# 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:** 992
**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:** [March 11, 2015, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19822 "2015-03-11T02:57:53Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > 6.26%? That’s 0.0626 as a fraction. I didn’t realize they could measure “blackness” to that high a precision. Forget woodpiles, that’s sampling a forest. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2015, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19823 "2015-03-11T04:02:59Z")
The quoted numbers add up to 100.01%. He thinks Obama is literally superhuman. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2015, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19824 "2015-03-11T04:15:26Z")
> [@Lord\_Feldon](#): > > The quoted numbers add up to 100.01%. He thinks Obama is literally superhuman. Paltry. Even mortal athletes can give 110%. 😃 ---
**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:** [March 11, 2015, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19825 "2015-03-11T04:18:43Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > 6.26%? That’s 0.0626 as a fraction. I didn’t realize they could measure “blackness” to that high a precision. > > Since 1/16 is 0.0625, or 6.25%, I’d be tempted to say that he thinks that Obama maybe had one black great-grandparent and all the rest of them white, or something. But that would mean that the RNC member didn’t understand fractions, and it couldn’t possibly be _that_. Sixteen great-great grandparents. Eight of them white as the driven snow. Seven of them Ay-rab Mooslim Commonists. And one Black-as-coal Affikin. :dubious: I suspect that the 6.26% figure was probably a typo. Maybe a rounding error. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2015, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19826 "2015-03-11T04:39:45Z")
> [@Lamar\_Mundane](#): > > I swear to God, Republicans have officially gone over the edge. The casual racism, the treasonous note to Iran, the banning of terms like "Climate Change"and the constant election of complete idiots to positions of high power is too much. I don’t care anymore that there are a few sane ones left. The party no longer has any collective intelligence. > > Fuck them all. With the effort at Constitutional Nullification from Alabama, this has kinda stopped being funny, and is seriously alarming. The nutcase party has moved into the fast-lane to formal treason. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2015, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19827 "2015-03-11T04:57:14Z")
States like Alabama only grudgingly accept federal rule. That’s been true at least since the Civil War. They’ll lose in this case the same as always. I can’t imagine the state of Alabama taking up arms against the US government again. I can however imagine crazy militia groups claiming to represent Alabama doing so. Maybe Timothy McVeigh style; and that is indeed alarming. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2015, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19828 "2015-03-11T08:14:15Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Sixteen great-great grandparents. > > Eight of them white as the driven snow. > > Seven of them Ay-rab Mooslim Commonists. > > And one Black-as-coal Affikin. :dubious: …and in the darkness bind them In the Land of Washington, where the lobbyists lie. :eek: ---
**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:** [March 11, 2015, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19829 "2015-03-11T15:33:40Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > States like Alabama only grudgingly accept federal rule. That’s been true at least since the Civil War. > They’ll lose in this case the same as always. I can’t imagine the state of Alabama taking up arms against the US government again. > I can however imagine crazy militia groups claiming to represent Alabama doing so. Maybe Timothy McVeigh style; and that is indeed alarming. Arizona has also joined the “Fuck the Feds!” movement. Treason it is, and treason it shall remain. Let’s see how all their 2nd Amendment fanboys handle the 101st. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2015, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19830 "2015-03-11T16:04:28Z")
The problem isn’t preventing states from breaking away. That’s easy. The problem would be the resulting terrorism and loss of freedoms it would lead to. What these knuckleheads don’t realize is that the oppressive federal government that currently exists in their paranoid fantasies could become all too real if they were to take up arms against it. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2015, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19831 "2015-03-11T16:08:46Z")
You got a relative in the military, and he shoots you or you shoot him, things could be very awkward come Thanksgiving. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2015, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19832 "2015-03-11T16:17:01Z")
The problem with the reaction to the Letter to Iran, apparently, is that the Administration just can’t see the humor in it: > [@](#): > > Republican aides were taken aback by what they thought was a lighthearted attempt to signal to Iran and the public that Congress should have a role in the ongoing nuclear discussions. Two GOP aides separately described their letter as a “cheeky” reminder of the congressional branch’s prerogatives. > “The administration has no sense of humor when it comes to how weakly they have been handling these negotiations,” said a top GOP Senate aide. > > Added a Republican national security aide, “The Senate should have a role. It would make any agreement have some sort of consistency and perpetuity beyond the president. And it would also be buy-in for the American people. Right now it’s just an agreement between the President of the United States and whoever the final signatory to the agreement is.” [http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/03/10/republicans-admit-that-iran-letter-was-a-dumb-idea.html](http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/03/10/republicans-admit-that-iran-letter-was-a-dumb-idea.html) ---
**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:** [March 11, 2015, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19833 "2015-03-11T16:23:30Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > You got a relative in the military, and he shoots you or you shoot him, things could be very awkward come Thanksgiving. Nah. Most of my kin have taken a shot at a family member or two at _some_ time in their lives. It only gets awkward if they’re still bleeding. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Spavined\_Gelding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@Spavined\_Gelding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spavined_Gelding)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2015, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19834 "2015-03-11T16:25:54Z")
Honestly! You can’t make this stuff up, the comedy just writes itself. Congressman Richard Head of Utah has decided that the security of the nation, the preservation of all we hold dear requires legislation [Republicans Propose Dress Code For Obama Daughters | Crooks and Liars](http://crooksandliars.com/2015/03/republicans-propose-dress-code-obama) mandating the clothing and appearance of the president’s and the vice-president’s children. If this doesn’t count as stupid and as Republican I can’t imagine what does. The people of Utah must be so proud. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2015, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19835 "2015-03-11T16:26:59Z")
Douglas Feith, the Bush appointee who was so spectacularly wrong on Iraq, and who Gen. Tommy Franks called " The dumbest fucking guy on the planet" has a piece in today’s [WSJ lecturing Obama](http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/feith-lectures-obama-national-security)about all the ways he is wrong concerning Iran. I’d say that’s a huge vote of confidence for the way the administration is handling this. Link goes to a non-WSJ source, due to registration policy. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2015, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19836 "2015-03-11T16:29:22Z")
> [@Spavined\_Gelding](#): > > Honestly! You can’t make this stuff up, the comedy just writes itself. Congressman Richard Head of Utah has decided that the security of the nation, the preservation of all we hold dear requires legislation [Republicans Propose Dress Code For Obama Daughters | Crooks and Liars](http://crooksandliars.com/2015/03/republicans-propose-dress-code-obama) mandating the clothing and appearance of the president’s and the vice-president’s children. If this doesn’t count as stupid and as Republican I can’t imagine what does. > > The people of Utah must be so proud. Doesn’t count-It’s from a spoof site. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2015, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19837 "2015-03-11T16:36:54Z")
Source is _Washington Post_ [http://washingtonpost.com.co/house-republicans-proposing-dress-code-for-first-daughters/](http://washingtonpost.com.co/house-republicans-proposing-dress-code-for-first-daughters/) Link embedded in article. I look at \*Crooks and Liars \*everyday. Joe Bob 'luc says “Check it out!” ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2015, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19838 "2015-03-11T16:39:38Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Source is _Washington Post_ > [http://washingtonpost.com.co/house-republicans-proposing-dress-code-for-first-daughters/](http://washingtonpost.com.co/house-republicans-proposing-dress-code-for-first-daughters/) > > Link embedded in article. I look at \*Crooks and Liars \*everyday. Joe Bob 'luc says “Check it out!” Link from _fake_ [Washington Post site(note the “.co” at the end of the URL)](http://washingtonpost.com.co/) ---
**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:** [March 11, 2015, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19839 "2015-03-11T16:39:51Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Source is _Washington Post_ > [http://washingtonpost.com.co/house-republicans-proposing-dress-code-for-first-daughters/](http://washingtonpost.com.co/house-republicans-proposing-dress-code-for-first-daughters/) > > Link embedded in article. I look at \*Crooks and Liars \*everyday. Joe Bob 'luc says “Check it out!” Richard Head=Dickhead. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2015, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19840 "2015-03-11T16:43:17Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > That is WELL above my threshold for unfriending and blockage if it wasn’t a relative. Fuck that. I’d not only ‘unfriend’, I’d send them an email telling them how offensive and stupid they are. Relative be damned. ---
**Author:** ![Spavined\_Gelding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@Spavined\_Gelding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spavined_Gelding)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2015, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19841 "2015-03-11T16:46:30Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Doesn’t count-It’s from a spoof site. Look’s like you are right. My fault. Thanks for the back up, Luci. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=991) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=993)