# 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:** 817
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16321 "2014-08-25T13:45:59Z")
[Republican National Committeewoman Tamara Scott on the migrant kids:](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/gop-committeewoman-warns-child-migrants-highly-trained-warriors-who-will-rise-against-us-ame) > [@](#): > > “When we see these kids, you and I think young kids, we think maybe 12-year-olds, maybe homeschoolers — excuse me, middle-schoolers,” said Scott, who is also Concerned Women for American’s Iowa state director and works as a lobbyist for the conservative group The Family Leader. “But we know back in our revolution, we had 12-year-olds fighting in our revolution. And for many of these kids, depending on where they’re coming from, they could be coming from other countries and be highly trained as warriors who will meet up with their group here and actually rise up against us as Americans.” > > Mary Huls, leader of a Texas-based Tea Party group, agreed, warning that the children could have been trained in Venezuela to work for Hezbollah or Hamas (never mind that most of the children are from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador). “They are being trained as warriors, you’re absolutely right,” she said. ---
**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 25, 2014, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16322 "2014-08-25T14:11:34Z")
The folks continue to see just two countries in the world: USA and Not USA. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16323 "2014-08-25T16:07:41Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [Fox host Andrea Tantaros on the Foley execution and Muslims:](http://www.salon.com/2014/08/20/foxs_andrea_tantaros_you_solve_it_with_a_bullet_to_the_head/) [More from Tantaros:](http://www.salon.com/2014/08/25/andrea_tantaros_eric_holder_runs_that_doj_like_the_black_panthers_would/) > [@](#): > > First, she condemned the media for their coverage of Brown’s death and the ensuing protests. “You sell magazines,” she said, “by blowing up what is, in their minds, a white on black incident.” We don’t want to argue, Andrea, but isn’t that technically what it was? > > Tantaros then turned her attention to Attorney General Eric Holder who has been an active participant in the federal investigation regarding Brown’s death. “The DOJ is pushing this entire thing,” Tantaros argued. “Eric Holder is one of the biggest race-baiters in the entire country. He runs that DOJ like the Black Panthers would.” ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16324 "2014-08-25T17:11:55Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [Republican National Committeewoman Tamara Scott on the migrant kids:](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/gop-committeewoman-warns-child-migrants-highly-trained-warriors-who-will-rise-against-us-ame) Won’t anyone think of the children ? \*\*FEAR THE CHILDREN \*\*! Tremble at the rise of a million brown drums and fifes ! ('cause yeah, on top of the torrent of stupid she’s, to no one’s surprise, factually wrong as well. Homeschooled herself, no doubt.) ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16325 "2014-08-25T18:02:36Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [Republican National Committeewoman Tamara Scott on the migrant kids:](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/gop-committeewoman-warns-child-migrants-highly-trained-warriors-who-will-rise-against-us-ame) So… This Republican leader seems to think that Hamas is somehow getting ahold of Guatemalan children, sending them to Venezuela for terrorist training, and then shipping them to the United States, where they will do their terrorist thing at some point. It’s just a short step from here to imagining that space aliens are implanting homing devices in the brains of your neighbors, and heading next door with a butcher knife to remove them. You know, if someone on the street corner was blatting on about anything insane like this, they would likely be recommended for a short stay in a safe place in a locked ward. It is quite literally insane. It shows a complete break with reality. I’m just baffled at how an obvious mentally ill person could remain in any position of authority. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16326 "2014-08-25T18:32:46Z")
If the Republicans have made anything perfectly clear in the last decade, it’s that the mentally ill constitute a very large voting bloc. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16327 "2014-08-25T18:40:45Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > So… This Republican leader seems to think that Hamas is somehow getting ahold of Guatemalan children, sending them to Venezuela for terrorist training, and then shipping them to the United States, where they will do their terrorist thing at some point. > > It’s just a short step from here to imagining that space aliens are implanting homing devices in the brains of your neighbors, and heading next door with a butcher knife to remove them. > > You know, if someone on the street corner was blatting on about anything insane like this, they would likely be recommended for a short stay in a safe place in a locked ward. It is quite literally insane. > > It shows a complete break with reality. I’m just baffled at how an obvious mentally ill person could remain in any position of authority. Maybe she’s shopping a treatment for a TV pilot. “It’s like _24_ meets _The Americans_! You’re gonna love it!” ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16328 "2014-08-25T18:52:25Z")
[Linda Chavez: Michael Brown shouldn’t be described as “unarmed” because he was so big.](http://www.salon.com/2014/08/25/fox_contributor_michael_brown_shouldnt_be_described_as_unarmed_because_he_was_so_big/) ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16329 "2014-08-25T19:29:18Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [More from Tantaros:](http://www.salon.com/2014/08/25/andrea_tantaros_eric_holder_runs_that_doj_like_the_black_panthers_would/) If it wasn’t for Fox News, the Black Panthers would be about as significant in the public consciousness as the Whigs. Bless them for keeping the memory of the 60s alive. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16330 "2014-08-25T19:35:06Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [Linda Chavez: Michael Brown shouldn’t be described as “unarmed” because he was so big.](http://www.salon.com/2014/08/25/fox_contributor_michael_brown_shouldnt_be_described_as_unarmed_because_he_was_so_big/) Well, he had arms, didn’t he Mr. Smartypants? He was not an amputee right? So he was “armed”. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16331 "2014-08-25T19:44:32Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Well, he had arms, didn’t he Mr. Smartypants? He was not an amputee right? So he was “armed”. You could even say he was “army”. ---
**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 25, 2014, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16332 "2014-08-25T20:11:23Z")
Vulture capitalists shut down a Connecticut paper mill, laying off 140 workers, right after management and union negotiated a six-year contract. [Tom Foley, GOP candidate for Governor shows up to blame the workers.](http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/07/31/1317833/-Connecticut-gubernatorial-candidate-to-factory-workers-It-s-your-fault-this-factory-is-closing) ---
**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 25, 2014, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16333 "2014-08-25T23:08:20Z")
Representative Trent Franks: [Obama failed to stop the rise of ISIS because he “doesn’t seem motivated enough on the basis of pure humanity to do what’s necessary to defend the innocent from the malevolent.”](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/trent-franks-obama-not-motivated-enough-pure-humanity) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16334 "2014-08-25T23:23:53Z")
And now comes Gov. Chris Christie, the Orca of the Garden State: > **[Christie Pension Strategy Yields Handsome Returns — For Wall Street](https://www.ibtimes.com/gov-christie-shifted-pension-cash-wall-street-costing-new-jersey-taxpayers-38-billion-1667622)** > > The New Jersey governor's pension investment strategy has been a jackpot for financial firms, but it has lost taxpayers big money. _Gov. Christie Shifted Pension Cash to Wall Street, Costing New Jersey Taxpayers $3.8 Billion_ > [@](#): > > Gov. Chris Christie’s administration openly acknowledged that more New Jersey taxpayer dollars were going to land in the coffers of major financial institutions. It was 2010, and Christie had just installed a longtime private equity executive, Robert Grady, to manage the state’s pension money. Grady promoted a plan to put more of those funds into riskier investments managed by Wall Street firms. Though this would entail higher fees, Grady said the strategy would “maximize returns while appropriately managing risk.” > > Four years later, New Jersey has secured only half the promised results. The state has sent more pension money to big-name Wall Street firms like Blackstone, Third Point, Omega Advisors, Elliott Associates and Grady’s old firm, The Carlyle Group. Additionally, the amount of fees the state pays financial managers has more than tripled since Christie assumed office. New Jersey is now one of America’s largest investors in hedge funds. > > The “maximized returns” have yet to materialize… Oink? Oink! ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16335 "2014-08-25T23:34:23Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > So… This Republican leader seems to think that Hamas is somehow getting ahold of Guatemalan children, sending them to Venezuela for terrorist training, and then shipping them to the United States, where they will do their terrorist thing at some point. All we need now is a playing card for a trigger and we’ve got ourselves Manchurian Candidate 2: Venezuelan Boogaloo ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16336 "2014-08-25T23:39:30Z")
King of Spades, of course! Screenplay sells itself! ---
**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 25, 2014, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16337 "2014-08-25T23:57:45Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > King of Spades, of course! Screenplay sells itself! I will admit that, while I generally agree with your position, I’m not always a fan of your one-liners, but… Well played sir, well played. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16338 "2014-08-26T00:56:50Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Well, he had arms, didn’t he Mr. Smartypants? He was not an amputee right? So he was “armed”. She said he didn’t have the right to bear arms? Where’s the NRA when you need them. ---
**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 26, 2014, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16339 "2014-08-26T02:21:25Z")
The NRA is color blind. They don’t see you if you’re black. ---
**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16340 "2014-08-26T15:18:39Z")
Oh my. The NRSC has released a [video game](http://www.nrsc.org/blog/people-say-dc-is-full-of-games-but-none-are-quite-like-this-one) that is a bad knockoff of Mario (the protagonist is an elephant named Giopi.). In it, you have to avoid the “Taxers” and “Mudslingers” and when you win all four le3vels, you get a Republican majority in the Senate. I’ve linked to the press release, not the game itself, as you need to register. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=816) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=818)