# 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:** 571
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11401 "2013-10-25T02:13:35Z")
> [@Abe\_Babe](#): > > [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/10/24/obama-wants-marines-to-wear-girly-hats/](http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/10/24/obama-wants-marines-to-wear-girly-hats/) > > How about blaming Obama for making the Marines look all girly? OK, that’s a **start,** now add some bows and some feathers. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11402 "2013-10-25T02:19:05Z")
> [@Zakalwe](#): > > One of which is apparently to become lesbians. [And tough.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9BSLm53Qnc) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11403 "2013-10-25T03:28:57Z")
Didja notice how that one Girl Scout had a razor in her panties? Yeah, I looked, don’t give me that shit, you did _too_! ---
**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 25, 2013, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11404 "2013-10-25T10:59:29Z")
You know how sometimes we talk about racists in the Republican party? [This is the kind of guy we’re talking about](http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/10/don-yelton-racist-daily-show-interview.html). Buncombe County Republican precinct chair Don Yelton had a few things to say to the Daily Show about black people: > [@](#): > > 1. “Matter of fact, one of my best friends is black.” > > 2. “When I was a young man, you didn’t call a black a black, you called him a negro.” > > 3. “I had a picture one time of Obama sittin’ on a stump as a witch doctor and I posted that on Facebook. I was making fun of the white half of Obama, not the black half.” > > 4. “If [the law] hurts the whites so be it. If it hurts a bunch of lazy blacks that want the government to give them everything, so be it.” > > 5. “Now you have a black person using the term n\*\*\*\*\* this and n\*\*\*\*\* that and it’s okay for them to do it.” Now bear in mind that the person he’s talking to is _Aasif Mandvi_, who is, shall we say, not particularly white. Mandvi’s reaction to the last statement was an incredulous “You know that we can hear you, right?” This all seems to have been one Crazy too far for the local GOP who - and all due credit to them for doing so - fired his saggy white ass. > [@](#): > > “Let me make it very clear, Mr. Yelton’s comments do not reflect the belief or feelings of Buncombe Republicans, nor do they mirror any core principle that our party is founded upon,” said Buncombe GOP Chairman Henry Mitchell in a statement. “This mentality will not be supported or propagated within our party.” From your lips to Reince Priebus’ ears. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11405 "2013-10-25T11:08:16Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > From your lips to Reince Priebus’ ears. Am I the only one who keeps hearing this name and wants to call him Prince Rebus? ---
**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 25, 2013, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11406 "2013-10-25T11:09:49Z")
> [@Eutychus](#): > > Am I the only one who keeps hearing this name and wants to call him Prince Rebus? No, it’s everyone. Or “Rinse Prius”. One of those. ---
**Author:** ![slumtrimpet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@slumtrimpet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slumtrimpet)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11407 "2013-10-25T11:24:14Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > No, it’s everyone. Or “Rinse Prius”. One of those. Both of those work but I always think Rincewind (which is totally an insult to Rincewind, not Priebus) ---
**Author:** ![Abe\_Babe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@Abe\_Babe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abe_Babe)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11408 "2013-10-25T13:27:24Z")
> [@Cthulhutycus](#): > > Am I the only one who keeps hearing this name and wants to call him Prince Rebus? [Song of the South] That’s what Uncle Priebus said. That’s what Uncle Priebus said. Listen now to what I say: That’s how the critters got that way. . . . [/SotS] ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11409 "2013-10-25T13:43:00Z")
Prince Rhombus. He’s the heir apparent to the throne of the kingdom of quadrilaterals. ---
**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 25, 2013, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11410 "2013-10-25T14:14:24Z")
> [@Abe\_Babe](#): > > [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/10/24/obama-wants-marines-to-wear-girly-hats/](http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/10/24/obama-wants-marines-to-wear-girly-hats/) > > How about blaming Obama for making the Marines look all girly? Turns out [these guys](http://www.marines.mil/) [beg to differ](http://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/static/uploader/image/2013/10/25/usmarines-20131025-uniformcovers.jpg) [with Fox News’ assessment](http://www.businessinsider.com/obama-marines-girly-hats-2013-10); [QUOTE=United States Marine Corps] The President in no way, shape or form directed the Marine Corps to change our uniform cover. We are looking for a new cover for our female Marines for one overriding reason: the former manufacturer went out of business. The Marine Corps has zero intention of changing the male cover. [/QUOTE] So that makes what… Reality 760, Fox News 0? ---
**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:** [October 25, 2013, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11411 "2013-10-25T14:14:38Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Prince Rhombus. He’s the heir apparent to the throne of the kingdom of quadrilaterals. Well, it’s the GOP, so they’re mostly squares. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11412 "2013-10-25T14:24:06Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Turns out [these guys](http://www.marines.mil/) [beg to differ](http://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/static/uploader/image/2013/10/25/usmarines-20131025-uniformcovers.jpg) [with Fox News’ assessment](http://www.businessinsider.com/obama-marines-girly-hats-2013-10); > > So that makes what… Reality 760, Fox News 0? Surely the retraction will be forthcoming. Any minute now. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11413 "2013-10-25T22:22:20Z")
North Carolina, again: [State Rep. Larry Pittman (R) defends Obama as having done nothing to harm his native country (Kenya).](http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/north-carolina-gop-makes-matters-worse) ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11414 "2013-10-25T22:39:12Z")
You know what this means: it’s only a matter of time before Allen West says something even dumber to make sure Florida stays on the top rung of the Ladder of Stupid. ---
**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 25, 2013, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11415 "2013-10-25T22:47:19Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > You know what this means: it’s only a matter of time before Allen West says something even dumber to make sure Florida stays on the top rung of the Ladder of Stupid. [Make it so](http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/oct/22/inside-the-beltway-the-allen-west-brand-expands/#ixzz2imDGEyEH): > [@](#): > > “The Borg’s ultimate goal is ‘achieving perfection’ — at least as far as they define it. Actually, I think the Borg exist on earth in the guise of today’s liberal progressive socialists, i.e. the Democrat Party,” Mr. West wrote. “It was Chief Borg, Barack Obama, who said five days before the 2008 presidential election that he was about to fundamentally change the United States. In other words, he was about to implement and achieve his vision of perfection.” ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11416 "2013-10-25T22:56:40Z")
Aw, fuck. I kind of like the comparison, though. Resistance is futile, Mr. West. ---
**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:** [October 26, 2013, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11417 "2013-10-26T03:16:00Z")
Mr. West needs to just chill. Had Seven of Nine’s marriage not fallen apart at the last minute, sure, Obama might not be President today, but the Borg Collective was already making inroads. It was always just a matter of time. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2013, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11418 "2013-10-26T03:31:34Z")
He will not be assimilated. Borg have standards. ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2013, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11419 "2013-10-26T11:37:06Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > [Make it so](http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/oct/22/inside-the-beltway-the-allen-west-brand-expands/#ixzz2imDGEyEH): From a story linked at your link. The Washington Times is still fuggen the chicken about Obama’s redesign of the Marine hats. (Essentially - Obama designed girly hats for the Marines) [http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/oct/24/marines-turn-noses-obamas-new-girly-hats/](http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/oct/24/marines-turn-noses-obamas-new-girly-hats/) That story was debunked by the Marines here: [http://www.marines.mil/](http://www.marines.mil/) > [@](#): > > **No change in male cover** > The President in no way, shape or form directed the Marine Corps to change our uniform cover. We are looking for a new cover for our female Marines for one overriding reason: the former manufacturer went out of business. The Marine Corps has zero intention of changing the male cover. Why is this interesting? After all the Washington Times is the little respected rightwing paper, no better than the NY Post. Well, because US Supreme Court Justice, Anton Scalia, subscribes to it instead of what he calls, “The ultra-liberal Washington Post”. Apparently, he wants to stay safely within the conservative bubble. Small wonder he can’t register a middle of the road decision on anything important. Isn’t the Washington Times a Moonie paper? ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2013, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11420 "2013-10-26T12:09:38Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > He will not be assimilated. Borg have standards. No, but he may be ass-laminated. We’re talking about the GOP and its weird notions about Gays. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=570) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=572)