# 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:** 635
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2014, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12681 "2014-02-05T22:04:38Z")
Nice to see that Fox and the Tea Party now think that the CBO is the greatest economic forecaster ever. Here’s what Rush Limbaugh’s intellectual brother said before: [http://www.creators.com/opinion/david-limbaugh/democrats-manipulate-cbo.html](http://www.creators.com/opinion/david-limbaugh/democrats-manipulate-cbo.html) ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2014, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12682 "2014-02-05T22:48:37Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-OK) is OKAY with the idea of executing the president. > [http://www.addictinginfo.org/2014/02/04/bridenstine-obama-executed/](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2014/02/04/bridenstine-obama-executed/) Yeah, well, he probably saw what happened to John McCain after he defended Obama as a “decent family man” to that town hall loon. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2014, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12683 "2014-02-05T22:50:40Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-OK) is OKAY with the idea of executing the president. > [http://www.addictinginfo.org/2014/02/04/bridenstine-obama-executed/](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2014/02/04/bridenstine-obama-executed/) > > At a Tea Party event last week in Tulsa, a questioner said the following to Bridenstine. > > _Obama, he’s not president, as far as I’m concerned. He should be executed as an enemy combatant. …The Muslims that he is shipping into our country through pilots and commercial jets… This guy is a criminal and nobody’s stopping him. And the other thing is… Congress doing nothing that legally allows this moron to make decisions. He has no authority, none!_ > > But not Bridenstine. He listened respectfully as others at the gathering chuckled. Finally, Bridenstine replied: > > _Look, everybody knows the lawlessness of this president. He picks and chooses which laws he’s going to enforce or not enforce. He does it by decree. …When he can’t create a law through Congress, then he gives us the …executive order. …When he can’t even get that done, then he uses foreign bodies. He uses the United Nations to try to change the laws in the United States._ > > YouTube: > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVowaigUvUU](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVowaigUvUU) Well, actually, he does kinda duck the question of whether it would be OK to execute Obama as an enemy combatant. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2014, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12684 "2014-02-05T22:59:45Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Well, actually, he does kinda duck the question of whether it would be OK to execute Obama as an enemy combatant. Maybe he simply doesn’t have enough information to express an opinion on that issue. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2014, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12685 "2014-02-05T23:49:41Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > Originally Posted by BrainGlutton > > Well, actually, he does kinda duck the question of whether it would be OK to execute Obama as an enemy combatant. > > Maybe he simply doesn’t have enough information to express an opinion on that issue. He’d better get with the program. Heritage Action is going to score this issue. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2014, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12686 "2014-02-06T14:00:19Z")
In the race for Governor, Republican front runner Greg Abbott [froths at the mouth](http://www.burntorangereport.com/diary/14768/greg-abbott-compares-south-texas-to-a-thirdworld-nation-proposes-surge-of-state-troopers). Again. (Don’t want any Teapartiers to get frothier!) > [@](#): > > Greg Abbott unveiled his latest policy proposal in Dallas yesterday, a border security proposal that Abbott called his “Securing Texans Plan.” Abbott’s proposal would double spending on border security, costing $300 million over the next 2 years. He has called for hiring 500 more state troopers and spending millions on new high-tech security equipment. > > In his speech, Abbott justified his proposal by comparing the South Texas border region to a third-world country. Said Abbott: “This creeping corruption resembles third world country practices that erode the social fabric of our communities and destroy Texans’ trust and confidence in government.” > > His entire proposal was replete with militaristic rhetoric that characterized South Texas as a war zone that wasn’t really part of Texas. The Valley votes Democratic anyway; he’s never going to get the Tejano vote. Or the Thinking Any Ethnicity vote… ---
**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:** [February 6, 2014, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12687 "2014-02-06T14:29:18Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > Nice to see that Fox and the Tea Party now think that the CBO is the greatest economic forecaster ever. Here’s what Rush Limbaugh’s intellectual brother said before: > [http://www.creators.com/opinion/david-limbaugh/democrats-manipulate-cbo.html](http://www.creators.com/opinion/david-limbaugh/democrats-manipulate-cbo.html) Did you just put Rush Limbaugh and “intellectual” in the same sentence? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2014, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12688 "2014-02-07T01:47:06Z")
Dirty Trick Alert: What kind of website does [this](http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL1473/5747827/15966180/408725059.jpg) look like (link is to screenshot of web site, not the site itself). For those not wanting to click: The URL is contribute dot sinkforcongress2014 dot com. The name of the tab in Chrome is “Alex Sink for Congress” The page itself says, with large blue and green coloring, “Alex Sink for Congress”. There is a nice picture of Alex Sink (D:Fl) smiling and presumably greeting her supporters. If you think this is a fund-raising page for democratic congress member Alex Sink, boy are you a tool. Scroll down to the bottom and you’ll see: > [@](#): > > Contributions to the National Republican Congressional Committee are not deductible as charitable contributions for Federal income tax purposes. > > Paid for by the National Republican Congressional Committee and not authorized by any candidate or candidate’s committee. [www.nrcc.org](http://www.nrcc.org) Now to be fair, it does say in pretty large print “Make a contribution today to help defeat Alex Sink and candidates like her” at the top of the contribution area. But when I first did a quick scan of the page, I glossed over the word “defeat” (maybe because it’s at the end of a line) and it took me a half a minute or so to figure out what was wrong with the page. This RNC is phishing for money and personal information by tricking people into thinking that donations are going to “Alex Sink for Congress”. In fact, according to Dangerous Minds, [Google Chrome is slapping a phishing warming on the page](http://dangerousminds.net/comments/google_slaps_reported_phishing_warning_on_idiotic_republican_scam_website) when people try to visit it. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2014, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12689 "2014-02-08T02:39:36Z")
The Republicans [are unapologetic](http://www.thewire.com/politics/2014/02/republicans-are-setting-fake-websites-democratic-candidates/357823/). They claim they are providing information that would otherwise be unavailable on the real candidate’s site. The problem I see with that is the part about taking contributions. Domain squatting is one thing, using the same format that the Democrats use is another issue entirely. I guess fraud is a good thing. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2014, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12690 "2014-02-08T03:10:25Z")
Oh, hell, that’s just a plain old silly ass dirty trick. Gonna play politics, better put your big boy pants on. Besides, they did it first, which makes anything we do OK. Pretty sure thats Scripture. Anyway, they want to play dirty tricks on the internet? Heh. Bring it. ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2014, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12691 "2014-02-08T03:31:23Z")
> [@For You](#): > > The Republicans [are unapologetic](http://www.thewire.com/politics/2014/02/republicans-are-setting-fake-websites-democratic-candidates/357823/). They claim they are providing information that would otherwise be unavailable on the real candidate’s site. The problem I see with that is the part about taking contributions. Domain squatting is one thing, using the same format that the Democrats use is another issue entirely. I guess fraud is a good thing. And then any Republicans elected with the help of these sort of shenanigans will take the next logical step and use these as their templates for new, redesigned ballots. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2014, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12692 "2014-02-08T03:43:57Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Oh, hell, that’s just a plain old silly ass dirty trick. Gonna play politics, better put your big boy pants on. Besides, they did it first, which makes anything we do OK. Pretty sure thats Scripture. > > Anyway, they want to play dirty tricks on the internet? Heh. Bring it. Heh. [Amateurs.](http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Ratfucking) A sad decline . . . ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2014, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12693 "2014-02-08T07:44:30Z")
Yet another example of republican outreach… > [@](#): > > Republican Official Says Gays Should Be Purged From GOP, Blames Homosexuality On Satan > **[Republican Official Calls For Gays To Be 'Purged' From GOP](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mary-helen-sears-michigan-gop_n_4740426)** > > Republican Official Calls For Gays To Be 'Purged' From GOP ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2014, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12694 "2014-02-08T20:10:32Z")
And I posted this already elsewhere, but there are boatloads of stupid coming from the Republicans for making moves like this one against minorities like Hispanics and Asians, seems that they \*\*do \*\*want to lose their votes. > **[Wall Street Journal Whacks Boehner For Caving To ‘Talk-Radio’ On Immigration](https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/wall-street-journal-boehner-immigration-reform-talk-radio)** > > The conservative editorial page of the Wall Street Journal isn’t impressed with... > [@](#): > > Wall Street Journal Whacks Boehner For Caving To ‘Talk-Radio’ On Immigration > > After Boehner’s immigration pitch earlier this week was met with derision from conservatives, the Journal on Thursday highlighted the real reason for the punt. > > > [@](#): > > > > So great is the House GOP fear of a talk-radio backlash that it won’t even pass smaller bills that 75% of Republicans agree on. There will be nothing to codify the legal status of children of illegal immigrants who have lived here for decades. And no expanded green cards for foreign graduates of U.S. colleges, a policy Mitt Romney endorsed. And no cleaning up the work-visa morass that has obliged U.S. farmers to hire illegals to harvest their crops. > > And the Journal doesn’t buy the logic that Republicans should steer clear of the issue before this year’s midterms. > > > [@](#): > > > > Some Republicans who do want to vote for immigration reform say they don’t want to divide the party over such a contentious issue in an election year. Better to take this up in 2015, they say. But the opponents will raise the same furor whenever it comes up, and Democrats will be less likely to compromise figuring they can use the issue to drive minority voter turnout in 2016. And yes, that was the WSJ telling Bohener what a tool he is. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12695 "2014-02-09T00:13:51Z")
> [@boytyperanma](#): > > Yet another example of republican outreach… > > [Republican Official Says Gays Should Be Purged From GOP, Blames Homosexuality On Satan | HuffPost Latest News](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/07/mary-helen-sears-michigan-gop_n_4740426.html) > [@](#): > > In the post, Sears claimed that homosexuals prey on children, argued that “Satan uses homosexuality to attack the living space of the Holy Spirit” and advocated that Republicans “as a party should be purging this perversion and send them to a party with a much bigger tent.” All right, all right, the Democrats are a tolerant party. We respect diversity in lifestyle choices. But we **don’t want** the stinking screaming fags if they won’t shut their cockholsters about the flat tax! ---
**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:** [February 9, 2014, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12696 "2014-02-09T01:01:49Z")
> [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](#): > > Dirty Trick Alert: What kind of website does [this](http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL1473/5747827/15966180/408725059.jpg) look like (link is to screenshot of web site, not the site itself). > > For those not wanting to click: > > The URL is contribute dot sinkforcongress2014 dot com. > The name of the tab in Chrome is “Alex Sink for Congress” > The page itself says, with large blue and green coloring, “Alex Sink for Congress”. > There is a nice picture of Alex Sink (D:Fl) smiling and presumably greeting her supporters. > > If you think this is a fund-raising page for democratic congress member Alex Sink, boy are you a tool. Scroll down to the bottom and you’ll see: > > Now to be fair, it does say in pretty large print “Make a contribution today to help defeat Alex Sink and candidates like her” at the top of the contribution area. But when I first did a quick scan of the page, I glossed over the word “defeat” (maybe because it’s at the end of a line) and it took me a half a minute or so to figure out what was wrong with the page. > > This RNC is phishing for money and personal information by tricking people into thinking that donations are going to “Alex Sink for Congress”. > > In fact, according to Dangerous Minds, [Google Chrome is slapping a phishing warming on the page](http://dangerousminds.net/comments/google_slaps_reported_phishing_warning_on_idiotic_republican_scam_website) when people try to visit it. I have a friend who works on the Sink campaign. Late last I Googled her website and that was the first hit. When I saw it I fired off an e-mail to my friend who said they were aware of it and unworried. Today, the site was 404’d when I tried to go to it. The disclosures on the internet and newspaper articles about the GOP’s nationwide series of fake websites may have embarrassed the GOP into abandoning the effort. If so, they should have seen this result and it makes a really fine example of a stupid GOP idea. ---
**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12697 "2014-02-09T01:43:24Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Oh, the snow is real, all right. > > But so is Obama’s Weather Machine. 😃 Michelle Obama-\>MO-\>OM-\>Ororo Munroe. Very clever. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2014, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12698 "2014-02-09T04:15:04Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > The disclosures on the internet and newspaper articles about the GOP’s nationwide series of fake websites may have embarrassed the GOP into abandoning the effort. If so, they should have seen this result and it makes a really fine example of a stupid GOP idea. Cite.[sup]\*[/sup] - That the GOP is capable of embarassment. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12699 "2014-02-09T04:35:46Z")
Separation of Church and State? Never heard of it… > **[StockBot by Examiner.com - Stock Examiner bot by Examiner.com](https://examiner.com)** > > Discover Stock Examiner, the AI-powered chatbot delivering instant, interactive stock charts, real-time financials, breaking news, stock screeners, and more—all in one seamless experience. > [@](#): > > In Oklahoma a Republican state senator is refusing to allow a new bill proposing the legalization of marijuana to be heard in his senate subcommittee because his church would not be in favor of it. > > According to a Red Dirt Report issued Feb. 5, Oklahoma state Senator Don Barrington (R-Lawton) will not allow a hearing for a new bill proposing the legalization of marijuana in his senate subcommittee. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12700 "2014-02-09T05:19:00Z")
> [@](#): > > I have a friend who works on the Sink campaign. Late last I Googled her website and that was the first hit. When I saw it I fired off an e-mail to my friend who said they were aware of it and unworried. Today, the site was 404’d when I tried to go to it. I know that Google blocked the Sink fake site as a phishing site. As far as I had heard, they had not blocked any of the other fake sites. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=634) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=636)