# 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:** 995
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19882 "2015-03-12T15:27:37Z")
Is that so, _bug to dock_? :dubious: ---
**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, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19883 "2015-03-12T15:28:58Z")
> [@Zakalwe](#): > > 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 . . . . . . or else they lose the base. ---
**Author:** ![xenophon41](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xenophon41/32/253_2.png) [@xenophon41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenophon41)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19884 "2015-03-12T15:31:43Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > Is that so, _bug to dock_? > :dubious: Was that post addressed to **Buck’t o’ Dog**? ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19885 "2015-03-12T15:40:20Z")
For the record, I like _No Hen Pox’s_ version better than mine. ---
**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, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19886 "2015-03-12T15:57:23Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > 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. We should post some of these to the comments on that article. See how long they last… ---
**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:** [March 12, 2015, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19887 "2015-03-12T17:06:29Z")
World Net Daily has been a haven for the crazy for a long time. They even ran[this piece of crap,](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMUlWbO1rhk) which claims Obama’s mother did porn modelling on the side, five years ago. No other conservative media outlet would touch it, which is really saying something! ---
**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, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19888 "2015-03-12T17:08:36Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > World Net Daily has been a haven for the crazy for a long time. They even ran[this piece of crap,](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMUlWbO1rhk) which claims Obama’s mother did porn modelling on the side, five years ago. No other conservative media outlet would touch it, which is really saying something! If you’re reduced to calling your opponent’s mother a whore, usually that means that’s all ya got. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19889 "2015-03-12T17:15:57Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > 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. And even if he did, who the fuck cares? It’s not like he can just sign an executive order suspending that part of the constitution. He can’t order the Democratic Party to put him on the ballot. Well, he can, but they won’t listen to him. And even if they did, no Secretary of State of any State would allow him on the ballot. And even if they did, he would lose. And if he tries to physically stay in the White House past inauguration day, the Secret Service will help relocate him. Staying in office would basically require a coup d’état. He would need the military behind him on this. Which they ain’t. Reminds me of the shit we heard that Obama was planning on giving U.S. sovereignty over to the U.N. 1. There was no indication that he wanted to do this. 2. Even if he did want to, there was no _way_ for him to do it 3. Even if he _tried_ to do it, why would the U.N. want to get involved? “What the fuck?” would be their response. On WND right now, there is ‘Fight Obama on Gun Control’ ad. The President is so weak on gun control, he might as well be a Republican. What the fuck are these people so afraid of? ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19890 "2015-03-12T18:44:45Z")
Fear is what drives their base. Gun seizures, homos, UN, blacks, browns, mooossslems, taxes, FEMA, voter fraud, [I’m forgetting a few dozen others], etc… Keep’em in fear, drive them to the polls, SAVE America, yadda, yadda. ---
**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, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19891 "2015-03-12T18:55:01Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > 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. I agree that’s probably the way he’ll feel in 2016, but I bet by 2019 he’d feel he could do a better job than whoever is in office. Nature of the ego of someone in the office. He’ll also see how he could have done things better, especially in 2009-10. Too bad. That’s all history now. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19892 "2015-03-12T19:15:58Z")
From my favorite Rush song……fits perfectly! The righteous rise With burning eyes Of hatred and ill-will Madmen fed on fear and lies To beat and burn and kill They say there are strangers who threaten us In our immigrants and infidels They say there is strangeness too dangerous In our theaters and bookstore shelves That those who know what’s best for us Must rise and save us from ourselves Quick to judge Quick to anger Slow to understand Ignorance and prejudice And fear walk hand in hand… ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19893 "2015-03-12T19:19:34Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > I agree that’s probably the way he’ll feel in 2016, but I bet by 2019 he’d feel he could do a better job than whoever is in office. Nature of the ego of someone in the office. He’ll also see how he could have done things better, especially in 2009-10. And that’s when he’ll start working on getting Michelle elected. 😉 ---
**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:** [March 12, 2015, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19894 "2015-03-12T19:32:13Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > And even if he did, who the fuck cares? It’s not like he can just sign an executive order suspending that part of the constitution. He can’t order the Democratic Party to put him on the ballot. Well, he can, but they won’t listen to him. And even if they did, no Secretary of State of any State would allow him on the ballot. … Clearly you don’t appreciate the risks. The UN will take over and keep him at the top. He will have additional support from the secret Kenyan Muslim Army, the Muslim Brotherhood, ISIS and the NAACP. ---
**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 12, 2015, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19895 "2015-03-12T20:58:03Z")
[Arizona has decided that the constitution is unconstitutional, or something.](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/03/12/arizona-just-decided-the-constitution-is-unconstitutional-voted-to-block-federal-gun-laws/) I’d say it was too much sun, but how would you explain Scott Walker? ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19896 "2015-03-12T21:00:13Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > World Net Daily has been a haven for the crazy for a long time. They even ran[this piece of crap,](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMUlWbO1rhk) which claims Obama’s mother did porn modelling on the side, five years ago. No other conservative media outlet would touch it, which is really saying something! I honestly did not know that Obama’s mother was [Debi Mazar](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debi_Mazar). ---
**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, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19897 "2015-03-12T21:04:58Z")
Watch Ted Cruz get embarrassed by the International Association of Fire Fighters using the same lines that got standing ovation at CPAC. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWkImxhTFTk) It is almost painful to watch. I swear, they are, like some posters here, so deep into the Right-Wing Bubble that they don’t even know how ridiculous they sound to normal people. And IAFF is a pretty conservative group already. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19898 "2015-03-12T21:12:30Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > [Arizona has decided that the constitution is unconstitutional, or something.](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/03/12/arizona-just-decided-the-constitution-is-unconstitutional-voted-to-block-federal-gun-laws/) > > I’d say it was too much sun, but how would you explain Scott Walker? Maybe they’re just being treasonous. I hear it’s all the Republican trendy thing lately. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19899 "2015-03-12T21:22:58Z")
It’s all Obama’s fault for making them do it. That’s the other trendy thing. ---
**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, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19900 "2015-03-12T21:25:22Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > [Arizona has decided that the constitution is unconstitutional, or something.](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/03/12/arizona-just-decided-the-constitution-is-unconstitutional-voted-to-block-federal-gun-laws/) > > I’d say it was too much sun, but how would you explain Scott Walker? “We have to remember as legislators, it’s our job to check unconstitutional federal laws that come into our state.” No, ma’am. That is the job of the courts. The **federal** courts. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2015, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19901 "2015-03-12T21:58:17Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > It’s all Obama’s fault for making them do it. That’s the other trendy thing. Monsieur Voltaire used to say that he’d never made but one prayer to God, “O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous”. “And God granted it”, would he quip, because he was one snarky motherfucker. That Allah guy that there Moozlim President must be praying to grants the same, in spades. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=994) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=996)