# 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:** 289
**Author:** ![Peanut\_Gallery](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/838e76/32.png) [@Peanut\_Gallery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanut_Gallery)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2012, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5761 "2012-06-25T19:52:21Z")
> [@Sinaptics](#): > > 62.9% of Republicans believe that there were WMD in Iraq. > 55.6% of Republicans believe, and have always believed, Obama was born in a foreign country. > 8% of Republicans used to think he was born in US, but now believe he was born in a foreign country. > A combined 21.9% have always believed, or have come to believe he was born in the US. (19.1% & 2.8% respectively) After reading the recent pitting of the VA governor, I’m curious how many Republicans would agree with: “Confederate history is something to celebrate”. (I think Abe Lincoln is curious too!) Obviously, VA Repubs are all for it. I wonder how the party as a whole skews. I’m betting even the western/northern Rs would be all for it as well. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5762 "2012-06-26T00:04:07Z")
So the proponents of the Senate Bill 1070 in Arizona (Proposed by racists and enforced by racists) just found out that almost all of that bill tossed away by the Supreme Court and still the Republican governor Brewer stupidly claimed victory early: [http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563\_162-57460218/what-the-supreme-courts-immigration-ruling-means-for-arizonans/](http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57460218/what-the-supreme-courts-immigration-ruling-means-for-arizonans/) > [@](#): > > “Today the State of Arizona and Senate Bill 1070 was vindicated and the heart of the bill was upheld,” Brewer said. It clearly was grasping at straws as the devil was in the details of the only part that was “vindicated”: > [@](#): > > **Late Monday afternoon** Gov. Brewer sent out a scathing statement from the state capital in Phoenix. She took issue with the federal government saying that they don’t plan to arrest most non-criminal illegal immigrants, calling it a new low for the Obama administration. I guess Brewer noticed that the “heart” that was left was mostly an artificial one. 😛 Oh, yes, you see, the problem is that the “heart of the bill” that was left was mostly useful for Arpaio and thugs only if all the illegals captured by police after other small violations could be arrested and deported, as I understand, Arizona can still arrest all of the ones captured under those conditions, but the final say on who to prosecute belongs to the Federal Government. ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5763 "2012-06-26T00:26:22Z")
Mike Turzai, the Republican House Majority Leader in Pennsylvania, [mentioning the real reason](http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/06/pennsylvania_gop_leader_voter_id_will_help_romney.php?ref=fpnewsfeed) for voter ID laws: > [@](#): > > “Voter ID, which is gonna allow Governor Romney to win the state of Pennsylvania, done,” Turzai said at this weekend’s Republican State Committee meeting. ---
**Author:** ![dwolfe0647](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e95f7d/32.png) [@dwolfe0647](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwolfe0647)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5764 "2012-06-26T03:02:44Z")
It is my understanding that she attends some high level meetings with the President. Some of those meetings discuss policy and national security issues, something that I don’t believe is the role of the First Lady. I recall there being a flap over Hilary Clinton when she was First Lady and a similar situation. It doesn’t seem that this request is something new, if memory serves me correctly. As with the Clinton’s, both were not elected to the office, only one of them. ---
**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 26, 2012, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5765 "2012-06-26T03:04:10Z")
Michele Obama is a Democrat. ---
**Author:** ![dwolfe0647](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e95f7d/32.png) [@dwolfe0647](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwolfe0647)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5766 "2012-06-26T03:08:19Z")
The long form birth certificate released by the White House has been acknowledged by Obama attorneys as a forgery as charged. Sinaptecs, what was that about can’t fix stupid? ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5767 "2012-06-26T03:09:33Z")
Aren’t you cute! This should be humorous for a few minutes. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5768 "2012-06-26T03:23:22Z")
Administration officials acknowledged that he tried to pass it off on Mitch McConnell. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5769 "2012-06-26T04:04:42Z")
It’s cute when the special needs students venture out onto the intrawebs for the first time. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5770 "2012-06-26T04:18:02Z")
> [@dwolfe0647](#): > > The long form birth certificate released by the White House has been acknowledged by Obama attorneys as a forgery as charged. Sinaptecs, what was that about can’t fix stupid? You wanna rephrase that without the stupid? Or at least with something to support such an idiotic claim? (Hint: The Fogbow already raped that truther twister game to death) ---
**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:** [June 26, 2012, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5771 "2012-06-26T04:26:07Z")
> [@dwolfe0647](#): > > The long form birth certificate released by the White House has been acknowledged by Obama attorneys as a forgery as charged. Sinaptecs, what was that about can’t fix stupid? He was talking about you, probably. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5772 "2012-06-26T04:35:26Z")
Why is this mutt referred to as the “First Dog”? Is that because he gets first dibs on sniffing the pants cuffs of foreign diplomats during high-level negotiation meetings? And what about those Portuguese Water Deals that began within a week of this breed having access to the doggie door of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave (the very state where Bo was bred. Coincidence?). And when we alert the so-called “free” press to this breach of national security by breaking into Matt Lauer’s kitchen, he just tells us to sit. And stay. With no treat. ---
**Author:** ![user\_hostile](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/user_hostile/32/474_2.png) [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5773 "2012-06-26T07:46:06Z")
> [@dwolfe0647](#): > > The long form birth certificate released by the White House has been acknowledged by Obama attorneys as a forgery as charged. Sinaptecs, what was that about can’t fix stupid? If Jesus Christ didn’t need a long form birth certificate, that’s good enough for me! ---
**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5774 "2012-06-26T13:24:32Z")
> [@dwolfe0647](#): > > The long form birth certificate released by the White House has been acknowledged by Obama attorneys as a forgery as charged. Sinaptecs, what was that about can’t fix stupid? To be fair, this is the correct thread for this type of stupidity, so yay for you picking the right place to post! Normally we reserve it for the stupidity of politicians, but if you want to volunteer your comment as an example of SRIotD, who am I to argue. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5775 "2012-06-26T13:48:34Z")
Welcome to the SDMB, dwolfe0647. Funny how often newcomers say the oddest things that are guaranteed to get a rise. ---
**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:** [June 26, 2012, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5776 "2012-06-26T14:05:56Z")
_checks date_ _nods_ ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5777 "2012-06-26T14:51:54Z")
Maybe we should change the thread title to “_Comments on_ the Stupid Republican idea of the day”, so no one mistakes it as meaning “Stupid Republicans! Please give us a stupid idea that the rest of us can comment on.” ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5778 "2012-06-26T18:55:41Z")
> [@dwolfe0647](#): > > The long form birth certificate released by the White House has been acknowledged by Obama attorneys as a forgery as charged. Sinaptecs, what was that about can’t fix stupid? I’m beginning to wonder if Republicans honestly believe that anything negative said about a Democrat, whether it can be supported or not, is automatically the truth. After all, email-forwards are practically gospel to these people. ---
**Author:** ![Oldeb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ea666f/32.png) [@Oldeb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oldeb)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5779 "2012-06-26T21:07:37Z")
> [@dwolfe0647](#): > > It is my understanding that she attends some high level meetings with the President. Some of those meetings discuss policy and national security issues, something that I don’t believe is the role of the First Lady. I recall there being a flap over Hilary Clinton when she was First Lady and a similar situation. It doesn’t seem that this request is something new, if memory serves me correctly. > > As with the Clinton’s, both were not elected to the office, only one of them. I’ve always wondered about this one. Do people like **dwolfe** not realize that they didn’t vote for anyone the POTUS interacts with on a daily basis? I suppose the Vice-President is an exception since he’s on the ballot along with the President, but it’s not like **dwolfe** had a say in any Cabinet position, the White House Chief of Staff, or any other presidential adviser. Is there a reason the focus is on Michelle Obama rather than say Chief of Staff Jacob Lew who was also selected without any oversight from any other branch and wields far more power? I’m pretty sure the White House has a chef so it can’t be fears about a sandwich shortage, can it? ---
**Author:** ![gamerunknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6bbea6/32.png) [@gamerunknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gamerunknown)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5780 "2012-06-27T00:04:53Z")
Solely for [dwolfe](http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/birthers/birthcertificate.asp). Any relation to Tom Wolfe? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=288) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=290)