# 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:** 42
**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:** [October 29, 2009, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/821 "2009-10-29T19:38:45Z")
Catfish? ---
**Author:** ![CannyDan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cannydan/32/548_2.png) [@CannyDan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CannyDan)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/822 "2009-10-29T19:55:21Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Lame, content-free scary video from the National Republican Senatorial Committee: [Paranormal Taxivity](http://www.nrsc.org/paranormal-taxivity.html?tr=y&auid=5526202) What the hell was that? And what’s with all the gunshots? “Content-free” is right. Is this the Republican default since 9/11? Just keep everybody scared all the time, because frightened people can be persuaded to vote against their own self interests? ---
**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:** [October 29, 2009, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/823 "2009-10-29T20:38:15Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Lame, content-free scary video from the National Republican Senatorial Committee: [Paranormal Taxivity](http://www.nrsc.org/paranormal-taxivity.html?tr=y&auid=5526202) Not just content free but logic and plot free. I’m surre it’s supposed to mimic the trailer of a horror movie, but Jeez, it makes no sense at all. ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/824 "2009-11-03T21:59:40Z")
For your consideration: [http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/02/health-bill-worse-than-a-terrorist-nc-lawmaker-says/](http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/02/health-bill-worse-than-a-terrorist-nc-lawmaker-says/) ---
**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 3, 2009, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/825 "2009-11-03T22:01:50Z")
Crazy old lady says something crazy. Film at eleven. ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/826 "2009-11-03T22:02:31Z")
Oh, damn. It is getting hard to keep up: [http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/11/joe-wilson-says-obama-has-put-the-lives-of-americans-at-risk-due-to-h1n1-vaccine-shortage.php](http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/11/joe-wilson-says-obama-has-put-the-lives-of-americans-at-risk-due-to-h1n1-vaccine-shortage.php) ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/827 "2009-11-03T22:08:35Z")
> [@Frostillicus](#): > > Oh, damn. It is getting hard to keep up: > > [http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/11/joe-wilson-says-obama-has-put-the-lives-of-americans-at-risk-due-to-h1n1-vaccine-shortage.php](http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/11/joe-wilson-says-obama-has-put-the-lives-of-americans-at-risk-due-to-h1n1-vaccine-shortage.php) So to summarize: The government put American lives at risk by not providing health care in this country. Oh, and the government will put American lives at risk if it provides health care in this country. ---
**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:** [November 3, 2009, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/828 "2009-11-03T22:33:02Z")
> [@CannyDan](#): > > Is this the Republican default since 9/11? Just keep everybody scared all the time, because frightened people can be persuaded to vote against their own self interests? OI ! Spoiler tags ! ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/829 "2009-11-06T13:23:00Z")
How did a man this stupid end of as the Republican Minority Leader in the US House? Oh, that’s right. He is a Republican. > **[Late Afternoon/Early Evening Open Thread](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2009/11/5/800886/-Late-Afternoon-Early-Evening-Open-Thread)** > > Via Politico , John Boehner (R-OH), joining today'... ---
**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 6, 2009, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/830 "2009-11-06T13:39:27Z")
> [@Frostillicus](#): > > How did a man this stupid end of as the Republican Minority Leader in the US House? Oh, that’s right. He is a Republican. > > [Late Afternoon/Early Evening Open Thread](http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/11/5/800886/-Late-Afternoon-Early-Evening-Open-Thread) The women behind him clearly says “Amen”. I guess he’s preaching to the choir. ---
**Author:** ![CannyDan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cannydan/32/548_2.png) [@CannyDan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CannyDan)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/831 "2009-11-06T14:06:43Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > OI ! Spoiler tags ! Oooo! Sorry! I can keep a secret! Really I can! _Shhh-h-h-h!_ ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/832 "2009-11-06T15:15:57Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > That pissed me off so much that I travelled from Chicago to the suburbs of Atlanta to volunteer for Jim Martin, Chambliss’ Democratic challenger in a run-off election. We didn’t succeed because Jim Martin, a good and decent man, has the raw charisma of soup. On the plus side, his name isn’t Elwin Tinklenberg, 4th Level Druid. ---
**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:** [November 6, 2009, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/833 "2009-11-06T16:23:31Z")
[Republican health care bill to increase coverage will not increase coverage. It _will_ shave 68 billion off of the deficit. As compared to the Democrat’s plan, which is projected to shave 104 billion from the deficit.](http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2009/11/congressional_budget_office_th.html) You gotta give them credit. It is much better than their last proposal, The Road to Recovery, which was such an embarrassment it can no longer be found on their site. Luckily, my google-fu finally came through and you can no longer hide embarrassments since the internet remembers everything. [See page 6 for the GOP plan for healthcare last March.](http://www.docstoc.com/docs/5093057/GOP-Road-to-Recovery) ---
**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 6, 2009, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/834 "2009-11-06T16:29:25Z")
What am I looking for? I mean, it’s a bunch of talking points and mealy mouthed platitudes, but I don’t see anything that’s actually _stupid._ ---
**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:** [November 6, 2009, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/835 "2009-11-06T16:34:51Z")
It’s something that appeals to their stupid constituents who are too stupid and lazy to question it, like that “Amen” ditz in Frostillicus’s link, or anyone who went to the teabagging events for anything other than a free ride and a day out. ---
**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:** [November 6, 2009, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/836 "2009-11-06T16:45:01Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > What am I looking for? I mean, it’s a bunch of talking points and mealy mouthed platitudes, but I don’t see anything that’s actually _stupid._ If you’re talking about the new GOP Healthcare plan: It’s stupid because their answer to the Democrat’s plan to increase coverage and, perhaps cut the deficit, does not increase coverage and cuts the deficit less than the plan they are against. Stupid Repubican: After 10 months of studying this terrible, awful, no-good plan, we have come up with our own plan-- even more terrible and awfuller! If you’re talking about the old GOP Healthcare plan: There was no plan. There was no budget. There was no numbers. There were no proposals. There was NOTHING except circles with lines leading to other circles encasing a platitude. That budget was beyond stupid and jumped directly into open-head wound brain malfuction. ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/837 "2009-11-07T18:11:01Z")
When questioned as to how many of his constituents lack health care, Congressman Steve King (R - Freedom Lover) replied: “My people want freedom.” Well, there you go. > **[Steve King Doesn't Know Number Of Uninsured In His District: "My District...](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/steve-king-doesnt-know-nu_n_346854)** > > Steve King Doesn't Know Number Of Uninsured In His District: "My District Wants Freedom" (VIDEO) ---
**Author:** ![Claptree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@Claptree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claptree)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/838 "2009-11-07T19:43:07Z")
> [@Frostillicus](#): > > How did a man this stupid end of as the Republican Minority Leader in the US House? Oh, that’s right. He is a Republican. > > [Late Afternoon/Early Evening Open Thread](http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/11/5/800886/-Late-Afternoon-Early-Evening-Open-Thread) Is it just me, or is that Michelle Bachmann hiding behind Boehner’s left shoulder? ---
**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 8, 2009, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/839 "2009-11-08T03:11:43Z")
Ooh, if it is, they could merge this with the “Scary Eyes” thread. Mind you, I think I’d be too petrified to open the resulting abomination against nature, but what the hell. 'Tis the season for spookiness. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2009, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/840 "2009-11-08T06:07:41Z")
> [@Claptree](#): > > Is it just me, or is that Michelle Bachmann hiding behind Boehner’s left shoulder? There is no way I can respond to this without mispronouncing Mr Boner’s name. ETA: Er, like that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=41) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=43)