# 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:** 43
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/841 "2009-11-08T06:54:17Z")
She’s giving him a reach-around but she’s unclear on the concept. ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/842 "2009-11-08T17:40:25Z")
Do Republican leaders ever stop to think before making stupid remarks? Case # 32,760: Newt Gingrich (R - Adulterer) says that the founding fathers would be “very severe critics” of President Obama. Good point, Newt. Especially the slaveholders, I’m guessing. [http://thinkprogress.org/2009/11/07/gingrich-founding-fathers/](http://thinkprogress.org/2009/11/07/gingrich-founding-fathers/) ---
**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 8, 2009, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/843 "2009-11-08T22:50:30Z")
Isn’t it funny how people who bring up the Founding Fathers, Socialism, Jesus/the Bible, the Constitution and things like that are usually the most ignorant about all of those things? they’re just words to throw around, not meaningful concepts. ---
**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 9, 2009, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/844 "2009-11-09T10:52:14Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > Isn’t it funny how people who bring up the Founding Fathers, Socialism, Jesus/the Bible, the Constitution and things like that are usually the most ignorant about all of those things? they’re just words to throw around, not meaningful concepts. No, they’re symbols, and as the great philosopher Carlin often quipped : symbols are for the symbol minded. ---
**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 9, 2009, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/845 "2009-11-09T17:21:38Z")
Senator Graham (R-NC) say [the House bill is DOA in the Senate.](http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/11/08/ftn/main5576519.shtml?tag=contentBody;featuredPost-PE) I’m not claiming this is a stupid Republican idea. I’m sure there is a nuance here that I’m missing-- but doesn’t the Senate have their own bill? And the House bill can’t be DOA because it isn’t Aing in the Senate? Or is it that the Senate is taking the House bill and using it as their own? This isn’t snarkiness but an actual question. Did School House Rock mislead me for all these years? ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/846 "2009-11-09T17:44:23Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > This isn’t snarkiness but an actual question. Did School House Rock mislead me for all these years? He’s attempting to shift the debate. Much like any thread involving **Carol Stream of Piss** , he’s trying to move the debate. In this case, people will think that the bill is near-death, so naturally when they work out the bills they’ll have to do something like “Reduce tax for working Americans” (ie. Billionaires) to “squeak it through” (ie. An abstention from Snowe). -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/847 "2009-11-09T17:45:06Z")
Nitpick – Sen. Lindsey “It’s a Lie” Graham is from South Carolina. TTBOMK, what’s happening is that one house is accepting the amendments the other house tagged onto the bill, the ‘reconciliation’ phase of passing a law. I think it’s the Senate reviewing the House amendments, but I could be wrong on that. In any case, let’s note that Graham is of the “any publicity is good publicity” school of thought, and that what he’s probably talking out of, most people use for sitting and excretion. ---
**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 9, 2009, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/848 "2009-11-09T18:08:00Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > Nitpick – Sen. Lindsey “It’s a Lie” Graham is from South Carolina. TTBOMK, what’s happening is that one house is accepting the amendments the other house tagged onto the bill, the ‘reconciliation’ phase of passing a law. I think it’s the Senate reviewing the House amendments, but I could be wrong on that. > > In any case, let’s note that Graham is of the “any publicity is good publicity” school of thought, and that what he’s probably talking out of, most people use for sitting and excretion. It is my understanding that we are not yet at the reconciliation part. The Senate has yet to vote on their version of the bill, so there aren’t any amendments to recomjigerate. Unless there is only one version of this bill that is being used by both the House and the Senate. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/849 "2009-11-09T18:18:04Z")
And, of course, it’s always possible that Graham is banking on what a complete and total pussy Reid is. I know I still think he’ll find a way to be bullied out of it. -Joe ---
**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 9, 2009, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/850 "2009-11-09T19:18:23Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > And, of course, it’s always possible that Graham is banking on what a complete and total pussy Reid is. … Graham is making a pretty solid bet, then. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/851 "2009-11-09T19:27:36Z")
> [@The\_Tooth](#): > > Can I play? Ladies and gentlemen, I present T. Boone Pickens, who is certainly stupid and most likely Republican: > > [Evil, pure and simple from the 8th Dimension.](http://in.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idINN2149238420091021) > > I’d say to argue that you deserve plunder because you got hurt plundering it is the dumbest thing I’ve heard since a co-worker told me that insects aren’t animals. And that’s pretty dumb. Sounds more like Pickens thinks HE deserves it because someone ELSE got hurt or killed. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/852 "2009-11-09T19:51:26Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > Sounds more like Pickens thinks HE deserves it because someone ELSE got hurt or killed. > :dubious: The ‘You’ stood for “United States”. Do these people think about what they say? I can’t imagine “we deserve it because we took some damage stealing it” would wash with any more than half the 20% if that, it’s just that stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Dynastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/fbc32d/32.png) [@Dynastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dynastic)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/853 "2009-11-09T20:07:37Z")
All rebublican ideas are stupid. ---
**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 9, 2009, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/854 "2009-11-09T20:11:19Z")
> [@Dynastic](#): > > All rebublican ideas are stupid. Yes, but the best of them are also hilarious – so long as they don’t actually get enacted. ---
**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 9, 2009, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/855 "2009-11-09T20:43:33Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Graham is making a pretty solid bet, then. The House always has the edge. ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/856 "2009-11-10T03:38:03Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > And, of course, it’s always possible that Graham is banking on what a complete and total pussy Reid is. I hear that Lindsey doesn’t have a whole lot of familiarity with pussies. Just saying… ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/857 "2009-11-10T14:14:06Z")
> [@Frostillicus](#): > > I hear that Lindsey doesn’t have a whole lot of familiarity with pussies. Just saying… Well, here’s a stupid idea I’d like to put out there early, cuz I’m sure it’s going to happen. When Crist is gearing up for his senate primary, he’ll get teabagged with the fag card. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![legalsnugs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@legalsnugs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/legalsnugs)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/858 "2009-11-10T15:07:23Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > Well, here’s a stupid idea I’d like to put out there early, cuz I’m sure it’s going to happen. When Crist is gearing up for his senate primary, he’ll get teabagged with the fag card. > > -Joe It’s already started in SC for Lindsey Graham. The “troo Amerikuns” are calling him horrible names, like “librul” for working with Sen. Kerry on the environmental legislation. Ironic, no? Teabaggers trying to oust Graham! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/859 "2009-11-10T15:13:26Z")
Cousin Lemuel here, ' **lucs** out trying to get the dog to sober up, been chasing imaginary squirrels and just treed a Prius but…you sure you haven’t confused eye-ronic with mo-ronic? ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/860 "2009-11-10T15:25:44Z")
I always thought that teabagging was to dunk one’s scrotum on another person. Turns out that I was right. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=42) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=44)