# 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:** 720
**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:** [April 28, 2014, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14381 "2014-04-28T23:12:16Z")
And now the 8-year-old in South Carolina who was shooting over the heads of pedestrians with an assault weapon? Can we have a “Stupid FOX News report of the day”? FOX tried to claim that Donald Sterling is a Democrat till it turned out that no, he’s a registered Republican. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14382 "2014-04-28T23:15:26Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > The bigger problem than how we treat terrorists is how do we even know they are terrorists? > > Tell me, Sarah, what would you do with people who were turned in by others in Afghanistan with no evidence they are terrorists and no trial? Would you waterboard them too you dumbass shithead? If she even understands the difference between “accused” and “guilty” (a bet I’m not willing take) she’s not going to give a shit about it. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14383 "2014-04-28T23:53:58Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > And now the 8-year-old in South Carolina who was shooting over the heads of pedestrians with an assault weapon? C’mon, we all were 8 once and we all would have! ---
**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:** [April 29, 2014, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14384 "2014-04-29T01:16:43Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > C’mon, we all were 8 once and we all would have! Not me. I mean, shooting bullets into the air? You never know where those things are going to come down. You have to shoot them into something soft, so you know they are not going to hurt someone _accidentally_. Something soft, like, oh, hmm, what have we got around here … ---
**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:** [April 29, 2014, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14385 "2014-04-29T01:32:17Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > And now the 8-year-old in South Carolina who was shooting over the heads of pedestrians with an assault weapon? > > Can we have a “Stupid FOX News report of the day”? FOX tried to claim that Donald Sterling is a Democrat till it turned out that no, he’s a registered Republican. [Semi-auto .22. Not quite the same thing.](http://www.wsoctv.com/news/news/local/police-8-year-old-shot-rifle-over-peoples-heads-st/nfj7g/) No picture so no telling if it was stock or “dressed up”. > [@](#): > > Rock Hill police later found the gun. It was not an assault rifle, but a semiautomatic .22 hidden under a bed at the home of an 8-year-old boy who police said was involved. > > As of late Monday, it was not known who owned the gun. It will have to be traced through the ATF. Police also don’t know how it got into the hands of young children. ---
**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 29, 2014, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14386 "2014-04-29T01:38:06Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Not me. I mean, shooting bullets into the air? You never know where those things are going to come down. You have to shoot them into something soft, so you know they are not going to hurt someone _accidentally_. Something soft, like, oh, hmm, what have we got around here … Puppies? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14387 "2014-04-29T01:41:15Z")
Mimes. lawyers and Insane Clown Posse. No particular order. ---
**Author:** ![bengangmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14388 "2014-04-29T01:52:22Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > From the CNN article on Palin: > > \*Palin called liberals hypocrites for their stance on issues varying from gun control to torture at the NRA event that was part of the organization’s 2014 convention. > > But she backtracked later, saying, “Not all intolerant anti-freedom leftist liberals are hypocrites.” > > “I’m kidding,” she said. “Yes, they are.”\* > > There aren’t enough rolleyes… I really don’t understand American politics. Fair enough - we all have different views and beliefs, and these ideas need to be communicated - But why would anybody voluntarily associate themselves with someone that says stuff so patently stupid, incendiary and outright wrong? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14389 "2014-04-29T02:06:20Z")
Because we have a disturbingly large population that thinks she’s a straight talker, not distracted or weakened by all that high-falutin’ thinkin’ stuff, and that unlike them she can see the \*real \*truth. Because she and others like her make them feel good about themselves, and have somebody else to blame for their sad lot in life and all the ignorance and lies and irresponsibility they wallow in. Every society has always had a fair amount of rabble, and they can always be roused. ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14390 "2014-04-29T02:07:49Z")
> [@bengangmo](#): > > But why would anybody voluntarily associate themselves with someone that says stuff so patently stupid, incendiary and outright wrong? Different reasons. Some folks feel she’s the bees knees. They still haven’t figured out that apostrophes aren’t used to denote plurals. Some folks hold their nose and smile though the pain, believing that she brings in the votes for issues that they find important. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14391 "2014-04-29T14:18:55Z")
The baptism-waterboarding comment is doubly offensive to folks who consider baptism a _holy sacrament signifying the grace and forgiveness of God_ and don’t so much care to have it compared to a barbaric tool of torture. Palin self-identifies as a Christian; she might want to ponder what baptism actually means and why her comment was not just stupid and offensive, but blasphemous. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14392 "2014-04-29T14:33:22Z")
> [@bengangmo](#): > > I really don’t understand American politics. Drinking a quart of bourbon helps immensely. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14393 "2014-04-29T14:54:28Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > The baptism-waterboarding comment is doubly offensive to folks who consider baptism a _holy sacrament signifying the grace and forgiveness of God_ and don’t so much care to have it compared to a barbaric tool of torture. Why, you seem positively cross about that. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14394 "2014-04-29T15:04:38Z")
Too soon! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14395 "2014-04-29T15:31:48Z")
> [@andros](#): > > Too soon! I think he nailed it. ---
**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 29, 2014, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14396 "2014-04-29T16:18:53Z")
He should have waited three days. ---
**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:** [April 29, 2014, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14397 "2014-04-29T17:02:11Z")
Sarah, are you telling me that Herod and Salome killed a torturer? Then Sallie is rising in her stock. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14398 "2014-04-29T17:19:31Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > The baptism-waterboarding comment is doubly offensive to folks who consider baptism a _holy sacrament signifying the grace and forgiveness of God_ and don’t so much care to have it compared to a barbaric tool of torture. Palin self-identifies as a Christian; she might want to ponder what baptism actually means and why her comment was not just stupid and offensive, but blasphemous. It’s hard to be religious when certain people never get struck by lightning. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14399 "2014-04-29T20:30:16Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > [Yeah](http://www.amazon.com/Boarding-Baptize-Terrorists-Military-Morale/dp/B00J4MXTWQ). Thanks _a lot_ for posting that link. Now Amazon thinks I’m interested in crap like that… [and like this…](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DTFZ4BS/ref=s9_simh_gw_p201_d0_i4?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-4&pf_rd_r=19TA1CD6QTPRK03PYJ1J&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1688200422&pf_rd_i=507846) [and like this…](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00J4MPIJS/ref=s9_simh_gw_p201_d0_i5?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-4&pf_rd_r=19TA1CD6QTPRK03PYJ1J&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1688200422&pf_rd_i=507846) [and this.](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00J7WWVAE/ref=s9_simh_gw_p201_d0_i6?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-4&pf_rd_r=19TA1CD6QTPRK03PYJ1J&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1688200422&pf_rd_i=507846) What must Jeff Bezos think of me? ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14400 "2014-04-29T20:53:30Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > Thanks _a lot_ for posting that link. Now Amazon thinks I’m interested in crap like that… > [and like this…](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DTFZ4BS/ref=s9_simh_gw_p201_d0_i4?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-4&pf_rd_r=19TA1CD6QTPRK03PYJ1J&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1688200422&pf_rd_i=507846) > > [and like this…](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00J4MPIJS/ref=s9_simh_gw_p201_d0_i5?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-4&pf_rd_r=19TA1CD6QTPRK03PYJ1J&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1688200422&pf_rd_i=507846) > > [and this.](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00J7WWVAE/ref=s9_simh_gw_p201_d0_i6?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-4&pf_rd_r=19TA1CD6QTPRK03PYJ1J&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1688200422&pf_rd_i=507846) > > What must Jeff Bezos think of me? Really? Amazon now thinks I like [this](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00J4MOSQM/ref=s9_simh_gw_p201_d0_i6?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=0W0JJ4GPTB45NXVZPV7G&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1688200382&pf_rd_i=507846) (which I kinda do) so at least they have sense of humor. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=719) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=721)