# 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:** 870
**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 14, 2014, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17381 "2014-10-14T01:18:04Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > You rang? Let’s go to the quarry and throw stuff down there! ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2014, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17382 "2014-10-14T01:38:20Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > You rang? > [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Let’s go to the quarry and throw stuff down there! Lurch: “Uh-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-uh!” ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2014, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17383 "2014-10-14T02:31:51Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > I like this part of the story: > (bolding mine) > > “Intimidating”? 😕 WTF? This guy is intimidated by attractive women? WTF is that all about? > > Is there anything that conservatives don’t fear? > [@running\_coach](#): > > Fear itself? > [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > You rang? That was… beautiful… ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2014, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17384 "2014-10-14T19:55:30Z")
[Republican local official in Missouri wonders why military hasn’t launched coup against “domestic enemy” Obama.](http://www.salon.com/2014/10/14/gop_official_wonders_why_military_hasnt_launched_coup_against_domestic_enemy_obama/) ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2014, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17385 "2014-10-14T20:22:32Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [Republican local official in Missouri wonders why military hasn’t launched coup against “domestic enemy” Obama.](http://www.salon.com/2014/10/14/gop_official_wonders_why_military_hasnt_launched_coup_against_domestic_enemy_obama/) Oof! I expected a fat, pasty, balding, middle-aged white guy. I don’t know why, but I am always taken aback when this type of idiocy comes from a woman. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2014, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17386 "2014-10-14T20:33:30Z")
[Scott Walker: the minimum wage “doesn’t serve a purpose”.](http://www.salon.com/2014/10/14/scott_walker_the_minimum_wage_doesnt_serve_a_purpose/) ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2014, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17387 "2014-10-14T20:37:45Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > Oof! I expected a fat, pasty, balding, middle-aged white guy. I don’t know why, but I am always taken aback when this type of idiocy comes from a woman. The richest part is: > [@](#): > > But I cannot and do not understand why no action is being taken against our domestic enemy. I know he is supposedly the commander in chief, but **the constitution gives you the authority.** This idiot is an actual elected official, however minor. [Obligatory Onion.](http://www.theonion.com/articles/area-man-passionate-defender-of-what-he-imagines-c,2849/) ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2014, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17388 "2014-10-14T20:57:30Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > The richest part is: > > > [@Debbie Downer](#): > > > > But I cannot and do not understand why no action is being taken against our domestic enemy. I know he is \*supposedly \*the commander in chief, **but the constitution gives you the authority.** I would love to know what oath of office she took when she was sworn in. All I can find is that the Jefferson County Recorder of Deeds \*does \*get sworn in. “Supposedly” the commander in chief. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2014, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17389 "2014-10-15T00:41:53Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [Republican local official in Missouri wonders why military hasn’t launched coup against “domestic enemy” Obama.](http://www.salon.com/2014/10/14/gop_official_wonders_why_military_hasnt_launched_coup_against_domestic_enemy_obama/) She thinks people like you are totally [blowing this out of proportion](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/missouri-republican-obama-domestic-enemy): > [@](#): > > “Something innocent and simple got twisted into a disaster because it’s an election,” she said. “I meant no ill intent toward the president. I meant no ill intent toward anybody.” ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2014, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17390 "2014-10-15T00:49:52Z")
Republican Speaker John “I’m suing the president” Boehner [doesn’t like frivolous lawsuits.](https://twitter.com/SpeakerBoehner/status/520285759312756736) > [@](#): > > Frivolous lawsuits drive up the cost of everything Americans do. Commonsense limits will help lower costs. And then of course he immediately dropped his frivolous lawsuit against Obama. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2014, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17391 "2014-10-15T01:06:16Z")
I can defend that one. It’s not a frivolous lawsuit. The President has exceeded his powers. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2014, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17392 "2014-10-15T01:08:34Z")
Crawl back under your rock, moron. ---
**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 15, 2014, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17393 "2014-10-15T01:26:45Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > It’s not a frivolous lawsuit. You are entirely correct. For that to be the case, it would have to be _filed_. ---
**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:** [October 15, 2014, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17394 "2014-10-15T01:51:44Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > I can defend that one. It’s not a frivolous lawsuit. The President has exceeded his powers. There’s already a constitutional remedy for that situation, and it doesn’t involve Congress suing the President in federal court. Impeachment is a political solution for a political problem. If Boehner can’t convince enough of Congress (in both houses) to impeach the President, then apparently Obama’s supposed crimes aren’t really serious enough to warrant a response. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2014, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17395 "2014-10-15T02:47:29Z")
Obama’s “crime” is being black. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2014, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17396 "2014-10-15T02:51:26Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > There’s already a constitutional remedy for that situation, and it doesn’t involve Congress suing the President in federal court. Impeachment is a political solution for a political problem. If Boehner can’t convince enough of Congress (in both houses) to impeach the President, then apparently Obama’s supposed crimes aren’t really serious enough to warrant a response. Impeachment is an extreme act only to be used in cases of extreme Presidential lawlessness. A better approach than either suing or impeachment would be to simply expand the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court by statute, telling them that they need to adjudicate these legislative-executive disputes even if no one has standing. SCOTUS overturned Trumans’ takeover of the steel companies, so they are willing to go here when they believe they have a political leg to stand on. Congress should give them that leg. SCOTUS should decide these cases simply by having a certain number of Congressmen ask them to. ---
**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 15, 2014, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17397 "2014-10-15T02:55:24Z")
SCOTUS refuses to get into the middle of battles between the other branches. They might even decide that such a change to their remit would be unconstitutional. ---
**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 15, 2014, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17398 "2014-10-15T02:58:35Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Impeachment is an extreme act only to be used in cases of extreme Presidential lawlessness. > > A better approach than either suing or impeachment would be to simply expand the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court by statute, telling them that they need to adjudicate these legislative-executive disputes even if no one has standing. SCOTUS overturned Trumans’ takeover of the steel companies, so they are willing to go here when they believe they have a political leg to stand on. Congress should give them that leg. SCOTUS should decide these cases simply by having a certain number of Congressmen ask them to. The jumbled drivel of a disordered mind. Which is to say, you’re getting better. 😃 ---
**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 15, 2014, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17399 "2014-10-15T03:10:44Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Impeachment is an extreme act only to be used in cases of extreme Presidential lawlessness. You _really_ want to go _there_? Because you are stepping right on the precipice of the most abysmal chasm of Republican Stupid. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2014, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17400 "2014-10-15T03:19:48Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Impeachment is an extreme act only to be used in cases of extreme Presidential lawlessness. > > A better approach than either suing or impeachment would be to simply expand the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court by statute, telling them that they need to adjudicate these legislative-executive disputes even if no one has standing. SCOTUS overturned Trumans’ takeover of the steel companies, so they are willing to go here when they believe they have a political leg to stand on. Congress should give them that leg. SCOTUS should decide these cases simply by having a certain number of Congressmen ask them to. So the legislative branch should be telling the judicial branch how to do their jobs. Way to fuck up checks and balances there, buddy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=869) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=871)