# 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:** 450
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2013, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8981 "2013-03-17T19:42:25Z")
For Keith Richards and David Bowie, drugs appear to have acted as preservatives. ---
**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:** [March 17, 2013, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8982 "2013-03-17T19:52:19Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > For Keith Richards and David Bowie, drugs appear to have acted as preservatives. Much like mummification. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2013, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8983 "2013-03-17T23:36:16Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > In a mailing to constituents, the Yorktown Republican, who serves on the Assembly Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Committee, warned: “Our community has been stricken with an increase in drug use and drunk driving by our youngest citizens.” Finally, a politician who doesn’t just talk about problems, he DOES something about them. In this case, he’s trying to even up the numbers. ---
**Author:** ![panaccione](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/94ad74/32.png) [@panaccione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panaccione)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2013, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8984 "2013-03-18T01:09:07Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > [Minority outreach, CPAC style;](http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/03/15/1729331/cpac-slavery-minority-outreach/) > > Stay classy, conservatives. So sad. He says, “My people..” as if blacks are not by virtue of their skin color. If he thinks it’s so swell, I wonder why he doesn’t put himself in bondage in some 3rd world country. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2013, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8985 "2013-03-18T03:23:20Z")
Shit, won’t have to travel for that, you can get that on Craigslist! ---
**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:** [March 18, 2013, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8986 "2013-03-18T07:49:38Z")
May I hijack this thread to pose a question? (I almost posted it in a non-BBQ thread, but didn’t want to risk a Moderator warning.) > [@Question for the advocates of "tough medicine"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-the-advocates-of-tough-medicine/653094/19): > > You compare a subsidy, which is money extorted from many people and given to a few, with a tax deduction, which allows someone to keep money they earned in the first place. > > The answer to your question is simple. Some people are hypocrites and some are not. Baboons understood the need for coercive taxation as early as the time Oog-oog told his nephew to share his banana. There was a recent thread on post-Neolithic shrinking of human brain size. Has this been related to political trends? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2013, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8987 "2013-03-18T08:31:34Z")
Well, of course they’re cooperative and altruistic, they’re stupid! Can’t expect them to understand compound interest or the free market value of labor. ---
**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:** [March 18, 2013, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8988 "2013-03-18T14:03:54Z")
**WillFarnaby** isn’t a Republican. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2013, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8989 "2013-03-18T15:15:30Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > [State Assembly's Steve Katz Charged With Marijuana Possession | Yorktown Daily Voice](http://yorktown.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/state-assemblys-steve-katz-charged-marijuana-possession) > > . > > [http://www.lohud.com/article/20130315/NEWS/303150112/Assemblyman-Katz-ticketed-marijuana-speeding-Thursday?nclick\_check=1](http://www.lohud.com/article/20130315/NEWS/303150112/Assemblyman-Katz-ticketed-marijuana-speeding-Thursday?nclick_check=1) > > As one piece said, maybe this will be his Portman moment. Any bets his defense will be, “I was only doing research”? ---
**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:** [March 18, 2013, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8990 "2013-03-18T15:19:20Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > ALBANY — Assemblyman Steve Katz has railed against illegal drugs and voted against the legalization of medical marijuana last year. > > > > In a mailing to constituents, the Yorktown Republican, who serves on the Assembly Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Committee, warned: “Our community has been stricken with an increase in drug use and drunk driving by our youngest citizens.” Maybe he decided the best way to keep drugs out of the hands of children is to smoke them all himself. He’s just making the ultimate sacrifice for his constituency. ---
**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:** [March 18, 2013, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8991 "2013-03-18T15:59:11Z")
“I didn’t inhale.” Channel from the best! ---
**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:** [March 18, 2013, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8992 "2013-03-18T21:27:34Z")
[How to win more elections, Republican style](http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/19/us/politics/republicans-plan-overhaul-for-2016-primary-season.html?nl=us&emc=edit_cn_20130318&_r=0): > [@](#): > > The prescription from the national party largely avoids policy, instead focusing on messaging. > > “The way we communicate our principles isn’t resonating widely enough,” Mr. Priebus said. “Focus groups described our party as narrow-minded, out of touch and, quote, stuffy old men.” > > Mr. Priebus announced that the national committee would invest $10 million to bring on new staff members to help appeal to young, female and minority voters. They will be charged with delivering an “aggressive marketing campaign” among those voters about “what it means to be a Republican.” Because it’s not just focus groups who should realize it’s a part of narrow-minded, stuffy, old white men. EVERYONE should be informed! ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8993 "2013-03-19T01:05:30Z")
It’s like watching a real-life version of a skit: David: People aren’t buying our new diet book, _Eat Poop & Get Thin: the healthy way to lose weight that tastes great!_. Charles: They say the ideas and basic reasoning are repugnant. Karl: Clearly the problem is in the marketing! ---
**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:** [March 19, 2013, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8994 "2013-03-19T01:37:21Z")
“The beatings will continue until morale improves!” ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8995 "2013-03-19T02:06:51Z")
“Sunday, Sunday, Sunday!! Kid Rock, Ted Nugent and the Beach Boys! At the Raceway with special guest Dennis Miller! Sunday, Sunday, Sunday!!..” ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8996 "2013-03-19T16:20:28Z")
[Hispanic Outreach Republican style](http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/03/19/1195259/-Even-the-GOP-s-Spanish-language-outreach-is-English-only?detail=hide) I think we’ve figured out their problem. Let’s see if they do. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8997 "2013-03-19T16:30:38Z")
OK, so maybe they don’t have to learn English to be citizens. But they by God have to learn English to be Republicans! ---
**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:** [March 19, 2013, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8998 "2013-03-19T17:49:31Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > [Hispanic Outreach Republican style](http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/03/19/1195259/-Even-the-GOP-s-Spanish-language-outreach-is-English-only?detail=hide) > > I think we’ve figured out their problem. Let’s see if they do. [http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/03/06/the-david-pakman-show-jeb-bush-disagrees-with-his-own-book-hours-after-publishing-video/](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/03/06/the-david-pakman-show-jeb-bush-disagrees-with-his-own-book-hours-after-publishing-video/) \*\*Jeb Bush Disagrees With His Own Book Hours After Publishing \*\* > [@](#): > > In the book, he and his co-author argue that undocumented immigrants should not be eligible for citizenship. Then on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, he said, “actually, I don’t have a problem with a pathway to citizenship.” Houston, we have another flip-flopper on our hands. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8999 "2013-03-19T19:19:49Z")
He evolved. Now has an opposable thumb, so he can grasp tools and jerk off. ---
**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:** [March 19, 2013, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9000 "2013-03-19T19:26:42Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > [http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/03/06/the-david-pakman-show-jeb-bush-disagrees-with-his-own-book-hours-after-publishing-video/](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/03/06/the-david-pakman-show-jeb-bush-disagrees-with-his-own-book-hours-after-publishing-video/) > > \*\*Jeb Bush Disagrees With His Own Book Hours After Publishing \*\* > > Houston, we have another flip-flopper on our hands. I thought he was agreeing with his ghost writer for a couple of days. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=449) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=451)