# 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:** 942
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/18822 "2015-01-28T11:56:59Z")
Bozo the Clown wouldn’t get hits if he started a political talk show or website. That Rush Limbaugh does is a sad commentary on American intellect. And it is said with a straight face that Limbaugh is a leading opinion-maker for the GOP. :eek: :smack: Knowing this, anyone who still supports the GOP deserves only contempt. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ A recent study demonstrates an underlying problem of American politics. Right-wingers who talk only to other right-wingers _move further to the right_. Similarly , a left-wing echo chamber will move leftists further left. (Though I think, almost by definition, progressive thinkers tend to be more open-minded and less likely than rightists to fall into an echo chamber.) For the Desirable but Impossible Changes that would improve American politics Department: Outlaw political ads, etc.; cancel general elections; turn over elections to a particular group of Americans: those willing to spend time attending broad-spectrum discussions and debates. ---
**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:** [January 28, 2015, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/18823 "2015-01-28T13:49:41Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > Rusty is from Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and has lived in Florida for years. I don’t know if he’s ever seen a blizzard. He probably thinks that’s something you get from Baskin-Robbins. 😉 Shows what YOU know.\* **Blizzards[sup]TM[/sup]** are from Dairy Queen. [https://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;\_ylt=AwrB8piv6MhUmXsASJ.JzbkF;\_ylu=X3oDMTIyZnE4cnRwBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1nBG9pZANkZWZmMjM4NWI2ZTJlMWI5MjRlNzY0NTNiNDM0NGY0NwRncG9zAzEEaXQDYmluZw--?.origin=&back=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3F\_adv\_prop%3Dimage%26va%3DDairy%2BQueen%2BBlizzard%26fr%3Dyfp-t-901%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D1&w=400&h=395&imgurl=www.articlesweb.org%2Fblog%2Fwp-content%2Fgallery%2Fdairy-queen-blizzard-flavors%2Fdairy-queen-blizzard-flavors-8.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.articlesweb.org%2Flifestyle%2Fdairy-queen-blizzard-flavors&size=81.9KB&name=\dairy-queen-blizzard\<%2Fb\>-flavors-8&p=Dairy+Queen+Blizzard&oid=deff2385b6e2e1b924e76453b4344f47&fr2=&fr=yfp-t-901&tt=\dairy-queen-blizzard\<%2Fb\>-flavors-8&b=0&ni=72&no=1&ts=&tab=organic&sigr=121q18rgh&sigb=13jlkjuj2&sigi=13bdq6d91&sigt=1153hjpdg&sign=1153hjpdg&.crumb=iFnxBO8CwGG&fr=yfp-t-901](https://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=AwrB8piv6MhUmXsASJ.JzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTIyZnE4cnRwBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1nBG9pZANkZWZmMjM4NWI2ZTJlMWI5MjRlNzY0NTNiNDM0NGY0NwRncG9zAzEEaXQDYmluZw--?.origin=&back=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3F_adv_prop%3Dimage%26va%3DDairy%2BQueen%2BBlizzard%26fr%3Dyfp-t-901%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D1&w=400&h=395&imgurl=www.articlesweb.org%2Fblog%2Fwp-content%2Fgallery%2Fdairy-queen-blizzard-flavors%2Fdairy-queen-blizzard-flavors-8.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.articlesweb.org%2Flifestyle%2Fdairy-queen-blizzard-flavors&size=81.9KB&name=%3Cb%3Edairy-queen-blizzard%3C%2Fb%3E-flavors-8&p=Dairy+Queen+Blizzard&oid=deff2385b6e2e1b924e76453b4344f47&fr2=&fr=yfp-t-901&tt=%3Cb%3Edairy-queen-blizzard%3C%2Fb%3E-flavors-8&b=0&ni=72&no=1&ts=&tab=organic&sigr=121q18rgh&sigb=13jlkjuj2&sigi=13bdq6d91&sigt=1153hjpdg&sign=1153hjpdg&.crumb=iFnxBO8CwGG&fr=yfp-t-901) \*or possibly what you think HE knows ---
**Author:** ![crucible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@crucible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crucible)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/18824 "2015-01-28T14:54:31Z")
I’m more concerned about the R’s work on sabotaging the nuclear talks with Iran than whether an Israeli of any party addresses Congress. Related, I suppose, but who wants a nuclear exchange anywhere, middle east included. It is up to the Executive to negotiate with foreign governments, then present the treaty to the Senate, wise old men with no political agendas… ---
**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:** [January 28, 2015, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/18825 "2015-01-28T15:28:31Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Wasilla a million-dollar view? Just to see Siberia from your front porch? A [shot](https://farfromthesilverscreen.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/wasilla-032009-02-1024.jpg) of downtown Wasilla and the view therefrom. Doesn’t seem right, somehow. ---
**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:** [January 28, 2015, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/18826 "2015-01-28T15:53:12Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > > [@Senegoid](#): > > > > Wasilla a million-dollar view? Just to see Siberia from your front porch? > > A [shot](https://farfromthesilverscreen.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/wasilla-032009-02-1024.jpg) of downtown Wasilla and the view therefrom. Doesn’t seem right, somehow. So are those the Urals, or the Caucasus? (I’ve been in Wasilla — briefly, thank Og — and I agree 100%: the “pathetic little twarf” doesn’t deserve its setting.) ---
**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:** [January 28, 2015, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/18827 "2015-01-28T16:04:19Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > A [shot](https://farfromthesilverscreen.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/wasilla-032009-02-1024.jpg) of downtown Wasilla and the view therefrom. Doesn’t seem right, somehow. I am absolutely stunned. Wouldn’t have believed that was possible. They have a _Target_? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/18828 "2015-01-28T16:36:49Z")
You’d think having a view like that every time you so much as lifted your eyes would instill some kind of sense of awe and introspection at humanity’s place in the world. Apparently not… ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/18829 "2015-01-28T16:44:36Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > A [shot](https://farfromthesilverscreen.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/wasilla-032009-02-1024.jpg) of downtown Wasilla and the view therefrom. Doesn’t seem right, somehow. Let me guess. That picture was taken in August? ---
**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:** [January 28, 2015, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/18830 "2015-01-28T17:03:47Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > They have a _Target_? 😃 gotta have something to shoot at ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/18831 "2015-01-28T17:36:54Z")
[Sarah Palin attacks Bill O’Reilly as a “quasi-conservative.”](http://www.salon.com/2015/01/28/this_is_war_sarah_palin_slams_quasi_conservative_oreilly_for_not_taking_her_fake_2016_candidacy_seriously/) ---
**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:** [January 28, 2015, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/18832 "2015-01-28T18:22:42Z")
Doesn’t O’Reilly always proclaim himself an independent anyway? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/18833 "2015-01-28T18:36:17Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > Doesn’t O’Reilly always proclaim himself an independent anyway? Doesn’t North Korea call itself “Democratic”? ---
**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:** [January 28, 2015, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/18834 "2015-01-28T18:41:33Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Doesn’t North Korea call itself “Democratic”? Yeah, exactly. O’Reilly can now say, “See, I’m a real journalist. I don’t go easy on conservatives.” Palin saying he’s not a real conservative is a win for him. ---
**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:** [January 28, 2015, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/18835 "2015-01-28T19:04:37Z")
there is this thing, called a “Constitution”, which says I can do whatever the hell I want to, whenever I want to, and you may just GFY [quote="[NBC News – Perry: “We’re moving right along on 2016 despite indictment] ([Rick Perry: 'We're Moving Right Along' on 2016 Despite Indictment](http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/rick-perry-were-moving-right-along-2016-despite-indictment-n295356))”]… He told reporters that he believes he will beat back the indictment, charging that “the prosecution’s case amounts to the criminalization of politics.” “Every citizen has the right to speak their mind freely without political interference or legal intimidation,” he said. “This continued prosecution flies in the face of that protection and it directly assaults the United States Constitution.” [/quote] … and a third thing … hold on … ---
**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:** [January 28, 2015, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/18836 "2015-01-28T19:28:20Z")
Alabama Congressman Mo Brooks to right-wing talk show host Dale Jackson: “[You should have walked over and made a citizen’s arrest on the college student that Michelle Obama invited to the State of the Union address.](http://thinkprogress.org/immigration/2015/01/28/3616291/mo-brooks-arrest-immigrant/)” ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/18837 "2015-01-28T19:35:01Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Alabama Congressman Mo Brooks to right-wing talk show host Dale Jackson: “[You should have walked over and made a citizen’s arrest on the college student that Michelle Obama invited to the State of the Union address.](http://thinkprogress.org/immigration/2015/01/28/3616291/mo-brooks-arrest-immigrant/)” Why didn’t **you,** Congressman? You were in the room, weren’t you? ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/18838 "2015-01-28T19:51:41Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > A recent study demonstrates an underlying problem of American politics. Right-wingers who talk only to other right-wingers _move further to the right_. Similarly , a left-wing echo chamber will move leftists further left. Yup, when the internets first came out, I thought, this is great, everybody will have the facts at their fingertips, and right wingnuts will disappear. What actually happened is that now the guy at work who thinks Obama is a Kenyan crypto-Muslim planning to set up UN internment camps for gun owners, instead of maybe rethinking it after realizing that the other half dozen people in his office think he’s a nut, now has all these websites to go to that make him believe that everybody who doesn’t agree with him is a nut. > [@](#): > > For the Desirable but Impossible Changes that would improve American politics Department: Outlaw political ads, etc.; cancel general elections; turn over elections to a particular group of Americans: those willing to spend time attending broad-spectrum discussions and debates. Translation: those who have the free time and money to attend such debates. What could go wrong there? But I will commit the same elitist fallacy, and wish for some kind of knowledge test, covering economics, history, and science at least, with a 75% score as a qualification to vote, and a 90% score as a qualification to run for state or federal office. At least it would be great fun watching the fights over who designs the tests. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/18839 "2015-01-28T21:37:27Z")
[Mike Huckabee rebukes the “trashy” Fox News women (and only the women) for swearing (not on-air, just around the office).](http://www.salon.com/2015/01/28/huckabees_hateful_true_colors_why_his_dig_about_foxs_trashy_women_is_so_revealing/) ---
**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:** [January 28, 2015, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/18840 "2015-01-28T21:53:19Z")
“The Huckster” – we so have to get that to stick like tar. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/18841 "2015-01-28T21:58:30Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > “The Huckster” – we so have to get that to stick like tar. Tar Baby, Tar Baby, tell me true Who is really the jigaboo? Is it the white man, the white, talkin’ that jive Or the black man, the black, tryin’ to stay alive? You can’t touch a Tar Baby, everybody knows All dressed up with a bone in his nose That’s the way my story goes That’s the way my story goes – “Jim Crow,” Michelle Shocked [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=941) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=943)