# 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:** 382
**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:** [November 16, 2012, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7621 "2012-11-16T02:46:53Z")
> [@waterj2](#): > > I’m really curious if they have any idea _why_ the Obama campaign would be trying to steal the election in Maine. I think it probably has something to do with Benghazi. McCain would probably be able to tell you more. ---
**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 16, 2012, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7622 "2012-11-16T02:54:52Z")
> [@waterj2](#): > > I’m really curious if they have any idea _why_ the Obama campaign would be trying to steal the election in Maine. Obama won Maine by over 100,000 votes, out of about 710,000 cast. Many GOPers are going off the rails with Obama Derangement Syndrome. Fortunately the electorate (or maybe 50%) is not getting caught up in their fog as it has previously. The President has a real opportunity if he stops extending his hand to get bitten and opening bargaining with what he’ll settle for. I’m hopeful. Meanwhile, in the very gratifying post election, seeing them do their part to keep this thread fresh, despite their butthurt, is much appreciated. ---
**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 16, 2012, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7623 "2012-11-16T16:45:19Z")
The Romney/Ryan campaign policy director [accuses Democrats of trying to “steal the Romney brand”](http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/333502/democrats-cynical-ploy-lanhee-j-chen#). ---
**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:** [November 16, 2012, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7624 "2012-11-16T16:51:32Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Does he have a name, or do you just call him “black guy”? He forgets sometimes, but [he’s got a system](http://inklake.typepad.com/.a/6a00d834a9169369e20133f40e28f6970b-500wi). I think the next time McCain challenges Obama on something, Obama should say “Actually, Senator, there’s an intelligence briefing going on right now which covers that.” Then when McCain looks confused Obama would say, “Nah, I’m just messing with ya” and laugh. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7625 "2012-11-16T17:11:46Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > The Romney/Ryan campaign policy director [accuses Democrats of trying to “steal the Romney brand”](http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/333502/democrats-cynical-ploy-lanhee-j-chen#). I. What. No. But. Wait… I understand the words in that article, but not the article itself. > [@](#): > > In an opportunistic change of heart — or rhetoric — Democratic leaders … have suggested that [t]he same Romney tax plan … has now become the one policy option that might avert disaster. _(Heavy use of ellipses, but check the source–there is no change in meaning.)_ But there is one problem. As noted in the articles _very next paragraph_: > [@](#): > > The only problem is that Democrats aren’t actually considering anything even close to the proposal that Romney floated during the campaign. What what? The rest of the article is like that. Obama is bad for doing exactly what Romney would have done, and worse, he’s not doing exactly what Romney would have done. I can usually find a shred of substance behind otherwise ill-stated polemics, but this bit of gobbledygook is worthy of a Palin Award. ---
**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:** [November 16, 2012, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7626 "2012-11-16T17:34:31Z")
Seriously. They are “stealing the proposal” by proposing something that’s completely different? What the fuck is Chen smoking? ---
**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 16, 2012, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7627 "2012-11-16T18:01:11Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Seriously. They are “stealing the proposal” by proposing something that’s completely different? What the fuck is Chen smoking? I’m still trying to figure out why he’d think anybody would _want_ to “steal the Romney brand”. That would be like BMW trying to “steal the Yugo brand”. ---
**Author:** ![gamerunknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6bbea6/32.png) [@gamerunknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gamerunknown)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7628 "2012-11-16T18:32:02Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Does he have a name, or do you just call him “black guy”? Sometimes he’s called ball boy, when he fetches the basketball for the players. They might let him join in one day. Oh and I hate when people steal my tax plan and change its name and details. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7629 "2012-11-16T19:31:28Z")
George Lucas stole my “Star Wars”, except mine was set in 13th century China, involved a small village overcome by cholera, and ended with everybody dead. ---
**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 16, 2012, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7630 "2012-11-16T20:25:21Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > George Lucas stole my “Star Wars”, except mine was set in 13th century China, involved a small village overcome by cholera, and ended with everybody dead. You bastard! That was my screenplay. Except mine was set in Victorian London and featured two gerbils in a fight to the death. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7631 "2012-11-16T20:33:23Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > You bastard! That was my screenplay. > > Except mine was set in Victorian London and featured two gerbils in a fight to the death. You malcontent! That was my screenplay. Except that mine was set in a galaxy far, far away and featured robots, a farm boy, a lovable rogue, a princess, aliens and an epic fight between the forces of light and darkness. With hookers and blackjack. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7632 "2012-11-16T20:34:47Z")
Ah! _Bender’s Game_, Orson Scott Card, you plagiarist! ---
**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:** [November 16, 2012, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7633 "2012-11-16T20:43:27Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > You malcontent! That was my screenplay. > > Except that mine was set in a galaxy far, far away and featured robots, a farm boy, a lovable rogue, a princess, aliens and an epic fight between the forces of light and darkness. With hookers and blackjack. You bastard! I wrote that story! Well, except that mine was about a librettist in 19th century Paris who falls in love with a woman stricken by tuberculosis. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7634 "2012-11-16T20:48:37Z")
That sounds like my screenplay about four outcast, awkward teenage girls in the rural south of the '60s who witness a organized crime hit and have to go into hiding. They learn a valuable lesson about love and loyalty as they take their first steps into womanhood. It’s sort of a gross-out comedy. ---
**Author:** ![Askthepizzaguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askthepizzaguy/32/9405_2.png) [@Askthepizzaguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askthepizzaguy)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2012, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7635 "2012-11-17T01:13:50Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Like hail on the plains, it continues - > **[GOP chief: Mystery black voters](http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1112/83895.html?hp=r5)** > > “The head of Maine’s Republican Party is claiming unknown groups of black people showed up in the state’s towns and cast ballots on election day.” > > and > > “Everybody has a right to vote, but nobody in town knows anyone who’s black. How did that happen? I don’t know. We’re going to find out.” I know, right? Everyone knows there’s only two black people in Maine and they’re both Republicans. And everyone knows that because those are the only ones I’ve personally met, therefore all the rest don’t exist. It’s clearly voter fraud. > [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Does anyone think this behaviour is going to get any Republicans elected next election? Clearly, the Republicans spouting this crap think that if they can just stamp out the fraudulent votes of [all black people, everywhere] then obviously they win the elections. Black people voting is fraud, ipso facto, it’s been that way since at least 1869. if we’re looking at history backwards. Get with the ancient times, people! > [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Does he have a name, or do you just call him “black guy”? Is this black guy currently under his employ and forced to pretend like he’s his friend or lose his job as the token black guy? That’s not the same as having black friends. As much as certain folks want it to be enough, that’s not enough. “We have racially diverse hiring practices. Just ask the black guy from accounting that we hired after certain class action lawsuits got settled.” ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2012, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7636 "2012-11-18T15:32:40Z")
In Oklahoma, a lawmaker got a Ten Commandments monument erected - [with spelling errors.](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/16/mike-ritze-oklahoma-ten-commandments_n_2145122.html) Because it’s not at all fair to assume an Oklahoma state rep who sponsors a bill to erect a Ten Commandments monument is Republican[sup]1[/sup], yes, I checked. He’s Republican. [sup]1[/sup]I mean, he might be from the get-rid-of-our-secular-government party, right? ---
**Author:** ![Oldeb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ea666f/32.png) [@Oldeb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oldeb)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2012, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7637 "2012-11-18T17:05:58Z")
That’s not even the [best part:](http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=336&articleid=20121116_16_A1_CUTLIN728895) > [@](#): > > Ritze believes the monument’s placement will withstand a legal challenge, adding that a challenge will be defended by the Liberty Legal Foundation at no cost to the state. Liberty Legal is a Birther group who attempted to file a class action lawsuit against the DNC for committing fraud by nominating an inelligible candidate. Trusting them for legal advice is absolutely insane. ---
**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:** [November 18, 2012, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7638 "2012-11-18T17:21:37Z")
Well, letting someone else pay the litigation costs is slightly less insane. ---
**Author:** ![fumster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9c0ed/32.png) [@fumster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fumster)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2012, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7639 "2012-11-18T17:24:48Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > The Romney/Ryan campaign policy director [accuses Democrats of trying to “steal the Romney brand”](http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/333502/democrats-cynical-ploy-lanhee-j-chen#). That explains why the Wonder Bread and Twinkie brands are available. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2012, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7640 "2012-11-18T18:21:01Z")
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