# 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:** 843
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2014, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16841 "2014-09-18T19:23:36Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > I don’t know what search-string led this moron to our door, but I’ll lay odds he’s banned in a week for being a jackass. Or a sock. One anti-government & anti-police poster gets banned for trolling & socking; a few days later, this anti-government fool shows up while another newbie starts disparaging the police and calling everyone who doesn’t agree “morons”. ---
**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:** [September 18, 2014, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16842 "2014-09-18T21:27:02Z")
Cut off one head and two more shall rise in its place! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2014, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16843 "2014-09-18T21:31:46Z")
Hail Hydra! ---
**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 18, 2014, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16844 "2014-09-18T21:59:12Z")
GOP candidate (NC-6) Mark Walker suggests ([video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3UvypuAcY0)) that to stop those darn Mexicans from sneaking over the border we might need to “go laser or blitz somebody with a couple of fighter jets for a little while to make our point”. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2014, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16845 "2014-09-18T22:43:06Z")
Rush on rape: [“No means yes if you know how to spot it.”](http://www.salon.com/2014/09/15/rush_limbaughs_new_definition_of_sexual_consent_no_means_yes_if_you_know_how_to_spot_it/) ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2014, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16846 "2014-09-18T22:46:22Z")
Ann Coulter: [“If you are considering voting for the libertarian candidate in any Senate election, please send me your name and address so I can track you down and drown you.”](http://www.salon.com/2014/09/18/ann_coulter_libertarian_voters_are_%e2%80%9cidiots%e2%80%9d_who_deserve_to_%e2%80%9cdrown/) ---
**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:** [September 18, 2014, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16847 "2014-09-18T22:47:31Z")
[Anti-Choicers Must Oppose Gay Rights Because Gay Rights Cause Abortion](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/linda-harvey-and-molly-smith-anti-choicers-must-oppose-gay-rights-because-gay-rights-cause-a) > [@](#): > > “The Planned Parenthood and anti-life lobby is heavily imbued and connected to homosexuality,” Harvey told Smith. “They’re in favor of opening up the doors and spreading the boundaries of sexuality all across the board. That includes homosexuality. The lines are very blurred, and unless you stand strong on this issue, you’re going to see much more, and you do see much more, out of wedlock sexuality and then of course, more abortion.” > > Harvey said that she had seen Planned Parenthood march in the Columbus, Ohio, LGBT pride parade: “Why are they doing that? Because they know, you muddy the water, and you get a lot more of their business, abortion.” ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2014, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16848 "2014-09-18T22:48:50Z")
Limbaugh: [“I think the Republicans exhibit classic battered wife traits!”](http://www.salon.com/2014/09/18/rush_limbaugh_the_republican_party_is_the_equivalent_of_a_battered_wife/) OK, I’ll defer to your personal expertise in that area . . . ---
**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 18, 2014, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16849 "2014-09-18T23:08:39Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Ann Coulter: [“If you are considering voting for the libertarian candidate in any Senate election, please send me your name and address so I can track you down and drown you.”](http://www.salon.com/2014/09/18/ann_coulter_libertarian_voters_are_%e2%80%9cidiots%e2%80%9d_who_deserve_to_%e2%80%9cdrown/) I dunno. I’m a _teensy_ bit uncomfortable condemning her for that, since I have a similar message for anyone considering voting for a Republican for anything at all… ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2014, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16850 "2014-09-18T23:33:23Z")
We need them. We need them cleaned up and with their noses wiped, but we still need them. If the Dems totally won everything, then every shallow and ambitious twat in the country will follow the scent of power and start pretending to be progressive. Fuck \*that \*shit! Second, control group. “How good is this idea?” “Well, how loud are they screaming?” Also, someone to blame when we don’t want to fight about it. “Sure, $100 megbucks for the Twyla Tharp Memorial Insitutute of Interpretive Dance in Branson, Missouri. Great idea, love her work, but the Republicans…” They can offer a valid function as the Loyal Opposition, soon’s they learn to go on the paper. ---
**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 18, 2014, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16851 "2014-09-18T23:44:53Z")
I don’t have enough buckets anyway… ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2014, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16852 "2014-09-18T23:57:28Z")
Republicans always have a fondness for the way things never were. [QUOTE=[http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/clinton-nostalgia-syndrome-strikes-again](http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/clinton-nostalgia-syndrome-strikes-again)] Rep. Matt Salmon (R-Ariz.) appeared at an event organized by the No Labels organization – yes, that No Labels – and said something similar about the bygone era he still longs for. “I started my stint under President Bill Clinton,” Salmon said, “and I’m the opposite party and I’d give my right arm to have him back right now.” Salmon, of course, voted in favor of four articles of impeachment against Bill Clinton. [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16853 "2014-09-19T00:38:55Z")
That’s more a case of not appreciating what we had. Much as Bush made Democrats appreciate Reagan more, Obama has made Republicans practically love Clinton. Some say we always look back more fondly at past Presidents, but I don’t think that’s the case at all. Clinton wasn’t just better than Obama, he was better than Carter and LBJ too. Republicans probably knew it on at least some level, because they actually worked with Clinton pretty well legislatively after losing the shutdown fight. Anyway, if Hillary becomes President, that will test my hypothesis. I do think she’ll get along with Republicans far better than Obama has. ---
**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 19, 2014, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16854 "2014-09-19T00:55:25Z")
He was also better than Bush, Bush, Reagan, Ford, Nixon and probably Eisenhower. And no, Shrubya didn’t make _me_ appreciate Reagan; Reagan made Shrubya _possible_, so that’s just another mark against him. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16855 "2014-09-19T01:05:10Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Anyway, if Hillary becomes President, that will test my hypothesis. I do think she’ll get along with Republicans far better than Obama has. Well, she’s a wimmin. But at least she ain’t black. ---
**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 19, 2014, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16856 "2014-09-19T01:34:07Z")
> [@albert75](#): > > Let’s elect Hillary or another Democrat in 2016 and have the federal government control what you see on TV, read in newspapers, eat, etc… Let the federal debt spiral out of control.as it is out if control now…we have $17.5 trillion in debt now and another $100 trillion in unpaid obligations in the future 10 years…not to mention all the trillions in state’s debt not accounted for… Let’s let millions of illegal aliens in and grant them citizenship and see what a third world country the USA will become… Enjoy your lifestyle now liberals… Because things have changed quickly in these past 6 years…and it will be your fault because you elected a community organizer who wants to be King Thanks for the laugh. But I think you’re in the wrong thread. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16857 "2014-09-19T01:37:31Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > They can offer a valid function as the **Loyal** Opposition, soon’s they learn to go on the paper. You’re going to have to explain that word to them. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16858 "2014-09-19T02:06:22Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > We need them. We need them cleaned up and with their noses wiped, but we still need them. . . . > > They can offer a valid function as the Loyal Opposition, soon’s they learn to go on the paper. Total agreement. Democracy can only work with a Loyal Opposition. In California, for a while, we’ve had a Democratic majority in the State House of over 2/3 in both houses. I’m loving it…but it isn’t right. It’s bad democracy. The opposition should have enough power to perform the basic necessities of obstructionism. The assholes now running the RP need to go back and take high school civics classes again. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16859 "2014-09-19T03:31:14Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > That’s more a case of not appreciating what we had. Much as Bush made Democrats appreciate Reagan more, Obama has made Republicans practically love Clinton. Some say we always look back more fondly at past Presidents, but I don’t think that’s the case at all. Clinton wasn’t just better than Obama, he was better than Carter and LBJ too. Republicans probably knew it on at least some level, because they actually worked with Clinton pretty well legislatively after losing the shutdown fight. Yeah, apart from impeaching him they were tight. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16860 "2014-09-19T03:35:50Z")
They hated him, no doubt. Yet for some reason Gingrich actually liked working with him. Their weird relationship has been covered in a lot of books from the time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=842) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=844)