# 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:** 536
**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:** [September 26, 2013, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10701 "2013-09-26T19:14:46Z")
The Blaze is always good for a laugh > **[Is There a Way for Christians to be Exempted from Obamacare?](https://www.theblaze.com/contributions/is-there-a-way-for-christians-to-be-exempted-from-obamacare)** > > Janis M. Betz, R.N., believes that Christians may be able to request an exemption from Obamacare and avoid enrollment and the penalty. Here’s some nutjob claiming Christians should try for a religious exemption from ObamaCare. The reasoning is a bible verse that prohibits the practicing of sorcery, connecting with some word origin BS that equates sorcery with medication. Because it’s all magic, doncha know. ---
**Author:** ![Ca3799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10702 "2013-09-26T19:29:38Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > I saw bits of Cruz’ speech on The Daily Show last night. I know that people say he’s crazy like a Fox, but unless TDS cut and pasted it for maximum absurdity, then I’m not sure how Cruz’ presidential ambitions are going to survive this self-inflicted broadside. Duck Dynasty? Green Eggs and Ham? Random babbling? It’s like a smorgasbord of attack ad ammo. I was kinda wondering why he was providing so much cannon fodder for a future election. Nothing like rambling for hours to give the opposing team a bunch of good stuff to work with in the future. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10703 "2013-09-26T19:44:58Z")
I think Rachel Maddow (swan’s neck, girlish giggle, mind like a steel trap…) may have nailed it. Her theory is that Cruz plays the bad guy so all the other Republicans can pretend its just him while voting with him at the same time. His bonus is all that outside money that comes from the reactionary right will be funneled to him, so he is perfectly happy to have the Establishment Right hate his guts. In theory. And so are they. I mean, he makes Coburn, King and the other jugaloos look moderate! ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10704 "2013-09-26T20:45:30Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > I saw bits of Cruz’ speech on The Daily Show last night. I know that people say he’s crazy like a Fox, but unless TDS cut and pasted it for maximum absurdity, then I’m not sure how Cruz’ presidential ambitions are going to survive this self-inflicted broadside. Duck Dynasty? Green Eggs and Ham? Random babbling? It’s like a smorgasbord of attack ad ammo. It will actually turn out to be surprisingly effective, according to [a peak into the future](http://www.theonion.com/articles/president-cruz-fondly-recalls-21hour-speech-that-s,34005/) offered by America’s Finest News Source™. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10705 "2013-09-26T22:01:59Z")
The Panama hat _is_ from Ecuador. Seven years of ivy league education, and he gets one right. If he is the nominee, I will catch a Greyhound so I can watch the election results from, say, International Falls (You’ve heard passing reference to its winter climate, its where naturally produced liquid oxygen is from…). That way, I can be over the border before the Canadians close it. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2013, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10706 "2013-09-27T01:56:44Z")
Turns out when you apply for ACA health insurance, you can register to vote at the same time – and [the GOP don’t LIKE that!](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/09/26/gop-furious-that-1993-voter-registration-act-guarantees-right-to-register-when-applying-for-health-insurance/) > [@](#): > > Voters’ Rights groups have been keenly aware of this emerging issue, which is likely to be fought out in court. It became obvious to careful watchers in March, when a draft of the insurance application became public, that it would include the opportunity to register to vote. It was also obvious to those defending the right to vote that this provision is mandated by federal law — specifically by the 1993 National Voter Registration Act. That law, more popularly known as the “Motor Voter Act”, specified that states had to offer voter registration in government offices. That’s why most states currently offer the option to register to everyone who gets a driver’s license. > > The draft application got an immediate response from Congressman Charles W. Boustany,(R-Louisiana). As chairman of the House Committee On Ways And Means Subcommittee On Oversight (got that?), Boustany wrote a letter of protest to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. His objection was supposedly that applicants would be confused and think that voter registration was somehow linked to getting subsidies for their health insurance. Right … because Republicans have been so-o-o concerned that people get all the subsidies to which they are entitled. > > California eagerly embraced the provision in May, becoming the first state to designate its healthcare exchange as a voter registration agency. New York and Vermont soon followed, while Connecticut and Maryland recently announced plans to do the same. > > The difficulty, of course, comes from less progressive states. Their argument is over whether the exchanges are really government agencies, to which the 1993 law applies. [Boustany’s letter of protest](http://waysandmeans.house.gov/uploadedfiles/obamacare_draft_application.pdf) (pdf). I’ve started a [GD thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=703271). Issues for debate there: 1. So – can/must they **do** that? Are these health-care exchanges government agencies, or are they not? 2. Waitaminnit, Congressman – if “The position of the question could lead some to think voter registration is somehow tied to healthcare eligibility” – where’s the harm in that? All good patriotic Americans like you and me, concerned with the civic health of our great republic, which of course depends on maximum citizen participation in it, **want** all eligible citizens to register to vote – **don’t we?** Eh?! [prods Boustany’s chest with index finger repeatedly] Eh?! ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2013, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10707 "2013-09-27T18:10:43Z")
Been wondering why your neighbor’s dogs started acting like they heard something? [Arizona Republican National Committeeman Bruce Ash](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/gop-official-says-obama-shucking-and-jiving-on-health-care-law): > [@](#): > > “Some people wonder why I cannot figure out why I believe Obama is shucking and jiving on ObamaCare,” ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2013, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10708 "2013-09-27T18:17:46Z")
“Shucking and jiving” is a slavery-era term…" It is? Wiki is ambivalent, but here is a droll bit I surely did not know! > [@](#): > > …_Shuckin and Jivin_ is also the title of a song by the Osmonds 1971… The inevitable Wiki ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2013, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10709 "2013-09-27T18:21:04Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > Been wondering why your neighbor’s dogs started acting like they heard something? That’s not really a dog whistle, though, is it? It’s more just like a bullhorn that someone’s shouting “_Hey, dogs, I have something for you!_” through. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2013, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10710 "2013-09-27T18:33:46Z")
In other news, Bruce Ash’s Freshman Comp teacher broke a beer bottle and slashed his wrists with the glass… ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2013, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10711 "2013-09-27T18:45:47Z")
Who? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2013, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10712 "2013-09-27T19:13:42Z")
Mick Neddleton. Nice guy, had the misfortune to have to grade young Bruce Ash’s writing. Once had to try to fix “Some people wonder why I cannot figure out why I believe Napoleon the Pig is teaching the sheep what you enamored of it,” but eventually just wrote “Good luck in your future endeavors, Bruce.” ---
**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:** [September 27, 2013, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10713 "2013-09-27T19:40:41Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > And then you’ll die of botulism, as anyone would after eating green eggs and ham, and the Obamacare Death Panels will just write you off. 😉 Nope, green eggs are a real thing, and they’re pretty good. I think it’s partly the diet of the layer that gives them that color. Or did you think the ham was green too? ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2013, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10714 "2013-09-27T20:06:29Z")
Of all the petty stupidity… [Ari Flescher thinks Obama gets more than 140 chars on twitter because he miscounted](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/poll-gop-voters-unsure-if-obama-gets-larger-character-limit-on-twitter). ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2013, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10715 "2013-09-27T20:11:14Z")
Dumb da dumb dumb. Dumb da dumb dumb _DUMB_! ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2013, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10716 "2013-09-27T20:22:33Z")
You know what? He’s the POTUS. He can have more than 140 characters on Twitter. Let’s make it one of the perks of the job. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2013, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10717 "2013-09-27T21:12:18Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > Nope, green eggs are a real thing, and they’re pretty good. > > I think it’s partly the diet of the layer that gives them that color. > > Or did you think the ham was green too? It’s not green eggs with some ham, it’s green eggs and green ham. [Cite](http://www.pathstoliteracy.org/sites/pathstoliteracy.perkinsdev1.org/files/uploaded-files/green-eggs-and-ham.jpg). ---
**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:** [September 27, 2013, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10718 "2013-09-27T22:15:33Z")
That’s weird. Is it from Vulcan? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2013, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10719 "2013-09-27T22:19:23Z")
On Vulcan, chickens don’t lay ovoid eggs, but cubes. They have a noticeably poor attitude towards life, as well. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2013, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10720 "2013-09-27T22:35:39Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > Of all the petty stupidity… [Ari Flescher thinks Obama gets more than 140 chars on twitter because he miscounted](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/poll-gop-voters-unsure-if-obama-gets-larger-character-limit-on-twitter). Forget Obama’s dictator-like illegal seizure of Twitter characters, look at his incredibly racist imitation of a chinese person he’s doing in the photo! Jesus Christ, this mad bigot is all but peeing in someones Coke! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=535) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=537)