# 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:** 967
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2015, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19322 "2015-02-18T17:27:47Z")
[American Think flails the Obama = Msulim by his use of secrete finger codes.](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/02/conservative-author-says-photo-shows-obama-flashing-one-finger-affirmation-of-islamic-faith/#.VOTGpx6C2cA.facebook) The code is a raised index finger, apparently. Only American Think could spot the seekrit islam code. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2015, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19323 "2015-02-18T17:28:11Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > I mean, why did God make bushes?! To lead us into war with Iraq? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2015, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19324 "2015-02-18T17:42:50Z")
> [@Mr.Miskatonic](#): > > [American Think flails the Obama = Msulim by his use of secrete finger codes.](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/02/conservative-author-says-photo-shows-obama-flashing-one-finger-affirmation-of-islamic-faith/#.VOTGpx6C2cA.facebook) > > The code is a raised index finger, apparently. Only American Think could spot the seekrit islam code. I wonder, what would he do with the story if Obama had used a different finger? ---
**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:** [February 18, 2015, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19325 "2015-02-18T17:44:24Z")
> [@Mr.Miskatonic](#): > > [American Think flails the Obama = Msulim by his use of secrete finger codes.](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/02/conservative-author-says-photo-shows-obama-flashing-one-finger-affirmation-of-islamic-faith/#.VOTGpx6C2cA.facebook) > > The code is a raised index finger, apparently. Only American Think could spot the seekrit islam code. Oh my God!! They Muslamites have even infiltrated our [most sacred institutions](http://ww1.hdnux.com/photos/23/62/37/5187564/3/628x471.jpg). We’re doomed I tell you! \*\* DOOMED!\*\* (but we’re also number 1) ---
**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:** [February 18, 2015, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19326 "2015-02-18T17:45:48Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Oklahoma legislator Dan Fisher (R) [wants to cut state funds completely from the AP History program for the entire state](http://thinkprogress.org/education/2015/02/17/3623683/oklahoma-lawmakers-vote-overwhleming-ban-advanced-placement-history-class/). Apparently, the AP History course only teaches what is bad about America and fails to teach American exceptionalism. > > Danny-boy apparently belongs to a group called The Black Robe Regiment, which wants to remove the “false wall of separation of church and state.” In the [same bill](http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/02/18/1365183/-Reagan-speeches-are-required-reading-in-Oklahoma-bill-to-replace-AP-U-S-History?detail=hide), they want to make Saint Reagan speeches part of the US History curriculum. ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2015, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19327 "2015-02-18T17:46:11Z")
> [@Mr.Miskatonic](#): > > [American Think flails the Obama = Msulim by his use of secrete finger codes.](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/02/conservative-author-says-photo-shows-obama-flashing-one-finger-affirmation-of-islamic-faith/#.VOTGpx6C2cA.facebook) > > The code is a raised index finger, apparently. Only American Think could spot the seekrit islam code. And how exactly do they know about the seekrit islam code? Huh? Huh? Veeeeeeeeery suspicious if you ask me. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2015, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19328 "2015-02-18T17:46:13Z")
> [@Mr.Miskatonic](#): > > [American Think flails the Obama = Msulim by his use of secrete finger codes.](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/02/conservative-author-says-photo-shows-obama-flashing-one-finger-affirmation-of-islamic-faith/#.VOTGpx6C2cA.facebook) I can think of an appropriate single finger … ---
**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:** [February 18, 2015, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19329 "2015-02-18T17:47:33Z")
It gets even worse! [St. Ronnie was a Muslim too!](http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/files/2014/05/reagan-pointing.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2015, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19330 "2015-02-18T18:40:03Z")
Hmm, which Stupid Idea of the Day thread should this go in? Republicans are higher on the thread list at the moment, so here goes: [Michigan Republican official fatally shoots self in eye while adjusting gun in her bra holster](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/02/michigan-republican-official-fatally-shoots-self-in-eye-while-adjusting-gun-in-her-bra-holster/). Or maybe that should be a Darwin post. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2015, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19331 "2015-02-18T18:51:07Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Hmm, which Stupid Idea of the Day thread should this go in? Republicans are higher on the thread list at the moment, so here goes: [Michigan Republican official fatally shoots self in eye while adjusting gun in her bra holster](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/02/michigan-republican-official-fatally-shoots-self-in-eye-while-adjusting-gun-in-her-bra-holster/). > > Or maybe that should be a Darwin post. That’s why you shouldn’t stare at tits. They might shoot back. Seriously, a holster that lets you get your finger on the trigger while adjusting it? ---
**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:** [February 18, 2015, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19332 "2015-02-18T19:14:34Z")
That wasn’t a finger. It was cold that day. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2015, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19333 "2015-02-18T19:19:12Z")
[Dinesh D’Souza calls Obama a “boy” from the “ghetto.”](http://www.salon.com/2015/02/18/conservative_pundit_dinesh_dsouza_calls_obama_a_boy_from_the_ghetto/) ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2015, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19334 "2015-02-18T19:25:12Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > I mean, why did God make bushes?! > [@jsgoddess](#): > > To lead us into war with Iraq? \ \ \ On a different note, has anyone thought that maybe this thread needs a different title? Because sometimes it seems like it ought to be the _Stupid Republican Idea of the Hour_, instead. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2015, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19335 "2015-02-18T19:40:48Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [Dinesh D’Souza calls Obama a “boy” from the “ghetto.”](http://www.salon.com/2015/02/18/conservative_pundit_dinesh_dsouza_calls_obama_a_boy_from_the_ghetto/) Wait, do they even _have_ ghettoes in Kenya? ---
**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:** [February 18, 2015, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19336 "2015-02-18T19:44:56Z")
**Before a Rising Tide of Republican Stupid, we Flail, Founder and Drown in Waves of Horror, Mirth and Drool** is there a length limit to thread titles? ---
**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:** [February 18, 2015, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19337 "2015-02-18T20:07:20Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Apparently, [some governors](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/14/upshot/states-consider-increasing-taxes-on-poor-cutting-them-on-affluent.html?mabReward=R6&action=click&pgtype=Homepage®ion=CColumn&module=Recommendation&src=rechp&WT.nav=RecEngine&abt=0002&abg=0) haven’t learned a lesson from the debacle that is Kansas economic policy and are planning to copy it for their own states. Well there’s SO MUCH money in it! I mean, for them, personally … not their states of course. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2015, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19338 "2015-02-18T20:35:32Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [Dinesh D’Souza calls Obama a “boy” from the “ghetto.”](http://www.salon.com/2015/02/18/conservative_pundit_dinesh_dsouza_calls_obama_a_boy_from_the_ghetto/) I wish I could pinpoint just why Clayton Bigsby comes to mind whenever D’Souza addresses remarks to Obama… ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2015, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19339 "2015-02-18T20:40:16Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Wait, do they even _have_ ghettoes in Kenya? Of course. Where do you think the white people live? Can’t have them moving into nice neighborhoods, they drive down the property values. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2015, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19340 "2015-02-18T21:45:47Z")
Honky, please. White people live in _compounds_. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2015, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19341 "2015-02-18T21:46:49Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Hmm, which Stupid Idea of the Day thread should this go in? Republicans are higher on the thread list at the moment, so here goes: [Michigan Republican official fatally shoots self in eye while adjusting gun in her bra holster](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/02/michigan-republican-official-fatally-shoots-self-in-eye-while-adjusting-gun-in-her-bra-holster/). Don’t mess with a pair of snub-nosed 38s! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=966) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=968)