# 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:** 201
**Author:** ![black\_rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2011, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/4001 "2011-12-21T23:25:43Z")
Been awhile since I checked in on this thread, mostly due to my growing numbness to The Stupid. But I couldn’t let this quote from Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-CA, on the dilemmas faced by undocumented workers seeing organ transplants, slip by: > [@](#): > > “If they’re dead, I don’t have an objection to their organs being used,” Mr. Rohrabacher added. “If they’re alive, they shouldn’t be here no matter what.” > **[For Illegal Immigrant, Line Is Drawn at Transplant (Published 2011)](https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/21/nyregion/illegal-immigrants-transplant-cheaper-over-life-isnt-covered.html?hpw)** > > Two brothers’ journey to make a kidney transplant happen has taken them to the core of the national impasse between health care and immigration policies. Presumably, he’d also have no objection if we ground them up and used them to make Soylent Green. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2011, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/4002 "2011-12-21T23:54:22Z")
I love Mexican food. :eek: d&r :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/4003 "2011-12-22T00:15:31Z")
4000 posts and still going strong! ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/4004 "2011-12-22T00:35:57Z")
And here goes Anita Perry on her and her hubby’s small town values (what is that even supposed to mean?): [http://thehill.com/video/campaign/200805-anita-perry-campaigns-on-ricks-american-story-in-new-tv-ad](http://thehill.com/video/campaign/200805-anita-perry-campaigns-on-ricks-american-story-in-new-tv-ad) ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/4005 "2011-12-22T01:03:50Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > And here goes Anita Perry on her and her hubby’s small town values (what is that even supposed to mean?): > > [http://thehill.com/video/campaign/200805-anita-perry-campaigns-on-ricks-american-story-in-new-tv-ad](http://thehill.com/video/campaign/200805-anita-perry-campaigns-on-ricks-american-story-in-new-tv-ad) I’m not about to watch it, but I think it’s a dig at some other candidate who cheated on his first two wives, and who’s current wife feeds on dead babies. OK, I’m not sure if that last part’s entirely true. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/4006 "2011-12-22T01:12:57Z")
> [@waterj2](#): > > I’m not about to watch it, but I think it’s a dig at some other candidate who cheated on his first two wives, and who’s current wife feeds on dead babies. > > OK, I’m not sure if that last part’s entirely true. You think they might still be alive?! ---
**Author:** ![Condescending\_Robot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a183cd/32.png) [@Condescending\_Robot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Condescending_Robot)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/4007 "2011-12-22T01:15:52Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > And here goes Anita Perry on her and her hubby’s small town values (what is that even supposed to mean?): > > [http://thehill.com/video/campaign/200805-anita-perry-campaigns-on-ricks-american-story-in-new-tv-ad](http://thehill.com/video/campaign/200805-anita-perry-campaigns-on-ricks-american-story-in-new-tv-ad) It means “kill the fags.” That’s what all of these horseshit phrases from Republicans mean, especially when the word “values” is involved. That’s the only value they have. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/4008 "2011-12-22T01:44:07Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > . . . small town values (what is that even supposed to mean?): “It takes a village.” ---
**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:** [December 22, 2011, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/4009 "2011-12-22T01:46:15Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > “It takes a village.” “to lynch the impure.” ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/4010 "2011-12-22T02:36:56Z")
> [@black\_rabbit](#): > > Presumably, he’d also have no objection if we ground them up and used them to make Soylent Green. > [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > I love Mexican food. That’s it. No more verde sauce for me. ---
**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 22, 2011, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/4011 "2011-12-22T02:47:50Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > I’m of two minds about Gingrich’s comments. If you read the transcript, it seems like he’s saying he can’t be all things and if gay marriage is your most important issue (pro gay marriage, that is) you should vote for Obama. That actually strikes me as a pretty reasonable thing to say, that you have to figure out what your defining issues are and choose the candidate that fills them. > > It’s surprising coming from a pol, but I don’t think it has to be insulting. Well-parsed, **jsgoddess**. Still, I’m going to laugh the first time I see Romney’s (or any of that crowd’s) TV ad, where they isolate the footage of Newt saying _“you should be for Obama.”_ 😃 ---
**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 22, 2011, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/4012 "2011-12-22T02:49:09Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > Staying with **jsgoddess** ’ benefit-of-the-doubt reading: > > “If I’m elected president of this country, my priorities will be ordered differently than yours, but that is irrelevant—I’m elected president, you should be much more worried about the resultant zombie apocalypse, swarms of locusts, hellfire conflagration, and extinction of the sun.” And EMP. ---
**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 22, 2011, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/4013 "2011-12-22T02:53:18Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Well he did say that he’s OK with income inequality, as long as there is equality of opportunity, so that’s not quite as bad as one might think. Perhaps, but which one is more readily measured? ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/4014 "2011-12-22T15:25:34Z")
A (R) congresscritter is back to critiqing Michelle’s backside: > **[Congressman Rants About Michelle Obama's Butt](https://www.newser.com/story/135929/rep-jim-sensenbrenner-rants-about-michelle-obamas-butt.html)** > > Sensenbrenner is overheard complaining about healthy-eating program He is, BTW, an apparently plus-sized gentleman his own self from some of the photos I’ve seen. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/4015 "2011-12-22T18:39:38Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > “It takes a village.” To raise the village idiot. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/4016 "2011-12-22T21:33:55Z")
> [@Truman\_Burbank](#): > > A (R) congresscritter is back to critiqing Michelle’s backside: > > [Congressman Rants About Michelle Obama's Butt](http://www.newser.com/story/135929/rep-jim-sensenbrenner-rants-about-michelle-obamas-butt.html) > > He is, BTW, an apparently plus-sized gentleman his own self from some of the photos I’ve seen. I thought you meant Michele Bachmann! ---
**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:** [December 22, 2011, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/4017 "2011-12-22T22:47:18Z")
How did we all miss the stupid Republican House idea of failing to extend the payroll tax cut? This is SO stupid that Senate Republicans are calling them on it. Breathtaking in its stupidity! ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/4018 "2011-12-23T00:52:41Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > How did we all miss the stupid Republican House idea of failing to extend the payroll tax cut? This is SO stupid that Senate Republicans are calling them on it. Breathtaking in its stupidity! Even the guy who led the [del]charade[/del]parade knows what he did is stupid. [ > [@](#): > > After days of wrangling that even Speaker John Boehner acknowledged **“may not have been politically the smartest thing in the world,”** the Ohio Republican abruptly changed course and dropped demands for immediate holiday season talks with the Senate on a full-year measure that all sides said they want. ]([http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US\_PAYROLL\_TAX?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-12-22-19-37-18](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_PAYROLL_TAX?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-12-22-19-37-18)) And who was the voice of reason, the person who summed it up in a can’t-be-denied kinda way? > [@](#): > > Obama, Republicans and congressional Democrats all said they preferred a one-year extension but the politics of achieving that eluded them. All pledged to start working on that in January. > > “Has this place become so dysfunctional that even when we agree to things we can’t do it?” Obama asked. “Enough is enough.” ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/4019 "2011-12-23T01:07:26Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > How did we all miss the stupid Republican House idea of failing to extend the payroll tax cut? This is SO stupid that Senate Republicans are calling them on it. Breathtaking in its stupidity! Fair enough, but this thread is more modestly defined, the implication being that it is about mundane stupidity, the sort of everyday, garden variety dumfuckitude. Cataclysmic, thunderous stupid is too grand for such confined circumstances, there isn’t enough room in a mere day to contain that much stupid, without imperiling the very fabric of space and dumb. ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/4020 "2011-12-23T01:10:25Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Even the guy who led the [del]charade[/del]parade knows what he did is stupid. > > [ > > And who was the voice of reason, the person who summed it up in a can’t-be-denied kinda way? I prefer [URL=“[http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2011/12/boehners\_words\_for\_the\_ages.php?ref=fpblg](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2011/12/boehners_words_for_the_ages.php?ref=fpblg)”]this bit]([http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US\_PAYROLL\_TAX?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-12-22-19-37-18](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_PAYROLL_TAX?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-12-22-19-37-18)) of probably inadvertent honesty from Boehner: > [@](#): > > If you can get this fixed, why not uh, why not do the right thing for the American people - even though it’s not exactly what we want? Shows you where doing what’s right for the American people falls on the GOP’s priority list. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=200) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=202)