# 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:** 821
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16401 "2014-09-03T15:09:42Z")
[Phil Robertson wants to out-ISIS ISIS:](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/03/phil-robertson-isis_n_5756928.html) > [@](#): > > In this case, you either have to convert them, which I think would be next to impossible. I’m not giving up on them, but I’m just saying either convert them or kill them…I’d much rather have a Bible study with all of them and show them the error of their ways and point them to Jesus Christ. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16402 "2014-09-03T15:16:36Z")
I say let him. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16403 "2014-09-03T15:24:01Z")
He’s free to go there along with the WBC and try ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16404 "2014-09-03T15:27:19Z")
They’d all be ashamed he has a better beard than any of them. ---
**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:** [September 3, 2014, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16405 "2014-09-03T15:38:16Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > How many times has the minimum wage been raised in the past 70+ years? (rhetorical question) > > How many times have conservatives gnashed their teeth and rent their garments, saying that this would result in massive layoffs and price hikes? > > How many times has that actually been true? > > You’d think they’d shut up and/or find a better argument. 70 years ? Please. The history of labour is the history of fat plutocrat bastards vouching the sky will fall down and civilization will crumble. Wage hikes, safety regulations, the end of child labour, paid holidays, workers comp, unions, the abolition of company scrips, mandatory education, the abolition of slavery, the abolition of serfdom, the \*institution \*of slavery… I swear, somewhere in some cave there’s a fossilized chunk of tree bark where somebody, no doubt somebody downright _furious_, etched a dire prediction that the new hunting safety regs (viz. the use of spears vs. one’s fucken teeth) was about to result in the irreversible decline of hunting-gathering and the end of Ug’s Tribe as a species. Ug weep for stupid tribe, too blind understand market realities. Hunters need strong ! Spear hunters weak, flood market, now all hunters starve. Ug go Galt ! ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16406 "2014-09-03T15:52:08Z")
Just once I’d like to hear someone say “These new regulations may sting a little, but we’ll get used to them and the country will adjust. But I do not like them so I oppose them because they are not beneficial to me” ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16407 "2014-09-03T15:58:36Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > I swear, somewhere in some cave there’s a fossilized chunk of tree bark where somebody, no doubt somebody downright _furious_, etched a dire prediction that the new hunting safety regs (viz. the use of spears vs. one’s fucken teeth) was about to result in the irreversible decline of hunting-gathering and the end of Ug’s Tribe as a species. Ug weep for stupid tribe, too blind understand market realities. Hunters need strong ! Spear hunters weak, flood market, now all hunters starve. Ug go Galt ! To be fair, he’s right. Ug’s tribe no longer big. Ug’s tribe no longer strong. Stupid spear. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16408 "2014-09-03T16:04:50Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > 70 years ? Please. The history of labour is the history of fat plutocrat bastards vouching the sky will fall down and civilization will crumble. Wage hikes, safety regulations, the end of child labour, paid holidays, workers comp, unions, the abolition of company scrips, mandatory education, the abolition of slavery, the abolition of serfdom, the \*institution \*of slavery… > > I swear, somewhere in some cave there’s a fossilized chunk of tree bark where somebody, no doubt somebody downright _furious_, etched a dire prediction that the new hunting safety regs (viz. the use of spears vs. one’s fucken teeth) was about to result in the irreversible decline of hunting-gathering and the end of Ug’s Tribe as a species. Ug weep for stupid tribe, too blind understand market realities. Hunters need strong ! Spear hunters weak, flood market, now all hunters starve. Ug go Galt ! The Cartoon ‘[A Brief History of Corporate Whining](http://leftycartoons.com/a-brief-history-of-corporate-whining/)’ covers this nicely. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16409 "2014-09-03T17:48:50Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > Ted Cruz’s father: "[The average black doesn’t understand"](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/rafael-cruz-average-black-minimum-wage) that they’d be better off if there were no minimum wage. From the article: > [@](#): > > Rafael Cruz, the junior senator from Texas’s father… I spent a good minute wrestling with that phrase. “Texas’s father? Do they mean Sam Houston? Why does he have a Senator? He’s been dead for more than a century!” ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16410 "2014-09-03T18:02:09Z")
If I’d read the article I’d probably be wondering why a professional writer has trouble with possessives. ---
**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:** [September 3, 2014, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16411 "2014-09-03T18:16:12Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > 70 years ? Please. The history of labour is the history of fat plutocrat bastards vouching the sky will fall down and civilization will crumble. Wage hikes, safety regulations, the end of child labour, paid holidays, workers comp, unions, the abolition of company scrips, mandatory education, the abolition of slavery, the abolition of serfdom, the \*institution \*of slavery… > > I swear, somewhere in some cave there’s a fossilized chunk of tree bark where somebody, no doubt somebody downright _furious_, etched a dire prediction that the new hunting safety regs (viz. the use of spears vs. one’s fucken teeth) was about to result in the irreversible decline of hunting-gathering and the end of Ug’s Tribe as a species. Ug weep for stupid tribe, too blind understand market realities. Hunters need strong ! Spear hunters weak, flood market, now all hunters starve. Ug go Galt ! Great, I shall use this, with permission, of course. ---
**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:** [September 3, 2014, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16412 "2014-09-03T18:18:08Z")
> [@MacCat](#): > > If they are, at least they can claim success at something. Unmitigated. Wildly successful. I believe the term you were looking for was [“Mission Accomplished.”](http://media2.s-nbcnews.com/j/msnbc/Components/ArtAndPhoto-Fronts/COVER/080501/g-cvr-080501-mission-10a.grid-6x2.jpg) ---
**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:** [September 3, 2014, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16413 "2014-09-03T18:24:29Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > If I’d read the article I’d probably be wondering why a professional writer has trouble with possessives. It’s very simple. They don’t get paid that much. Hence, they have very few to no possessions. Hence, they don’t get much practice using possessives. ---
**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:** [September 3, 2014, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16414 "2014-09-03T18:28:11Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Great, I shall use this, with permission, of course. Go forth ye, and multiply my only vaguely funny shit ! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16415 "2014-09-03T18:34:14Z")
Scott Brown [encourages supporters from other states to take advantage of NH’s same-day registration to come vote for him](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/scott-brown-out-of-state-supporters-should-vote-for-me-anyway). Wouldn’t that be voter fraud? I mean, even if a place has same-day registration, which I’m perfectly OK with, don’t you still have to have, um, _residency_ there? Awaiting Republican outrage about this: 3…2…1…\ ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16416 "2014-09-03T18:38:23Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Scott Brown [encourages supporters from other states to take advantage of NH’s same-day registration to come vote for him](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/scott-brown-out-of-state-supporters-should-vote-for-me-anyway). > > Wouldn’t that be voter fraud? I mean, even if a place has same-day registration, which I’m perfectly OK with, don’t you still have to have, um, _residency_ there? > > Awaiting Republican outrage about this: 3…2…1…\ We’re turning into Republicans when we can’t recognize obvious jokes. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16417 "2014-09-03T19:59:00Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > We’re turning into Republicans when we can’t recognize obvious jokes. When his party has been using the claim of vote fraud to exclude millions from voting, I’d find jokes about vote fraud coming from any Republican to be about as funny as rape jokes coming from any man. But maybe that’s just me. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16418 "2014-09-03T19:59:49Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > When his party has been using the claim of vote fraud to exclude millions from voting, I’d find jokes about vote fraud coming from any Republican to be about as funny as rape jokes coming from any man. > > But maybe that’s just me. No, it’s you and Elvis. That should tell you something. ---
**Author:** ![slumtrimpet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@slumtrimpet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slumtrimpet)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16419 "2014-09-03T20:05:58Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Scott Brown [encourages supporters from other states to take advantage of NH’s same-day registration to come vote for him](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/scott-brown-out-of-state-supporters-should-vote-for-me-anyway). > > Wouldn’t that be voter fraud? I mean, even if a place has same-day registration, which I’m perfectly OK with, don’t you still have to have, um, _residency_ there? > > Awaiting Republican outrage about this: 3…2…1…\ WTF? What’s this Scott Brown; running for something in NH? I thought he was Massachusetts’ cross to bear. Ahhh, I see he just moved up over the border himself so he’s no stranger to last minute type registrations. I don’t understand why anyone would vote for a guy who is quite obviously an opportunist and has no ties to the voters in NH if he manages to win. And that’s not unlikely as he’s polling 44 to 46% against the Dem. candidate. Gah, I hate politicians! ---
**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:** [September 3, 2014, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16420 "2014-09-03T22:41:35Z")
Wow, Michelle Bachmann has the solution to the whole ISIS problem. Why didn’t anybody else think of this? “[Defeat Them And Be Done With It](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/michele-bachmanns-simple-solution-isis-defeat-them-and-be-done-it)”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=820) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=822)