# NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 7, 2022, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018 "2022-02-07T00:52:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 18
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Jocko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncle_jocko/32/2932_2.png) [@Uncle\_Jocko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Jocko)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2022, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/341 "2022-02-19T18:02:12Z")
I fear the Republican brain rot has reached terminal levels. All three GOP candidates for Michigan’s attorney general position have come out against _Griswold v Connecticut_ … you know, the decision that ended prosecution of married couples who use birth control. Use a condom in Michigan and it’s jail time, buster! [https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/02/michigan-republicans-give-terrifying-answers-on-a-landmark-contraception-case/](https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/02/michigan-republicans-give-terrifying-answers-on-a-landmark-contraception-case/) ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2022, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/342 "2022-02-19T18:46:44Z")
The thing is, they now have to out-do each other on the whack-o scale. It’s not enough to espouse traditional Republican policies. If one candidate comes out with “no abortions”, then the next must come out with “no birth control for single people”, then then next moves to “no birth control for anyone, anytime.” I expect the next move will be “government forced pregnancies for all women over 18” ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2022, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/343 "2022-02-19T18:48:38Z")
Oh yeah? Mandatory pregnancy for girls past puberty! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2022, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/344 "2022-02-19T19:05:32Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Oh yeah? Mandatory pregnancy for girls past puberty! - The GOP will be all over that one. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2022, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/345 "2022-02-19T19:43:17Z")
It seems to me that we are not that far from the pubbies legislating forensic examination of every female’s menstrual discharge to ensure no “precious unborn child” was ‘murdered”. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2022, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/346 "2022-02-19T20:37:28Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Oh yeah? Mandatory pregnancy for girls past puberty! They are already the pro-rape party. No abortions, gift from Og, etc… ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2022, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/347 "2022-02-19T21:00:46Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > past puberty _Past_ puberty? What are you, some kind of commie? Pregnancy tests every day after they’ve left the womb! You know, _to protect the children._ ---
**Author:** ![SwissMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@SwissMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwissMan)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2022, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/348 "2022-02-19T21:34:34Z")
You can laugh about it, but banning contraception is absolutely where the Republicans are heading next after they overturn Roe vs. Wade. These people do not believe that women should have any say in when they get pregnant. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2022, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/349 "2022-02-19T21:36:25Z")
“Every school must host a daddy-daughter dance!” ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2022, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/350 "2022-02-19T22:53:22Z")
The pubbies are giving that term a different meaning. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2022, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/351 "2022-02-19T23:44:14Z")
> **[Unexplained injuries similar to previous "Havana Syndrome" cases afflicted...](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/havana-syndrome-60-minutes-2022-02-17/)** > > Senior national security officials say they were stricken with vertigo, confusion and memory loss both at home in Washington and on the grounds of the White House. 60 Minutes reports, Sunday. High-ranking Homeland Security officials in the Trump administration say they were overcome with feelings of vertigo, confusion and memory loss while on White House grounds and in their Washington, D.C.-area homes." Perhaps a normal condition? More likely, laying grounds for a legal defense of diminished competence. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2022, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/352 "2022-02-20T00:32:02Z")
Alleged Jeffrey Epstein pimp Jean-Luc Brunel was found hanging in his French jail cell today. And Ted Cruz thought it appropriate to tweet, “Anyone know where Hillary was this weekend?” > > > The Independent @Independent ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2022, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/353 "2022-02-20T00:58:19Z")
> [@SwissMan](#): > > You can laugh about it, but banning contraception is absolutely where the Republicans are heading next after they overturn Roe vs. Wade. These people do not believe that women should have any say in when they get pregnant. Yes, the pernicious belief that women are people must be stamped out thoroughly and without hesitation. That belief offends God and undermines proper order. You can’t really control a population if you can’t control the means of production–and of reproduction. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2022, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/354 "2022-02-20T01:30:25Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Perhaps a normal condition? More likely, laying grounds for a legal defense of diminished competence. Well, to be fair, not a one of them was chosen y Tan the Conman for their competence. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2022, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/355 "2022-02-20T01:33:17Z")
Not so farfetched as one might think: I recall reading that something similar was routine (at least for a time) in Romania during the Ceaușescu regime. The rationale _(sic)_ was that the birthrate needed to be increased, so every potential conception had to be tracked. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2022, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/356 "2022-02-20T01:36:25Z")
Oh, how I wish I were being ironic, but of course this abusive and intrusive plan, were it to come into play, would only be applied to those who the pubbies don’t really think count anyway. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2022, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/357 "2022-02-20T03:58:35Z")
Satire is reality these days ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2022, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/358 "2022-02-20T04:38:04Z")
Fox is trying to claim that the Russian attack on Ukraine is just a Wag the Dog story to make Biden look good. Even a Fox analyst is buying it. > **[Fox Reporter Shuts Down Colleague Who Linked Ukraine Crisis to Durham Report](https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-reporter-jennifer-griffin-shuts-down-colleague-who-linked-ukraine-crisis-to-durham-report)** > > Kennedy, a co-host of The Five, claimed national security adviser Jake Sullivan was trying to overhype tensions between Ukraine and Russia. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2022, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/359 "2022-02-20T04:45:20Z")
Suddenly, Matt Gaetz and Roy Moore are once again interested in government jobs. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2022, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/360 "2022-02-20T05:15:31Z")
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