# 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:** 612
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2013, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12221 "2013-12-26T05:08:16Z")
He…ate…Rudolph? THE MONSTER!!! Yeah, shoulda waited a couple weeks before telling us. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2013, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12222 "2013-12-26T07:16:32Z")
Dumfuk ate \*lutefisk _as well, it says. \* Lutefisk_ is what they feed people they hate and want to watch die, like their families after six months of winter isolation. Its like a stinky fish jello. A deeply bitter people, Norwegians. Nothing cheers their withered hearts quite so much as serving a squamous slab of _lutefisk_ to some ignorant American asshole. ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2013, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12223 "2013-12-26T07:28:51Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Dumfuk ate \*lutefisk _as well, it says. \* Lutefisk_ is what they feed people they hate and want to watch die, like their families after six months of winter isolation. Its like a stinky fish jello. > > A deeply bitter people, Norwegians. Nothing cheers their withered hearts quite so much as serving a squamous slab of _lutefisk_ to some ignorant American asshole. I’ve thankfully never been exposed to lutefisk, but if it’s textureis truly gelatinous, I’m not sure that it can also be described as [squamous](http://www.thefreedictionary.com/squamous). ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2013, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12224 "2013-12-26T07:46:21Z")
Well, obviously, I meant… > [@](#): > > 1. of or pertaining to the thin forward and upper portion of the temporal bone of the human skull. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2013, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12225 "2013-12-26T11:04:38Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Timing. > He utterly failed to make whatever point he was trying to make. Look, I think Steve King is normally worthless, but this is ridiculous. The guy was in Norway and ate something that was set before him. Now, while reindeer and lefse sound tasty, I think it’s perfectly possible for someone to “enjoy” lutefisk. If this was anyone other than a Republican Congressman nobody would have paid any attention except for anyone following whoever tweeted it. ---
**Author:** ![Spavined\_Gelding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@Spavined\_Gelding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spavined_Gelding)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2013, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12226 "2013-12-26T13:42:12Z")
Because of population changes Representative King’s Congressional District, which was initially centered on the wind swept plains of Northwest Iowa with its core of Dutch descendants, has spread toward Northeast Iowa which has a substantial Norwegian descended population. This is a crass ploy to appeal to those traditionally Republican Norse who just might bring themselves to vote for an asshole if it claims to have tried lutefisk. There is nothing good to be said about lutefisk. By the same token, there is nothing good to be said about Representative King. ---
**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:** [December 26, 2013, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12227 "2013-12-26T13:59:20Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Dumfuk ate \*lutefisk _as well, it says. \* Lutefisk_ is what they feed people they hate and want to watch die, like their families after six months of winter isolation. Its like a stinky fish jello. > > A deeply bitter people, Norwegians. Nothing cheers their withered hearts quite so much as serving a squamous slab of _lutefisk_ to some ignorant American asshole. Also, their transatlantic scion, the Minnesota Lutherans. Oh, they’re nice on the outside, but the lutefisk and hotdish are ubiquitous, a window on the darkness lurking beneath. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2013, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12228 "2013-12-26T13:59:26Z")
Is he _still_ in Norway? Any chance we could close the borders? ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2013, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12229 "2013-12-26T14:13:30Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Dumfuk ate \*lutefisk _as well, it says. \* Lutefisk_ is what they feed people they hate and want to watch die, like their families after six months of winter isolation. Its like a stinky fish jello. I once bought some _lutefisk_ under the misguided impression that it was Norwegian for monkfish. Only after I slit open the plastic bag and it oozed out into the pan did I realize how very, very wrong I was. ---
**Author:** ![CannyDan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cannydan/32/548_2.png) [@CannyDan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CannyDan)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2013, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12230 "2013-12-26T14:40:26Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > I once bought some _lutefisk_ under the misguided impression that it was Norwegian for monkfish. Only after I slit open the plastic bag and it oozed out into the pan did I realize how very, very wrong I was. After the neighbors tarred and feathered you and rode you out of town on a rail, were you able to hire a local Realtor to get whatever he could for your house? Or did they just burn it to the ground? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2013, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12231 "2013-12-27T07:16:41Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Also, their transatlantic scion, the Minnesota Lutherans. Oh, they’re nice on the outside, but the lutefisk and hotdish are ubiquitous, a window on the darkness lurking beneath. And the corruption reaches to [the highest levels](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_dish#Minnesota_Congressional_Hot_Dish_Competition)! ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2013, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12232 "2013-12-27T22:11:20Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > It’s very simple, according to the Republicans. Just use property taxes to pay for the tornado shelters. The rich communities will have them, and the poor children will die and we won’t have to pay for school lunches. Everybody wins! Hey! That’s the same way we distribute new textbooks, and musical instruments, and the best teachers! The mechanism is already in place! Brilliant! ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12233 "2013-12-29T15:23:07Z")
[“I’m not racist, but …”](http://aattp.org/note-to-secret-service-yet-another-teabagging-twit-calls-for-murder-of-president-obama-and-family/) ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12234 "2013-12-29T15:49:29Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > [“I’m not racist, but …”](http://aattp.org/note-to-secret-service-yet-another-teabagging-twit-calls-for-murder-of-president-obama-and-family/) That website has… some interesting stuff. :eek: ---
**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:** [December 29, 2013, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12235 "2013-12-29T18:29:53Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > [“I’m not racist, but …”](http://aattp.org/note-to-secret-service-yet-another-teabagging-twit-calls-for-murder-of-president-obama-and-family/) That never ends well. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2013, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12236 "2013-12-30T16:29:40Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > [“I’m not racist, but …”](http://aattp.org/note-to-secret-service-yet-another-teabagging-twit-calls-for-murder-of-president-obama-and-family/) This thread already includes: -Things that Republican politicans say and do -Things that Republican-leaning media figures say and do and -Things that celebrities who are Republicans (ie, Ted Nugent) say and do And in that form it has become legend. If we add on -Things that random idiots on the internet say and do I think much of the impact will be lost, so I vote against that. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2013, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12237 "2013-12-30T16:43:06Z")
[The 10 biggest GOP rebranding fails of 2013](http://www.salon.com/2013/12/30/the_10_biggest_gop_rebranding_fails_of_2013/) ---
**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:** [December 30, 2013, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12238 "2013-12-30T16:51:52Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > If we add on > -Things that random idiots on the internet say and do > I think much of the impact will be lost, so I vote against that. Concur. Plus, stupidity on that level really deserves its own thread. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2013, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12239 "2013-12-30T17:03:45Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > This thread already includes: > -Things that Republican politicans say and do > -Things that Republican-leaning media figures say and do > and > -Things that celebrities who are Republicans (ie, Ted Nugent) say and do > > And in that form it has become legend. > If we add on > -Things that random idiots on the internet say and do > I think much of the impact will be lost, so I vote against that. Tea Partiers are not Republicans? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![lance\_strongarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@lance\_strongarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lance_strongarm)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2013, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12240 "2013-12-30T17:13:16Z")
> [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](#): > > Here’s a good one: Jack Kingston (R-GA) thinks that kids who get free school lunches should be forced to work for them: Shouldn’t ALL kids in public schools do some kind of work for their free public education then? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=611) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=613)