# 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:** 61
**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:** [February 22, 2010, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1201 "2010-02-22T22:33:58Z")
> [@Frostillicus](#): > > You just cannot make this shit up: > > [VA GOP Legislator: Disabled Kids Are God's Vengeance](http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/2/22/839550/-VA-GOP-Legislator:-Disabled-Kids-Are-Gods-Vengeance) > [@State Delegate Bob Marshall of Manassas](#): > > “The number of children who are born subsequent to a first abortion with handicaps has increased dramatically.” I would like to see the contorted reasoning he used to reach this conclusion. ---
**Author:** ![Fuzzy\_Dunlop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/848f3c/32.png) [@Fuzzy\_Dunlop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuzzy_Dunlop)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2010, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1202 "2010-02-22T22:55:02Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > With alldue respect to the right to be snarky in the Pit, I am under the impression that John McCain is a U,S, Senator frin Aruziba who must run for re-election if he chooses not to retire. And that Mr. Thompson was speaking in Tempe, AZ, where it would make sense to endorse a fellow Republican running for re-election. > > There _are_ 536 elected officials of the United States besides the President, after all. Fred was endorsing McCain over his primary challenger, J.D. Hayworth. So while it’s not surprising that he is supporting McCain, it’s not so obvious as you make it out to be were it really a choice between McCain and a Democrat. Hayworth is much more conservative than McCain and, for instance, virtually every conservative talk radio host has backed Hayworth. McCain is doing well now in the polls after being virtually even in November, but still has a hard fight for a long term senator and the most recent presidential nominee of his party. Having a tough challenger far to his right is almost certainly the reason for McCain’s blatant hypocrisy on repealing DADT, for instance. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1203 "2010-02-23T00:02:03Z")
> [@Frostillicus](#): > > You just cannot make this shit up: Yeah, you can, but you’d be scorned for making up such stupid shit. I sometimes think the Republican party is one big performance art troupe and we’re just not in on the joke. Truth is indeed stranger than fiction. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1204 "2010-02-23T01:06:55Z")
[Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) Helps Democrats Break GOP Filibuster on Jobs Bill](http://congress.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/02/22/brown-helps-democrats-break-gop-filibuster/) Poor Brown, now he’ll be primaried on the right, just like John McCain. 😃 Oh dear, it turns out Scott Brown Is A Homosexual Communist, AND A TRAITOR!!! Slightly NSFW link: [Scott Brown Is A Homosexual Communist - by Jim Newell](http://wonkette.com/413846/scott-brown-is-a-homosexual-communist) ---
**Author:** ![stolichnaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@stolichnaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolichnaya)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1205 "2010-02-23T01:27:11Z")
Brown’s [Facebook page](http://www.facebook.com/pages/Scott-Brown/178795233167?v=feed&story_fbid=325681096282&ref=mf) is hilarious right now. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1206 "2010-02-23T01:29:35Z")
“A common Progressive!”? No better than he should be, then? A bit of a legislut, perhaps? ---
**Author:** ![stolichnaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@stolichnaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolichnaya)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1207 "2010-02-23T01:35:41Z")
Would that progressives were indeed common. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1208 "2010-02-23T02:23:06Z")
We’re working on it! Even now, I would say the odds are really good we can make changes before the pig-people destroy the world. Well, pretty good. About even. But we’re gaining on 'em! ---
**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:** [February 23, 2010, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1209 "2010-02-23T02:25:02Z")
**Squink** , I separated your link into a non-parsed url. The image it goes to is just the other side of work appropriate. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1210 "2010-02-23T02:29:57Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > **Squink** , I separated your link into a non-parsed url. The image it goes to is just the other side of work appropriate. I figured that since you couldn’t actually _see_ any naughty bits… Anway, fair call on your part. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Real\_Regency\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@The\_Real\_Regency\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Real_Regency_Elf)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1211 "2010-02-23T02:41:12Z")
> [@stolichnaya](#): > > Brown’s [Facebook page](http://www.facebook.com/pages/Scott-Brown/178795233167?v=feed&story_fbid=325681096282&ref=mf) is hilarious right now. MAY-un. The butthurt is strong with his followers, isn’t it? The comment left by a Mr. King just defies belief. I won’t quote it here in case it’s a violation of TOS, but his sentiment is that by reaching out to the Dems, Senator Brown is supporting Marxism and fucking our country over. He then begs for jobs for MA only. Now the Senator’s going to find out who his real supporters are, huh? ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1212 "2010-02-23T03:08:20Z")
> [@stolichnaya](#): > > Brown’s [Facebook page](http://www.facebook.com/pages/Scott-Brown/178795233167?v=feed&story_fbid=325681096282&ref=mf) is hilarious right now. How can anybody look at the Facebook page and not reach the conclusion that Repubs are a bunch of lunatics? ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1213 "2010-02-23T03:11:32Z")
> [@The\_Real\_Regency\_Elf](#): > > MAY-un. The butthurt is strong with his followers, isn’t it? The comment left by a Mr. King just defies belief. I won’t quote it here in case it’s a violation of TOS, but his sentiment is that by reaching out to the Dems, Senator Brown is supporting Marxism and fucking our country over. He then begs for jobs for MA only. > > Now the Senator’s going to find out who his real supporters are, huh? Well, one thing’s for sure. His constituents aren’t southern, redneck teabaggers. They’re Massachusetts liberals. Brown is proving Tip O’Neill’s maxim once again: all poliics is local. Brown’s not looking to please Alabama. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1214 "2010-02-23T03:30:12Z")
Wait a minute, he still has the truck, right? ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1215 "2010-02-23T03:48:48Z")
> [@Knorf](#): > > How can anybody look at the Facebook page and not reach the conclusion that Repubs are a bunch of lunatics? It’s amazing how petty and stupid these people are. I can’t get over the bile they are seething with because he voted for a jobs bill. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1216 "2010-02-23T03:55:20Z")
They think they’re in a cosmic battle of good vs. evil. There can be no compromise. There is only black and white, and they operate on a one-drop rule. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1217 "2010-02-23T15:26:59Z")
It’s pretty apparant to me that the more zealous on the right may want what’s best for the country, but they sure as shit don’t want it to be the Democrats who come up with it. Five sane republicans voted for the jobs bill. All the others voted against it, while at the same time pissing and moaning that nobody is doing anything about creating jobs. Yeah, yeah … I’ll get the whole, “This isn’t the way to do it, what we really need is corporate deregulation and tax cuts for the wealthy — that’s the way to create jobs.” But when all is said and done, it’s just a “look at what my party did” attitude. I was reminded of this when I flipped past O’Reilly the other day and the one line I heard from him was this: “Bad news for Global Warning.” And he went on to address some report or another that argues against the rate of glacier melting or something. “Bad news for Global Warming?” Who the fuck is \*rooting \*for Global Warming? The left wants to \*address \*Global Warming; the right wants to ignore it – or poo-poo it as a mark against the people who want to do something about it. Politics in this country is retarded. Yeah, I said it. Retarded. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1218 "2010-02-23T15:31:09Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > It’s amazing how petty and stupid these people are. > > I can’t get over the bile they are seething with because he voted for a jobs bill. Look, hippy, do you have any evidence of Jesus voting for a “jobs” bill? I don’t think, so! -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_Stimulus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Digital\_Stimulus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_Stimulus)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1219 "2010-02-23T18:00:40Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > I don’t think, so! Please tell me your comma placement was intentional. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1220 "2010-02-23T18:32:58Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > Look, hippy, do you have any evidence of Jesus voting for a “jobs” bill? I don’t think, so! > > -Joe Yeah, it’s right next to the evidence for Jesus being the son of God. _Aw Snap!_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=60) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=62)