# 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:** 28
**Author:** ![Ca3799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/541 "2009-07-21T15:48:15Z")
> [@Oy](#): > > What I like is that Steele seems to think that it took Joe the Plumber to remind the Republican politicians that the thing that will _always_ work on their base is to complain/warn/scare/scream about taxes. Personally, I have never known any Republican to lose sight of that eternal principal. Did you hear this clip of Glenn Beck sreeching? LOL! [http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200907150016](http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200907150016) ---
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/542 "2009-07-21T15:56:05Z")
Well, Beck is the man who [agreed](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HtSb7kwTFE) that this country needs a good Bin Laden attack to save it. ---
**Author:** ![holmes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e95f7d/32.png) [@holmes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/holmes)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/543 "2009-07-21T20:46:38Z")
Another Steel moment: The guy doesn’t know who his health care provider is. [It must be nice.](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/21/steele-struggles-to-name_n_242200.html) How far out of touch can this guy be? ---
**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 21, 2009, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/544 "2009-07-21T21:03:13Z")
> [@holmes](#): > > Another Steel moment: The guy doesn’t know who his health care provider is. [It must be nice.](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/21/steele-struggles-to-name_n_242200.html) > > How far out of touch can this guy be? That’s a bit much. I don’t have a primary care physician, and while I know who my insurer is I know plenty of people who don’t. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/545 "2009-07-21T21:22:19Z")
How can they not know? That’s the first thing they ask when you go to a doctor. It’s also on the card. ---
**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 21, 2009, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/546 "2009-07-21T21:25:09Z")
Well, there are about 40 BCBS-related entities, and if I hadn’t worked in the healthcare field I might be a bit leery about throwing out a name which might or might not actually exist. ---
**Author:** ![holmes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e95f7d/32.png) [@holmes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/holmes)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/547 "2009-07-21T21:36:10Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Well, there are about 40 BCBS-related entities, and if I hadn’t worked in the healthcare field I might be a bit leery about throwing out a name which might or might not actually exist. Right, but I bet if you had to deal with your provider directly you would know. And not knowing is ok, if you’re an average guy, not the head of a party that’s doing all it can to criticize the administration’s plan. He doesn’t know because he doesn’t need to know, other people take care of it. He doesn’t have to worry about deductables or being denied treatment or using the ER has his primary “insurance”. That’s the thing that bugged me; this country is having a huge discussion concerning health care. You would think that any politcian who is making hay out of either supporting or rejecting it, would have enough intellectual interest to look at his own plan and become informed about it; if just to be able to speak to people in terms they can relate to. He just didn’t care, because as one the hosts noted, he was one of the “haves”, the details don’t matter as it was just on tap for him and that makes him out of touch in my opinion. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2009, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/548 "2009-07-22T01:10:46Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Tonight on Lifetime, the network for women - _How The GOP Got Its Groove Back_. Shouldn’t that be Pro-Lifetime? or Right-to-Lifetime? or Culture-of-Lifetime? ---
**Author:** ![Ca3799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/549 "2009-07-22T01:19:55Z")
> [@holmes](#): > > Another Steel moment: The guy doesn’t know who his health care provider is. [It must be nice.](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/21/steele-struggles-to-name_n_242200.html) > > How far out of touch can this guy be? GOP’ers all over the country are reaching for their wallets tonight so they don’t get stumped on this question next.. LOL ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/550 "2009-07-22T01:29:01Z")
> [@Ca3799](#): > > GOP’ers all over the country are reaching for their wallets tonight so they don’t get stumped on this question next.. LOL But with Democrats running things will they assume the wallet is empty, or will they look and be shocked to discover that there is still money in it? -Joe ---
**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 22, 2009, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/551 "2009-07-22T19:53:32Z")
Whoo! All the 'Let ‘em drown and rot in the sun\*’ supporters have themselves a champion. Meet [Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)](http://mediamattersaction.org/blog/200907220004) [QUOTE=Ms. Let 'Em Drown And Rot In The Sun] Let’s agree that we’re going to have PAYGO enforcement. **That we’re not going to cry ‘emergency’ every time we have a Katrina, every time we have a Tsunami,** every time we have a need for extra spending, that we don’t go call for a special appropriation that allows us to circumvent the PAYGO rules. [/QUOTE] \*Gotta come up with a catchy name for these folks. ---
**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 22, 2009, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/552 "2009-07-22T20:04:08Z")
The Nullempathy Caucus? ---
**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 22, 2009, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/553 "2009-07-22T20:06:41Z")
The Balanced Bastards? ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/554 "2009-07-22T20:07:10Z")
Then there is Eric Cantor, who wants to defeat Obama’s Health Care simply because he wants to render the President in effective. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/555 "2009-07-22T20:11:12Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > Whoo! All the 'Let ‘em drown and rot in the sun\*’ supporters have themselves a champion. Meet [Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)](http://mediamattersaction.org/blog/200907220004) > > \*Gotta come up with a catchy name for these folks. Now, of course, we could make a major dent in the Federal debt if we simply asked the people who elected the Honorable Ms. Blackburn to repay **every penny** put into T.V.A. since its inception – with compound interest. That was for flood control, along with rural electrification, right? Just like Katrina and tsunami relief. Tennesseeans? What do you think about the idea? If there’s one thing the Federal government should unquestionably be doing along the lines of public relief, it would be responding to widespread disaster relief – the kind of thing that wipes out 2/3 of a state, you know? ---
**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 22, 2009, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/556 "2009-07-22T20:14:17Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > Then there is Eric Cantor, who wants to defeat Obama’s Health Care simply because he wants to render the President in effective. Eric Cantor, Jim DeMint and about 3/4 of the Republican Caucus in Congress. This isn’t about serving their constituents for them. This is about somehow stopping the precipitous slide of their party. Unfortunately for them, it’s only Item 4, 352 on the list of reasons that their party is falling out from under them. ---
**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 22, 2009, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/557 "2009-07-22T20:24:58Z")
Sorry **jayjay** and **Really Not All That Bright** , those are nice, but you’ll have to do better than that. > [@Polycarp](#): > > Now, of course, we could make a major dent in the Federal debt if we simply asked the people who elected the Honorable Ms. Blackburn to repay **every penny** put into T.V.A. since its inception – with compound interest. > > That was for flood control, along with rural electrification, right? Just like Katrina and tsunami relief. Yes, but wasn’t the TVA mainly to benefit white people? In that case it’s ok. Katrina mainly affected blacks, and the tsunami mainly affected browns, though I’m not quite sure why she mentioned something that concerned places like Thailand and Sri Lanka. A tsunami on either of our coasts would affect a lot of white people. Well, California doesn’t matter, and neither does New York or New England, but lots of southern states (the REAL America) abut the Atlantic ocean. ---
**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 27, 2009, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/558 "2009-07-27T10:27:37Z")
I’ve been working on a project and haven’t been paying too much attention to the stupid Republicans, but it looks like something will happen today that might make this guy win the week. [House to consider resolution demanding Obama apologize to Crowley](http://briefingroom.thehill.com/2009/07/24/house-to-take-up-resolution-demanding-obama-apologize-to-crowley/) > [@](#): > > Congress would demand that President Obama apologize to the officer the president said had “acted stupidly” in the arrest of a prominent Harvard professor under a resolution set to be introduced by one Michigan lawmaker. > > Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (R-Mich.) will introduce a House resolution on Monday demanding Obama retract and apologize for remarks he has made about Cambridge Police Sergeant James Crowley this past week. > > Obama had said at his prime time press conference Wednesday that Crowley had “acted stupidly” in the arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, a racially-infused case which has sparked a national debate on race and policing. > > The president refused to back down on his involvement in the case, but appeared in the White House briefing on Friday to say he had called Crowley to explain that never meant to insult the officer. (Obama also called Gates on Friday.) > > McCotter’s resolution would demand Obama “retract his initial public remarks and apologize to Cambridge, Massachusetts Police Sergeant James M. Crowley for having unfairly impugned and prejudged his professional conduct in this local police response incident.” > > … Here’s the full resolution by McCotter (R-Dumbass): > [@](#): > > ``` > DRAFT > > House Resolution > > Whereas on July 16, 2009, Cambridge, Massachusetts Police Sergeant James M. Crowley responded to a 911 call from a neighbor of Harvard University Professor Henry Louis ("Skip") Gates, Jr. about a suspected break-in in progress at his residence, which had been broken into on a prior occasion; > > Whereas on July 22, 2009, in responding to a question during a White House press conference President Barack Obama stated: "Skip Gates is a friend, so I may be a little biased here. I don't know all of the facts involved in this local police response incident"; > > Whereas President Obama proceeded to state Sergeant Crowley "acted stupidly" for arresting Professor Gates on charges of disorderly conduct; > > Whereas, as a former Constitutional Law Professor, President Obama well understands that all Americans are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law, and their actions should not be prejudged prior to being fully and fairly judged by an appropriate and objective authority after due process; > > Whereas, President Obama's nationally televised remarks may likely detrimentally influence the full and fair judgment by an appropriate and objective authority after due process regarding this local police response incident and, thereby, impair Sergeant Crowley's legal and professional standing in relation to said incident; and > > Whereas, President Obama appeared at a daily White House Press briefing on July 24, 2009 to address his denouncement of Sergeant Crowley and stated: "I could have calibrated those words differently" but "I continue to believe, based on what I have heard, that there was an overreaction in pulling Professor Gates out of his home to the station." > > Whereas, President Obama's refusal to retract his initial public remarks and apologize to Sergeant Crowley and, instead, reiterate his accusation impugning Sergeant Crowley's professional conduct in the performance of his duties; > > Now therefore be it > > Resolved, That the House of Representatives– > > Calls upon President Obama to retract his initial public remarks and apologize to Cambridge, Massachusetts Police Sergeant James M. Crowley for having unfairly impugned and prejudged his professional conduct in this local police response incident. > > ``` President Obama goofed and said something he shouldn’t have said (but that a lot of us were thinking). He’s human too. However, he immediately made it right by calling Crowley and Gates and inviting them to the White House, and then breaking in on a Gibbs press conference to chide himself for his poor choice of words and expressing the hope that this incident would become a “teachable moment.” How many presidents do that sort of thing? Well, yeah, it’s become a teachable moment alright. It’s already taught me that Thaddeus McCotter is an idiot. Oh, and here’s another hypocrite for the Hypocrite Files: [Pro-Life State Sen. Paul Stanley, Mr. Abstinence cheats on wife with 22 year old intern and gets blackmailed](http://crooksandliars.com/john-amato/state-sen-paul-stanley) ---
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/559 "2009-07-27T13:18:09Z")
My brother works for a Seventh Day Adventist hospital in Honolulu, and his boss, while not a Seventh Day Adventist, is a fundamentalist Christian of what sounds like a Palin-esque type stamp: you know, believe and you shall be rich. I can’t remember what they’re called right now - Prosperity Christians or something like that? Anyway, when one of the many Republican sex scandals broke last year, she explained that Satan specifically targets the really good Christians so as to destroy them politically. She felt terribly sorry for the man. Mind you, this is a sophisticated woman who came from New York City to Honolulu after a high-profile job as a corporate executive, now slumming in paradise because it’s a very Christian hospital. My brother, whose politics are considerably to the left of mine (which are about in line with **elucidator** ’s), just tries to keep his head low. ---
**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 27, 2009, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/560 "2009-07-27T13:20:15Z")
It’s called the Prosperity Movement. I don’t know what you call its adherents, exactly. ETA: Other than “stupid”, of course. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=27) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=29)