# 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:** 516
**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:** [August 16, 2013, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10301 "2013-08-16T17:07:24Z")
Libraries lead to knowledge which is like kryptonite to tea-partiers. ---
**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:** [August 16, 2013, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10302 "2013-08-16T17:36:11Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Libraries lead to knowledge which is like kryptonite to tea-partiers. This is Kentucky. I hear few go to the library because the book is checked out. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10303 "2013-08-16T17:50:14Z")
No _True American_™ has any need for any information in any book that isn’t the Bible or the Constitution! CMC fnord! ---
**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:** [August 16, 2013, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10304 "2013-08-16T18:36:20Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > No _True American_™ has any need for any information in any book that isn’t the Bible or the Constitution! And they haven’t read either one. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10305 "2013-08-16T19:00:18Z")
> [@Ograbme](#): > > Herman Cain: the “middle class” is a liberal media hoax that keeps us from unlocking the power of The Secret > [http://www.caintv.com/there-is-no-such-thing-as-the](http://www.caintv.com/there-is-no-such-thing-as-the) > [@rogerbox](#): > > How DARE those liberals try to determine the demographics of and needs of the poor in order to better serve their needs and try to help them out of poverty with social programs, that is TELLING THEM TO THINK OF THEMSELVES AS POOR AND LESS THAN DIRT unlike conservatives telling the poor how rugged and individual they are as they lead them to the wolves with dignity. I’ve got it! All we have to do is rename “Welfare” to “Wealth Subsidies” and poof! No more poverty because we’re already wealthy, right? ---
**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10306 "2013-08-16T19:21:55Z")
Have we talked yet about the GOP retreating [further into the bubble](http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/08/16/20053005-rnc-unanimously-approves-2016-debate-resolution?lite) it currently inhabits? The other idea floated was to have Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Mark Levin to pose as mediators, instead of journalists. This is going to be a fun election! and **Yogsosoth** , that appears to be the new talking point for Republicans. Rick Santorum has also come out against the phrase [Middle Class](http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/08/16/20053599-santorum-condemns-references-to-middle-class?lite). ---
**Author:** ![rogerbox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@rogerbox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rogerbox)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10307 "2013-08-16T19:30:01Z")
If there’s a thing such as a “middle class” in the national discourse, then people will expect things like “a middle class lifestyle” which the right wing has been working to destroy with Reaganomics for 30 years. Since they do absolutely everything they can to destroy the opportunities for a middle class lifestyle, it’s actually pretty ingenious to try to relabel things so that we are content with less while being robbed blind. So in other words, I don’t think this is a stupid Republican idea at all. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10308 "2013-08-16T19:55:21Z")
> [@yanceylebeef](#): > > Have we talked yet about the GOP retreating [further into the bubble](http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/08/16/20053005-rnc-unanimously-approves-2016-debate-resolution?lite) it currently inhabits? > > The other idea floated was to have Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Mark Levin to pose as mediators, instead of journalists. > > This is going to be a fun election! > > and **Yogsosoth** , that appears to be the new talking point for Republicans. Rick Santorum has also come out against the phrase [Middle Class](http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/08/16/20053599-santorum-condemns-references-to-middle-class?lite). It’s infotainment and everyone involved–on both the RNC and the network side–are gleefully playing this up to draw attention to themselves. Marketing 101. ---
**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 16, 2013, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10309 "2013-08-16T20:03:52Z")
> [@yanceylebeef](#): > > Have we talked yet about the GOP retreating [further into the bubble](http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/08/16/20053005-rnc-unanimously-approves-2016-debate-resolution?lite) it currently inhabits? The bubble is getting too small to include [the leftists at Fox News](http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/conservative-group-replacing-hannity-with-kelly-pro-homosexual?ref=fpb): > [@](#): > > Amid speculation that Megyn Kelly will be taking over conservative pundit Sean Hannity’s time slot on Fox News Channel, a conservative group has decried the potential move as further evidence of the network’s “pro-homosexual” agenda and “left-ward drift.”… ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10310 "2013-08-16T21:00:37Z")
> [@yanceylebeef](#): > > Have we talked yet about the GOP retreating [further into the bubble](http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/08/16/20053005-rnc-unanimously-approves-2016-debate-resolution?lite) it currently inhabits? > > The other idea floated was to have Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Mark Levin to pose as mediators, instead of journalists. > > This is going to be a fun election! Oh god, please please please PLEASE let that happen! The Republican primaries would be better than pay per view! > [@yanceylebeef](#): > > and **Yogsosoth** , that appears to be the new talking point for Republicans. Rick Santorum has also come out against the phrase [Middle Class](http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/08/16/20053599-santorum-condemns-references-to-middle-class?lite). I heard that on the radio. What a lunatic, but its par for the course unfortunately. ---
**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:** [August 16, 2013, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10311 "2013-08-16T21:20:25Z")
The GOP is going to make the Democrats talk to empty chairs for a change. [Republicans may boycott CNN, NBC presidential debates.](http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/16/us-usa-politics-republicans-boston-idUSBRE97F08720130816) > [@](#): > > Delegates to a meeting of the Republican National Committee voted for a resolution that included the boycott and said the programs would be “little more than extended commercials promoting former Secretary Clinton.” > The RNC also resolved that it would require that any future debates have “appropriate moderators and debate partners.” ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10312 "2013-08-16T21:40:14Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > It’s infotainment and everyone involved–on both the RNC and the network side–are gleefully playing this up to draw attention to themselves. Marketing 101. Well, they **won’t** get much attention for their primary debate, if nobody but Fox covers it. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10313 "2013-08-16T21:42:05Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > The bubble is getting too small to include [the leftists at Fox News](http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/conservative-group-replacing-hannity-with-kelly-pro-homosexual?ref=fpb): 😕 [Megyn Kelly](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megyn_Kelly) is homosexual? She’s had two husbands and three kids. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10314 "2013-08-16T21:43:36Z")
> [@yanceylebeef](#): > > Rick Santorum has also come out . . . Why don’t we all agree to stop reading that sentence at that point. ---
**Author:** ![computergeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e56c9b/32.png) [@computergeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/computergeek)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10315 "2013-08-16T21:59:21Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > 😕 > > [Megyn Kelly](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megyn_Kelly) is homosexual? She’s had two husbands and three kids. No, if you read the article, that group thinks Megyn is apparently in support of gays or at least the homosexual agenda, or at least tolerant of them guys. And you know that’s totally wrong for a conservative to be. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10316 "2013-08-16T23:33:42Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > 😕 > > [Megyn Kelly](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megyn_Kelly) is homosexual? She’s had two husbands and three kids. Your link says she played field hockey in high school. Where there’s smoke… ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10317 "2013-08-17T00:06:46Z")
> [@computergeek](#): > > No, if you read the article, that group thinks Megyn is apparently in support of gays or at least the homosexual agenda, Oh. I thought “pro homosexual” meant she gets paid. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10318 "2013-08-17T00:42:51Z")
> [@computergeek](#): > > No, if you read the article, that group thinks Megyn is apparently in support of gays or at least the homosexual agenda, or at least tolerant of them guys. And you know that’s totally wrong for a conservative to be. Well, apparently [this](http://www.usasurvival.org/mission.html) is the complaining organization: > [@](#): > > **Mission of America’s Survival:** > > Our mission is to educate the American people and to expose the influence of global institutions, including an International Criminal Court, on their lives. Our president is veteran journalist Cliff Kincaid. > > What they’re saying: > > “Cliff is our U.N. Monitor.” > – Beverly LaHaye, Concerned Women for America > > “Cliff exposed the racket about the U.S. owing ‘back dues’ to the U.N.” > – Phyllis Schlafly, Eagle Forum > > “The U.N. is playing America like a fiddle, and Cliff Kincaid, author of the U.N. expose Global Bondage, shows how that global body is coercing the U.S. into funding the subversion of its own sovereignty – right under our very eyes… The U.N. has plans for you and your children, and, as author Cliff Kincaid has discovered, the hour is late.” > – Conservative Book Club > > “Cliff was banned from CNN’s Crossfire program because he dared to tell the truth…Cliff has emerged as public enemy number one of the United Nations.” > – Stan Johnson, The Prophecy Club > > “Although Cliff’s facts make you feel uncomfortable, it’s information every American needs to know.” > – Bill Perkins, Compass International So, there’s that. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10319 "2013-08-17T02:02:13Z")
Lamar Alexander’s shady past finally catches up with him: “Our great nation can no longer afford compromise and bipartisanship, two traits for which you have become famous.” — open letter to Alexander from a coalition of Tea Party groups who are out to defeat him next year. > **[Tea party groups tell Sen. Lamar Alexander he’s vulnerable in 2014, should...](https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/aug/14/tea-party-groups-tell-sen-lamar-alexander-hes-vuln/)** > > Twenty tea party and conservative groups in Tennessee have signed onto a letter that asks Sen. Lamar Alexander to retire, claiming “our great nation can no longer afford compromise and bipartisanship, two traits for which you have become famous.” ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10320 "2013-08-17T04:51:44Z")
I told them that democracy was _passé_, that fascism was the future, but they said, no, we’re over that Mussolini nonsense! Now you see? Now you see!? Seriously, guys, when the TEA Party get a working majority in 2/3 of state legislatures and both chambers of Congress in a couple of years, you’ll still be claiming their extremism will be their undoing. Which, you know, it probably will. It’s just that when your fanatical rulers discredit themselves, it’s usually by leading the country into military defeat. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=515) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=517)