# 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:** 69
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1361 "2010-04-01T19:49:46Z")
Ah - Republicans and sex scandals. It’s just so natural that they even started sending out flyers with a sex hotline number on it. A flyer sent out by the RNC accidentally printed their 202 number as an 800 number, which directs callers to “get ready for a new way to go live, one on one, with hot horny girls waiting right now to talk to you.” ---
**Author:** ![Oldeb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ea666f/32.png) [@Oldeb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oldeb)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1362 "2010-04-01T22:05:24Z")
Seems all these sex scandals are finally causing them to lose some of the Religious Right. Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, wrote, "I’ve hinted at this before, but now I am saying it – don’t give money to the RNC … [was] “another indication [that the RNC is] completely tone-deaf to the values and concerns of a large number of people from whom they seek financial support.” He does say it’s okay to still give money to individual candidates, but only if you’re sure they endorse your values. > **[RNC's Nasty Talk: Mailer Directs Donors to Sex Line](https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/rnc-mailer-directs-donors-sex-line/story?id=10260571)** > > Republican National Committee's mailer directed callers to a sex hotline. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1363 "2010-04-01T22:14:18Z")
> [@Oldeb](#): > > He does say it’s okay to still give money to individual candidates, but only if you’re sure they endorse your values. More and more, it seems like clean politicians are simply politicians who haven’t been caught _yet_. Good to see a little less cognitive dissonance, at any rate. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1364 "2010-04-01T22:25:13Z")
> [@Oldeb](#): > > He does say it’s okay to still give money to individual candidates, but only if you’re sure they endorse your values. Oh the irony. So very many of those that have been caught were those that endorsed those values. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1365 "2010-04-02T11:26:26Z")
It seems that most of the RNC’s problems are caused by incompetent leadership. If that’s the problem, then why not fire Steele? ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1366 "2010-04-02T11:41:36Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > It seems that most of the RNC’s problems are caused by incompetent leadership. If that’s the problem, then why not fire Steele? The problem comes in with the fact that there’s no one person to tap him on the shoulder, hand him a cardboard box and escort him to the door flanked by two security. The RNC as an entity needs to hold a vote of no confidence by its board and it’s a fairly large board. To gather them together and campaign internally to convert enough people over to that vote’s probably more effort than it’s worth at this point, especially considering how close it is to the 2010 elections. ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1367 "2010-04-02T12:01:43Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > It seems that most of the RNC’s problems are caused by incompetent leadership. If that’s the problem, then why not fire Steele? I assume Steele has some serious dirt on everyone in the party. At this point he must have a video of the entire RNC involved in a massive orgy, devouring live babies or something of that magnitude. There is an incredible amount of leaked information for the purpose of making Steele look bad. People want him out but few are willing to say publicly. The need to keep him around to blame for any losses they suffer in November then they’ll pick a new scapegoat. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2010, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1368 "2010-04-02T16:31:32Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > It seems that most of the RNC’s problems are caused by incompetent leadership. If that’s the problem, then why not fire Steele? Because if they got competent leadership, it wouldn’t _ **seem** _ like a leadership problem any more, and they’d be forced to confront the fact that their problems are more existential in nature? ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1369 "2010-04-02T17:16:32Z")
[Doctor tells Obama supporters: Go elsewhere for health care](http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-mount-dora-doctor-tells-patients-go-aw20100401,0,6040296,full.story) How wonderfully ironic – a urologist who doesn’t know dick. ---
**Author:** ![Fuzzy\_Dunlop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/848f3c/32.png) [@Fuzzy\_Dunlop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuzzy_Dunlop)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1370 "2010-04-03T00:44:10Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > The problem comes in with the fact that there’s no one person to tap him on the shoulder, hand him a cardboard box and escort him to the door flanked by two security. The RNC as an entity needs to hold a vote of no confidence by its board and it’s a fairly large board. To gather them together and campaign internally to convert enough people over to that vote’s probably more effort than it’s worth at this point, especially considering how close it is to the 2010 elections. Is an RNC Chairman elected to a fixed term by their committee a la a public official or do they serve until they resign or are fired like a corporate CEO? In other words, is there an inevitable end in sight they can wait for? ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1371 "2010-04-03T00:45:26Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > [Doctor tells Obama supporters: Go elsewhere for health care](http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-mount-dora-doctor-tells-patients-go-aw20100401,0,6040296,full.story) > > How wonderfully ironic – a urologist who doesn’t know dick. Does he never look in the mirror? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1372 "2010-04-03T02:26:16Z")
> [@Fuzzy\_Dunlop](#): > > Is an RNC Chairman elected to a fixed term by their committee a la a public official or do they serve until they resign or are fired like a corporate CEO? In other words, is there an inevitable end in sight they can wait for? Steele was elected – I think just after Obama’s election. I don’t know the term of office. You may remember there was some press about the other candidates – one of them sent out some kind of CD to other party members with the song _Barack the Magic Negro_. That made for one less candidate right there. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1373 "2010-04-03T04:37:32Z")
> [@Oldeb](#): > > Seems all these sex scandals are finally causing them to lose some of the Religious Right. > > Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, wrote, "I’ve hinted at this before, but now I am saying it – don’t give money to the RNC … [was] “another indication [that the RNC is] completely tone-deaf to the values and concerns of a large number of people from whom they seek financial support.” > > He does say it’s okay to still give money to individual candidates, but only if you’re sure they endorse your values. > > [RNC's Nasty Talk: Mailer Directs Donors to Sex Line - ABC News](http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/rnc-mailer-directs-donors-sex-line/story?id=10260571) I don’t much care for their values. Hmmmmm. Maybe I should get on the mailing list, so I will always know who’s running against their boy., and send money. ---
**Author:** ![stolichnaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@stolichnaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolichnaya)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1374 "2010-04-03T15:16:51Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > [Doctor tells Obama supporters: Go elsewhere for health care](http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-mount-dora-doctor-tells-patients-go-aw20100401,0,6040296,full.story) > > How wonderfully ironic – a urologist who doesn’t know dick. That’s some bad capitalism, right there. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1375 "2010-04-04T00:20:58Z")
[Eh. All he’s really turning away are black people anyway.](http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/4/3/853824/-Grayson-NAILS-IT!-No-Dems-AllowedNo-Blacks-Allowed) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1376 "2010-04-04T00:26:31Z")
I wish to commend those Dopers who have so sternly resisted making the crude and obvious joke. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2010, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1377 "2010-04-04T01:53:30Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > [Eh. All he’s really turning away are black people anyway.](http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/4/3/853824/-Grayson-NAILS-IT!-No-Dems-AllowedNo-Blacks-Allowed) I think Grayson is making a mistake by playing the race card here. African-Americans are predominantly Democratic voters everywhere, not just in Lake County, so you could say any criticism of Democrats is really veiled racism. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1378 "2010-04-04T01:56:34Z")
Personally, I think just about any reference to race in a political context is a bad idea, except when simply unavoidable. Mr Grayson disappoints. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1379 "2010-04-05T17:38:35Z")
> [@](#): > > “I never considered myself a maverick,” > John McCain, Apr 2010 [This Newsweek piece is good news for the McCain campaign.](http://www.newsweek.com/id/235883) In other news: Fonzi “Never owned a leather jacket.” ---
**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:** [April 5, 2010, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1380 "2010-04-05T17:52:02Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > In other news: Fonzi “Never owned a leather jacket.” Of course not. It was the property of the wardrobe department. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=68) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=70)