# 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:** 336
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2012, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6701 "2012-09-01T12:28:28Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > I’m kinda guessing that paying them for the lost workday would have constituted a campaign finance crime. Wouldn’t not paying them for a “mandatory” event constitute a wage & hour issue? Any employment lawyers around that might could speak to it? ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2012, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6702 "2012-09-01T13:20:11Z")
Romney won’t lose the miners. They are all convinced Obama is after their jobs. And he kinda is with his green initiatives. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2012, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6703 "2012-09-01T17:27:47Z")
> [@Bouncer](#): > > woah Woah WOAH!!! > > …they make.. they make bacon incense? > > WHY HAVE YOU NOT TOLD ME OF THIS!!!?!?! > > Regards, > -Bouncer- > PS: Not that I’m addicted to b-b-bacon or a-a-anything. I’m not. Really. WHERE IS IT YOU WILL TELL ME RIGHT NOW!!! Hold onto your empty seat … [www.baconsalt.com](http://www.baconsalt.com) So it appears we finally have hard evidence that watching Fox News makes you batshit insane: \*"When Kappheim was approached by the arresting deputy, [Kappheim] said “he was very conservative and (his girlfriend) was a liberal.” [so] “he felt that he was going to have to kill her,” the report said. … While inside of the woman’s apartment [that she shared with Kappheim], the deputy said he found documents that made him believe Kappheim is obsessed with Fox News and the Republican Party, and that he may be a danger to others."\* “You’re a liberal, so I’m going to have to kill you.” Yeah, pretty stupid idea, but rather unsurprising given Fox’s agenda. And the whole fucking network is a danger to others. Would that we could lock up all the perpetrators there. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2012, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6704 "2012-09-01T21:26:13Z")
To me the biggest stupidity demonstrated on the Eastwood affair is that on a night were everything was supposed to be under control, it was controlled by incompetents: it was indeed an uncontrolled and an unrehearsed speech! > **[The Assassination of Clint Eastwood by the Coward Mitt Romney](https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2012/08/clint-eastwood-gop-convention-the-romney-campaign-sells-out-its-surprise-speaker.html)** > > Read the rest of Slate’s coverage from the GOP convention. > [@](#): > > Eastwood’s remarks, aides reportedly told the Times, were not rehearsed. That whole business of haranguing an invisible Obama, represented by an empty chair? > > > [@](#): > > > > Initially, there were no plans for Mr. Eastwood to take a chair onstage as a prop. But at the last minute, the actor asked the production staff backstage if he could use one, but did not explain why. “The prop person probably thought he was going to sit in it,” a senior aide said. > > \*\* > Again, this is the campaign’s defense: In advance of the candidate’s biggest public speech to date, at the climax of a tightly orchestrated multiple-day political performance, Team Romney sent an actor out to wing it on national television.\*\* > > They screwed up the un-screwuppable. This was like having one of the featured guests at the State of the Union drop his trousers on camera. If you botch that, how are you going to execute the more complicated constitutional duties? Mitt Romney can’t handle Clint Eastwood trying to do him a favor, and he wants to take on unfriendly negotiations with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Vladimir Putin? > > And the Eastwood appearance was a miscalculation long before any furniture got dragged out onstage. The campaign had hyped it as a special secret appearance, causing waves of speculation about what political coup Romney might have in the works. Was he going to bring out Gen. David Petraeus to endorse him? The SEAL who killed Osama bin Laden? He might redefine his whole candidacy in one memorable moment. > > And then … they dragged out an actor. A known Republican. Imagine the Obama campaign staging the same windup, only to bring out Robert De Niro. It would be humiliating. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2012, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6705 "2012-09-03T22:10:21Z")
[Eric Cantor apparently thinks Labor Day is about business owners.](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/09/03/rep-cantor-labor-day-celebrates-business-owners/) (This is about the most neutral link I could find on the first page of Google results.) ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2012, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6706 "2012-09-03T22:18:13Z")
And Cantor didn’t get [the talking point](http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/09/03/1126531/-Cantor-flummoxed-in-trying-to-explain-Ryan-s-attacks-on-Medicare?detail=hide)about the Medicare “cuts” Ryan proposed too. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2012, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6707 "2012-09-04T06:28:35Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > [Eric Cantor apparently thinks Labor Day is about business owners.](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/09/03/rep-cantor-labor-day-celebrates-business-owners/) Maybe he has a point. Nearly all of the world’s major countries celebrate International Workers’ Day on May 1, but we’ve rejected their communistic “people are corporations too” philosophy here, thank you. ---
**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:** [September 4, 2012, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6708 "2012-09-04T13:34:01Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > [Eric Cantor apparently thinks Labor Day is about business owners.](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/09/03/rep-cantor-labor-day-celebrates-business-owners/) > > (This is about the most neutral link I could find on the first page of Google results.) I can’t quite figure out if he did that on purpose or if he’s just a dumbass. ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2012, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6709 "2012-09-04T19:34:42Z")
Is this for real? It [appears to be an actual cover of the National Review](http://www.balloon-juice.com/2012/09/04/late-night-open-thread-in-galtian-paradise-irony-owns-you/) portraying Romney and Ryan in the image of communist propaganda. I’m certain that I must be falling for some hoax, but my initial attempts haven’t confirmed this. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2012, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6710 "2012-09-04T19:49:36Z")
It emphasizes their whiteness and maleness, which are critically important qualities for their chance to defeat Obama. ---
**Author:** ![lance\_strongarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@lance\_strongarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lance_strongarm)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2012, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6711 "2012-09-04T20:08:03Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I can’t quite figure out if he did that on purpose or if he’s just a dumbass. I’m going with dumbass. ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2012, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6712 "2012-09-04T20:19:31Z")
> [@Knorf](#): > > It emphasizes their whiteness and maleness, which are critically important qualities for their chance to defeat Obama. But their Stalin-ness too? Clearly it was copied from the other poster shown in the link, no? ---
**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:** [September 4, 2012, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6713 "2012-09-04T20:46:07Z")
> [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](#): > > Is this for real? It [appears to be an actual cover of the National Review](http://www.balloon-juice.com/2012/09/04/late-night-open-thread-in-galtian-paradise-irony-owns-you/) portraying Romney and Ryan in the image of communist propaganda. I’m certain that I must be falling for some hoax, but my initial attempts haven’t confirmed this. This has GOT to be a joke cover. I can’t imagine the National Review being this stupid. Oh wait… ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2012, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6714 "2012-09-04T20:46:38Z")
> [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](#): > > Is this for real? It [appears to be an actual cover of the National Review](http://www.balloon-juice.com/2012/09/04/late-night-open-thread-in-galtian-paradise-irony-owns-you/) portraying Romney and Ryan in the image of communist propaganda. I’m certain that I must be falling for some hoax, but my initial attempts haven’t confirmed this. Soviet art sensibility or not, both Romney and Ryan look like they live in [Uncanny Valley](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley). Cover fail. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2012, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6715 "2012-09-04T20:50:41Z")
Not a joke. [It’s on the NR’s web site.](https://www.nationalreview.com/nrdsubscribe) (see upper right hand corner.) Of course it _is_ a joke – but one they don’t get. ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2012, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6716 "2012-09-04T20:54:30Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Not a joke. [It’s on the NR’s web site.](https://www.nationalreview.com/nrdsubscribe) (see upper right hand corner.) > > Of course it _is_ a joke – but one they don’t get. Wow! Holy shit! Thanks for that. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2012, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6717 "2012-09-04T20:59:18Z")
> [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](#): > > But their Stalin-ness too? Clearly it was copied from the other poster shown in the link, no? It is sending a not-so-subliminal message that, “These strong white men will tell us what to do and destroy “defeatists” who get in the way.” ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2012, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6718 "2012-09-04T21:18:02Z")
That NR cover is awesomely terrible. It’s not even a very good likeness of either of them. The image of Romney looks like an actor I _can’t quite recall_. I thought for a minute he looked like Mitch Ryan, who played Minnie Driver’s dad in _Grosse Point Blank_, but I don’t think that’s who I am thinking of. Gah! I know it is reminding me of someone! Anyway, whoever it looks like, it doesn’t look much like Romney. Is this a real-life case of a disgruntled graphic artist slipping an embarassing image past his bosses? Taking your inspiration from Soviet-era propaganda to create a supposedly flattering image of a presidential candidate? It’s too dumb. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2012, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6719 "2012-09-04T21:25:09Z")
If you stare at them long enough, they look a little bit like Herman and Eddie Munster. ---
**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:** [September 4, 2012, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6720 "2012-09-04T21:31:07Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > The image of Romney looks like an actor I _can’t quite recall_. [Montgomery Clift?](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery_Clift) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=335) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=337)