# 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:** 537
**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, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10721 "2013-09-27T22:48:05Z")
That’s just the meth kicking in… ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2013, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10722 "2013-09-27T22:54:59Z")
> [@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). What. I do mean it : what. No question mark, just what full stop. May or may not include a The Fuck, check with you local regulations. I mean of all the… No, really, this headline and article leaves me, quite literally, speechless. I am in silent, gobsmacked awe. I think I just witnessed peak partisan stoopid. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2013, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10723 "2013-09-27T22:55:02Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > On Vulcan, chickens don’t lay ovoid eggs, but cubes. They have a noticeably poor attitude towards life, as well. That’s not on Vulcan, it’s in Carl Barks’ Andes: > **[Uncle Scrooge square eggs - Yahoo Search Results](https://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0oG7nNBDEZSmyYA6hlXNyoA;_ylc=X1MDMjc2NjY3OQRfcgMyBGJjawNjNXYwNGRsOTNzY3RlJTI2YiUzRDQlMjZkJTNEVDIwYTVVQnBZRUk2TjB5WklrMlh3Zl9mN1RxNllpc2Y0LndSbHctLSUyNnMlM0Q1OCUyNmklM0Q4SDY3SHZneGRLZExtaFI2SmhtSQRjc3JjcHZpZANRLmc0VUVnZXVyRENfQVJ0VWo0enJoQkxHTnJDU0ZKR0RFRUFBT3V5BGZyA3lmcC10LTkwMARmcjIDc2ItdG9wBGdwcmlkA3dsYlowcU9rUXY2SXNXbW9JMDB1RUEEbl9yc2x0AzEwBG5fc3VnZwMxBG9yaWdpbgNzZWFyY2gueWFob28uY29tBHBvcwMwBHBxc3RyAwRwcXN0cmwDBHFzdHJsAzI5BHF1ZXJ5AyJVbmNsZSBTY3Jvb2dlIiAic3F1YXJlIGVnZ3MiBHRfc3RtcAMxMzgwMzIyMzk3NjQwBHZ0ZXN0aWQDVklQMzA3?p=%22Uncle%2BScrooge%22%2B%22square%2Beggs%22&fr2=sb-top&fr=yfp-t-900)** > **[Donal Duck square eggs - Yahoo Search Results](https://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0oG7nNBDEZSmyYA6hlXNyoA;_ylc=X1MDMjc2NjY3OQRfcgMyBGJjawNjNXYwNGRsOTNzY3RlJTI2YiUzRDQlMjZkJTNEVDIwYTVVQnBZRUk2TjB5WklrMlh3Zl9mN1RxNllpc2Y0LndSbHctLSUyNnMlM0Q1OCUyNmklM0Q4SDY3SHZneGRLZExtaFI2SmhtSQRjc3JjcHZpZANRLmc0VUVnZXVyRENfQVJ0VWo0enJoQkxHTnJDU0ZKR0RFRUFBT3V5BGZyA3lmcC10LTkwMARmcjIDc2ItdG9wBGdwcmlkA2FXWnE3TEMwUjhHNkN6Nm9COElsSkEEbl9yc2x0AzEwBG5fc3VnZwMwBG9yaWdpbgNzZWFyY2gueWFob28uY29tBHBvcwMwBHBxc3RyAwRwcXN0cmwDBHFzdHJsAzIyBHF1ZXJ5A0RvbmFsIER1Y2sgc3F1YXJlIGVnZ3MEdF9zdG1wAzEzODAzMjI0NTk2MjUEdnRlc3RpZANWSVAzMDc-?p=Donal%2BDuck%2Bsquare%2Beggs&fr2=sb-top&fr=yfp-t-900)** ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2013, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10724 "2013-09-27T23:16:57Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > I think I just witnessed peak partisan stoopid. Optimist! ---
**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 27, 2013, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10725 "2013-09-27T23:36:16Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > What. > > I do mean it : what. No question mark, just what full stop. May or may not include a The Fuck, check with you local regulations. I mean of all the… > No, really, this headline and article leaves me, quite literally, speechless. I am in silent, gobsmacked awe. I think I just witnessed peak partisan stoopid. > [@jayjay](#): > > Optimist! Exactly, someone will take the challenge. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2013, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10726 "2013-09-27T23:45:51Z")
> [@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). Ari is a real contender for The Upper class Twit of the Year award. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10727 "2013-09-28T00:15:26Z")
He’s good on crashing the sports car, definitely needs work on his bra dexterity. ---
**Author:** ![computergeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e56c9b/32.png) [@computergeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/computergeek)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10728 "2013-09-28T00:17:45Z")
I can’t believe that Twitter article is for real ---
**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 28, 2013, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10729 "2013-09-28T00:21:29Z")
> [@computergeek](#): > > I can’t believe that Twitter article is for real Depressing, no? ---
**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 28, 2013, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10730 "2013-09-28T01:26:41Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > Been wondering why your neighbor’s dogs started acting like they heard something? I just thought they heard [someone in the woodpile.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigger_in_the_woodpile) ---
**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:** [September 28, 2013, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10731 "2013-09-28T16:51:26Z")
[Gail Collins longs for the good old days](http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/28/opinion/collins-congress-cracks-up.html) when the GOP was saner than it is today. To wit, the GOP of a week ago: > [@](#): > > … Giants strode the earth last week. Last week our nation was governed by men and women who were, as a matter of principle, willing to pay the nation’s creditors when the bills were due just as long as the president canceled his central domestic initiative and oil shippers got a new pipe. > > But that was then. This week the House Republican leaders were looking at a long, long list of must-haves that also included changes in regulations relating to coal ash, reduction in Civil Service pensions, restrictions on malpractice suits and an end to some greenhouse gas regulations. And their members found that list too restrictive. Behind-the-scenes discussion continued about more things the Republicans could demand. A ban on late-term abortions? A trillion-dollar budget cut? Bring back the gold standard? Bring back the bustle? It’s 2013 and anything is possible. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10732 "2013-09-28T17:38:59Z")
How can you overlook the right’s massive electoral victories, which unambiguously proved that all _real_ Americans were solidly in support of their agenda? For instance, not one but _both_ of the Koch Brothers, the extreme right wing ideologue and the other one. ---
**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 29, 2013, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10733 "2013-09-29T01:03:43Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > On Vulcan, chickens don’t lay ovoid eggs, but cubes. They have a noticeably poor attitude towards life, as well. If you had to pass a cube through _your_ cloaca on a daily basis, you’d be pretty irascible too. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2013, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10734 "2013-09-29T03:08:01Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > If you had to pass a cube through _your_ cloaca on a daily basis, you’d be pretty irascible too. I;m sure that they have square cloacas. Because only the ones with square cross-section cloacas would have survived. Nature – even make-believe nature – can be a harsh mistress. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2013, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10735 "2013-09-29T03:14:53Z")
It’s my understanding that eggshells do not harden until they have already been exposed to air. Am I mistaken about that? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2013, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10736 "2013-09-29T03:16:35Z")
They have Aggies on Vulcan?. ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2013, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10737 "2013-09-29T16:04:29Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > I;m sure that they have square cloacas. > > Because only the ones with square cross-section cloacas would have survived. Nature – even make-believe nature – can be a harsh mistress. Wombats manage to [pass cubic poop through a circular rectum](http://io9.com/5872472/the-wombats-cubic-poop-is-one-of-natures-weirdest-superpowers). I don’t know if such a setup would work with chickens and eggs, though. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2013, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10738 "2013-09-29T16:09:50Z")
Well, it’s been four and a half years in coming, but the Stupid Republican Idea of the Day thread has finally made it to its inevitable destination – a discussion of wombat poop. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2013, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10739 "2013-09-29T16:30:50Z")
Told 'em so in pre-school. Told 'em the square peg could fit through the round hole if only the hammer were sufficient to the task. They told my Mom I was “challenged”. Actually, no, they didn’t use PC language in those days, they just said “stupid” and “stubborn”. HA! Vindication! If any of you were teaching kindergarten in Waco, Texas around 1953, well, suck on that! Neener neener! My day is made. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2013, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10740 "2013-09-29T18:57:51Z")
The Stupid Republican Idea of today is that Harry Reid is the one who is about to shut down the government. I don’t know which of the following questions is more valid: How fuckin stupid are republicans? Or: How fuckin stupid do republicans require Americans to be? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=536) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=538)