# 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:** 603
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12041 "2013-12-13T00:46:33Z")
> [@Esox\_Lucius](#): > > \ how will she break the news to them that [_he could be…Canadian!!?_](http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-delays-full-bid-for-claim-to-north-pole/article15824139/) You mean… _ **Ted Cruz** is Santa !_ :eek::eek::eek:😃 ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12042 "2013-12-13T02:00:15Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > I want to hijack this thread briefly to express outrage. > > Nelson Mandela was one of the greatest men of recent centuries. I didn’t remember that he’d won the Nobel Prize for Peace but made a bet with myself that he surely had; Wikipedia’d to confirm; and noted that he’d also won the highest civilian awards given by U.S.A., Soviet Union (how many have won _both_ the Presidential Medal of Freedom _and_ the Order of Lenin?) as well as India. > > The despicable racist dog-eat-dog assholes who’ve taken over the GOP all hated Mandela. They hated him because he was black, they hated him because of business conflicts, and they hated him for opposing their Greed-is-God philosophy. > > To hear these despicable subhumans now compare their fight against Obama with Mandela’s fight against apartheid infuriates me. I wasn’t sure I could hate the subhuman assholes more than I already did, but now I’d like to see their noses rubbed in shit until they asphyxiate. > > Sorry if I’m “painting with a broad brush” again and over-reacting to one comment by one singular asshole, Santorum. I’ve got better things to do with my time than research whether one despicable right-wing asshole is slightly less despicable than other. > > Thanks for listening. I feel exactly the same way. I can’t even find the words anymore. And then, to read about Reagan saying we shouldn’t meddle in other countries’ affairs… I’m livid all over again. Some idiot girl on Facebook posted the other day about how Mandela is nice and all, but she was personally hurt and offended Obama didn’t attend Margaret Thatcher’s memorial. “Just saying,” she said. ---
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12043 "2013-12-13T02:44:18Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > I feel exactly the same way. I can’t even find the words anymore. And then, to read about Reagan saying we shouldn’t meddle in other countries’ affairs… I’m livid all over again. > > Some idiot girl on Facebook posted the other day about how Mandela is nice and all, but she was personally hurt and offended Obama didn’t attend Margaret Thatcher’s memorial. “Just saying,” she said. Not just some idiot girl on Facebook. Apparently, the faux outrage over this issue is a thing: [This is a link to Breitbart](http://www.breitbart.com/InstaBlog/2013/12/06/Obama-and-First-Lady-to-Attend-Mandela-Funeral-Skipped-Thatcher-Funeral-Back-In-April?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter) You can find many more of the same if you google Obama Thatcher Mandela. ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12044 "2013-12-13T03:03:30Z")
> [@detop](#): > > You mean… _ **Ted Cruz** is Santa !_ :eek::eek::eek:😃 We all know that’s impossible Ted Cruz would never give gifts to children, that would be down right socialisy. If those little beggars want toys they should get up of their asses and get a job! He knows gifts should only be given to those who earned them by donating to his campaign. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12045 "2013-12-13T03:31:07Z")
> [@boytyperanma](#): > > We all know that’s impossible Ted Cruz would never give gifts to children, that would be down right socialisy. If those little beggars want toys they should get up of their asses and get a job! He knows gifts should only be given to those who earned them by donating to his campaign. I think you’re confusing Ted Cruz with Scott Walker. ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12046 "2013-12-13T05:02:52Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > I think you’re confusing Ted Cruz with Scott Walker. I’m sorry it’s hard to tell Republicans apart, they are all old rich white guys screaming at the sky to me. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12047 "2013-12-13T05:48:45Z")
Cruz is the one who looks like an undertaker, Walker looks like his client. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2013, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12048 "2013-12-13T11:00:50Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Cruz is the one who looks like an undertaker, Walker looks like his client. And Rick Scott is the one who looks like the reason Voldemort and Gollum swore off butterbeer and pipeweed after that one wild party. ---
**Author:** ![Esox\_Lucius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Esox\_Lucius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esox_Lucius)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12049 "2013-12-13T14:49:28Z")
> [@detop](#): > > You mean… _ **Ted Cruz** is Santa !_ :eek::eek::eek:😃 Merry Christmas, America! Don’t say we never gave you anything.😃 ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12050 "2013-12-13T15:10:47Z")
Y’know that new budget deal, that has everybody jumping for joy or at least sighing with relief, that Congress can actually get something done? [Senate Republicans are planning to filibuster it.](http://www.sunshinestatenews.com/feeditem/jeff-sessions-senate-gop-filibuster-paul-ryans-budget-deal) ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12051 "2013-12-13T15:34:22Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Y’know that new budget deal, that has everybody jumping for joy or at least sighing with relief, that Congress can actually get something done? > > [Senate Republicans are planning to filibuster it.](http://www.sunshinestatenews.com/feeditem/jeff-sessions-senate-gop-filibuster-paul-ryans-budget-deal) Oh fuck Jeff Sessions, that grandstanding motherfucker. DIAF, canceraids, etc. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2013, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12052 "2013-12-13T16:08:13Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > And Rick Scott is the one who looks like the reason Voldemort and Gollum swore off butterbeer and pipeweed after that one wild party. Butter… beer ? That sounds like something extremely, and I mean \*extremely \*American. Can you deep fry it ? ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12053 "2013-12-13T17:08:18Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Butter… beer ? That sounds like something extremely, and I mean \*extremely \*American. > > Can you deep fry it ? Very good guess, but this one is an English concoction. It’s what Hobbits drink when they’re studying at Hogwarts. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12054 "2013-12-13T17:11:32Z")
Never before second breakfast. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2013, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12055 "2013-12-13T17:14:55Z")
I thought it was something Willy Wonka made along with the butterscotch and buttergin. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2013, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12056 "2013-12-13T17:21:48Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Never before second breakfast. It’s always Elevenses somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12057 "2013-12-13T23:48:21Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > It’s always Elevenses somewhere. And we take tiffin pretty durn early in these parts, Buckaroo! ---
**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:** [December 14, 2013, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12058 "2013-12-14T23:41:22Z")
**Rick Santorum: Government-Provided Health Care Is A Plot To Kill People Who Don’t Vote The Right Way** [http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/12/14/3066251/rick-santorum-government-provided-health-care-plot-kill-people-vote/](http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/12/14/3066251/rick-santorum-government-provided-health-care-plot-kill-people-vote/) > [@](#): > > Speaking at a Young Americans for Freedom event on Friday, former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) offered an unusual assessment of what happens when “the government is going to be the principal provider of health care for the country.” “It’s actually a pretty clever system,” the former presidential candidate explained, “Take care of the people who can vote and people who can’t vote, get rid of them as quickly as possible by not giving them care so they can’t vote against you.” So fighting against the Healthcare Act is no longer like fighting against apartheid, it’s more like fighting against soylent green. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2013, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12059 "2013-12-15T01:21:57Z")
God, Santorum is such a knob! Instead, it’s a plan to help keep alive people who do vote the right way! It’s a plan to keep thousands of poor people alive, and poor people tend to vote Democratic. Obviously, there isn’t any other possible goal behind an improved public health care plan… ---
**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:** [December 15, 2013, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12060 "2013-12-15T01:57:26Z")
Wait, Obamacare is a plot to kill people who can’t vote, so they can’t vote against democrats. But if they can’t vote in the first place, what’s the point of killing them? Mind, there might actually be something to the idea. How many Tea Partiers do you think are going to die, because they so irrationally terrified of the ACA that they avoid getting medical care? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=602) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=604)