# 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:** 503
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10041 "2013-07-12T21:39:08Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Texas twats tweet on Twitter, tottering on a terrible twist of twaddle. Too too twue. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10042 "2013-07-13T04:04:58Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > Yes, definitely, thank you to the Republicans. The Stupid that keeps on Stupiding. Or, something. Congratulations on creating this astounding thread! I, for one, am astounded that any sensible person can still call themselves a “Republican”. The people leading them have pretty much erased any remaining goodwill for the party of Lincoln. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2013, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10043 "2013-07-13T08:51:41Z")
I found [someone on YouTube interviewing typical Republicans](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVq1hhTOdA0), asking how Muslims should be branded. Some wanted computer chips implanted; others skin markings that glow through clothing. Twelve seconds into [this scene from _The Wire_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=im3HGjAzGow), a detective reveals why the GOP may continue to win elections. ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10044 "2013-07-13T13:45:01Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > There are people who aren’t Republicans _or_ Democrats, you know. 😉 > > Sooner or later somebody is going to mention that senators serve six year terms and the whole thing will be off. Someone should also show her a map and explain to her that Washington DC is actually on the east coast instead of being the state directly below Alaska. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10045 "2013-07-13T15:01:58Z")
> [@MOIDALIZE](#): > > House Republicans pass a farm bill with [absolutely no food stamp funding](http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/farm-bill-passes-narrowly-in-house-without-food-stamp-funding/2013/07/11/53616a4c-ea52-11e2-a301-ea5a8116d211_story.html). > > I consider the food stamp program worthy on its own terms, but its political existence has been sort of a quid pro quo with rural lawmakers in exchange for ag subsidies. But now Republicans, being such responsible stewards of the public purse, hate the SNAP program, presumably because Cadillac-driving welfare queens and strapping young bucks are buying lobster and caviar with their benefits, instead of just going out and getting a median income job, which is SO EASY to do nowadays. And yet, shoveling government subsidies towards ADM and Cargill, and [lining the pockets of members of Congress](http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/05/21/2042831/congressman-who-gets-millions-in-farm-subsidies-denounces-food-stamps-as-stealing-other-peoples-money/)? Totally fine! So, what’s the big deal? If you can’t find a job or afford food Mitt Romney has a simple solution…you;ll be SHOCKED to know that the solutions to your problems were right there all along. Just get mommy and daddy to lend you money to start a business > **[Julián Castro says Mitt Romney advised Ohio students to start a business by...](https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2012/sep/05/julian-castro/julian-castro-says-mitt-romney-advised-college-stu/)** > > Making a case for President Barack Obama, Julián Castro said the Republican presidential nominee lacks a common touch. " ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10046 "2013-07-13T15:55:16Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > Congratulations on creating this astounding thread! > > I, for one, am astounded that any sensible person can still call themselves a “Republican”. The people leading them have pretty much erased any remaining goodwill for the party of Lincoln. Oh, many of my family members would be heartily offended to hear such a comment. Don’t you know that GOP means God’s Own Party?! And that anyone non-Republican, with the possible exception of Libertarians, is automatically suspect? ---
**Author:** ![Uber\_the\_Goober](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/58956e/32.png) [@Uber\_the\_Goober](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uber_the_Goober)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10047 "2013-07-13T16:15:22Z")
> [@MOIDALIZE](#): > > How dare you interject yourself into a thread you haven’t participated in just to achieve a meaningless post count. What’s the matter with you? Is your life really so empty? :D:cool:😉 Is your life really so empty that it bothers you so deeply? Meh. Saw an opening, took it. I’m surprised the thread has gotten this long to be honest. Every so often there’s something in here worth reading, but at this point, it’s certainly more fluff than anything else. So here’s some more fluff for you. Oh, and [/tissues] ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10048 "2013-07-13T17:03:13Z")
Well, if it would get you a +10 Sword of Flaming Doom, sure. Otherwise, probably not, ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10049 "2013-07-13T18:33:39Z")
> [@Uber\_the\_Goober](#): > > :D:cool:😉 > > Is your life really so empty that it bothers you so deeply? > > Meh. Saw an opening, took it. I’m surprised the thread has gotten this long to be honest. Every so often there’s something in here worth reading, but at this point, it’s certainly more fluff than anything else. > > So here’s some more fluff for you. Oh, and [/tissues] You “saw an opening”? If that’s what gets you off, then you’re probably the kind of person who monitors Yahoo for new stories to post “First!” on. ---
**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:** [July 16, 2013, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10050 "2013-07-16T02:05:43Z")
[http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/07/10/2281601/house-votes-to-block-light-bulb-efficiency-standards/](http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/07/10/2281601/house-votes-to-block-light-bulb-efficiency-standards/) **House Votes To Block Light Bulb Efficiency Standards** > [@](#): > > The Energy and Water spending bill for 2014 that’s winding its way through the House was being treated as a political football before Wednesday. But this morning, as The Hill reports, the House added insult to injury by passing a GOP amendment to the bill that blocks enforcement of new light bulb standards. > > Those standards were first enacted in 2007 under the Bush Administration by the Energy Independence and Security Act — though Congress has delayed implementation of the standards since. Many commentators characterized the standards as a “ban” on incandescent light bulbs, but technically they weren’t. They were merely new efficiency requirements that apply to the manufacture of all light bulbs. Incandescent light bulbs are inefficient energy users, making the new standards a nearly impossible technological hurdle for them to clear. ---
**Author:** ![rogerbox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@rogerbox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rogerbox)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10051 "2013-07-16T05:09:33Z")
> [@MOIDALIZE](#): > > You “saw an opening”? If that’s what gets you off, then you’re probably the kind of person who monitors Yahoo for new stories to post “First!” on. Wait…your post of outrage at the 10,000th comment was not a joke?? ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10052 "2013-07-16T05:53:04Z")
> [@rogerbox](#): > > Wait…your post of outrage at the 10,000th comment was not a joke?? I thought the “how dare you” should have made it obvious, but his further asshattery demanded a response. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10053 "2013-07-16T13:57:26Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > [http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/07/10/2281601/house-votes-to-block-light-bulb-efficiency-standards/](http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/07/10/2281601/house-votes-to-block-light-bulb-efficiency-standards/) > > **House Votes To Block Light Bulb Efficiency Standards** It’s too old to be a SRIOTD, but this recalls the time when the Republicans took control of the House (2010?) - their first item of business was to get rid of the compostible utensils in the congressional cafeteria, and bring back plastic. Seriously. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10054 "2013-07-16T15:45:40Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > It’s too old to be a SRIOTD, but this recalls the time when the Republicans took control of the House (2010?) - their first item of business was to get rid of the compostible utensils in the congressional cafeteria, and bring back plastic. > > Seriously. Did they say why? ---
**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:** [July 16, 2013, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10055 "2013-07-16T15:50:13Z")
Support for the oil industry, most likely. Plus, the whole composting and recycling thing is so…commie. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10056 "2013-07-16T15:59:27Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Did they say why? [From here.](http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/06/dining/the-lunchrooms-of-capitol-hill.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0) > [@](#): > > When Republicans took over the House in 2010, one of their first moves was to end a composting program started by the former speaker Nancy Pelosi, citing its high cost. The return of plastic foam and the jettisoning of compostable forks, which Republicans insisted could not stand up to **aggressive salad fixings** , presaged the next two years of deep divide. That’s a mean salad you’re packing there. 😃 No doubt compostable is a dirty word to the right. ---
**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:** [July 16, 2013, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10057 "2013-07-16T16:49:23Z")
I thought salad was too. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10058 "2013-07-16T16:58:12Z")
That is…so stupid I cannot believe its not an Onion post. Please tell me its an Onion post… ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10059 "2013-07-16T18:29:52Z")
That’s what I thought about “Freedom Fries”. ---
**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:** [July 16, 2013, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10060 "2013-07-16T20:46:59Z")
You’ve obviously never had an Alabama Pork Rind Salad with Grease Fat Dressing before. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=502) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=504)