# 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:** 143
**Author:** ![regginbrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ba9def/32.png) [@regginbrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/regginbrow)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2841 "2011-04-19T14:00:50Z")
Jan Brewer, Arizona governor, surprisingly vetoed the Birther Bill. ---
**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:** [April 19, 2011, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2842 "2011-04-19T14:05:36Z")
Which shocks me … in a good way, but still … wasn’t she flogging this issue for all she was worth in the past? Or am I thinking of a different south-west pol? ---
**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:** [April 19, 2011, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2843 "2011-04-19T14:22:00Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Which shocks me … in a good way, but still … wasn’t she flogging this issue for all she was worth in the past? Or am I thinking of a different south-west pol? I don’t recall anything about her being a birther. She was all about anti-immigration. ---
**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:** [April 19, 2011, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2844 "2011-04-19T14:32:41Z")
I can’t say I’m too surprised. It would be pretty embarrassing if, say, Mitt Romney, couldn’t produce a “Long-Form” birth certificate. ---
**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:** [April 19, 2011, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2845 "2011-04-19T15:21:58Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > I can’t say I’m too surprised. It would be pretty embarrassing if, say, Mitt Romney, couldn’t produce a “Long-Form” birth certificate. I think the whole law would fall afoul of Article IV of the [COLOR=Black]Constitution[/COLOR], the [Full Faith and Credit Clause](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_Faith_and_Credit_Clause): > [@](#): > > Such Acts, records and judicial proceedings or copies thereof, so authenticated, shall have the same full faith and credit in every court within the United States and its Territories and Possessions as they have by law or usage in the courts of such State, Territory or Possession from which they are taken. If Hawaii says he was born there, Arizona cannot require additional proof of birth. ---
**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:** [April 19, 2011, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2846 "2011-04-19T16:16:41Z")
So, a member of the Orange County (CA) GOP Central Committee forwarded an [e-mail](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/18/racist-obama-email-califo_n_850754.html) with a “funny” picture of President Obama as member of a chimpanzee family. With the caption, “Now you know why no birth certificate.” Yeah, funny. A real hoot. Best thing, though, is her “apology.” “I didn’t stop to think about the historic implications and other examples of _ **how this could be offensive** _.” Seriously? You didn’t realize this might offend, say, anybody with two brain cells to rub together? And you’re a GOP _ **official** _? Maybe the Orange County school system needs some assistance, if this passes for adequate outcomes there. Sheesh. ---
**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:** [April 19, 2011, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2847 "2011-04-19T16:35:12Z")
As I said in the Mark and Brian chat room this morning: She’s an Orange County Republican. Dumb is practically a part of the job description. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2848 "2011-04-19T16:49:37Z")
[http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/04/19/republican-apologizes-for-depicting-obama-as-a-monkey/](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/04/19/republican-apologizes-for-depicting-obama-as-a-monkey/) Here’s the story. She said she did not think anyone would be offended by it. How stupid is that? How insensitive? I find it revealing about her and the attitude of many repubs. ---
**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:** [April 19, 2011, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2849 "2011-04-19T17:08:25Z")
“I didn’t stop to think about the historic implications and other examples of how this could be offensive.” Hey, I didn’t know that if I blew that dog whistle that dogs might hear it! ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2850 "2011-04-19T17:13:17Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Which shocks me … in a good way, but still … wasn’t she flogging this issue for all she was worth in the past? Or am I thinking of a different south-west pol? Apparently, Mitt Romney refuses to release his birth certificate. This may or may not be related. Also, Mitt’s first name is Willard. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2851 "2011-04-19T17:54:27Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > [http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/04/19/republican-apologizes-for-depicting-obama-as-a-monkey/](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/04/19/republican-apologizes-for-depicting-obama-as-a-monkey/) > Here’s the story. She said she did not think anyone would be offended by it. How stupid is that? How insensitive? I find it revealing about her and the attitude of many repubs. I wonder if what she’s really saying is, “Okay. You caught me making a nasty little joke to my nasty little pals. Now my only way out is to play the “You’re Being Oversensitive, It Was Just a Joke” card.” Or maybe I’m putting too much thought into this. ☹ ---
**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:** [April 19, 2011, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2852 "2011-04-19T18:00:45Z")
That’s okay. If you average it with the amount of thought _she_ put into it, you get the exact right amount of thought. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2853 "2011-04-19T18:22:14Z")
[- YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-420LU_Of0) Here is Maddow commenting on the takeover of municipal governments by the state government. Snyder, pretending that fiscal problems give him a right to take over local governments and install managers who have the right to make all decisions regarding the community. They were not elected. But Snyder can send in an economic team that can make all the decisions in the city. They can declare contracts “null and void”. They can sell off property of the city as they feel. Big brother? How about a Michigan State Government dictatorship. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2854 "2011-04-19T18:25:46Z")
Democracy shdemocracy. ---
**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:** [April 19, 2011, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2855 "2011-04-19T18:54:23Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > “I didn’t stop to think about the historic implications and other examples of how this could be offensive.” > > Hey, I didn’t know that if I blew that dog whistle that dogs might hear it! I don’t understand why you included the word ‘whistle’. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2856 "2011-04-19T19:06:48Z")
Is that anything like plucking chickens? ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2857 "2011-04-19T21:57:53Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > That’s okay. If you average it with the amount of thought _she_ put into it, you get the exact right amount of thought. Sorry; not possible. We’ve all already invested more thought into it than she did, merely by reading and comprehending these posts. (Is **curlcoat** still around? She’s a conservative from Orange County; she might be able gto give uis some perspective on this woman.) ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2858 "2011-04-19T23:18:33Z")
There was a very interesting column in the St. Pete Times about this. Basically the guy’s contention is that it isn’t that Republican politicians don’t like Democratic voters, it’s that they don’t like _voters_. Ahhh…found it: [http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/stateroundup/florida-legislature-cracks-down-on-8230-ivotingi/1164533](http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/stateroundup/florida-legislature-cracks-down-on-8230-ivotingi/1164533) ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2859 "2011-04-19T23:41:37Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > They can declare contracts “null and void”. Really, now? :dubious: [QUOTE=US Constitution] No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or **Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts** , or grant any Title of Nobility. [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2860 "2011-04-20T00:17:48Z")
> [@Zakalwe](#): > > There was a very interesting column in the St. Pete Times about this. Basically the guy’s contention is that it isn’t that Republican politicians don’t like Democratic voters, it’s that they don’t like _voters_. Ahhh…found it: > > [http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/stateroundup/florida-legislature-cracks-down-on-8230-ivotingi/1164533](http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/stateroundup/florida-legislature-cracks-down-on-8230-ivotingi/1164533) As I recall Floridian authorities can have a real hard time counting what votes there already are, there’s just no telling what sort of calamities could happen with even more of those coming in ;). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=142) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=144)