoo. Wow, what a load of derp I got in replies. “Bigot” (cute, but you don’t know what that means), and this morning “Democrats were big on Treason until their God was elected”. WTF does that even mean? All I can figure is that this was one of the people who considered it treason to criticize Bush, but once a Black Muslim Atheist Fascist Islamicist Socialist Communist Usurper got elected, the rules changed. ---
**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 24, 2016, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26953 "2016-01-24T16:41:29Z")
You forgot Kenyan ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2016, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26954 "2016-01-24T16:47:40Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > I’m beginning to come over to the side of those who say that Trump is pulling our collective legs after all: > > [This Is A Thing Donald Trump Just Said. For Real. This Is Real Life. – Mother Jones](http://www.motherjones.com/contributor/2016/01/shorter-donald-trump-haha-my-supporters-are-so-stupid) There’s a part of me that almost expects that Trump will win the nomination, and instead of accepting it, will lambaste the Repubican base for voting for such an obvious racist caricature, then endorse the Democratic candidate. Then he pulls off a rubber mask, revealing that he’s really been Andy Kaufman all along. ---
**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:** [January 24, 2016, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26955 "2016-01-24T17:48:34Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > There’s a part of me that almost expects that Trump will win the nomination, and instead of accepting it, will lambaste the Repubican base for voting for such an obvious racist caricature, then endorse the Democratic candidate. > > Then he pulls off a rubber mask, revealing that he’s really been Andy Kaufman all along. I can get behind this, though I think it would be better if pulling off the rubber mask revealed a gorilla mask, and pulling that off revealed [Patrick McGoohan](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/379/what-was-the-cult-tv-series-the-prisoner-all-about). ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2016, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26956 "2016-01-24T18:34:56Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > [Ted Cruz; It’s Obama’s fault I forgot to sign up for health insurance.](http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/01/22/3741921/ted-cruz-health-insurance/) Cruz continues to lie like a rug: > **[Ted Cruz Busted For Lying About Not Having Health Insurance](http://www.politicususa.com/2016/01/23/ted-cruz-busted-lying-health-insurance.html)** > > Ted Cruz's recent claim in New Hampshire that he does not have health insurance has been revealed to be a complete and total lie. It turns out that Cruz and his family have always had coverage. ---
**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:** [January 24, 2016, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26957 "2016-01-24T22:11:15Z")
Looks like the Flint water crisis was not caused by trying to find a cheaper provider. [It may in fact, have been caused by the Governor wanting to starve the original water provider’s customer base so he could sell the company off.](http://www.occupydemocrats.com/newly-leaked-emails-indicate-michigan-republicans-didnt-poison-water-to-save-money-2/) ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2016, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26958 "2016-01-24T23:54:49Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > I can get behind this, though I think it would be better if pulling off the rubber mask revealed a gorilla mask, and pulling that off revealed [Patrick McGoohan](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/379/what-was-the-cult-tv-series-the-prisoner-all-about). It’s masks all the way down. until you hit the turtles ---
**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 25, 2016, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26959 "2016-01-25T10:05:44Z")
> [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](#): > > The party of personal responsibility strikes again! They do believe in personal responsibility. They believe Obama is _personally_ responsible for everything bad that they do. > [@TheSeaOtter](#): > > [GOP Kansas senator offers his ‘detailed guidance’ for women’s attire during testimony](http://www.kansascity.com/news/government-politics/article56028075.html) Once again Kansas, a state that has railed against Sharia law, takes one more step closer to implementing it in full except with “Allah” crossed out and “Jesus” written in instead. Roll out the burqas… ---
**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, 2016, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26960 "2016-01-25T11:07:31Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Once again Kansas, a state that has railed against Sharia law, takes one more step closer to implementing it in full except with “Allah” crossed out and “Jesus” written in instead. Roll out the burqas… It always amazes me that they don’t see the parallels between Sharia law and their own God’s law. Ted Cruz recently said [he was a Christian first, and an American second](http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/1/22/1473694/-Ted-Cruz-I-m-a-Christian-first-American-second-Imagine-if-Muslim-or-Jewish-politician-said-that). If a Muslim said that he was a Muslim first and an American second, he would be excoriated as a potential terrorist. ---
**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:** [January 25, 2016, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26961 "2016-01-25T20:28:19Z")
[Tennessee state House Majority Whip resigns his position after being outed for sexual harrassment](http://www.rawstory.com/2016/01/tennessee-gop-lawmaker-resigns-leadership-post-after-hes-outed-as-a-serial-sexual-harasser/). Though he isn’t going to leave the legislature. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1347) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1349)