# 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:** 315
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6281 "2012-08-09T21:56:10Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > At least one (and probably more) would just as soon see them all leave the state, given that someone just burned down the mosque in Joplin, Missouri. No freedom of religion, there. So? Someone once said something mean to a Christian, and that makes it all even. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6282 "2012-08-09T21:57:48Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > And how is the United States supposed to compete with the rest of the world when we’re intentionally turning our children into morons? Easy - God’s on our side. That makes it all okay. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6283 "2012-08-09T21:58:10Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > So? Someone once said something mean to a Christian, and that makes it all even. The Bricker-Virus has claimed another victim. ☹ ---
**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:** [August 9, 2012, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6284 "2012-08-09T22:33:42Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > At least one (and probably more) would just as soon see them all leave the state, given that someone just burned down the mosque in Joplin, Missouri. No freedom of religion, there. Jesus. How did I not hear about that? ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6285 "2012-08-09T23:16:13Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Easy - God’s on our side. That makes it all okay. “I knew my God was bigger than his. I knew that my God was a real God and his was an idol.” “We in the army of God, in the house of God, kingdom of God have been raised for such a time as this,” Boykin said last year. On at least one occasion, in Sandy, Ore., in June, Boykin said of President Bush: “He’s in the White House because God put him there.” [I knew my God was bigger than his](http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/1016-01.htm) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6286 "2012-08-09T23:36:21Z")
IIRC, his military specialty was intelligence. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2012, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6287 "2012-08-10T03:32:59Z")
> [@MOIDALIZE](#): > > We must never forget the valor of Nathan Forrest, who terrorized Federal supply lines with his brigade of velociraptor riders. The bigger issue is that Bob Jones U. is supplying public school textbooks. That simply should never, ever happen. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2012, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6288 "2012-08-10T12:12:24Z")
> [@MacCat](#): > > “I knew my God was bigger than his. I knew that my God was a real God and his was an idol.” > > “We in the army of God, in the house of God, kingdom of God have been raised for such a time as this,” Boykin said last year. > > On at least one occasion, in Sandy, Ore., in June, Boykin said of President Bush: “He’s in the White House because God put him there.” > > [I knew my God was bigger than his](http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/1016-01.htm) _My God’s Bigger than Your God My God’s Bigger than Yours My God’s Bigger 'cause He eats Ken-L-Ration My God’s Bigger than yours_ Let’s hear it for all the Boomer Dopers out there. Because no one else will get this. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Oi84maqHgxg/hqdefault.jpg "Ken L Ration My Dog's Better Than Your Dog") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oi84maqHgxg) ---
**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6289 "2012-08-10T13:31:29Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > At least one (and probably more) would just as soon see them all leave the state, given that someone just burned down the mosque in Joplin, Missouri. No freedom of religion, there. On the plus side, $160k has already been raised to rebuild it, they need a total of $250k. So, we don’t need to lose faith in all humanity, just parts of it. \*always look on the bright side of your life . . . \* ---
**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:** [August 10, 2012, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6290 "2012-08-10T15:26:10Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Jesus. How did I not hear about that? Jesus never even mentioned it on His twitter feed. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6291 "2012-08-10T16:42:05Z")
> [@Peanut\_Gallery](#): > > Jesus never even mentioned it on His twitter feed. Certainly not. [https://twitter.com/jesus](https://twitter.com/jesus) ---
**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:** [August 10, 2012, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6292 "2012-08-10T16:55:48Z")
> [@otternell](#): > > On the plus side, $160k has already been raised to rebuild it, they need a total of $250k. So, we don’t need to lose faith in all humanity, just parts of it. > > \*always look on the bright side of your life . . . \* Wasn’t it insured? ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6293 "2012-08-10T17:33:43Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > This is what happens when a referendum is held during a primary involving only one party instead of during a general election. Might have passed anyway, but given the subject and the primary, it was a sure thing. That just sounds so wrong. It oughtn’t be legal. It’s blatantly inequitable de facto, even if purely de jure on the surface it’s defensible by a lawyer (saying this in hopes of forestalling just such an argument from you-know-who). ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6294 "2012-08-10T18:20:51Z")
Romney’s people have no idea why their poll numbers are going downhill: > [@](#): > > “It’s the middle of summer, it’s the doldrums. It’s the Olympics. **There has not been any national news that would push these numbers from -3 to -9** ,” a senior Romney adviser told reporters on Friday at a briefing in campaign headquarters. > > _(emphasis added)_ I guess that taxing question was too much for the spokesman to assess, or maybe he just saw no percentage in releasing the information. ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6295 "2012-08-10T19:53:29Z")
From People For The American Way… “Last Thursday, Mitt Romney took time out of his trip to Denver to sit down with right-wing influentials Garry Bauer, James Dobson, and Boykin, who praised the Republican nominee for his plans to defund Planned Parenthood, among other initiatives the Religious Right holds dear.” ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6296 "2012-08-10T21:48:36Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > \*My God’s Bigger than Your God . . . \* We’re much better than you are We’re much bigger than you We’re much stronger than you are Our God is much bigger too We’ve more money than you have Our girls have much bigger tits We’re much better than you are You’re just a nation of shits. Eric Idle, The Rutland Isles ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6297 "2012-08-10T22:36:43Z")
He’'s talking about England? That used to be Great Britain? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6298 "2012-08-10T22:41:01Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Romney’s people have no idea why their poll numbers are going downhill: > > I guess that taxing question was too much for the spokesman to assess, or maybe he just saw no percentage in releasing the information. And, they’d like to pretend that bungled trip to Europe just didn’t happen. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6299 "2012-08-10T23:06:49Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > He’'s talking about England? That used to be Great Britain? No… It’s from an album entitled “The Rutland Isles.” This is an archipelago somewhere east of yon, and north of t’otherplace, with islands like Paranoia (“We’re right behind you”) and Contracepcion. Not quite as good as Rutland Weekend Television, but still fairly good. Lots of infantile jokes…but it’s Eric Idle, who takes infantile jokes to a grand new level. Apologies for the highjack… ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6300 "2012-08-11T01:44:40Z")
[Romney wants Obama to promise not to talk about his business background.](http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/08/10/676441/romney-to-obama-lets-agree-not-to-discuss-my-business-record/) Is there any accomplishment in Romney’s life that he _isn’t_ ashamed of? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=314) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=316)