# 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:** 357
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2012, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7121 "2012-10-06T05:19:28Z")
> [@j666](#): > > Sorry to bring up last week’s items, but I’ve been away.Are you all seriously suggesting that WoW isn’t a bizarre double life? It’s a bizarre double life in the same way that fantasy football is. > [@](#): > > Why else would anyone play it? Ganking n00bz, duh. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2012, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7122 "2012-10-06T05:38:40Z")
If only there had been X-box in '66. When I think of all the time I’ve wasted trying to do stuff… ---
**Author:** ![Theios](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e8c25b/32.png) [@Theios](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Theios)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2012, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7123 "2012-10-06T13:20:18Z")
> [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](#): > > From the Have You Heard Which Century This Is? department: > > From [here](http://www.salon.com/2012/10/05/quote_of_the_day_lies_from_the_pit_of_hell/). > > Geez, where do they find them and how do they keep getting elected? And, what happened to the bit about Congress shall enact no law respecting the establishment of religion? To his credit, lies from the pit of Hell _are_ the worst kind of all… I am sad to say that this is my congress-critter. Man… You should drive around this district and meet these people. Then sit for a bit and read the comments to articles in our local paper. All would become clear and you would have no doubt on how they keep getting elected. -Theios… currently living in exile in the deep south… :😭: ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2012, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7124 "2012-10-06T13:27:03Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > The obvious flaw in that argument is, if the administration was going to cook the books, why would he wait until the month before the election? Why let Romney flog him on unemployment for three years? Why not cook the books in 2009? What is different now? Welch is not an idiot, so it must be naked partisan self-interest. The more I read about Jack Welch, the more I think your assumption about his intelligence may be off. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2012, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7125 "2012-10-06T14:08:45Z")
> [@j666](#): > > Sorry to bring up last week’s items, but I’ve been away.Are you all seriously suggesting that WoW isn’t a bizarre double life? Why else would anyone play it? When about half the population does it (or something very close to it), it is no longer “bizarre”. It’s not even close to “peculiar”, it has driven right past “unusual” and is busy doing donuts in the parking lot of “banal”. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2012, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7126 "2012-10-06T15:00:34Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > [Lies, straight from Hell!](http://www.salon.com/2012/10/05/quote_of_the_day_lies_from_the_pit_of_hell/). Has anyone mentioned this yet? > Sorry **Try2B**. Couldn’t help myself. I was going to take it as a +1, then I noticed [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=667800) :o ---
**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:** [October 6, 2012, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7127 "2012-10-06T15:07:26Z")
> [@Theios](#): > > I am sad to say that this is my congress-critter. Man… You should drive around this district and meet these people. Then sit for a bit and read the comments to articles in our local paper. All would become clear and you would have no doubt on how they keep getting elected. > > -Theios… currently living in exile in the deep south… :😭: I have some experience living in areas dominated by religious nutjobs if that is what you mean. I am just very surprised at how tenacious the anti-intellectualism can be. We’ve been going over some of this stuff for decades, and people still say, “Nope! Everything we’ve learned about the universe is invalidated by a few lines written down by some goat herders 2000+ years ago.” It is baffling and I still don’t know how to reach those people. I feel for you, man. ps got a linky to the local paper? ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2012, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7128 "2012-10-06T15:20:56Z")
> [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](#): > > From the Have You Heard Which Century This Is? department: > > From [here](http://www.salon.com/2012/10/05/quote_of_the_day_lies_from_the_pit_of_hell/). > > Geez, where do they find them and how do they keep getting elected? And, what happened to the bit about Congress shall enact no law respecting the establishment of religion? To his credit, lies from the pit of Hell _are_ the worst kind of all… You’re ignoring the rest of that clause, the “…or prohibiting the free exercise thereof”. And Article VI: “…but no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.” So he’s a nutjob, but perfectly within his right to exercise his nutjob beliefs, and those don’t preclude him from election to office. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2012, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7129 "2012-10-06T15:30:02Z")
Right, there is “no religious test” for public office. But if there were any kind of competency test it would be clear that this man has no qualification for a Congressional science committee. The voters are supposed to supply the competency test, but their education system has been destroyed from the top in order to perpetuate this nonsense. ---
**Author:** ![computergeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e56c9b/32.png) [@computergeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/computergeek)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2012, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7130 "2012-10-06T17:57:55Z")
> [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](#): > > From the Have You Heard Which Century This Is? department: > > From [here](http://www.salon.com/2012/10/05/quote_of_the_day_lies_from_the_pit_of_hell/). > > Geez, where do they find them and how do they keep getting elected? And, what happened to the bit about Congress shall enact no law respecting the establishment of religion? To his credit, lies from the pit of Hell _are_ the worst kind of all… It’s easy to see how they keep getting reelected if their voters think like them, but how in hell do these people get on and stay on a Congressional science committee? ---
**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:** [October 6, 2012, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7131 "2012-10-06T18:05:36Z")
> [@computergeek](#): > > It’s easy to see how they keep getting reelected if their voters think like them, but how in hell do these people get on and stay on a Congressional science committee? Because everyone is entitled to their opinions about scientific fact, don’tcha know. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2012, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7132 "2012-10-06T19:03:11Z")
Because facts are nothing but opinions, and opinions can be wrong. ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2012, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7133 "2012-10-06T21:51:42Z")
> [@](#): > > It’s easy to see how they keep getting reelected if their voters think like them, but how in hell do these people get on and stay on a Congressional science committee? Perhaps people expect a medical doctor to have a good understanding of science and technology. He certainly seems qualified as a spaceman. > [@Punoqllads](#): > > It’s a bizarre double life in the same way that fantasy football is.Ganking n00bz, duh. I rest my case. > [@Kobal2](#): > > When about half the population does it (or something very close to it), it is no longer “bizarre”. It’s not even close to “peculiar”, it has driven right past “unusual” and is busy doing donuts in the parking lot of “banal”. The Banality of the Bizarre. I think I like it. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2012, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7134 "2012-10-06T22:40:29Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > The factory whistle might have started started blowing, the hoot owl might have started hooting, his car might have gotten stuck in the mud, … > [@Gyrate](#): > > …he couldn’t find an express dry cleaner and had to turn up in a red velvet tux… > [@fumster](#): > > Maybe his biological clock was ticking too loudly… **Mona Lisa Vito** for President! “Imagine you’re a deer. You’re prancing along, you get thirsty, you spot a little brook, you put your little deer lips down to the cool clear water… BAM! A fuckin bullet rips off part of your head! Your brains are laying on the ground in little bloody pieces! Now I axe ya. Would you give a fuck what kind of pants the son of a bitch who shot you was wearing?” Love that [movie](http://youtu.be/SL4HdaZXuOw)! These posts made a great thread even better. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2012, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7135 "2012-10-07T00:35:03Z")
Republican state representative’s assertion that slavery was a “blessing in disguise” and a Republican state House candidate who advocates deporting all Muslims. [http://news.yahoo.com/ark-gop-calls-candidates-statements-offensive-212508499.html](http://news.yahoo.com/ark-gop-calls-candidates-statements-offensive-212508499.html) ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2012, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7136 "2012-10-07T01:35:52Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > Republican state representative’s assertion that slavery was a “blessing in disguise” and a Republican state House candidate who advocates deporting all Muslims. > > [Yahoo News: Latest and Breaking News, Headlines, Live Updates, and More](http://news.yahoo.com/ark-gop-calls-candidates-statements-offensive-212508499.html) This pages includes quotes from [Hubbard’s book.](http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2012/10/05/republican-extremists-in-their-own-words#.UG8Wr-XNpyk.twitter) And [here are some quotes from Fuqua.](http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2012/10/05/god-according-to-charlie-fuqua) People really say this stuff? ---
**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:** [October 7, 2012, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7137 "2012-10-07T01:44:01Z")
> [@j666](#): > > People really say this stuff? They do when they exist completely within an echo chamber of their own bigotry: > [@](#): > > Fuqua said Saturday that he hadn’t realized he’d become a target within his own party, which he said surprised him. > > “I think my views are fairly well-accepted by most people,” Fuqua said before hanging up, saying he was busy knocking on voters’ doors. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2012, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7138 "2012-10-07T02:38:40Z")
The book is by “Charles Fuqua, J.D.” Saying you are a Juris Doctor sounds better than admitting you’re just another fucking lawyer, I suppose, but plastering it on a book that is an insane stomping on the Constitution shows that he is more than that. He is a lawyer who is fucking nuts and who could probably get you executed for your third offense of not picking up after your dog because you are demonstrably incapable of being rehabilitated. And that’s if he were your defense lawyer. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2012, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7139 "2012-10-07T03:23:00Z")
> [@j666](#): > > People really say this stuff? I have seen worse from a crazy (I will have to go for crazy as he is spouting racist nonsense and ignoring that the racists do target people like his immigrant family!) Tea Party relative that he sent me recently via Facebook and email. I prophetically told him before blocking his picture updates that he and others like him should continue with his “share to others” mission, **because sooner or later several of the Republican leaders would stumble into saying something stupid that the echo chamber believes is “common knowledge”** and then they would get burned by all, even by the few remaining intelligent Republicans as the ideas would be impossible to defend. So, keep up the good work on convincing Republican leaders that they are safe to let us know the rotten ideas that they really do have, you right wing 101st Fighting Keyboardists! ---
**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:** [October 7, 2012, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7140 "2012-10-07T11:07:52Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > Republican state representative’s assertion that slavery was a “blessing in disguise” and a Republican state House candidate who advocates deporting all Muslims. > > [Yahoo News: Latest and Breaking News, Headlines, Live Updates, and More](http://news.yahoo.com/ark-gop-calls-candidates-statements-offensive-212508499.html) “No other solution to the Muslim problem”, eh ? Good _lawd_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=356) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=358)