# 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:** 92
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1821 "2010-07-03T12:04:44Z")
> [@Digital\_Stimulus](#): > > Tea Party Jesus… I hear that would be a good moniker for a collection of people making rhythmic sound. ---
**Author:** ![Normal\_Phase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Normal\_Phase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Normal_Phase)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1822 "2010-07-03T12:27:24Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > I am sure it was a veiled gotcha, trying to expose an atheist who didn’t believe god put the oil under Alaska for us to use. Only a godless heathen could believe oil is not part of some divine plan. Actually it appears to have been a veiled gotcha at climate change (Alaska so much warmer at some time in the past) – see, there _is_ no anthropogenic climate change, but even if there is, well, at one time Alaska was reallyreally warm and we’re still all here, so it wouldn’t be so bad. Or something like that. The six seconds part made me laugh. ---
**Author:** ![sleeping](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@sleeping](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleeping)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1823 "2010-07-03T16:44:53Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > If you look at Chu’s responses he is progressively dumbing down his answers as he goes: > > Barton: [question] > > Chu: [Technical answer] > > Barton: [Bizarre question] > > Chu: [Simple answer] > > Barton: [Stupid comment] > > Chu: [Extremely broad, basic answer] > > Presumably if they hadn’t run out of time Chu would eventually have been drawing Barton little pictures of dinosaurs. Here’s a scary thought: > [@](#): > > Two Congressmen, One Chair > by Lou Dubose > July 1, 2010 > > TWO DAYS BEFORE embarrassing his party with a public apology to BP CEO Tony Hayward, Representative Joe Barton was so obsequious to five oil company executives at a Congressional subcommittee hearing that he might have been mistaken for an aging male escort brought in to service the boys from Big Oil. > > So obsequious that the chief executives of ExxonMobil, Chevron, Conoco Phillips, Shell, and BP America were clearly uncomfortable with the ranking minority member of a powerful House committee groveling before them. They thought they had been summoned to Washington for the standard ritual humiliation that is always gratifying to the public and sometimes leads to constructive legislation. And here was Barton, a Texas Republican, genuflecting before them, praising them as corporate citizens, and contrasting their “best practices” with the environmental plunder and lax workplace standards of Chinese oil companies. > … > Henry Waxman wasn’t so eager to embrace the witnesses. With his opening question he began what felt like a cross-examination of the oil company executives. The California Democrat referred each of them to a letter that he and Representative Bart Stupak (D-MI) had sent to BP executive Tony Hayward the previous day. > … > The letter to BP, which Waxman also provided to the four other executives, obviously was written in consultation with drilling engineers. It included detailed accounts of BP employees overriding engineers from contracting firms also working on the well, to save the company time and money (in one instance $10 million to $12 million) while increasing the risk of a catastrophic blowout. The letter and material conveyed with it read like documental discovery in a civil suit (61 footnotes and 23 supporting documents from BP and contractors who had worked on its failed well). Taken together they provide a compelling argument that BP “repeatedly chose risky procedures in order to reduce costs and save time, and made minimal efforts to contain the added risk.” > … > \*\*If the Democrats lose control of the House in November, Henry Waxman will become the ranking minority member on the House Energy and Commerce Committee. > > Joe Barton will become the committee chair. \*\* > [http://www.washingtonspectator.org/articles/20100701whogetsgavel.cfm](http://www.washingtonspectator.org/articles/20100701whogetsgavel.cfm) Though, given Barton’s proclivity for verbal fellatio, perhaps he could just suck all the oil out of the hole. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1824 "2010-07-03T17:00:03Z")
> [@E-Sabbath](#): > > Which, of course, reveals that someone has no idea what ‘continental drift’ is. “Young Earth” creationists don’t accept the concept of continental drift. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1825 "2010-07-03T17:04:43Z")
> [@Knorf](#): > > “Young Earth” creationists don’t accept the concept of continental drift. Neither did the Soviets. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1826 "2010-07-03T17:37:31Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > Bush was a complete fucking disaster. But because he was a Republican, it never happened. > > But, Steele is too. Soon enough he’ll never have happened either, and between him and Jinal the GOBP will have ended their experiment in reflexive tokenism. > > -Joe Yeah. Bush was a total disaster, and “his” chickens have come home to roost (on us). As for Steele, he is self destructing. I like how he is now blaming Obama for Bush’s wars. And saying they are wars of convenience or something. Funny. When they were “repubican” wars, any doubt or talk about quitting were treason. Uh huh. Two faced, double talking lying assholes. It’s like one of those comic book “reboot” things. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2010, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1827 "2010-07-05T05:31:12Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > RNC Chairman Michael Steele Says [We Shouldn’t Be In Afghanistan; Calls It Obama’s War Of Choice](http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/07/steele-afgahnistan-a-war-of-obamas-choosing-that-us-didnt-want-video.php) Damn. That man’s balls must have their own moons, the size of them. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1828 "2010-07-06T13:14:04Z")
[Dear gummint: As part of the ultra-orthodox wing of the gummint-hating party of personal responsibility, please protect me from the consequences of my words and actions.](http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/07/angle-sends-cease-and-desist-to-reid-for-reposting-her-own-website.php) Sincerely, another hypocritical teabagger. ---
**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:** [July 9, 2010, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1829 "2010-07-09T18:09:20Z")
The Bonner County fair in Northern Idaho chooses a theme for their fair every year. This year they have chosen as a theme: “Fiesta at the Fair.” [Guess who has a problem with them using Spanish.](http://www.kxly.com/news/24190947/detail.html) From the article: "… several members of the Bonner County GOP have voiced concerns about using the Spanish word for party. As a matter of fact, in an act of defiance, the local GOP plans to call their booth at the fair ‘Celebrate’ and display Arizona license plates in support of Arizona’s tough new illegal immigration law." Really? They’re protesting the theme of a county fair in Idaho because it’s too Mexican for them. What a pack of tools. ---
**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:** [July 9, 2010, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1830 "2010-07-09T18:26:08Z")
Not only have the atheist liberals started a war against Christmas, now they’ve declared war on the English language! ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1831 "2010-07-09T18:30:04Z")
You know [who else](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryan_Nations) was from Northern Idaho and didn’t like Mexicans? ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1832 "2010-07-09T18:35:06Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > You know [who else](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryan_Nations) was from Northern Idaho and didn’t like Mexicans? I hate Idahoan Nazis. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1833 "2010-07-09T19:41:26Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > I hate Idahoan Nazis. Mmmm…Idaho Nazis with butter and sour cream… -Joe ---
**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:** [July 9, 2010, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1834 "2010-07-09T19:56:06Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > Mmmm…Idaho Nazis with butter and sour cream… > > -Joe They’re Master-race-eriffic. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1835 "2010-07-09T21:09:39Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > They’re Master-race-eriffic. Very off topic, but you heard of the Nazi pirate? He was a proud Arrrr-yan! ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2010, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1836 "2010-07-10T20:56:22Z")
**Poly** , you are fired. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2010, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1837 "2010-07-10T21:54:39Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > **Poly** , you are fired. Why? That line of jokes was clearly a race to the bottom! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2010, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1838 "2010-07-10T22:04:34Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > Why? That line of jokes was clearly a race to the bottom! 😃 A master race? CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2010, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1839 "2010-07-11T16:28:39Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > Why? That line of jokes was clearly a race to the bottom! 😃 Mmmm…Idaho Nazi Bottoms with butter and sour cream… -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Alienhand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8edcca/32.png) [@Alienhand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alienhand)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2010, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1840 "2010-07-11T16:55:38Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > Mmmm…Idaho Nazi Bottoms with butter and sour cream… > > -Joe I think John Thompson produced a series of porn movies with that in mind. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=91) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=93)