Oh, they have ideas. As we all know, it's just the same ones applied to every situation. But they are so predictable, I an considering a new career path: predicting EXACTLY what republicans will say about each and every issue.
Latest case in point - in a recent diary I humorously (I thought) predicted Reublicans would call for the Rack or Iron Maiden for AIG executives, to be televised live on pay per view to solve the deficit. This was in response to Grassley's call for ritual suicide.
Follow me over the fold won't you? There is a poll and everything! Who wants Pi?
Well, they haven't yet called for it to televised on pay per view. That's probably because deficits don't matter.
From Think Progress (emphasis mine):
Update: added bolding below
Update 2: Sorry, forgot pie. Someone else served some later, so help yourself.
KRAUTHAMMER: I’m all in favor of keeping this heaping opprobrium. I would deny them the bonuses if possible. I would be for an exemplary hanging or two. Have it in Times Square, invite Madame DuFarge. You borrow a guillotine from the French and we could have a party. If that’s what it takes to maintain popular support, let’s do it. But it’s not going to change anything economically. [...]
KONDRACKE: I was going to recommend boiling in oil in Times Square, but look, because these are the people who invented these crazy credit default swaps that are leading to the whole disaster.
Maybe I could get a gig on Rachel's show as conservative reactionary prognosticator. Nothing I could say would be too far fetched.
Whether it’s terrorism, international crises, domestic crime or, in this case, excessive corporate greed, some conservatives seem unable to see problems as anything other than a nail for which the only solution is a hammer.
I am reminded of a song by Thomas Dolby, "My Brain is Like a Sieve".
Why do they always go to the Spanish Inquisition? Do they all have miniature dungeons in their basements?