# 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:** 135
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2681 "2011-03-29T17:56:42Z")
Donald Trump, in an effort to show he isn’t a hypocrite (please stop guffawing) released his birth certificate. Well, except that [it isn’t](http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/donald-trump/what-is-donald-trump-trying-hide-us-563901). It’s a document issued by the hospital and signed by a hospital administrator. A hospital, in fact, that has been the recipient of much largesse from Trump. > [@](#): > > What is Donald Trump hiding? ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2682 "2011-03-29T18:00:05Z")
> [@Lamar\_Mundane](#): > > [http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/28/gingrich-fears-atheist-country-dominated-by-radical-islamists/](http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/28/gingrich-fears-atheist-country-dominated-by-radical-islamists/) > > Secular atheist country dominated by Islamists. Yeah, Newt, that makes sense. I read in a list of dumb theist quotes somewhere one moron arguing that atheists are just a form of Muslim. Maybe that was Newty being being quoted… ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2683 "2011-03-29T21:55:41Z")
Rick Santorum, Republican, moron: “The reason Social Security is in trouble is because we don’t have enough workers to support the retirees. Well, a third of all the young people in America are not in America today because of abortion, because one in three pregnancies end in abortion…” [Link.](http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2011/03/29/santorum_abortion_social_security) ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2684 "2011-03-29T22:25:46Z")
> [@Knorf](#): > > Rick Santorum, Republican, moron: > “The reason Social Security is in trouble is because we don’t have enough workers to support the retirees. Well, a third of all the young people in America are not in America today because of abortion, because one in three pregnancies end in abortion…” > [Link.](http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2011/03/29/santorum_abortion_social_security) Too bad the US simply has no options when it comes to having more workers… ---
**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:** [March 30, 2011, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2685 "2011-03-30T03:40:10Z")
> [@Punoqllads](#): > > Donald Trump, in an effort to show he isn’t a hypocrite (please stop guffawing) released his birth certificate. Well, except that [it isn’t](http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/donald-trump/what-is-donald-trump-trying-hide-us-563901). It’s a document issued by the hospital and signed by a hospital administrator. A hospital, in fact, that has been the recipient of much largesse from Trump. I notice that it isn’t a birth certificate, either. That’s a Certificate of Birth. WHAT IS HE HIDING??? ---
**Author:** ![eulalia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eulalia/32/457_2.png) [@eulalia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eulalia)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2011, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2686 "2011-03-30T06:47:27Z")
> [@Knorf](#): > > Rick Santorum, Republican, moron: > “The reason Social Security is in trouble is because we don’t have enough workers to support the retirees. Well, a third of all the young people in America are not in America today because of abortion, because one in three pregnancies end in abortion…” > [Link.](http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2011/03/29/santorum_abortion_social_security) Clearly the real problem is that not enough of us boomers were aborted. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2011, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2687 "2011-03-30T12:51:27Z")
“A third of all the young people in America are not in America …” I don’t care if he’s blaming abortion or the cancelation of Star Trek, the man is an idiot. What kind of sentence is that? What kind of logic makes words like that come out of someone’s mouth? ---
**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:** [March 30, 2011, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2688 "2011-03-30T12:55:46Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > What kind of logic makes words like that come out of someone’s mouth? It’s not so much “words” as it is “a frothy mix of lube and fecal matter…” ---
**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2011, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2689 "2011-03-30T13:05:58Z")
The lovely and talented lexicologist Sarah Palin has invented [another word…](http://wonkette.com/441676/sarah-palin-is-libya-a-war-or-is-it-a-squirmish) Actually, if Brad Hall had come up with it in a Sniglets book, I could understand, but she is a leader in the Republican Party. Also, is it just me, or does she come off as way over her head, even on a friendly network like Fox? Nervous and stammering, no confidence. It’s almost as if she know’s her ride is about over. ---
**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:** [March 30, 2011, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2690 "2011-03-30T13:11:43Z")
I’m pretty sure a “squirmish” is a type of Pokemon. And it’s Rich Hall, not Brad. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2011, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2691 "2011-03-30T13:11:55Z")
> [@yanceylebeef](#): > > Actually, if Brad Hall had come up with it in a Sniglets book, I could understand, but she is a leader in the Republican Party. Rich Hall, not Brad ---
**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2011, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2692 "2011-03-30T13:12:35Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > Rich Hall, not Brad Dammit! ---
**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:** [March 30, 2011, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2693 "2011-03-30T13:56:02Z")
I’m imagining opposing armies of worms getting into a squirmish. I have to admit, I think both this and “refudiate” are actually really great words. ---
**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:** [March 30, 2011, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2694 "2011-03-30T14:11:12Z")
Sarah is so Shakespearean, embiggening the richness of our collective vocabulary with the lovely cromulence of her lexicon. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2011, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2695 "2011-03-30T17:47:04Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > I read in a list of dumb theist quotes somewhere one moron arguing that atheists are just a form of Muslim. Maybe that was Newty being being quoted… Found it: [http://goonanism.com/blog/2008/02/05/top-100-quotes-on-message-boards-from-fundamentalist-christians/](http://goonanism.com/blog/2008/02/05/top-100-quotes-on-message-boards-from-fundamentalist-christians/) > [@](#): > > No, everyone is born Christian. Only later in life do people choose to stray from Jesus and worship satan instead. Atheists have the greatest “cover” of all, they insist they believe in no god yet most polls done and the latest research indicates that they are actually a different sect of Muslims ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2011, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2696 "2011-03-30T17:54:40Z")
> [@yanceylebeef](#): > > The lovely and talented lexicologist Sarah Palin has invented [another word…](http://wonkette.com/441676/sarah-palin-is-libya-a-war-or-is-it-a-squirmish) Eh, she only said it once as far as I can tell, you gotta let her get away muffing up a word occasionally like we all do sometime. Unlike the “refudiate” incident, where she not only used it multiple times, but then tried to correct it and chose the wrong word (refute instead of repudiate). That’s the sign of powerful ignorance. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2011, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2697 "2011-03-30T18:10:29Z")
While I am sure it is just a slip of the tongue, I kind of like the word “Squirmish”. ---
**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2011, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2698 "2011-03-30T22:10:46Z")
Likewise, I give Dubya credit for “misunderestimated.” It communicates not only a mistake, but also clarifies the direction of the mistake. All in the same word. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2011, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2699 "2011-03-30T22:17:16Z")
> [@Cyberhwk](#): > > Likewise, I give Dubya credit for “misunderestimated.” It communicates not only a mistake, but also clarifies the direction of the mistake. All in the same word. How is “underestimated” not communicating a mistake and the direction of the mistake? I’m probably being slow. ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2011, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2700 "2011-03-30T23:04:00Z")
If you give them a job of only $174,000 (not including benefits), do they not whine? No, wait, I get it, they _feel our pain_… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=134) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=136)