# 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:** 341
**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 11, 2012, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6801 "2012-09-11T15:36:03Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > 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. Also: - About 5% of the population has an IQ below 75. Mental retardation is defined as IQ score below 70-75. They may, however, be able to answer surveys. - Some percentage of those called for the survey would have been drunk at the time. This would have impaired their higher cognitive functions. - About 6% of Americans have a serious mental condition such as bipolar disorder or major depression, and a good number of these are untreated. ---
**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:** [September 11, 2012, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6802 "2012-09-11T17:37:25Z")
Conservative Kindergarten RedState has a new policy…[url=“[RedState.com to ban users quoting FACT CHECKERS (not snark, these idiots really mean it)](http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/09/11/1130399/-RedState-com-to-ban-users-quoting-FACT-CHECKERS-not-snark-these-idiots-really-mean-it)”] > [@](#): > > Quote a FactChecker Earn a Ban > In the past we’ve had a policy of banning people who argue in bad faith. As Politifact, and the whole menagerie of “fact checking” organizations have demonstrated themselves to be slavishly attached to the Administration’s nether regions I will consider quoting any of them, in a non-ironic way, as being evidence of arguing in bad faith and worthy of a ban. > > ``` > What do you think? > > ``` Please note however you are free to quote in an entirely ironic way, you know use air quotes or something, something like “Well , according to Politi"fact” Obama was “born” in Hawaii". Facts have a liberal bias…I just made that up…FACT! ---
**Author:** ![Boggette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@Boggette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boggette)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6803 "2012-09-11T17:50:34Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > Wonder if he told that to Sarah Palin. Or Santorum. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6804 "2012-09-11T21:15:01Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > 11% of Republicans will answer any survey to support their guy over Obama regardless of what the question is. I thought we’d already established the [crazification factor was pegged at 27%](http://kfmonkey.blogspot.fr/2005/10/lunch-discussions-145-crazification.html) ? ---
**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, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6805 "2012-09-11T21:24:16Z")
[Romney advisor: talking about foreign policy is a “distraction”.](http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/09/11/827951/romney-adviser-calls-foreign-policy-discussion-a-distraction/) ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6806 "2012-09-11T22:40:05Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > Conservative Kindergarten RedState has a new policy…[url=“[RedState.com to ban users quoting FACT CHECKERS (not snark, these idiots really mean it)](http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/09/11/1130399/-RedState-com-to-ban-users-quoting-FACT-CHECKERS-not-snark-these-idiots-really-mean-it)”] > > Please note however you are free to quote in an entirely ironic way, you know use air quotes or something, something like “Well , according to Politi"fact” Obama was “born” in Hawaii". > > Facts have a liberal bias…I just made that up…FACT! Wow. CNN’s hiring of Erick Erickson just keeps doing wonders for their credibility, doesn’t it? ---
**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 11, 2012, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6807 "2012-09-11T22:58:15Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Also: > > - About 5% of the population has an IQ below 75. Mental retardation is defined as IQ score below 70-75. They may, however, be able to answer surveys. > - Some percentage of those called for the survey would have been drunk at the time. This would have impaired their higher cognitive functions. > - About 6% of Americans have a serious mental condition such as bipolar disorder or major depression, and a good number of these are untreated. Yeah, this is kind of over the line. ---
**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 12, 2012, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6808 "2012-09-12T01:53:18Z")
There’s a line in the Pit? 😕 ---
**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 12, 2012, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6809 "2012-09-12T09:12:52Z")
**astro** started [a thread in IMHO titled “Lawmaker: Disabled kids are God’s vengeance for having an abortion”]([Lawmaker: Disabled kids are God's vengeance for having an abortion - In My Humble Opinion - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=665244) Lawmaker: Disabled kids are God’s vengeance for having an abortion) that deserves mention here. Any bets on whether the Lawmaker has “(D)” or “(R)” by his name ? 😃 ---
**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:** [September 12, 2012, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6810 "2012-09-12T12:31:54Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Any bets on whether the Lawmaker has “(D)” or “(R)” by his name ? 😃 Is this a trick question? 😉 ---
**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:** [September 12, 2012, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6811 "2012-09-12T13:59:09Z")
Depends…is the name being shown on FOX News? ---
**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:** [September 12, 2012, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6812 "2012-09-12T15:50:42Z")
It’s probably not being shown much of anywhere at the moment, at least in this context. The statement was made in 2010. ---
**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:** [September 12, 2012, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6813 "2012-09-12T18:03:08Z")
More fallout from Mitt’s latest misstep: > [@](#): > > Facing criticism for its aggressive and politically-charged response to Tuesday’s violent attacks on the American embassies in Egypt and Libya, Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign is quietly advising Republicans how to respond to questions about the campaign’s handling of the episode. He’ll have to take a number and get in line behind Todd Akin advising Republicans how to attract women voters and Sarah Palin advising Republicans how to appear competent and intellectual. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2012, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6814 "2012-09-12T19:15:39Z")
[GOP Congressman Walter Jones appears on a White Nationalist radio show.](http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2012/09/gop-congressman-appears-white-nationalist-radio-show) > [@](#): > > A North Carolina Republican congressman appeared on a notorious white nationalist radio program on Saturday to talk up legislation he coauthored accusing President Barack Obama of committing impeachable offenses. Rep. Walter Jones, a fiercely anti-war congressman who often breaks with his party on key votes, appeared on the Political Cesspool, a Memphis-based program hosted by ardent white nationalists James Edwards and Eddie Miller. The show has been condemned by groups like the Anti-Defamation League and Southern Poverty Law Center for promoting racist, homophobic, and anti-Semitic beliefs. Jones is the first member of Congress to appear on the program. > > An avowed white nationalist who says David Duke is “above reproach,” Edwards has referred to African Americans as “heathen savages” and “subhuman” and suggested that slavery was “the greatest thing that ever happened” to blacks. The show’s mission statement is blunt: “We represent a philosophy that is pro-White and are against political centralization,” it declares. It then outlines a series of issues the show exists to promote. “We wish to revive the White birthrate above replacement level fertility and beyond to grow the percentage of Whites in the world relative to other races,” reads one plank. Another bullet point endorses the Confederacy: “Secession is a right of all people and individuals. It was successful in 1776 and this show honors those who tried to make it successful in 1865.” Wow…just wow. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2012, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6815 "2012-09-12T19:35:28Z")
That sure was brave of Jones to go right into their own den and call them out on their hateful backward racist attitudes! That’s why he went on the show, right? Right? ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2012, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6816 "2012-09-12T22:11:25Z")
Missouri’s Legislature is in the middle of its veto session. It just overrided the Governor’s veto on SB 749 with a vote of 109-45 in the House\*, the exact number of votes needed. SB 749 -This act modifies provisions relating to the protection of the religious beliefs and moral convictions of certain persons and health care entities. i.e. the “we’re not paying for your birth control, you slut” bill Ahem. Sorry. > [@](#): > > No employer, health plan provider, health plan sponsor, health care provider, or any other person or entity shall be compelled to provide coverage for, or be discriminated against or penalized for declining or refusing coverage for, abortion, contraception, or sterilization in a health plan if such items or procedures are contrary to the religious beliefs or moral convictions of such employer, health plan provider, health plan sponsor, health care provider, person, or entity. - Also by 26-6 in the Senate but that was almost a foregone conclusion. As my Senator said “you could fit the Senate Democrats inside a medium sized van.” ---
**Author:** ![gamerunknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6bbea6/32.png) [@gamerunknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gamerunknown)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6817 "2012-09-13T09:08:29Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > It’s really tough to deal with such irrationality. I have a feeling some of the people claiming to be “very liberal” in the poll didn’t take it very seriously, which’d also skew the results. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6818 "2012-09-13T11:12:17Z")
> [@](#): > > Edwards has referred to African Americans as “heathen savages” and “subhuman” and suggested that slavery was “the greatest thing that ever happened” to blacks Huh, seems like he would fit right in with our own “race realists”. ---
**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 14, 2012, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6819 "2012-09-14T00:49:35Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > Missouri’s Legislature is in the middle of its veto session. It just overrided the Governor’s veto on SB 749 with a vote of 109-45 in the House\*, the exact number of votes needed. > > SB 749 -This act modifies provisions relating to the protection of the religious beliefs and moral convictions of certain persons and health care entities. > > i.e. the “we’re not paying for your birth control, you slut” bill > Ahem. Sorry. > > - Also by 26-6 in the Senate but that was almost a foregone conclusion. As my Senator said “you could fit the Senate Democrats inside a medium sized van.” I’m so ashamed of my home state, and so glad to have escaped unscathed. So Rand Paul decided that the best way to send a strong message of condemnation to Pakistan for imprisoning the man who gave up the location of Osama bin Laden was to … … filibuster a Jobs bill for veterans so it wouldn’t pass. Yes, denying jobs to veterans is exactly the kind of harsh sanctions we need to impose on Pakistan … Wait. What? Fucking dickhead. [www.politico.com/news/stories/0912/81151.html#ixzz26OPeVsMu](http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0912/81151.html#ixzz26OPeVsMu) ---
**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 14, 2012, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6820 "2012-09-14T01:23:46Z")
According to Rush Limbaugh,[al-Qaeda gave the US Osama bin Laden’s location in order to get Barack Obama reelected.](http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/09/13/842611/rush-limbaugh-bin-laden/) WHAT. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=340) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=342)