# 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:** 647
**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 20, 2014, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12921 "2014-02-20T03:15:11Z")
Does Orly Taitz announcing that she’s running as California state Attorney General count as a stupid idea? Considering she was trounced when she ran for state Secretary of State … [http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2014/02/obama-birther-critic-orly-taitz-files-for-california-ag-race.html](http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2014/02/obama-birther-critic-orly-taitz-files-for-california-ag-race.html) ---
**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:** [February 20, 2014, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12922 "2014-02-20T15:07:46Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Those stages are very similar to the five stages of grief: (1) Denial, (2) Anger, (3) Bargaining. The final two stages will come in the future: > > (4) Depression - “We were OK when Sodom City, New York and Gomorrah-by-the-Bay experienced flooding, but why the drought in God’s great Texas?” > > (5) Acceptance - “We’ve helped work God’s will. The Final Days are here and twelve times twelve thousand righteous gun-toting patriots will be raptured.” I like it! I’ll remember that. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12923 "2014-02-20T15:41:05Z")
OK, I’m having trouble even believing this quote is real. > [@](#): > > ["Ranking Republicans called the FCC’s efforts to revive net-neutrality rules “a solution in search of a problem,” and plan to fight any new rules. Rep. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee will introduce legislation in the coming weeks to block what she calls the “socialistic” proposal. > > “Federal control of the Internet will restrict our online freedom and leave Americans facing the same horrors that they have experienced with [HealthCare.gov](http://HealthCare.gov),” Blackburn said in a statement."]([http://www.nationaljournal.com/tech/republicans-will-try-to-kill-new-net-neutrality-rules-20140219](http://www.nationaljournal.com/tech/republicans-will-try-to-kill-new-net-neutrality-rules-20140219)) Oh, the horror of having the internet behave exactly the same way it’s behaved ever since it was invented. Oh, the horror of not having Marsh Blackburn’s corporate masters not being able to wring yet more money out of consumers for a product that’s embarassingly behind 1st world standards. Marsha Blackburn should be condemned to watching Netflix over a 300 baud modem for the rest of her wretched existence. ---
**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 20, 2014, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12924 "2014-02-20T15:48:03Z")
As though she could _operate_ a dial-up modem. ---
**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 20, 2014, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12925 "2014-02-20T16:09:16Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > OK, I’m having trouble even believing this quote is real. > > Oh, the horror of having the internet behave exactly the same way it’s behaved ever since it was invented. Oh, the horror of not having Marsh Blackburn’s corporate masters not being able to wring yet more money out of consumers for a product that’s embarassingly behind 1st world standards. > > Marsha Blackburn should be condemned to watching Netflix over a 300 baud modem for the rest of her wretched existence. The anti-intellectualism is strong with that one. She is the same congress critter that “debated” Bill Nye on climate change. You can guess what side she is fighting for. Now, to the vote against the Republicans that includes the minorities and republicans and independents that do follow science, we have to add now the nerd vote, and I would had thought the republicans had learned the lesson from the election of 2012 and the SOPA riot. ---
**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:** [February 20, 2014, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12926 "2014-02-20T18:48:38Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > Now, to the vote against the Republicans that includes the minorities and republicans and independents that do follow science, we have to add now the nerd vote, and I would had thought the republicans had learned the lesson from the election of 2012 and the SOPA riot. Considering the behaviour we’ve witnessed over the last few years, I think it’s safe to say that they haven’t learned much of anything. They not only do the same things over and over again, they do it harder and more intensely, because obviously they didn’t put enough effort into it before or they’d have succeeded. And frankly, I hope they continue to fail. I’ve no argument with the idea that there’s a lot of waste in government that needs to be addressed, but I think the focus has been in the wrong places completely. And their social agenda gives me the willies. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12927 "2014-02-20T19:01:08Z")
[GOP congressional candidate Cresent Hardy says the Employee Non-Discrimination Act is like “segregation laws”.](http://www.salon.com/2014/02/19/gop_congressional_candidate_cresent_hardy_says_enda_is_like_segregation_laws/) ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12928 "2014-02-20T19:17:12Z")
[The TP/GOP approach to “caring about poverty.”](http://www.salon.com/2014/02/20/your_newest_fraudulent_poverty_crusader_is_mike_lee/) > [@](#): > > [Senator Mike] Lee [R-Hell, 8th Circle, 6th Bolgia], best known for being a less telegenic Ted Cruz, declared a “war on poverty” last November. Unlike the prior War on Poverty, which was made up of various policies designed to alleviate poverty (and which was much more successful than its critics have claimed), Lee’s War on Poverty is mainly about making the rhetorical case that government causes poverty and that eliminating welfare benefits for the poor will somehow spur “market forces” to solve the problem. > > Here are Lee’s policy proposals, as described by The Guardian: > > “[A] bill, introduced last week, that would restore a work requirement for recipients of food stamps….” > > “capping means-tested welfare spending at 2007 levels” ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12929 "2014-02-20T20:42:14Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [The TP/GOP approach to “caring about poverty.”](http://www.salon.com/2014/02/20/your_newest_fraudulent_poverty_crusader_is_mike_lee/) Not so much a war on poverty as a war on poor people. After all, if you eliminate those, there’s no poverty, right? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12930 "2014-02-20T21:27:31Z")
> [@Balance](#): > > Not so much a war on poverty as a war on poor people. After all, if you eliminate those, there’s no poverty, right? I would attack the unemployed, first by shelling their homes, and then, when they run panicked out into the street, mowing them down with machine-gun fire. And then, releasing the vultures. I realize these views are unpopular, but I have never courted popularity. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12931 "2014-02-20T21:57:51Z")
[Missouri bill would require school districts to inform parents when evolution is being taught so parents could opt their children out of those lessons.](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/19/missouri-anti-evolution-bill_n_4816876.html?utm_hp_ref=politics) ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12932 "2014-02-20T22:00:46Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > I would attack the unemployed, first by shelling their homes, and then, when they run panicked out into the street, mowing them down with machine-gun fire. And then, releasing the vultures. > > I realize these views are unpopular, but I have never courted popularity. I’m sure those views would be popular with a certain segment of the population. ---
**Author:** ![computergeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e56c9b/32.png) [@computergeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/computergeek)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12933 "2014-02-21T00:05:07Z")
Rocker Ted Nugent called Obama a “subhuman mongrel” but Greg Abbot, the guy he’s campaigning for, doesn’t rebuke him and [dodges the question](http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2014/02/20/pkg-wolf-abbott-nugent-questions-lavandera.cnn.html) (video). And Senator Ted Cruz [disagrees](http://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2014/02/20/cruz-disagrees-with-nugent-but-doesnt-rule-out-campaigning-with-him/) with him but won’t rule out campaigning with him in the future. I mean come on. The thread title should probably have “(and evil comments)” added to it. There’s so much of that going around. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12934 "2014-02-21T00:22:18Z")
[SC Republican legislator wants to cut two colleges’ budgets](http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2014/02/20/gay_book_punishment_south_carolina_legislators_fine_college_of_charleston.html?wpisrc=newsletter_jcr:content&mc_cid=3aa0b36da6&mc_eid=7a8b58c8c3) [because they assigned two gay-themed books in a required course.](http://www.wistv.com/story/24769620/sc-legislators-want-to-punish-2-colleges-in-budget) ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12935 "2014-02-21T02:08:13Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > I would attack the unemployed, first by shelling their homes, and then, when they run panicked out into the street, mowing them down with machine-gun fire. And then, releasing the vultures. > > I realize these views are unpopular, but I have never courted popularity. “Fight hunger and unemployment, eat an unemployed person!” ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12936 "2014-02-21T03:28:57Z")
“Vote Lecter in '14!” ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12937 "2014-02-21T03:47:15Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > “Vote Lecter in '14!” “A liver in every pot and a bottle of Chianti on every table.” And if you donate money, he’ll owe you a fava. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12938 "2014-02-21T07:47:52Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > “Fight hunger and unemployment, eat an unemployed person!” Well, that escalated Swiftly. ---
**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:** [February 21, 2014, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12939 "2014-02-21T07:49:22Z")
> [@Balance](#): > > Well, that escalated Swiftly. _Nice_ one. ---
**Author:** ![Askthepizzaguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askthepizzaguy/32/9405_2.png) [@Askthepizzaguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askthepizzaguy)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12940 "2014-02-21T08:14:20Z")
> [@computergeek](#): > > Rocker Ted Nugent …“Off his”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=646) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=648)