# Stupid Republican idea of the day **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 26, 2009, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897 "2009-03-26T18:48:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1010
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20182 "2015-03-20T19:45:11Z")
Well, dang, we wouldn’t want the US to interfere with foreign governments or their policies, that would set a terrible precedent. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20183 "2015-03-20T19:50:25Z")
OK, to be fair, I am not 100% certain this guy is a Republican, but being an Orange County lawyer who repeatedly uses the word “sodomite” in his ballot measure to legalize executing gays I am willing to go out on a limb. [Lawyer Proposes California Ballot Measure Allowing Shooting, Killing Gays](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/lawyer-proposes-california-ballot-measure-allowing-shooting-killing-gays-n327196) ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20184 "2015-03-20T19:55:28Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Well, dang, we wouldn’t want the US to interfere with foreign governments or their policies, that would set a terrible precedent. To clarify, Cotton is not against _The US_ interfering with other governments. He is against _Obama_ doing it. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20185 "2015-03-20T20:00:06Z")
Bristol Palin’s fiancee, Medal Of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer, says that [having unsecured guns around babies is “just how we roll”](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/03/just-how-we-roll-bristol-palins-fiance-pictured-playing-with-baby-next-to-unsecured-handgun/). Yes, there’s a picture of him with a baby and a pistol laying on the table next to them. [ > [@](#): > > Dakota Meyer — a former Marine who was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Barack Obama in 2011 — had the gun called to his attention by “angi\_mann,” who wrote “[j]ust love the fact that there is a pistol laying on the little table behind you #hahaha.” > > “Angi\_mann that’s just how we roll haha” he replied. > > Despite being very active on social media — he announced his engagement to Bristol Palin on Instagram and Twitter — Meyer has yet to respond to questions about the image from reporters since the story first broke. > > Bristol’s mother frequently speaks about how gun owners are mistakenly characterized as being irresponsible. At the 2010 convention of the National Rifle Association, for example, she complained that Hollywood was to blame for depicting gun owners as irresponsible. “Hollywood should look to its own business and clean it up, and then they can tell us how to live our lives,” she said. ]([http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/03/just-how-we-roll-bristol-palins-fiance-pictured-playing-with-baby-next-to-unsecured-handgun/](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/03/just-how-we-roll-bristol-palins-fiance-pictured-playing-with-baby-next-to-unsecured-handgun/)) I presume that the Medal of Honor is awarded for bravery, not for brainpower. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2015, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20186 "2015-03-20T20:08:17Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Thus adding yet another sphere of knowledge that Ben Carson has no blessed idea about… A Venn diagram of all the spheres of Carson’s knowledge would resemble our solar system; or perhaps, galaxy. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20187 "2015-03-20T20:08:51Z")
Meh. It’s not like it’s within reach of the baby. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20188 "2015-03-20T20:22:56Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > A Venn diagram of all the spheres of Carson’s knowledge would resemble our solar system; or perhaps, galaxy. A Venn diagram of the spheres of Ben Carson’s knowledge would look like one of Herman Cain’s pizzas after a roomful of drunks and stoners. A bit of mushroom, a partial slice of olive, some flecks of onion, a strand of cheese stuck to the cardboard and a couple pieces of crust that someone did not want to eat. Carson’s actual intellectual ability resembles the grease stains. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20189 "2015-03-20T22:00:39Z")
[Jeb: “People have a right” to refuse services to gays.](http://www.salon.com/2015/03/20/gay_friendly_jeb_bush_people_have_a_right_to_refuse_services_to_gays/) ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20190 "2015-03-20T22:04:03Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > I presume that the Medal of Honor is awarded for bravery, not for brainpower. Yes. And, for both reasons, it has often been awarded posthumously. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20191 "2015-03-20T22:10:17Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [Jeb: “People have a right” to refuse services to gays.](http://www.salon.com/2015/03/20/gay_friendly_jeb_bush_people_have_a_right_to_refuse_services_to_gays/) Mr. Articulate: _“I don’t know about the law, but religious freedom is a serious issue, and it’s increasingly so, and I think people that act on their conscience shouldn’t be discriminated against, for sure. There should be protections, and so, as it relates to marriage equality — and that may change, the Supreme Court may change that. That automatically then shifts the focus to people of conscience, and, I don’t know, have their faith make — they want to act on their faith, and may not be able to be employed for example.”_ must have hired is brother’s public-speaking-coach ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20192 "2015-03-20T22:19:03Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [Jeb: “People have a right” to refuse services to gays.](http://www.salon.com/2015/03/20/gay_friendly_jeb_bush_people_have_a_right_to_refuse_services_to_gays/) Well that damns him from winning the WH. But that complete bullshit and useless “religious freedom” brand of snake oil may just keep him on the ballot. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20193 "2015-03-20T22:23:05Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > "That automatically then shifts the focus to people of conscience, and, I don’t know, have their faith make — they want to act on their faith, and **may not be able to be employed** for example.” That just makes me so very happy. I can see the day when public relief becomes mandatory to keep the poor fundies alive. Then they’ll have to form themselves into ghettoes, where they can have their own laws and customs. Then, the pogroms! 😃 I’m positively giddy! ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20194 "2015-03-20T23:03:33Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > Well that damns him from winning the WH. But that complete bullshit and **useless** “religious freedom” brand of snake oil may just keep him on the ballot. Well, as long as it contributes to ensuring that the Republican on the ballot is unelectable, I’d call this complete bullshit brand of snake oil pretty _useful_. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20195 "2015-03-20T23:37:33Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > Okay, this isn’t about Republican politicians, but it’s about the base that elects them. > “Vermont Proposes Official Latin Motto, Wingnuts Tell Vermont To Go Back To Mexico” > [Vermont Proposes Official Latin Motto, Wingnuts Tell Vermont To Go Back To Mexico](http://wonkette.com/575109/vermont-proposes-official-latin-motto-wingnuts-tell-vermont-to-go-back-to-mexico) > The comments are on screenshots from FB. Go to the article to see them. > [Vermont Proposes Official Latin Motto, Wingnuts Tell Vermont To Go Back To Mexico](http://wonkette.com/575109/vermont-proposes-official-latin-motto-wingnuts-tell-vermont-to-go-back-to-mexico) Browsing through the comments, I think Dan Zucker says it best (entire unedited and unemphasized comment): “The motto is on the language of the foreigners trying to take over the country shood be chinese, since they are more than the mexicans go back to Kenya! i don’t speak ATHEIST.” ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20196 "2015-03-20T23:48:28Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > Browsing through the comments, I think Dan Zucker says it best (entire unedited and unemphasized comment): > > “The motto is on the language of the foreigners trying to take over the country shood be chinese, since they are more than the mexicans go back to Kenya! i don’t speak ATHEIST.” Oops, Poe’s Law in action. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20197 "2015-03-20T23:57:30Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > Browsing through the comments, I think Dan Zucker says it best (entire unedited and unemphasized comment): > > “The motto is on the language of the foreigners trying to take over the country shood be chinese, since they are more than the mexicans go back to Kenya! i don’t speak ATHEIST.” Dan Zucker is destined to be a Republican heavyweight. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2015, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20198 "2015-03-21T00:42:03Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Dan Zucker is destined to be a Republican heavyweight. The author of that article, Doktor Zoom (we’ve been misattributing it to Wonkette), is of the opinion that Dan Zucker is actually parodying the other posts. Further posts by Zucker on that page seem to back this up. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2015, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20199 "2015-03-21T00:45:42Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > The author of that article, Doktor Zoom (we’ve been misattributing it to Wonkette), is of the opinion that Dan Zucker is actually parodying the other posts. Further posts by Zucker on that page seem to back this up. “What have the Romans ever done for us?” ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2015, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20200 "2015-03-21T00:49:02Z")
I could definitely see it that way. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2015, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20201 "2015-03-21T00:59:27Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > “What have the Romans ever done for us?” Peace? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1009) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1011)