# 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:** 80
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1581 "2010-05-24T18:59:41Z")
The consequences of one Republican’s stupid idea is now _oppressing the freedoms_ of patriotic Nevadan voters: **[Voters wearing chicken costumes will be barred from polling stations in Nevada, election officers have decided.](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/us_and_canada/10148954.stm)** ---
**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:** [May 24, 2010, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1582 "2010-05-24T19:24:08Z")
Man, you give _ONE_ guy a bad coupon… ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1583 "2010-05-24T19:26:40Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > The consequences of one Republican’s stupid idea is now _oppressing the freedoms_ of patriotic Nevadan voters: > > **[Voters wearing chicken costumes will be barred from polling stations in Nevada, election officers have decided.](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/us_and_canada/10148954.stm)** Presumably those wearing chicken costumes were the most anti-Lowden. This is a good thing. It makes it more likely that this insane bitch is the Teabagger nominee. Then she can go ahead and explain to everyone how her $100k RV gift is something any one of us could have, if we knew someone who wanted to give us a $100k RV. Ayn Rand on display right here, folks. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1584 "2010-05-24T20:24:58Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > Presumably those wearing chicken costumes were the most anti-Lowden. > > This is a good thing. It makes it more likely that this insane bitch is the Teabagger nominee. Then she can go ahead and explain to everyone how her $100k RV gift is something any one of us could have, if we knew someone who wanted to give us a $100k RV. > > Ayn Rand on display right here, folks. > > -Joe To be fair, the chicken thing has been hilarious. It’s been a lonely bright spot in the Nevada primaries, which have mostly consisted of Republicans making loud, vitriolic comments about Harry Reid and trying to distinguish themselves as the most conservative but least crazy candidate: “Vote for me! I loved Ronald Reagan, but I don’t want to force gay illegal immigrant Mexicans into drug rehab at taxpayer expense! When I’m in charge, those faggot wetbacks will pay for their _own_ damn stay at [Promises](http://www.promises.com/)!” Since it’s doubtful we’ll have that level of discourse, I’ll take the chicken trading comment with all of it’s fallout. I wonder if they’ll turn me away if I show up in my gorilla suit, tho? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1585 "2010-05-24T21:39:08Z")
Everybody knows it’s just a ploy by the gorilla suit companies to sell their products. ---
**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 24, 2010, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1586 "2010-05-24T21:49:21Z")
Acme[sup]TM[/sup] gorilla suits; the only gorilla suits worn by gorillas. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1587 "2010-05-25T00:40:47Z")
I’m pretty sure this was Mrs. Lowden’s own doing, but I’m admittedly going to try and use it to raise awareness of [National Gorilla Suit Day](http://www.tomrichmond.com/blog/2009/01/31/happy-national-gorilla-duit-day/). And **Robot Arm** , please: everyone knows the Acme Gorilla-Suit Company and the Ajax Gorilla-Suit Company are both owned by the same man. ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1588 "2010-05-25T06:49:25Z")
This week we have campaigning for king of stupid Republican ideas(he has a lot of them) we have J.D. Hayworth (R-AZ), arguing that ‘the United States did not formally declare war on Germany in World War II’ Not even a runner up but deserving of honorable mention is Vaughn Ward(R-ID) saying that “he had a problem with extending statehood to any other country” the other ‘country’ he was referring to was Puerto Rico… Reading a history book or even looking at a map, just something beyond their capability. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1589 "2010-05-25T07:07:16Z")
Fuck, dude, if they’da just gone to wikipedia or google you can come up with that info in seconds. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1590 "2010-05-25T07:09:15Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > …everyone knows the Acme Gorilla-Suit Company and the Ajax Gorilla-Suit Company are both owned by the same man. And are you willing to testify before the Senate Anti-Trust Committee against the Acme and Ajax gorilla suit manufacturers, Mr. Bestertester? ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1591 "2010-05-25T12:50:23Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > And **Robot Arm** , please: everyone knows the Acme Gorilla-Suit Company and the Ajax Gorilla-Suit Company are both owned by the same man. Who is number one? ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1592 "2010-05-25T13:19:43Z")
> [@boytyperanma](#): > > This week we have campaigning for king of stupid Republican ideas(he has a lot of them) we have J.D. Hayworth (R-AZ), arguing that ‘the United States did not formally declare war on Germany in World War II’ > > Not even a runner up but deserving of honorable mention is Vaughn Ward(R-ID) saying that “he had a problem with extending statehood to any other country” the other ‘country’ he was referring to was Puerto Rico… > > Reading a history book or even looking at a map, just something beyond their capability. Porto Rico? Sounds Mexican to me. And I hear they’ve got terrible gang problems. And sharks everywhere! -Joe ---
**Author:** ![howye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9adbd/32.png) [@howye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/howye)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1593 "2010-05-25T13:32:04Z")
> [@boytyperanma](#): > > This week we have campaigning for king of stupid Republican ideas(he has a lot of them) we have J.D. Hayworth (R-AZ), arguing that ‘the United States did not formally declare war on Germany in World War II’ > > Not even a runner up but deserving of honorable mention is Vaughn Ward(R-ID) saying that “he had a problem with extending statehood to any other country” the other ‘country’ he was referring to was Puerto Rico… > > Reading a history book or even looking at a map, just something beyond their capability. You did not even mention the best part about Ward. When told that Puerto Rico was not another country, but in fact a U.S. territory (shocking isn’t it?), he responded that he did not care. Republicans - never let a fact get in the way of a good talking point. ---
**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:** [May 25, 2010, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1594 "2010-05-25T14:00:30Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Man, you give _ONE_ guy a bad coupon… Didn’t you mean a bad _capon_? ---
**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:** [May 25, 2010, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1595 "2010-05-25T14:50:28Z")
Crude oil’s got the electrolytes sea life craves! > [@](#): > > [Dump Oil and Nuclear Waste at Sea, Proposed Oregon GOP Congressional Candidate](http://www.talk2action.org/story/2010/5/24/103731/266) > > Amidst growing national outrage as oil from BP’s deep-sea oil well blowout spreads across the Gulf of Mexico and has just reached the delicate Louisiana coastline, what’s noteworthy about Arthur B. Robinson, running on the GOP ticket this year for Oregon’s 4th Congressional District, is his stated support for disposing of oil and nuclear waste at sea which, according to Robinson, is the safest place in the world to dispose of certain types of industrial waste material… > > “As for oil spills in the open and deep ocean, they amount to far less than natural seeps and river runoff, and any unbiased oceanographer will confirm that they are a boon to marine life, inflicting damage mainly on the oil and shipping companies. For crude oil is a natural, organic, biodegradable product of the earth’s ancient plant and animal life, and it is this type of hydrocarbon that marine life in the open and deep ocean is starved for.” ---
**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:** [May 25, 2010, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1596 "2010-05-25T15:01:55Z")
[QUOTE=Artie Robinson] it is this type of hydrocarbon that marine life in the open and deep ocean is starved for [/QUOTE] Methinks someone has confused hydrocarbons with carbohydrates. ---
**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:** [May 25, 2010, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1597 "2010-05-25T15:21:11Z")
The Atkins diet is far more effective if you eliminate petroleum distillate from your daily intake, you know… ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1598 "2010-05-25T15:25:40Z")
> [@howye](#): > > You did not even mention the best part about Ward. When told that Puerto Rico was not another country, but in fact a U.S. territory (shocking isn’t it?), he responded that he did not care. Well, heh heh, it’s kinda technically neither - it’s a _commonwealth_, something kinda sorta halfway between a territory and a country. Not really the best thing to nail the guy on. ---
**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:** [May 25, 2010, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1599 "2010-05-25T15:43:55Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Well, heh heh, it’s kinda technically neither - it’s a _commonwealth_, something kinda sorta halfway between a territory and a country. A distinction the [US State department does not recognize](http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/86756.pdf) (PDF): > [@](#): > > The term “Commonwealth” does not describe or provide for any specific political status or relationship. It has, for example, been applied to both states and territories. When used in connection with areas under U.S. sovereignty that are not states, the term broadly describes an area that is self-governing under a constitution of its adoption and whose right of self-government will not be unilaterally withdrawn by Congress. Puerto Rico is an unincorporated territory of the US, regardless of what it calls itself. ---
**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:** [May 25, 2010, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1600 "2010-05-25T15:50:13Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Well, heh heh, it’s kinda technically neither - it’s a _commonwealth_, something kinda sorta halfway between a territory and a country. Not really the best thing to nail the guy on. Virginia also bills itself as a commonwealth. In any case, Puerto Rico is unquestionably part of the United States. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=79) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=81)