Stupid Republican idea of the day

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Starving Artist said:
I knew a woman once whose philosophy, if caught red-handed at something she shouldn't be doing, was to deny, deny, deny...under the belief that blatant and continued denials whould eventually cause the accuser to doubt what they'd seen with their own eyes.

That won't work with me..
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That is ok, you are on record of not believing the conclusions of judges and prosecutors after the evidence was already reviewed.

Yours would be a proud position for a "birther" to have (in the sense that they are proud to ignore even court decisions and the opinion of prosecutors). However, it does make many independents and reasonable Republicans to realize how doomed they are if you are a typical example of the conservative base.

Keep up the good work. :)
 
Equipoise said:
Heads up on the possible next Stupid Republican Attack of the Day*: grumblings about President Obama's asking for a screening of the new Star Trek movie. So far (as far as I know) the whining has only appeared at RedState (which is a slightly more intelligent brand of stupid, which isn't saying much, because they're all a bunch of loonballs too, but compared to the freepers they're geniuses), and I'm not going to link to RedState, so I'll link to the post at DU that referenced it.
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Prime Directive? Aliens working together? A Russian on the bridge? Interracial kisses? The episode where one guy is half-black and half-white and the other is half-white and half-black? Hippie-dippie shit if you ask me.
 
ArchiveGuy said:
But didn't you hear? Sanford's Argentinian adventure is all Obama's fault!
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Oh my fucking god. You've got to be kidding me.

Anyone that still believes that Rush has any credibility must be a brain-dead moron (not saying that you do, since you just provided the link).
 
Well, we already know he was against god. Now he's against humanity. What's left?

Oh yeah, he DOES like puppies, I think. But only Kennedyesque puppies.
 
Jenaroph said:
You know, I give him some credit at least for not acting holier-than-thou while hiking the Appalachian Trail; unlike some members of Congress he's apparently faithful to his wife. It appears that particular offense is largely limited to Senators though.
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Should be noted it was a Governor who took a hike along the AT. ;)
 
OttoDaFe said:
One of my favorite cartoons by the late and much-lamented (at least by me) Doug Marlette has one of the characters describing a televangelist doll: you wind it up and it shakes down little old blue-haired ladies for their Social Security checks.
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Which is probably why Oral Roberts put the hit on him. Accident... phfft.

(Hey, it's at least as credible as the birther nonsense.)
 
filmore said:
.... We really need to vet candidates to be sure they're fully qualified.
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Senator Horndog (R-Hooha): Clearly, the job of thoroughly vetting the First Lady should go the Senator with the most seniority. Now, who might that be? Well, I'll be, its me! Stern duty calls, gentlemen....

Congressman Cravenlust (D-etroit): Back off, slim! I'm Chair of the Subcommittee on Urban Gentrification and Arena Acquisition, so, clearly, the job belongs to me!

Senator Horndog: What the fuck does Urban Gentrification have to do with vetting the First Lady?

Congressman Cravenlust: Nothin'. But I got a gun....
 
Republicans Give Up On Capitalism, Admit Private Sector Can't Compete With Efficiency of Government Run Program:
Opponents say private insurers could not compete with a public plan that didn't have to make a profit. They argue that private health plans would end up going out of business, leaving only an entirely government-run health care system.

There appears to be little room for compromise, with Republicans contending that no matter how a public plan is designed, it would inevitably balloon and crush the private market.

"It's kind of a litmus test sort of thing," Grassley said. "It's just very, very difficult, but I suppose that somewhere out there there's something that's politically realistic that's not a public option that satisfies Republicans and Democrats. But it isn't a government-run system," Grassley said.
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GOP: Private Profits Trump Public Health
 
In a way, I almost have to admire Rush for that. Balls the size of grapefruits in evidence there.
 
Algher said:
The continuation of that train of thought is that if she is not elected, not on the Federal payroll, and has not been confirmed by the Senate, she should not be in charge of anything.
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She isn't. Michelle Obama has no legal authority.

The President can delegate any number of Presidential duties as he sees fit to the First Lady. He could just as well delegate them to you, or Brad Pitt, or his cat, providing he isn't assigning them to do a specific job that Congress has to approve, such as secretary of state or a similar post. There are some things he has to do himself and lots of specific positions that require Congressional vetting but things like "Hold meetings on the pet project of my choice" can be done by pretty much anyone he wants. As Algher's cite points out, the Supreme Court has already ruled on what would seem, at least to me, to be just common sense; that the President is allowed to hire people to accomplish tasks, and that if his wife volunteers to be an unpaid employee doing some of those tasks, there's nothing illegal about it and in fact it's been that way for ages. Ultimately, executive authority as stated in the Constitution is still his. He's on the hook for whatever his chosen agents do.
 
Merijeek said:
She was obviously referring to any attacks "other than the one our Administration mentioned on an hourly basis".
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Must be.

Lordy knows, I'm an Obamabot, but damn, what is he thinking to want this bimbo anywhere near his administration? She's obviously not grateful.

On November 18, 2009, U.S. President Barack Obama nominated Perino to the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), a board overseeing government-sponsored international broadcasting. [13]
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Sarah Palin is not just stupid, she is intentionally stupid:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/10/fox-news-fact-checks-sara_n_353210.html

Notice that it was actually Fox News that called her out on her latest bullshit.
 
Lame, content-free scary video from the National Republican Senatorial Committee: Paranormal Taxivity
 
Bosstone said:
I can see how it might be taken as racist, as I would have just used superglue in that context instead of a brand name, but I don't think it necessarily is.
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Superglue doesn't hold large things like Gorilla Glue does. Gorilla Glue has more body. It's like Elmer's, but strong. Think 'Glue. Strong stuff.' from the Blues Brothers. (Second Blues Brothers quote today! Woo!) I'm voting Zell as a moron, not a racist insofar as this.
 
I don't know if this has been posted in any threads about Obama's birth certificate but I think it qualifies as a (mass) stupid republican idea...

A new Kos/Research2000 poll shows that 58% of Republicans polled are either too stupid to understand or too insane to accept the incontrovertible evidence that President Obama was born in the United States. (http://www.politico.com/blogs/glenn...uredont_beleive_Obama_born_in_US.html?showall)
Glenn Thrush for Politico said:
A whopping 58 percent of Republicans either think Barack Obama wasn't born in the US (28 percent) or aren't sure (30 percent). A mere 42 percent think he was.

That means a majority of Republicans polled either don't know about -- or don't believe the seemingly incontrovertible evidence Obama's camp has presented over and over and over that he was born in Hawaii in '61.
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Claptree said:
Back in my day, serenading under a window was how it was done. This newfangled condom-tossing sounds a bit decadent.
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Shows her that you're thinking clearly - you know, hormones have all been exorcised (and exercised! *rimshot*). So she knows you're talking from the bottom of your heart, not the bottom of your shaft.

-Joe
 
davidw said:
Has anyone mentioned the special RNC meeting to approve a resolution to rebrand the Democratic Party as the "Democrat Socialist Party?" When even Michael Steele can see that your idea is stupid, it's really stupid.
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Today, apparently the Republicans are backing off of this stupid idea. Instead of voting that the Democratic party adopt a new name, they will merely condem its "march toward socialism".

Pitiful that this counts as their smartest move in months.
 
Not an idea, really. Just DailyKos having a little fun at Steele's complete lack of metaphor making ability.

WARNING! Death involved!
 
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