# 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:** 810
**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 15, 2014, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16181 "2014-08-15T20:10:46Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > [Sez a county commissioner in Alabama:](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/08/15/proposed-ten-commandments-display-has-nothing-to-do-with-religion-alabama-county-official/) > > > [@](#): > > > > “The Ten Commandments is a historical document and it has nothing to do with religion.’ Somebody ought to let him know that our historical forebears have got no business COMMANDING us to do jack shit. 🆒 😛 😃 ---
**Author:** ![computergeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e56c9b/32.png) [@computergeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/computergeek)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2014, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16182 "2014-08-15T21:24:23Z")
> [@LeeshaJoy](#): > > So is this Rush’s way of telling the world that he’s a liberal now? And pray tell, what does he think of drug addicts (of which he is one)? Rush just loves to hear himself talk and just seems to like to throw in the subject of liberals on any topic it seems ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2014, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16183 "2014-08-15T21:54:26Z")
He was driven to his drug habit by liberals, its just because he loved America too much. Or was that the other poisonous shitass? ---
**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 15, 2014, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16184 "2014-08-15T22:11:45Z")
Michigan governor Rick Snyder, on the flooding in Detroit and the crumbling of the highways: “[I feel your pain. We had damage to our lake house and to our vacation home](http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/08/13/1321381/-MI-GOV-Rick-Snyder-s-I-Feel-Your-Pain-schtick-goes-very-very-wrong?detail=facebook).” ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2014, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16185 "2014-08-15T23:22:50Z")
Breaking news: Rick Perry [indicted](http://news.msn.com/us/texas-perry-indicted-for-coercion-for-veto-threat) for abuse of power > [@](#): > > A special prosecutor spent months calling witnesses and presenting evidence that Perry broke the law when he promised publicly to nix $7.5 million over two years for the public integrity unit, which is run by Travis County District Rosemary Lehmberg’s office. The part I’m sure Bricker and other conservatives will focus on: > [@](#): > > No one disputes that he is allowed to veto measures approved by the Legislature, including part or all of the state budget. But the left-leaning Texans for Public Justice government watchdog group filed an ethics complaint accusing the governor of coercion since he threatened to use his veto before actually doing so in an attempt to pressure Lehmberg to quit. Legally he did nothing wrong, but it looks bad when the governor is apparently using his powers to punish his political opponents. Plus, if he couldn’t fire her outright, it seems like obvious abuse if he’s trying to coerce her into quitting. Since he apparently made the threat in public and before his actual veto, this seems like a pretty open and shut case. My liberal senses are tingling in hope for Perry running for president from his jail cell! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2014, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16186 "2014-08-15T23:45:43Z")
I hope Perry remembers he has the right to remain silent, the right to an attorney and… some third thing that slips my mind. ---
**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 15, 2014, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16187 "2014-08-15T23:51:52Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > Breaking news: Rick Perry [indicted](http://news.msn.com/us/texas-perry-indicted-for-coercion-for-veto-threat) for abuse of power > > The part I’m sure Bricker and other conservatives will focus on: > > Legally he did nothing wrong, but it looks bad when the governor is apparently using his powers to punish his political opponents. Plus, if he couldn’t fire her outright, it seems like obvious abuse if he’s trying to coerce her into quitting. Since he apparently made the threat in public and before his actual veto, this seems like a pretty open and shut case. My liberal senses are tingling in hope for Perry running for president from his jail cell! 😃 Seems pretty weak tea, especially for Texas politics. Heck, even if he was convicted “of something”, most of the appelate judges owe him their offices. Personaly, I’d indict him for those foolish glasses. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_fun_ball/32/17664_2.png) [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2014, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16188 "2014-08-16T00:51:39Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > Breaking news: Rick Perry [indicted](http://news.msn.com/us/texas-perry-indicted-for-coercion-for-veto-threat) for abuse of power. Wait, how is this a stupid Republican idea? ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2014, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16189 "2014-08-16T01:58:35Z")
> [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](#): > > Wait, how is this a stupid Republican idea? If you are running for President, it is stupid to commit a felony that could get you 99 years in the slammer? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2014, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16190 "2014-08-16T01:59:00Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Seems pretty weak tea, especially for Texas politics… Tonight, Molly Ivins is drinking bourbon with Mark Twain and they are cracking each other up with jokes about Rick Perry and Texas politics… ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2014, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16191 "2014-08-16T01:59:51Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Personally, I’d indict him for those foolish glasses. They have a teleprompter embedded. No more forgetting the third thing. ---
**Author:** ![sugaree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@sugaree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sugaree)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2014, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16192 "2014-08-16T02:05:10Z")
> [@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. I understand that part of the world is home to cougars, packs of coyotes, alligators, scorpions, rattlesnakes, cottonmouths, and poisonous spiders. And not one of them could step up to the plate and take a chunk out of this guy while he splashed around in the water? Thanks, animal kingdom. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2014, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16193 "2014-08-16T02:23:11Z")
> [@DrumBum](#): > > [Rush Limbaugh](http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2014/08/12/robin_williams_and_the_pop_culture_media) says Robin Williams apparent suicide is due to the fact that Leftists are never happy. > > . Well, that and [helping his girl friend get an abortion](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/pro-life-site-robin-williams-abortion?utm_content=bufferf66a4&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer). ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2014, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16194 "2014-08-16T11:24:36Z")
> [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](#): > > Wait, how is this a stupid Republican idea? In this case, I think we’re just regarding this as the “Stupid Republicans” thread. I doubt Ricky will serve time, but we’re hoping for a Rick Perry Mug Shot. And new material for Jon Stewart. For a [Stupid Republican Trick](http://www.texasobserver.org/photo-op-soldiers-rick-perry-offers-details-border-deployment/), check out Perry’s photo op with National Guardsmen at Bastrop (far from the Border but on a facility were protesting is not allowed). > [@](#): > > There was no talk about rules of engagement, or what exactly the troops will be doing, or how long they will be on the border. When asked when they might be deployed, Perry said he didn’t want to tip the cartels off. > > We did learn about the federal government’s inability to secure the border and how the good people of Iowa and South Carolina, not just Texas, are scarred by illegal immigration. Incidentally Iowa and South Carolina are key presidential primary states that Perry has been barnstorming in the past few weeks, always a few steps behind the competition Sen. Ted Cruz. > > The “border crisis” has provided plenty of “enhanced optics” for Perry’s presidential ambitions. Lately, Perry’s been enjoying a political boost from the “border crisis” and it’s no secret he’s considering a 2016 presidential bid. Since he announced last month that he’d send 1,000 National Guard soldiers to the border, the governor has received standing ovations from some GOP voters. Never mind that the influx of Central American children and families, which constitute the recent “border crisis,” are mostly presenting themselves to immigration officials and asking for asylum. And never mind that the Border counties don’t want the National Guard (whose deployment will cost Texas 2 Million a month) They tend to vote Democrat, anyway… ---
**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 16, 2014, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16195 "2014-08-16T15:01:12Z")
I’d say turning portions of your own state into something that looks like land occupied by a foreign power is a stupid Republican trick of the first order. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2014, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16196 "2014-08-16T16:10:17Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Somebody ought to let him know that our historical forebears have got no business COMMANDING us to do jack shit. 🆒 😛 😃 Yeah, and tell Edmund Burke that, too. ---
**Author:** ![DeptfordX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DeptfordX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeptfordX)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2014, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16197 "2014-08-16T22:34:21Z")
Aren’t the National Guard (I’m English) basically reserve milita units, not full time? So doesn’t calling them up involve dragging people away from their families and jobs. I’d be pretty pissed to be called away from home for a Governors photo-op. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2014, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16198 "2014-08-16T23:07:27Z")
> [@DeptfordX](#): > > Aren’t the National Guard (I’m English) basically reserve milita units, not full time? > > So doesn’t calling them up involve dragging people away from their families and jobs. I’d be pretty pissed to be called away from home for a Governors photo-op. Unless that’s more or less what you’re paid to do. NG sits around a lot. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16199 "2014-08-18T01:16:25Z")
From your good friends at _Crooks and Liars_ **Billboard With Giant Set Of Testicles Asks Who ‘Has The Balls To Impeach Obama’** > **[Billboard With Giant Set Of Testicles Asks Who 'Has The Balls To Impeach Obama'](https://crooksandliars.com/2014/08/billboard-giant-set-testicles-asks-who-has)** > > Hurray for the First Amendment! > [@](#): > > …The picture is seen under the words “DOES ANYONE IN CONGRESS HAVE A SET OF THESE.” The opposite side of the sign shows an unflattering caricature of President Obama and reads, “IMPEACHMENT NOW.”… Sorry, gals, no mention of ovaries… ---
**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 18, 2014, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16200 "2014-08-18T18:05:03Z")
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