# 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:** 50
**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:** [December 23, 2009, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/981 "2009-12-23T17:40:56Z")
> [@The\_Tooth](#): > > For a second there I was excited to learn that Inhofe was dead. Turns out that he’s not. “It was only a Way of the Flesh wound.” ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/982 "2009-12-23T18:43:59Z")
It was not an “assault prayer”! The “Amen” at the end shows clearly that this is merely a sportsmen’s hunting prayer modified for full auto! Liars! Liars! ---
**Author:** ![gang\_green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f07891/32.png) [@gang\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gang_green)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/983 "2009-12-23T19:27:59Z")
[Oh, my.](http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/michelle_bachman_welfare_queen_20091221/) > [@](#): > > But data compiled from federal records by Environmental Working Group, a nonprofit watchdog that tracks the recipients of agricultural subsidies in the United States, shows that Bachmann has an inner Marxist that is perfectly at ease with profiting from taxpayer largesse. According to the organization’s records, Bachmann’s family farm received $251,973 in federal subsidies between 1995 and 2006. The farm had been managed by Bachmann’s recently deceased father-in-law and took in roughly $20,000 in 2006 and $28,000 in 2005, with the bulk of the subsidies going to dairy and corn. Okay, I get it. Socialism is when \*everyone \*benefits from government programs. Democracy (as the Republicans seem to be selling it) is when just the elite benefits from government programs. > [@](#): > > In the 11 years for which the Environmental Working Group has compiled data, the federal government paid out a total of $178 billion to American farmers. We’re not talking about the Joads here. The bulk of subsidies go to the wealthy, not small farmers, as Ken Cook, the group’s president, explained to the Central Valley (Calif.) Business Times: > > > [@](#): > > > > American taxpayers have been writing farm subsidy checks to wealthy absentee land owners, state prison systems, universities, public corporations, and very large, well-heeled farm business operations without the government so much as asking the beneficiaries if they need our money. … Even if you live smack in the middle of a big city, type in a ZIP code and you’ll find farm subsidy recipients. > > Chuck Grassley, the longtime Republican senator from Iowa who warns his constituents of Obama’s “trend toward socialism,” has seen his family collect $1 million in federal handouts over an 11-year period, with Grassley’s son receiving $699,248 and the senator himself pocketing $238,974. Even Grassley’s grandson is learning to ride through life on training wheels, snagging $5,964 in 2005 and $2,363 in 2006. In the Grassley family they learn early how to enjoy other people’s money. Hm. I wonder if I can qualify if I start a vegetable garden in my back yard. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/984 "2009-12-23T19:37:45Z")
> [@gang\_green](#): > > Okay, I get it. Socialism is when \*everyone \*benefits from government programs. Democracy (as the Republicans seem to be selling it) is when just the elite benefits from government programs. You must not have been paying attention to the GOP playbook for the last, oh, 30 years or so. It’s kind of how welfare is bad (uppity hos, driving their Escalades to the grocery store to buy filet mignon with their food stamps) unless a corporation is doing it (humble banks gambling irresponsibly, followed by desperate please for no-strings gummint bailouts). Why should Crazy Eyes Shelly be any different? -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/985 "2009-12-23T20:36:32Z")
> [@the tooth](#): > > for a second there i was excited to learn that inhofe was dead. Turns out that he’s not. One obviously cannot petition the lord with prayer. you cannot petition the lord with prayer! ---
**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:** [December 23, 2009, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/986 "2009-12-23T20:42:50Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > you cannot petition the lord with prayer! Yeah, I said that. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/987 "2009-12-23T21:21:04Z")
[major fail]I tried picking it up and emphasizing it in all caps and shouty-like, but the Board software de-caps shouting posts automatically. :([/mf] ---
**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:** [December 23, 2009, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/988 "2009-12-23T21:32:01Z")
Ah, so more of a "You _CANNOT_ petition the _Lord_ . . . with _PRAYER!!!"_ type of thing in the Bill Hicks mode. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/989 "2009-12-23T21:33:01Z")
Kids these days. The Lizard King is spinning in his grave. ---
**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:** [December 23, 2009, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/990 "2009-12-23T21:35:38Z")
I’ll have you know I got a copy of The Doors’ first album when I was 13 and it was the nicest thing my sister ever gave me. And now that you mention it I can remember hearing Morrison stating that fact about the efficacy of wishful thinking. I got my drug-addled wrecks confused for a second there. And I’ve been to Jim Morrison’s grave but I didn’t hear a whirring. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/991 "2009-12-23T21:56:57Z")
> [@The\_Tooth](#): > > I’ll have you know I got a copy of The Doors’ first album … Sometimes it’s better to just walk on down the hall. ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/992 "2009-12-23T22:54:29Z")
Any points for John Barrasso invoking the name of John Kennedy to try and persuade Democrats to vote against health care? ---
**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:** [December 24, 2009, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/993 "2009-12-24T06:07:47Z")
Sorry. Too busy hauling out my copy of “Soft Parade.” ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2009, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/994 "2009-12-24T11:24:22Z")
Nah. John Ensign beat him by telling senators they take a solemn oath that they should not break. ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2009, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/995 "2009-12-24T11:36:22Z")
> [@E-Sabbath](#): > > Nah. John Ensign beat him by telling senators they take a solemn oath that they should not break. Yeah the Republicans certainly have a sense of humor selecting him to make that speech. ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2009, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/996 "2009-12-27T23:17:12Z")
Today’s nominee: Mary Matalin [http://thinkprogress.org/2009/12/27/matalin-inherited-terror/](http://thinkprogress.org/2009/12/27/matalin-inherited-terror/) I know that James Carville is an ugly troll, but he can’t do better than this? Really? ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2009, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/997 "2009-12-27T23:26:13Z")
> [@Frostillicus](#): > > Today’s nominee: Mary Matalin This proves once again that Republicans experience time differently than the rest of us. You, **Frostillicus** are probably too much a _linear thinker_, too addicted to _linear time_ to ever comprehend the innate _rightness_ of Ms. Matalin’s evocations. [http://deoxy.org/raw.htm](http://deoxy.org/raw.htm) ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2009, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/998 "2009-12-29T05:30:25Z")
> [@Frostillicus](#): > > Today’s nominee: Mary Matalin > > [http://thinkprogress.org/2009/12/27/matalin-inherited-terror/](http://thinkprogress.org/2009/12/27/matalin-inherited-terror/) > > I know that James Carville is an ugly troll, but he can’t do better than this? Really? I’ve always assumed that every time they have sex, it’s either: [ol] [li]A grudge fuck[/li][li]A D/s situation (Carville as top)[/li][li]A D/s situation (Matalin with a strap-on)[/li][/ol] ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2009, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/999 "2009-12-29T05:33:35Z")
Tom Tomorrow delivers an excellent, two part summary of the Year In Crazy: [Part the First](http://www.salon.com/entertainment/comics/this_modern_world/2009/12/21/this_modern_world/index.html) [Part the Second](http://www.salon.com/entertainment/comics/this_modern_world/2009/12/28/this_modern_world) Thirty tiny boxes of concentrated Republican nuttiness. ---
**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:** [December 29, 2009, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1000 "2009-12-29T05:34:43Z")
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