# 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:** 1367
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2016, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27322 "2016-02-13T01:52:08Z")
> [@lance\_strongarm](#): > > Actually, for once he kinda makes sense. He’s right. Gohmert’s made up version of socialism is stupid. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2016, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27323 "2016-02-13T02:16:26Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > A cartoonish idea of socialism makes sense? The idea that hippie-teachers made a generation more amenable to Sanders’ message makes a kind of sense. If so, so much the better for hippies. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2016, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27324 "2016-02-13T03:23:12Z")
Fox’s Charles Gasparino: > [@](#): > > [As freaky as Bernie Sanders is on so many levels – I mean, he’s a hard-core socialist, raising taxes to 90 percent. He’s a freak to look at. His voice is annoying. With all due respect to everybody from Brooklyn out there, his voice is annoying.](http://crooksandliars.com/2016/02/fox-news-charles-gasparino-bernie-sanders) ---
**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 13, 2016, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27325 "2016-02-13T04:38:06Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > This is surprising – given the level of pandering in Ted’s campaign, you’d have figured this was a deliberate choice. He did approve the message. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2016, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27326 "2016-02-13T05:05:35Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Fox’s Charles Gasparino: > > > [@](#): > > > > As freaky as Bernie Sanders is on so many levels – I mean, he’s a hard-core socialist, raising taxes to 90 percent. He’s a freak to look at. His voice is annoying. With all due respect to everybody from Brooklyn out there, his voice is annoying. _That’s_ racist! Or borough-ist. Somebody from the Bronx thinks Bernie’s voice is annoying, that’s funny. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2016, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27327 "2016-02-13T11:36:31Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > This is surprising – given the level of pandering in Ted’s campaign, you’d have figured this was a deliberate choice. Right? That’s how his campaign should have played it. But why offer someone “honest” work when you can shame them instead. How people don’t see through this shit is just head scratching to me. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2016, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27328 "2016-02-13T14:57:34Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > Better they should have pulled the ad because she’d done an episode of ST:Voyager. Which is actually the real reason they pulled the ad. It had nothing to do with porn, softcore or otherwise. It’s all about ST:Voyager and the Republican party’s obsessive need to distance themselves from any connection to Barak Obama. What the hell am I talking about? Consider this Reddit post: What is the greatest mind fuck in history? and /u/icorrectpettydetails’ answer: **[Barack Obama became President of the US because People Magazine thought actor Garret Wang was attractive](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/3578tz/serious_what_is_the_greatest_mind_fuck_in_history/cr20sc5).** [QUOTE=Reddit user icorrectpettydetails] At the end of Voyager series 3, the writers wanted to introduce a new character, but because the budget only allowed for a certain number of main actors, they had to let one of them go. Originally this was going to be Harry Kim, played by Garrett Wang, who had been very vocal in his hate for the show. (This is why there’s a weird cliffhanger with him about to die that gets almost immediately overturned in series 4). People Magazine then ran a list of the Hottest 50 Men which included Wang. Seeing he was popular, they decided to get rid of the character Kes, played by Jennifer Lien, whose character they thought they’d messed up a bit and run out of ideas. Since Kes leaving left them with only two major female characters, they decided to make their new character female as well, leading to them making Seven of Nine, played by Jeri Ryan. For filming, she had to move to California, which put strain on her already damaged relationship with Jack Ryan and led to their divorce. In 2004, the messy details of their divorce came out, forcing Jack Ryan to stand down from running for the position of Senator of Illinois, allowing a relatively new Barack Obama to win. Four years later, Obama became President of the US. [/QUOTE] ---
**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:** [February 13, 2016, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27329 "2016-02-13T23:11:14Z")
[Republicans (including Ted Cruz) are already planning on blocking any Obama appointee to the Supreme Court.](http://www.snopes.com/bernie-sanders-unpaid-interns/) ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2016, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27330 "2016-02-13T23:14:21Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Republicans (including Ted Cruz) are already planning on blocking any Obama appointee to the Supreme Court.](http://www.snopes.com/bernie-sanders-unpaid-interns/) They just refused to even look at his proposed budget, so at least they’re being consistent . . . ---
**Author:** ![Reyemile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@Reyemile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reyemile)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2016, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27331 "2016-02-13T23:37:15Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Republicans (including Ted Cruz) are already planning on blocking any Obama appointee to the Supreme Court.](http://www.snopes.com/bernie-sanders-unpaid-interns/) Links to snopes about about Bernie Sanders instead of the actual story. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2016, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27332 "2016-02-13T23:45:43Z")
Shit. Sorry about that. [http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2016/02/13/3749467/moments-after-scalias-death-is-confirmed-gop-senate-staffer-pledges-to-block-any-obama-replacement/](http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2016/02/13/3749467/moments-after-scalias-death-is-confirmed-gop-senate-staffer-pledges-to-block-any-obama-replacement/) ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2016, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27333 "2016-02-13T23:47:25Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Republicans (including Ted Cruz) are already planning on blocking any Obama appointee to the Supreme Court.](http://www.snopes.com/bernie-sanders-unpaid-interns/) McConnell filibustered his own bill after Obama agreed with it; there’s no way they’ll allow Obama to appoint a justice. Ironically, this could work out for the Dems. Political junkies know about Republican obstructionism, but the average person doesn’t. It should be pretty hard to miss the Pubbies refusing to vote on a Supreme Court appointment for over a year, though, and it might energize the usually lazy Democratic electorate. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2016, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27334 "2016-02-13T23:52:52Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > McConnell filibustered his own bill after Obama agreed with it; there’s no way they’ll allow Obama to appoint a justice. McConnell has come out and said that the nomination should be left to the next President. I cannot fucking believe that. Obama has a year left in office, and the leader of the fucking United States Senate says such a thing. Fuck him, and the horse he rode in on. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2016, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27335 "2016-02-14T00:01:01Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > McConnell has come out and said that the nomination should be left to the next President. He really want’s Bernie to make the nomination? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Jocko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncle_jocko/32/2932_2.png) [@Uncle\_Jocko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Jocko)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2016, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27336 "2016-02-14T00:05:31Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > McConnell has come out and said that the nomination should be left to the next President. I cannot fucking believe that. Obama has a year left in office, and the leader of the fucking United States Senate says such a thing. Fuck him, and the horse he rode in on. Even better - McConnell says we should wait for the next President to give the American people a chance to have a say in the next Supreme Court justice. Soooo … the American people _didn’t_ have a say in electing Obama to the position that’s responsible for nominating Supreme Court justices? Twice, even? ---
**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 14, 2016, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27337 "2016-02-14T00:19:28Z")
It’s ridiculous. Just now on CNN they came out with BREAKING NEWS: We’ve learned that President Obama intends to nominate new Supreme Court justice! Well, no shit. What do you expect him to say? “Nah, I don’t wanna. I’ve done enough Presidenting. I just want to coast for the next entire year.” ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2016, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27338 "2016-02-14T00:20:46Z")
The Senate hasn’t done anything under McConnell’s leadership. Why start now? ---
**Author:** ![Grsz11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Grsz11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grsz11)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2016, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27339 "2016-02-14T02:28:02Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > The Senate hasn’t done anything under McConnell’s leadership. Why start now? Do they think they can hold out for nine years? Frankly, he should be clamoring to work with Obama on a moderate than risk a Democrat President and Senate. ---
**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:** [February 14, 2016, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27340 "2016-02-14T20:46:26Z")
[Obama had Scalia murdered.](http://bipartisanreport.com/2016/02/14/say-what-the-newest-obama-conspiracy-theory-is-one-you-have-got-to-see-to-believe/) ---
**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:** [February 14, 2016, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27341 "2016-02-14T20:51:48Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Obama had Scalia murdered.](http://bipartisanreport.com/2016/02/14/say-what-the-newest-obama-conspiracy-theory-is-one-you-have-got-to-see-to-believe/) What took so long? I’m amused at this comment. > [@](#): > > I hate to even wonder, but was Justice Scalia murdered? Who benefits? Obama now has a\*\* 5-4 liberal Court\*\* in a year when he plans many diktats So how did Obama sneak in a replacement so fast? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1366) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1368)