# 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:** 398
**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:** [December 20, 2012, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7941 "2012-12-20T15:56:51Z")
He didn’t actually die, and I’ll guess that he didn’t get his pizza either. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7942 "2012-12-20T17:16:15Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > We don’t actually know if he’s a Republican, do we? No, but he was acting on a really stupid Republican idea. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7943 "2012-12-20T17:22:37Z")
stand your ground beef? #gotnothing ---
**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:** [December 20, 2012, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7944 "2012-12-20T19:54:44Z")
In case you needed any more proof that Fox News does not exist in the same universe as you and I, today [they had Gretchen Carlson interview “Santa Claus” about the war on Christmas.](http://thinkprogress.org/media/2012/12/20/1365271/fox-news-brings-on-santa-claus-to-discuss-the-war-on-christmas/) ---
**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:** [December 21, 2012, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7945 "2012-12-21T00:54:29Z")
[The love child of Voldemort and Gollum endlessly recycles his one talking point.](http://pushingrope.blogspot.com/2012/12/rick-scott-dodges-solodad-obrien.html) ---
**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:** [December 21, 2012, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7946 "2012-12-21T01:14:51Z")
Soledad O’Brien is my new secret crush. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7947 "2012-12-21T01:16:56Z")
Not bad. She’s no Rachel Maddow, but not bad. ---
**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:** [December 21, 2012, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7948 "2012-12-21T01:22:04Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Not really a Stupid Republican Idea - more of a misinterpretation of the law. There are a number of southern and southwestern states which have the more informal justification, "some people just need killin’ ". > > Who among us has not stood in the fast checkout line behind a granny who has unloaded 42 items on the cashier then sloooowly put the bags in her shopping cart and then the exchange: > Granny: _How much is that honey?_ > Clerk: _That’ll be $58.97_. > Granny pulls out giant purse, scrounges through to find a second smaller purse. Opens it with gnarled fingers. Fishes out a wallet. Twists the clasp. Counts out a twenty, a ten, some fives, and more than several ones. 😕 Man, if I was told a jar of honey cost $58.97 I’d just tell the checker to put it back. I sure wouldn’t check to see if I could pay with exact change. Or I might bitch about it until the guy behind me felt compelled to shoot me…nah, I’d go with putting it back. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Jocko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncle_jocko/32/2932_2.png) [@Uncle\_Jocko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Jocko)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7949 "2012-12-21T01:46:18Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > In case you needed any more proof that Fox News does not exist in the same universe as you and I, today [they had Gretchen Carlson interview “Santa Claus” about the war on Christmas.](http://thinkprogress.org/media/2012/12/20/1365271/fox-news-brings-on-santa-claus-to-discuss-the-war-on-christmas/) Did you catch the part where “Santa” said he started showing up at Christmas parties, only to be told they were holiday parties and didn’t need a Santa any more? _He was just showing up at random holiday parties_? What the hell is wrong with the guy? Couldn’t get enough paid gigs, so thought he’d start cold calling? In other news, Fox and Friends is the worst. It’s like the AT&T of morning shows. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7950 "2012-12-21T04:42:57Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > In case you needed any more proof that Fox News does not exist in the same universe as you and I, today [they had Gretchen Carlson interview “Santa Claus” about the war on Christmas.](http://thinkprogress.org/media/2012/12/20/1365271/fox-news-brings-on-santa-claus-to-discuss-the-war-on-christmas/) Ironic, because a reasonable argument can be made that Santa Claus himself represents a war on Christmas. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7951 "2012-12-21T05:00:58Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > Ironic, because a reasonable argument can be made that Santa Claus himself represents a war on Christmas. Well, it’s not like “conservatives” today (or the Religious Right at all, for that matter) have any kind of ideological or theological consistency anymore. The so-called “conservative” philosophy that’s most prevalent on the federal and state level seems to be “whatever the liberals want, we’re against!” As for the Religious Right, their actions and beliefs seem pretty much set against almost anything Jesus actually said or did, in their pursuit of power over anyone who doesn’t believe in the Jesus they claim to. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7952 "2012-12-21T16:12:27Z")
So all we need to do is spread the meme that Santa Claus is a socialist, and Republicans will drop him. Santa in \*\*\*Santa Claus is Coming to Town \*\*\*is not only a socialist, but an outlaw and renegade. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Jocko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncle_jocko/32/2932_2.png) [@Uncle\_Jocko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Jocko)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7953 "2012-12-21T16:26:32Z")
> [@bup](#): > > So all we need to do is spread the meme that Santa Claus is a socialist, and Republicans will drop him. > > Santa in \*\*\*Santa Claus is Coming to Town \*\*\*is not only a socialist, but an outlaw and renegade. Amen! That no-good low-down red-haired Mickey Rooney-voiced terrorist! Not to mention, I believe the character of Burgermeister Meisterburger was actually based on John Boehner. Or is John Boehner based on Burgermeister Meisterburger? I forget … oh, well, either way. ---
**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:** [December 21, 2012, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7954 "2012-12-21T18:07:57Z")
And he’s a penguin-loving pervert. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7955 "2012-12-21T20:49:38Z")
> [@Uncle\_Jocko](#): > > Amen! That no-good low-down red-haired Mickey Rooney-voiced terrorist! Not to mention, I believe the character of Burgermeister Meisterburger was actually based on John Boehner. Or is John Boehner based on Burgermeister Meisterburger? I forget … oh, well, either way. I guess that’s another old cartoon about which all I can remember is that there was a character who looked just like [Stan Laurel](http://www.google.ca/imgres?um=1&hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&sa=N&tbo=d&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=rcs&biw=1240&bih=828&tbm=isch&tbnid=KWu5zDKHokQBZM:&imgrefurl=http://tv.yahoo.com/santa-claus-is-coming-to-town/show/21803&docid=XM-VAMBlhvGOWM&imgurl=http://l.yimg.com/l/tv/us/img/site/30/82/0000073082_20101201161804.jpg&w=648&h=210&ei=_8rUULaQOo_9qAGHuIDoDA&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=804&vpy=504&dur=6742&hovh=128&hovw=395&tx=294&ty=40&sig=115732187025835112006&page=1&tbnh=106&tbnw=248&start=0&ndsp=27&ved=1t:429,r:19,s:0,i:172). In the song, however, Santa is Big Brother. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7956 "2012-12-21T20:54:24Z")
> [@74westy](#): > > In the song, however, Santa is Big Brother. Perfect! Santa’s both a socialist and a fascist! ---
**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:** [December 21, 2012, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7957 "2012-12-21T20:56:48Z")
> [@74westy](#): > > I guess that’s another old cartoon about which all I can remember is that there was a character who looked just like [Stan Laurel](http://www.google.ca/imgres?um=1&hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&sa=N&tbo=d&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=rcs&biw=1240&bih=828&tbm=isch&tbnid=KWu5zDKHokQBZM:&imgrefurl=http://tv.yahoo.com/santa-claus-is-coming-to-town/show/21803&docid=XM-VAMBlhvGOWM&imgurl=http://l.yimg.com/l/tv/us/img/site/30/82/0000073082_20101201161804.jpg&w=648&h=210&ei=_8rUULaQOo_9qAGHuIDoDA&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=804&vpy=504&dur=6742&hovh=128&hovw=395&tx=294&ty=40&sig=115732187025835112006&page=1&tbnh=106&tbnw=248&start=0&ndsp=27&ved=1t:429,r:19,s:0,i:172) Or [Fred Astaire](http://imgc.artprintimages.com/images/art-print/swing-time-fred-astaire-1936_i-G-37-3704-NR2AF00Z.jpg), who voiced that character. ---
**Author:** ![Batfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Batfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batfish)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7958 "2012-12-21T20:57:39Z")
ETA: \>.\> Nevermind, I’m afraid **Fear Itself** beat me to it. ---
**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:** [December 21, 2012, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7959 "2012-12-21T21:09:56Z")
> [@bup](#): > > Perfect! > > Santa’s both a socialist and a fascist! And he doesn’t give presents to the Jews… let’s face it. Santa is Hitler. ---
**Author:** ![LeeshaJoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@LeeshaJoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LeeshaJoy)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7960 "2012-12-21T21:25:01Z")
And don’t forget the 1983 classic [The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus,](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089488/) in which Santa literally **consorts with pagan nature spirits.** :eek: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=397) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=399)