# 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:** 837
**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:** [September 13, 2014, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16721 "2014-09-13T03:07:09Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Oh well, so what, that all just fits in with Sarah’s cultivated image as a pioneer mom who can field-dress a moose . . . > [@jayjay](#): > > On first read, I saw that as “field-dress a mouse” and thought “That can’t take that long…” Heh. Me too! 😃 ---
**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:** [September 13, 2014, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16722 "2014-09-13T03:15:46Z")
> [@Shayna](#): > > _“Despite his apparent endorsement of draconian policies, Pearce insisted he favored a small-government solution to poverty.”_ > > Hahahahahahaha! [You’ve apparently misinterpreted what he means by “small.”](http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100622214860/dragonball/images/9/9c/Garlicjr5.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2014, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16723 "2014-09-13T03:20:33Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > I’m hearing Tina Fey’s voice now. What is she wearing? ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2014, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16724 "2014-09-13T03:24:08Z")
You guys remember our friend Todd Kincannon, former South Carolina GOP executive director and chairman of the Simpsonville, South Carolina Election Commission? You know, the guy who [called Wendy Davis a whore and told people on Twitter to lick his taint](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17050407&postcount=12536). Who thinks [transgendered people should be placed in a concentration-style camps](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=16769719&postcount=11274). Who told an Iraq war veteran turned anti-war organizer it was a “[shame you didn’t come home in a body bag](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=16136310&postcount=9055).” That guy? Well he’s at it again. This time he [“Hope(s) the dumb bitch who initiated physical violence with her NFL player fiance learned a good lesson when he justifiably beat her ass.”](https://www.facebook.com/mike.amason.5/posts/852644338093869) Such lovely people, these Republicans. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2014, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16725 "2014-09-13T03:27:13Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > [You’ve apparently misinterpreted what he means by “small.”](http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100622214860/dragonball/images/9/9c/Garlicjr5.jpg) Yes, apparently he means petty and narrow-minded. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2014, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16726 "2014-09-13T04:05:03Z")
> [@computergeek](#): > > Did Cruz not understand the organization he was talking to or did he think all Christian organizations were the same? That’s where my money is. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2014, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16727 "2014-09-13T14:02:53Z")
The Palin brawl was even more of a debacle than first reported, according to this Alaska Dispatch [article](http://www.adn.com/article/20140912/more-details-emerge-fight-witnesses-say-involved-palin-family): > [@](#): > > Citing anonymous sources, Coyne claimed the fight began when Track Palin confronted his younger sister Willow’s former boyfriend, Conner Cleary. A fight broke out and Cleary’s father tried to break it up, she wrote. **Todd Palin jumped into the fight and began choking the father.** > > Host Korey Klingenmeyer then told the family to leave the party, Thompson told Coyne. That’s when **Bristol Palin hit the host** , Thompson said. > > “Bristol just reached back and started clocking him,” Thompson told “Good Morning America,” saying the **eldest Palin daughter struck Klingenmeyer at least six times.** > > “I was thoroughly amazed at the restraint Korey showed. He’s a total (gentleman),” Thompson told Coyne. > > The altercation between partygoers escalated again, Coyne reported. > > Fryer said Thursday he heard the commotion and went outside to see what was going on. He **described the fight as a dogpile, “just like you see in a football game.”** > > Thompson told “Good Morning America,” “I heard Sarah Palin scream out, ‘You know who we are, don’t you?’ It was like we were just on a Jerry Springer episode.” It doesn’t get any better than this, especially with the entitled bitch screeching “You know who we are, don’t you?”. You can take the trash out of Wasilla, but. . . ---
**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:** [September 13, 2014, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16728 "2014-09-13T14:15:39Z")
Was anyone wearing lipstick, at least? ---
**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:** [September 13, 2014, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16729 "2014-09-13T14:33:15Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > You can take the trash out of Wasilla, but. . . I know you can. Maybe someday we’ll hear from John McCain about why he did. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2014, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16730 "2014-09-13T14:36:35Z")
Lieberman gives very poor blowjobs. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2014, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16731 "2014-09-13T14:45:51Z")
sarah apologizes Sarah Palin: ‘I Owe America A Global Apology’ > **[USA TODAY - Breaking News and Latest News Today](https://www.usatoday.com)** > > USA TODAY delivers current national and local news, sports, entertainment, finance, technology, and more through award-winning journalism, photos, and videos. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2014, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16732 "2014-09-13T15:53:41Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > hillbillies and snow machines. > > Palin Family Allegedly Involved In A Brawl > > [Yahoo News: Latest and Breaking News, Headlines, Live Updates, and More](http://news.yahoo.com/palin-family-allegedly-involved-brawl-190208427.html) And the man at the back Said “Everyone attack!” And it turned into a ballroom blitz… ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2014, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16733 "2014-09-13T16:09:54Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > sarah apologizes > > Sarah Palin: ‘I Owe America A Global Apology’ > [USA TODAY - Breaking News and Latest News Today](http://onpolitics.usatoday.com/2014/09/12/sarah-palin-global-apology-obama-isis/) “I owe America a _global_ apology”? For being born and then procreating, presumably. Stupid twat. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2014, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16734 "2014-09-13T16:38:14Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > “I owe America a _global_ apology”? For being born and then procreating, presumably. Stupid twat. Do you think she knows what a globe is? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2014, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16735 "2014-09-13T16:44:03Z")
> [@Knorf](#): > > Do you think she knows what a globe is? She uses it to keep an eye on Russia. ---
**Author:** ![Billy-o](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Billy-o](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billy-o)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2014, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16736 "2014-09-13T17:31:42Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > She uses it to keep an eye on Russia. That’s a palantir. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2014, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16737 "2014-09-13T17:36:36Z")
> [@Billy-o](#): > > That’s a palantir. **P** oint **A** nd **L** augh **A** t the **N** ot **T** oo **I** ntelligent **R** epublican? CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2014, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16738 "2014-09-13T17:40:42Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > “I owe America a _global_ apology”? For being born and then procreating, presumably. Stupid twat. _Global_ could mean she’s apologizing for her entire life, including everything she’s ever said or done. If that’s the case, we ought to be gracious and accept. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2014, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16739 "2014-09-13T20:26:39Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > > [@Chefguy](#): > > > > “I owe America a _global_ apology”? For being born and then procreating, presumably. Stupid twat. > > _Global_ could mean she’s apologizing for her entire life, including everything she’s ever said or done. If that’s the case, we ought to be gracious and accept. Only if she promises never to do it again. ---
**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:** [September 13, 2014, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16740 "2014-09-13T20:29:31Z")
I think she’s having a moment of clarity and she’s apologizing for the fact that anyone even knows who she is at this point. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=836) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=838)