# 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:** 474
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2013, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9461 "2013-05-10T22:58:42Z")
> [@Knorf](#): > > Given that the Democrats fall for this and the voters do not hold the GOP accountable, it’s genius. Sure, but what would you or I do? Even if we assume that the greater number of the Pubbies are not crazy, how many is that? Maybe if they had a recognized leader, somebody with the authority to say hold it, stop, no further. Supposed to be Boner, but we know it isn’t. If they go ahead and fuck things up, it will be a disaster. If they just intend to go right to the line bluffing, and then somebody fucks up, its just as much a disaster. Who’s the guy who gets to say “OK, that’s all we can get, time to stand down the nuclear missiles…” Its not only that somebody might not get the memo, there’s nobody with the authority to _send_ the damn memo! So, the Dems hang tough, the Pubbies burn the place down, and we can be comforted because the smoldering wreckage will be in responsible hands a year or two down the road? If a Dem were to say “We had to give in, no choice, and hope to fix things later” how do I say he’s wrong? Remember, they designed the sequester to be so terrible, it couldn’t happen. And here we are. In the old days, we could at least rely on the money Pubbies to yank the chain, back when they were in charge. Now, there’s nobody in charge, and no chain to yank. ---
**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:** [May 11, 2013, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9462 "2013-05-11T23:53:33Z")
[http://www.readingisforsnobs.com/2013/05/rush-limbaughs-intriguing-theory-on.html](http://www.readingisforsnobs.com/2013/05/rush-limbaughs-intriguing-theory-on.html) _ **A disturbed mind firing random neurons.** _\* > [@](#): > > **Limbaugh claims the Boston Marathon bombers were Democrats** > Now, Rush associating anyone committing nearly any heinous crime with Democrats is nothing new. But what caught my attention was his utterly bizarre (even for Rush) rationale for why they were Democrats. > > In the beginning of the video, Rush laments the fact that “all these people in the media” are apparently saying that the Boston bombers were driven to do what they did because of Bush’s foreign policy. However, these same folks ignore the fact that Obama killed Bin Laden, who, in Rush’s own words, was the “head honcho” of Islamic terrorism. Surely such an act would infuriate these people far more than anything Bush did in Iraq, Rush concludes. > > So Rush is saying that the same people who attacked one of the most Democratic cities, in one of the most Democratic states, cause a Democratic President killed the head of terrorist organization they really admire, are clearly, blatantly, and obviously Democrats themselves! ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2013, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9463 "2013-05-12T03:25:57Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Sure, but what would you or I do? Even if we assume that the greater number of the Pubbies are not crazy, how many is that? Maybe if they had a recognized leader, somebody with the authority to say hold it, stop, no further. Supposed to be Boner, but we know it isn’t. I just vote my conscience, which leads to my not having voting for a Republican in many years, and seeing little chance of it in the neat future. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2013, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9464 "2013-05-12T14:11:06Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2013, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9465 "2013-05-12T16:59:45Z")
> [@Knorf](#): > > I just vote my conscience, which leads to my not having voting for a Republican in many years, and seeing little chance of it in the neat future. Huh. That was intended to read “near future,” obviously. But “neat” future. Hmmm… Do those flying cars have a chance? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2013, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9466 "2013-05-12T17:07:19Z")
I wonder if [these guys](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Were_Promised_Jetpacks) would support flying cars if you voted for them. ---
**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:** [May 13, 2013, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9467 "2013-05-13T20:09:32Z")
**GOP using flimsy pretexts to block president Obama’s nominees.** [http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-gops-politics-of-dysfunction/2013/05/12/8a583f56-b9b2-11e2-b94c-b684dda07add\_story.html?tid=socialss](http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-gops-politics-of-dysfunction/2013/05/12/8a583f56-b9b2-11e2-b94c-b684dda07add_story.html?tid=socialss) > [@](#): > > It’s possible that Republicans will muster the 41 votes needed in the Senate to block both nominations — despite their strong qualifications and high ethical standards. If they do, Americans will be under no illusions that the GOP has led Washington to new lows of dysfunction. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2013, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9468 "2013-05-13T22:39:58Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > **GOP using flimsy pretexts to block president Obama’s nominees**. They’re bothering to use pretexts? That surprises me. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2013, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9469 "2013-05-13T23:46:09Z")
Hell, everybody texts these days! How much trouble would it be to put a little more at the beginning? ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2013, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9470 "2013-05-13T23:54:21Z")
In the wake of the IRS scandal, Marco Rubio has, reasonably, called for the resignation of the IRS commissioner.[If only there was an IRS commissioner.](http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2013/05/13/marco_rubio_irs_commissioner_resignation.html) The last one (a Bush appointee) resigned last November. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2013, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9471 "2013-05-14T01:36:08Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > [http://www.readingisforsnobs.com/2013/05/rush-limbaughs-intriguing-theory-on.html](http://www.readingisforsnobs.com/2013/05/rush-limbaughs-intriguing-theory-on.html) > > _ **A disturbed mind firing random neurons.** _\* So Bush was actually doing the Right thing by not going after OBL thereby endearing the US to Moslems throughout the world. He’s smarter than I thought.😕 ---
**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:** [May 14, 2013, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9472 "2013-05-14T01:47:44Z")
I keep hoping I’ll wake up and find that all these stories were in fact hoaxes by left-wing pranksters, and that I was duped by the Onion. Instead, it’s miserable effing reality. The Republican Party is a parody of itself, and it is not in on the joke. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9473 "2013-05-14T03:18:28Z")
> [@Askthepizzaguy](#): > > I keep hoping I’ll wake up and find that all these stories were in fact hoaxes by left-wing pranksters, and that I was duped by the Onion. > > Instead, it’s miserable effing reality. The Republican Party is a parody of itself, and it is not in on the joke. A few of them have to be. I mean, for example, that asshat who full out admitted that the only reason republican senators/congressmen voted against the universal background checks, even when over 90% of Americans support them, was because Obama wanted it and they didn’t want to hand him a “win”, at least he’s in on the joke, right? RIGHT? ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9474 "2013-05-14T04:00:14Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > A few of them have to be. I mean, for example, that asshat who full out admitted that the only reason republican senators/congressmen voted against the universal background checks, even when over 90% of Americans support them, was because Obama wanted it and they didn’t want to hand him a “win”, at least he’s in on the joke, right? RIGHT? [That was Toomey](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/01/pat-toomey-background-checks_n_3192690.html), and he was actually pretty ticked about it, since it was a bill he co-sponsored and voted for. Of course, on other bills, he’s perfectly happy to vote with the rest of the Republicans to ensure that Obama doesn’t get what he wants… ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9475 "2013-05-14T04:12:02Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > [That was Toomey](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/01/pat-toomey-background-checks_n_3192690.html), and he was actually pretty ticked about it, since it was a bill he co-sponsored and voted for. > > Of course, on other bills, he’s perfectly happy to vote with the rest of the Republicans to ensure that Obama doesn’t get what he wants… Yeah I got that he was ticked. But if he’s actually got the balls to call out his fellow Republicans for doing the same exact shit he himself and they all have been doing since day 1 of Obama’s presidency, surely he must be aware of what a parody the Republicans have become. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2013, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9476 "2013-05-14T08:37:30Z")
That’s why I hate this effing process. The point of winning the election is to do something for the people and then get the hell out of that stinking town. Instead it’s a team sport and they fight every two years for Super Bowl rings. This isn’t politics, it’s a damned football match that never ends and is not the slightest bit entertaining or fun. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9477 "2013-05-14T13:53:50Z")
Finally a [smart Republican idea](http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/05/14/2006251/rnc-director-of-hispanic-outreach-quits-party-and-registers-as-a-democrat/) > [@](#): > > When Republicans appointed Pablo Pantoja to State Director of Florida Hispanic Outreach for the Republican National Committee, they hoped he would be able to bridge the sizable gap that only expanded during the 2012 elections, when the state’s 4.7 million Hispanic voters supported Barack Obama over Mitt Romney by a 20 percent margin. > > But after months of inaction by Congressional Republicans on comprehensive immigration reform and stiff resistance by Republican-leaning groups like the Heritage Foundation, Pantoja has had enough; on Monday, **he announced via email that he was leaving the party and registering as a Democrat** ---
**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:** [May 14, 2013, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9478 "2013-05-14T15:06:06Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > Yeah I got that he was ticked. But if he’s actually got the balls to call out his fellow Republicans for doing the same exact shit he himself and they all have been doing since day 1 of Obama’s presidency, surely he must be aware of what a parody the Republicans have become. Republican politicians may be in on the joke, the problem is that Republican \*voters \*don’t even know that comedy exists. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2013, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9479 "2013-05-14T17:00:00Z")
> [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > Finally a [smart Republican idea](http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/05/14/2006251/rnc-director-of-hispanic-outreach-quits-party-and-registers-as-a-democrat/) I can’t think of a better Hispanic outreach method. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9480 "2013-05-14T17:43:12Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I can’t think of a better Hispanic outreach method. So how is FOX covering this story? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=473) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=475)