# 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:** 70
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1381 "2010-04-05T18:38:33Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Personally, I think just about any reference to race in a political context is a bad idea, except when simply unavoidable. Mr Grayson disappoints. He’s a bomb thrower - he’s not going to skip out on what he sees as an easy score. That being said, this isn’t just “criticizing Democrats”, this is actively discriminating against them. I can’t believe that we actually have some trogs on this board who are actually celebrating medical discrimination based on political affiliation. I guess it’s people who think that way who can believe that FEMA concentration camps are right around the corner - after all, they’d do it if they could. -Joe ---
**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 5, 2010, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1382 "2010-04-05T20:37:20Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > That being said, this isn’t just “criticizing Democrats”, this is actively discriminating against them. I can’t believe that we actually have some trogs on this board who are actually celebrating medical discrimination based on political affiliation. > > I guess it’s people who think that way who can believe that FEMA concentration camps are right around the corner - after all, they’d do it if they could. > > -Joe Seems to me that this explains a great deal of the whackjobbery frothing out of the extreme right these days: They’re projecting the vilest parts of themselves upon the focus of their fury at being out of power. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1383 "2010-04-14T06:16:42Z")
As Republicans have adopted a strategy of opposing any action of President Obama or the Democratic Party, even when (as in the final health care bill) those ideas originated as Republican ones…have any Republicans come out to oppose the undeniably good and positive moves he just made to secure all the world’s “loose nukes”. There has to be one. Michelle? Michael? Sarah? You’re not gonna let me down, are you? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1384 "2010-04-14T10:43:21Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > …have any Republicans come out to oppose the undeniably good and positive moves he just made to secure all the world’s “loose nukes”. There has to be one. MSNBC is quoting John McCain, who characterized the nuclear summit as “foolishness” that is meant as a distraction from unemployment. No link yet. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1385 "2010-04-14T11:59:49Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > MSNBC is quoting John McCain, who characterized the nuclear summit as “foolishness” that is meant as a distraction from unemployment. No link yet. The man who inflicted Palin on the nation is calling Obama’s nuclear treaty foolishness. Irony just can’t keep up with the Republican party. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1386 "2010-04-14T12:33:38Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > The man who inflicted Palin on the nation is calling Obama’s nuclear treaty foolishness. Irony just can’t keep up with the Republican party. Of course, Obama’s treaty is a 1/3rd reduction for both sides. Can anyone think of another socialist president who did a treaty with 1/3rd reduction? -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1387 "2010-04-14T12:44:59Z")
[Democrat front-runner wins Fla. US House race](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/13/AR2010041300343.html?hpid=sec-politics) > [@](#): > > “We’ve heard for months that tonight … is a referendum on health care, it’s a referendum on the (President Barack Obama) administration, it’s a referendum on what direction this country is going,” Deutch added. “Let me tell you something, what we learned today is that in Broward County and Palm Beach County, Florida, the Democratic Party is alive and well.” > … > With 100 percent of precincts reporting, Florida state Sen. Ted Deutch had 62 percent of the vote compared to 35 percent for Republican Ed Lynch. Lame loser quote of the day: > [@](#): > > “Obviously, it’s not the results that we wanted,” Lynch said. > > “But it proved that people are willing to get out there and take our country back,” If this is the Pubbies ‘A’ game, Liberals got nothing to worry about come november. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1388 "2010-04-14T12:51:13Z")
So in a district in which Democrats make up two-thirds of the voters, the Democrat got two-thirds of the vote? Color me shocked. I’m not seeing a referendum on anything or anyone taking anything back. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1389 "2010-04-14T12:55:09Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > So in a district in which Democrats make up two-thirds of the voters, the Democrat got two-thirds of the vote? Color me shocked. I’m not seeing a referendum on anything or anyone taking anything back. Sure, but the whole point is that everyone (even Democrats!) were supposed to be fueled by pure RAGE at the GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER of health care that will GET BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR DOCTOR and then GANG RAPE YOUR GRANDMOTHER so that she can’t provide SPAGHETTI DINNERS to CHILDREN WITH LUKEMIA! -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1390 "2010-04-14T12:58:12Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I’m not seeing a referendum on anything or anyone taking anything back. But there’s _supposed_ to fucking be one! Liberals are _supposed_ to drop like flies before the blowtorch of **American** indignation. The mouse took this opportunity to roar, and instead imitated a Giraffe. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1391 "2010-04-14T13:06:46Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > But there’s _supposed_ to fucking be one! Liberals are _supposed_ to drop like flies before the blowtorch of **American** indignation. > The mouse took this opportunity to roar, and instead imitated a Giraffe. Stuck out an 18" prehensile tongue? Because that sounds vaguely hentai. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1392 "2010-04-14T13:16:46Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > Stuck out an 18" prehensile tongue? Because that sounds vaguely hentai. > > -Joe I’ll bet you can find a charge for that on a Republican Party credit card receipt… ---
**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 14, 2010, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1393 "2010-04-14T13:47:31Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > The mouse took this opportunity to roar, and instead imitated a Giraffe. Well, he appears to have won 3% more of the vote in the district than Obama did, so it’s sort of a victory considering that he’s a no name hammer jockey and the other guy was a hugely popular 7-term state congressman. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1394 "2010-04-16T18:35:23Z")
They just can’t get [that ABBA song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gu1q17rUkVU) out of their heads: > [@](#): > > Every member of the Senate Republican Caucus has signed a letter, delivered to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, expressing opposition to the Democrats’ financial regulatory reform bill, which they all claim will lead to more Wall Street bailouts. > > “We are united in our opposition to the partisan legislation reported by the Senate Banking Committee,” the letter reads. [All 41 Senate Republicans Oppose Financial Reform Bill](http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/04/all-41-senate-republicans-oppose-financial-reform-bill-say-will-lead-to-endless-taxpayer-bailouts.php?ref=fpblg) Will this be the ‘literal’ end of the Obama presidency??? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1395 "2010-04-16T18:38:20Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > They just can’t get [that ABBA song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gu1q17rUkVU) out of their heads: > [All 41 Senate Republicans Oppose Financial Reform Bill](http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/04/all-41-senate-republicans-oppose-financial-reform-bill-say-will-lead-to-endless-taxpayer-bailouts.php?ref=fpblg) > Will this be the ‘literal’ end of the Obama presidency??? Oh, excellent…the Senate Republicans just handed their electoral opponents some very handy ad copy. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1396 "2010-04-16T22:37:20Z")
(Along with the above posts) This just in: [Financial Reform Bill Riles GOP](http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/16/gop-senators-united-in-opposition-to-current-financial-reform-bill/?fbid=1ifNSumRN2E) This also just in: [Passing Cloud Riles GOP](http://davecunning.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/grandpa-simpson-shakes-fist-at-cloud1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1397 "2010-04-17T03:18:10Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > Will this be the ‘literal’ end of the Obama presidency??? “Waterloo, Part 2\*” -Joe \*Electric Boogaloo - you knew it was coming ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1398 "2010-04-17T03:52:42Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > Stuck out an 18" prehensile tongue? Where’s GIRAFFE when we need him? ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1399 "2010-04-17T04:22:19Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Oh, excellent…the Senate Republicans just handed their electoral opponents some very handy ad copy. And nicely timed to coincide with the the announcement that [“Goldman Sachs Group Inc… was charged with deceiving clients by selling them mortgage securities secretly designed by a hedge-fund firm run by John Paulson, who made a killing betting on the housing market’s collapse.”](http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303491304575187920845670844.html?mod=rss_Today%27s_Most_Popular) Yeah, I can see the groundswell of public rage at derivatives reform being a winning issue here. ---
**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 17, 2010, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1400 "2010-04-17T06:09:22Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > … [All 41 Senate Republicans Oppose Financial Reform Bill](http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/04/all-41-senate-republicans-oppose-financial-reform-bill-say-will-lead-to-endless-taxpayer-bailouts.php?ref=fpblg) > … I am shocked, SHOCKED, I tell you. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=69) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=71)