# 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:** 590
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11781 "2013-11-19T17:16:12Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > [http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dana-milbank-darrell-issas-obamacare-kangaroo-court/2013/11/13/ca1cfd98-4cb0-11e3-ac54-aa84301ced81\_story.html](http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dana-milbank-darrell-issas-obamacare-kangaroo-court/2013/11/13/ca1cfd98-4cb0-11e3-ac54-aa84301ced81_story.html) > > **Darrell Issa’s Obamacare kangaroo court** > By Dana Milbank I didn’t know that Issa had made his money in car alarms. That’s kind of perfect, isn’t it? ---
**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:** [November 19, 2013, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11782 "2013-11-19T17:21:36Z")
Makes a lot of noise, frequently goes off by accident, accomplishes very little, annoys everyone on the block? ---
**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:** [November 19, 2013, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11783 "2013-11-19T17:34:54Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Makes a lot of noise, frequently goes off by accident, accomplishes very little, annoys everyone on the block? That and the fact that Issa was twice indicted for Grand Theft Auto… ---
**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:** [November 19, 2013, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11784 "2013-11-19T22:18:33Z")
[Florida Congressman charged with cocaine possession](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/florida-congressman-charged-cocaine-possession-article-1.1522563#ixzz2l8GUqOhw) > [@](#): > > A Florida congressman has been charged with misdemeanor drug possession in Washington. > > District of Columbia court records show charges against Congressman Henry “Trey” Radel were filed Tuesday. > > The 37-year-old Radel, a Republican, was elected in 2012. How long before Fox News labels him as a Democrat? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11785 "2013-11-19T23:36:43Z")
So, is booze the gateway drug for cocaine, or is cocaine the gateway for booze? ---
**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:** [November 19, 2013, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11786 "2013-11-19T23:39:43Z")
Booze is the gateway to everything from failure to success. ---
**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:** [November 20, 2013, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11787 "2013-11-20T00:01:46Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > [Florida Congressman charged with cocaine possession](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/florida-congressman-charged-cocaine-possession-article-1.1522563#ixzz2l8GUqOhw)How long before Fox News labels him as a Democrat? \*Only \*amisdemeanor amount ? Man, the cokeheads of Florida used to have more pride and balls than this. But maybe that was just Pacino. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2013, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11788 "2013-11-20T00:18:44Z")
As I posted [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=16851595&postcount=11747), my congressman, Joe Heck (R-NV), recently e-mailed out an incredibly slanted “survey” about Obamacare, that included no options to express support for the law. As I predicted, he has now used the meaningless results to support the positions he always held: > [@Joe Heck](#): > > Forty-two percent of respondents said that Congress should “repeal the law and start working on a replacement mechanism.” I agree and that has been my position on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act since my first day in Congress. > … > In the recent email poll, 20 percent of respondents said they believe that people should be able to keep their canceled plans if they liked those plans. I agree and last week the House passed H.R. 3350, the Keep Your Health Plan Act, which states that if you had coverage that was available as of January 1, 2013, you may keep it during 2014. > … > It is unfair to fine people for not purchasing a product when the websites and call centers where people would purchase the product are not working properly. Quite a few people responded that Congress should delay the individual mandate and not long ago, I voted to do just that. The full message is [here](http://iqconnect.lmhostediq.com/iqextranet/view_newsletter.aspx?id=2158456&c=NV03JH). Note the declining (and rather underwhelming) support for his forgone conclusions: from 42 percent to 20 percent to “quite a few.” Also, he doesn’t point out that part of the reason that the Web sites and call centers aren’t working well is that Republicans have refused to set up exchanges in many states, leaving it to the Federal government to do so, and they have also hampered the efforts to provide human “navigators” who would help people through the process on the phone or in person. ---
**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:** [November 20, 2013, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11789 "2013-11-20T00:50:04Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Booze is the gateway to everything from failure to success. > [@Homer Simpson](#): > > Here’s to alcohol: the cause of, and solution to, all of life’s problems. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2013, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11790 "2013-11-20T10:29:21Z")
You Palin haters may not know she’s defended her slavery charge: [QUOTE=Sarah Palin, as quoted by [BeingLiberal.org — assholeofday: Asshole of the Day, November 13,...](http://beingliberal.tumblr.com/post/67418343585/assholeofday-asshole-of-the-day-november-13)] “I’m sure if we open up the dictionary, we could prove that with semantics that are various, we can prove that there is a definition of slavery that absolutely fits the bill there, when I’m talking about a bankrupt country that will owe somebody something down the line if we don’t change things that is, we will be shackled. We will be enslaved to those who we owe.” [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2013, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11791 "2013-11-20T10:55:37Z")
Has she ever made a coherent, intelligent statement? Ever? ---
**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:** [November 20, 2013, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11792 "2013-11-20T11:54:48Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > [Florida Congressman charged with cocaine possession](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/florida-congressman-charged-cocaine-possession-article-1.1522563#ixzz2l8GUqOhw)How long before Fox News labels him as a Democrat? I hope he never needs to apply for food stamps, given his previous support for drug testing for food stamp recipients. Is this the new “anti-gay means gay” thing, where anyone pushing hard for punishing drug users is likely a drug user themselves? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2013, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11793 "2013-11-20T12:28:35Z")
When will someone start whipping her in proportion to the National Debt then? ---
**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:** [November 20, 2013, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11794 "2013-11-20T13:48:11Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > Has she ever made a coherent, intelligent statement? Ever? If you take a million monkeys and randomly pick words from a million dictionaries for all eternity, no. ---
**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:** [November 20, 2013, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11795 "2013-11-20T14:19:28Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > Has she ever made a coherent, intelligent statement? Ever? Well, it’s true that semantics are various. ---
**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:** [November 20, 2013, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11796 "2013-11-20T15:07:59Z")
[QUOTE=Sarah Palin] I’m sure if we open up the dictionary… [/QUOTE] …and look up “gibberish”, you’ll find her picture. ---
**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:** [November 20, 2013, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11797 "2013-11-20T15:20:31Z")
Don’t be silly. Palin has never been near a dictionary, much less _in_ one. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2013, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11798 "2013-11-20T16:53:39Z")
> **[Right-Wing Noise Machine Fabricates Gettysburg Address Omission To Attack Obama](https://www.mediamatters.org/breitbart-news/right-wing-noise-machine-fabricates-gettysburg-address-omission-attack-obama)** [QUOTE=Media Matters] President Obama’s recitation of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address is sparking hysteria from the right-wing media who slammed the president for omitting the phrase “under God.” But ironically, in their hurry to attack the president, they omitted the fact that Obama was reading the first draft of the speech – a draft that did not include “under God” – at the request of filmmaker Ken Burns. [/QUOTE] More from [CBS News](http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57613040/white-house-explains-why-obama-didnt-say-under-god-in-gettysburg-address/), including the following gems: [QUOTE=CBS] Some conservatives took offense to the president’s reading. “Lincoln added ‘Under God’ as he was looking out over battlefield. why would Obama remove?” Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said on Twitter. Conservative Christian leader Bryan Fischer added “Obama’s omission of ‘under God’ is more evidence of his anti-Christian bigotry. He honors Islam but disrespects Christianity.” [/QUOTE] :smack: ---
**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:** [November 20, 2013, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11799 "2013-11-20T17:15:14Z")
> [@ShadowFacts](#): > > [Right-Wing Noise Machine Fabricates Gettysburg Address Omission To Attack Obama | Media Matters for America](http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/11/19/right-wing-noise-machine-fabricates-gettysburg/196969) Oh, it’s worse than that: [Time Traveling Obama made Lincoln remove ‘Under God’ from first draft of Gettysburg Address, also didnt even kill Hitler](http://wonkette.com/534634/time-traveling-obama-made-lincoln-remove-under-god-from-first-draft-of-gettysburg-address-also-didnt-even-kill-hitler) ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2013, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11800 "2013-11-20T17:56:35Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Oh, it’s worse than that: > > [Time Traveling Obama made Lincoln remove ‘Under God’ from first draft of Gettysburg Address, also didnt even kill Hitler](http://wonkette.com/534634/time-traveling-obama-made-lincoln-remove-under-god-from-first-draft-of-gettysburg-address-also-didnt-even-kill-hitler) Cute article! 🆒 Does clicking on the (Jimmy Carter?) video work for you? I (in Thailand) get “This video is private.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=589) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=591)