# 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:** 410
**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:** [January 14, 2013, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8181 "2013-01-14T16:05:31Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nz7QKcSlk0g](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nz7QKcSlk0g) > > Fox News: Algebra is Liberal Agenda > > Poutrage. No youtube at work. What’s Fox on about? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8182 "2013-01-14T16:09:03Z")
> [@Jenaroph](#): > > Yeah, well, I’m 40 myself, so if you quote anything too\* new\*, I won’t get that either. Puppy. ---
**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:** [January 14, 2013, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8183 "2013-01-14T16:18:19Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > No youtube at work. What’s Fox on about? They found an algebra word problem that contained the phrase, “spread the wealth.” This is evidence of liberal bias in text-books. Seriously. That’s it. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8184 "2013-01-14T17:18:31Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > They found an algebra word problem that contained the phrase, “spread the wealth.” This is evidence of liberal bias in text-books. It was “_Distribute_ the wealth,” presumably in reference to the Distributive property of multiplication: _a(b + c) = ab + ac_\* ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8185 "2013-01-14T17:20:21Z")
Math. No even once. ---
**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:** [January 14, 2013, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8186 "2013-01-14T17:54:31Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > It was “_Distribute_ the wealth,” presumably in reference to the Distributive property of multiplication: > _a(b + c) = ab + ac_\* You know once you start distributing property, that’s all she wrote for democracy. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8187 "2013-01-14T18:32:36Z")
[Sandy Hook Truthers](http://www.salon.com/2013/01/09/the_worst_sandy_hook_conspiracy_theory_yet/) think that the massacre in Newtown was staged, possibly by Obama so he could enact gun control legislation. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8188 "2013-01-14T18:41:05Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > They found an algebra word problem that contained the phrase, “spread the wealth.” This is evidence of liberal bias in text-books. > > Seriously. That’s it. It wasn’t a word problem. It was just a punning title for a series of exercises applying the distributive property. ---
**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:** [January 14, 2013, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8189 "2013-01-14T18:52:38Z")
Well. I suck. I had it wrong six-ways to Sunday. But I was close. ---
**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:** [January 14, 2013, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8190 "2013-01-14T18:54:30Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > They found an algebra word problem that contained the phrase, “spread the wealth.” This is evidence of liberal bias in text-books. > > Seriously. That’s it. > > > [@septimus](#): > > > > It was “_Distribute_ the wealth,” presumably in reference to the Distributive property of multiplication: > > _a(b + c) = ab + ac_\* Wow - That’s pretty powerful stupid right there. Even getting it second hand like that, I feel dumber. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8191 "2013-01-14T20:26:00Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > [Sandy Hook Truthers](http://www.salon.com/2013/01/09/the_worst_sandy_hook_conspiracy_theory_yet/) think that the massacre in Newtown was staged, possibly by Obama so he could enact gun control legislation. I’m sorry, but reading this article this conspiracy just doesn’t ring true. They say that the children of Sandy Hook are actually still alive. There is no way Obama would leave the kids alive as witnesses. Heck he would probably kill them just for the fun of it, or to use their blood for his Ramadan cakes. ---
**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:** [January 14, 2013, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8192 "2013-01-14T21:19:18Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Well, that’s out of left field - it’s not in Texas, it’s not in Arizona, it’s not even in Florida. Could this be a neeeeew challengeeeer ? Wyoming State Rep. Kendell Kroeker [puts forward a bill that would make it a felony to enforce any federal gun bans in the State of Wyoming](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/10/wyoming-gun-control_n_2451438.html). Penalties for _federales_ caught trying to enforce federal law would be up to 5 years in prison and a $50.000 fine. It’s been tried (unsuccesfully) before. Nullification: > **[Nullification crisis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nullification_Crisis)** > > The nullification crisis was a sectional political crisis in the United States in 1832 and 1833, during the presidency of Andrew Jackson, which involved a confrontation between the state of South Carolina and the federal government. It ensued after South Carolina declared the federal Tariffs of 1828 and 1832 unconstitutional and therefore null and void within the sovereign boundaries of the state. > The controversial and highly protective Tariff of 1828 was enacted into law during the presiden... > [@](#): > > The Nullification Crisis was a sectional crisis during the presidency of Andrew Jackson created by South Carolina’s 1832 Ordinance of Nullification. This ordinance declared by the power of the State that the federal Tariffs of 1828 and 1832 were unconstitutional and therefore null and void within the sovereign boundaries of South Carolina. The secession of the Southern States in 1860/61 would be nullification of the election of Lincoln. South Carolina Representatives introduced a bill to outlaw compliance with Affordable Health Care. Another nullification law. > **[State Considers Criminalizing Obamacare](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/south-carolina-obamacare_n_2329425)** > > State Considers Criminalizing Obamacare > [@](#): > > Five Republican South Carolina state representatives introduced a bill last week that, if passed, would send people to jail for trying to implement the Affordable Care Act in South Carolina. It’ is progressing through their system: > **[2013-2014 Bill 3101: Freedom of Health Care Protection Act - South Carolina...](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess120_2013-2014/bills/3101.htm)** I think the nullification champs are still in the GameCock state. Their unlucky populace is a bunch of chumps. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8193 "2013-01-14T21:26:59Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > The RCC, and therefore probably Ryan, would like to make ALL forms of IVF illegal. Claim that it just ain’t natural. Are we discussing the Shanghai Lil Bill? ---
**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:** [January 14, 2013, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8194 "2013-01-14T23:03:31Z")
[Fox News: If Republicans refusing to raise the debt ceiling crashes the economy, it’ll be Obama’s fault for telling everyone that they were going to do it.](http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/01/14/foxs-payne-tries-to-blame-economic-consequences/192226) ---
**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:** [January 15, 2013, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8195 "2013-01-15T00:54:15Z")
Dada idea of the day: > [QUOTE=Glenn Beck] Yes, it has to be guns. Everything else we are doing with our kids is good. Found in toy dept for kids age 6 MONTHS+ [https://twitter.com/glennbeck/status/280876630023475200/photo/1](http://pic.twitter.com/J33Hlv7W) [/QUOTE] Picture is of a Fisher-Price “Apptivity Case”–which appears to be a way to encase an iPhone in what appears to be a Fisher-Price toy. All very surreal, but unclear what it has to do with gun violence. I give Beck credit, I’ve wasted a couple of minutes in sheer bewilderment. HuffPost linked to it in confusion, I pass the confusion on to you. I’m so sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Strassia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e8c25b/32.png) [@Strassia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strassia)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8196 "2013-01-15T05:11:21Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > Dada idea of the day: > > [https://twitter.com/glennbeck/status/280876630023475200/photo/1](https://twitter.com/glennbeck/status/280876630023475200/photo/1) > Picture is of a Fisher-Price “Apptivity Case”–which appears to be a way to encase an iPhone in what appears to be a Fisher-Price toy. All very surreal, but unclear what it has to do with gun violence. > > I give Beck credit, I’ve wasted a couple of minutes in sheer bewilderment. HuffPost linked to it in confusion, I pass the confusion on to you. I’m so sorry. I think he is saying letting 6-months-olds play with a protected smart phone is what actually caused the school shooting. Somehow. Which means that he thinks that either(in order of descending sanity): a. Babies are getting to pampered today and it is driving some people to violence because they were not so lucky. b. Babies playing with smart phones send out mind control rays that cause shootings. or c. Babies playing with phones create tachyon pulses that fry the brains of the innocent youth of yesterday causing them to grow up and commit violent acts. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8197 "2013-01-15T10:26:32Z")
We crypto-Kenyanists don’t need to call out the GOP on its stupidities. The few remaining sane Republicans are now doing it for us: [QUOTE=Colin Powell] There is a “dark vein of intolerance in some parts of the party,” Powell said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “What do I mean by that? What I mean by that is they still sort of look down on minorities.” … “When I see a former governor say that the president is ‘shuckin’ and jivin’.’ That’s a racial era slave-term,” Powell said of Sarah Palin’s description of the president’s response to the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. … “[Sununu] didn’t say [the President] was slow [in the first debate], he was tired, he didn’t do well. He said he was ‘lazy.’ Now, it may not mean anything to most Americans,” Powell said, “but to those of us who are African-Americans, the second word is ‘shiftless,’ and then there’s a third word that goes along with it.” … “The whole birther movement: Why do senior Republicans tolerate this kind of discussion within the party?” Powell asked, counseling the party to “take a look at itself.” [/QUOTE] ---
**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:** [January 15, 2013, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8198 "2013-01-15T14:47:52Z")
We begin with what seems to be [a heartwarming story](http://www.tampabay.com/news/bizarre/after-2010-campaign-gov-rick-scott-gave-back-dog-reagan/1270497) indicating that even crossing Gollum with Voldemort can’t eradicate every good impulse… > [@](#): > > Shortly after winning the GOP nomination in 2010, Rick Scott announced to the world through Facebook that his family had rescued a Labrador retriever. > > And, with help from his Facebook friends, Scott gave it a name: Reagan. > > "The Scott family is proud to announce that the name (chosen by you) for their newly adopted pup is Reagan! Thanks to everyone who participated in the fun contest,‘’ read Scott’s announcement on his Facebook page… …or can it? > [@](#): > > But where is Reagan today? > > The last time Reagan made the newspapers was the day before Scott was sworn in as governor in January 2011. John Kennedy, then a reporter for the News Service of Florida, reported seeing the governor-elect walking Reagan in Tallahassee. > > Asked last week what had happened to the dog, Scott’s current and former communications directors refused to answer… Upon further probing, it was discovered that the dog was returned not long after Governor Scott settled in to his new digs, apparently because [it kept barking at him](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EvilDetectingDog). ---
**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:** [January 15, 2013, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8199 "2013-01-15T14:50:13Z")
Well, that’s not so bad. I assumed he’d eaten it. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8200 "2013-01-15T15:45:22Z")
[Link](http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2013/01/14/texas-rep-threatens-obama-with-impeachment/). Who had bets on early January? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=409) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=411)