# Why are there so many freaking retards in the Republican party? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 3, 2004, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-so-many-freaking-retards-in-the-republican-party/253433 "2004-07-03T23:51:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-so-many-freaking-retards-in-the-republican-party/253433/101 "2004-07-08T21:45:16Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > [Two friggin’ seconds on Google, mouthbreather](http://www.senate.gov/reference/glossary_term/proxy_voting.htm). > > Having abandoned all your previous claimed points, your count now stands at zero. Go back to lurking - you’re not ready for this board yet. Good thing it didn’t take 11 seconds - you’d have had to take your shoes off to count. try answering the asked question. OK, let’s look at your cite: > [@](#): > > proxy voting - The practice of allowing a Senator to cast a vote in committee for an absent Senator. Senate Rule XXVI provides that proxies may not be voted when the absent Senator has not been informed of the matter on which he is being recorded and has not requested that he be so recorded. [sub]underline mine[/sub] Note the words **IN COMMITTEE. As in NOT WHEN THE BILL IS ON THE FLOOR.** the request was > [@](#): > > Cite? Most votes are by proxy? In full session? [sub]underline mine[/sub] try this cite: [http://www.c-span.org/guide/congress/glossary/proxysen.htm](http://www.c-span.org/guide/congress/glossary/proxysen.htm) > [@](#): > > A Proxy is a vote cast by one member for another who is absent. > The Senate allows proxy voting in committee but not on the floor. Proxy voting on the main floor is BANNED. Your cite was not what was asked. Do you understand the difference between committee and full session? Bills are not passed in committee. I also asked what constituent service he is doing touring the country. You didn’t answer that. Why? Because he does little if any? **Polerius**. See why pols use little words? So people live Elvis can possibly understand them. Though I doubt it. Heck, this moron probably DOES believe Elvis is alive. Just how closely WERE his parents related before they married? ---
**Author:** ![Polerius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d78d45/32.png) [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2004, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-so-many-freaking-retards-in-the-republican-party/253433/102 "2004-07-09T07:23:40Z")
Want more proof of the ‘retard’ claim? I’ll keep it coming as I find it. > [@](#): > > RNC Mocks Kerry Lifestyle in Web Game > > Wednesday, June 02, 2004 > > WASHINGTON — Go back three spaces, Mr. Monopoly. There’s a new millionaire on the board — John Kerry. > > In “Kerryopoly,” the Republican National Committee roasts the Democratic presidential candidate with an online satire of his well-heeled lifestyle. > > Players begin with just $40,000 in Kerryopoly money, the average national household income. “After a few trips around the board, most players will be millions of dollars in debt, proving that John Kerry’s lifestyle is out of reach and out of sync with most Americans,” RNC communications director Jim Dyke said in a statement. > > Three leading Republicans in the federal government — President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist of Tennessee — are multimillionaires. Asked Tuesday if their lifestyles also were out of reach of most Americans, RNC spokeswoman Christine Iverson responded “no” but declined to elaborate. > > (thanks to \*\*leander \*\* from [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=265493) thread) Whom does “[Kerryopoly](http://www.gop.com/kerryopoly/)” address, if not the extreme morons? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-so-many-freaking-retards-in-the-republican-party/253433.md?page=5)