# 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:** 529
**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:** [September 6, 2013, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10561 "2013-09-06T15:09:14Z")
The story is a bit misleading. It was “GOP-led” in the sense that the heads of the Florida DOS and DOJ are Republican appointees, but these were wholly separate investigations initiated because of actual bogus registrations. The investigation into the Democratic-leaning organization was closed because [they couldn’t find the primary witness](http://miamiherald.typepad.com/files/newmajority.pdf). It appears the fake registrations were pranks by registrants rather than the registering agency, though. You can read about the investigation of the Republican organization [here](http://miamiherald.typepad.com/files/strategicalliedconsulting.pdf)). They were actual law enforcement investigations, not a general policy-driven attempt to find fraud. ---
**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:** [September 6, 2013, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10562 "2013-09-06T16:46:09Z")
Bill Kristol is urging Congress to vote yes on the authorization to use military force against Syria. He says [the vote is easy and close to risk-free](http://thinkprogress.org/security/2013/09/06/2581841/kristol-iran-syria/), and he also thinks Congress should move soon after to authorize the use of force against Iran’s nuclear weapons program. (I know we all think that’s what Iran is working on, but has anyone actually come up with solid evidence for it?) I like that he specifies the vote is almost risk-free. We know any action wouldn’t be. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10563 "2013-09-06T16:49:48Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Bill Kristol is urging Congress to vote yes on the authorization to use military force against Syria. He says [the vote is easy and close to risk-free](http://thinkprogress.org/security/2013/09/06/2581841/kristol-iran-syria/), and he also thinks Congress should move soon after to authorize the use of force against Iran’s nuclear weapons program. (I know we all think that’s what Iran is working on, but has anyone actually come up with solid evidence for it?) > > I like that he specifies the vote is almost risk-free. We know any action wouldn’t be. That would be the neocon, Bill “Always Wrong About Everything” Kristol? ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10564 "2013-09-06T17:02:18Z")
Dropping bombs on another country? What could possibly go wrong? ---
**Author:** ![drew870mitchell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drew870mitchell/32/3946_2.png) [@drew870mitchell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drew870mitchell)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10565 "2013-09-06T17:12:54Z")
If anyone was curious, [this is what a Muslim foot bath actually looks like](http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2007/08/07/us/07muslim-600.jpg), on the left obviously. TBH it looks like they could just install pre-existing mop sink designs, except not use them for mops, since that’s probably unsanitary to some extent. I just Googled it and went with what looked accurate. The results are slammed with either people poking fun at the Tennessee legislature or people raising the alarm about creeping Sharia. If anyone reading the thread has significant experience with foot baths that look or function differently feel free to correct me. The more telling thing about the Tennessee tempest is that most of the righteously furious had probably never seen a mop sink before. ---
**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:** [September 6, 2013, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10566 "2013-09-06T17:16:41Z")
> [@drew870mitchell](#): > > . > > The more telling thing about the Tennessee tempest is that most of the righteously furious had probably never seen a mop sink before. Most likely because you can’t mop a dirt floor. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10567 "2013-09-06T20:17:25Z")
Jeff Sessions has to be one of the biggest shit-tards in the Republican party. > [@Senator Sessions (R-etard)](#): > > “I don’t mean to be partisan about it, and we’ve only got one President, and we don’t need to weaken the President or the office of the President, but I do believe if President Bush had told Bashar Assad, ‘You don’t use those chemical weapons or you’re going to be sorry, we’ll come after you, there’ll be consequence you will not want to bear,’ I don’t believe he would have used it.” Oh nooooo, he doesn’t want to be partisan about it at all. Nope, not him. And P.S. Bush had a bigger dick, and when he waved it, you’d better watch out, even all the way over there in them thar Ayrab states. Cuz you know, it could reach. [http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/09/06/republican-senator-says-syria-wouldnt-be-a-problem-if-bush-was-still-president/](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/09/06/republican-senator-says-syria-wouldnt-be-a-problem-if-bush-was-still-president/) Asshole. ---
**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:** [September 6, 2013, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10568 "2013-09-06T20:27:02Z")
> [@Shayna](#): > > Bush had a bigger dick… But isn’t Obama black? I thought that was something people had a problem with. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10569 "2013-09-06T20:45:58Z")
> [@](#): > > …I do believe if President Bush had told Bashar Assad, ‘You don’t use those chemical weapons or you’re going to be sorry, we’ll come after you, there’ll be consequence you will not want to bear,’ I don’t believe he would have used it. And then Bush would have bombed him, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10570 "2013-09-06T20:50:01Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Bill Kristol is urging Congress to vote yes on the authorization to use military force against Syria. He says [the vote is easy and close to risk-free](http://thinkprogress.org/security/2013/09/06/2581841/kristol-iran-syria/), and he also thinks Congress should move soon after to authorize the use of force against Iran’s nuclear weapons program. (I know we all think that’s what Iran is working on, but has anyone actually come up with solid evidence for it?) > > I like that he specifies the vote is almost risk-free. We know any action wouldn’t be. It would indeed be risk-free…to Bill Kristol. > [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > And then Bush would have bombed him, anyway. No - then Bush would have bombed Uganda. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10571 "2013-09-06T20:51:39Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > No - then Bush would have bombed Uganda. This made me laugh so hard the cat jumped. ---
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10572 "2013-09-06T21:06:38Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > But isn’t Obama black? I thought that was something people had a problem with. 😕 Only the top half. ---
**Author:** ![drew870mitchell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drew870mitchell/32/3946_2.png) [@drew870mitchell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drew870mitchell)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2013, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10573 "2013-09-07T05:54:28Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > No - then Bush would have bombed Uganda. What Uganda do about it? Since **marshmallow** had to go and use up the other joke everybody was thinking… ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2013, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10574 "2013-09-07T06:48:17Z")
I can state with firm authority that neither occurred to me, and if they had I would never admit it. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2013, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10575 "2013-09-10T15:27:24Z")
[http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/09/09/bachmann-republicans-can-beat-hillary-clinton-if-we-cry-out-to-god/](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/09/09/bachmann-republicans-can-beat-hillary-clinton-if-we-cry-out-to-god/) **Bachmann: Republicans can beat Hillary Clinton ‘if we cry out to God’** ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10576 "2013-09-10T15:46:26Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > [http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/09/09/bachmann-republicans-can-beat-hillary-clinton-if-we-cry-out-to-god/](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/09/09/bachmann-republicans-can-beat-hillary-clinton-if-we-cry-out-to-god/) > > **Bachmann: Republicans can beat Hillary Clinton ‘if we cry out to God’** Sometimes the answer is “no”, or so I have been told… ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10577 "2013-09-10T15:52:58Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > [http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/09/09/bachmann-republicans-can-beat-hillary-clinton-if-we-cry-out-to-god/](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/09/09/bachmann-republicans-can-beat-hillary-clinton-if-we-cry-out-to-god/) > > **Bachmann: Republicans can beat Hillary Clinton ‘if we cry out to God’** > [@](#): > > “All David needed was one smooth stone to fell the giant,” Bachmann told Christian radio host Jan Markell. “It wasn’t the stone, it wasn’t David, it was the strong right arm of a holy God. And, again, I believe that it’s, in some ways, up to us — if we repent, if we cry out to God, we have no idea what the Lord God will do for us in 2016.” At least she understand the GOP needs to repent; but she is probably thinking of the wrong sins. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2013, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10578 "2013-09-10T16:35:53Z")
I really can’t think of anything snarky to say about[this…](http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/09/09/20402828-far-right-lawmakers-freelance-in-egypt?lite) > [@](#): > > As Max Fisher reported, Bachmann, Gohmert, and Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) – arguably the three most ridiculous lawmakers in Congress – traveled to Cairo, met directly with the leader of the Egyptian coup, and then filmed a video praising both the uprising and the violent crackdown on pro-Morsi demonstrators that followed. > > This is more than just a random stunt from strange politicians. The official position of the United States was that the post-overthrow violence was needlessly brutal and shocking, so much so that aid to Egypt may well be suspended. And yet, Bachmann, Gohmert, and King traveled to Cairo to deliver a conflicting message – apparently because they felt like it. But could you imagine for a moment the hell that would be unleashed if Democratic lawmakers did this during a Republican administration? ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10579 "2013-09-10T16:38:11Z")
Only because I expect this thread to house everything that’s stupid and Republican, for one-stop shopping: [Dana Perino says if you don’t like “under God” in the Pledge, GTFO (of the country).](http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2013/09/09/fox-news-host-atheists-dont-have-to-live-here/?hpt=hp_t3) I guess she’s never gotten to the part just after “under God” where it talks about liberty and justice for all. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2013, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10580 "2013-09-10T16:45:08Z")
> [@bup](#): > > Only because I expect this thread to house everything that’s stupid and Republican, for one-stop shopping: > > [Dana Perino says if you don’t like “under God” in the Pledge, GTFO (of the country).](http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2013/09/09/fox-news-host-atheists-dont-have-to-live-here/?hpt=hp_t3) > > I guess she’s never gotten to the part just after “under God” where it talks about liberty and justice for all. For all who follow her God. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=528) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=530)