# 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:** 85
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1681 "2010-06-04T12:40:06Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > **South** Carolina. Please, we have enough problems in the Old North State without picking up South Carolina’s particular brand of crazy. What hurts is that I actually reminded myself to make that distinction when I started my reply but by the time I got to the middle of that second sentence I’d forgotten to. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2010, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1682 "2010-06-04T13:00:40Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > What hurts is that I actually reminded myself to make that distinction when I started my reply but by the time I got to the middle of that second sentence I’d forgotten to. All right, as long as I don’t have to add you to The List. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1683 "2010-06-04T13:05:06Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > All right, as long as I don’t have to add you to The List. 🙂 I will admit that I don’t say anything if I hear someone say “Representative from South Carolina, Virginia Foxx.” ---
**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:** [June 4, 2010, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1684 "2010-06-04T13:13:22Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > [South Carolina state senator Jake Knotts on the radio promoting his pick for Governor](http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2010/06/staying_classy.php?ref=fpblg) “We already have one raghead in the White House, we don’t need a raghead in the governor’s mansion.” > > He’s speaking of Nikki Haley whose parents were born in Punjab. Oh and of course Obama-- that secret Kenyan Muslim. > > Thing is, this probably works very well in South Carolina. This is, remember, the same state where John McCain’s adopted Pakistani [del]illegitimate black[/del] daughter lost him the primary in 2000. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2010, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1685 "2010-06-04T13:25:26Z")
> [@C3](#): > > I will admit that I don’t say anything if I hear someone say “Representative from South Carolina, Virginia Foxx.” Agreed, but at least she’s a Republican. Unlike Jim Black, Mike Easley, and pretty much every politician out of Bladen County. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1686 "2010-06-04T16:47:30Z")
Tell me [this](http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2010/06/so_carolina_totally_loses_its_mind.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Talking-Points-Memo+%28Talking+Points+Memo%3A+by+Joshua+Micah+Marshall%29): > [@](#): > > Not only did state Sen. Jake Knotts refer to Haley as a “f#!king raghead” he also went on a tear about her being a crypto-Sikh pretending to be Christian and part of some wild conspiracy theory Haley being a stalking horse for turban-wearing foreigners trying to undermine South Carolina’s God-fearing culture. > > According to the Free Times, Knotts claimed Haley’s father is sending letters to Indian saying that his daughter is the first Sikh in the United States running for high office and that “we’re at war over there.” is satire, please please ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1687 "2010-06-04T17:01:43Z")
Don Young has [this](http://www.investingcontrarian.com/global/don-young-gulf-oil-spill-not-an-environmental-disaster/) say > [@](#): > > This is not an environmental disaster, and I will say that again and again because it is a natural phenomenon. Oil has seeped into this ocean for centuries, will continue to do it. During World War II there was over 10 million barrels of oil spilt from ships, and no natural catastrophe. … We will lose some birds, we will lose some fixed sealife, but overall it will recover. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1688 "2010-06-04T17:09:18Z")
Well, _overall_ it will recover. We really could do nothing and, given enough time, it will reach some sort of equilibrium. Now, whether that equilibrium will provide the same economic and environmental conditions as before is a different story, but that’s beside the point–nature will go on. I can’t believe how many times you libs forget that simple fact. Hey, maybe just like global warming there will be _increased_ economic and environmental benefits! ---
**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:** [June 4, 2010, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1689 "2010-06-04T17:13:25Z")
[QUOTE=Frodo] Tell me this: is satire, please please [/QUOTE] > [@](#): > > Not only did state Sen. Jake Knotts refer to Haley as a “f#!king raghead” he also went on a tear about her being a crypto-Sikh pretending to be Christian and part of some wild conspiracy theory Haley being a stalking horse for turban-wearing foreigners trying to undermine South Carolina’s God-fearing culture. I made similar comments about Bobby Jindal - that I suspected he’d converted to Catholicism to make himself more palatable to voters - before I found out he converted when he was in college and actually believed in exorcism and shit like that. I don’t think it’s off-limits to suggest that Haley (who like Jindal also adopted a “Western” nickname) did the same thing. Obviously the thing about her doing it to sneak into the government as a secret Sikh is pretty out there. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1690 "2010-06-04T17:37:24Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I don’t think it’s off-limits to suggest that Haley (who like Jindal also adopted a “Western” nickname) did the same thing. Are many on the right calling her Nimrata in the same way and with the same emphasis that they use Hussein? ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1691 "2010-06-04T18:53:57Z")
Not yet, she is still a Repub. and possibly a bit of a horndog… ---
**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:** [June 4, 2010, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1692 "2010-06-04T19:30:21Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > Are many on the right calling her Nimrata in the same way and with the same emphasis that they use Hussein? Well, she’s a Republican, so probably not. In any case, I highly doubt any of them can pronounce it correctly. I don’t know how and _I’m_ Indian. ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2010, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1693 "2010-06-05T03:19:25Z")
> [@](#): > > During World War II there was over 10 million barrels of oil spilt from ships, and no natural catastrophe. Wait a minute. This dumbass is trying to minimize the seriousness of the BP oil spill by saying it is not as bad as the environmental destruction caused by World War II? ---
**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:** [June 5, 2010, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1694 "2010-06-05T04:44:56Z")
Well, you know, when I think of the worst thing about World War II, it’s obviously the environmental damage. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2010, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1695 "2010-06-05T04:58:57Z")
Bet the whales loved it. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2010, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1696 "2010-06-05T08:21:56Z")
[Former WWE executive, Senate hopeful McMahon calls steroids studies ‘inconclusive’](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20100604/pl_ynews/ynews_pl2422) > [@](#): > > In the interview with Rice — which Democrats will no doubt bring up again in the general election — McMahon suggests she has doubts too. “There’s some evidence sometimes of muscle disease, or cardiac disease, but it’s really hard to know because you didn’t know the condition of the performer’s heart, or whatever, prior to,” McMahon tells Rice. “So I still don’t think we know the long-term effects of steroids. They are continuing to study it more and more, but I don’t believe there are a lot of studies out there today that are conclusive.” ---
**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:** [June 7, 2010, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1697 "2010-06-07T00:47:43Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Well, heh heh, it’s kinda technically neither - it’s a _commonwealth_, something kinda sorta halfway between a territory and a country. Not really the best thing to nail the guy on. > [@howye](#): > > So is Kentucky, does that mean its not a state? Puerto Rico can call itself the Kingdom of Godzilla for all that it matters. It is _not_ an independent country and is a United States territory. I shudder to think that someone who can neither understand nor care about that distinction might actually be part of Congress. It is a pretty damm good thing to nail the guy on. He is an idiot who didn’t know what he was talking about and when corrected blustered his way through it. Howye’s right. Puerto Rico’s _name_ is officially “Commonwealth of Puerto Rico” and Virginia’s _name_ is officially “Commonwealth of Virginia” (also Kentucky, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania), but none of them are commonwealths. The term “commonwealth” as used in these names has no meaning under the U.S. constitution or otherwise in U.S. law. Regardless of their names, legally speaking Puerto Rico is a territory of the United States and Virginia (and Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Kentucky) are states. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1698 "2010-06-09T12:28:25Z")
[Sarah Palin, in whining about the oil spill in the gulf, says it shows “it bodes well to have some sort of executive experience before occupying the Oval Office.”](http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/06/08/palin-wants-obama-to-call-her/?fbid=Q04A1r52lQI) Uh-huh. Well, let’s see, you’re a former half-term governor who left amid ethics concerns. Obama’s been in office 17 months now. Another year and he’ll have your experience beat. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1699 "2010-06-09T13:03:43Z")
> [@bup](#): > > [Sarah Palin, in whining about the oil spill in the gulf, says it shows “it bodes well to have some sort of executive experience before occupying the Oval Office.”](http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/06/08/palin-wants-obama-to-call-her/?fbid=Q04A1r52lQI) > > Uh-huh. Well, let’s see, you’re a former half-term governor who left amid ethics concerns. Obama’s been in office 17 months now. Another year and he’ll have your experience beat. Con5tinuing her “vomit forth stupidity and see what sticks” stratergy I see. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![The\_Understander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3da27b/32.png) [@The\_Understander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Understander)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1700 "2010-06-09T14:13:05Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > Con5tinuing her “vomit forth stupidity and see what sticks” stratergy I see. > > -Joe Politically, it’s de rigueur. She gets to capitalize on the frustration of the public-at-large regarding the spill while not being in a position where she can be called out on her bullshittery. And, of course, build up her non-existent bona fides as an ‘energy expert’. This is somewhat sticky vomit. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=84) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=86)