# 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:** 579
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11561 "2013-10-31T01:04:52Z")
It wasn’t Wilde, it was George Bernard Whistler. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11562 "2013-10-31T02:40:29Z")
> [@Rotten Sumbitch](#): > > It wasn’t Wilde, it was George Bernard Whistler. No, I think it was his mother. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11563 "2013-10-31T02:52:19Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > But this one’s for real: > > Lady Astor once said to Churchill, “If you were my husband, Winston, I would put poison in your tea!” > > And Churchill, never at a loss, riposted, “And if you were my wife, I’d beat the shit out of you!” I just heard yesterday on NPR that Churchill never actually said that, it was some other British politician whose name I’ve forgotten. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11564 "2013-10-31T02:55:14Z")
> [@Screamer](#): > > I just heard yesterday on NPR that Churchill never actually said that, it was some other British politician whose name I’ve forgotten. Stephen Harper, I think. Brit, Canuckistani, tomayto, take it bitch ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11565 "2013-10-31T04:50:44Z")
I am going to have to look up this Churchill character… quite the fuckin poet. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11566 "2013-10-31T12:57:20Z")
Disraeli attributed the following to Churchill: [QUOTE=Chruchill. For realsies] The trouble with quotes on the Internet is that you never know if they are genuine. [/QUOTE] ---
**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 31, 2013, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11567 "2013-10-31T13:25:33Z")
> [@digs](#): > > I am going to have to look up this Churchill character… quite the fuckin poet. But as a statesman during England’s darkest hour, he left a lot to be desired. Many Brits have yet to forgive him his famous defeatist speech : “We shall defend our island, as long as it remains cost effective. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, but after that let’s not and say we did”. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11568 "2013-10-31T13:31:24Z")
In fairness, if Hitler invaded hell, I would at least make a favourable reference to Godwin in this thread. ---
**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 31, 2013, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11569 "2013-10-31T13:36:41Z")
Phyllis Schlafly: “[It’s the Statue of Liberty, not the Statue of Immigration](http://www.salon.com/2013/10/28/phyllis_schlafly_its_the_statue_of_liberty_not_the_statue_of_immigration/singleton/)”. Well…technically true, but hardly the point. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11570 "2013-10-31T13:51:55Z")
[More cutting-edge humor from Ted Cruz’ dad.](http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/10/ted-cruz-rafael-father-video-christian-tea-party) ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11571 "2013-10-31T14:00:11Z")
> [@Guy Rotting](#): > > Phyllis Schlafly: “[It’s the Statue of Liberty, not the Statue of Immigration](http://www.salon.com/2013/10/28/phyllis_schlafly_its_the_statue_of_liberty_not_the_statue_of_immigration/singleton/)”. > > Well…technically true, but hardly the point. Give us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning for the liberty to clean my house and mow my grass. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11572 "2013-10-31T14:21:59Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > Give us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning for the liberty to clean my house and mow my grass. … and be deported right after. ---
**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 31, 2013, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11573 "2013-10-31T14:40:59Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [More cutting-edge humor from Ted Cruz’ dad.](http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/10/ted-cruz-rafael-father-video-christian-tea-party) Jesus. No wonder Cruz the Younger is such a loon. ---
**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 31, 2013, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11574 "2013-10-31T14:43:55Z")
> [@](#): > > Insisting that the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution “were signed on the knees of the framers” I’m pretty sure they had tables in the late 18th century. ---
**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 31, 2013, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11575 "2013-10-31T14:56:28Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Jesus. No wonder Cruz the Younger is such a loon. It’s actually kind of amazing that shutting down the government is the craziest thing he’s done, considering where he came from. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11576 "2013-10-31T17:21:34Z")
I’m sure that’s just the setup to him unzipping his human skin suit after he becomes president and taking over the US government as a cadre of a hundred snakes ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11577 "2013-10-31T18:16:32Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > I’m sure that’s just the setup to him unzipping his human skin suit after he becomes president and taking over the US government as a cadre of a hundred snakes And when he boards Air Force One there’ll be . . . ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11578 "2013-10-31T18:18:25Z")
One _more_ snake on the motherfucking plane! ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11579 "2013-10-31T18:59:41Z")
Ironic that Ted’s father was a freedom fighter for Castro in Cuba and actually got imprisoned and beaten by the Battista regime. Ted’s father apparently had a change of heart after finding out the crap Castro was up to in Cuba. Too bad his son did not learn anything about political extremism from his dad’s experiences. ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11580 "2013-10-31T19:30:19Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > Ironic that Ted’s father was a freedom fighter for Castro in Cuba and actually got imprisoned and beaten by the Battista regime. Ted’s father apparently had a change of heart after finding out the crap Castro was up to in Cuba. Too bad his son did not learn anything about political extremism from his dad’s experiences. He did. If you’re from the right, you’re a freedom fighter, if you’re from the left, you’re an extremist. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=578) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=580)