# 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:** 340
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6781 "2012-09-11T00:51:31Z")
> [@Jenaroph](#): > > Not to diminish the stupidness of that guy, but the date on that is 2 1/2 years ago. So he was ahead of the curve. ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6782 "2012-09-11T01:31:41Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Pat Robertson sez: If your wife won’t listen to you, move to Saudi Arabia so you can beat her: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoHdO2rwGwE&feature=player\_embedded](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoHdO2rwGwE&feature=player_embedded) My favorite part of this video is where Pat says divorce isn’t okay according to Scripture, but somehow converting to Islam is okay. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6783 "2012-09-11T02:14:15Z")
Wait, what? No way. No chance he says that. Trouble is, I’d have to watch the whole damn thing to be sure, and I’m just not willing to do that ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6784 "2012-09-11T02:16:52Z")
> [@Shayna](#): > > [Virginia lawmaker: Children with disabilities are God’s punishment to women who previously had abortions.](http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2010/02/22/83337/disabled-abortion/) Wonder if he told that to Sarah Palin. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6785 "2012-09-11T02:28:48Z")
From tonight’s Maddow show: Public Policy Polling included a question on their latest poll, asking “Who do you think deserves more credit for the killing of Osama bin Laden: Barack Obama or Mitt Romney?” Among Ohio likely Republican voters: Obama 38%, Romney 15%, Not Sure 47% Among North Carolina likely Republican voters: Obama 29%, Romney 15%, Not Sure 56% That’s right, 71% of likely NC Rep voters either think Romney was more involved in the operation to kill Bin Laden than Obama was, or they’re not sure who was more involved. I knew that Romney was responsible for saving GM, but I must have missed the stories about his involvement in killing Bin Laden. ---
**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:** [September 11, 2012, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6786 "2012-09-11T02:42:44Z")
Romney advisor, when asked what tax loopholes Romney plans to close, responds “pro-growth policies” and "energy independence ". ---
**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:** [September 11, 2012, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6787 "2012-09-11T02:49:57Z")
[Whoops, forgot the link and missed the edit window.](http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/09/10/820061/romney-loophole-energy-independence/) ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6788 "2012-09-11T03:47:37Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Romney advisor, when asked what tax loopholes Romney plans to close, responds “pro-growth policies” and "energy independence ". Much as I enjoy mocking stupid republican ideas, I think you’re misrepresenting this… from reading the article, it’s not so much that a Romney advisor, when asked what tax loopholes Romney plans to close, claimed that “pro-growth policies” and “energy independence” were tax loopholes that Romney plans to close, as it is that a Romney advisor, when asked a question about a specific part of a Romney plan (which loopholes his plan would close), instead just nattered on in broad generalities. Which is certainly something that reflects poorly on the Romney campaign, but I don’t think it’s quite as dumb as you’re making it out to be. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6789 "2012-09-11T03:47:44Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Mitt Romney suggests Obama plans to [take references to god off of US coins](http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/obama-aides-mock-romney-talk-taking-god-off-163532605--election.html): > > “I will not take God off our coins and I will not take God out of my heart. We’re a nation that’s bestowed by God,” the Republican standard-bearer said. Which God? Yaweh or the Mormon God, who used to be a dude like any other dude until he attained perfect enlightenment beneath the Bodhi Tree, died, and got Midgard as a present?\* - - Or something like that. Theology isn’t my specialty. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6790 "2012-09-11T06:17:16Z")
As a general thing, your Norse gods are violent and hyperactive. Though one was low key. ---
**Author:** ![gamerunknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6bbea6/32.png) [@gamerunknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gamerunknown)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6791 "2012-09-11T08:38:41Z")
Offhanded punning is týrrible. Anyway, maybe Romney staged a rally saying he wholeheartedly supported the killing of Osama before venturing off on a mission of his own (combating European secularism, an illfated project). ---
**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 11, 2012, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6792 "2012-09-11T08:55:50Z")
> [@](#): > > According to a PPP poll of likely Ohio voters, 15 percent of Republicans in Ohio think Romney is “more responsible” for bin Laden’s death than Obama, while 47 percent of Republicans are “not sure” whether Obama or Romney deserves more of the credit. I wasn’t sure GOP stupidity could still surprise me, but this one is ridiculous. No matter how pro-GOP one is, what did Romney have to do with bin Laden? It does remind me of another right-wing Stupidity to mention, however. In other threads we have right-wingers(\*) like John Mace saying that American democracy works, that voters get what’s best for them. How can anyone believe that with stupidity on display like the above example? (\* - I realize John Mace supports Obama, and might call himself libertarian rather than right-wing. But the whole _GOP == Right-wing_ meme is confused anyway, _Insane-wing_ or _Stupid-wing_ would be better descriptions of GOP voters.) ---
**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:** [September 11, 2012, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6793 "2012-09-11T09:14:12Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > I wasn’t sure GOP stupidity could still surprise me, but this one is ridiculous. No matter how pro-GOP one is, what did Romney have to do with bin Laden? Not to excuse the stupidity but [liberals don’t escape unscathed either](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/09/10/ohio-conservatives-think-romney-killed-bin-laden/): > [@](#): > > Liberals fared better, but, surprisingly, 4% of “very liberal” Ohioans still give Romney (Yes, the man who last held state-level office FIVE YEARS AGO) the nod for killing bin Laden. > > Perhaps more disturbingly, a whopping 1 in 3 Ohioans surveyed (31%) said they were not sure who was responsible for bin Laden’s death, with 51% of America’s far-right and 14% of America’s presumed far-left not knowing the answer. Ignorant people are ignorant. ---
**Author:** ![Ca3799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6794 "2012-09-11T10:37:19Z")
> [@Knorf](#): > > Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain… That’s exactly what my righty friends have been posting on Facebook for a while. I’m not sure what it means, but it sounds cryptic and scary enough I guess (if you are still scared of the flying monkeys from The Wizard of Oz). Today’s righty Facebook meme is “Don’t vote”. I had 3 this morning: “If you are not into politics then please don’t vote. Remember that even though you are not into politics, politics will always affect your life.” “Responsibility is the key word in your statement. One should vote responsibly and people that are not into politics should stay away from the voting booth.” “Absolutely right .. That’s the reason our country is in the condition it’s in. Ignorant people vote based on personality not on principal. They are easily manipulated by false adds and windy speeches. We need input from citizens that have a basic understanding of the constitution and that have the overall good of this nation at heart. There are too many people voting for the one who gives them the most free bees! THINK, UNDERSTAND, THEN VOTE!” ---
**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:** [September 11, 2012, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6795 "2012-09-11T10:40:43Z")
> [@](#): > > There are too many people voting for the one who gives them the most free bees! Bees, you say? SHUT UP AND TAKE MY VOTES. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6796 "2012-09-11T11:02:01Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > As a general thing, your Norse gods are violent and hyperactive. Though one was low key. You’re such a trickster. ---
**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 11, 2012, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6797 "2012-09-11T11:26:01Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > As a general thing, your Norse gods are violent and hyperactive. Though one was low key. You know, I was still chuckling over the Jesus/death tax line, then you had to go and do this. Bad 'luci, bad; no cookie. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6798 "2012-09-11T13:58:18Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Wait, what? No way. No chance he says that. Trouble is, I’d have to watch the whole damn thing to be sure, and I’m just not willing to do that He makes a clear joke of it at the beginning, “Become a Muslim, move to Saudi Arabia; but seriously folks…” Then as he mumbles his way through his speculations of her obviously deficient upbringing (she hasn’t been taught the righteousness of submitting to her husband) he seems to realize there aren’t any legal ways (that he can think of) to “correct” your uppity wife in the US, so he ends on, “Yeah, move to Saudi Arabia.” ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6799 "2012-09-11T14:22:19Z")
Good to know Romney will have God in his heart while he pushes grandma off the cliff. That’d be really upsetting if a godless heathen did it. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6800 "2012-09-11T15:26:46Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Not to excuse the stupidity but [liberals don’t escape unscathed either](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/09/10/ohio-conservatives-think-romney-killed-bin-laden/): Ignorant people are ignorant. I would interpret these results as follows. 8% of people misheard or didn’t understand the question. (4% answered Obama, 4% answered Romney) 11% of Republicans will answer any survey to support their guy over Obama regardless of what the question is. 40% Want to pretend that Obama didn’t have anything to do with Osama’s death but correctly realize that Romney didn’t do anything either and so in comparing 0 to zero say they don’t know. In general I don’t put a lot of faith in these partisan based knowledge polls because people are too likely to say whatever they think makes their candidate look the best rather than what they actually think. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=339) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=341)