# 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:** 296
**Author:** ![Shoujin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoujin/32/3884_2.png) [@Shoujin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoujin)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5901 "2012-07-10T00:23:19Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > And guys? If your parents had named you “Reince”, you’d have issues, too. His parents wanted to name him “Preince”, but they were dissuaded by a girl in a raspberry beret during a purple rain…:smack: Seriously though. Wisconsin has quite the germanic populace, but..😕 ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5902 "2012-07-10T01:03:47Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Jerome Corsi, of “where’s the birth certificate? Oh, wait, there it is” fame, has come up with a new explanation for Obama’s “missing” college transcripts. > > Apparently, his attending Columbia was just a cover story for [the time he spent as a deep-cover CIA agent in Pakistan.](http://thinkprogress.org/media/2012/07/09/513284/drudge-obama-cia-agent/) > > WHAT. Wouldn’t working to benefit the ol’ U S of A be something he’d have to respect Obama for? No really, stop laughing! That was a serious question! ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5903 "2012-07-10T01:13:42Z")
Would they be saying “Who was that mosqued man? I wanted to thank him…”? ---
**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 10, 2012, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5904 "2012-07-10T03:50:33Z")
Go. To. Your. Room. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2012, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5905 "2012-07-10T04:30:05Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Ha. Ha ha. Ahhhh HAHAHAHAHA! Oh, my God, stop, you’re killing me over here, what an imagination you’ve…a link. Oh. A link. Oh, dear. Just wait till Drudge drops the other shoe and reveals that Obama was — and possibly still is — in reality a double agent, and was/is actually working for . . . _them!_ Will you be laughing then? ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5906 "2012-07-10T04:40:36Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Go. To. Your. Room. We keep sending him there… Maybe we should take the bowl and the computer away first. (psst I think he hides them in his room) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5907 "2012-07-10T04:41:52Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Go. To. Your. Room. This. Is. My. Room. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5908 "2012-07-10T04:42:59Z")
> [@boytyperanma](#): > > We keep sending him there… Maybe we should take the bowl and the computer away first. > > (psst I think he hides them in his room) Wouldn’t work anyway; he’s really good at chewing through the straps. ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5909 "2012-07-10T12:32:59Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Wouldn’t work anyway; he’s really good at chewing through the straps. Silly you ! That’s why Dog invented shackles ! ---
**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 10, 2012, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5910 "2012-07-10T13:43:29Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Wouldn’t working to benefit the ol’ U S of A be something he’d have to respect Obama for? James Bond would be a pretty awesome President. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5911 "2012-07-10T14:21:12Z")
I don’t know… the man does use his own freaking name for a cover and always looks surprised when the bad guy figures it out. I at least want a President who will go to the Monte Carlo casino and try to pass himself off as Heywood Jablowme. ---
**Author:** ![Batfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Batfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batfish)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5912 "2012-07-10T14:23:09Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > James Bond would be a pretty awesome President. We need ANOTHER guy not born in the US? ---
**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:** [July 10, 2012, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5913 "2012-07-10T17:46:31Z")
> [@](#): > > A Tea Party lawmaker in Montana said the relocation of 60 bison – which he blamed on Walt Disney’s creation of “Bambi” – could lead to gas jumping to $25 a gallon as part of a liberal federal government plot. **snip** > [@](#): > > [Rep. Krayton Kerns (R-Laurel)] . . . said the moving of 60 bison from Yellowstone National Park to the Fort Peck Native American Reservation this winter is part of “a four step process to crush the republic and bring our populace into perfect dependence on big government – just as Karl Marx dreamed.” Feverdreams. Caused by a virus? It must be catching, but perhaps only to irrational minds. ---
**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 10, 2012, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5914 "2012-07-10T17:48:22Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > **snip** > > Feverdreams. Caused by a virus? It must be catching, but perhaps only to irrational minds. First they came for the bison and I did nothing… ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5915 "2012-07-10T18:07:04Z")
Who cares about the bison, we still got the buffalo! ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5916 "2012-07-10T18:18:43Z")
I’ve read every word in **BigAppleBucky** ’s post; I know they are English words; I can make no sense out any of them. Is Walt Disney’s creation of “Bambi” to blame for bison in general, or for them having to be moved? How, exactly, is livestock moving to a different park going to cause gas to jump to $25 a gallon? What are the next three steps involved in crushing the republic (I hope they’re a little more sexy than shuffling cattle around)? And finally, I don’t buy that Karl Marx gave a shit about bison in the first place. Can someone translate what the hell’s going on here? ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5917 "2012-07-10T18:26:42Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > I’ve read every word in **BigAppleBucky** ’s post; I know they are English words; I can make no sense out any of them. > > Is Walt Disney’s creation of “Bambi” to blame for bison in general, or for them having to be moved? How, exactly, is livestock moving to a different park going to cause gas to jump to $25 a gallon? What are the next three steps involved in crushing the republic (I hope they’re a little more sexy than shuffling cattle around)? And finally, I don’t buy that Karl Marx gave a shit about bison in the first place. > Can someone translate what the hell’s going on here? I think the “will it blend?” guys got ahold of a bat and a big handful of shit. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5918 "2012-07-10T18:27:04Z")
Well, you see, its Montana, and, well, they are a mite strange out there. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5919 "2012-07-10T18:27:30Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > I’ve read every word in **BigAppleBucky** ’s post; I know they are English words; I can make no sense out any of them. > > Is Walt Disney’s creation of “Bambi” to blame for bison in general, or for them having to be moved? How, exactly, is livestock moving to a different park going to cause gas to jump to $25 a gallon? What are the next three steps involved in crushing the republic (I hope they’re a little more sexy than shuffling cattle around)? And finally, I don’t buy that Karl Marx gave a shit about bison in the first place. > Can someone translate what the hell’s going on here? Here it is, in The Huffington Post: > **[Tea Party Lawmaker: 'Bambi' Part Of Government Plot](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/krayton-kerns-montana-bison_n_1643167)** > > Tea Party Lawmaker: 'Bambi' Part Of Government Plot Boy, imagine how embarassed he’s gpoing to be when he finds out that FElix Salten, a German, wrote “Bambi”, not the folks at Disney. And that it was trranslated into English by ---- Whittaker Chambers! The Communist Party Member and Soviet Spy who ratted out Alger Hiss. ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5920 "2012-07-10T18:31:25Z")
Wow, that made my brain hurt. 1. Bambi 2. Godless Americans 3. Bison as pawns 4. _Profit!_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=295) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=297)