# 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:** 886
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2014, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17701 "2014-10-29T16:30:39Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [Sarah Palin: Climate change is this century’s eugenics.](http://www.salon.com/2014/10/28/sarah_palin_climate_change_is_this_centurys_eugenics/) Glad she’s putting that “Word of the Day” calendar to good use. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2014, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17702 "2014-10-29T16:34:38Z")
> [@Mr.Greenjeans](#): > > Glad she’s putting that “Word of the Day” calendar to good use. Oh, I conquer. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2014, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17703 "2014-10-29T16:49:21Z")
> [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](#): > > You mean aside from invading Iraq on false pretenses? “Preemptive strike” was only one of the excellent strategies of the [Bush Doctrine](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_Doctrine). You know how everybody talks about preemptive strikes now? Preemptive strike this, preemptive strike that…that started with him! ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2014, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17704 "2014-10-29T16:51:14Z")
People were talking about preemptive strikes at Pearl Harbor, too. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2014, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17705 "2014-10-29T17:04:41Z")
> [@bup](#): > > “Preemptive strike” was only one of the excellent strategies of the [Bush Doctrine](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_Doctrine). > > You know how everybody talks about preemptive strikes now? Preemptive strike this, preemptive strike that…that started with him! Whenever I go to the bathroom at work to take a shit, I spray air freshener _beforehand_. Then every time, I must do my shitty Bush imitation to myself: “Heh heh! Doin’ a preemptive strike against my doody-stank!” ---
**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 29, 2014, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17706 "2014-10-29T17:14:22Z")
[Georgia County GOP Chair accused of rape after it was broadcast live on Skype.](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/10/georgia-gop-county-chair-accused-of-attempted-rape-after-crime-is-broadcast-live-on-skype/) Nice to see they are embracing technology. ---
**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 29, 2014, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17707 "2014-10-29T17:27:17Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > [Georgia County GOP Chair accused of rape after it was broadcast live on Skype.](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/10/georgia-gop-county-chair-accused-of-attempted-rape-after-crime-is-broadcast-live-on-skype/) > > Nice to see they are embracing technology. Sexting. You’re doing it wrong. ---
**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 29, 2014, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17708 "2014-10-29T18:21:42Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > At least not without basically saying racism is okay as long as it’s directed at conservatives. What conservatives? Jimmy Carter is a conservative, those guys are just RWAHs. Might as well call them reactionaries, as 18th-Century as they want to go. In real terms, Baroque Obama is a conservative, not those other twats. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2014, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17709 "2014-10-29T18:33:11Z")
> **[UH OH: Sarah Palin warns that she hopes to run for office again](https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/uh-sarah-palin-warns-hopes-run-office-article-1.1991515)** > > Sarah Palin, the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee, says she hopes to run for office again Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee, says she hopes to run for office again and is urging GOP leaders to have “more guts” as they pursue their agenda. Palin said in an interview with Fox Business Network on Tuesday that she is invigorated by her critics, who make her “want to work so hard for justice in this country.” “The more they’re pouring on the more I’m going to bug the crap out of them by being out there with a voice, with the message, hopefully running for office in the future, too,” Palin said. Pleeeezzze do it!! Bug the crap out of me. Posts will pass 2 million. ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2014, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17710 "2014-10-29T19:06:15Z")
Fox commentator Keith Ablowjob calls for an American jihad: [http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/taking-manifest-destiny-whole-new-level](http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/taking-manifest-destiny-whole-new-level) He wants us to convert every country in the world to an American way of life. Even allies like France, Italy and Germany would have to knuckle under. ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2014, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17711 "2014-10-29T19:07:37Z")
I would love Sarah to run again. I won some serious cash betting that she would lose to Obama, and then some more from a fool who thought she would get the nomination for 2012. I am sure that guy has some more loose cash I could get him to risk… ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2014, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17712 "2014-10-29T20:14:27Z")
Something from my neck of the woods: [a bill that will allow the NRA to sue places that enact too-strict gun laws.](http://articles.philly.com/2014-10-22/news/55285005_1_firearms-laws-straw-purchases-lost-and-stolen-firearms) ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2014, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17713 "2014-10-29T20:14:36Z")
[Fox News psychiatrist Dr. Keith Ablow calls for an “American jihad.”](http://www.salon.com/2014/10/29/fox_news_doctors_creepy_jingoism_keith_ablow_calls_for_american_jihad/) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2014, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17714 "2014-10-29T20:33:05Z")
> [@LH75](#): > > I am sure that guy has some more loose cash I could get him to risk… You know what they say about a fool and his money. ---
**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 29, 2014, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17715 "2014-10-29T20:35:10Z")
> [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](#): > > Fox commentator Keith Ablowjob calls for an American jihad: [http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/taking-manifest-destiny-whole-new-level](http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/taking-manifest-destiny-whole-new-level) > > He wants us to convert every country in the world to an American way of life. Even allies like France, Italy and Germany would have to knuckle under. > [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [Fox News psychiatrist Dr. Keith Ablow calls for an “American jihad.”](http://www.salon.com/2014/10/29/fox_news_doctors_creepy_jingoism_keith_ablow_calls_for_american_jihad/) Well, at least the Islamists will be sure to be on our side. They _LOVE_ jihad, right? It’s not like he’s calling for a stinking _crusade_ (\*P’TAH!\*\*); jihad means that God WANTS this. Also: you got ninja’d **BG**. \*(insert your preferred spelling for a spitting sfx here) ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2014, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17716 "2014-10-29T23:45:37Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > [UH OH: Sarah Palin warns that she hopes to run for office again – New York Daily News](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/uh-sarah-palin-warns-hopes-run-office-article-1.1991515) > Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee, says she hopes to run for office again and is urging GOP leaders to have “more guts” as they pursue their agenda. > Palin said in an interview with Fox Business Network on Tuesday that she is invigorated by her critics, who make her “want to work so hard for justice in this country.” > “The more they’re pouring on the more I’m going to bug the crap out of them by being out there with a voice, with the message, hopefully running for office in the future, too,” Palin said. I wonder how mad she’d have to get to actually complete her term. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17717 "2014-10-30T02:23:08Z")
> [@Abe\_Babe](#): > > Actually, he likes all Allium plants. After all . . > > The leeks shall inherit the earth. Only a rapscallion would make such a pun. Yes, it took me three days to come up with that pun. I really had to ramp up my effort until the bulb finally went on today. ramps are another member of the onion family. I first heard of them a few weeks ago. ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17718 "2014-10-30T02:50:02Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > Only a rapscallion would make such a pun. > > Yes, it took me three days to come up with that pun. I really had to ramp up my effort until the bulb finally went on today. > > ramps are another member of the onion family. I first heard of them a few weeks ago. We all managed to keep calm and chive on, and we shallot make any more puns. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17719 "2014-10-30T02:59:15Z")
Alho jokes are making me nauseated. Alho (all-yoo) is Portuguese for garlic. As in “vindalho”. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17720 "2014-10-30T03:06:16Z")
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