# 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:** 846
**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:** [September 22, 2014, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16901 "2014-09-22T20:08:30Z")
One begins to wonder if the NRCC’s $20m line of credit wasn’t covertly backed by the DNC. “Hey the GOP is almost out of money.” “Dammit, get them some quick! Their spots are our best advertising!” “You got it chief.” ---
**Author:** ![Wash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9dc877/32.png) [@Wash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wash)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16902 "2014-09-23T00:56:31Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Georgia Republican Gov. Nathan Deal: Georgia has the highest unemployment rate in the country because [the Bureau of Labor Statistics is cooking the books](http://www.salon.com/2014/09/22/gop_governor_has_hilarious_theory_for_his_states_terrible_unemployment_rate/). Because it couldn’t possibly be that the GOP’s policies are bad for job creation at all. ---
**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 23, 2014, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16903 "2014-09-23T01:22:51Z")
National Review Online contributing editor: [The NFL scandal is Obama’s fault](http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/09/22/1331627/-National-Review-blames-NFL-scandal-on-Obama). ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16904 "2014-09-23T02:34:36Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The NFL scandal is Obama’s fault. It would be a lot easier to list what _isn’t_ Obama’s fault… 1. Nothing :smack: ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16905 "2014-09-23T02:54:18Z")
> [@MacCat](#): > > It would be a lot easier to list what _isn’t_ Obama’s fault… > > 1. Nothing > > :smack: Rap. Can’t pin that on him, it goes too far back. ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16906 "2014-09-23T03:18:42Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Rap. Can’t pin that on him, it goes too far back. Well sure, if you want to bring up facts and stuff. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16907 "2014-09-23T03:45:49Z")
Some guy was trying to tell me that Obama was responsible for the brown acid at Woodstock! I told the dumbass that was fucking impossible because he was born August 4, 1961. He’s a Leo, so no _way_! ---
**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 23, 2014, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16908 "2014-09-23T03:57:45Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Some guy was trying to tell me that Obama was responsible for the brown acid at Woodstock! I told the dumbass that was fucking impossible because he was born August 4, 1961. > > He’s a Leo, so no _way_! Yes, that should put an end to it. Not even Republicans would question the circumstances of Obama’s birth. ---
**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:** [September 23, 2014, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16909 "2014-09-23T14:15:53Z")
Hey, you guys remember the GOP’s lawsuit against the President? [Yeah, it’s not going so well.](http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/house-gops-anti-obama-lawsuit-already-deep-trouble) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16910 "2014-09-23T16:07:04Z")
Wasn’t anyway, Republicans always set aside political advantage to rally around the Commander in Chief in times of military crisis. Patriots, you know. ---
**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 23, 2014, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16911 "2014-09-23T18:33:03Z")
[Stay classy, Wisconsin](http://host.madison.com/news/local/writers/steven_elbow/wisconsin-poll-watcher-militia-plans-to-confront-scott-walker-recall/article_062df082-5fea-5363-b498-c0c51aa5fa30.html) TL;DR version : a bunch of self-styled militia guys are planning on showing up armed at polling places in heavy Democrat districts on the day of the upcoming gubernatorial election; also on harassing “obviously Democrats voters” - I’m sorry, “uneducated people” who have “a look about them”. You know. \*That \*look. The errr…skin condition. Theeere you go - and even more specifically the people who signed the petition to have Walker recalled back in 2012. They further warn that members of their group are not to be approached aggressively, [as they plan on being trigger happy](http://i.imgur.com/qiWxS6k.jpg). I’m sure this will all end well. ---
**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 23, 2014, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16912 "2014-09-23T18:45:09Z")
["Terrorists … are not attacking us … because they are so pleased with the way things are going under President Obama.”](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/william-gheen-terrorists-not-attacking-us-because-theyre-pleased-obama) ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16913 "2014-09-23T18:47:09Z")
You’d think that they’d _refrain_ from attacking us if they were happy with how things are going under Obama. ---
**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 23, 2014, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16914 "2014-09-23T18:48:22Z")
This is the same guy who was just saying last week that Obama wants ISIS to attack the US so he can impose martial law and take over the country. He apparently can’t make up his mind. Hercules: “[the National Football League (NFL) could not be expected to hold anyone accountable for mistakes in handling domestic violence scandals as longs as the White House was not held responsible for the terrorist attacks in Benghazi.](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/09/kevin-sorbo-nfl-wont-fire-anyone-over-domestic-abuse-scandal-because-of-benghazi/)” ---
**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 23, 2014, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16915 "2014-09-23T19:01:29Z")
Michele Bachmann: “[Phyllis Schlalfly is the most influential woman of the last fifty years. She caused the end of the Cold War.](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/michele-bachmann-credits-phyllis-schlafly-ending-cold-war)” ---
**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:** [September 23, 2014, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16916 "2014-09-23T19:05:43Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > This is the same guy who was just saying last week that Obama wants ISIS to attack the US so he can impose martial law and take over the country. He apparently can’t make up his mind. On the ninth he said Obama was hoping for an attack and on the 23rd, apparently after no attack for two weeks, he was disappointed and said the reason must be the terrorists like the way Obama is running things. Both propositions fit this stupidity thread perfectly, but they’re not contradictory. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16917 "2014-09-23T19:15:54Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > FOX commentator thinks the [US should start profiling Muslims, praises the use of internment camps against the Japanese during World War II](http://www.forwardprogressives.com/fox-news-finally-loses-uses-success-japanese-internment-camps-advocate-profiling-muslims-video/). > > I wonder if he wants the US to start interning Arab Christians, too? I find the prat where he advocates nuking city centers even more disturbing than his advocacy of interment camps. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16918 "2014-09-23T19:23:53Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Michele Bachmann: “[Phyllis Schlalfly is the most influential woman of the last fifty years. She caused the end of the Cold War.](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/michele-bachmann-credits-phyllis-schlafly-ending-cold-war)” Wait, I thought it was Reagan what did that. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16919 "2014-09-23T19:27:18Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > [Stay classy, Wisconsin](http://host.madison.com/news/local/writers/steven_elbow/wisconsin-poll-watcher-militia-plans-to-confront-scott-walker-recall/article_062df082-5fea-5363-b498-c0c51aa5fa30.html) > > TL;DR version : a bunch of self-styled militia guys are planning on showing up armed at polling places in heavy Democrat districts on the day of the upcoming gubernatorial election; also on harassing “obviously Democrats voters” - I’m sorry, “uneducated people” who have “a look about them”. You know. \*That \*look. The errr…skin condition. Theeere you go - and even more specifically the people who signed the petition to have Walker recalled back in 2012. > > They further warn that members of their group are not to be approached aggressively, [as they plan on being trigger happy](http://i.imgur.com/qiWxS6k.jpg). I’m sure this will all end well. This seems to be a hoax. ---
**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:** [September 23, 2014, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16920 "2014-09-23T19:33:29Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > This seems to be a hoax. How So? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=845) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=847)