# 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:** 197
**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:** [December 12, 2011, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3921 "2011-12-12T15:02:45Z")
Works for me. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2011, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3922 "2011-12-12T15:09:01Z")
I get a Google news login page. I don’t have a Google account. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2011, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3923 "2011-12-12T15:16:02Z")
Me too. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2011, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3924 "2011-12-12T15:40:55Z")
How about Mitt (I’m just a regular Joe) Romney casually offering Rick Perry a $10,000 bet. Mitt, the object is to convince Republican Primary voters and caucus goers you’re just like them. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2011, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3925 "2011-12-12T15:47:43Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > How about Mitt (I’m just a regular Joe) Romney casually offering Rick Perry a $10,000 bet. Mitt, the object is to convince Republican Primary voters and caucus goers you’re just like them. If I were in charge of his opposition, I’d make sure plenty of stations ran [Trading Places](http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=wjkdynBFHuQ#t=22s) over and over and over again. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2011, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3926 "2011-12-12T17:24:36Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > How about Mitt (I’m just a regular Joe) Romney casually offering Rick Perry a $10,000 bet. Mitt, the object is to convince Republican Primary voters and caucus goers you’re just like them. Well, if Rick lost, he could just have his Daddy-In-Law rent office space for $10,000, have his wife go back to work for lobbyists who lobby him, or have a buddy of his tell him to buy land that, by some strange coincidence, becomes valuable shortly afterward. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2011, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3927 "2011-12-12T17:41:24Z")
I bet you a million dollars he was speaking rhetorically. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2011, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3928 "2011-12-12T17:44:32Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > I bet you a million dollars he was speaking rhetorically. Let me pop down to my rhetorical bank and make a quick rhetorical withdrawal of my rhetorical money, and you’re on. I’ll even treat for rhetorical dinner. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2011, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3929 "2011-12-12T17:47:21Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > Stupid Republican Link of the Day. Goes nowhere. Any help? Try this one: [http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US\_REPUBLICANS\_DEBATE\_FACT\_CHECK?SITE=WIMAR&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_REPUBLICANS_DEBATE_FACT_CHECK?SITE=WIMAR&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT) (I usually make an effort to avoid unnecessary indirection in URL’s I post, but I get an impression that Associated Press, probably in deference to its clients, doesn’t have its own content pages.) ---
**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:** [December 12, 2011, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3930 "2011-12-12T18:02:04Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > I bet you a million dollars he was speaking rhetorically. Probably. Mormons aren’t supposed to gamble. 😃 ---
**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:** [December 12, 2011, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3931 "2011-12-12T20:59:04Z")
Normally, I’d agree that it was rhetorically, but one usually doesn’t hold out one’s hand to shake on it in such cases. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2011, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3932 "2011-12-12T23:49:25Z")
While out trolling for anti-gay votes, Mitt Romney [crashed a dinner of a 60-year old Vietnam veteran and his husband](http://unicornbooty.com/blog/2011/12/12/romney-accidentally-crashes-married-gay-vets-date-while-trolling-for-anti-gay-votes/). Romney proceeded to argue with them about their marriage, saying it should be annulled. Video of the incident on the link. Edit: At least he was polite to them. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3933 "2011-12-13T02:24:23Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Try this one: > > [http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US\_REPUBLICANS\_DEBATE\_FACT\_CHECK?SITE=WIMAR&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_REPUBLICANS_DEBATE_FACT_CHECK?SITE=WIMAR&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT) > > (I usually make an effort to avoid unnecessary indirection in URL’s I post, but I get an impression that Associated Press, probably in deference to its clients, doesn’t have its own content pages.) Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3934 "2011-12-13T03:37:26Z")
> [@Knorf](#): > > While out trolling for anti-gay votes, Mitt Romney [crashed a dinner of a 60-year old Vietnam veteran and his husband](http://unicornbooty.com/blog/2011/12/12/romney-accidentally-crashes-married-gay-vets-date-while-trolling-for-anti-gay-votes/). Romney proceeded to argue with them about their marriage, saying it should be annulled. Video of the incident on the link. > > Edit: At least he was polite to them. Fuck polite. And fuck Romney. It’s one thing to declare other people’s rights insignificant in a policy speech. It’s another to kick them in the teeth in person. More honest? Perhaps. But it’s a special kind of incivility to smile at the person you’re trying to dehumanize. ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3935 "2011-12-13T05:56:49Z")
Man, I gotta wonder if that man was wondering, “What’s the law about aggravated assault?” ---
**Author:** ![the\_brush](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@the\_brush](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_brush)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3936 "2011-12-13T06:01:01Z")
I know the laws about aggravated haircombing. You and me both, right buddy? bald people should not be allowed to vote. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3937 "2011-12-13T06:10:36Z")
> [@Mach Tuck](#): > > Fuck polite. And fuck Romney. > > It’s one thing to declare other people’s rights insignificant in a policy speech. It’s another to kick them in the teeth in person. More honest? Perhaps. But it’s a special kind of incivility to smile at the person you’re trying to dehumanize. You do have a point. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3938 "2011-12-13T10:09:36Z")
Who needs streetlights when we could have [a massive array of mirrors on the moon reflecting sunlight in order to create a state of perpetual twilight all across America?](http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2011/12/12/387649/newt-gingrichs-top-5-sci-fi-policy-proposals/) > [@](#): > > Yesterday, New York Times columnist David Brooks dredged up some of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s more fanciful policy ideas. For example, Gingrich has called for building “a permanent lunar colony to exploit the Moon’s resources” and a “mirror system in space could provide the light equivalent of many full moons” for nighttime driving. Nocturnal animals? What’re those? ---
**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:** [December 13, 2011, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3939 "2011-12-13T10:16:38Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Who needs streetlights when we could have [a massive array of mirrors on the moon reflecting sunlight in order to create a state of perpetual twilight all across America?](http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2011/12/12/387649/newt-gingrichs-top-5-sci-fi-policy-proposals/) I saw a documentary about that - I think it was called _Die Another Day_. ---
**Author:** ![Ca3799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3940 "2011-12-13T14:04:56Z")
Bombastic conservative radio talk show host Michael Savage (real last name Weiner) has offered Newt Gingrich one million dollars to drop out of the presidential race. But, the offer is only good for 72 hours. I would suppose that Newt has a pretty fat bank account. I don’t think one million would be enough to buy him out. As much as ‘the savage weiner’ hates Gingrich, this is probably more about getting Savage’s name in the news than an actual offer. What a circus. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=196) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=198)