# 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:** 379
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7561 "2012-11-13T13:50:45Z")
So Batman is a republican? ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7562 "2012-11-13T13:53:38Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > So Batman is a republican? Marge: Homer, there’s a call for you. Homer: Is it Batman? Marge: No, its a scientist. Homer: Batman is a scientist. Marge: ITS NOT BATMAN! ---
**Author:** ![Double\_Foolscap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@Double\_Foolscap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Double_Foolscap)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7563 "2012-11-13T14:05:49Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > So Batman is a republican? Incredibly rich guy spends his free time beating the shit out of the lower classes? Sounds Republican to me 😉 ---
**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:** [November 13, 2012, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7564 "2012-11-13T14:07:10Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > So Batman is a republican? I’m not terribly surprised. Green Arrow is the Democrat. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7565 "2012-11-13T15:40:55Z")
even though this is just about a single citizen, it is still something of note. Arizona woman runs down husband with car for not voting [http://news.yahoo.com/arizona-woman-runs-down-husband-car-not-voting-045426220.html](http://news.yahoo.com/arizona-woman-runs-down-husband-car-not-voting-045426220.html) ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7566 "2012-11-13T16:16:49Z")
The best part of that is that he is in Arizona, so even if he HAD voted it would not have changed the outcome one bit! ---
**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:** [November 13, 2012, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7567 "2012-11-13T16:48:11Z")
She said her family would suffer if Obama was reelected, so she made her family suffer. ---
**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:** [November 13, 2012, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7568 "2012-11-13T17:14:44Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > even though this is just about a single citizen, it is still something of note. > > Arizona woman runs down husband with car for not voting > > [Yahoo News: Latest and Breaking News, Headlines, Live Updates, and More](http://news.yahoo.com/arizona-woman-runs-down-husband-car-not-voting-045426220.html) There was an perversely similar story in the last WI election. A woman ran down her husband because he was blocking her car with his body in an attempt to prevent her from going to vote. ---
**Author:** ![rogerbox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@rogerbox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rogerbox)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7569 "2012-11-13T17:54:54Z")
This kind of thing is why Fox News should be banned and/or censored. It’s dangerous and serves no public good. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7570 "2012-11-13T18:38:43Z")
> [@Death\_of\_Rats](#): > > The best part of that is that he is in Arizona, so even if he HAD voted it would not have changed the outcome one bit! So he’s a scapehusband? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7571 "2012-11-13T18:45:30Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > So he’s a scapehusband? He tried to scape. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7572 "2012-11-13T18:49:36Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > So Batman is a republican? The scary part is that of the two Republicans in that story…Batman is the _sane_ one. > [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > There was an perversely similar story in the last WI election. A woman ran down her husband because he was blocking her car with his body in an attempt to prevent her from going to vote. _That’s_ the story I was trying to remember. I had mistakenly associated it with the last presidential election. Thank you, **Jim**. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7573 "2012-11-13T20:23:56Z")
**[Connecticut Republicans Search for Answers After Their Dismal Election Day](http://news.google.com/news/url?sr=1&ct2=us%2F1_0_s_12_1_a&sa=t&usg=AFQjCNEoPlmNI4uoWcsaDEOnkNEY6vAMBA&cid=43981932555984&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2012%2F11%2F12%2Fnyregion%2Fconnecticut-republicans-search-for-answers-after-a-dismal-election-day.html&ei=eaSiUJnlL4jWgQfhOQ&sig2=JO9hhxEX66LHfNA7zEQCMw&rt=SECTION&vm=STANDARD&bvm=section&twa=f&did=4089849986846545438&sid=top-stories)** Still not getting it on 11/11/2012. They were wiped out in state and federal elections and still\*\* -\*\* [FONT=Trebuchet MS]…Similarly, the state Republican chairman, Jerry Labriola, said, “Republicans in Connecticut are the party of fiscal responsibility, not the party of bombastic social extremism.” He also said the Democrats won, in part, because people think they are the party that provides “free stuff.” …[/FONT] [FONT=Trebuchet MS][/FONT] [FONT=Trebuchet MS]To steal from Batman, “WOW…” just wow:confused:[/FONT] ---
**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:** [November 14, 2012, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7574 "2012-11-14T00:07:24Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > So Batman is a republican? > [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > I’m not terribly surprised. Green Arrow is the Democrat. Wait, is that why at a busy intersection I have to wait for a green arrow to turn left? ---
**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:** [November 14, 2012, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7575 "2012-11-14T02:02:36Z")
> [@Balance](#): > > The scary part is that of the two Republicans in that story…Batman is the _sane_ one. He could go out in costume at night beating up criminals, and he’d _still_ be the sane one. ---
**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:** [November 14, 2012, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7576 "2012-11-14T16:54:58Z")
[http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/nine-lawmakers-back-charging-federal-officials-who-implement-obamacare-here-n47kl10-179180251.html](http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/nine-lawmakers-back-charging-federal-officials-who-implement-obamacare-here-n47kl10-179180251.html) The insanity continues . . . . 9 lawmakers want to charge U.S. officials who implement Obamacare > [@](#): > > Rep. Chris Kapenga (R-Delafield) is one of the nine from Wisconsin who told the Campaign for Liberty he would back legislation to declare Obamacare illegal and allow police to arrest federal officials who take steps to implement it in Wisconsin. He said he believes the health care law is unconstitutional, despite the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that it passes constitutional muster. > > “Just because Obama was re-elected does not mean he’s above the constitution,” Kapenga said. Eight of the nine also want to charge TSA officials who pat down passengers at airports, with sexual assault. The stupid is strong with these folks. ---
**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:** [November 14, 2012, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7577 "2012-11-14T22:31:30Z")
Wisconsin State Senator says there were over[200,000 fraudulent votes](http://thegrio.com/2012/11/14/romney-co-chair-voter-id-law-would-have-absolutely-won-wisconsin/) in Wisconsin in the presidential election. > [@](#): > > State Sen. Alberta Darling (R), who served as co-chair of Mitt Romney’s Wisconsin campaign, recently told Mike Gousha of WISN that voter ID “absolutely”would have made a difference in the outcome of the presidential election. > > Darling’s comments imply that voter fraud may have played a role in President Barack Obama’s victory in the state on Election Day. Since Obama led Romney in Wisconsin by over 200,000 votes, she is claiming there were over 200,000 fraudulent voters. Either that, or she is admitting that voter ID laws are intended to suppress the votes of otherwise legitimate voters. ---
**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:** [November 15, 2012, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7578 "2012-11-15T00:34:28Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Wisconsin State Senator says there were over[200,000 fraudulent votes](http://thegrio.com/2012/11/14/romney-co-chair-voter-id-law-would-have-absolutely-won-wisconsin/) in Wisconsin in the presidential election. > > Since Obama led Romney in Wisconsin by over 200,000 votes, she is claiming there were over 200,000 fraudulent voters. > > Either that, or she is admitting that voter ID laws are intended to suppress the votes of otherwise legitimate voters. Has to be the latter. She cannot claim that more fraudulent votes were cast in her state then ever alleged in the history of the US and Wisconsin has zero control over it’s process. ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7579 "2012-11-15T00:39:53Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > Has to be the latter. She cannot claim that more fraudulent votes were cast in her state then ever alleged in the history of the US and Wisconsin has zero control over it’s process. Maybe the fraudulent votes aren’t 200,000 on their own, but when you add the New Black Panthers’ voter intimidation, that probably puts it over the top. ---
**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:** [November 15, 2012, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7580 "2012-11-15T01:39:36Z")
> [@waterj2](#): > > Maybe the fraudulent votes aren’t 200,000 on their own, but when you add the New Black Panthers’ voter intimidation, that probably puts it over the top. That was very unnerving. Fortunately it was only 50% of their previous presence. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=378) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=380)