# 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:** 348
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6941 "2012-09-23T16:56:00Z")
Perhaps it’s a California thing, but the metaphor as California = ATM is pretty common around here. Candidates blitz in, grab a boatload of cash at a fundraiser, and dash out to some battleground state. Nobody actually campaigns here. ---
**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 23, 2012, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6942 "2012-09-23T16:58:29Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Think Romney has ever actually used one? > [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Not a chance. They’ve never even seen actual cash. Upon reconsideration, they may have seen Krugerands, if that counts as cash. And they may have seen other solid gold coins and collectible currencies. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6943 "2012-09-23T17:49:50Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Nobody actually campaigns here. Be grateful. ---
**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:** [September 23, 2012, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6944 "2012-09-23T17:58:51Z")
> [@Knorf](#): > > Be grateful. Yeah, having moved from Ohio to California… My phone does not ring all day, every day! People are not at my door! I haven’t seen a single presidential ad. MY GOD, THIS IS WHAT FREEDOM FEELS LIKE! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6945 "2012-09-23T20:38:01Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Yes. You use a PIN number to access it. > > :rolleyes: :rolleyes: back at ya. ---
**Author:** ![rogerbox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@rogerbox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rogerbox)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6946 "2012-09-23T20:44:40Z")
“Europe doesn’t work here and never could work here” is a dogwhistle for “We have too many lazy niggers in the USA that don’t work, the European social safety net works because they have mostly hard working white stock over there”, the racists know exactly what it means, and the non-racist repubs just swallow it without ever knowing WHY it wouldn’t work here. ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6947 "2012-09-24T09:39:15Z")
[We already have free health care – the Emergency Room](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/23/mitt-romney-60-minutes-health-care_n_1908129.html) ---
**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 24, 2012, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6948 "2012-09-24T14:27:25Z")
> [@MacCat](#): > > There’s another Stupid Republican idea of the day, agreeing to debate Jon Stewart. So, is Stewart going to use rubber gloves or tongs to protect himself when he hands BillO’s ass to him? ---
**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 24, 2012, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6949 "2012-09-24T14:28:40Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](#): > > Automatic Teller Machine Machine?? > [@jsc1953](#): > > Yes. You use a PIN number to access it. > > :rolleyes: I heard on the radio that Obama is putting a taxpayer-subsidized cluster of them on the big Rio Grande river to help illegal aliens get American cash. ---
**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 24, 2012, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6950 "2012-09-24T16:29:35Z")
[Mitt Romney recognizes a problem and proposes a solution](http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-romney-beverly-hills-fundraiser-20120922,0,2317962.story): > [@](#): > > Romney’s wife, Ann, was in attendance, and the candidate spoke of the concern he had for her when her plane had to make an emergency landing Friday en route to Santa Monica because of an electrical malfunction. > > “I appreciate the fact that she is on the ground, safe and sound. And I don’t think she knows just how worried some of us were,” Romney said. “When you have a fire in an aircraft, there’s no place to go, exactly, there’s no — and\*\* you can’t find any oxygen from outside the aircraft to get in the aircraft, because the windows don’t open. I don’t know why they don’t do that. It’s a real problem.\*\* So it’s very dangerous. And she was choking and rubbing her eyes. Fortunately, there was enough oxygen for the pilot and copilot to make a safe landing in Denver. But she’s safe and sound.” (emphasis added) ---
**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 24, 2012, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6951 "2012-09-24T16:49:51Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > [Mitt Romney recognizes a problem and proposes a solution](http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-romney-beverly-hills-fundraiser-20120922,0,2317962.story) I keep reading that in hopes of it being some sort of joke, but I’m still not seeing it. Holy crap. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6952 "2012-09-24T17:09:35Z")
Gonna have to make sure there are signs of the windows saying “Do Not Fucking Open This Window!” ---
**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 24, 2012, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6953 "2012-09-24T17:19:07Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Gonna have to make sure there are signs of the windows saying “Do Not Fucking Open This Window!” Unfortunately the signs and the window controls will be blocked right at the crucial moment by those damn masks that pop out in front of you. How are you supposed to get some fresh air with those things getting in the way? ---
**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 24, 2012, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6954 "2012-09-24T17:30:39Z")
> [@rogerbox](#): > > “Europe doesn’t work here and never could work here” is a dogwhistle for “We have too many lazy niggers in the USA that don’t work, the European social safety net works because they have mostly hard working white stock over there”, the racists know exactly what it means, and the non-racist repubs just swallow it without ever knowing WHY it wouldn’t work here. He said Europe doesn’t work _there_. He’s not saying it only wouldn’t work here. ---
**Author:** ![rogerbox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@rogerbox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rogerbox)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6955 "2012-09-24T17:54:15Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > He said Europe doesn’t work _there_. He’s not saying it only wouldn’t work here. You’re right I mis-read it, but I swear I have seen Mitt Romney say that Europe could never work here, without saying it wasn’t working there, where the implication is exactly what I said. But I should be more careful. (in other words, he has made that exact same dog whistle before, but was using a non-factual weasel word in this instance). ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6956 "2012-09-24T17:55:23Z")
1. Crying baby in window seat in front of you 2. Stealthily open window next to baby, whoooosh! Gone, baby, gone. 3. You quip “Hey, that really sucks!” Hilarity ensues. ---
**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 24, 2012, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6957 "2012-09-24T18:23:26Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > 1. Crying baby in window seat in front of you > 2. Stealthily open window next to baby, whoooosh! Gone, baby, gone. > 3. You quip “Hey, that really sucks!” Hilarity ensues. It only works if the baby makes a nice, satisfying “Thooop” noise. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6958 "2012-09-24T18:44:29Z")
Meh. Just strap 'em onto the roof rack. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2012, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6959 "2012-09-24T18:45:16Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Gonna have to make sure there are signs of the windows saying “Do Not Fucking Open This Window!” Don’t be ridiculous! How are you supposed to shoot the gremloins on the wings if you can’t open the window? We can’t all be John Lithgow and shoot it open! ---
**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:** [September 24, 2012, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6960 "2012-09-24T19:04:02Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > [Mitt Romney recognizes a problem and proposes a solution](http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-romney-beverly-hills-fundraiser-20120922,0,2317962.story): > > (emphasis added) That is just so Onionesque. Well, I usually get an aisle seat, but if I could open the window and stick my elbow out, I think I’d go for it. And if passengers could open windows, wouldn’t it be possible to have a smoking section? I wonder if Mitt’s solution would work on submarines as well? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=347) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=349)