# 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:** 20
**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 30, 2009, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/381 "2009-06-30T20:28:06Z")
It has a lot of swine, so – swine flu. ---
**Author:** ![stolichnaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@stolichnaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolichnaya)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2009, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/382 "2009-06-30T20:42:17Z")
You know, it’s not surprising when Senatorial candidates become bitter, and cling to their shots and their visas and antipathy to people who are not like them. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2009, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/383 "2009-06-30T23:38:30Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > It has a lot of swine, so – swine flu. And pigs. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2009, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/384 "2009-07-01T00:51:55Z")
Behold! The true reason behind America’s economic troubles: [Obama’s embrace of immorality](http://jonathanturley.org/2009/06/30/oklahoma-legislature-to-consider-proclamation-linking-the-economic-crisis-to-obamas-immoral-policies/). Glad we got that cleared up. ---
**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:** [July 1, 2009, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/385 "2009-07-01T03:00:19Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > Behold! The true reason behind America’s economic troubles: [Obama’s embrace of immorality](http://jonathanturley.org/2009/06/30/oklahoma-legislature-to-consider-proclamation-linking-the-economic-crisis-to-obamas-immoral-policies/). Glad we got that cleared up. _points and laughs at Oklahoma for electing such a clown_ I like this proclamation in the Comments section better: > [@](#): > > Whereas we don’t like President Obama for a host of reasons his race, voting record, and belief in rational thought being just a few; and > > Whereas, we need something to pander to our intellectually deprived Christian Right constituency, which though shrinking, is still pretty vocal and connected; and > > Whereas, we have the advantage of boundless stupidity and a complete absence of critical thinking which foster our ceaseless efforts at demagoguery;and > > Now and be it resolved that we, the undersigned, have it on the best authority in the cosmos that the Country is going to Hell, and the devil made Obama do it. ---
**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:** [July 1, 2009, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/386 "2009-07-01T03:21:45Z")
Oh, here’s a **Stupid DEMOCRAT of the Day** for the right-wingers: Roland Burris [spoke out against gay marriage](http://www.wbbm780.com/Burris--Marriage-for--perpetuation-of-the-species-/4699456), at a fucking GAY PRIDE parade! > [@](#): > > Senator Roland Burris was at Chicago’s Gay Pride Parade yesterday, declaring his support for civil unions but saying marriage is for “perpetuation of the species.” > > WBBM’s Steve Miller reports Gay activists say it may have been the first time a sitting U-S senator has attended a Gay Pride Parade in Chicago. > > Men and women in T-shirts reading “Fight for Marriage Equality” stood near Senator Burris, but the senator says he’s not ready to embrace gay marriage. > > **“My concept of marriage is a male and a female for the perpetuation of the species, for children to be born and identify the bloodline and the heritage.”** Fuck off Roland. What an embarrassment you are. We didn’t elect you, and we don’t want you representing us. You crooked, lying, lousy, would-happily-send-an-innocent-man-to-the-gas-chamber-to-further-your-political-career scumbag you. ---
**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:** [July 1, 2009, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/387 "2009-07-01T05:09:27Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > _points and laughs at Oklahoma for electing such a clown_… If we could herd them into one state, they wouldn’t be a problem. But they’re everywhere, like mosquitos – giant mosquitos too big to swat. ---
**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:** [July 1, 2009, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/388 "2009-07-01T12:14:11Z")
[Obama and his cult are looking past 2016](http://thepage.time.com/rush-limbaugh-on-obama-wanting-to-stay-in-office-past-2016/). > [@Rush](#): > > You have to wonder if Obama is just trying to lay a foundation for not being a hypocrite when he tries to serve beyond 2016. . . And I’ll tell you folks, this business about running beyond 2016, you know, the thing that when you look at Obama’s followers - and we’ve discussed it here - they are a cult-like bunch and their attachment to him is not political, it’s not ideological, it is not issue-wise, it is cultish. It includes a wide percentage of minorities, by the way, who for different reasons, who will come to think that he simply cannot be replaced. Let him succeed with amnesty, for example, and all the illegal aliens who are instantly made citizens. He’ll be too important. Ya know, the crazy commie librul lefties waited until after the wiretapping, habeas corpus removing, lying to the UN and the American people, 8 months had passed timeframe before they started with the Bush-is-gonna-declare-martial-law nonsense. And they didn’t have their own radio show with dittoheads hanging on every word, either. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2009, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/389 "2009-07-01T12:43:55Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > [Obama and his cult are looking past 2016](http://thepage.time.com/rush-limbaugh-on-obama-wanting-to-stay-in-office-past-2016/). > > Ya know, the crazy commie librul lefties waited until after the wiretapping, habeas corpus removing, lying to the UN and the American people, 8 months had passed timeframe before they started with the Bush-is-gonna-declare-martial-law nonsense. And they didn’t have their own radio show with dittoheads hanging on every word, either. Is Limbaugh already giving up on 2012? He’s assuming that Obama is going to win a second term? Weird. Instead of “We gotta make sure we take back the White Hose in 2012!” he’s saying “Fuck it, it’s all over. Those crazy minorities are going to make sure he’s made El Presidente for Life.” I’m not sure exactly where this rhetoric leads, but you know, it’s probably not motiovating the faithful to seek satisfaction at the ballot box. ---
**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:** [July 1, 2009, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/390 "2009-07-01T13:09:57Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > But they’re everywhere, like mosquitos – giant mosquitos too big to swat. So the saviors who will deliver us from these idiots will come from Minnesota and Wisconsin? ---
**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:** [July 3, 2009, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/391 "2009-07-03T01:23:40Z")
On Tuesday, Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) made the [following statement](http://www.nrsc.org/200906302949/blog/cornyn/chairman-cornyns-statement-on-the-minnesota-senate-campaign.html) regarding the Minnesota Senate election: > [@](#): > > _“I would like to commend both Norm Coleman and Al Franken on a hard fought campaign. In particular, I would like to be among the first to welcome Al Franken to the United States Senate._ Then on Wednesday, I received a fund raising letter from Cornyn, who is also the Chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, which included the following graphic: [https://www.nrsc.org/nrscwebimages/emails/franken2.jpg](https://www.nrsc.org/nrscwebimages/emails/franken2.jpg) Aside from his smarmy insincerity in welcoming Franken, it is just an incredibly lame attempt to smear Franken and all Democrats. Probably plays well with the paleobase, though. ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2009, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/392 "2009-07-03T02:02:03Z")
What the hell does that picture mean? Is he mocking Al Franken? Is that a character portrayed by Al Franken in that picture? Is he saying Al Franken is harmless or stupid or what? Help! I don’t get it! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2009, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/393 "2009-07-03T02:08:04Z")
Yes, that’s Stuart Smalley, a Frankenstock character. ---
**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:** [July 3, 2009, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/394 "2009-07-03T04:12:26Z")
You really should see _Stuart Saves His Family_, one of the billion SNL spinoff movies. I think it’s pretty good, though I might be the only one. And in truth the Senate would be a better place if there were more Stuarts in it. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2009, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/395 "2009-07-03T04:41:15Z")
Rent it as a double feature with _Hellcats of the Navy_. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2009, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/396 "2009-07-03T08:16:25Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > Behold! The true reason behind America’s economic troubles: [Obama’s embrace of immorality](http://jonathanturley.org/2009/06/30/oklahoma-legislature-to-consider-proclamation-linking-the-economic-crisis-to-obamas-immoral-policies/). Glad we got that cleared up. I read that initially as “Obama’s embrace of immortality.” Which you have to admit would be pretty cool, though I wonder what it would do to the health care bill, not to mention any current entitlement programs. ---
**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:** [July 3, 2009, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/397 "2009-07-03T09:33:54Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > I read that initially as “Obama’s embrace of immortality.” Which you have to admit would be pretty cool, though I wonder what it would do to the health care bill, not to mention any current entitlement programs. Obama’s a vampire now ? ---
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2009, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/398 "2009-07-03T16:30:24Z")
[QUOTE=Sally Kern] WHEREAS, deeply disturbed that the Office of the president of these United States disregards the biblical admonitions to live clean and pure lives by proclaiming an entire month to an immoral behavior; [/QUOTE] I’m pretty sure we didn’t have a National Abortion Month, a National Gay Pride Month, or a National Divorce Month, so what is she on about here? ---
**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:** [July 3, 2009, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/399 "2009-07-03T16:36:59Z")
Black History Month. Pretty sure the Bible says it’s a sin to be black, or something. ---
**Author:** ![Ace309](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ace309/32/1050_2.png) [@Ace309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace309)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2009, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/400 "2009-07-03T16:56:23Z")
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