# 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:** 181
**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3601 "2011-10-13T20:54:01Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > \ > Now STFU and take your Soma. > > -Joe a gram is better than a damn! ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3602 "2011-10-13T20:59:32Z")
It’s not for Real Americans, or for Real Jobs. It’s a Real Act, as in the people who proposed it are acting like they actually give a shit. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3603 "2011-10-13T21:02:08Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > So what, in your Libtard world do women who are killed in back alley abortions not get buried? > > Don’t you think morticians, gravediggers and embalmers are jobs? Fucking liberals and your socialist Crypto-Kenyan\_Communist God!11 Nah, he just knows how inconsiderate wanton whores are. It’s not like they’ll bury themselves. And who is going to pay a mortician to bury them? The government? Fuck you, I’m not paying taxes so whores can be buried. I do that, and the next thing you know my money will be going toward feeding and educating children that haven’t been 100% proven to be mine. Fuck you, librul! I can out conseratize you any day! Ron Paul is fucking Hugo Chavez compared to me! -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3604 "2011-10-13T21:07:06Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > Nah, he just knows how inconsiderate wanton whores are. It’s not like they’ll bury themselves. And who is going to pay a mortician to bury them? The government? Fuck you, I’m not paying taxes so whores can be buried. I do that, and the next thing you know my money will be going toward feeding and educating children that haven’t been 100% proven to be mine. > > Fuck you, librul! I can out conseratize you any day! > > Ron Paul is fucking Hugo Chavez compared to me! > > -Joe Holy shit, I just realized, Clothahump may be liberal. I think he’s just doing a postmodern take on a Texas, dipshit, yokel. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3605 "2011-10-13T22:48:34Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Have you noticed that as this thread goes on, we tend to ignore about fifty percent of the really stupid simply because it is overwhelmed by the incredibly stupid? What’s needed is a Typical Republican Idea of the Day thread. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3606 "2011-10-13T22:51:31Z")
Stupid Repub idea, the 9-9-9. It is so dumb it will never get in front of congress. It shows what a fucking idiot Cain is. Why didn’t the debaters treat it like the joke it is? ---
**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:** [October 13, 2011, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3607 "2011-10-13T22:54:05Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > Stupid Repub idea, the 9-9-9. It is so dumb it will never get in front of congress. It shows what a fucking idiot Cain is. Why didn’t the debaters treat it like the joke it is? Bachmann did, didn’t she? Her line about turning it upside down to find that the devil’s in the details was almost clever. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2011, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3608 "2011-10-13T23:02:18Z")
I liked Jon Huntsman’s barb better: "999 - It’s a catchy phrase, in fact I thought it was the **price of a pizza!"** ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3609 "2011-10-13T23:14:58Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > I liked Jon Huntsman’s barb better: > > "999 - It’s a catchy phrase, in fact I thought it was the **price of a pizza!"** I liked that as well and as it happens 9.99 is the price of godfathers #1 pizza package. [QUOTE=Godfather’s menu] #1 Choose Pizza Package & One Side $9.99 -Any Small pizza (up to a specialty). Or -Any 2 Mini Pizzas (up to 3 toppings), Or -Medium 1-Topping Pizza [/QUOTE] So those of you that accused Cain off pulling 999 out of thin air need to apologize clearly his menu is a legitimate source for our counties economic plans. If he gets elected I’d recommend accepting the 999 plan because otherwise he might go looking to the #2 for ideas [QUOTE=Godfather’s menu] #2 Choose Pizza Package & One Side $14.99 -Large 2– Topping Pizza, Or -Small Specialty & Small 1-Topping, Or -Medium Specialty Pizza [/QUOTE] ---
**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:** [October 14, 2011, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3610 "2011-10-14T00:12:11Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > Stupid Repub idea, the 9-9-9. Does that come with the salad bar? ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2011, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3611 "2011-10-14T02:30:13Z")
[No silly, the 999 plan came from SimCity.](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/13/herman-cain-999-sim-city_n_1008952.html?ref=mostpopular) O.K., that’s a joke. It came from [Rich Lowrie, Wells Fargo Ohio branch employee.](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/11/richard-lowrie-herman-cain-tax-plan_n_1006201.html) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2011, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3612 "2011-10-14T03:00:10Z")
_Plan 999 from Outer Space._ ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2011, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3613 "2011-10-14T03:08:20Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > So what, in your Libtard world do women who are killed in back alley abortions not get buried? > > Don’t you think morticians, gravediggers and embalmers are jobs? Fucking liberals and your socialist Crypto-Kenyan\_Communist God!11 > [@Merijeek](#): > > Nah, he just knows how inconsiderate wanton whores are. It’s not like they’ll bury themselves. And who is going to pay a mortician to bury them? The government? Fuck you, I’m not paying taxes so whores can be buried. I do that, and the next thing you know my money will be going toward feeding and educating children that haven’t been 100% proven to be mine. > > Fuck you, librul! I can out conseratize you any day! > > Ron Paul is fucking Hugo Chavez compared to me! > > -Joe Both of you get a cookie for imitating some of the resident Teabaggers so well. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2011, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3614 "2011-10-14T03:16:40Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Have you noticed that as this thread goes on, we tend to ignore about fifty percent of the really stupid simply because it is overwhelmed by the incredibly stupid? In the Bush years, Bill Maher referred to this phenomenon as Fuck-up Fatigue. ---
**Author:** ![legalsnugs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@legalsnugs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/legalsnugs)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2011, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3615 "2011-10-14T10:57:51Z")
Scott Brown, (R-Mass & R-Cosmo) plagerized his website’s _values statement_ from a 2002 speech by Elizabeth Dole. But it’s okay. He blamed his staff. [Cite](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44891434/ns/politics-more_politics/). ---
**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:** [October 14, 2011, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3616 "2011-10-14T11:23:01Z")
> [@legalsnugs](#): > > Scott Brown, (R-Mass & R-Cosmo) plagerized his website’s _values statement_ from a 2002 speech by Elizabeth Dole. > > But it’s okay. He blamed his staff. > [Cite](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44891434/ns/politics-more_politics/). That’s not a stupid idea, just a stupid mistake. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2011, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3617 "2011-10-14T12:28:51Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > That’s not a stupid idea, just a stupid mistake. Maybe the stupid idea is that a staffer’s good ideas are signs of the candidate’s brilliance while their bad ideas are the result of some ‘bad apple’? -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2011, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3618 "2011-10-14T12:49:31Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > candidate’s brilliance You lost me right there. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2011, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3619 "2011-10-14T12:53:13Z")
I’ll buy that it was a mistake, that they meant to re-write the passage, but missed it. My question is … why are they using Dole’s site as a template in the first place? Can’t they figure out how to write two paragraphs of mostly glurge on their own? ---
**Author:** ![legalsnugs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@legalsnugs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/legalsnugs)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2011, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3620 "2011-10-14T13:50:40Z")
Sorry if I was unclear. It was certainly a mistake to leave the plagerism word-for-word, but my point was that it was a Stupid Republican Idea to use _anyone else’s_ value declaration for their own. Apparently Mr. Brown does not have, or cannot articulate, his own values, but has to have his staff go out and find some nice ones to attribute to himself. Perhaps his own values were not obvious to his staff, or perhaps his values were extremely obvious to his staff. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=180) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=182)