# Stupid Republican idea of the day
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897
**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
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### Author:  [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2012, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5021 "2012-04-04T02:55:33Z")
> [@gaffa](#):
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> I, for one, would like to thank **Equipoise** for her original post, and congratulate her on 5000 responses.
Why, thank you very much and you’re welcome! Huzzah to **silenus** for making the 5000th post! Thanks to everyone for keeping this thread going.
> [@gaffa](#):
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> Who knew Republicans would produce such an astonishing number of stupid ideas?
I am so not surprised in the least.
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### Author:  [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2012, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5022 "2012-04-04T03:21:56Z")
Well, yeah, but if we can’t pack that other thread with at least seventy more pages, our non-partisan, centrist credentials are questionable.
OK, I got one. A parks and recreation commissioner in Deer Creek, Minnesota, is a Democrat. Locked his keys in his car! Twice! Once with his family inside!
Come on, people, we can do this!
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### Author:  [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2012, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5023 "2012-04-04T04:21:00Z")
> [@Equipoise](#):
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> Why, thank you very much and you’re welcome! Huzzah to **silenus** for making the 5000th post! Thanks to everyone for keeping this thread going.
Pffft. 5000-odd posts…you still have a long way to catch up, Grasshopper…
[11600-odd posts in the WoW discussion thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=566381)
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### Author:  [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2012, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5024 "2012-04-04T06:20:08Z")
> [@Punoqllads](#):
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> Alabama. Pennsylvania is Philadelphia on one side, Pittsburgh on the other, and Alabama in the middle.
Nah, Texas has more influence, because the textbook publishers know that at least some of their customers in Texas know how to read - and I’m talking about the teachers.
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### Author:  [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2012, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5025 "2012-04-04T11:06:01Z")
> [@mhendo](#):
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> Right.
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> The information itself was incorrect, which means that his comments were a result of:
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> 1. being misinformed by his aides and advisers,
> 2. his own misunderstanding of something that he read or was told, or
> 3. a deliberate decision to disseminate false information.
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> With Santorum, number 3 seems more likely than not.
The list is incomplete; it should read:
1. being misinformed by his aides and advisers and
1a) believing the misinformation because he has a monodigital IQ, or
2. his own misunderstanding of something that he read or was told and
2a) being too busy wiping drool off himself to realize “hey, that _can’t_ be right”, or
3. a deliberate decision to disseminate false information.
Logical grouping: (1 AND 1a) OR (2 AND 2a) OR 3
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### Author:  [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2012, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5026 "2012-04-04T11:40:40Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#):
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> **mhendo** practices classic brainwashing techniques: imprisonment, isolation, sensory deprivation or overstimulation, drugs, and a constant stream of propaganda.
Sounds like a typical fraternity pledge week.
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### Author:  [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2012, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5027 "2012-04-04T15:17:54Z")
You guys have it all wrong. Santorum didn’t decide to deliberately spread false information. That would imply that Santorum knew the information he was spreading was factually untrue, but spread it anyway in an attempt to hornswoggle people, which is called lying. But even though he’s a conservative hack politician, that doesn’t mean he’s so nefarious as to pathologically lie about the most minor things. No, what he’s doing is bullshitting. Once he hears a little nugget of untruth like “California universities don’t teach American history,” he could fact check it, but he doesn’t actually care whether it’s true or not. He just knows that it will whip the rubes at his campaign stops into a frenzy.
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### Author:  [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2012, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5028 "2012-04-04T16:17:33Z")
> [@MOIDALIZE](#):
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> You guys have it all wrong. Santorum didn’t decide to deliberately spread false information. That would imply that Santorum knew the information he was spreading was factually untrue, but spread it anyway in an attempt to hornswoggle people, which is called lying. But even though he’s a conservative hack politician, that doesn’t mean he’s so nefarious as to pathologically lie about the most minor things. No, what he’s doing is bullshitting. Once he hears a little nugget of untruth like “California universities don’t teach American history,” he could fact check it, but he doesn’t actually care whether it’s true or not. He just knows that it will whip the rubes at his campaign stops into a frenzy.
[Truthiness](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truthiness)
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### Author:  [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2012, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5029 "2012-04-04T22:30:50Z")
Fox News anchor (not a commentator, but a straight news anchor) Heather Childers tweeted this: _Did Obama threaten Chelsea Clinton’s life 2 keep parents silent? Godfather politics._ She provided a link to a crazy conspiracy theory story that includes references to Joe Arpaio. The story ends with this:
> [@](#):
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> When you see how blatantly Obama has defied the US Constitution and federal law without any apology or excuses, it’s not hard to believe that he, like every other dictator in history, obtained his position by intimidation, threats and outright violence. Knowing he is capable of this has to make every single American extremely fearful if Obama gets re-elected.
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> And if the voter fraud will be as prevalent in November as it was in 2008, it seems a sure thing that he will be re-elected. Obama has had the DOJ strike down every voter ID law and any other measure taken, to reduce the chance of voter fraud. They have set the stage for an old fashioned Chicago style election with padded and illegal votes. Wait a minute, he is a Chicago politician, so guess he’s just following local history at a national level.
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> If he does get re-elected, I’m positive it will mean the end of free elections and free America. We will become another Soviet Union: a land run by an elite group of Marxists who will exploit all of the people for their own personal gain. America, for all intent and purpose will be dead if Obama gets re-elected.
[http://godfatherpolitics.com/4506/obama-campaign-threaten-life-of-chelsea-clinton-to-keep-parents-silent-on-obamas-ineligibility/#.T3sutNslxbU.twitter](http://godfatherpolitics.com/4506/obama-campaign-threaten-life-of-chelsea-clinton-to-keep-parents-silent-on-obamas-ineligibility/#.T3sutNslxbU.twitter)
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### Author:  [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2012, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5030 "2012-04-04T22:45:31Z")
Good lord…did they pressure-inject the peroxide at her last bleaching? That sounds more like something the bum in the bus station bathroom rants about instead of a Fox News…wait. Sorry…it DOES sound like a Fox News story…
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### Author:  [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2012, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5031 "2012-04-04T22:50:09Z")
I couldn’t get through the whole thing.
FEMA camps. \*Please \*tell me there were FEMA camps.
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### Author:  [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2012, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5032 "2012-04-04T22:57:39Z")
> [@Lamar\_Mundane](#):
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> Fox News anchor (not a commentator, but a straight news anchor) Heather Childers tweeted this: _Did Obama threaten Chelsea Clinton’s life 2 keep parents silent? Godfather politics._ She provided a link to a crazy conspiracy theory story that includes references to Joe Arpaio. The story ends with this:
Well, there is one thing she is right about: the voter fraud will be as prevalent in November as it was in 2008,
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### Author:  [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2012, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5033 "2012-04-04T23:34:43Z")
How much longer is Chicago going to be Ground Zero for Election Day shenanigans? You’d think the state of Florida would have elbowed its way into the top spot by now.
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### Author:  [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2012, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5034 "2012-04-04T23:45:28Z")
I quite take your point, but only wonder if “elbow” is the precise anatomical metaphor?
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### Author:  [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2012, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5035 "2012-04-04T23:51:26Z")
> [@a35362](#):
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> How much longer is Chicago going to be Ground Zero for Election Day shenanigans?
As long as the Kenyan Muslim Socialist Prezdit is from there (never mind, keep going), you’re going to keep hearing about it. Unless the bitch queen, who’s from there originally too, replaces him.
So, 4.8-12.8 years, give or take.
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### Author:  [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2012, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5036 "2012-04-05T00:30:08Z")
> [@jayjay](#):
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> Good lord…did they pressure-inject the peroxide at her last bleaching? That sounds more like something the bum in the bus station bathroom rants about instead of a Fox News…wait. Sorry…it DOES sound like a Fox News story…
When you look into Heather’s [eyes](http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&sa=X&biw=1314&bih=925&tbm=isch&prmd=imvnsuo&tbnid=X9w3QJ4mWyGsmM:&imgrefurl=http://talentapes.com/heatherchilders&docid=OszXJjqnKP_-sM&imgurl=http://talentapes.com/client_img/201105051148260.Childers273C.jpg&w=273&h=264&ei=RuZ8T8qCC6GhiQKH5ty_DQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=665&vpy=191&dur=98&hovh=211&hovw=218&tx=166&ty=88&sig=102047733015312849822&page=1&tbnh=162&tbnw=173&start=0&ndsp=20&ved=1t:429,r:2,s:0,i:102)–you can see the soul of Michelle Bachmann.
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### Author:  [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2012, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5037 "2012-04-05T00:51:26Z")
> [@user\_hostile](#):
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> When you look into Heather’s [eyes](http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&sa=X&biw=1314&bih=925&tbm=isch&prmd=imvnsuo&tbnid=X9w3QJ4mWyGsmM:&imgrefurl=http://talentapes.com/heatherchilders&docid=OszXJjqnKP_-sM&imgurl=http://talentapes.com/client_img/201105051148260.Childers273C.jpg&w=273&h=264&ei=RuZ8T8qCC6GhiQKH5ty_DQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=665&vpy=191&dur=98&hovh=211&hovw=218&tx=166&ty=88&sig=102047733015312849822&page=1&tbnh=162&tbnw=173&start=0&ndsp=20&ved=1t:429,r:2,s:0,i:102)–you can see the soul of Michelle Bachmann.
I checked my dictionary. That’s the picture beside the entry for “vacant”.
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### Author:  [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2012, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5038 "2012-04-05T02:58:58Z")
[Obligatory Sex Pistols video of “Pretty Vacant”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmHhB9zV_rQ).
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### Author:  [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2012, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5039 "2012-04-05T13:25:11Z")
That’s a real look, isn’t it? Michele Bachmann has it, Calista Gingrich has it…seriously, is it a result of plastic surgery? Where does that uncanny-valley smile and eye-popping-but-not-registering stare come from?
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### Author:  [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2012, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5040 "2012-04-05T13:26:43Z")
> [@bup](#):
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> Where does that uncanny-valley smile and eye-popping-but-not-registering stare come from?
Probably as a result of the lump of skin balled up at the back of their heads.
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