# 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:** 807
**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:** [August 12, 2014, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16121 "2014-08-12T22:10:38Z")
> [@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_. I think it’s probably safe to assume that our vast national security apparatus is not on high alert looking for Osama bin Laden anymore. ---
**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, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16122 "2014-08-12T22:16:08Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I think it’s probably safe to assume that our vast national security apparatus is not on high alert looking for Osama bin Laden anymore. Maybe not, but surely anyone who looks or sounds like him must be evil, _evil_, _EVIL!_ right? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16123 "2014-08-12T22:17:26Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I think it’s probably safe to assume that our vast national security apparatus is not on high alert looking for Osama bin Laden anymore. Which nicely bookends the same during Dubya’s presidency… ---
**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:** [August 12, 2014, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16124 "2014-08-12T22:29:25Z")
/win ---
**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, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16125 "2014-08-12T23:52:26Z")
Why would they think a well-funded terrorist is going to cross the goddamned border through the river or the desert _on foot_? ---
**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:** [August 13, 2014, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16126 "2014-08-13T00:13:50Z")
They’re not real good at that thinking stuff, IMO. ---
**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 13, 2014, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16127 "2014-08-13T00:21:53Z")
Hell, they could mess up a city like St. Louis just by packing some evil into a shipping container. Those things are a security breach waiting to happen. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16128 "2014-08-13T01:25:51Z")
Anybody seen [this video of La Palin](http://youtu.be/6L-F5tsoJ9M) “responding” to Elizabeth Warren’s speech saying that the minimum wage needs to be raised? I’d actually hoped that the video was some kind of hoax. That someone had spliced together a bunch of words uttered by Palin and added it as an audio track to some video of her, because, DAMN, no one ought to be that badly embarrassed by themselves in public, not even her. But apparently, it’s for real. And there are people who think she’s a bloody genius for her comments. It’s a bit disheartening. ---
**Author:** ![eulalia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eulalia/32/457_2.png) [@eulalia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eulalia)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16129 "2014-08-13T08:13:37Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Anybody seen [this video of La Palin](http://youtu.be/6L-F5tsoJ9M) “responding” to Elizabeth Warren’s speech saying that the minimum wage needs to be raised? > > I’d actually hoped that the video was some kind of hoax. That someone had spliced together a bunch of words uttered by Palin and added it as an audio track to some video of her, because, DAMN, no one ought to be that badly embarrassed by themselves in public, not even her. > > But apparently, it’s for real. And there are people who think she’s a bloody genius for her comments. > > It’s a bit disheartening. I was thinking it’s about time she checked herself into the Betty Ford Center. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16130 "2014-08-13T08:58:48Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > I’d actually hoped that the video was some kind of hoax. That someone had spliced together a bunch of words uttered by Palin and added it as an audio track to some video of her, because, DAMN, no one ought to be that badly embarrassed by themselves in public, not even her. > > But apparently, it’s for real. And there are people who think she’s a bloody genius for her comments. How dare you insult this woman, this shining paradigm of Republican intellect ! Recall that when the senescent John McCain, no longer capable of remembering the difference between Shi’ites and Sunnis, ran for the White House, he chose her as V.P. because of her sterling foreign policy credentials. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16131 "2014-08-13T11:01:43Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > How dare you insult this woman, this shining paradigm of Republican intellect ! > > Recall that when the senescent John McCain, no longer capable of remembering the difference between Shi’ites and Sunnis, ran for the White House, he chose her as V.P. because of her sterling foreign policy credentials. [Here’s a link to the whole piece](https://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsarahpalinchannel.com%2Fupdates%2Fa-conservative-response-to-elizabeth-warrens-progressive-commandments%2F&h=YAQH3qjh_). In context, it’s pretty obvious that the first clip is part of a “sarcastic” response. She wasn’t drunk, she thought she was using humor to make a point. The rest of the piece is pretty much standard Tea Party rambling. It’s coherent, if not well-reasoned. Much as I dislike her, I guess I’ll have to give her a pass on this one. That was creative editing on someone’s part, and not really what was going on. Poop. It was more fun the other way. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16132 "2014-08-13T11:50:47Z")
> [@Precambrianmollusc](#): > > The BBC ( who occasionally make an effort to get these things right) say; > [@andros](#): > > the Beeb has a page somewhere with their preferred Anglicisation: hard v, hard g, ch like loch. Only on the Dope could a pitting of stupid Republican ideas involve a factual discussion of the pronunciation of Van Gogh. Really. > [@Morgyn](#): > > Much as I dislike her, I guess I’ll have to give her a pass on this one. That was creative editing on someone’s part, and not really what was going on. Dear Mr.(Ms.) Morgyn, We regret to inform you that during our background check it was revealed that you have been known to (publicly no less!): 1. Change your mind based on developing factual evidence. 2. Apologize for being wrong. Therefore your application for the consultant position is hereby denied. After all we can’t have that kind of thinking infecting the Party, now can we? Stupid liberal. Sincerely, The GOP ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16133 "2014-08-13T12:53:29Z")
> [@Zakalwe](#): > > Dear Mr.(Ms.) Morgyn, > > We regret to inform you that during our background check it was revealed that you have been known to (publicly no less!): > > 1. Change your mind based on developing factual evidence. > 2. Apologize for being wrong. > Therefore your application for the consultant position is hereby denied. After all we can’t have that kind of thinking infecting the Party, now can we? Stupid liberal. > > Sincerely, > The GOP It’s **MISS** , you pea-brained, sap-sucking fool of a conservative! And yeah, I change my mind when new evidence comes to light. So there. \ rassafrassarassafrassa ---
**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:** [August 13, 2014, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16134 "2014-08-13T12:58:45Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > [Here’s a link to the whole piece](https://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsarahpalinchannel.com%2Fupdates%2Fa-conservative-response-to-elizabeth-warrens-progressive-commandments%2F&h=YAQH3qjh_). In context, it’s pretty obvious that the first clip is part of a “sarcastic” response. She wasn’t drunk, she thought she was using humor to make a point. The rest of the piece is pretty much standard Tea Party rambling. It’s coherent, if not well-reasoned. > > Much as I dislike her, I guess I’ll have to give her a pass on this one. That was creative editing on someone’s part, and not really what was going on. > > Poop. It was more fun the other way. Kinda like the way Republicans gave ACORN a pass once it was discovered how the video of them was edited? ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16135 "2014-08-13T14:51:41Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Kinda like the way Republicans gave ACORN a pass once it was discovered how the video of them was edited? \ I can’t control what they do, only what I do. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16136 "2014-08-13T15:01:01Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > And there are people who think she’s a bloody genius for her comments. Those must be deep-cover liberals. Even the GOP must know that Sarah Palin running in 2016 would help the Democrats. If we could only get her to pay attention long enough to stick with a campaign, that is. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16137 "2014-08-13T15:01:49Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Anybody seen [this video of La Palin](http://youtu.be/6L-F5tsoJ9M) “responding” to Elizabeth Warren’s speech saying that the minimum wage needs to be raised? > > I’d actually hoped that the video was some kind of hoax. That someone had spliced together a bunch of words uttered by Palin and added it as an audio track to some video of her, because, DAMN, no one ought to be that badly embarrassed by themselves in public, not even her. > > But apparently, it’s for real. And there are people who think she’s a bloody genius for her comments. > > It’s a bit disheartening. I just think it goes to show how far the tentacles of the liberal media extend. Even her own web channel is asking “gotcha” questions that embarrass her. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16138 "2014-08-13T15:04:32Z")
[Keith Ablow](http://www.boston.com/health/2014/08/13/mass-native-keith-ablow-says-michelle-obama-needs-lose-some-weight/PP851NoO806qnYxXfTDxAK/story.html?p1=Topofpage:sub_headline_2) is getting blowback even from Fox anchorbarbies over saying Michelle Obama needs to “drop a few”. How about treating your own Dunlop’s Disease yourself first, huh? ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16139 "2014-08-13T15:23:04Z")
This guy is a psychiatrist? ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16140 "2014-08-13T15:54:39Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > It’s **MISS** , you pea-brained, sap-sucking fool of a conservative! Ahhh…feminazi, lesbian, liberal type, eh? What you need is a good man to take care of you so you don’t have to worry that pretty little head about hard stuff like politics… 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=806) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=808)