# 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:** 735
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14681 "2014-05-15T18:45:59Z")
I wonder what the traffic logisitcs of 10,000,000 people driving to DC would reach? How far would the jams reach? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14682 "2014-05-15T18:50:25Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Don’t be knocking the hippies, dude-We came _this_ close to levitating the Pentagon back in '67. Yeah, but what would you have done with it then? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14683 "2014-05-15T18:51:16Z")
The Beltway at rush hour has already been mentioned. 🙂 ---
**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:** [May 15, 2014, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14684 "2014-05-15T18:58:37Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Yeah, but what would you have done with it then? Turn it orange, make it vibrate and stop the Viet Nam War, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14685 "2014-05-15T18:59:26Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Don’t be knocking the hippies, dude-We came _this_ close to levitating the Pentagon back in '67. > [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Yeah, but what would you have done with it then? Rotate it 72 degrees and put it back down again. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14686 "2014-05-15T18:59:41Z")
Power to the pee-puhl, man… ---
**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:** [May 15, 2014, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14687 "2014-05-15T19:06:08Z")
From their front page, > [@](#): > > … to see Obama, Biden, Reid, McConnell, Boehner, Pelosi, and Attorney General Holder removed from office… > > … Those with the principles of a West, Cruz, Dr. Ben Carson, Lee, DeMint, Paul, Gov Walker, Sessions, Gowdy, Jordan, should comprise a tribunal and assume positions of authority … _Yessiree, Mr. Fryingpan, this here fire is not looking quite like I had hoped_. (Who the hell is Lee?) ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14688 "2014-05-15T19:07:13Z")
Just close Country Kitchen Buffet, it’ll be over in less than a day. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14689 "2014-05-15T19:08:53Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > (Who the hell is Lee?) Robert E. Lee o’course, he shall rise agin! ---
**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:** [May 15, 2014, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14690 "2014-05-15T19:13:42Z")
Don’t take Robert E. Lee for _Grant_ed? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14691 "2014-05-15T19:16:48Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > (Who the hell is Lee?) I assume Mike Lee, Senator from Utah, another Tealiban hero. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14692 "2014-05-15T19:34:50Z")
> [@Mr.Miskatonic](#): > > Power to the pee-puhl, man… In a world gone mad, being merely weird was a form of sanity. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14693 "2014-05-15T19:45:02Z")
> [@Mr.Miskatonic](#): > > Robert E. Lee o’course, he shall rise agin! I hope so, we’ve been [waiting](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PLqGNI5Jak&feature=kp) rather a long time . . . ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14694 "2014-05-15T19:46:10Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Abbie Hoffman’s group in October of '67. Ah yes, the Yippies . . . art disguised as politics . . . ---
**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:** [May 15, 2014, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14695 "2014-05-15T19:57:18Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > “Active Frequenting” = “pitcher” and “Inactive Frequenting” = “catcher”. Duh. Ok, I’ve changed my mind. I didn’t want to know that! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14696 "2014-05-15T20:06:56Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > Ok, I’ve changed my mind. I didn’t want to know that! The secret twist is that they are actually playing real baseball in the bathrooms on the DC Mall. ---
**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:** [May 15, 2014, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14697 "2014-05-15T20:07:33Z")
> [@Mr.Miskatonic](#): > > Meanwhile, did anyone already mention the American Family Association claiming that putting stickers on stores saying the store doesn’t discriminate means they are discriminating against their bigotry and\* that’s not fair!\* > > [http://action.afa.net/item.aspx?id=2147545307](http://action.afa.net/item.aspx?id=2147545307) The American Family Association: plunging the depths of human stupidity for Jesus! ---
**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:** [May 15, 2014, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14698 "2014-05-15T20:20:32Z")
> [@Mr.Miskatonic](#): > > Robert E. Lee o’course, he shall rise agin! The Pentagon is [prepared](http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/05/13/exclusive_the_pentagon_has_a_plan_to_stop_the_zombie_apocalypse) for that eventuality. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14699 "2014-05-15T20:32:44Z")
I’m sure Fox News will declare that tens of millions of people did show up though, and use pictures from a different broadcast on “accident” ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14700 "2014-05-15T20:57:23Z")
Has someone posted this yet? [- YouTube](http://youtu.be/CQlPcwiruaY) The Idaho GOP Primary Governor’s Tea Party Retardothon. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=734) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=736)