# 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:** 806
**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:** [August 11, 2014, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16101 "2014-08-11T18:08:15Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > The Koch brothers recently [tried to unseat](http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/08/08/tennessee-ignores-the-koch-brothers/?_php=true&_type=blogs&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&_r=0) three supreme court members in Tennessee by running their usual smear ads. I guess they figured Tennessee was an easy mark to hit. Turns out that even in Tennessee they really object to anybody trying to fuck with the judicial system, and reelected all three justices. Keep spending those millions, boys; the local economy loves it. I have to admit, the stack of postcards I received before the election last week marked “Paid for by Americans for Prosperity” really helped me with filling out my ballot. So that’s another bonus. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2014, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16102 "2014-08-11T18:55:24Z")
Have the “Impeach Hillary” websites and petitions started yet? just askin’ questions. I’ve already seen over at Snopes the recycled Clinton Facebook acusations popping up on a regular basis. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2014, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16103 "2014-08-11T20:53:43Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Mitch McConnell’s [wife](http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/08/08/1320012/-Awkward-Mitch-McConnell-s-wife-is-Major-player-in-the-war-on-coal?detail=facebook)sits on the board of an anti-coal philanthropy, and also on the board of Wells-Fargo, which is divesting itself of all of its coal. stocks. And yet it’s his Democratic opponent who is “anti-coal” … Wow, I bet Date Night is \*awkward \*for them! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16104 "2014-08-12T09:02:44Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Wait, how are you pronouncing “van Gogh”? Hmmm, let me think … I guess pretty much to rhyme with the Scots word “loch”, with that Germanic throat-clear at the end. ---
**Author:** ![Sterling\_Archer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Sterling\_Archer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sterling_Archer)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16105 "2014-08-12T15:15:10Z")
You’re kidding, right? “Van Gogh” is pronounced like “Van Go”, I’ve never heard it pronounced any other way. ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16106 "2014-08-12T15:22:26Z")
[http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/08/12/what-is-wrong-with-you-gop-officials-robin-williams-remarks-spark-twitter-outrage/](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/08/12/what-is-wrong-with-you-gop-officials-robin-williams-remarks-spark-twitter-outrage/) When one of your (R) colleagues takes to Twitter to tell you to Shut. The. Fuck. Up. you’ve probably misused Social Media to accidentally reveal what an asshole you really are. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16107 "2014-08-12T15:36:18Z")
> [@Sterling\_Archer](#): > > You’re kidding, right? “Van Gogh” is pronounced like “Van Go”, I’ve never heard it pronounced any other way. I once heard a cultivated-sounding dude on NPR pronounce it “Van Okh.” ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16108 "2014-08-12T15:37:13Z")
> [@Sterling\_Archer](#): > > You’re kidding, right? “Van Gogh” is pronounced like “Van Go”, I’ve never heard it pronounced any other way. The BBC ( who occasionally make an effort to get these things right) say; "Native English speakers can be heard saying van GOFF (-v as in vet, -a as in pan, -g as in get, -f as in fit) or van GOH (-oh as in no). In fact, most Dutch people pronounce his surname along the lines of vun KHOKH (-v as in vet, -u as in bun, -kh as in Scottish loch) or fun KHOKH (-f as in fit, -u as in bun, -kh as in Scottish loch) At the Pronunciation Unit, we don’t expect non-native Dutch speakers to pronounce his name with a perfect Dutch accent. Instead, we recommend the established Anglicisation van GOKH (-v as in vet, -g as in get, -kh as in Scottish loch) which is codified in numerous British English pronunciation dictionaries. from here [http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/legacy/magazinemonitor/2010/01/how\_to\_say\_van\_gogh.shtml](http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/legacy/magazinemonitor/2010/01/how_to_say_van_gogh.shtml) That said, different countries have different standards for the pronunciation of foreign names so van Goh maybe entirely acceptable in the US. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16109 "2014-08-12T15:37:53Z")
Well, in Dutchlandic it’s very close to the Scots “loch.” A bit softer, but about the same sound. I’m on my mobile and c&p is a pain, but the Beeb has a page somewhere with their preferred Anglicisation: hard v, hard g, ch like loch. Eta: Bah. This fucking mobile, I swear. . ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16110 "2014-08-12T17:00:15Z")
James “ACORN Killer” O’Keefe tries his latest tactic: Sneaking across the US-Mexico border [in a Bin Laden mask.](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/james-okeefe-crossing-border-osama-bin-laden) With cameras rolling, so maybe “sneaking” isn’t _le mot juste_. ---
**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:** [August 12, 2014, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16111 "2014-08-12T17:33:16Z")
> [@Truman\_Burbank](#): > > [http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/08/12/what-is-wrong-with-you-gop-officials-robin-williams-remarks-spark-twitter-outrage/](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/08/12/what-is-wrong-with-you-gop-officials-robin-williams-remarks-spark-twitter-outrage/) > > When one of your (R) colleagues takes to Twitter to tell you to Shut. The. Fuck. Up. you’ve probably misused Social Media to accidentally reveal what an asshole you really are. [QUOTE=hris fields (@ChrisFieldsMN)] .@AndrewLeeTCNT Interesting if I lived in a world or country where I didn’t feel free to speak my mind I might get depressed and then what? [/QUOTE] Wow - talks about doubling down on the stupid. ---
**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:** [August 12, 2014, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16112 "2014-08-12T18:40:09Z")
Colorado state Republican: [Fracking is good, because it’s natural for water to burn](http://www.salon.com/2014/08/12/co_republican_fracking_is_fine_because_water_is_supposed_to_burn/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow). [Obama is going to murder 25,000,000 Americans to make room in their houses for illegal aliens](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/barbwire-pundit-obama-will-kill-least-25-million-americans). ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16113 "2014-08-12T18:58:13Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Obama is going to murder 25,000,000 Americans to make room in their houses for illegal aliens](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/barbwire-pundit-obama-will-kill-least-25-million-americans). From the link: [QUOTE=Sher Zieve] Besides, the ObamaGov and NWO will have to get rid of many more millions of us so that they can give our homes and possessions to the “new transformer illegals”…aka Obama voters and supporters. [/quote] You know, I hadn’t thought of that strategy, but I have to admit I like it. Let the lefty immigrants in, while Obama quietly does away with right-wingers at an equal pace. Thanks for the tip, Sher! ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16114 "2014-08-12T19:12:39Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Colorado state Republican: [Fracking is good, because it’s natural for water to burn](http://www.salon.com/2014/08/12/co_republican_fracking_is_fine_because_water_is_supposed_to_burn/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow). Sounds like he’s already drinking it. > [@](#): > > [Obama is going to murder 25,000,000 Americans to make room in their houses for illegal aliens](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/barbwire-pundit-obama-will-kill-least-25-million-americans). I didn’t think they let people have internet access from the insane asylum. I mean _Sweet Jesus, what the fuck is wrong with these people_??? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16115 "2014-08-12T20:04:57Z")
[Rush](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/08/12/rush-limbaugh-robin-williams-killed-himself-because-of-a-political-leftist-attitude/) (remember him?) says Robin Williams killed himself because of leftist politics. > [@](#): > > “What is the left’s world view in general?” Limbaugh asked his audience the day after Williams’ death was announced. “If you had to attach, not a philosophy, but an attitude to a leftist world view. It’s one of pessimism, and darkness, sadness. They’re never happy, are they?” ---
**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:** [August 12, 2014, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16116 "2014-08-12T20:09:25Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > [Rush](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/08/12/rush-limbaugh-robin-williams-killed-himself-because-of-a-political-leftist-attitude/) (remember him?) no, who? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16117 "2014-08-12T20:11:59Z")
Consider yourself lucky. Not long ago, he was gracefully denying that he was the Republican Party’s _leader_, despite every one of their major pols who disagreed with him having to publicly apologize. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16118 "2014-08-12T20:12:21Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > Sounds like he’s already drinking it. > > I didn’t think they let people have internet access from the insane asylum. > > I mean _Sweet Jesus, what the fuck is wrong with these people_??? PLEASE VOTE IN THE MID TERMS - Early and often 😃 ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16119 "2014-08-12T20:25:08Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > James “ACORN Killer” O’Keefe tries his latest tactic: Sneaking across the US-Mexico border [in a Bin Laden mask.](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/james-okeefe-crossing-border-osama-bin-laden) With cameras rolling, so maybe “sneaking” isn’t _le mot juste_. So, the point he was making is that it’s possible to sneak across the border? :rolleyes: Film at 11:00. I guess if we had a purportedly impenetrable defense whose sole mission was Spotting Bin Laden Sneaking Across the Border, then there would be hell to pay. Heads would roll. ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16120 "2014-08-12T21:35:35Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > no, who? Rush Limbaugh, man! Legendary radio host? … Aw, never mind. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=805) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=807)