# 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:** 453
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9041 "2013-03-25T17:29:06Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Say what you will about GHWB, but I don’t think low IQ applies. He was CIA Director. I agree. Whatever his flaws, GHWB definitely was (and is) _not_ of low intelligence. I actually think he was an underrated president in some ways. ---
**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 25, 2013, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9042 "2013-03-25T17:43:45Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > _Tenet_. Fortunately we’re not discussing the quality of _my_ brain. 😉 ---
**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 25, 2013, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9043 "2013-03-25T18:37:46Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > This is too too precious, but I refuse to believe it until there are some more confirming stories. That was my reaction. But it appear to be real all right, unless it’s an elaborate hoax and Poe’s law at work Here’s the original source. > **[BENGHAZI TRUTH!](http://benghazi-truth.blogspot.com/)** > > The only official website of the Tea Party Fire Ants Benghazi FOX NEWS boycotts Warning there is some Olympic level crazy there as well as hard on the eyes typewriter font. Interestingly this apparently is not the first Fox Boycott, as there are mentions in the rant comparing their results to a previous Fox boycott. I think that one might have had to do with [Fox’s “unfair” treatment of Palin](http://www.inquisitr.com/7566/conservatives-call-for-fox-news-boycott-over-palin-treatment/) ---
**Author:** ![Sinaptics](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Sinaptics](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sinaptics)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9044 "2013-03-25T18:49:43Z")
Well there’s this: [Poll: Plurality of Republicans believe Supreme Court is liberal.](http://www.people-press.org/files/legacy-pdf/3-25-13%20Supreme%20Court%20Release.pdf) 45% of Conservatives believe the court is liberal while 39% believe it’s middle of the road. I’m guessing this is mainly because of the Obamacare decision, but come on, you have to have absolutely no knowledge of the Supreme Court to believe it’s liberal. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9045 "2013-03-25T18:52:52Z")
> [@](#): > > …Here’s the original source… I only got as far as this: > [@](#): > > …On the issue of why this blog has concluded that Obama must have wanted the people in Benghazi dead, it’s pretty simple:… ---
**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 25, 2013, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9046 "2013-03-25T19:27:48Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > I only got as far as this: I went further, but found only this explanation: > [@](#): > > Stevens was a liberal who was apparently enamored of Obama, just like you are - and at the very least, Obama locked him up in a country with no way out, turned his back and let him die. AFAICT, Stevens was allowed to die quickly because he was a liberal. Were he conservative, Obama would have ordered his terrorist allies to invite him to a banquet, with living intestines stripped and braised. Served with capers and couscous rice – Yummy! ---
**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:** [March 26, 2013, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9047 "2013-03-26T00:33:15Z")
Obama’s Cthulhu? I thought he was the Antichrist. ---
**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:** [March 26, 2013, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9048 "2013-03-26T01:47:45Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Obama’s Cthulhu? I thought he was the Antichrist. In this economy, even he has to hold down two jobs to keep his head above water. Now, [another drop](http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/03/25/evangelical-leader-same-sex-marriage-polls-are-skewed/) from the flood of derpitude: > [@](#): > > Gary Bauer, president of American Values, a conservative group opposed to gay marriage, is the latest to downplay recent polls that show the tide is turning on public opinion of same-sex marriage. Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace asked Bauer to weigh in on the result of the Washington Post-ABC News poll out last week showed that showed 58% of Americans feel that gay marriage should be legal, with 36% saying it should be illegal. > > “Do you worry that this only puts the Republican Party further out of touch with the mainstream of American voters?” Wallace asked. > > “No, I’m not worried about it because the polls are skewed,” Bauer responded… ---
**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:** [March 26, 2013, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9049 "2013-03-26T09:50:11Z")
Skewed polls? That sounds vaguely familiar… ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9050 "2013-03-26T14:11:40Z")
Well, he is perfectly right on that. The polls are skewed by bad methodology that allows them to ask the opinion of people who disagree with his position. If the polls only talked to “real Americans” who think exactly like Gary Bauer, you would see how right he was! ---
**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 26, 2013, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9051 "2013-03-26T14:24:50Z")
The margin of error has a liberal bias. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9052 "2013-03-26T17:10:22Z")
That would be world famous statistician Marge N. Overra. She works for the Car Talk guys. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9053 "2013-03-26T22:47:02Z")
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito complains, “Justicing is _hard_.” “There isn’t a lot of data about its effect. And it may turn out to be a good thing; it may turn out not to be a good thing, as the supporters of Proposition 8 apparently believe. But you want us to step in and render a decision based on an assessment of the effects of this institution which is newer than cell phones or the Internet? I mean we — we are not — we do not have the ability to see the future.” ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9054 "2013-03-26T23:41:42Z")
And here are a couple of the brightest lights in the [Tennessee legislature](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/03/26/tennessee-lawmakers-outraged-that-mop-sink-could-be-for-muslim-foot-washing/)’s Republican contingent. No, the new mop sink in the Capitol’s men’s restroom is \*not \*for Muslims to ritually wash their feet. ---
**Author:** ![Askthepizzaguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askthepizzaguy/32/9405_2.png) [@Askthepizzaguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askthepizzaguy)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9055 "2013-03-27T01:05:42Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito complains, “Justicing is _hard_.” > > “There isn’t a lot of data about its effect. And it may turn out to be a good thing; it may turn out not to be a good thing, as the supporters of Proposition 8 apparently believe. But you want us to step in and render a decision based on an assessment of the effects of this institution which is newer than cell phones or the Internet? I mean we — we are not — we do not have the ability to see the future.” Yeah, I thought that was particularly ball-less of him. A disgrace. I could understand if he suggested the issue was legally difficult or complicated, but he didn’t. He’s basically whining that he’s afraid of boogeymen that will come get him if he decides the law incorrectly. Man up. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2013, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9056 "2013-03-27T01:16:35Z")
[Former South Carolina GOP executive director Todd Kincannon keeps it classy](http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/41774_Former_SC_GOP_Director_Kincannon_to_Iraq_War_Vet-_Shame_You_Didnt_Come_Home_in_a_Body_Bag) in his responses to a critic: [QUOTE=Todd Kincannon] @MikePrysner You are an Iraq veteran? Shame you didn’t come home in a body bag. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Todd Kincannon] Go read what the asshole wrote. I wish the Iraqis had better aim with his ass. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Todd Kincannon] @lrindl Yes, I hope if that guy is ever in combat again, the enemy splatters his brains JFK-style. He deserves it. [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9057 "2013-03-27T01:21:42Z")
> [@Askthepizzaguy](#): > > Yeah, I thought that was particularly ball-less of him. A disgrace. > > I could understand if he suggested the issue was legally difficult or complicated, but he didn’t. He’s basically whining that he’s afraid of boogeymen that will come get him if he decides the law incorrectly. Man up. Well, it’s worse than that. The whole purpose of the Supreme Court is to rule on the constitutionality of laws, and most of the time, it’s going to be dealing with laws that were enacted relatively recently, and certainly after the invention of cell phones. So he’s basically saying he doesn’t want to do his job. ---
**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 27, 2013, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9058 "2013-03-27T02:01:39Z")
Ok, I guess I need a refresher course on the technology of homosexuality. Or maybe the technology of marriage. Let’s start simple. What does the microchip do, and where do they put it? ---
**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:** [March 27, 2013, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9059 "2013-03-27T02:11:55Z")
Rush Limbaugh [continues to have no sense of irony](http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/03/25/1196949/-With-No-Irony-Rush-Limbaugh-Says-Lesbians-are-Obese-Substance-Abusers). Or is coming out as a lesbian. One of those. ---
**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 27, 2013, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9060 "2013-03-27T02:24:19Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > [Former South Carolina GOP executive director Todd Kincannon keeps it classy](http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/41774_Former_SC_GOP_Director_Kincannon_to_Iraq_War_Vet-_Shame_You_Didnt_Come_Home_in_a_Body_Bag) in his responses to a critic: Somebody is richly deserving of a good, old-fashioned curb stomping. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=452) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=454)