# 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:** 564
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2013, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11261 "2013-10-17T19:46:56Z")
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**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2013, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11262 "2013-10-17T19:53:57Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Except that we should point out that Cruz is ‘not really American’. 😛 > > (Note: I made a passing remark about Cruz having been born in Canada to my oldest ‘friend’. He still believes Obama was born in Kenya. :rolleyes: ) Cruz is not American. I want his birth certificate so I can say it is faked, and I bet he is a stinking mooslum and socialist who hates our freedoms too. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2013, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11263 "2013-10-17T19:56:11Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Question still is, is this debacle finally enough to teach the Republicans they _lost_? Absolutely not. Are you stoned or something? 😃 ---
**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 17, 2013, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11264 "2013-10-17T20:07:13Z")
[Karl Rove explains](http://www.rove.com/articles/497): That sneaky Kenyan Muslim Socialist Atheist Nazi tricked the Republicans into shutting down the government. ---
**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 17, 2013, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11265 "2013-10-17T20:37:31Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > [Karl Rove explains](http://www.rove.com/articles/497): That sneaky Kenyan Muslim Socialist Atheist Nazi tricked the Republicans into shutting down the government. I’m starting to wonder if there’s any blatant mistruth this guy will not confidently state. I kinda want some journalist to assert the sky is blue in his presence, as an empirical test. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2013, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11266 "2013-10-17T21:22:21Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > . . . I can’t see where Cruz seized any ground _vis-à-vis_ Obamacare. Why, gosh, the compromise bill strengthens verification requirements for people signing up under the ACA! Why, that alone makes the whole fiasco entirely justified! It might actually prevent ten whole people from fraudulently applying! This counts as a huge victory! ---
**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 17, 2013, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11267 "2013-10-17T21:31:02Z")
Let’s see, 24 billion, carry the three… yup, 2.4 billion per fraudster. Worth it ! Dang moochers… ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2013, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11268 "2013-10-17T21:47:01Z")
The first step to deporting Cruz to Canada (or at least outside of Texas) took place a couple of days ago. The [Houston Chronicle un-endorsed Cruz](http://www.chron.com/opinion/editorials/article/Why-we-miss-Kay-Bailey-Hutchison-4898405.php?cmpid=opedhprr): > [@](#): > > And dare we say it? We miss her extraordinary understanding of the importance of reaching across the aisle when necessary. Neither sitting Texas senator has displayed that useful skill, and both the state and the Congress are the poorer for it. > > One reason we particularly believe that Hutchison would make a difference in these hectic days is that if she had kept her seat, Cruz would not be in the Senate. > > When we endorsed Ted Cruz in last November’s general election, we did so with many reservations and at least one specific recommendation - that he follow Hutchison’s example in his conduct as a senator. > > Obviously, he has not done so. Cruz has been part of the problem in specific situations where Hutchison would have been part of the solution. Just for shits and giggles, and to keep up the birther conspiracy tradition, all y’all should ask why Cruz has failed to produce proof of American citizenship (he has produced [his Canadian birth certificate](http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/headlines/20130818-born-in-canada-ted-cruz-became-a-citizen-of-that-country-as-well-as-u.s..ece?nclick_check=1)), ask why he has failed to renounce his Canadian citizenship despite he promise to do so about a year ago, and demand that he produce his mother’s birth certificate as well as proof that she was physically present in the USA for ten years prior to his birth, including five of those years following her turning fourteen (the requirements for him to be a US citizen born abroad by a married couple of which only one was a US citizen – note that since his birth, or hatching, or whatever, the rules have changed for this category). ---
**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 17, 2013, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11269 "2013-10-17T21:54:41Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > The [Houston Chronicle un-endorsed Cruz](http://www.chron.com/opinion/editorials/article/Why-we-miss-Kay-Bailey-Hutchison-4898405.php?cmpid=opedhprr) Sadly [they subsequently weaseled](http://blog.chron.com/chronopinion/2013/10/did-we-un-endorse-ted-cruz-no/): > [@](#): > > We did not pull our endorsement of U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz. Our references to Cruz served to provide context to the Hutchison tribute by emphasizing her ability to reach across the aisle when necessary. When we endorsed Cruz in October 2012, we also pointed to Hutchison as an exemplary role model for Texas lawmakers in Washington and suggested that he emulate the Texas statesmen who had come before him. Our editorial today simply referred back to that recommendation. Right, so they endorsed Cruz in the hope he wouldn’t act like Cruz despite the fact that he turned out to be exactly the guy who ran for the job. And when he acted exactly like he was going to all along, they stand by that endorsement - they just don’t want him to be the way he has always been. It’s like they put a cat inside the birdcage, saying “it’s okay if he doesn’t act like a cat.” And then, with the birds limited to a pile of feathers, they say “I still think it’s a good idea that we put it in there. It just needs to stop eating the birds.” ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2013, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11270 "2013-10-17T22:04:04Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > The first step to deporting Cruz to Canada (or at least outside of Texas) took place a couple of days ago. The [Houston Chronicle un-endorsed Cruz](http://www.chron.com/opinion/editorials/article/Why-we-miss-Kay-Bailey-Hutchison-4898405.php?cmpid=opedhprr): This bit is also interesting: > [@](#): > > While we’re on the topic, we’d like to think our first choice to succeed Hutchison in the Senate, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, would have been more amenable to following Hutchison’s example than Cruz has been. But these days, we’re not so sure. Dewhurst, long considered a moderate in the Texas GOP, clearly was rattled by his unexpected loss to Cruz for the Senate seat. > > Since the defeat, the lieutenant governor has attempted a full-blown political makeover designed to make him the darling of the conservative wing of the Texas party. > > Faced with the impossible task of outflanking three strong conservative challengers, the traditional moderate Dewhurst does not seem like a man comfortable in his own skin. It’s painful to watch. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2013, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11271 "2013-10-17T23:01:46Z")
David Dewhurst? [The Texas Observer observed](http://www.texasobserver.org/david-dewhurst-calls-obamas-impeachment/) a recent Teabagger gathering… > [@](#): > > The crowd at Monday’s meeting of the Northeast Tarrant Tea Party got more than they bargained for. The event at Concordia Lutheran Church in the Fort Worth suburb of Bedford was originally planned so tea party members could learn about the Muslim Brotherhood’s supposed infiltration of the United States. But the crowd was also treated to a dose of the sniping that’s come to define the Texas lieutenant governor’s race — and saw the state’s second-highest elected official, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, call for President Obama’s impeachment and removal from office. > > Dewhurst was the first lieutenant governor candidate to speak. Since losing a 2012 Senate primary to Ted Cruz in part because of his insufficient tea party cred, Dewhurst has been working hard to ingratiate himself with his party’s right wing. He’s reached out to, and won praise from, tea party leaders around the state. And given the chance to appeal to the Northeast Tarrant Tea Party, Dewhurst opened with the big guns. > > “This election is about protecting you and your freedoms, which are given to you by God, but which are being trampled on by Barack Obama right now. I don’t know about you, but Barack Obama ought to be impeached,” he declared to hearty applause. “Not only for trampling on our liberties, but what he did in Benghazi is just a crime.”… In Texas, the Lite Gov is more powerful than the Governor. (Ricky Perry has expanded his power by intense appointment of cronies/donors to state positions over the years.) The Republican hopefuls are trying to out-teabag each other, in a truly obscene spectacle… ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11272 "2013-10-18T02:30:10Z")
> [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](#): > > Sadly [they subsequently weaseled](http://blog.chron.com/chronopinion/2013/10/did-we-un-endorse-ted-cruz-no/) They were for him before they were against him before they were for him. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2013, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11273 "2013-10-18T02:52:26Z")
A New Jersey state Senate candidate suggested to a gun rights group, that if his Democratic rival shows up on their doorstep, [constituents should get their guns:](http://huff.to/19VaiH2) > [@](#): > > “When someone’s been elected for 30 years and he comes knocking on your door and tells you, ‘Listen, this is what I want to do to help you,’ quickly close your door, go inside,” Balles said of Whelan, who voted in favor of several firearms restrictions earlier this year. > > “And get your gun!” added a member of the group. > > “And get your gun,” Balles said, laughing with the audience. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11274 "2013-10-18T09:34:46Z")
Congressman “I only have $400,000 to feed my family with” Fleming [is already preparing to shut down the government again;](http://www.nytimes.com/news/fiscal-crisis/2013/10/16/house-republicans-gearing-up-for-round-2/) [QUOTE=New York Times] WASHINGTON — Coming out of a closed-door meeting Wednesday afternoon, in which Speaker John A. Boehner explained to his conference that he would be taking up the Senate deal and likely passing it with the help of Democratic votes, Republican lawmakers were already regrouping for the next fight. “I’ll vote against it,” Representative John Fleming of Louisiana said. “But that will get us into Round 2. See, we’re going to start this all over again.” [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11275 "2013-10-18T09:41:40Z")
> [@Representative John Fleming - (R](#): > > I’m very proud of our leadership. I didn’t think they would hang in there two weeks, and so I’m very proud that they did that. So I’m head over heels in jubilee over what they’ve done, how hard they’ve tried. :rolleyes: ---
**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:** [October 18, 2013, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11276 "2013-10-18T09:48:48Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > :rolleyes: You know where else you get rewards just for trying hard? The Special Olympics. I’m just sayin’. ---
**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 18, 2013, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11277 "2013-10-18T16:14:40Z")
Maggie Gallagher of NOMnut fame [explains](http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/cuccinelli-is-paying-the-price-for-the-gops-truce-strategy-on-abortion/2013/10/17/3c1ac994-3743-11e3-80c6-7e6dd8d22d8f_story.html) that Cuccinelli is losing because he’s insufficiently conservative and outspoken about abortion. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11278 "2013-10-18T17:34:52Z")
Yeh, the Tea Partiers are trying. . . . Very trying. ---
**Author:** ![Karrius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71c47a/32.png) [@Karrius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karrius)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11279 "2013-10-18T20:06:09Z")
Once again, the lack of a “Republicans are evil bastards” thread hurts. [Todd Kincannon, former South Carolina GOP executive, claims all transgender people should be put into camps while throwing out transphobic slurs.](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/10/16/gop-politician-wants-concentration-camps-trans-people/) It really puts the claim of calling liberal posters here “just like Nazis” into proper comparison and context, doesn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11280 "2013-10-18T22:16:35Z")
> [@Karrius](#): > > Once again, the lack of a “Republicans are evil bastards” thread hurts. > > [Todd Kincannon, former South Carolina GOP executive, claims all transgender people should be put into camps while throwing out transphobic slurs.](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/10/16/gop-politician-wants-concentration-camps-trans-people/) > > It really puts the claim of calling liberal posters here “just like Nazis” into proper comparison and context, doesn’t it? His hatred seems over the top even for a Stupid Republican. Perhaps he had a little surprise the last time he met a “girl.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=563) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=565)