# 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:** 849
**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 25, 2014, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16961 "2014-09-25T00:07:49Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Sean Hannity is embarrassed because Obama wore a helmet while riding a bicycle.](http://mediamatters.org/video/2014/03/05/sean-hannity-mocks-obama-for-wearing-bicycle-he/198358) > [@](#): > > When I grew up, all I did was ride my bike. I never wore a helmet. Ever. Not once, not one time. And guess what ? We survived. More’s the pity. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2014, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16962 "2014-09-25T01:00:32Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Sean Hannity is embarrassed because Obama wore a helmet while riding a bicycle.](http://mediamatters.org/video/2014/03/05/sean-hannity-mocks-obama-for-wearing-bicycle-he/198358) That bit of stupidity was from March, but it is undeniably fucking stupid. And, yes, of course GWB wore a helmet while riding his bike, because – as much as I disliked his politics – he does have at least a lick of damn sense. ---
**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 25, 2014, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16963 "2014-09-25T03:43:02Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > More’s the pity. A few head impacts to Hannity as a child might explain a lot, mind you. > [@](#): > > And guess what ? We survived. Except for the ones who didn’t Hannity, but no-one really liked Alfie ‘Lead Paint’ Jackson or Bobby ‘Hood Ornament’ Wilson, eh? ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2014, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16964 "2014-09-25T04:23:12Z")
Gerald Ford was a Republican president, so we must assume that had he ridden a bicycle in office, he would not have worn a helmet. Now he initially was dropped unelected into VP Agnew’s job when Agnew resigned. Then he was dropped unelected into the President’s job when Nixon resigned, so he then filled his own VP vacancy by dropping unelected Rockefeller into the VP slot. Now had Ford ridden a bicycle in the oval office in the Republican sans helmet fashion, it approaches a certainty that he would have fallen ([he was know for this sort of thing](http://assets.bigthink.com/images/age_of_engagement/ford_falling.jpg)), and due to a lack of a helmet, it approaches a certainty that Rockefeller would have been dropped unelected into the Presidency. [conspiracy theory]It’s obvious that the reason Republicans prefer to not wear cycling helmets is that it makes it easier for unelected Republicans to hold high office.[/conspiracy theory] (Of course these days, the rabid right would run Ford and Rockeffer out of town on the rail for being libruls in republican clothing.) ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2014, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16965 "2014-09-25T04:45:56Z")
Nelson Rockefeller, although a Republican back in his day, would today be to the left of Obama. So really, getting him into office might be a really sneaky Democrat idea - get someone into office who’s Republican (in name only) who thinks like a Democrat. The last Republican like that - Nixon? ---
**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 25, 2014, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16966 "2014-09-25T06:02:52Z")
The Rockefeller deal simply shows how far in advance the Democratic Illuminati plans ahead. Rocky was way before the Obama/Hawaii plot. WHO knows was surprise is coming next? ---
**Author:** ![Willcross](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b2d939/32.png) [@Willcross](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Willcross)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2014, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16967 "2014-09-25T08:49:20Z")
Obama personally decided to launch the Syrian airstrikes at night, because he knew no terrorists would be in the buildings. He wants to appear to be fighting ISIS but secretly supports them and doesn’t want to hurt anybody. [http://foxnewsinsider.com/2014/09/23/peters-tactical-success-against-isis-‘-acres-acres-dead-terrorists’](http://foxnewsinsider.com/2014/09/23/peters-tactical-success-against-isis-%E2%80%98-acres-acres-dead-terrorists%E2%80%99) ---
**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 25, 2014, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16968 "2014-09-25T09:02:32Z")
Also the bombs were filled with candy and khat instead of high explosives. ---
**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 25, 2014, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16969 "2014-09-25T14:38:20Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > That bit of stupidity was from March, but it is undeniably fucking stupid. > > And, yes, of course GWB wore a helmet while riding his bike, because – as much as I disliked his politics – he does have at least a lick of damn sense. The brain that does not bother to protect itself with a helmet while riding a bicycle or motorcycle probably has a pretty good idea of its worth. ---
**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 25, 2014, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16970 "2014-09-25T16:16:43Z")
> [@Willcross](#): > > Obama personally decided to launch the Syrian airstrikes at night, because he knew no terrorists would be in the buildings. He wants to appear to be fighting ISIS but secretly supports them and doesn’t want to hurt anybody. > > [http://foxnewsinsider.com/2014/09/23/peters-tactical-success-against-isis-‘-acres-acres-dead-terrorists’](http://foxnewsinsider.com/2014/09/23/peters-tactical-success-against-isis-%E2%80%98-acres-acres-dead-terrorists%E2%80%99) I love this one: > [@](#): > > If you wanted to kill terrorists, you would have hit those headquarters and compounds and logistics sites at 10 or 11 in the morning, when they were crowded with leaders, staff officers, flunkeys, etc. So ISIS is organized somewhat like, say, Burger King corporate headquarters? Staffers? Really? And of course, nobody would be sleeping in those buildings at night because they all go home to their split level homes in suburbia at night. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Willcross](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b2d939/32.png) [@Willcross](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Willcross)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2014, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16971 "2014-09-25T17:11:18Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I love this one: > So ISIS is organized somewhat like, say, Burger King corporate headquarters? Staffers? Really? And of course, nobody would be sleeping in those buildings at night because they all go home to their split level homes in suburbia at night. :rolleyes: “What? You think you can walk in the door and land a cushy job as a Suicide Bomber making 50k a year plus bennies? No way Muhammad, you start in the mail room just like the rest of us. By the way, don’t forget to clock out for your lunch break.” ---
**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 25, 2014, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16972 "2014-09-25T17:12:55Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I love this one: > So ISIS is organized somewhat like, say, Burger King corporate headquarters? Staffers? Really? And of course, nobody would be sleeping in those buildings at night because they all go home to their split level homes in suburbia at night. :rolleyes: Of course not. ISIS is well known for its clubbing scene. > [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > The brain that does not bother to protect itself with a helmet while riding a bicycle or motorcycle probably has a pretty good idea of its worth. I’m afraid this is mine now. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2014, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16973 "2014-09-25T17:37:48Z")
Not the stupidest thing a Republican candidate will say even today, but one running for Governor in a progressive state against a female opponent \*really \*shouldn’t address a female reporter as “Sweetheart”. [Right, Charlie Baker?](http://www.boston.com/news/politics/2014/09/24/charlie-baker-apologizes-for-calling-female-political-reporter-sweetheart/unhH5qqRwaG5PyVVdZlvJM/story.html) ---
**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 25, 2014, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16974 "2014-09-25T19:07:46Z")
[Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn doesn’t think Obama is being aggressive enough, but won’t explain what being more aggressive means, and refuses to commit to boots on the ground.](http://www.occupydemocrats.com/watch-anti-obama-congresswoman-embarrasses-herself-on-cnn/) ---
**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 25, 2014, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16975 "2014-09-25T19:10:57Z")
Multimillionaire celebrity chef Emeril LaGasse: “[I’m going broke because of Obama](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2014/09/24/wealthy-celebrity-chef-emeril-lagasse-claims-he-will-go-broke-and-guess-who-hes-blaming/).” ---
**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 25, 2014, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16976 "2014-09-25T19:31:48Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Multimillionaire celebrity chef Emeril LaGasse: “[I’m going broke because of Obama](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2014/09/24/wealthy-celebrity-chef-emeril-lagasse-claims-he-will-go-broke-and-guess-who-hes-blaming/).” Stupid people have stupid opinions. Maybe his fortunes would reverse if he didn’t keep serving the same tired shit. Whenever I look at his recipes online, I wonder why the fuck he’s trying to ruin good food, and how the hell he ever became “famous”. ---
**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 25, 2014, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16977 "2014-09-25T19:46:11Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > I’m afraid this is mine now. Actually, I borrowed it myself. ---
**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 25, 2014, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16978 "2014-09-25T20:58:11Z")
[Obama is forcing Islamic beards on the US fashion industry in order to establish Islamic law on the US.](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/rick-wiles-obama-using-fashion-ads-push-islamic-beard-american-men) ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2014, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16979 "2014-09-25T21:11:15Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Obama is forcing Islamic beards on the US fashion industry in order to establish Islamic law on the US.](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/rick-wiles-obama-using-fashion-ads-push-islamic-beard-american-men) Hmmm . . . Then why won’t Obama grow a beard himself? !!! **Obama is really a woman!** :eek: But she can’t let her Muslim brothers find **that** out, they’ll never take their Supreme Caliph seriously again! ---
**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 25, 2014, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16980 "2014-09-25T21:26:25Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Multimillionaire celebrity chef Emeril LaGasse: “[I’m going broke because of Obama](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2014/09/24/wealthy-celebrity-chef-emeril-lagasse-claims-he-will-go-broke-and-guess-who-hes-blaming/).” He’s complaining about how eating at his places is too much of a financial burden for customers? I don’t recall Obama setting rigid pricing standards for eateries. I see plenty of other places doing quite well for themselves in the food biz. I wonder what Gordon Ramsey would find in Emeril’s kitchens? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=848) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=850)