# Stupid Republican idea of the day

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897>\
**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\
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**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2014, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13841 "2014-04-03T16:09:24Z")

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[Fox blames Obama](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/04/03/fox-friends-finds-obama-responsible-for-ft-hood-shooting-within-first-24-hours/) for the latest Fort Hood massacre. Because something.

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**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2014, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13842 "2014-04-03T16:09:50Z")

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You suck **BG**. You suck so bad.

I have an interview today and now I’ll have 137 verses going through my head.

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**Author:** ![CannyDan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cannydan/32/548_2.png) [@CannyDan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CannyDan)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2014, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13843 "2014-04-03T18:23:20Z")

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Me too!

_We will pray with Zarathustra,  
We’ll pray just like we use ta,  
I’m a Zarathustra booster,  
And it’s good enough for me._

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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2014, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13844 "2014-04-03T18:33:28Z")

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My own favorite’s Astarte  
A lusty wench and hearty  
Taught them Hebrews how to party  
And that’s good enough for me!

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**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2014, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13845 "2014-04-03T19:16:09Z")

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> [@BrainGlutton](#):
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> My own favorite’s Astarte  
> A lusty wench and hearty  
> Taught them Hebrews how to party  
> And that’s good enough for me!

We will all see Aphrodite  
Though she’s pretty wild and flighty  
She will meet us in her nightie  
And she’s good enough for me!

Sorry to continue the hijack, but … well I only do what the voices in my head tell me to.

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2014, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13846 "2014-04-03T19:21:53Z")

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Young Bacchus in the springtime  
Leads the dancers round the grapevine  
Soon those grapes are gonna be wine  
And that’s good enough for me!

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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2014, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13847 "2014-04-03T19:29:24Z")

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The Mikado Akihito  
Doesn’t say He’s God, but we do!  
It’s the good old Shinto credo  
And it’s good enough for me!

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**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:** [April 3, 2014, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13848 "2014-04-03T19:38:58Z")

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_Tezcatlipoca wants hearts  
Even though it makes us barf  
We will carve him up some tarts  
And it’s good enough for me !_

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**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:** [April 3, 2014, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13849 "2014-04-03T20:03:55Z")

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_I will follow Dionysus  
Straight through every moral crisis  
For he knows my favorite vices  
And that’s good enough for me!_

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**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2014, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13850 "2014-04-03T20:09:38Z")

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\*The IPUs so funny  
She gives me lots of money  
She’s my invisible honey  
And that’s good enough for me! \*

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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2014, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13851 "2014-04-03T20:15:21Z")

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Although operas usually bore us  
There is one that’s written for us  
It’s the opera about Boris  
And it’s Godunov for me!

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**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:** [April 3, 2014, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13852 "2014-04-03T20:16:27Z")

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I’d say you’ve all had about enough of them fluids!

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**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:** [April 3, 2014, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13853 "2014-04-03T20:52:27Z")

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It was good enough for Isis,  
She really came through in a crisis!  
And she never raised her prices,  
That’s good enough for me.

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**Author:** ![CannyDan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cannydan/32/548_2.png) [@CannyDan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CannyDan)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2014, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13854 "2014-04-03T21:24:49Z")

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\*Let me follow dear old Buddha  
For there is nobody cute-a  
He comes in plaster, wood, or pewt-a  
And that’s good enough for me \*

I think I’ll have another drink. We’re still a long way from 137!

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**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2014, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13855 "2014-04-03T21:54:03Z")

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[Cartman] I hate you guys. [/Cartman]

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**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:** [April 3, 2014, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13856 "2014-04-03T22:06:36Z")

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_Zoroaster’s an outlier  
Gnosticism can often deter  
But he made Freddie a rock star  
And that’s good enough for me !_

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**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2014, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13857 "2014-04-03T23:43:30Z")

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I’m impressed.

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**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2014, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13858 "2014-04-04T00:37:56Z")

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_Oh, let’s hear it for old Loki  
He’s the God of Chaos, that’s why  
This verse doesn’t rhyme or scan or even parse all that well, really…  
Aaaand it’s good enough for me!_

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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2014, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13859 "2014-04-04T04:12:57Z")

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We went off to worship Venus  
By the Gods! You should have seen us!  
Now the clinic has to screen us  
But that’s good enough for me!

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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2014, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13860 "2014-04-04T04:19:26Z")

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Of the Old Ones, none is vaster  
Even Cthulhu’s not his master  
He’s the unspeakable  
And that’s good enough for me!

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