# 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:** 875
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17481 "2014-10-17T18:23:59Z")
I see the return of the FDR-style cigarette holder. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17482 "2014-10-17T18:24:55Z")
Bongs and Lysol, my friend … bongs and Lysol. ---
**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 17, 2014, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17483 "2014-10-17T18:28:38Z")
Judging by what Colorado’s retail market looks like, I would expect the vehicle of delivery at a cocktail party would more likely be the canaips rather than the communal doob. ---
**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 17, 2014, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17484 "2014-10-17T19:04:46Z")
Jodi Ernst, Iowa’s version of Michelle Bachmann: “[the reason Republicans oppose Obamacare is because the … poor, she said, should rely on churches and charitable organizations for help](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/10/iowas-joni-ernst-obamacare-is-bad-because-people-should-rely-on-churches-for-help/).” ---
**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 17, 2014, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17485 "2014-10-17T19:08:36Z")
[Nebraska Republicans tie Democratic candidate for Congress to black murderer with the most tenuous of connections.](http://www.salon.com/2014/10/17/this_may_be_the_worst_race_baiting_campaign_ad_since_willie_horton/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow) ---
**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 17, 2014, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17486 "2014-10-17T19:16:31Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Still, we may have to forgo the quaint custom of rolling a doobie and passing it around the circle. The only workable, effective, _practical_ solution is obviously for everyone to have their own doobie, thus negating the need to “pass” and enabling everyone to simply “puff puff”. ---
**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 17, 2014, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17487 "2014-10-17T19:18:49Z")
Donald Trump: “[I am starting to think that there is something seriously wrong with President Obama’s mental health. Why won’t he stop the flights. Psycho!](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/16/donald-trump-barack-obama-psycho_n_6000890.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000013&ir=Politics)” ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17488 "2014-10-17T19:20:29Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Jodi Ernst, Iowa’s version of Michelle Bachmann: “[the reason Republicans oppose Obamacare is because the … poor, she said, should rely on churches and charitable organizations for help](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/10/iowas-joni-ernst-obamacare-is-bad-because-people-should-rely-on-churches-for-help/).” From that article: > [@](#): > > “We have lost a reliance on not only our own families, but so much of what our churches and private organizations used to do,” she went on. “They used to have wonderful food pantries. They used to provide clothing for those that really needed it, but we have gotten away from that. Now we’re at a point where the government will just give away anything. We have to stop that.” It’s nice that charitable organizations provided food and clothing, but this has squat to do with healthcare. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17489 "2014-10-17T19:25:10Z")
Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses? ---
**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 17, 2014, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17490 "2014-10-17T19:34:51Z")
Andy Schlafly, on Conservapedia, calls Einstein’s “E=mc2” “[liberal claptrap](http://www.ifyouonlynews.com/humor/fisking-conservapedia-is-emc2-really-liberal-claptrap/)”. ---
**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 17, 2014, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17491 "2014-10-17T19:42:50Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Donald Trump: “[I am starting to think that there is something seriously wrong with President Obama’s mental health. Why won’t he stop the flights. Psycho!](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/16/donald-trump-barack-obama-psycho_n_6000890.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000013&ir=Politics)” Somebody should point out to him that there **are no** direct flights from West Africa to the US, and the power of the President to halt flights leaving from and arriving to foreign countries is kinda limited. ---
**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 17, 2014, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17492 "2014-10-17T19:45:06Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Are there no prisons? **Are there no workhouses?** Outsourced. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17493 "2014-10-17T19:59:21Z")
[Joe “You Lie!” Wilson: Hamas terrorists might infect themselves with Ebola and sneak into U.S.](http://www.salon.com/2014/10/17/tea_party_congressman_hamas_might_infect_themselves_with_ebola_and_sneak_into_u_s/) ---
**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:** [October 17, 2014, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17494 "2014-10-17T20:01:35Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Somebody should point out to him that there **are no** direct flights from West Africa to the US, **and the power of the President to halt flights leaving from and arriving to foreign countries is kinda limited**. Well then what’s the point of him being a Muslim communisto-fascist dictator ?! ---
**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 17, 2014, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17495 "2014-10-17T20:05:15Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Well then what’s the point of him being a Muslim communisto-fascist dictator ?! He can probably get more flights to and from West Africa if he orders federal employees to travel there. ---
**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:** [October 17, 2014, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17496 "2014-10-17T20:06:21Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Judging by what Colorado’s retail market looks like, I would expect the vehicle of delivery at a cocktail party would more likely be the canaips rather than the communal doob. \ canapés. \ ---
**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 17, 2014, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17497 "2014-10-17T20:10:48Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > \ canapés. \ Oh, I dunno. Remember, it’s _Colorado_. ---
**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 17, 2014, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17498 "2014-10-17T20:37:37Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Andy Schlafly, on Conservapedia, calls Einstein’s “E=mc2” “[liberal claptrap](http://www.ifyouonlynews.com/humor/fisking-conservapedia-is-emc2-really-liberal-claptrap/)”. Did you not get the memo? We are in the process of deleting that name from the 'net and purging it from the historical record, to the relief of eagles everywhere. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17499 "2014-10-17T21:08:25Z")
Somebody tell Jodi Ernst that churches and private organizations can STILL help people despite there being Obamacare! ---
**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 17, 2014, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17500 "2014-10-17T22:00:29Z")
Shouldn’t libertarians be telling government to get out of the Ebola business and let private corporations deal with it? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=874) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=876)