# 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:** 287
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5721 "2012-06-18T18:52:38Z")
How does he shave when he doesn’t cast a reflection in a mirror? ---
**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:** [June 19, 2012, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5722 "2012-06-19T18:20:39Z")
Hedge-fund manager and Republican candidate for U.S. Senator from Wisconsin Eric Hovde is tired of all the sob stories of people struggling in this recession and wants more focus on the debt instead: > **[GOP Candidate Tells Press To Stop Writing 'Sob Stories' About Poor People](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/eric-hovde-sob-stories-poor-people_n_1605343?utm_hp_ref=tw)** > > GOP Candidate Tells Press To Stop Writing 'Sob Stories' About Poor People > [@](#): > > Hovde made his remarks during a presentation on Friday to the Greater Brookfield Chamber of Commerce. > > During the Q&A portion of the event, Hovde expressed his support for lowering the corporate tax rate, tackling the country’s spending problems and lowering the national debt. Then, pointing to a reporter in the audience, Hovde said he would love to see the press stop covering sad stories about low-income individuals who can’t get benefits and start covering issues like the deficit more frequently. > > “I see a reporter here,” he said. “I just pray that you start writing about these issues. I just pray. Stop always writing about, ‘Oh, the person couldn’t get, you know, their food stamps or this or that.’ You know, I saw something the other day – it’s like, another sob story, and I’m like, ‘But what about what’s happening to the country and the country as a whole?’ That’s going to devastate everybody.” ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5723 "2012-06-19T19:00:42Z")
Ya! Stop writing about the fuckin’ crybabies who can’t eat, and start writing more about how another tax cut will work this time, and job creators, and how a corporate tax cut will help us all. ---
**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:** [June 20, 2012, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5724 "2012-06-20T18:47:05Z")
Ohio Republican Congressional candidate Samuel “Joe the Plumber” Wurzelbacher [links Holocaust with gun control](http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/story/2012-06-20/wurzelbacher-campaign-video/55713506/1): > [@](#): > > In the video, [Samuel Wurzelbacher](http://content.usatoday.com/topics/topic/Samuel+Wurzelbacher) loads a shotgun and fires at pieces of fruit placed on wooden posts. “In 1939, Germany established gun control,” he says. “From 1939 to 1945, six million Jews and seven million others, unable to defend themselves, were exterminated.” He ends the video by saying, “I love America.” ---
**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:** [June 20, 2012, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5725 "2012-06-20T18:51:17Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Ohio Republican Congressional candidate Samuel “Joe the Plumber” Wurzelbacher [links Holocaust with gun control](http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/story/2012-06-20/wurzelbacher-campaign-video/55713506/1): Godwinned his own campaign. ---
**Author:** ![howye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9adbd/32.png) [@howye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/howye)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5726 "2012-06-20T19:58:15Z")
Godwin aside, I am never all that comfortable with people who like to associate their gun obsession and the Nazis. No, guns would not have helped the Jews, they would probably have been seen as a bigger threat and the Nazi’s would have acted even more aggresivly. At least this keeps Joe occupied, he isn’t going to win the election and he isn’t screwing up somebody’s plumbing. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5727 "2012-06-20T20:10:05Z")
> [@howye](#): > > At least this keeps Joe occupied, he isn’t going to win the election and he isn’t screwing up somebody’s plumbing. Is he still worried about the taxes he might hypothetically have to pay in the unlikely event that he ever becomes successful and earns enough money? Has he learned what marginal tax rates mean yet? ---
**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:** [June 21, 2012, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5728 "2012-06-21T23:52:07Z")
> [@howye](#): > > Godwin aside, I am never all that comfortable with people who like to associate their gun obsession and the Nazis. No, guns would not have helped the Jews, they would probably have been seen as a bigger threat and the Nazi’s would have acted even more aggresivly. The Jews in the ghetto of Warsaw were well-armed with captured weapons, air-dropped weapons, smuggled weapons, self-made weapons… small arms mostly, but explosives and petrol bombs weren’t uncommon either. They got mulched all the same (thanks for all the help, Stalin !). Surprisingly, sub-machine guns don’t help against artillery. (BTW his premise is a lie, to no one’s surprise. Gun control was implemented in Germany in 19 **2** 8. The Nazis merely renewed the law when its expiry date came up. [Cite](http://www.guncite.com/gun_control_gcnazimyth.html)) ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5729 "2012-06-21T23:59:10Z")
My faith in Joe the Plumber has been shaken. If he can be wrong, who can I possibly trust? ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5730 "2012-06-22T00:36:49Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > **Racist joke at Arkansas Tea Party rally** > > I suppose, given the title of this thread, one needs to assume the Tea Party is a branch of the Republican party. > > The woman who told the joke has resigned her position in the group. > [Inge Marler, Arkansas Tea Party Leader, Resigns After Racist Joke | HuffPost Latest News](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/15/inge-marler-arkansas-tea-party-richard-caster_n_1600376.html#s=more1398) The best part of this story is the response from the head of the Ozark Tea Party: > [@](#): > > “It dawned on me that this little old lady got on stage and said a two-bit, _ **retarded** _ joke that she should not have said and it was all over,” Caster said. (emphasis added) Way to show your opposition to bigoted language there, pal. ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5731 "2012-06-22T03:16:57Z")
I have Eric Holder quoted as saying “The notion that this was an operation set up to do something to infringe upon the Second Amendment rights of my fellow citizens is absurd.” I assume Rep.Walberg had to have asked something pretty stupid to get that answer. Does anyone know where to find the transcript for the oversight comity hearing so Walberg’s can be included in this thread. The narrative that we sold guns to gangs in Mexico as a means to role back gun rights in America is spectacularly stupid and it would appear at least one Republican has bought into it. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5732 "2012-06-22T03:26:16Z")
Oh, dear. You are in for a shock. Its worse. Far worse. If you do the google, you can probably find Rush Limbaugh talking about exactly that, how it was a conspiracy to aggravate gun violence in Mexico so as to make the American public more willing to accept gun confiscation. He’s not alone in this, by any means. _Waaaay_ crazy. ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5733 "2012-06-22T03:34:13Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Oh, dear. You are in for a shock. Its worse. Far worse. > > If you do the google, you can probably find Rush Limbaugh talking about exactly that, how it was a conspiracy to aggravate gun violence in Mexico so as to make the American public more willing to accept gun confiscation. He’s not alone in this, by any means. _Waaaay_ crazy. Yeah I’m well away of the crazy out in the right wing entertainment industry but I prefer my Stupid Republican Idea’s to come out of the mouths of elected Republicans. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5734 "2012-06-22T03:50:43Z")
Well, I can give you Daryll Issa (R-Duh) > [@](#): > > …They’ve never answered the question, “What were they thinking of?” Could it be that what they really were thinking of was in fact to use this walking of guns in order to promote an assault weapons ban. Many think so. And they haven’t come up with an explanation that would cause any of us not to agree… > **[Issa Peddled Conspiracy Theory at NRA Convention, Called Fast and Furious an...](https://www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwatch/post/issa-peddled-conspiracy-theory-at-nra-convention-called-fast-and-furious-an-attack-on-the-2nd-amendment-video)** Close enough? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5735 "2012-06-22T04:25:25Z")
All of this for $19.95? Great, you say, but wait! There’s more! [http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/06/republican\_mica\_latches\_onto\_conspiracy\_abou.php](http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/06/republican_mica_latches_onto_conspiracy_abou.php) > [@](#): > > House Oversight Committee member Rep. John Mica (R-FL) took to Fox News last week to promote the conspiracy theory that the Obama administration had ATF agents let guns “walk” during Operation Fast and Furious in an effort to boost political will for enacting gun control… ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5736 "2012-06-22T07:53:19Z")
Yeah, somehow that became the standard line. The fact that ATF is now apparently supplying weapons to mobsters in hopes they will be used in crime isn’t enough for the GOP, they have to make it about a commie plot to disarm law-abiding Iowa farmers. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Sinaptics](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Sinaptics](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sinaptics)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5737 "2012-06-22T13:44:29Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > All of this for $19.95? Great, you say, but wait! There’s more! Now that you’ve doubled the offer, where’s my free gift? ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5738 "2012-06-22T14:00:53Z")
> [@Sinaptics](#): > > Now that you’ve doubled the offer, where’s my free gift? If you call within the next ten minutes and use a credit card, we’ll ship your SRIotD **absolutely free!** Operators are standing by\*, so _call now!!!_ \*Since the union was decertified, they aren’t allowed to sit. ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5739 "2012-06-22T16:07:21Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Well, I can give you Daryll Issa (R-Duh) > > [Issa Peddled Conspiracy Theory at NRA Convention, Called Fast and Furious an Attack on the 2nd Amendment (VIDEO) | People For](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/issa-peddled-conspiracy-theory-nra-convention-called-fast-and-furious-attack-2nd-amendment) > > Close enough? There you go that’s the good stuff. Come on now Republicans you’re getting your crazy all over the place, maybe you should consider who you’re voting for. ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5740 "2012-06-22T16:23:59Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Well, I can give you Daryll Issa (R-Duh) > > [Issa Peddled Conspiracy Theory at NRA Convention, Called Fast and Furious an Attack on the 2nd Amendment (VIDEO) | People For](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/issa-peddled-conspiracy-theory-nra-convention-called-fast-and-furious-attack-2nd-amendment) > > Close enough? And here is Rachel Maddow explaining its origin. Totally batshit craziness. A wingnut blogger, who ranted about smashing windows at Democratic Party offices (“Break their windows militia guy”) back in March 2010, started calling Fast and Furious a conspiracy to end the 2nd amendment. The funny thing is, inside the conservative crazy-bubble, he is totally credible. [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/ns/msnbc\_tv-rachel\_maddow\_show/#47898261](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/ns/msnbc_tv-rachel_maddow_show/#47898261) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=286) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=288)