# 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:** 890
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17781 "2014-11-03T13:48:41Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > “White” isn’t a race, white is the absence of a race. Only if presidents were sno-cones. ---
**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:** [November 3, 2014, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17782 "2014-11-03T14:12:38Z")
> [@Aquadementia](#): > > Only if presidents were sno-cones. Then Obama would be huckleberry? ---
**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:** [November 3, 2014, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17783 "2014-11-03T15:20:42Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > If his intention was to actually rig the voting machines to ensure a Bush victory, and he had the ability to do so, do you actually believe he would have been stupid enough to _say so_ in public? > > No reasonable person would, and as such it is not reasonable to be suspicious of his statement. Happens all the time. People at partisan events assume they are among friends and say things they would not say to the general public. Just off the top of my head, Mitt Romney and his 47% statement and the recent call by a scummy lobbyist to dig up dirt on celebrities who support the environment and “win ugly.” ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17784 "2014-11-03T15:21:04Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > It would be men outnumbering women 3-1. And since this is the ignorance fighting board, kinda like how Fox is fair and balanced, then that means more men are being smartened up than women. Are you male, female or a 'bot? ---
**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:** [November 3, 2014, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17785 "2014-11-03T15:28:18Z")
> [@Bridget\_Burke](#): > > Are you male, female or a 'bot? If he’s a bot, we have nothing to fear from Skynet. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17786 "2014-11-03T15:37:17Z")
From your good friends at _ThinkProgress_… [http://thinkprogress.org/election/2014/11/02/3587580/rand-paul-supports-voter-id-laws-but-says-republicans-shouldnt-campaign-on-it/](http://thinkprogress.org/election/2014/11/02/3587580/rand-paul-supports-voter-id-laws-but-says-republicans-shouldnt-campaign-on-it/) **Rand Paul Proposes Unusual Strategy On Voter ID To Help Republicans Court Black People** Basically, it boils down to: yeah, go ahead and suppress their vote, just don’t tell them about it! Don’t make a big deal out of it, and maybe they won’t notice! I swear, I am not making this up! > [@](#): > > Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said on Sunday that he supported voter ID laws — but didn’t think Republicans should make the issue part of their campaign platform because it alienates black voters. > > “I’m not really opposed to [voter ID laws]. I am opposed to it as a campaign theme,” Paul told CBS’ Face the Nation host Bob Schieffer. “Republicans, if you want to get African American votes, they think that this is suppression somehow and it’s a terrible thing.”… ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17787 "2014-11-03T15:40:33Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > If he’s a bot, we have nothing to fear from Skynet. (A heavily armed adaherminator rings doorbell of house. A woman answers.) Adaherminator: Are you Sarah Collins? No, wait, that’s not it. (Pause) Adaherminator: Are you, um…, Sandra Day O’Connor. No, that’s not it either. Could you wait here a few minutes? (Adaherminator places call to Skynet to get the name of the gal he’s looking for. Returns) Adaherminator: Are you… Hey, where did she go? That Sally Connors is one tricky woman. ---
**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:** [November 3, 2014, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17788 "2014-11-03T15:51:03Z")
> [@42fish](#): > > (A heavily armed adaherminator rings doorbell of house. A woman answers.) > > Adaherminator: Are you Sarah Collins? No, wait, that’s not it. > > (Pause) > > Adaherminator: Are you, um…, Sandra Day O’Connor. No, that’s not it either. Could you wait here a few minutes? > > (Adaherminator places call to Skynet to get the name of the gal he’s looking for. Returns) > > Adaherminator: Are you… Hey, where did she go? That Sally Connors is one tricky woman. And before that, he tried to obtain clothes at a hiker’s bar and wound up walking 350 miles to the wrong city. ---
**Author:** ![Yumblie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/76d3ee/32.png) [@Yumblie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yumblie)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17789 "2014-11-03T15:57:25Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > From your good friends at _ThinkProgress_… > > [http://thinkprogress.org/election/2014/11/02/3587580/rand-paul-supports-voter-id-laws-but-says-republicans-shouldnt-campaign-on-it/](http://thinkprogress.org/election/2014/11/02/3587580/rand-paul-supports-voter-id-laws-but-says-republicans-shouldnt-campaign-on-it/) > > **Rand Paul Proposes Unusual Strategy On Voter ID To Help Republicans Court Black People** > > Basically, it boils down to: yeah, go ahead and suppress their vote, just don’t tell them about it! Don’t make a big deal out of it, and maybe they won’t notice! I swear, I am not making this up! It’s always delightful when so-called libertarians come out in favor of increased government regulation on something, as long as it benefits them. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17790 "2014-11-03T15:57:28Z")
> [@Bridget\_Burke](#): > > Are you male, female or a 'bot? We most likely could not simply accept **adaher** ’s opinion on that, we would require proof. We might need a…how to put this delicately…a _volunteer_ to supply first-hand, ah, confirmation. Perhaps “first hand” is not as delicate as one might have hoped… ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17791 "2014-11-03T15:58:37Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Oh good, now they are saying that [Democrats in blue states are hax0ring voting machines](http://www.politicalears.com/blog/expert-confirms-that-voting-machines-are-rigged-for-democrats/) in essentially exactly the same way the Republicans have done in the past. _A massive conspiracy so large the founding fathers are rolling over in their graves_. Based on the 24-point font on that site, I’m guessing they’re not really trying to convince any reasonable people that there’s a vast conspiracy, just to rile up the geriatric base. And get them to pay attention to their votes on screen, maybe. Or get them to make long lines at the polls because they get there at 5:30 AM and argue for 7 hours about their vote so nobody else can go. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17792 "2014-11-03T16:24:20Z")
> [@bup](#): > > Based on the 24-point font on that site, I’m guessing they’re not really trying to convince any reasonable people that there’s a vast conspiracy, just to rile up the geriatric base. > > And get them to pay attention to their votes on screen, maybe. Or get them to make long lines at the polls because they get there at 5:30 AM and argue for 7 hours about their vote so **nobody else can go**. [Bolding mine] If they’re anything like I’m getting to be in my impending dotage, they’ll have to go well before 7 hours. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2014, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17793 "2014-11-04T00:25:28Z")
Ruh-roh – looks like Scotty has gone done and [offended part of his political base](http://host.madison.com/news/state-and-regional/man-brings-gun-to-walker-rally-didn-t-see-sign/article_f82bd7ce-9c22-5b87-8c7a-167e1ade1026.html): > [@](#): > > A Wisconsin man isn’t happy about being forced to leave his gun outside during a rally for Republican Gov. Scott Walker. > > Forty-six-year-old Jay Brendemuehl of Pardeeville showed up at the rally at a Sun Prairie equipment business on Monday with a pistol plainly strapped to his side. He was waiting for Walker to show up when police escorted him out… ---
**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:** [November 4, 2014, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17794 "2014-11-04T02:35:19Z")
> [@"\[TPM](#): > > ([NH GOP Chair Likens Get-Out-The-Vote Efforts To Drowning Democrats - TPM – Talking Points Memo](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/nh-gop-chair-hold-dems-under-water))"]“This is our time. We need to crush it,” Jennifer Horn told supporters at a rally for the GOP’s slate of candidates in Manchester, according to NH Journal. “We need to grab it, run with it, push their heads under over and over again until they cannot breathe anymore. Until elections are over on Tuesday night and we’ve won it all.” yes, yes, we love you too ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2014, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17795 "2014-11-04T02:48:51Z")
Boy, she really does not want the D! (D for Democrat, and shame on you, what you’re thinking…) ---
**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:** [November 5, 2014, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17796 "2014-11-05T14:47:07Z")
Well, with the total spanking the Republicans just gave the Democrats in the midterm, we may need to make this thread its own forum, because the stupid is going to flow freely for the next couple of years until we can turf everybody out in 2016. Hang tough, homies! Now the Repugs actually have to _govern_. ---
**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17797 "2014-11-05T17:37:52Z")
Exactly what I was thinking last night. This thread is going to go nuts! And now, they have to govern. You can’t be against everything when you have a majority in both houses of Congress. I heard a lot of “reach across the table” talk from Republican victory speeches yesterday. Lets see if they can actually do it. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17798 "2014-11-05T17:46:38Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Hang tough, homies! Now the Repugs actually have to _govern_. Or they could just pass 50 more bills repealing Obamacare and piss and moan about how Obama refuses to sign them. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17799 "2014-11-05T18:16:02Z")
Get ready for all the “Mandate” bullshit. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17800 "2014-11-05T18:23:08Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > Get ready for all the “Mandate” bullshit. More gay sex scandals? Gosh. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=889) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=891)