# 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:** 605
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12081 "2013-12-16T16:37:38Z")
Why would “the GOP base” think Ryan would be happy with getting nothing? That’s absurd. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12082 "2013-12-16T22:23:32Z")
[Tea Party Facebook Group Posts BioShock Image Satirizing Tea Party](http://kotaku.com/tea-party-facebook-group-posts-bioshock-image-satirizin-1483821325) without realizing that it was meant as an _insult_ to them. ---
**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:** [December 17, 2013, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12083 "2013-12-17T02:43:08Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > No. You’re overthinking it. JFTR, mine was intended as tongue-in-cheek irony. Yes, I should know by now that almost no one “gets” my whimsy. ---
**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 17, 2013, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12084 "2013-12-17T02:49:02Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > JFTR, mine was intended as tongue-in-cheek irony. Yes, I should know by now that almost no one “gets” my whimsy. Using the sarcasm smiley takes all the fun out of 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:** [December 17, 2013, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12085 "2013-12-17T02:55:45Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > [Tea Party Facebook Group Posts BioShock Image Satirizing Tea Party](http://kotaku.com/tea-party-facebook-group-posts-bioshock-image-satirizin-1483821325) without realizing that it was meant as an _insult_ to them. Dura Poe’s lex, sed lex. (No, I ain’t remembering how Latin genitives work for a lark) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12086 "2013-12-17T03:12:02Z")
I would imagine that the workings of a lark’s genitives is unaffected by language. ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12087 "2013-12-17T04:34:27Z")
[Sen Bob Rucho:](https://twitter.com/SenatorBobRucho) > [@](#): > > Justice Robert’s pen & Obamacare has done more damage to the USA then the swords of the Nazis,Soviets & terrorists combined. And he’s defending it. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12088 "2013-12-17T04:56:54Z")
To be fair, none of those groups used swords all that much. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12089 "2013-12-17T05:53:34Z")
Ah, Ann Coulter. The indescribable who keeps on flapping her lips. Did you know that single women [think of the government as their husband](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/12/15/ann-coulter-single-women-wanting-birth-control-look-at-the-government-as-their-husbands/)? ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12090 "2013-12-17T11:55:38Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Ah, Ann Coulter. The indescribable who keeps on flapping her lips. > > Did you know that single women [think of the government as their husband](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/12/15/ann-coulter-single-women-wanting-birth-control-look-at-the-government-as-their-husbands/)? So, “equal pay laws, … minimum wage increases and … paid sick leave” all mean abortion? At least he gave up that silly tie. ---
**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:** [December 17, 2013, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12091 "2013-12-17T12:50:17Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > [Tea Party Facebook Group Posts BioShock Image Satirizing Tea Party](http://kotaku.com/tea-party-facebook-group-posts-bioshock-image-satirizin-1483821325) without realizing that it was meant as an _insult_ to them. How could they have misse that? It’s so over the top, it’s not funny. Look at the “Foreign Horde”. There’s a Mick in his buckled bowler, a Mexican with his giant sombrero, and (my favorite) the Chinaman with round glasses, buck teeth, and a fez. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12092 "2013-12-17T13:04:30Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > > [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > > > [Tea Party Facebook Group Posts BioShock Image Satirizing Tea Party](http://kotaku.com/tea-party-facebook-group-posts-bioshock-image-satirizin-1483821325) without realizing that it was meant as an _insult_ to them. > > How could they have misse that? It’s so over the top, it’s not funny. Look at the “Foreign Horde”. There’s a Mick in his buckled bowler, a Mexican with his giant sombrero, and (my favorite) the Chinaman with round glasses, buck teeth, and a fez. Is it just me, or is one of the “Foreign Horde” a Native American? I’d think that would give even a TP’er pause; but then, anyone who wants the gummint to keep its filthy mitts off Medicare likely has no problem with the idea that the “Injuns” should go “back where they came from”. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12093 "2013-12-17T13:05:22Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > How could they have misse that? It’s so over the top, it’s not funny. Look at the “Foreign Horde”. There’s a Mick in his buckled bowler, a Mexican with his giant sombrero, and (my favorite) the Chinaman with round glasses, buck teeth, and a fez. They’re short-sighted? ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12094 "2013-12-17T14:00:26Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > How could they have misse that? It’s so over the top, it’s not funny. Look at the “Foreign Horde”. There’s a Mick in his buckled bowler, a Mexican with his giant sombrero, and (my favorite) the Chinaman with round glasses, buck teeth, and a fez. Look at the other stuff on their page, the bio shock picture doesn’t actually stand out as any more ridiculous than Hitlerbama for example. ---
**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:** [December 17, 2013, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12095 "2013-12-17T15:58:39Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > How could they have misse that? It’s so over the top, it’s not funny. Look at the “Foreign Horde”. There’s a Mick in his buckled bowler, a Mexican with his giant sombrero, and (my favorite) the Chinaman with round glasses, buck teeth, and a fez. You incorrectly assume that they simply aren’t at that level. Remember the Republican mayor sending out pictures of the White House with a watermelon patch? ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12096 "2013-12-17T16:15:21Z")
> [@hotflungwok](#): > > [Sen Bob Rucho:](https://twitter.com/SenatorBobRucho) > > And he’s defending it. Reading some of the other tweets on the page I’m surprised he managed to be elected senator: > [@](#): > > BackwardNC & other liberal weenies, your level of economic ignorance surpasses your lack of integrity and zero credibility. > [@](#): > > @antipyrine Your liberal rhetoric shows that you are clueless on the facts of govt./tax policy and can’t be included in an adult discussion. He sounds like Clothahump. ---
**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:** [December 17, 2013, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12097 "2013-12-17T16:28:31Z")
He is just like Clothahump, only more mean spirited and not as smart. ---
**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 17, 2013, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12098 "2013-12-17T16:31:09Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > How could they have misse that? It’s so over the top, it’s not funny. Look at the “Foreign Horde”. There’s a Mick in his buckled bowler, a Mexican with his giant sombrero, and (my favorite) the Chinaman with round glasses, buck teeth, and a fez. What looks like “over the top” to sensible people looks like “courageous defiance of political correctness” to these loons. ---
**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 17, 2013, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12099 "2013-12-17T17:49:38Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > How could they have misse that? It’s so over the top, it’s not funny. Look at the “Foreign Horde”. There’s a Mick in his buckled bowler, a Mexican with his giant sombrero, and (my favorite) the Chinaman with round glasses, buck teeth, and a fez. My favorite is the Nosferatjew recoiling from the glorious light of George Washington. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12100 "2013-12-17T17:59:05Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > Is it just me, or is one of the “Foreign Horde” a Native American? I’d think that would give even a TP’er pause; but then, anyone who wants the gummint to keep its filthy mitts off Medicare likely has no problem with the idea that the “Injuns” should go “back where they came from”. They are definitely illegals. After all, can they show papers saying they’ve been through immigration? Can they?!? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=604) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=606)