# 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:** 14
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2009, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/261 "2009-06-02T21:29:40Z")
> [@yanceylebeef](#): > > Bumping for [this](http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/05/30/RNC-slams-Obama-Broadway-date-night/UPI-75081243725725/). Yeah, I was going to post that yesterday, but I didn’t get it finished because it interfered with the post I was working on regarding the tepid Republican reactions to Tiller’s murder, which I didn’t get finished because it interfered with the insane attacks on Sotomayor, which I didn’t get finished because it interfered with the post about, jeeze, I don’t even remember what it was before that…goddamn, there’s just too much fucking stupid to keep up with! My desktop is littered with unfinished Dope posts! How anyone can proudly proclaim to be a Republican without constantly cringing in embarrassment is a total mystery to me. Well, unless their name is **Carol Stream** or **clothahump**. > [@yanceylebeef](#): > > Other than just pitching a complete fit anytime Obama does anything, what do they hope to gain from this? They WANT to be known as the fucking crybaby moronic Party of No…waaaaaaah! ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/262 "2009-06-03T19:32:48Z")
> [@yanceylebeef](#): > > Other than just pitching a complete fit anytime Obama does anything, what do they hope to gain from this? They want him to start doing cheap Bill Clinton dates, no doubt. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2009, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/263 "2009-06-03T20:54:12Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > They want him to start doing cheap Bill Clinton dates, no doubt. God knows what they’ll say if they find any of Barack’s jizz on Michelle’s dress! ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/264 "2009-06-04T00:49:20Z")
> [@Peanut\_Gallery](#): > > This thread is fun. This may not be the Daily Stupid, but it is still a new flavor of stupid to sprinkle on our sundae… And there’s just no excuse for this thread being dead all day! Surely there were five stupider Republican ideas today than this: > > Today, Tom Sullivan told me that the Chrysler dealers being closed (suggested to be closed?) were picked based on the political donations of the dealership owners. Dealership owners with R donations were on Obama’s Enemies List (no shit), and had to go. I’m familiar with one Tom Sullivan. I’m dubious about the possibility of this being the same guy, although it’s not entirely out of the question. So, who’s Tom Sullivan? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/265 "2009-06-04T00:50:20Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > God knows what they’ll say if they find any of Barack’s jizz on Michelle’s dress! They’ll say she’s a slatternly homemaker who can’t even do the laundry properly. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2009, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/266 "2009-06-04T01:03:54Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > They’ll say she’s a slatternly homemaker who can’t even do the laundry properly. I was thinking it would be something about Barack’s misdirected energy, and going down the wrong path. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/267 "2009-06-04T02:20:21Z")
Basketball players. Dribble much more than they shoot. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/268 "2009-06-04T02:22:33Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Basketball players. Dribble much more than they shoot. Umm…something about aim? Or maybe how he is such a slovenly liberal that he wastes all sorts of precious bodily fluids? Ooh! I know! He’s a potential baby killer! I win! -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/269 "2009-06-05T13:11:32Z")
**Republicans Give Up On Capitalism, Admit Private Sector Can’t Compete With Efficiency of Government Run Program:** > [@](#): > > Opponents say private insurers could not compete with a public plan that didn’t have to make a profit. They argue that private health plans would end up going out of business, leaving only an entirely government-run health care system. > > There appears to be little room for compromise, with Republicans contending that no matter how a public plan is designed, it would inevitably balloon and crush the private market. > > “It’s kind of a litmus test sort of thing,” Grassley said. “It’s just very, very difficult, but I suppose that somewhere out there there’s something that’s politically realistic that’s not a public option that satisfies Republicans and Democrats. But it isn’t a government-run system,” Grassley said. [GOP: Private Profits Trump Public Health](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090605/ap_on_go_co/us_health_overhaul) ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/270 "2009-06-05T13:17:13Z")
That’s not quite what they said. However, their argument is utterly inane. Private insurers will still exist to provide that extra .01% of care that UHC won’t provide, just as they do elsewhere. Will we still have _50_ private insurers? Probably not. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2009, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/271 "2009-06-05T16:07:00Z")
Given that private health insurers seem to be doing okay in the UK where universal health care is _ **free** _, somehow I doubt they’ll all be instantly ruined in the US. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/272 "2009-06-16T21:05:20Z")
And yet [another racist e-mail from a GOP elected official’s office](http://www.nashvilleistalking.com/2009/06/sen-diane-blacks-r-gallatin-legislative-aid-circulates-racist-email/) makes the rounds (with your standard “Oops! Sent it to the wrong people!” excuse) ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/273 "2009-06-16T21:12:38Z")
I love that that’s the standard “apology”. “Well, yeah, I sent it, but I didn’t mean to send it to any _black_ people, so it’s okay!” ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/274 "2009-06-16T21:20:02Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I love that that’s the standard “apology”. > > “Well, yeah, I sent it, but I didn’t mean to send it to any _black_ people, so it’s okay!” Well, give her credit for being sensitive to having sent it to non-racist people other than blacks. That’s gotta count for something. Right? ---
**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:** [June 16, 2009, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/275 "2009-06-16T21:41:49Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > And yet [another racist e-mail from a GOP elected official’s office](http://www.nashvilleistalking.com/2009/06/sen-diane-blacks-r-gallatin-legislative-aid-circulates-racist-email/) makes the rounds (with your standard “Oops! Sent it to the wrong people!” excuse) White eyes on a black background, is that an established racist meme? (I’m not saying it isn’t, this is just the first I’ve heard of it in that context.) ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/276 "2009-06-16T21:59:51Z")
It seems like a reference to stereotyped portrayals of black people in movies and stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/277 "2009-06-16T23:31:03Z")
Black people are invisible in the dark. Because they’re the same color, see? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/278 "2009-06-17T00:04:35Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > White eyes on a black background, is that an established racist meme? > > (I’m not saying it isn’t, this is just the first I’ve heard of it in that context.) What **Captain Carrot** said; also, it’s meant to conjure the idea of ghosts, and the word “spook” is used as a derogatory term for blacks by the sort of racists who’d think that email was just the funniest damn thing they ever saw since Myrtle sat on the pecan pie. ---
**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:** [June 17, 2009, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/279 "2009-06-17T00:28:29Z")
> [@Captain\_Carrot](#): > > Black people are invisible in the dark. Because they’re the same color, see? :rolleyes: Yeah, I’d more or less got that far. So the picture is saying, in essence, “the funny thing about black people is, their skin is darker! Get it? Get it?” Which doesn’t strike me as inherently racist, just utterly stupid. I don’t see the insult there. I don’t see anything there. If someone posted a picture of eyes on a white background, meant to be Clinton, Bush, or even me in a snowstorm, my response would be “yeah, and…?” ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/280 "2009-06-17T00:30:57Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Yeah, I’d more or less got that far. So the picture is saying, in essence, “the funny thing about black people is, their skin is darker! Get it? Get it?” > > Which doesn’t strike me as inherently racist, just utterly stupid. I don’t see the insult there. I don’t see anything there. > > If someone posted a picture of eyes on a white background, meant to be Clinton, Bush, or even me in a snowstorm, my response would be “yeah, and…?” You aren’t getting the history behind the image. It’s not like this woman just made this up out of thin air. There is a history of that image of African-Americans that makes it offensive beyond its surface visual. It’s the same reason that someone calling you or me “Whitey” or “Honkey” doesn’t even come close to conveying the same emotional response to us as someone calling a black person “Nigger” does to that black person. There’s a history behind it, and it’s a history that we do not share, because we’ve never gone through it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=15)