# 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:** 350
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6981 "2012-09-26T15:52:48Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Wait, isn’t this a lockout? I.e. not the union that started this particular work outage? And shouldn’t Romney weigh in on this, since he likes to fire people and knows a lot of team owners? Shouldn’t he be pro-lockout? But the lockout is because the NFL won’t meet the refs’ requests and is trying to make them back down, right? Rightwingers tend to think of unions as core group of elitists making the decisions and forcing everyone to go along with them, and that without the union those poor refs would be free to do their jobs, which is all they really want to do. Of course, that was mostly just a bit of snarkery. For all I know the tweets were genuinely on the union’s side. Some just really don’t like _government_ unions. ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6982 "2012-09-26T17:02:37Z")
Meet the Mecklenburg County GOP website::eek: > **[Virginia GOP Group Definitely, Definitely Not Racist](https://www.wonkette.com/virginia-gop-group-definitely-definitely-not-racist)** > > There are probably, somewhere, very reasonable members of the contemporary GOP who are genuinely interested in improving political discourse in a way that is constructive, well-reasoned, and responsible. You could find them, if you looked. > A tip:... ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6983 "2012-09-26T17:56:55Z")
Holy flurking schnit!!! ---
**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 26, 2012, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6984 "2012-09-26T17:59:51Z")
Has anyone told Mecklenburg County what year it is? ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6985 "2012-09-26T18:07:40Z")
> [@Truman\_Burbank](#): > > Meet the Mecklenburg County GOP website::eek: > > [Virginia GOP Group Definitely, Definitely Not Racist](http://wonkette.com/485165/virginia-gop-group-definitely-definitely-not-racist#more-485165) Tu quoque’s are lame, it was more than enough in that other thread to prove his manufactured outrage was silly. He may never come back to the thread he started but since his verbiage changed from ‘Ried’s attack’ to ‘Ried’s comment’ he’s acknowledging it. But maybe I’m wrong and he’ll come back for more lumps. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6986 "2012-09-26T18:09:25Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Has anyone told Mecklenburg County what year it is? Now \* that’s\* the county Mr Peabody’s coal train should have hauled away. ---
**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 26, 2012, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6987 "2012-09-26T18:13:16Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > Tu quoque’s are lame, it was more than enough in that other thread to prove his manufactured outrage was silly. He may never come back to the thread he started but since his verbiage changed from ‘Ried’s attack’ to ‘Ried’s comment’ he’s acknowledging it. > > But maybe I’m wrong and he’ll come back for more lumps. I am completely mystified by this comment. BTW, I looked at the Facebook page about an hour ago, and all this shit is still up. You have to do a little hunting for it – look in the first and largest photo album. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6988 "2012-09-26T18:17:27Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I am completely mystified by this comment. That shit is offensive as hell, the debate tactic of ‘your side does it too!’ is weak. ---
**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 26, 2012, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6989 "2012-09-26T18:20:40Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > [Allen West (R-FL) on the UN meeting:](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/25/allen-west-un_n_1913790.html?utm_hp_ref=politics) > > > [@](#): > > > > My statement to the United Nations would have been, “The future does not belong to those who attack our Embassies and Consulates and kill our Ambassadors. The Angel of Death in the form of an American Bald Eagle will visit you and wreak havoc and destruction upon your existence.” And _that_, Congressman West, is why you were not sent to the United Nations to deliver a statement on behalf of the American people. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6990 "2012-09-26T18:32:04Z")
For some one hundred thousand innocent Iraqis, the distinction between the American Eagle and the Angel of Death is moot. ---
**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 26, 2012, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6991 "2012-09-26T19:16:28Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > That shit is offensive as hell, the debate tactic of ‘your side does it too!’ is weak. No one is saying “your side does it too!” Someone is saying, “This is what it really looks like when someone goes over the line, because your example of Reid doing so ain’t it.” ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6992 "2012-09-26T19:42:27Z")
I thought it spoke for itself, perhaps I should have elucidated a bit more… ---
**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 26, 2012, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6993 "2012-09-26T19:57:20Z")
> [@Truman\_Burbank](#): > > I perhaps I should have elucidated a bit more… We already have a guy here for that. You know the one - goes by Elucidated or Elucidatinor or something… ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6994 "2012-09-26T19:59:14Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > We already have a guy here for that. You know the one - goes by Elucidated or Elucidatinor or something… Thanks for noticing. I was going to try to shoe-horn ‘polemic’ into the sentence as well, I swear…😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6995 "2012-09-27T15:59:40Z")
Rmoney says [Jack Nicklaus](http://deadspin.com/5946560/mitt-romney-thinks-the-greatest-athlete-of-the-20th-century-was-jack-nicklaus-who-was-not-the-greatest-athlete-of-the-20th-century) was the greatest athlete of the 20th century. Even as an avid golfer, I say, really? Jack Nicklaus better than Willie Mays, Bo Jackson, Muhammad Ali? ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6996 "2012-09-27T16:07:26Z")
Or Tiger Woods, for that matter. ---
**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6997 "2012-09-27T16:28:47Z")
To be fair, at some point Sports Illustrated had called Jack Nicklaus the greatest athlete of the 20th century. > [@](#): > > Sports Illustrated selected Jack Nicklaus as the best individual male athlete of the 20th Century. With a revolutionarily powerful game, the Golden Bear won a record 18 major championships, including an unmatched six Masters. His record has set the standard for golf greatness. [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/cover/news/1999/12/02/awards/](http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/cover/news/1999/12/02/awards/) ---
**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 27, 2012, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6998 "2012-09-27T16:30:10Z")
That just means SI doesn’t own a dictionary. Nicklaus is a sportsman, not an athlete. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6999 "2012-09-27T16:33:24Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Or Tiger Woods, for that matter. Tiger was only a professional athlete for 4 years of the 20th century. He would have had to break the home run record while pitching 3 perfect games, led his team to the Super Bowl, won the PBA championship with a string of 300 games, led the NHL and NBA in scoring, and won an Olympic decathlon to even be in the running for Greatest Athlete of the 20th Century in just 4 years of pro effort. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7000 "2012-09-27T16:36:01Z")
> [@otternell](#): > > To be fair, at some point Sports Illustrated had called Jack Nicklaus the greatest athlete of the 20th century. they were wrong? :dubious: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=349) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=351)