# 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:** 887
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17721 "2014-10-30T05:16:56Z")
Not I, I stalked away with celerity. ---
**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 30, 2014, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17722 "2014-10-30T05:28:17Z")
Tell you what else has layers. Parfait! Everybody likes parfait. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17723 "2014-10-30T05:30:12Z")
Anise is why I don’t take you guys seriously. ---
**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 30, 2014, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17724 "2014-10-30T05:44:09Z")
Hey guys, lets be on subject, you are looking as silly as the King, Elvis Parsley when he visited Rue-Chive Nixon. ---
**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 30, 2014, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17725 "2014-10-30T12:40:42Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Not I, I stalked away with celerity. I know that this is not true; I saw the video. It was uploaded by some YouTuber. ---
**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 30, 2014, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17726 "2014-10-30T18:13:33Z")
[Willie Horton style ads](http://www.politico.com/story/2014/10/lee-terry-brad-ashford-111981.html) aren’t necessarily stupid – sleazy, yes, but not necessarily stupid… > [@](#): > > National Republicans are trying to save Nebraska Rep. Lee Terry with a television ad members of both parties are comparing to one of the most infamous spots in political history. > The National Republican Campaign Committee’s ad, titled “Nikko,” hits Democratic nominee Brad Ashford, a state senator, for supporting the state’s “good-time” law, which eliminates one day from a prison sentence for every day a convict spends behind bars without incident. The ad is named after Nikko Jenkins, who was released from prison early under the law and went on to murder four people in the span of 11 days one month after his release… …at least, they aren’t stupid unless [they blow up in your face](http://hoh.rollcall.com/nikko-jenkins-endorses-lee-terry) by attracting attention to an embarrassing moment: > [@](#): > > Vulnerable Rep. Lee Terry received an emphatic endorsement Wednesday, but the Nebraska Republican is not likely to tout this show of support on the campaign trail any time soon. > > KMTV in Omaha, Neb., reported that at a hearing to examine his competency, convicted murderer Nikko Jenkins shouted, “Vote Lee Terry guys, greatest Republican ever.”… ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17727 "2014-10-30T21:14:31Z")
[Georgia Congressthing Paul Broun wonders if Obama has a “purposeful” plan to spread Ebola.](http://www.salon.com/2014/10/30/gop_congressman_wonders_if_obama_has_a_purposeful_plan_to_spread_ebola/) ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17728 "2014-10-30T21:26:33Z")
[Laura Ingraham theorizes Ebola volunteers aren’t doctors, just fakers in white coats.](http://www.salon.com/2014/10/30/laura_ingraham_theorizes_ebola_volunteers_arent_doctors_just_fakers_in_white_coats/) ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17729 "2014-10-30T21:28:57Z")
[Talk radio host Dennis Prager: Rape culture is “a gargantuan lie to get votes” promoted by “the feminist left.” And, sexual assault is now defined broadly enough to include “unwanted kisses.”](http://www.salon.com/2014/10/30/conservative_pundit_rallies_gop_voters_by_calling_rape_culture_a_gargantuan_lie/) ---
**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 30, 2014, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17730 "2014-10-30T22:09:22Z")
… Um, yes ? How are unwanted kisses OK, or anything besides sexual assault ? Am I supposed to be all up in arms about them feminazis stomping all over my right to glomp whomever I want ? Wait, am I a basement troll in this hypothetical ? Because if so, I resemble that. ---
**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 30, 2014, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17731 "2014-10-30T23:12:30Z")
[NRA funded ad for conservative Republican Congressman appears on Grindr](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2014/10/30/oops-campaign-ad-for-anti-gay-republican-senator-ends-up-on-grindr/) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17732 "2014-10-30T23:38:36Z")
Ever have that sensation of click dread? Like you don’t know what something is, but also you kinda cringe thinking you’re soon gonna wish you still didn’t? And you almost always click anyway? ---
**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 30, 2014, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17733 "2014-10-30T23:47:09Z")
Oh, yeah, now that I see it, I could understand where that dread might come from. But you could hover over the link and see what it’s linking to. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17734 "2014-10-31T00:02:17Z")
Picturing a stalwart local Republican guy hearing the news and trying to pretend he didn’t already know… “NRA ad? On, what’s it called, _Grendel_? _Glenda_? Some sort of gay website, you say? No, never heard of it…” ---
**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 31, 2014, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17735 "2014-10-31T00:04:09Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [Laura Ingraham theorizes Ebola volunteers aren’t doctors, just fakers in white coats.](http://www.salon.com/2014/10/30/laura_ingraham_theorizes_ebola_volunteers_arent_doctors_just_fakers_in_white_coats/) her, again? time to look once more at how [Jed Batlett handled her sorry ass](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eD52OlkKfNs), just for, you know, some comic relief ---
**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 31, 2014, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17736 "2014-10-31T00:42:30Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > her, again? time to look once more at how [Jed Batlett handled her sorry ass](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eD52OlkKfNs), just for, you know, some comic relief Wrong Laura. [Dr. Laura](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Schlessinger) [Laura Ingraham](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Ingraham) ---
**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 31, 2014, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17737 "2014-10-31T00:43:45Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [NRA funded ad for conservative Republican Congressman appears on Grindr](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2014/10/30/oops-campaign-ad-for-anti-gay-republican-senator-ends-up-on-grindr/) Well, they certainly reach the Wide-Stance Republicans. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17738 "2014-10-31T14:01:43Z")
[Veteran lobbyist counsels gathering of oil & gas execs to dig up dirt on environmentalists and liberal celebs and “win ugly.”](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/31/us/politics/pr-executives-western-energy-alliance-speech-taped.html?_r=2) > [@](#): > > The blunt advice from the consultant, Richard Berman, the founder and chief executive of the Washington-based Berman & Company consulting firm, came as Mr. Berman solicited up to $3 million from oil and gas industry executives to finance an advertising and public relations campaign called Big Green Radicals. > > The company executives, Mr. Berman said in his speech, must be willing to exploit emotions like fear, greed and anger and turn them against the environmental groups. And major corporations secretly financing such a campaign should not worry about offending the general public because “you can either win ugly or lose pretty,” he said. > > “Think of this as an endless war,” Mr. Berman told the crowd at the June event in Colorado Springs, sponsored by the Western Energy Alliance, a group whose members include Devon Energy, Halliburton and Anadarko Petroleum, which specialize in extracting oil and gas through hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking. “And you have to budget for it.” The stupid part? Opening his mouth. One of the execs secretly taped Berman’s remarks and, finding them offensive, turned them over to the NYT. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17739 "2014-10-31T14:53:18Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [Georgia Congressthing Paul Broun wonders if Obama has a “purposeful” plan to spread Ebola.](http://www.salon.com/2014/10/30/gop_congressman_wonders_if_obama_has_a_purposeful_plan_to_spread_ebola/) Well, he left open the question whether it was purposeful or incompetent, but I think it clearly has to be both. If the US president want to spread Ebola in the US, to cause death an panic and bring about Martial law, and the best he can manage in the last month is one Liberian immigrant, 2 attending nurses and one returning doctor with 3/4 of them surviving. That is some pretty serious incompetence. ---
**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 31, 2014, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17740 "2014-10-31T15:00:32Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Well, he left open the question whether it was purposeful or incompetent, but I think it clearly has to be both. If the US president want to spread Ebola in the US, to cause death an panic and bring about Martial law, and the best he can manage in the last month is one Liberian immigrant, 2 attending nurses and one returning doctor with 3/4 of them surviving. That is some pretty serious incompetence. C’mon, give Obama a break! He’s new at spreading plagues! He’ll get the hang of it eventually! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=886) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=888)