# Idiot Georgia Republican (yeah, I know...) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 5, 2003, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiot-georgia-republican-yeah-i-know/159140 "2003-03-05T01:50:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiot-georgia-republican-yeah-i-know/159140/21 "2003-03-05T21:18:32Z")
Gosh, I followed the link and Dr. Dingbat’s comments are no longer there. Instead we have this gem: _“(AP) An independent medical examiner for insurance companies is being accused of making inappropriate prostate and pelvic exams for his own sexual gratification.”_ :eek: Oh, and thanks for subjecting me to a photo of Judge Judy without warning. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiot-georgia-republican-yeah-i-know/159140/22 "2003-03-05T22:06:50Z")
Just out of curiosity, what are the rates of women who get pregnant after sex? ---
**Author:** ![nogginhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5e9695/32.png) [@nogginhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nogginhead)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiot-georgia-republican-yeah-i-know/159140/23 "2003-03-05T22:20:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by sleestak \* > \*\*While the Senator meantioned in the OP is an obvious idiot, that does not mean all Republicans are idiots. > > For every stupid comment a Republican makes I can find a matching comment from the Dems. For example, from President Clinton “I did not have sexual relations wih that woman.”, or VP Gore “I helped to create the internet”. Both statements are proven lies. > > It’s about time that us Americans face the truth that pols from both sides lie. We should also face the fact that many of these people have no clue about the issues they are trusted to deal with. > > Regretably, I cannot think of a better way to run the US government than the system we have in place now. > > Slee \*\* I agree with you on every point, except **both** of your examples of lies from Democrats. In addition to the Gore stuff, I thinks it’s not been shown that intercourse between Clinton and Lewinski ever happened. Call all that other stuff ‘sexual relations’ if you like, but unbiased people can disagree about whether he lied. (Although of course he intended to mislead in that case, and lied in other cases.) ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiot-georgia-republican-yeah-i-know/159140/24 "2003-03-05T22:36:30Z")
> [@](#): > > In addition to the Gore stuff, I thinks it’s not been shown that intercourse between Clinton and Lewinski ever happened. Call all that other stuff ‘sexual relations’ if you like, but unbiased people can disagree about whether he lied. I dunno, when he goes on national TV and apologizes for lying, I think that’s pretty clear evidence that he lied… ---
**Author:** ![Alto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Alto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alto)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiot-georgia-republican-yeah-i-know/159140/25 "2003-03-05T22:53:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by sleestak \* > **For every stupid comment a Republican makes I can find a matching comment from the Dems. For example, from President Clinton “I did not have sexual relations wih that woman.”, or VP Gore “I helped to create the internet”. Both statements are proven lies.** Yes, all politicians make stupid statements, but these are not “matching comments.” For me, the main issue is not whether Clinton actually lied or what Gore actually said. For a politician to lie about his sexual activities or make a foolishly self-aggrandizing boast is not in the same class as Senator Thomas’s remark. The Senator is speaking on a topic of great public concern on which he is claiming to be an authority, and one on which he is in a position to make a difference in policy. _His_ stupid statement–and the ignorance behind it–can impact on the lives and liberties of the people he represents in a way that Clinton’s or Gore’s would not. ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiot-georgia-republican-yeah-i-know/159140/26 "2003-03-05T23:21:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DoctorJ \* > \*\* > Similarly, the incidence of anophony (aka Talking Out of One’s Ass) among idiotic legislators from Georgia does not appear to be a low as one might hope. All we can do is hope for a cure someday. > > Dr. J \*\* Cynthia McKinney…come on down!! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiot-georgia-republican-yeah-i-know/159140/27 "2003-03-06T13:26:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by sleestak \* > \*\*While the Senator meantioned in the OP is an obvious idiot, that does not mean all Republicans are idiots. > \*\* Can I direct you to this comment in the OP? > [@](#): > > God Jebus! Holy Fuck! When can **we** take take back the Grand Ol’ Party from the black-women-gay hating troglodytes?!?!? bolding mine. Would you agree that the OP sees him/herself as a Republican? ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiot-georgia-republican-yeah-i-know/159140/28 "2003-03-06T14:20:37Z")
The Republicans. Party of Fredrick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln. Things change, darn it. ---
**Author:** ![december](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/838e76/32.png) [@december](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/december)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiot-georgia-republican-yeah-i-know/159140/29 "2003-03-06T14:30:41Z")
Speaking as a Republican, I am embarassed by this idiocy. ---
**Author:** ![Skid\_Row](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/779978/32.png) [@Skid\_Row](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skid_Row)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiot-georgia-republican-yeah-i-know/159140/30 "2003-03-07T01:43:57Z")
Jesus Q. Christ in a Chicken Basket! I offer a thread about a fruit loop politician and it gets turned into whether Al Gore invented the internet?! Whoa…must’ve been a whopper of a bad OP. By the way, I am a **proud** republican. I just don’t by into the wing of my party that absolutely seems to have this big chip on their collective shoulder about women (abortion, Augusta National), gays (Defense of Marriage Act) and blacks (the confederate flag, affirmative action). What about just lowering taxes and decreasing the size of government? What about defending our borders? What about a strong national defense and a swift and sure system of criminal justice? Man, I miss that GOP. Jebus, did I just hijack my own thread? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiot-georgia-republican-yeah-i-know/159140/31 "2003-03-07T02:36:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by december \* > \*\*Speaking as a Republican, I am embarassed by this idiocy. \*\* [Clinton]Speaking as a Democrat, I feel your pain.[/Clinton]😃 ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiot-georgia-republican-yeah-i-know/159140/32 "2003-03-07T02:54:21Z")
Not for nothing, but… It wasn’t Berners-Lee, but… Somewhere, I don’t recall, it may have been Jerry Pournelle, one of the real inventors of the internet, the original programmers, was asked about the Al Gore quote. He thought about it, and said, yeah, that’s about right. Poor Al. Burned to a crisp on a true statement about a pretty gutsy and _very_ important thing he did. ---
**Author:** ![3trew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/13edae/32.png) [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiot-georgia-republican-yeah-i-know/159140/33 "2003-03-07T02:58:53Z")
Okay, let’s take it outside. Anybody who feels the need to mention Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Jesse Helms, or any other person identified solely for their position as a scumbag member of the party that you don’t like, start your own damn pit thread and leave this one alone! ---
**Author:** ![Lathe\_of\_Heaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Lathe\_of\_Heaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lathe_of_Heaven)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiot-georgia-republican-yeah-i-know/159140/34 "2003-03-07T06:34:43Z")
> [@](#): > > Not for nothing, but… It wasn’t Berners-Lee, but… Somewhere, I don’t recall, it may have been Jerry Pournelle, one of the real inventors of the internet, the original programmers, was asked about the Al Gore quote. He thought about it, and said, yeah, that’s about right. Vint Cerf, one of the guys behind TCP/IP. He wrote a little piece on his perspective; googling should turn it up. Back to the topic. It looks to me like a pro-lifer is trying to weasel out of providing a rape exception. I find it particularly reprensible that he should misrepresent science in order to do so. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiot-georgia-republican-yeah-i-know/159140/35 "2003-03-07T11:22:05Z")
NB, I was not calling Jerry one of the real inventors, I was saying I might have seen it on his site. [http://www.buzzflash.com/mailbag/2002/09/03\_mail.html](http://www.buzzflash.com/mailbag/2002/09/03_mail.html) Found it! Brief quote: Al Gore’s Role in Founding the Internet By Robert Kahn and Vinton Cerf Al Gore was the first political leader to recognize the importance of the Internet and to promote and support its development. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiot-georgia-republican-yeah-i-know/159140.md?page=1)