# 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:** 538
**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 30, 2013, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10741 "2013-09-30T03:40:13Z")
> [@](#): > > [“The Senate doors are shut, they are locked,” said Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers, the chairwoman of the House Republican conference. “If the Senate doesn’t act, it may be inevitable. Why are they waiting?”](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-29/government-shutdown-1-day-away-as-deal-evades-lawmakers.html) \ ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10742 "2013-09-30T03:44:46Z")
I was cleaning the gun and it went off fifteen times, while I was chasing him down the street trying to stop it… ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Jocko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncle_jocko/32/2932_2.png) [@Uncle\_Jocko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Jocko)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10743 "2013-09-30T12:42:55Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > 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? The Republicans are spinning this shutdown so hard, trying to blame it on Obama and Senate Democrats, that I fear they’ll knock the earth off its axis. Guess who gets the blame for THAT climate change, bitches! You know, Mr. Speaker, when you harangue the Senate for not working overtime to take up your doomed-to-fail anyway Tea Party wankfest of a bill, you look really dumb. You see, there’s this thing called a calendar. It has dates in the future on it. You could have realized October 1 was coming months in advance, and dealt with this budgeting thing before the last minute. FYI. Or you could let your real agenda slip - [delay Obamacare until we take control in 2014.](http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/republican-congressman-were-just-delaying-obamacare-until-we) ---
**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 30, 2013, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10744 "2013-09-30T13:03:57Z")
> [@Uncle\_Jocko](#): > > Or you could let your real agenda slip - [delay Obamacare until we take control in 2014.](http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/republican-congressman-were-just-delaying-obamacare-until-we) Well, I always liked an optimist. ---
**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 30, 2013, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10745 "2013-09-30T14:18:06Z")
That’s pretty optimistic, for sure. Like they think any majority they pick up will be veto-proof. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10746 "2013-09-30T14:27:43Z")
What if there were [Tea Party Democrats](http://rall.com/searchablearchives?g2_itemId=16289)? ---
**Author:** ![Sinaptics](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Sinaptics](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sinaptics)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10747 "2013-09-30T15:20:56Z")
I have to stay away from Politico comments. You want Republican stupidity, go there. 5 minutes and I’m now tragically depressed that people can actually hold so many completely absurd ideas. It’s like double-think come to life. ---
**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 30, 2013, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10748 "2013-09-30T17:14:30Z")
Now the stupid playbook is based on denying that there is a law. ‘Hey, the American public can not tell us that we are against the law, or above the law or that we are making a mockery of the old “we are a nation of laws” bit if we call the ACA a bill no?’ Read more: [http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/health-reform-implementation/325277-gop-lawmakers-bridle-at-calling-obamacare-the-law#ixzz2gOPPlA6s](http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/health-reform-implementation/325277-gop-lawmakers-bridle-at-calling-obamacare-the-law#ixzz2gOPPlA6s) > [@](#): > > ObamaCare has been the law of the land for more than three years, but Republicans still call it a “bill.” > > In floor speeches, TV interviews and town halls, Republicans often refer to President Obama’s signature healthcare law either as “ObamaCare” or a healthcare “bill” — subtly implying that it’s not truly permanent. > > “The bill is named after the president. Why wouldn’t the president want to be under the bill?” Sen. Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) asked in a floor speech earlier this month, making the case that the president should get his healthcare through ObamaCare. > > Conservatives in the Senate repeatedly called the law a bill last week as they tried to push their colleagues to embrace the possibility of a government shutdown over ObamaCare. The Republicans do assume that many out there are stupid, the sad thing is, I would not be surprised if their internal polls are telling them that their ruse is working with a lot of the people in their base. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10749 "2013-09-30T17:25:46Z")
[Three](http://www.politicususa.com/2013/09/21/republican-congressman-tells-hungry-kids-work-eat.html) [Republicans](http://www.examiner.com/article/gop-congressman-claims-jesus-would-oppose-food-stamps) [quote] ([http://www.salon.com/2013/09/23/family\_research\_council\_nothing\_more\_christian\_than\_kicking\_4\_million\_people\_off\_food\_stamps/](http://www.salon.com/2013/09/23/family_research_council_nothing_more_christian_than_kicking_4_million_people_off_food_stamps/)) the Bible to prove cutting food stamps is the Christian thing to do. ---
**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 30, 2013, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10750 "2013-09-30T17:41:28Z")
Ah yes, one of Luke’s famous passages, 3:11 : “Anyone who has two shirts shouldn’t have to share them, and anyone who has food should eat it in front of a man who has none”. ---
**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 30, 2013, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10751 "2013-09-30T17:47:23Z")
[quote=“BrainGlutton, post:10749, topic:490897”] [Three](http://www.politicususa.com/2013/09/21/republican-congressman-tells-hungry-kids-work-eat.html) [Republicans](http://www.examiner.com/article/gop-congressman-claims-jesus-would-oppose-food-stamps) > [@](#): > > ([http://www.salon.com/2013/09/23/family\_research\_council\_nothing\_more\_christian\_than\_kicking\_4\_million\_people\_off\_food\_stamps/](http://www.salon.com/2013/09/23/family_research_council_nothing_more_christian_than_kicking_4_million_people_off_food_stamps/)) the Bible to prove cutting food stamps is the Christian thing to do. And [Cramer’s district](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/09/21/republican-congressman-tells-constituent-asking-about-food-stamp-cuts-let-him-not-eat/) received the highest amount of farm subsidies in the country. > [@](#): > > Ironically, Cramer’s North Dakota district received $10.4 billion in agricultural subsidies from the U.S. Department of Agriculture from 2005 to 2012 — the single largest recipient of farm subsidies in the nation. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10752 "2013-09-30T18:30:35Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > And [Cramer’s district](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/09/21/republican-congressman-tells-constituent-asking-about-food-stamp-cuts-let-him-not-eat/) received the highest amount of farm subsidies in the country. And Rep. Stephen Fincher, R-Tenn. [PERSONALLY collected](http://www.examiner.com/article/gop-congressman-claims-jesus-would-oppose-food-stamps)almost $3.5 million in government farm subsidies. ---
**Author:** ![TheSeaOtter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed655f/32.png) [@TheSeaOtter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheSeaOtter)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10753 "2013-09-30T20:57:43Z")
The Kansas State GOP wants to block adoption of the NGSS standards for science education. They’ve filed suit on the grounds that science education which focuses on facts violates students’ religious freedoms. > **[Kansas lawsuit: Science education standards violate religious freedom](https://arstechnica.com/science/2013/09/kansas-republicans-creationists-oppose-new-science-education-standards/)** > > State GOP resolves to get rid of them as a suit tries to block their adoption. ---
**Author:** ![TheSeaOtter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed655f/32.png) [@TheSeaOtter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheSeaOtter)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10754 "2013-09-30T21:05:56Z")
> [@TheSeaOtter](#): > > The Kansas State GOP wants to block adoption of the NGSS standards for science education. They’ve filed suit on the grounds that science education which focuses on facts violates students’ religious freedoms. > [Kansas lawsuit: Science education standards violate religious freedom - Ars Technica](http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/09/kansas-republicans-creationists-oppose-new-science-education-standards/) Missed the edit window, but in the interest of accuracy: it is not the GOP that is filing the suit, per se, but rather “A group calling itself the Citizens for Objective Public Education (COPE), along with a collection of parents and taxpayers”. The Repubs are still on the hook for some stupid, though: > [@](#): > > In fact, the GOP would like to “prohibit adoption of any standards that require the state to cede any measure of control over their drafting and revision.” These mention the NGSS standards by name, and the Lawrence Journal-World notes that “the standards were opposed by some because they treat evolution of species as a fact and offer no discussion of religious-based theories such as creationism or intelligent design.” ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10755 "2013-09-30T21:52:13Z")
[quote=“BrainGlutton, post:10749, topic:490897”] [Three](http://www.politicususa.com/2013/09/21/republican-congressman-tells-hungry-kids-work-eat.html) [Republicans](http://www.examiner.com/article/gop-congressman-claims-jesus-would-oppose-food-stamps) > [@](#): > > ([http://www.salon.com/2013/09/23/family\_research\_council\_nothing\_more\_christian\_than\_kicking\_4\_million\_people\_off\_food\_stamps/](http://www.salon.com/2013/09/23/family_research_council_nothing_more_christian_than_kicking_4_million_people_off_food_stamps/)) the Bible to prove cutting food stamps is the Christian thing to do. > [@runner pat](#): > > And [Cramer’s district](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/09/21/republican-congressman-tells-constituent-asking-about-food-stamp-cuts-let-him-not-eat/) received the highest amount of farm subsidies in the country. > [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > And Rep. Stephen Fincher, R-Tenn. [PERSONALLY collected](http://www.examiner.com/article/gop-congressman-claims-jesus-would-oppose-food-stamps)almost $3.5 million in government farm subsidies. "Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, "This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. “But in vain they do worship me, teaching _for_ doctrines the commandments of men.” Matthew 15:7-9 ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10756 "2013-10-01T14:42:03Z")
[AIG CEO Bob Benmosche:](http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/09/24/2671131/aig-bonus-outrage-lynching/) Outrage over CEO bonuses during the meltdown was “just as bad and just as wrong” as Jim-Crow era lynchings of blacks. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10757 "2013-10-01T14:43:59Z")
[Harry Binswanger writes in _Forbes:_](http://www.forbes.com/sites/harrybinswanger/2013/09/17/give-back-yes-its-time-for-the-99-to-give-back-to-the-1/) “It’s Time For The 99% To Give Back To The 1%”. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2013, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10758 "2013-10-01T14:47:14Z")
Lynchings are beginning to look more and more appropriate these days. Hell, it’s only 1%… ---
**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:** [October 1, 2013, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10759 "2013-10-01T14:57:00Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [Harry Binswanger writes in _Forbes:_](http://www.forbes.com/sites/harrybinswanger/2013/09/17/give-back-yes-its-time-for-the-99-to-give-back-to-the-1/) “It’s Time For The 99% To Give Back To The 1%”. The weird thing is that could be an _Onion_ article without changing a word. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10760 "2013-10-01T15:02:11Z")
Look at his other articles. I think I have an ironic crush on Harry Binswanger. Also, Boehner blamed the senate this morning for the legislative branch’s inability to pass a budget. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=537) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=539)