# 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:** 510
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10181 "2013-08-05T17:35:04Z")
> [@Bridget\_Burke](#): > > Rick Perry spoke at the [RedState Republican conference](http://www.burntorangereport.com/diary/13887/oops-on-saturday-rick-perry-forgot-which-state-he-was-in)–the same meeting where he announced his Presidential candidacy in 2011. > > Yup, they were meeting in New Orleans… [shrug] East-of-Texas is east-of-Texas. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10182 "2013-08-05T17:47:01Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > What is that thing luci says? Now, Universe, I know I haven’t been a good pantheist, but please please please let Perry and Rand Paul be the last two Republican candidates standing in 2016. Can we please have a bit of frothy [Santorum](http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/santorum-open-to-2016-run)in the mix? ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10183 "2013-08-05T18:18:34Z")
A Republican Congressman from Florida (of _course_ it’s Florida) would like it to be known that [the tax on tanning beds assessed by the PPACA is racist against white people.](http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/08/05/2413431/rep-ted-yoho-obamacares-tanning-tax-is-racist/) ---
**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:** [August 5, 2013, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10184 "2013-08-05T18:45:19Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Now, now…let’s not go crazy here. Angle was the san_er_ one. Perhaps we should go with “less crazy”. The word ‘sane’ deserves better than to be used in conjunction with either of those two. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10185 "2013-08-05T22:40:06Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > A Republican Congressman from Florida (of _course_ it’s Florida) would like it to be known that [the tax on tanning beds assessed by the PPACA is racist against white people.](http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/08/05/2413431/rep-ted-yoho-obamacares-tanning-tax-is-racist/) Why do we even **have** tanning beds in Florida?! ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10186 "2013-08-05T23:10:30Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Why do we even **have** tanning beds in Florida?! For when the temperature is below 70. ---
**Author:** ![CannyDan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cannydan/32/548_2.png) [@CannyDan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CannyDan)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2013, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10187 "2013-08-06T00:36:01Z")
> [@Punoqllads](#): > > For when the temperature is below 70. No, the temperature is below 70 only for a day or two in January, here in southern Flori-duhh. Tanning beds are for staying inside in the air conditioning and still getting that toasted-all-over look. 😃 ---
**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:** [August 6, 2013, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10188 "2013-08-06T01:06:24Z")
Why not spray it on, like Boehner? ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2013, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10189 "2013-08-06T01:09:01Z")
Aspiring to the Jan Brewer look. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2013, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10190 "2013-08-06T02:05:11Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > A Republican Congressman from Florida (of _course_ it’s Florida) would like it to be known that [the tax on tanning beds assessed by the PPACA is racist against white people.](http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/08/05/2413431/rep-ted-yoho-obamacares-tanning-tax-is-racist/) Thank god for Tiger Woods, or he could make the same argument about luxury yachts. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2013, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10191 "2013-08-06T03:50:19Z")
[http://www.scribd.com/doc/158238853/NBC-Hillary-Clinton-Letter](http://www.scribd.com/doc/158238853/NBC-Hillary-Clinton-Letter) [http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/08/05/cnn-nbc-move-forward-on-hillary-clinton-projects/comment-page-1/](http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/08/05/cnn-nbc-move-forward-on-hillary-clinton-projects/comment-page-1/) Reince Priebus demands NBC and CNN not broadcast Hillary Clinton programs on threat of not being able to carry presidential debates in 2016. > [@](#): > > Priebus made the demands in separate letters to Jeff Zucker, president of CNN Worldwide, and Robert Greenblatt, chairman of NBC Entertainment. In the letters, which were released to the public at around the same time they were sent to each network, the RNC chairman claimed these individual programs were an effort to “promote” Clinton in anticipation of a possible run for president. While supporters are taking steps to try and build an infrastructure should Clinton decide to seek the Democratic presidential nomination, she has not indicated whether she will run again. > > “Their actions to promote Secretary Clinton are disturbing and disappointing,” Priebus wrote. “I hope Americans will question the credibility of these networks and that NBC and CNN will reconsider their partisan actions and cancel these political ads masked as unbiased entertainment. If they have not agreed to pull this programming prior to the start of the RNC’s Summer Meeting on August 14, I will seek a binding vote stating that the RNC will neither partner with these networks in 2016 primary debates nor sanction primary debates they sponsor.” Maybe they should hold their debates solely in their party owned Faux News studios. This move, potentially limiting free exposure for the party’s candidates, might not be as stupid as it sounds. Last year the craziness practically shot off the screen at each debate. Eliminating NBC and CBS coverage might keep some independent voters from being totally turned off the way they were in 2012. So far the networks haven’t caved. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2013, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10192 "2013-08-06T04:03:04Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > [http://www.scribd.com/doc/158238853/NBC-Hillary-Clinton-Letter](http://www.scribd.com/doc/158238853/NBC-Hillary-Clinton-Letter) > > [http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/08/05/cnn-nbc-move-forward-on-hillary-clinton-projects/comment-page-1/](http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/08/05/cnn-nbc-move-forward-on-hillary-clinton-projects/comment-page-1/) > > Reince Priebus demands NBC and CNN not broadcast Hillary Clinton programs on threat of not being able to carry presidential debates in 2016. > > Maybe they should hold their debates solely in their party owned Faux News studios. > > This move, potentially limiting free exposure for the party’s candidates, might not be as stupid as it sounds. Last year the craziness practically shot off the screen at each debate. Eliminating NBC and CBS coverage might keep some independent voters from being totally turned off the way they were in 2012. > > So far the networks haven’t caved. Underneath the veneer of kowtowing the the crackpots, I suspect that Priebus is smart enough to know that the ideal venue for the GOP primary debates is a disused lavatory with a sign on the door reading “Beware of the Leopard”. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2013, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10193 "2013-08-06T12:22:12Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Underneath the veneer of kowtowing the the crackpots, I suspect that Priebus is smart enough to know that the ideal venue for the GOP primary debates is a disused lavatory with a sign on the door reading “Beware of the Leopard”. Everybody will just let Stephen Colbert & Jon Stewart present the “highlights” of the Republican debates. Of course, some screwups will make the national news… ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2013, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10194 "2013-08-06T13:51:37Z")
It \*should \*be a problem that so many people turn to a comedy channel for information, and a news channel for entertainment. Yet somehow it works. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2013, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10195 "2013-08-06T14:07:52Z")
Maybe the _Washington Post_ should have been purchased by _The Onion_, given how hard it’s getting to tell them apart when they run stories like [this](http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/cuccinelli-urges-special-session-on-ethics/2013/08/05/ec007a46-fde8-11e2-96a8-d3b921c0924a_story.html): > [@](#): > > Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II urged Gov. Robert F. McDonnell on Monday to call a special General Assembly session to repair “severe holes” in the state’s ethics laws… For those unfamiliar with current events in Virginia, picture Barry Bonds suggesting that Alex Rodriguez call a meeting to find a solution to Major League Baseball’s steroid problem. ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2013, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10196 "2013-08-06T19:28:23Z")
Well [this](http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/republican-superpac-wants-you-to-slap-hillary-clinton-across) should definitely help them with their wimmins problem. _Republican Super PAC Wants You To “Slap” Hillary Clinton Across The Face_ ---
**Author:** ![legalsnugs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@legalsnugs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/legalsnugs)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2013, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10197 "2013-08-06T20:04:13Z")
Conservatives really do believe “It’s Okay If A Republican Does It.” The Headline says it all. [Scott Hounsell, Ex-GOP Official, Arrested For Sexting Minor After Mocking Anthony Weiner’s Exploits](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/06/scott-hounsell-arrested_n_3712596.html?utm_hp_ref=tw) And, of course, Weiner didn’t get arrested. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2013, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10198 "2013-08-06T20:06:22Z")
> [@MacCat](#): > > Well [this](http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/republican-superpac-wants-you-to-slap-hillary-clinton-across) should definitely help them with their wimmins problem. > > _Republican Super PAC Wants You To “Slap” Hillary Clinton Across The Face_ Could be worse . . . at least the player slaps her with a **hand**. . . ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2013, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10199 "2013-08-06T20:10:14Z")
> [@Bridget\_Burke](#): > > Everybody will just let Stephen Colbert & Jon Stewart present the “highlights” of the Republican debates. Of course, some screwups will make the national news… Comedy Central seems the right home for the Republican Debates, considering the last set. Especially considering how smooth the transition of Herman Cain from presidential candidate to DS contributor was. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2013, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10200 "2013-08-06T20:23:48Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > Comedy Central seems the right home for the Republican Debates, considering the last set. Especially considering how smooth the transition of Herman Cain from presidential candidate to DS contributor was. I never saw a man take to a smirkish prison so quickly. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=509) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=511)