# 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:** 859
**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 30, 2014, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17161 "2014-09-30T23:12:36Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > Who’s advice is he ignoring? > > Seriously, I’m asking, no snark. Which military advisors advised him to go in a different direction, to take different action? When I say advisors, I mean the ones who report to him now. Right. Unless someone in the Joint Chiefs is leaking there is no way we would know at present. ---
**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 30, 2014, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17162 "2014-09-30T23:33:18Z")
Does it seem like the pace of stupid is picking up? Like, hourly instead of daily? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17163 "2014-09-30T23:36:49Z")
That’s just the air pressure created as patriotic Republicans rush to rally around the Commander in Chief when there’s a crisis. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17164 "2014-10-01T00:46:24Z")
You mean there is a Republican Stupidity Barometer? Who has it? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17165 "2014-10-01T13:33:33Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > You mean there is a Republican Stupidity Barometer? Who has it? Can a barometer have negative numbers? ---
**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:** [October 1, 2014, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17166 "2014-10-01T13:36:18Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Can a barometer have negative numbers? It can if things suck. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17167 "2014-10-01T13:36:58Z")
If I was in charge of generating right-wing stupidity (and that’s a real job, right?) I would start spreading the story that the Secret Service hates the Obamas so much that they didn’t particularly care if somebody hops the fence with a knife. Just want to get the prediction on the record. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17168 "2014-10-01T13:42:11Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > It can if things suck. I have to withdraw my question. I was mistakenly thinking of an intelligence barometer, which really makes no sense at all for the Republican party. But a Stupidity barometer can indeed have all positive numbers for them, and extend up to infinity. ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17169 "2014-10-01T14:34:20Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [The people being used on the Republicans Are People website are stock photos instead of real Republicans](http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/09/29/1333278/-GOP-s-Republicans-Are-People-Video-Can-t-Find-Any-Uses-Stock-Photos). The whole ‘Republicans are People’ thing [isn’t going so well for them.](http://latest.com/2014/09/feel-good-republicans-people-campaign-miserably-backfires/) [More.](http://www.boston.com/news/politics/2014/09/27/imarepublican-social-media-campaign-experiences-epic-failure/Ntl1Pu4I54eEWkVarTXWdP/story.html) [The source.](https://twitter.com/hashtag/imarepublican?src=hash) > [@](#): > > #ImARepublican because change is scary and if we only submit ourselves to 18th century law all our problems will go away forever > [@](#): > > #ImARepublican because I am pro-life except when unarmed black people are shot by police. > [@](#): > > #ImARepublican because my life just can’t go on if 2 happy gay people I don’t even know have rings on their fingers. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2014, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17170 "2014-10-01T15:35:45Z")
The Republican candidate for Attorney General of Arkansas is unclear on the concept [“one voter registration per person”](http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2014/sep/30/ag-hopeful-rutledge-not-registered-vote-state-cler/): > [@](#): > > The Republican candidate for Arkansas attorney general is no longer a registered Arkansas voter. > > Pulaski County Clerk Larry Crane on Tuesday canceled the voter registration for Leslie Rutledge of Little Rock after confirming that the former Gov. Huckabee legal aide is registered to vote in Washington, D.C., and possibly Virginia… This is something she really ought to have gotten right, what with it making her [ineligible for state office](http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2014/oct/01/rutledge-calls-voter-registration-cancellation-pol). :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17171 "2014-10-01T16:01:48Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > The Republican candidate for Attorney General of Arkansas is unclear on the concept [“one voter registration per person”](http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2014/sep/30/ag-hopeful-rutledge-not-registered-vote-state-cler/): > > This is something she really ought to have gotten right, what with it making her [ineligible for state office](http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2014/oct/01/rutledge-calls-voter-registration-cancellation-pol). :smack: Did you read the article? I’m down with Republicans getting their registration cancelled like they do to other folks, but she is registered to vote in Arkansas and has done so for a few elections. No one (well, nearly no one) actually goes to the trouble of cancelling their previous registration. And apparently, the clerk who took her registration in 2013 was apparently supposed to handle the cancellation part (although I’d guess that is really aimed at in-state, as opposed to attempting to figure all jurisdictions someone might have previously been registered to vote in). ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17172 "2014-10-01T17:04:26Z")
The Boston Herald is a rag, always has been. [This cartoon](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/boston-herald-obama-intruder-racist) is a bit over the top even for them, but not as much as their non-apology: They “sincerely regret if we inadvertently offended anyone”. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17173 "2014-10-01T17:14:41Z")
[Texas state senator compares being Christian in America to being Jewish in the Holocaust.](http://www.dallasnews.com/news/local-news/20140930-texas-senator-makes-holocaust-comparison-in-speech.ece) Or something like that . . . ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17174 "2014-10-01T17:25:30Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > The Boston Herald is a rag, always has been. [This cartoon](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/boston-herald-obama-intruder-racist) is a bit over the top even for them, but not as much as their non-apology: They “sincerely regret if we inadvertently offended anyone”. It takes a special kind of wilful ignorance to claim “watermelon flavored toothpaste” was inadvertent. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17175 "2014-10-01T17:32:34Z")
But they’re just saying that the wackjob who got into the White House is probably racist, right? I don’t think it’s great humor, but it’s not offensive in itself (except maybe to the wackjob, if he’s going to claim he isn’t racist). ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17176 "2014-10-01T17:46:13Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > But they’re just saying that the wackjob who got into the White House is probably racist, right? I don’t think it’s great humor, but it’s not offensive in itself (except maybe to the wackjob, if he’s going to claim he isn’t racist). That might even be plausible if that’s what they claimed – to show that the intruder was a racist. But that’s not what they claimed, they said race wasn’t an issue 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:** [October 1, 2014, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17177 "2014-10-01T18:57:01Z")
I call voter fraud on the Arkansas AG candidate. I mean, they don’t want black people voting, why should they be allowed to vote in violation of the state laws. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2014, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17178 "2014-10-01T18:59:49Z")
Former Secret Service agent: [Allen West should be placed in charge of the Secret Service.](http://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2014/09/26/the-secret-service-isnt-up-to-the-job-its-time-to-give-them-help-from-the-military/) This is the same Allen West who was booted from the Army, right? ---
**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:** [October 1, 2014, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17179 "2014-10-01T19:21:23Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Former Secret Service agent: [Allen West should be placed in charge of the Secret Service.](http://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2014/09/26/the-secret-service-isnt-up-to-the-job-its-time-to-give-them-help-from-the-military/) This is the same Allen West who was booted from the Army, right? Favorite item from the reader comment section: > [@](#): > > That would be like appointing Judas to lead the secret service of Jesus. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2014, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17180 "2014-10-01T19:48:05Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Former Secret Service agent: [Allen West should be placed in charge of the Secret Service.](http://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2014/09/26/the-secret-service-isnt-up-to-the-job-its-time-to-give-them-help-from-the-military/) This is the same Allen West who was booted from the Army, right? > [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Favorite item from the reader comment section: > > > [@](#): > > > > That would be like appointing Judas to lead the secret service of Jesus. Great, just what we need, more ammunition for the _“Libruls think Obama is teh Messiah!!!1!”_ derptards. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=858) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=860)