# 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:** 994
**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:** [March 11, 2015, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19862 "2015-03-11T23:27:58Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > He prefers the spelling “impostor”? Dork. > > Curiously, his surname, “Farah”, looks mighty suspicious. It should. His parents are Lebanese and Syrian. He’s clearly a long-time sleeper agent. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2015, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19863 "2015-03-11T23:32:52Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Actually, World Net Daily were the stupid ones. They asked Carson a dumb question and he came back with a very reasonable answer No he didn’t. His answer failed a minimum threshold of reasonableness, by failing to point out the abject idiocy of anyone who would even introduce such a “question” into a supposedly serious discussion. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2015, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19864 "2015-03-11T23:41:52Z")
Glenn Beck: [Grover Norquist is a front man for the Muslim Brotherhood.](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/glenn-beck-threatens-cancel-his-nra-membership-if-grover-norquist-re-elected-groups-board) I love it when they prey on each other. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19865 "2015-03-12T00:15:29Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > I love it when they prey on each other. It’s like the charming brotherly kindness exhibited by the orcs at the Tower of Cirith Ungol, when Sam rescued Frodo. Sam says something like: “I call that neat as neat.” ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19866 "2015-03-12T00:56:49Z")
Is that the part where its says “Well, boys, looks like rectum is back on the menu!”? ---
**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:** [March 12, 2015, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19867 "2015-03-12T01:14:51Z")
[If Lindsey Graham were President, he would use the military to force Congress to vote the way he wants them to vote.](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/03/sen-lindsey-graham-my-first-act-as-president-would-be-sending-the-military-after-congress/) And this guy is a JAG? ---
**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 12, 2015, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19868 "2015-03-12T01:38:35Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [If Lindsey Graham were President, he would use the military to force Congress to vote the way he wants them to vote.](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/03/sen-lindsey-graham-my-first-act-as-president-would-be-sending-the-military-after-congress/) > > And this guy is a JAG? We know he won’t give the order by email. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19869 "2015-03-12T01:54:11Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [If Lindsey Graham were President, he would use the military to force Congress to vote the way he wants them to vote.](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/03/sen-lindsey-graham-my-first-act-as-president-would-be-sending-the-military-after-congress/) > > And this guy is a JAG? OBAMA: Ha! I never even would have **thought** of . . . of . . . [cartoon light bulb appears over Obama’s head] ---
**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 12, 2015, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19870 "2015-03-12T01:56:22Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [If Lindsey Graham were President, he would use the military to force Congress to vote the way he wants them to vote.](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/03/sen-lindsey-graham-my-first-act-as-president-would-be-sending-the-military-after-congress/) > > And this guy is a JAG? He’s a JAG-off… ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19871 "2015-03-12T03:13:57Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > In some ways, FoxNews, WorldNetDaily, Congressional Record, etc. resemble spoof sites. Is it possible that some of the Republican opinions on spoof sites are real? … that they’re trying ideas out and, if not debunked, will move them to more “prestigious” spoof sites like FoxNews? > > With the GOP now past even the point of self-parody and more like an ongoing get-drunk-and-barf farce, Americans cannot be expected to recognize spoofing in alleged GOP sentiment. One wonders. Perhaps there should be a study done. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19872 "2015-03-12T03:32:37Z")
[QUOTE=septimus;18199169 FoxNews, WorldNetDaily, Congressional Record,[/QUOTE] One of these things is not like the others… ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19873 "2015-03-12T03:56:03Z")
WTF? Does something happen where I say a guy is my current favorite for President and he says something mindnumbingly stupid? Okay, my new favorite for President is Liz Warren. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2015, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19874 "2015-03-12T04:04:09Z")
Just for the record if you rearrange the letters in Ronald Wilson Reagan you get “Insane Anglo Warlord”. (Spiro Agnew gets you “grow a penis”.) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19875 "2015-03-12T04:09:07Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > Just for the record if you rearrange the letters in Ronald Wilson Reagan you get “Insane Anglo Warlord”. I knew it! It was right there in front of us the whole time. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19876 "2015-03-12T04:13:53Z")
> [@](#): > > …“Insane Anglo Warlord”. Just like TV, too much Saxon violence! ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19877 "2015-03-12T10:26:30Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > WTF? Does something happen where I say a guy is my current favorite for President and he says something mindnumbingly stupid? > > Okay, my new favorite for President is Liz Warren. As has been pointed out to you multiple times, the problem is not necessarily who you pick (although you do generally pick from the crazier end of the spectrum), it’s that you keep picking Republicans. They ALL say something mindnumbingly stupid at some point - the ones you pick tend to do it a lot more often though. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19878 "2015-03-12T14:00:35Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > No, this was not a reasonable answer. A reasonable answer would have been “that’s a ridiculous question – there’s no evidence that Obama plans to serve a third term”. The whole idea is ridiculous. Does anyone actually believe Obama wants a third term? I’d wager he is dying for this nightmare to be over, and will thank the lord Jesus, who he doesn’t actually believe in, when it is. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19879 "2015-03-12T14:07:38Z")
> [@Lamar\_Mundane](#): > > One of these things is not like the others… Not any more. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19880 "2015-03-12T14:29:35Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Just like TV, too much Saxon violence! All right, that’s it. You. Out. _points_ 😉😛 ---
**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:** [March 12, 2015, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19881 "2015-03-12T15:18:48Z")
> [@Lamar\_Mundane](#): > > It’s almost unfair to pit World Net Daily, but when reading that article I found a much better one: [What Do You Get When You Rearrange the Letters in “Predsdent Barack Obama?”](http://www.wnd.com/2015/03/an-arab-backed-imposter/) > > Warning-Link goes to WND. Glass houses stones and all that when you rearrange the letters of “Idiot Joseph Farah” you spell “a poor jihad fetish”. So maybe there is something to it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=993) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=995)