# 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:** 591
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2013, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11801 "2013-11-20T18:46:14Z")
oops wrong thread ---
**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, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11802 "2013-11-20T18:46:14Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Does clicking on the (Jimmy Carter?) video work for you? I (in Thailand) get “This video is private.” I got the same thing, and I’m in the U.S. ---
**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:** [November 20, 2013, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11803 "2013-11-20T21:56:53Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > At least the victims are volunteers and part of the role-playing exercise: when I first read it, I thought it was an actual challenge to find people who really were undocumented or illegal. Jesus, what a mess that would be! > > If it’s just a big game of Logan’s Run, I’m less concerned. Tacky and tawdry and tasteless, but, hell, that’s Texas at the best of times. The event has been canceled. From TYC President Garcia’s statement: > [@](#): > > I have been shocked at the uproar over the event’s premise and at the personal attacks against me. Today, opponents of YCT have claimed that I am being used as a front man. I have been called an “Uncle Tom.” I have received emails and comments via social media filled with obscenity. The reactions of some who claim that YCT is creating a demeaning or degrading environment on campus have been truly disgraceful. Garcia is a former staffer of [Greg Abbott](http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/david/abbott-responds-former-staffers-illegal), Republican candidate for Governor. > [@](#): > > “Our campaign has no affiliation with this repugnant effort. Illegal immigration and the failed policies of the Obama Administration are not a joking matter,” a statement from Abbott spokesperson Avdiel Huerta said. “Conservatives should not stoop to the level of liberals, whose shenanigans at the Texas Capitol this summer, including chants of ‘hail Satan’ during Senator Davis’ filibuster to allow abortions after five months, did nothing but sidetrack the Texas Legislature.” ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2013, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11804 "2013-11-20T22:59:55Z")
> [@ShadowFacts](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > 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.” Wait, do Christians think Muslims don’t believe in God? ---
**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, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11805 "2013-11-20T23:04:37Z")
Most seem to have absolutely no idea what Muslims believe or to know anything at all about Islam. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2013, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11806 "2013-11-21T00:08:09Z")
Islamacists worship Satan, don’t you know? ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2013, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11807 "2013-11-21T00:19:36Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Islamacists worship Satan, don’t you know? I thought it was just the Atheist Islamacists that worshiped Satan. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2013, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11808 "2013-11-21T00:26:27Z")
Here’s my plan: sentence Karl Rove to attend a different church every week. Make sure to cover every major denomination and all their varied sub-branches, from Episcopalian to Pentecostal and every step in between. Every time he enters one and participates, we cross that one off the list. When he finally enters one and is struck by lightning or Herod’s Curse, then that is The One. If it never happens, then there is no God or Jesus is more forgiving than I could ever imagine. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2013, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11809 "2013-11-21T04:40:45Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Islamacists worship Satan, don’t you know? :sigh: Somehow, this is Clive “Jack” Lewis’s fault, what with all the Tash stuff in the later _Chronicles of Narnia_, isn’t it? ---
**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 21, 2013, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11810 "2013-11-21T04:54:54Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Here’s my plan: sentence Karl Rove to attend a different church every week. Make sure to cover every major denomination and all their varied sub-branches, from Episcopalian to Pentecostal and every step in between. Every time he enters one and participates, we cross that one off the list. When he finally enters one and is struck by lightning or Herod’s Curse, then that is The One. > > If it never happens, then there is no God or Jesus is more forgiving than I could ever imagine. Why must you be so ethnocentric ? I’m sure Allah, Shiva, Amaterasu Omikami, Ahurah Mazda et al. can smite with the best of 'em, and would be thrilled to be given an opportunity to turn Karl Rove into a lawn chair. Even Buddha might be moved to do \*something \*- omnipacifist enlightenment is cool and all, but that doesn’t mean \*some \*dickwads don’t deserve a swift kick in the nuts when nobody’s looking. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2013, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11811 "2013-11-21T13:02:43Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > :sigh: Somehow, this is Clive “Jack” Lewis’s fault, what with all the Tash stuff in the later _Chronicles of Narnia_, isn’t it? To be fair, I think you have to give _Le Chanson de Roland_ some credit. ---
**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 21, 2013, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11812 "2013-11-21T14:21:21Z")
> [@Punoqllads](#): > > I thought it was just the Atheist Islamacists that worshiped Satan. Splitters. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2013, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11813 "2013-11-21T14:43:39Z")
> [@Bridget\_Burke](#): > > The event has been canceled. From TYC President Garcia’s statement: > > Garcia is a former staffer of [Greg Abbott](http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/david/abbott-responds-former-staffers-illegal), Republican candidate for Governor. But the [Pro-immigration counter-rally](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/20/america-ferrera-rally_n_4312283.html?utm_hp_ref=college&ir=College)drew a lot of people, so the YCT has that going for it! 😃 ---
**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 21, 2013, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11814 "2013-11-21T20:55:59Z")
Sen. Mitch McConnell, [today](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_tBnMsFeVI): > [@](#): > > “By any objective measure, Senate Republicans have been very, very fair to this President." ---
**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 21, 2013, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11815 "2013-11-21T21:16:52Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Sen. Mitch McConnell, [today](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_tBnMsFeVI): In other news, sources are reporting a massive lightning strike inside the Senate Minority Leader’s office… ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2013, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11816 "2013-11-21T21:25:38Z")
:rolleyes: Again with the misleading, out-of-context YouTube links. If you’d been more honest you’d have provided the full quote, which was something like: “Not even the most pathetic, partisan hack could bring himself to say something as moronic as ‘by any objective measure, Senate Republicans have been very, very fair to this President’, unless your talking about someone as dull as adaher or something, then all bets are off.” ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2013, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11817 "2013-11-21T21:30:48Z")
> [@Sen. Mitch McConnell](#): > > By any objective measure, Senate Republicans have been very, very fair to this President. McConnell then added, “For instance, when he adopted our party’s plan for health care, we knew the Democratic plans were better, so we all voted against our own plan. But would the President take the hint? No!” ---
**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:** [November 21, 2013, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11818 "2013-11-21T21:36:13Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Here’s my plan: sentence Karl Rove to attend a different church every week. Make sure to cover every major denomination and all their varied sub-branches, from Episcopalian to Pentecostal and every step in between. Every time he enters one and participates, we cross that one off the list. When he finally enters one and is struck by lightning or Herod’s Curse, then that is The One. > > If it never happens, then there is no God or Jesus is more forgiving than I could ever imagine. Sounds like a plan. ---
**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 21, 2013, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11819 "2013-11-21T23:02:14Z")
The House Speaker has apparently announced that he would also have taken Reid’s “nuclear option” were roles reversed: [QUOTE=John Boehner] It sounds to me like Harry Reid is trying to change the subject and if I were taking all the incoming fire that he’s taking over Obamacare, I’d try to change the subject too. [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/11820 "2013-11-22T16:35:15Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Islamacists worship Satan, don’t you know? No, no, haven’t you ever read [_The Song of Roland?_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_of_roland) They worship [Termagant](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tervagant)! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=590) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=592)