# 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:** 560
**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:** [October 16, 2013, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11181 "2013-10-16T00:36:12Z")
> [@monstro](#): > > I suddenly know who Ted Cruz reminds me of. > > Toonces. Now you’ve got that theme song stuck in my head … _“Toon-ces, the driving cat, the cat who could drive a caaaar!”_ ---
**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:** [October 16, 2013, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11182 "2013-10-16T00:48:15Z")
And what’s the deal with Sen. Teddy pulling the strings on the House side? He says “Jump,” the House Tea Partiers have their feet in the air before he even pronounces the “p.” Isn’t it funny that just when the Senate looked like it might come up with a plan that could pass, Cruz meets with House loons like Steve King (in the basement of a Mexican restaurant, no less) and suddenly a plan erupts out of the House to try to steal the thunder from the Senate. Of course, given the goggle-eyed lunacy of the House Tea Party, that plan had absolutely no chance of going anywhere, but it did succeed in slowing down action in the Senate. Which Ted Cruz could have done on his own. Being a Senator, and all. What’s his end game, anyway? Is he just Texas’ version of Senator Johnny Iselin? ---
**Author:** ![you\_with\_the\_face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ecccb3/32.png) [@you\_with\_the\_face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/you_with_the_face)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11183 "2013-10-16T00:55:46Z")
> [@monstro](#): > > I suddenly know who Ted Cruz reminds me of. > > Toonces. The [real cat](http://marcuspcannon.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/toonces.jpg) or the [fake one](http://www.tvacres.com/images/toonces_puppet.jpg)? ---
**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:** [October 16, 2013, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11184 "2013-10-16T01:20:52Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > Yeah. But the sources I have seen report that the one that made a more direct Hitler reference was Arizona State Representative Brenda Barton R-(sick bitch). Followup: [Brenda Barton Now Claims Calling Obama “Fuhrer” Has Nothing to Do With Hitler](http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2013/10/brenda_barton_obama_hitler_adolf_arizona.php) :rolleyes: :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11185 "2013-10-16T01:54:19Z")
> [@you\_with\_the\_face](#): > > The [real cat](http://marcuspcannon.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/toonces.jpg) or the [fake one](http://www.tvacres.com/images/toonces_puppet.jpg)? [You be the judge.](http://bestuff.com/images/images_of_stuff/210x600/toonces-the-driving-cat-36721.jpg?1173103954) ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11186 "2013-10-16T02:22:16Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > House Republicans have time to sing all three verses of Amazing Grace. Too bad that there are actually [SIX](http://www.hymnsite.com/lyrics/umh378.sht)verses to “Amazing Grace.” The first, second, third, and sixth are the ones I grew up singing, with the sixth being my favorite (and the one NOBODY ever sings). So, too bad with your showy showmanship religious showboating, American Taliban. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11187 "2013-10-16T03:24:33Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Followup: > > [Brenda Barton Now Claims Calling Obama “Fuhrer” Has Nothing to Do With Hitler](http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2013/10/brenda_barton_obama_hitler_adolf_arizona.php) > > :rolleyes: :rolleyes: She was just pandering to animal-rights activists! She meant to call Obama “De Furrier”! ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11188 "2013-10-16T04:17:26Z")
Anybody who speaks German can’t be all bad! ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11189 "2013-10-16T04:18:44Z")
And if I never again hear _Amazing Grace_ played on the bagpipes, it will be far too soon. ---
**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 16, 2013, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11190 "2013-10-16T04:26:25Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > She was just pandering to animal-rights activists! She meant to call Obama “De Furrier”! Wouldn’t that be “pandaring”? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![rogerbox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@rogerbox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rogerbox)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11191 "2013-10-16T05:07:11Z")
> [@Zakalwe](#): > > [O embleer Frith](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-15/house-delays-vote-on-debt-cap-plan-lacking-party-policies.html)! > > So, the GOP fucked up and he’s mad at the Democrats for not saving them! It’s now official, we have a high-ranking GOP (the party of personal responsibility) member of the Senate asking for a bailout from the Democrats (party of federal giveaways). I prefer to call it a handout. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11192 "2013-10-16T05:15:20Z")
> [@rogerbox](#): > > I prefer to call it a handout. Almost as if he felt entitled. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11193 "2013-10-16T06:45:27Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > And if I never again hear _Amazing Grace_ played on the bagpipes, it will be far too soon. Here - try [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gy9Xnwyhcc0)as an antidote. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_stamos_left_ear/32/3198_2.png) [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11194 "2013-10-16T08:36:08Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Anybody who speaks German can’t be all bad! You know who ELSE spoke German… ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11195 "2013-10-16T10:38:29Z")
> [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](#): > > You know who ELSE spoke German… JFK? ---
**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:** [October 16, 2013, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11196 "2013-10-16T12:30:32Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > House Republicans have time to sing all three verses of Amazing Grace. > [House Republicans Sing 'Amazing Grace' Together to Open Debt Limit Meeting | Politics](http://www.christianpost.com/news/house-republicans-sing-amazing-grace-together-to-open-debt-limit-meeting-106687/) If they \*have \*to sing, I’d suggest [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXAU4MmMIMo) as more appropriate. It’s a great Tea Party song. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2013, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11197 "2013-10-16T14:04:28Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > House Republicans have time to sing all three verses of Amazing Grace. > [House Republicans Sing 'Amazing Grace' Together to Open Debt Limit Meeting | Politics](http://www.christianpost.com/news/house-republicans-sing-amazing-grace-together-to-open-debt-limit-meeting-106687/) > > Good funeral song, but I’m surprised in this instance they didn’t sing Onward Christian Soldiers. > > Afterall, they have to prove they’re good Christians. It would be more appropriate for them to sing “I’m a Loser” or “They’re Coming To Take Me Away”. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11198 "2013-10-16T14:52:01Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > House Republicans have time to sing all three verses of Amazing Grace. > [House Republicans Sing 'Amazing Grace' Together to Open Debt Limit Meeting | Politics](http://www.christianpost.com/news/house-republicans-sing-amazing-grace-together-to-open-debt-limit-meeting-106687/) From the article: ““All three verses, without the words written out,” Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) told a New York Times reporter. “Isn’t that impressive?”” Um, no. Impressive would be doing your job and keeping the government running without stupid last minute brinksmanship. Remembering the verses to Amazing Grace is what I’d expect from a kindergarten class. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11199 "2013-10-16T15:01:51Z")
Seems like everyone wants to get on the impeachment bandwagon this week: [Palin calls for impeachment of Obama](http://usfinancepost.com/palin-calls-for-impeachment-if-obama-defaults-on-debt-8487.html) [Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst calls for impeachment of Obama](http://www.usatoday.com/story/onpolitics/2013/10/15/obama-impeachment-david-dewhurst-texas/2986099/) Geniuses. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2013, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11200 "2013-10-16T16:38:19Z")
> [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](#): > > Seems like everyone wants to get on the impeachment bandwagon this week: > > [Palin calls for impeachment of Obama](http://usfinancepost.com/palin-calls-for-impeachment-if-obama-defaults-on-debt-8487.html) > > Geniuses. Sure. If the Treasury could actually decide where to send the money, maybe that would work. But as the[LA Times says](http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-shutdown-treasury-debt-limit-20131016,0,3357429.story), they get about $7 billion a day, they spend about $10 billion a day, and the computers are set up to pay debts as they come due. There’s no way to interfere with that, so the “prioritizing” shit is just that. Shit. So as near as I can tell, Palin’s saying that Obama should be impeached for failure to pay debts that the Treasury Department is supposed to pay but can’t because the House won’t do its job. Makes total sense. How could I have been so blind as to not see that? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=559) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=561)