# 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:** 894
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17861 "2014-11-12T00:02:16Z")
Is there anything in your constitution that prohibits a person who happens to be dead from running for the presidency? I realize that if a president dies in office, the VP slips into the president’s job, but that’s quite different from being elected while already dead. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17862 "2014-11-12T00:38:28Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [insert your own turtle/tortoise longevity joke here] If history has taughtus anything, it’'s that we don’t learn from history. ---
**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 12, 2014, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17863 "2014-11-12T01:33:43Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Until Bob Dole shuffles off this mortal coil, no Presidential candidate should be accused of being too old. In today’s world, anyone under 80 is perfectly fine to run for President if they are otherwise healthy. I propose that if a candidate is over 65, he or she must have a non-idiotic vice-president. I call it the McCain Rule. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17864 "2014-11-12T02:54:04Z")
I propose that a candidate who is under, over, or at sixty five cannot nominate Sarah Palin unless he can prove an unbroken family history of nobody dying, ever. ---
**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:** [November 12, 2014, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17865 "2014-11-12T03:36:15Z")
I propose that if a candidate is a Republican, he (or she) is not permitted to win the Presidency. Waitaminute, that’s not a proposal; it’s my decree! I remember it, from 1972! Welp, better late than never, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_stamos_left_ear/32/3198_2.png) [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17866 "2014-11-12T08:43:42Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > At the risk of being whooshed, **bup** , I think “his dad” refers to Rand Paul’s dad, Ron, who turned 77 in 2012. Hillary will turn 69 in 2016. Yeah that’s what I meant. I do hope that Randy mentioned his concerns to his dad two years ago. Wouldn’t want to be hypocritical. ---
**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:** [November 12, 2014, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17867 "2014-11-12T12:57:51Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > I propose that if a candidate is over 65, he or she must have a non-idiotic vice-president. > I call it the McCain Rule. You should call it the George H. W Bush rule. He has priority. And he was actually elected president. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17868 "2014-11-12T14:29:32Z")
[Ted Cruz calls net neutrality “Obamacare for the Internet.”](http://www.salon.com/2014/11/11/ted_cruz_gets_even_more_annoying_why_he_wants_to_make_the_internet_worse/) ---
**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 12, 2014, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17869 "2014-11-12T15:34:00Z")
I’m not sure if you’d missed post 17825, or you’re poking fun at yourself. ---
**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:** [November 12, 2014, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17870 "2014-11-12T19:54:37Z")
Presenting the [Ted Cruz coloring book](http://crooksandliars.com/2014/11/coloring-book-released-veterans-day-proves). ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17871 "2014-11-12T21:19:58Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > I’m not sure if you’d missed post 17825, or you’re poking fun at yourself. Yeah, and he’d better not have skipped over any of the others, either. I understand there’s going to be a quiz tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Abe\_Babe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@Abe\_Babe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abe_Babe)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17872 "2014-11-12T22:00:15Z")
Ah, the halcyon days of post 17825. . . The thread was so full of youthful idealism and promise. Thanks a lot, post 17834. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17873 "2014-11-12T22:07:12Z")
Not worried about Ted Cruz for President, only four hours to the border and I’m pretty sure I can get across before Canada closes it. 'Eh? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17874 "2014-11-12T22:22:05Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Presenting the [Ted Cruz coloring book](http://crooksandliars.com/2014/11/coloring-book-released-veterans-day-proves). Color him white. ---
**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:** [November 12, 2014, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17875 "2014-11-12T23:11:53Z")
Yeah, don’t mention his brown father. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2014, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17876 "2014-11-13T01:40:05Z")
Here’s a cute one. [http://thinkprogress.org/election/2014/11/12/3591417/chicago-robocalls/](http://thinkprogress.org/election/2014/11/12/3591417/chicago-robocalls/) I actually had something like this happen in 2004. Got a robocall about gays (I think that was the year Michigan passed the gay marriage ban). The call urged a no vote but was very left-handed about it and talked about “inclusion” as a “Democrat value”. Everybody here knows that an actual call from the Democratic party would have used the word I just did: Democratic. ---
**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 13, 2014, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17877 "2014-11-13T02:53:57Z")
They love how it has “rat” on the end there. Turn it into an adjective by adding “-ic” and you lose that “rat” impact. ---
**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 14, 2014, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17878 "2014-11-14T18:36:12Z")
[The turtle cries crocodile tears:](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/13/mitch-mcconnell-obama_n_6154406.html) > [@](#): > > “I’ve been very disturbed about the way the president has proceeded in the wake of the election,” McConnell told reporters on Capitol Hill soon after his caucus voted to keep him as its leader when Republicans take control of the Senate in January… > > “I had maybe naively hoped the president wold look at the results of the election and decide to come to the political center and do some business with us,” McConnell said… I guess he forgot about [the big policy meeting where the response to unfavorable election results was hammered out](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/25/robert-draper-anti-obama-campaign_n_1452899.html): > [@](#): > > As President Barack Obama was celebrating his inauguration at various balls, top Republican lawmakers and strategists were conjuring up ways to submarine his presidency at a private dinner in Washington… > > the guest list that night (which was just over 15 people in total) included Republican Reps. Eric Cantor (Va.), Kevin McCarthy (Calif.), Paul Ryan (Wis.), Pete Sessions (Texas), Jeb Hensarling (Texas), Pete Hoekstra (Mich.) and Dan Lungren (Calif.), along with Republican Sens. Jim DeMint (S.C.), Jon Kyl (Ariz.), Tom Coburn (Okla.), John Ensign (Nev.) and Bob Corker (Tenn.). The non-lawmakers present included Newt Gingrich, several years removed from his presidential campaign, and Frank Luntz, the long-time Republican wordsmith. Notably absent were _Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)_ and House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio)… ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2014, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17879 "2014-11-15T16:04:09Z")
[It’s _so_ hard to tell what’s satire out there …](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/kamal-saleem-shadow-government-obama-babysitter) But anyway, didja know “Islam is creeping into our government and a shadow government has been established by our current government and now they are a leader within.” ? Sneaky bastards are working the back channels: “Obama’s top speech writer and Sasha and Malia’s babysitter are both Islamic fundamentalists that are wielding secret power.” Well, if Nancy Reagan’s astrologer could run the government, why not? “America, wake up and smell the hummus,” Saleem warned. ---
**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:** [November 15, 2014, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17880 "2014-11-15T16:38:27Z")
You’re gonna take pointers on the global Musselman conspiracy by a guy named Kamal Saleem ? C’mon. It’s obviously a false flag triple bluff. Connect the dots, sheeple. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=893) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=895)