# What do you think about the Republican Party? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 6, 2011, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-the-republican-party/591781 "2011-08-06T23:15:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2011, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-the-republican-party/591781/1 "2011-08-06T23:15:02Z")
In keeping with the precedent that the OP has absolute control of his topic, I insist that there be no commentary whatsoever in this thread. Just vote from the options listed. Poll coming ---
**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:** [August 6, 2011, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-the-republican-party/591781/2 "2011-08-06T23:19:28Z")
> [@Does the SDMB want polling without commentary?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-sdmb-want-polling-without-commentary/591763/10): > > Hell no. Stupid fucking rule makes no goddamn sense. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-the-republican-party/591781/3 "2011-08-07T00:01:13Z")
I think Michele Bachmann is fairly hot for a woman near 60. Iā€™d also do Christine Oā€™Donnell. If you read this Ms. Oā€™Donnell, just know that offer is on the table. [![](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/10/06/article-1318092-0B7E2332000005DC-809_468x375.jpg) ](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/10/06/article-1318092-0B7E2332000005DC-809_468x375.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-the-republican-party/591781/4 "2011-08-07T00:24:10Z")
Didnā€™t the Republican Party star in a documentary movie called ā€œThe Enemy Within?ā€ ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-the-republican-party/591781/5 "2011-08-07T00:50:23Z")
Must be a Fox News poll ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-the-republican-party/591781/6 "2011-08-07T01:19:28Z")
Theyā€™re a little too liberal for a real American like me. The Republican Party is Republican In Name Only as far as Iā€™m concerned. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-the-republican-party/591781/7 "2011-08-07T01:20:43Z")
I miss them. The Republican Party of Nixon, even the Republican Party of Ronald Reagan. The current bunch are so far off the reservation that they canā€™t be bargained with. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-the-republican-party/591781/8 "2011-08-07T01:31:47Z")
I donā€™t know why anyone would vote for them. Theyā€™re far too permissive. ---
**Author:** ![brittekland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-the-republican-party/591781/9 "2011-08-07T01:42:30Z")
This poll is quite alike choices you get on local election ballots in the great American Suburbia. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-the-republican-party/591781/10 "2011-08-07T01:50:10Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > In keeping with the precedent that the OP has absolute control of his topic, I insist that there be no commentary whatsoever in this thread. Just vote from the options listed. I gather that this is supposed to be a commentary on _something_, but what? ---
**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:** [August 7, 2011, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-the-republican-party/591781/11 "2011-08-07T02:42:06Z")
Itā€™s a riff on [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=619293), which was in response to the kerfluffle over avatars and a poll in which **Czarcasm** sparked [some discussion](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=618900). ---
**Author:** ![brittekland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-the-republican-party/591781/12 "2011-08-07T02:53:48Z")
Ahā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-the-republican-party/591781/13 "2011-08-07T03:30:30Z")
If they donā€™t rock they should. Everybody has to once in a while. Keeps you in shape. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-the-republican-party/591781/14 "2011-08-07T03:39:15Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > I think Michele Bachmann is fairly hot for a woman near 60. Iā€™d also do Christine Oā€™Donnell. If you read this Ms. Oā€™Donnell, just know that offer is on the table. > > [http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/10/06/article-1318092-0B7E2332000005DC-809\_468x375.jpg](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/10/06/article-1318092-0B7E2332000005DC-809_468x375.jpg) You are being seduced by subliminal advertising. You are responding to the silent ā€œthinking about fuckingā€ between Iā€™M and YOU. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-the-republican-party/591781/15 "2011-08-07T04:40:43Z")
I actually prefer the Chrysler Cordoba for its soft, Corinthian leather. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-the-republican-party/591781/16 "2011-08-07T05:11:59Z")
> [@LouisB](#): > > Didnā€™t the Republican Party star in a documentary movie called ā€œThe Enemy Within?ā€ I think you misspelled. Shouldnā€™t it be, ā€œThe Enema Within?ā€ ---
**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:** [August 7, 2011, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-the-republican-party/591781/17 "2011-08-07T06:13:55Z")
Closing combination joke/attack thread.