# 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:** 675
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13481 "2014-03-14T23:50:53Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > American Taliban. I like that. 🙂 > [@lance\_strongarm](#): > > I like the corrollary - “Talibangelists.” > [@Lobohan](#): > > \*Teahadists \*is my favorite. Talibama, or the Alabama Jeeeehaaad! ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2014, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13482 "2014-03-15T00:33:29Z")
I’ve also heard “Talibornagain” somewhere or other. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2014, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13483 "2014-03-15T01:04:53Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > I expect he was talking about the thirteen colonies seceding from the British Empire but yeah, poor choice of words. Not a poor choice of words at all. A very adept one, for someone who’s blowing a dog whistle. ---
**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:** [March 15, 2014, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13484 "2014-03-15T01:07:52Z")
> [@waterj2](#): > > Right. Let’s give Ron Paul[the benefit of the doubt](http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/02/09/ron-paul-invites-witness-with-neo-confederate-ties-to-testify-in-congress/) when it comes to [neo-Confederate sympathies](http://newsone.com/1812845/ron-paul-made-south-was-right-civil-war-speech-with-confederate-flag/). I think [he’s earned it](http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/04/25/the-ron-paul-institute-be-afraid-very-afraid.html). All right, point taken. And taken. And taken. Call it a draw ? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2014, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13485 "2014-03-15T01:41:36Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > The colonies seceded from the British Empire – though there’s not much mixed feeling about **that** any more, AFAIK; but then later the Southern states tried to secede from the Union, and there was among Americans some measure of mixed feelings about that at the time, and to some extent they continue to this day – there are still Neo-Confederates and Lost-Cause sympathizers and apologists. I don’t agree that the split from the British Empire counts, but let’s not go there. So, okay, definitely one event, maybe two. I don’t think that qualifies as a “tradition”. Hell, I don’t think that qualifies as a habit. Furthermore, even if a) both events count, and b) two events constitutes a “tradition”, is hasn’t been a particularly successful one, now has 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:** [March 15, 2014, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13486 "2014-03-15T08:14:41Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > You need to feed your head. You mean the story about how they want to [sue the President for not enforcing federal marijuana laws](http://huff.to/1fxwExp) in states that have legalized it for medical or recreational use? Because _States Rights!_ except when we say otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2014, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13487 "2014-03-15T08:16:16Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > the Civil War, I guess. War Between the States. I swear, get north of Oklahoma and education just goes to shit. ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2014, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13488 "2014-03-15T13:00:16Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > War Between the States. I swear, get north of Oklahoma and education just goes to shit. I have never understood that phrase. There were more than two states involved. ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2014, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13489 "2014-03-15T13:36:40Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > John McCain Unloads On Senate Republicans: ‘I Haven’t Been Embarrassed This Way’ > > [John McCain Unloads On Senate Republicans: 'I Haven't Been Embarrassed This Way' | HuffPost Latest News](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/13/john-mccain-ukraine_n_4959741.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592) … since I picked Sarah Nitwit to be my running mate. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2014, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13490 "2014-03-15T14:15:49Z")
> [@j666](#): > > I have never understood that phrase. There were more than two states involved. My sarcasm detector is on the fritz so I can’t tell if that was an actual question or a snark that whooshed me—so forgive me if that wasn’t a ‘real’ question. If it were a cataclysmic breakdown with multiple states fighting each other it would have been ‘the war _among_ the [many individual coalitions of] states’. But because there were only two sides fighting each other, it was 'the war _between_ the [two groups of] states. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2014, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13491 "2014-03-15T19:30:40Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > War Between the States. I swear, get north of Oklahoma and education just goes to shit. I think you mean the Late Unpleasantness. ---
**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:** [March 15, 2014, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13492 "2014-03-15T23:01:03Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > I think you mean the Late Unpleasantness. Are you guys sure you’re not talking about the Secession War ? The secession has ceased for sure. ---
**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:** [March 15, 2014, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13493 "2014-03-15T23:47:41Z")
The “Post-Antebellum Interval” ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2014, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13494 "2014-03-16T04:02:47Z")
“Back in the day of slavery, slaves were kept in slavery by denying them education and opportunity while providing them with their basic needs … Not by beating them and starving them. (Although there were isolated cases if course) Basically slave owners took pretty good care of their slaves and livestock and this kept business rolling along.” ~ Jim Brown, Republican Congressional candidate for Arizona’s 2nd district. But wait, there’s more. … “It is my sincere belief that over entitlements are a means of em-slaving (sic) the people by robbing them of opportunity while taking care of basic needs.” … [http://www.theroot.com/articles/politics/2014/03/arizona\_republican\_compares\_government\_spending\_to\_slavery.html](http://www.theroot.com/articles/politics/2014/03/arizona_republican_compares_government_spending_to_slavery.html) So slaves didn’t have it so bad, but providing people today with basic sustenance is as bad as slavery. Got that? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2014, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13495 "2014-03-16T04:06:00Z")
> [@Shayna](#): > > “Back in the day of slavery, slaves were kept in slavery by denying them education and opportunity while providing them with their basic needs … Not by beating them and starving them. (Although there were isolated cases if course) Basically slave owners took pretty good care of their slaves and livestock and this kept business rolling along.” ~ Jim Brown, Republican Congressional candidate for Arizona’s 2nd district. > > But wait, there’s more. … > > “It is my sincere belief that over entitlements are a means of em-slaving (sic) the people by robbing them of opportunity while taking care of basic needs.” … > > [http://www.theroot.com/articles/politics/2014/03/arizona\_republican\_compares\_government\_spending\_to\_slavery.html](http://www.theroot.com/articles/politics/2014/03/arizona_republican_compares_government_spending_to_slavery.html) > > So slaves didn’t have it so bad, but providing people today with basic sustenance is as bad as slavery. Got that? Does that mean we can flog them?! 🙂 ---
**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:** [March 16, 2014, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13496 "2014-03-16T04:26:40Z")
> [@Shayna](#): > > “Back in the day of slavery, slaves were kept in slavery by denying them education and opportunity while providing them with their basic needs … Not by beating them and starving them. (Although there were isolated cases if course) Basically slave owners took pretty good care of their slaves and livestock and this kept business rolling along.” ~ Jim Brown, Republican Congressional candidate for Arizona’s 2nd district. > > But wait, there’s more. … > > “It is my sincere belief that over entitlements are a means of em-slaving (sic) the people by robbing them of opportunity while taking care of basic needs.” … > > [http://www.theroot.com/articles/politics/2014/03/arizona\_republican\_compares\_government\_spending\_to\_slavery.html](http://www.theroot.com/articles/politics/2014/03/arizona_republican_compares_government_spending_to_slavery.html) > > So slaves didn’t have it so bad, but providing people today with basic sustenance is as bad as slavery. Got that? I think slavery might be the new rape. Why oh why do they keep digging ? ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2014, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13497 "2014-03-16T04:29:42Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > I think slavery might be the new rape. Why oh why do they keep digging ? It is strangely as if they don’t really WANT to get elected. Only in the most backwater rural district full of inbred, ignorant hicks would this kind of shit work. I’m guessing the candidate’s district consists mostly of cacti, and people who are dumber than those cacti. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2014, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13498 "2014-03-16T04:30:19Z")
Help, help, I’ve been emslaved by my entitlements! ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2014, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13499 "2014-03-16T04:40:35Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Help, help, I’ve been emslaved by my entitlements! Now you ain’t gonne get to be edumacated. Ah well, at least you still have your helmet and your shouldermapads. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2014, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13500 "2014-03-16T04:58:53Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Now you ain’t gonne get to be edumacated. Ah well, at least you still have your helmet and your shouldermapads. Never go on the field without these things on or you could get fiercely killed., You guys are cracking me up tonight LOL! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=674) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=676)