# 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:** 1363
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2016, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27242 "2016-02-09T19:47:01Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > FB Post - “Share and help this go viral!” by a buddy skating on thin ice. > > All about how Obama has abandoned the military and we need to fight the UN armies of occupation that he’s going to bring in. > > Seriously, stop this nonsense. As I replied “Oh please. Nothing like this is or ever will happen.” **This will not happen**. Obama isn’t going to do this, all your lies and smears and fear mongering aside. Bunch of fucking retards you people have out there spreading and believing this nonsense. > > Same with your old trusty canards; > > “Obama is going to force us to become Muslims!” > > Really? HOW? Is he going to hold a press conference one day and just declare that all American are now Muslims and must convert by Executive Order? And we all just go “Oh, ok”??? Are you doing too much meth? Because that’s not even remotely going to happen in any version of reality. Seriously, Bizarro Superman would look at you for suggesting and/or believing this and likely kill you because your stupid scares even him. Maybe he’ll issue an Executive Order changing says that Christianity is now known as Islam. Just change the name of it. People will be Muslim for a bit until they realize it. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2016, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27243 "2016-02-09T20:04:55Z")
> [@Kiber](#): > > The interesting part of Obama’s evil plan is how he’s waited over 7 years to start any of it. It’s going to be a busy year for the man, what with taking all our guns, death panels, converting the nation to Islam, handing over our military to the UN, massive tax increases to pay for Obamacare, etc. How’s the man going to find time to finish it all? > [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Proof of just how incompetent Obama is. Jesus you people are dense. He’s waiting until he cancels the elections and declares himself leader for life. Then he’ll have all the time in the world. It’s like it has to be spelled out for you or something. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2016, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27244 "2016-02-09T20:06:57Z")
It’s a given that political ads (of any party) are going to be stupid, but did anyone run a critical eye over the speech in Chris Christie’s 911 ad? He’s attending a town hall of some kind and tells a heart rending story of how his wife was in NYC the day of the 911 attacks and was maybe dead but really wasn’t. So we need a President that will “keep us safe” because (paraphrased) “we have become complacent because there’s been no attack on American soil until the San Bernardino attacks”. Admittedly, the scriptwriter forgot about the Boston Marathon bombing, but how can you argue at the same time that the current administration is soft on terrorism and that we’re in deadly peril and then admit that there has only been one terrorism related mass-shooting in the past 14 years, seven of which have been under the current administration? Wouldn’t most unbiased people think “Hey, 1 incident in 14 years in a country with 350 million people – that sounds pretty damned safe to me”? I tend to see this ad most often at the gym, and it’s not very compelling when the sound is off 🙂 They focus on Christie orating surrounded by unenthusiastic people who are not reacting in any way. Then they pan to a sour-faced woman who is apparently Christie’s wife, Mary Pat, who, I guess, is trying to look appropriately somber, but instead gives the impression she was looking for the learning annex and wound up in a political rally by accident and is now trying to figure out how to sneak out without anyone noticing, and why is that camera pointing at me? Little did I know that the ad makes _less sense_ when you can hear what he’s saying. ---
**Author:** ![lance\_strongarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@lance\_strongarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lance_strongarm)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2016, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27245 "2016-02-09T20:11:45Z")
Yeah, I see the Boston Globe is a little pissed they forgot the bombing there. I also see that it’s a SuperPAC ad, not a Christie campaign ad. Not that anyone bothers to care about the difference any more. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2016, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27246 "2016-02-09T20:15:36Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Seriously, stop this nonsense. As I replied “Oh please. Nothing like this is or ever will happen.” **This will not happen**. Obama isn’t going to do this, all your lies and smears and fear mongering aside. Bunch of fucking retards you people have out there spreading and believing this nonsense. They’re trying to shift the Overton Window along the sane/batshit axis. Compared to that, death panels and Benghazi start to sound reasonable. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2016, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27247 "2016-02-09T20:22:26Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > All about how Obama has abandoned the military and we need to fight the UN armies of occupation that he’s going to bring in. I dunno, will they have chocolate and chewing gum? ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2016, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27248 "2016-02-09T21:29:00Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Jesus you people are dense. > > He’s waiting until he cancels the elections and declares himself leader for life. Then he’ll have all the time in the world. It’s like it has to be spelled out for you or something. **Hush, dammit! That was supposed to be secret!** ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2016, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27249 "2016-02-09T21:46:06Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > FB Post - “Share and help this go viral!” by a buddy skating on thin ice. > > All about how Obama has abandoned the military and we need to fight the UN armies of occupation that he’s going to bring in. > > Seriously, stop this nonsense. As I replied “Oh please. Nothing like this is or ever will happen.” **This will not happen**. Obama isn’t going to do this, all your lies and smears and fear mongering aside. Bunch of fucking retards you people have out there spreading and believing this nonsense. > > Same with your old trusty canards; > > “Obama is going to force us to become Muslims!” > > Really? HOW? Is he going to hold a press conference one day and just declare that all American are now Muslims and must convert by Executive Order? And we all just go “Oh, ok”??? Are you doing too much meth? Because that’s not even remotely going to happen in any version of reality. Seriously, Bizarro Superman would look at you for suggesting and/or believing this and likely kill you because your stupid scares even him. Please PLEASE call him out on Facebook. If nobody says anything, then him and his knuckle-dragging ilk gets to pretend like this post is a popular belief, and more will come. The only way this ever abates is if people tell him he’s stupid each time its posted ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27250 "2016-02-10T00:06:20Z")
> [@YogSothoth](#): > > Please PLEASE call him out on Facebook. If nobody says anything, then him and his knuckle-dragging ilk gets to pretend like this post is a popular belief, and more will come. The only way this ever abates is if people tell him he’s stupid each time its posted I am a little nicer than that. He replied “probably”. I replied saying “well no, but these are obviously your beliefs. If any President (and not just the one you hate) were to even start talking about this, all you and I would hear was that the President was taken to the hospital “suffering from exhaustion” and is being examined by doctors while the VP takes over.” ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27251 "2016-02-10T00:27:10Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Proof of just how incompetent Obama is. Let’s dispel once and for all with this fiction that Barack Obama doesn’t know what he’s doing. He knows exactly what he’s doing ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27252 "2016-02-10T00:33:41Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > Let’s dispel once and for all with this fiction that Barack Obama doesn’t know what he’s doing. He knows exactly what he’s doing Say that three more times, Senator Rubio. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27253 "2016-02-10T01:06:05Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > I dunno, will they have chocolate and chewing gum? And nylons, don’t forget nylons. ---
**Author:** ![lance\_strongarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@lance\_strongarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lance_strongarm)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27254 "2016-02-10T14:43:09Z")
> [@andros](#): > > Say that three more times, Senator Rubio. Don’t say “Rubio” ten times to a mirror at midnight! ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27255 "2016-02-10T15:28:53Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > I dunno, will they have chocolate and chewing gum? And will they explain how magnets work? ---
**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:** [February 10, 2016, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27256 "2016-02-10T15:48:13Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > They’re trying to shift the Overton Window along the sane/batshit axis. Compared to that, death panels and Benghazi start to sound reasonable. What do you mean, “trying to”? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27257 "2016-02-10T15:55:59Z")
> [@andros](#): > > Say that three more times, Senator Rubio. Your wish is my command: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q7D3uM93Es) ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27258 "2016-02-10T16:05:07Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Anti-abortion activist isn’t doing it to save babies, he’s doing it to save white culture.](http://www.occupydemocrats.com/2016/02/08/racist-florida-republicans-attempt-to-ban-abortion-in-order-to-save-white-culture/) OK now I’m really confused. I thought that abortion was an an [evil plan by white eugenicists to commit genocide against blacks](http://www.blackgenocide.org/black.html). So am I supposed to be angry about abortion because Hispanics aren’t having them, and so they dilute white power, or because they reenforce white power by killing off all the blacks. Someone tell me please who I’m supposed to hate. ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27259 "2016-02-10T16:37:02Z")
[99 unfunded mandates, local control restrictions passed since 2011 by the GOP controlled Wisconsin State government.](http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/memo-unfunded-mandates-local-control-restrictions-passed-since/article_2fd6381e-20df-584e-8baa-5418965b2721.html) Usually one hears GOPers railing about these things. Apparently they’re OK if the ones calling the shots are ALEC and the Koch gang. > [@](#): > > Also on the Assembly and Senate calendar in January and February are 21 additional proposals that would restrict local control or impose unfunded mandates, the memo said. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27260 "2016-02-10T17:15:27Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > OK now I’m really confused. I thought that abortion was an an [evil plan by white eugenicists to commit genocide against blacks](http://www.blackgenocide.org/black.html). So am I supposed to be angry about abortion because Hispanics aren’t having them, and so they dilute white power, or because they reenforce white power by killing off all the blacks. Someone tell me please who I’m supposed to hate. Just hate everyone. It saves time. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27261 "2016-02-10T17:15:58Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > [99 unfunded mandates, local control restrictions passed since 2011 by the GOP controlled Wisconsin State government.](http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/memo-unfunded-mandates-local-control-restrictions-passed-since/article_2fd6381e-20df-584e-8baa-5418965b2721.html) > > Usually one hears GOPers railing about these things. Apparently they’re OK if the ones calling the shots are ALEC and the Koch gang. Serious question: Do local governments have any recourse if something passed as law but they can’t pay for it? Can they sue the government to stop it, or sue for more funds? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1362) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1364)