# 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:** 864
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2014, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17261 "2014-10-08T15:57:37Z")
So, Alabama hung up its Christmas stocking expecting Santa to fill it with toys and candy, but got a lump of coal instead, and decided that was because they had been so good? This is why us peckerwoods look down on crackers, 'cause they dumb. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Jocko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncle_jocko/32/2932_2.png) [@Uncle\_Jocko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Jocko)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2014, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17262 "2014-10-08T16:02:04Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Alabama won’t comply with EPA standards because “[God gave us that coal.](http://www.salon.com/2014/07/29/alabama_state_officials_we_wont_comply_with_the_epa_because_god_gave_us_coal/)” Okay, so that’s a poorly put-together article that made me follow its link to the original story on [AL.com](http://AL.com) to find out what “organization” the “PSC” was, but seriously … The president of the Alabama Public Service Commission is named Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh? Twinkle? ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2014, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17263 "2014-10-08T16:06:08Z")
> [@Shayna](#): > > "Republican Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-NC) on Monday said that she opposed marriage rights for LGBT people because [the country was “founded on” marriage between a man and a woman."](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/10/during-clay-aiken-debate-gop-rep-claims-us-was-founded-on-man-woman-marriage/) Because I am a liberal, loving everybody, and will not stoop to using sexual identification as a slur, I cannot in good conscience point out her manly jaw line. But _COME ON!_ I get why she’s threatened by gay marriage! ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2014, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17264 "2014-10-08T16:17:20Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > When I was going to elementary school I learned that it was not called Columbus Day but it was the “Dia de la raza” -the day of the race(s)-, but it was not referring to supporting one race over the other, but to the encounter and the mixing of them that took place in many countries of Latin America. If there should be a complain to the name change I do think that excluding Columbus is not being inclusive, but on the other hand having the name of a foreign conqueror in an American holiday (a conqueror from from a continent whom we got independence centuries ago) sounds really silly to me. I think the city of Berkeley, CA has also renamed October 12 to Indigenous Peoples Day. I get it; that the European discovery of the Americas was a bad day for the indigenous people. But if someone wanted to call renaming the holiday, the Stupid Liberal Idea of the Day, I can’t say I’d blame them. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2014, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17265 "2014-10-08T16:18:39Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Alabama won’t comply with EPA standards because “[God gave us that coal.](http://www.salon.com/2014/07/29/alabama_state_officials_we_wont_comply_with_the_epa_because_god_gave_us_coal/)” A brilliant argument. God also gave us nightshade and arsenic and host of other naturally occurring poisons. If God wants us to use all the things he gave us, he may be trying to thin out the herd. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2014, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17266 "2014-10-08T16:28:13Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > I get it; that the European discovery of the Americas was a bad day for the indigenous people. But if someone wanted to call renaming the holiday, the Stupid Liberal Idea of the Day, I can’t say I’d blame them. Agreed. The stupid - beyond stupid - thing is rhetorically asking how indigenous people would have gotten here if not for Columbus making 4 runs of indigent passengers. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2014, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17267 "2014-10-08T16:31:59Z")
> [@bup](#): > > Agreed. The stupid - beyond stupid - thing is rhetorically asking how indigenous people would have gotten here if not for Columbus making 4 runs of indigent passengers. I get more than enough FauxNews just by watching excerpts on _The Daily Show_. So tell me: Did this anthropologist with a stunning new theory about the population of the Americas have big boobs, or what? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2014, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17268 "2014-10-08T16:36:54Z")
Ahh, good ol’ Berzerkley, the city council with a foreign policy! But here’s the thing: when lefties do stupid stuff, its silly. When tighty-rightys do stupid stuff, people die. ---
**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:** [October 8, 2014, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17269 "2014-10-08T17:24:11Z")
> [@Shayna](#): > > "Republican Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-NC) on Monday said that she opposed marriage rights for LGBT people because [the country was “founded on” marriage between a man and a woman."](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/10/during-clay-aiken-debate-gop-rep-claims-us-was-founded-on-man-woman-marriage/) > > SMDH > > We simply cannot allow these fucking MORONS to continue having ANY hand in running our country. > > VOTE, dammit, VOTE! … her opponent is _Clay Aiken_? Seriously? I guess at least he has experience with elections for national office. ---
**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 8, 2014, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17270 "2014-10-08T18:03:35Z")
Sonny Bono, Steve Largent, Dave Reichert, Ahnold, Ronny, the Rs have been putting celebritards in office for ages, maybe the Ds can try that page too. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2014, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17271 "2014-10-08T18:29:49Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Sonny Bono, Steve Largent, Dave Reichert, Ahnold, Ronny, the Rs have been putting celebritards in office for ages, maybe the Ds can try that page too. Al Franken, Bill Bradley, Heath Shuler… ---
**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 8, 2014, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17272 "2014-10-08T18:36:21Z")
When you start your list with the brilliant Al Franken, you automatically persuade me it isn’t even worth my time to look up the legislative records of the other two guys. Wait, did you just mean celebri_ties_? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2014, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17273 "2014-10-08T18:45:05Z")
Tom Cotton, running for Senate in Arkansas, thinks [ISIS is going to hook up with the Mexican drug cartels](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2014/10/07/tom-cotton-terrorists-collaborating-with-mexican-drug-cartels-to-infiltrate-arkansas/) > [@](#): > > “They could infiltrate our defenseless border and attack us right here in places like Arkansas. This is an urgent problem and it’s time we got serious about it, and I’ll be serious about it in the United States Senate.” ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2014, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17274 "2014-10-08T18:48:31Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > When you start your list with the brilliant Al Franken, you automatically persuade me it isn’t even worth my time to look up the legislative records of the other two guys. This is why it’s frustrating to play “Your side is as stupid as ours” with the Republiopaths. Michelle Bachmann? _Al Franken!_ Sean Hannity? _Rachel Maddow!_ Fox News? _PBS!_ Koch Brothers? _Ted Turner!_ Watergate? Iran-Contra? _Monical Lewinsky!_ Halliburton’s War against Gog and Magog? _Benghazi!_ A major mystery is: How can they not see how stupid they are? ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2014, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17275 "2014-10-08T18:53:42Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > This is why it’s frustrating to play “Your side is as stupid as ours” with the Republiopaths. > > Michelle Bachmann? _Al Franken!_ > Sean Hannity? _Rachel Maddow!_ > Fox News? _PBS!_ > Koch Brothers? _Ted Turner!_ > Watergate? Iran-Contra? _Monical Lewinsky!_ > Halliburton’s War against Gog and Magog? _Benghazi!_ > > A major mystery is: How can they not see how stupid they are? The trouble is the part that determines how stupid they are, is the part that’s stupid. It’s a conundrum. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2014, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17276 "2014-10-08T19:00:50Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > A major mystery is: How can they not see how stupid they are? The [Dunning-Kruger effect](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect) (stupid people are too stupid to know how stupid they are). ---
**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:** [October 8, 2014, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17277 "2014-10-08T19:14:17Z")
> [@SpoilerVirgin](#): > > The [Dunning-Kruger effect](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect) (stupid people are too stupid to know how stupid they are). I do too know how stupid I am!:mad: 😃 ---
**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:** [October 8, 2014, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17278 "2014-10-08T19:39:10Z")
> [@bup](#): > > Al Franken, Bill Bradley, Heath Shuler… and[Cooter](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Jones_(Georgia_congressman))from _The Dukes of Hazzard_! ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2014, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17279 "2014-10-08T19:42:04Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > I do too know how stupid I am!:mad: 😃 No you don’t, is the general consensus of SCIENCE. ---
**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:** [October 8, 2014, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17280 "2014-10-08T19:42:17Z")
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