# 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:** 616
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12301 "2014-01-08T15:20:37Z")
> [@lance\_strongarm](#): > > So these tea party types claim they want to restore adherence to the Constitution, huh? [In a manner of speaking.](http://www.theonion.com/articles/area-man-passionate-defender-of-what-he-imagines-c,2849/) ---
**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:** [January 8, 2014, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12302 "2014-01-08T15:46:08Z")
> [@](#): > > Those with the principles of a West, Cruz, Lee, DeMint, Paul, Gov. Walker, Sessions, Gowdy, Jordan, Issa That right there is how Poe’s Law came into existence. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12303 "2014-01-08T15:52:15Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [Stupid Tea Party Idea of the Day:](http://samuel-warde.com/2014/01/tea-party-patriots-planning-revolution/) Some kind of revolution that seems to involve “patriots” gathering in D.C. on May 16 and . . . hanging around until the government falls. 😕 Well, on the bright side, after six or twelve months of lounging around the streets of DC, those 1,000,000 patriots might find their views changing on the plights of the homeless and unemployed… ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12304 "2014-01-08T16:03:48Z")
Still, there are reasonable limits imposed, here. No more than ten million, so some millions of patriots will be turned back, apparently. Now, that has to be carefully managed, otherwise some of the millions of patriots may turn back prematurely, and lose their opportunity to be gunned down by UN troops and Occupy beigeshirts. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12305 "2014-01-08T16:39:24Z")
Congress Makes NASA Finish Useless $350 Million Structure [http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-08/congress-makes-nasa-finish-useless-350-million-structure.html?cmpid=yhoo](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-08/congress-makes-nasa-finish-useless-350-million-structure.html?cmpid=yhoo) ---
**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:** [January 8, 2014, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12306 "2014-01-08T16:59:35Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > Yeah, it’s amazing to me how the internet has worked out. You would think that having all the facts you need just a few keystrokes away would put an end to the abysmal ignorance we see on _Fox and Friends_ and the like, but instead, it seems to be growing. That’s because not only does the internet allow anyone to easily look up facts, it allows anyone to easily publish “facts.” It goes both ways. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2014, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12307 "2014-01-08T17:01:00Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > Well, on the bright side, after six or twelve months of lounging around the streets of DC, those 1,000,000 patriots might find their views changing on the plights of the homeless and unemployed… Or ran into Occupy DC and shared some space. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2014, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12308 "2014-01-08T17:03:14Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > Congress Makes NASA Finish Useless $350 Million Structure > > [http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-08/congress-makes-nasa-finish-useless-350-million-structure.html?cmpid=yhoo](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-08/congress-makes-nasa-finish-useless-350-million-structure.html?cmpid=yhoo) I can hear the sound of millions of Republicans in Mississippi not complaining about a blatant waste of taxpayer funds for pork. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2014, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12309 "2014-01-08T17:11:29Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > Congress Makes NASA Finish Useless $350 Million Structure …or it can’t have any pudding. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12310 "2014-01-08T17:31:27Z")
How can you have any pudding if you don’t finish your Useless $350 Million Structure? ---
**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:** [January 8, 2014, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12311 "2014-01-08T17:57:13Z")
> [@74westy](#): > > How can you have any pudding if you don’t finish your Useless $350 Million Structure? The remaining estimated cost was $57 million. To paraphrase an old quote: “$57 million here, $57 million there, pretty soon it adds up to real money.” - Everett Dirksen (He’s supposed to have said it about a billion, but might not have.) ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12312 "2014-01-08T18:24:56Z")
Who is this “West” guy with principles? Adam West? The TV Batman? - He has principles though appearances on Simpson’s may call that into question (I kid). ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12313 "2014-01-08T19:42:17Z")
Rush Limbaugh [pwned by a funny TV weatherman](http://www.salon.com/2014/01/08/stuff_it_limbaugh_al_roker_proves_that_the_polar_vortex_is_real/) ---
**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:** [January 8, 2014, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12314 "2014-01-08T20:04:57Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Who is this “West” guy with principles? Adam West? The TV Batman? - He has principles though appearances on Simpson’s may call that into question (I kid). Did you mean Family Guy? Adam West was on the Simpsons at least once that I can recall, but he’s a semi-regular character on Family Guy. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12315 "2014-01-08T22:05:29Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > Did you mean Family Guy? Adam West was on the Simpsons at least once that I can recall, but he’s a semi-regular character on Family Guy. :smack::smack:Yes, Family Guy, sometimes my memories just merge in random ways. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12316 "2014-01-08T22:31:20Z")
Yeah, politicians will force NASA to finish a structure it doesn’t need, and turn right around and slash NASA’s budget 'cause who needs stupid space stuff? ---
**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:** [January 8, 2014, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12317 "2014-01-08T23:52:03Z")
[Chris Christie’s deputy chief of staff orchestrated the controversial closure of local access lanes to the congested George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee, N.J., in the midst of a re-election campaign. The action prompted massive traffic gridlock in the city on its first day of school.](http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2014/01/08/22229091-christie-vows-action-in-unacceptable-bridge-scandal?lite) > [@](#): > > “Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee,” Christie Deputy Chief of Staff Bridget Anne Kelly wrote to Christie Port Authority aide David Wildstein on Aug. 13, weeks before the lane closures that snarled traffic on the first day of school in New Jersey last fall. > > Wildstein replied, “Got it.” > > The exchange has erupted into a political firestorm for Christie, a top contender for the GOP presidential nomination in 2016, because it cuts at key elements of his appeal: his ability to work with Democrats, and his brash style of politics. > > In one of the more revealing exchanges, an unidentified person sent this text message about delayed school buses to Wildstein on Sept. 10, the second day of the lane closures: > > “Is it wrong that I am smiling?” > > Wildstein: “No.” > > Person: “I feel badly about the kids. I guess.” > > Wildstein: “They are the children of Buono voters.” > > Buono is the Democrat whom Christie defeated in last year’s gubernatorial race. ---
**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:** [January 9, 2014, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12318 "2014-01-09T00:12:00Z")
Weird apology up in here : [QUOTE=Chris Christie] “What I’ve seen today for the first time is unacceptable,” Christie said in a statement. “I am outraged and deeply saddened to learn that not only was I misled by a member of my staff, but this completely inappropriate and unsanctioned conduct was made without my knowledge.” [/QUOTE] Sooo… you’re not angry that he did it, just that he didn’t keep you in the loop. _That’s_ the really fucked up bit that makes you angry and sad. Got it. Also by my count that’s no less than four denials of knowledge in two sentences. Doth the lady yadayada or what ? ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12319 "2014-01-09T00:56:00Z")
How is making kids late for school supposed to intimidate Buono? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12320 "2014-01-09T01:42:58Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > How is making kids late for school supposed to intimidate Buono? 😕 To be more precise, the shutdown was meant to “punish” Mark Sokolich, the _Democratic_ mayor of Fort Lee, for endorsing the _Democratic_ candidate for governor. Even accepting that this was a rational motive, how in the world did they think that this shutdown would hurt _Sokolich_ in any way at all? What harm did he suffer? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=615) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=617)