Stupid Republican idea of the day

[septimus]

@Rick_Kitchen

Ted Cruz has jumped on the “teh gummint is gonna invade Texas” bandwagon.

I’ll save GOP apologists a click and mention that Cruz and his mentor Abbott are careful in the way they phrase their tripe:

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And I think part of the reason is we have seen, for six years, a federal government disrespecting the liberty of the citizens. That produces fear, when you see a government that is attacking our free speech rights, or Second Amendment rights, or religious liberty rights. That produces distrust.
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In other words, “No, I’m not an utter moron and haven’t fallen for the batshit lunacy. But I sure as hell do went to pander to the batshit lunatics – where else would I get votes?”

[Knorf]

@Rick_Kitchen

Governor Abbott of Texas orders the state National Guard to keep an eye on the US Army.

Civil War, anybody?

This is really is the new Item #1 on a rather long list about why the GOP is utterly indefensible nowadays.

You can’t help but doubt the intellectual capacity of anyone who still supports that team.

[davidm]

Jeb Bush says he’s a fan of “The Bell Curve” co-author Charles Murray.

Can’t Unring That Bell: Jeb Bush Says He’s A Fan Of Charles Murray’s Books

“Absolutely, there is,” Bush, a likely 2016 Republican presidential candidate, said. “It’s not exactly the core. My views on this were shaped a lot on this by Charles Murray’s book, except I was reading the book and I was waiting for the last chapter with the really cool solutions — didn’t quite get there.”

Later in the interview, Lowry asked Bush what he likes to read. Again, he cited Murray.

“I like Charles Murray books to be honest with you, which means I’m a total nerd I guess,” Bush said.
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Ten years later Murray authored the highly controversial The Bell Curve, which he co-authored with Richard Herrnstein. Critics denounced it as racist, saying it essentially argued that African-Americans aren’t as intelligent as white Americans because of genetic differences. In 1994 Bob Herbert, then a columnist at The New York Times, described the book as a “scabrous piece of racial pornography masquerading as serious scholarship.”

Charles Murray (political scientist)

[iiandyiiii]

You’re about 50 posts late:

@iiandyiiii

Jeb proclaims that he’s a fan of ‘blacks are inherently genetically less intelligent’ author Charles Murray.

I bet his handlers are crying in their whiskey.

[davidm]

@iiandyiiii

You’re about 50 posts late:

I did a thread search.

[smithsb]

You have to search for very specific stupid - too many or nebulous results. Or the search function is utterly repulsed by having to crawl through this thread - again - and has rejected the idea through some AI function.

[eschereal]

It is not a tragedy if you repost a story by mistake. There are really only several thousand examples of teh stupid, and only a few hundred that feel like a boot to the solar plexus. A lot of this thread is like peanut gallery stuff.

But we will still hound you mercilessly. It is, after all, The Pit.

[Maus_Magill]

@smithsb

You have to search for very specific stupid - too many or nebulous results. Or the search function is utterly repulsed by having to crawl through this thread - again - and has rejected the idea through some AI function.

The Board used to have a very advanced AI for searches, but each time it crawls through this thread, it gets a little less intelligent. Better to repost a Stupid Republican Idea and risk getting teased than to do further harm to the AI, making it more of an AS.

[hotflungwok]

@smithsb

You have to search for very specific stupid - too many or nebulous results. Or the search function is utterly repulsed by having to crawl through this thread - again - and has rejected the idea through some AI function.

The search function better search for what I tell it to search for or I’m going to make it search through everything lekatt ever posted.

[BigAppleBucky]

@davidm

Jeb Bush says he’s a fan of “The Bell Curve” co-author Charles Murray.

Can’t Unring That Bell: Jeb Bush Says He’s A Fan Of Charles Murray’s Books - TPM – Talking Points Memo
Charles Murray (political scientist) - Wikipedia

Yes, that’s bad, but it’s just your generic GOP-stupid. Hiring Paul Wolfowitz as a foreign policy adviser is also stupid, but worse, it’s positively evil too.

Least we forget:
Paul Wolfowitz: Godfather of the Iraq war

Wolfowitz believed that U.S. troops in Iraq would be greeted with rose petals. He remains unbowed about the postwar effort.

I recall reading about a discussion held in the Dubya White House about whether to pass out US or Iraqi flags to the cheering Iraqis as the US troops moved into Baghdad. I believe 'ol Wolfie was involved in that.

[jsc1953]

It’s not Republican, and all the facts aren’t in, but it’s stupid (and it’s Texas) so I’ll drop this here.

An event near Dallas specifically designed to insult Muslims winds up in a shootout.

Damn, Texans are dumb. It’s like they’re saying “The First Amendment protects my right to poke this snake in the nose with my finger.”

[Morgyn]

Both Ben Carson and Carly Fiorina have joined the Republican primary race.

Well, at least the debates should be entertaining, in a train wreck sort of way.

[eschereal]

We have at least two other threads, Even the Stupid is Bigger in Texas and Stupid Religious Idea of the Day, where the Dallas shooting story would fit.

[jsc1953]

@Morgyn

Both Ben Carson and Carly Fiorina have joined the Republican primary race.

Well, at least the debates should be entertaining, in a train wreck sort of way.

There’s nothing particular whacko about Fiorina … just another corporate lackey of the ruling class (a distaff Mitt Romney, if you will), and one who got her ass kicked by Barbara Boxer.

[Boyo_Jim]

@Morgyn

Both Ben Carson and Carly Fiorina have joined the Republican primary race.

Well, at least the debates should be entertaining, in a train wreck sort of way.

I’m still holding out for Rick Perry - nobody else can be counted on for an “Oops.”

[Truman_Burbank]

@jsc1953

There’s nothing particular whacko about Fiorina … just another corporate lackey of the ruling class (a distaff Mitt Romney, if you will), and one who got her ass kicked by Barbara Boxer.

Au contraire, have you forgotten…demon sheep?

Carly Fiorina's Demon Sheep Ad

[Mr.Greenjeans]

@BigAppleBucky

Hiring Paul Wolfowitz as a foreign policy adviser is also stupid, but worse, it’s positively evil too.

Least we forget:
Paul Wolfowitz: Godfather of the Iraq war

I’ll be (more) concerned if Jeb names Dick Cheney to head his vice-presidential search committee.

[jsc1953]

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Au contraire, have you forgotten…demon sheep?

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Granted, she does hire “creative” media people.

[Morgyn]

@jsc1953

There’s nothing particular whacko about Fiorina … just another corporate lackey of the ruling class (a distaff Mitt Romney, if you will), and one who got her ass kicked by Barbara Boxer.

[quote=“Truman_Burbank, post:21377, topic:490897”]

Au contraire, have you forgotten…demon sheep?

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She also thinks that federal workers watch porn all day. Although it might be all American workers. I’ve seen variations on this, so it’s hard to tell what she’s getting at.

[Kobal2]

@BigAppleBucky

I recall reading about a discussion held in the Dubya White House about whether to pass out US or Iraqi flags to the cheering Iraqis as the US troops moved into Baghdad. I believe 'ol Wolfie was involved in that.

Please tell me that somewhere, probably in some half-buried in the sand hangar in rural Saudi, there’s a matching set of rusting containers filled with both kinds of flag, confidently stencilled Cheering iraqis, For the purveyance of.