# 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:** 773
**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:** [June 27, 2014, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15441 "2014-06-27T02:41:29Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > And I always cross the finish line first! 😃 Oh, shut up and stop agreeing with me . . . You left before the gun. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15442 "2014-06-27T02:57:30Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > If it’s done right. I like it when the cheerleaders are there, and people are throwing beach balls and Frisbees. Tend to hate it when my coach wants to bring in a fresh player, and I get sent to the showers. I knew, sports is all about balls! While I like having refreshments on hand, I could do without that idiot walking around my room yelling about peanuts and cold beer. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15443 "2014-06-27T03:56:48Z")
It IS nice to get that little cup of water when approaching the finish line. ---
**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:** [June 27, 2014, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15444 "2014-06-27T06:33:27Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Obama is using the World Cup to distract the American people](http://www.salon.com/2014/06/26/fox_news_guest_keith_ablow_says_obama%E2%80%99s_using_world_cup_%E2%80%9Cto_distract_people%E2%80%9D/). And here I thought it was a FIFA plot. To make matters worse, the socialist bastard is outsourcing the bread and circuses to Brazil! So much for “caring about American jobs,” I guess. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15445 "2014-06-27T13:52:40Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > To make matters worse, the socialist bastard is outsourcing the bread and circuses to Brazil! > > So much for “caring about American jobs,” I guess. :dubious: Actually, it’s all part of his misunderstood plan to jumpstart the American economy. More interest in soccer means more kids playing soccer. Which means more soccer Moms. Which means more call for minivans. And if there’s one thing that American industry can build, it’s unreasonably huge vehicles. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15446 "2014-06-27T13:59:33Z")
Coulter doesn’t seem to understand that soccer/football **is** a game with a prospect of either personal humiliation or major injury. Usually, it happens in the stands. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15447 "2014-06-27T14:05:58Z")
Those moms can be _vicious_. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15448 "2014-06-27T14:59:26Z")
> [@Knorf](#): > > Shows what she knows about soccer. > > But, wait, does that mean golf isn’t a sport? I am pretty sure the pants they are made to wear count as “personal humiliation” 🙂 ---
**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:** [June 27, 2014, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15449 "2014-06-27T15:37:35Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Obama is using the World Cup to distract the American people](http://www.salon.com/2014/06/26/fox_news_guest_keith_ablow_says_obama%E2%80%99s_using_world_cup_%E2%80%9Cto_distract_people%E2%80%9D/). And here I thought it was a FIFA plot. Man, I knew Obama was the master of the long con (witness the birth announcement in Honolulu newspapers) but this one shows [real](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup#History) foresight. And he’s got the entire world in on the conspiracy! ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15450 "2014-06-27T16:37:38Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > It IS nice to get that little cup of water when approaching the finish line. That’s not water… ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15451 "2014-06-27T17:47:53Z")
I can’t think of anywhere else to post this, but the losing primary candidate for the 3rd House of Representatives District, has announced his intention to contest the primary election results because Rep. Frank Lucas, the incumbent, [has been dead since 2011, and is being represented to voters by a body double](http://kfor.com/2014/06/26/congressional-candidate-feels-opponent-is-a-body-double/). From [Timothy Ray Murray’s own campaign website](http://www.timothyraymurray.com/): > [@](#): > > …will be stating that his votes are switched with Rep. Lucas votes, because it is widely known Rep. Frank D. Lucas is no longer alive and has been displayed by a look alike. Rep. Lucas’ look alike was depicted as sentenced on a white stage in southern Ukraine on or about Jan. 11, 2011. And from there things devolve into pure incomprehensibility - there’s something about the 2012 Kentucky Senate election being influenced by the military’s use of DNA, which I cannot make heads nor tails of. Especially since there was no US Senatorial election in Kentucky that year. Of course, no one should get too smug about this guy - back in 2012, he ran as a Democratic Party Candidate, winning the primary and getting soundly defeated in the election. ---
**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:** [June 27, 2014, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15452 "2014-06-27T18:29:52Z")
From [another account](http://www.businessinsider.com/timothy-ray-murray-isnt-a-robot-2014-6) of this story, we have Timothy Ray Murray’s assurances: > [@](#): > > I will never use Artificial Intelligence look alike to voice what The Representative’s Office is doing nor use a robot look alike. The World knows the truth, and We must always share the truth. > [@](#): > > I, Timothy Ray Murray, am a human, born in Oklahoma, and obtained and continue to fully meet the requirements to serve as U.s. Representative when honored to so. I will never use a look alike to replace my (The Office’s) message to you or to anyone else, as both the other Republican Challengers have. (capitalizations in original) As the story notes: > [@](#): > > Murray felt the need to point this out because he believes the incumbent in the district, Rep. Frank Lucas _is_ a robot! On his webpage, Murray claims the real Lucas was killed by the World Court over three years ago and replaced with an automaton. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15453 "2014-06-27T18:37:36Z")
What an excellent opportunity to buff my non-partisan cred! Given the choice between a corpse and a Republican, I will not hesitate to vote Republican! OK, I would be _reluctant_! But still… ---
**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:** [June 27, 2014, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15454 "2014-06-27T18:53:17Z")
> [@OtakuLoki](#): > > Especially since there was no US Senatorial election in Kentucky that year. That’s what they want you to think. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15455 "2014-06-27T18:57:24Z")
> [@OtakuLoki](#): > > Of course, no one should get too smug about this guy - back in 2012, he ran as a Democratic Party Candidate, winning the primary and getting soundly defeated in the election. I think this one looks like actual mental illness, not stupidity. ---
**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:** [June 27, 2014, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15456 "2014-06-27T19:14:49Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > What an excellent opportunity to buff my non-partisan cred! Given the choice between a corpse and a Republican, I will not hesitate to vote Republican! > > OK, I would be _reluctant_! But still… Given the level of crazy and the proliferation of CTs on the RepubliTea side, you have to wonder if they are not all just a Democratic false-flag operation (first suggested by Tom Tomorrow over eight years ago). ---
**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:** [June 27, 2014, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15457 "2014-06-27T19:15:52Z")
[QUOTE=jsgoddess] I think this one looks like actual mental illness, not stupidity. [/QUOTE] If we make that distinction, this is going to be a pretty sparse thread. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15458 "2014-06-27T19:39:54Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > In a just world, Ablow would be committed to a lockdown ward as a danger to himself and others instead of getting star guest billing on Faux Snooze. IMO the articles about Ablow’s world cup idiocy are burying the lead. In the same segment, he also stated as a fact that the reason Obama was elected was (paraphrasing from memory) because the American people were afraid of terrorists, and they hoped to mollify them by voting for someone who would destroy America. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15459 "2014-06-27T19:44:21Z")
[This?](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2014/06/27/stephen-colbert-examines-the-conspiracy-theory-of-fox-newss-keith-ablow/) > [@](#): > > “Why, Stuart, are we seeing soccer suddenly skyrocket? Why are people so ready to be entertained?” asked Ablow. > > Varney explained that it’s because all the news about the United State is “overwhelmingly negative” and people need an escape. “Here’s the World Cup — how convenient,” said Varney. > > Ablow responded, “It’s a little too convenient when we have a president who, I contend, has it in for Americans, and we elected him because we were fearful at the time — we better elect someone who’s not very patriotic because, God, we could have terrorists attack us for being Americans. OK, so, we did that.” ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15460 "2014-06-27T19:46:34Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > I think this one looks like actual mental illness, not stupidity. Considering his assertion of his own humanity predates the election, and he still got 5% of the vote, I’m less inclined to excuse this as simply one person’s mental illness. When that large a minority of the population is willing to follow him, I think it transcends one person’s mental illness. Idiocy might not be the proper collective term for what’s going on, but it seems a good one, until something better comes along. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=772) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=774)