# 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:** 808
**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:** [August 13, 2014, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16141 "2014-08-13T16:52:23Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > This guy is a psychiatrist? Yes, he specializes in the psychology of those whose brains have fossilized, people whose very limited intelligence and understanding a man of his limited intellect can deal with … Fox News viewers, in short. ---
**Author:** ![DingoelGringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@DingoelGringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DingoelGringo)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16142 "2014-08-13T16:56:04Z")
> [@Algher](#): > > If I thought they were being legit (which I do NOT): > > 1. Fight to keep the nepotism laws in effect > 2. Reaction to Hillary’s secret health care committee > > In reality, it is partisan politics - but there is an argument that if the First Lady is going to be involved in running things, there should be some types of controls in place. Back to the old idea of the GOP that government should control the lives of everyone. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16143 "2014-08-13T17:36:41Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > …those whose brains have fossilized, people whose very limited intelligence and understanding a man of his limited intellect can deal with … Fox News viewers, in short. You know… morons. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2014, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16144 "2014-08-13T18:06:13Z")
> [@Algher](#): > > If I thought they were being legit (which I do NOT): > > 1. Fight to keep the nepotism laws in effect > 2. Reaction to Hillary’s secret health care committee > > In reality, it is partisan politics - but there is an argument that if the First Lady is going to be involved in running things, there should be some types of controls in place. > [@DingoelGringo](#): > > Back to the old idea of the GOP that government should control the lives of everyone. I see you’ve been with us for more than a year, **DingoelGringo** , so please forgive me for taking so long to welcome you to the SDMB. That said, if you’re going to comment on EVERY post in the thread, you’d really better step up the pace. ---
**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 13, 2014, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16145 "2014-08-13T18:46:02Z")
Mississippi Republican Senate candidate Chris McDaniel is still challenging the results of the primary, which incumbent Thad Cochran won (which McDaniel refuses to accept). McDaniel’s lawyer, Mitch Tyner, produced a list of primary voters whose votes they are challenging. [Among the names on the list are Tyner and his wife](http://dailycaller.com/2014/08/12/chris-mcdaniels-attorney-is-contesting-his-own-vote-in-mississippi-run-off/). ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16146 "2014-08-13T18:50:58Z")
[Mississippi Tea Party chairman’s prayer for the GOP Establishment.](http://www.salon.com/2014/08/13/tea_party_leader_asks_god_to_be_violent_against_gop_establishment_in_opening_prayer/) > [@](#): > > We’re asking, Father, for two things. We’re asking, Father, that you would expose them, set division amongst them, set them one against another, bring confusion and fear into their camp, into their thinking, for the purpose of pulling them down, for casting them down out of their high offices and reducing them, Lord, to having no power in this state. So, Lord, that you might raise up and seek the righteous in the positions of power that this state might once more be a state that honors you in all that it does. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16147 "2014-08-13T19:35:06Z")
> [@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. [Zelda Williams:](http://movies.msn.com/movies/article.aspx?news=882023) > [@](#): > > Zelda, who appeared with her father in the 2004 film “House of D,” added, “To those he touched who are sending kind words, know that one of his favorite things in the world was to make you all laugh. As for those who are sending negativity, know that some small, giggling part of him is sending a flock of pigeons to your house to poop on your car. Right after you’ve had it washed. After all, he loved to laugh too.” ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16148 "2014-08-13T19:52:30Z")
[NRCC Launches Fake News Sites to Attack Democratic Candidates.](http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/nrcc-launches-fake-news-sites-to-attack-democratic-candidates-20140812) What makes this not only dishonest but stupid is that this is the same NRCC that got caught earlier this year [putting up fake websites purporting to be those of Dem candidates](http://www.salon.com/2014/02/04/gops_new_dirty_trick_why_our_election_laws_are_a_joke/) (they had to take them down because of public reaction). ---
**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:** [August 13, 2014, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16149 "2014-08-13T20:17:10Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [NRCC Launches Fake News Sites to Attack Democratic Candidates.](http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/nrcc-launches-fake-news-sites-to-attack-democratic-candidates-20140812) They haven’t even got the courage to sign their work; check out the byline on one of the[fake articles](http://www.electionupdate2014.com/ca21update70/): > [@](#): > > Written by > **Geoff** ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16150 "2014-08-13T20:25:48Z")
That Geoff always was a jerk. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16151 "2014-08-13T20:25:54Z")
A fake news site to attack democrats? I thought Roger Ailes already did that. ---
**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 13, 2014, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16152 "2014-08-13T22:24:05Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > A fake news site to attack democrats? I thought Roger Ailes already did that. Well played, sir. ---
**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 13, 2014, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16153 "2014-08-13T23:22:29Z")
> [@](#): > > “This is a new and effective way to disseminate information to voters who are interested in learning the truth about these Democratic candidates,” said Andrea Bozek, communications director for the NRCC. A fake new site is a way to get the truth out? A fucking devious LIE is a way to get the truth out? _What the fuck is wrong with these people???_ ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16154 "2014-08-13T23:29:20Z")
That there are far too many of them. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16155 "2014-08-14T00:03:08Z")
My money is on lack of oxygen in the womb. ---
**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 14, 2014, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16156 "2014-08-14T00:08:27Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [NRCC Launches Fake News Sites to Attack Democratic Candidates.](http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/nrcc-launches-fake-news-sites-to-attack-democratic-candidates-20140812) > > What makes this not only dishonest but stupid is that this is the same NRCC that got caught earlier this year [putting up fake websites purporting to be those of Dem candidates](http://www.salon.com/2014/02/04/gops_new_dirty_trick_why_our_election_laws_are_a_joke/) (they had to take them down because of public reaction). I know I’m a political babe-in-the-woods but aren’t [del]attack ads[/del] paid political advertisments supposed to announce that fact? You know - “Paid for by souless Koch Brothers covert political operatives” or some such?? ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16157 "2014-08-14T00:14:24Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > I know I’m a political babe-in-the-woods but aren’t [del]attack ads[/del] paid political advertisments supposed to announce that fact? You know - “Paid for by souless Koch Brothers covert political operatives” or some such?? I guess fine print at the bottom is okay. I read recently if people read all the fine print in their lives it would take a hundred years. ---
**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:** [August 14, 2014, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16158 "2014-08-14T02:26:13Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Mississippi Republican Senate candidate Chris McDaniel is still challenging the results of the primary, which incumbent Thad Cochran won (which McDaniel refuses to accept). McDaniel’s lawyer, Mitch Tyner, produced a list of primary voters whose votes they are challenging. [Among the names on the list are Tyner and his wife](http://dailycaller.com/2014/08/12/chris-mcdaniels-attorney-is-contesting-his-own-vote-in-mississippi-run-off/). Can somebody explain to me how it works, to challenge the ballot cast by a specific voter? Do they disqualify the voter, then ASK how he voted and subtract it from the total of the candidate he names? I can see the potential for some mischief that way. But no, that CAN’T be it! How does it work, really? ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16159 "2014-08-14T02:44:33Z")
**kaylasdad99** : There was a case, some decades ago (sorry, only citing from memory from Time magazine) where an election was challenged. It came down to a very few votes. In the course of the lawsuit, it came out that the right to a secret ballot is not a constitutionally guaranteed right. The judge asked one voter how he had voted. The man refused to answer. The judge pressed him, under threat of contempt. The man stood his ground. And he was penalized (but not heavily, the judge not being a monster.) The secrecy of the ballot is a treasured tradition…but it isn’t actually a “right.” (Maybe this has been changed since then…) ---
**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 14, 2014, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16160 "2014-08-14T02:51:12Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > But no, that CAN’T be it! How does it work, really? Well, first they come to your house and take your kid’s pet rabbit out of the hutch in the back yard. Then, they… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=807) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=809)