# 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:** 1033
**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 31, 2015, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20642 "2015-03-31T01:37:32Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Obstetrician runs for the state Senate in Alabama so he can get a law overturned that was inspired by a patient who died as a result of his treatment of her.](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/03/30/doctor-wins-state-senate-just-to-overturn-law-inspired-by-his-dead-patient/) Oh, come on, we all know the free market will weed out the bad doctors. If you die because your doctor is incompetent or negligent, the market will punish the doctor by causing his practice to dwindle (that is, assuming other people read his yelp! reviews). ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2015, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20643 "2015-03-31T02:56:35Z")
Well., if the MD is\* bad enough\* their practice will dwindle even without social media! ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2015, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20644 "2015-03-31T03:04:27Z")
> [@](#): > > [http://www.conservativereason.org/ar...s-anti-science](http://www.conservativereason.org/ar...s-anti-science) > > Quote: > Are Conservatives Anti-Science? > Scientists tell us that carbon dioxide is warming the planet. But basic common sense tells many people that plants breathe carbon dioxide and produce oxygen. They claim that the more carbon dioxide we produce, the more plants thrive, and the more oxygen they make for us. > > Scientists tell us that humans are responsible for global warming. But common sense tells many people that there’s nothing that humans could do to have a measurable effect on the climate. > > Scientists tell us about evolutionary theory. But common sense tells many people that the Bible is correct. In fact, over 40% of Americans believe the bible. Compare that to the 5% of Americans who are scientists and engineers. Which group should politicians serve? The larger one, of course. Not as a cynical attempt to win votes, but because larger groups more closely represent the American people. > > Scientists tell us that vaccines are safe. But a growing number of Americans are beginning to think otherwise. I knew I had seen this somewhere before. [https://screen.yahoo.com/common-knowledge-000000357.html](https://screen.yahoo.com/common-knowledge-000000357.html) ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2015, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20645 "2015-03-31T03:38:02Z")
So they’re evolution deniers, climate change deniers and anti-vaxxers. I wonder what their thinking is on the the theory that the Earth is round, not flat? ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2015, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20646 "2015-03-31T04:02:09Z")
> [@Tatterdemalion](#): > > Same sex marriage doesn’t in any way imply polygamy, but a strict reading of the RFRA just might. If they want to get back to that old time religion, polygamy seemed to be the preferred arrangement for most of the big names in the Bible: Abraham, Jacob, David, Solomon, etc. God is quoted several times as saying David was his boy, and Solomon, allegedly the wisest man who ever lived, had 700 wives and 300 concubines. AFAIK polygamy was never prohibited in the Bible, although some verses may be construed as saying monogamy is preferable (St. Paul says celibacy is best of all, and nobody considers that a commandment). ---
**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 31, 2015, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20647 "2015-03-31T04:02:10Z")
[This one](http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/dane-county-sheriff-dave-mahoney-disputes-scott-walker-s-marijuana/article_a2cd0193-bd59-5dab-86fe-1c388ab17cc2.html#_=_) really confuses me: the Dane County (Madison WI) sheriff, a Democrat, says that Scott Walker is lying. About what? That he asked Walker, “please don’t sign the legalization of marijuana.” Which, of course, was not pending anyway. But the sheriff says he has never had an official-type conversation with Walker at all. Ever. So what does Walker hope to gain by this? Is he just a pathological liar? Or is he trying to convince everyone that he is not really stoned all the time? Because, to convince me, I would have to see his blood-work. ---
**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 31, 2015, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20648 "2015-03-31T05:37:14Z")
From Fox News affiliate. > **[Lawmaker apologizes for statements about Longmont attack, gets disciplined by...](https://kdvr.com/news/lawmaker-apologizes-for-statements-about-longmont-attack-gets-disciplined-by-house-republicans/)** > > DENVER — State Rep. Gordon Klingenschmitt of Colorado Springs apologized for controversial comments he made about the vicious attack against a Longmont mother-to-be. But his apology was not e… Just days after Michelle Wilkins was stabbed while answering a Craigslist ad for baby clothes … her unborn baby girl Aurora killed, Klingenschmitt took to his YouTube show. “This is the curse of God upon America for our sin of not protecting innocent children in the womb – and part of that curse, for our rebellion against God, as a nation – is that our pregnant women were ripped open,” he said. Other highlights from his mea culpa: Despite apologizing for his “report,” he demanded retractions from several local media outlets for mischaracterizing his earlier statements. “I never said it was an act of God, I said it was a demonic spirit murder.” ---
**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 31, 2015, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20649 "2015-03-31T10:37:29Z")
Common sense tells people plants breathe oxygen ? See, here I thought that was high school bio classes. I guess “common sense” doesn’t tell us about deforestation or the impact of fossil fuels on the atmospheric equilibrium though. And of course, only scientists and engineers accept evolution. I mean, that’s just common sense ! ---
**Author:** ![Askthepizzaguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askthepizzaguy/32/9405_2.png) [@Askthepizzaguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askthepizzaguy)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2015, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20650 "2015-03-31T10:40:24Z")
Common sense trumps scientific knowledge, everyone knows that, it’s just common sense. That’s why I say, let’s just abolish the educational system entirely. No schooling for anyone. You’re already born knowing everything you need to know to survive, and anything else worth understanding you’re bound to pick up on sooner or later. Done deal, billions of dollars saved, children can enter the workforce at age 5. That’s just common sense, people. Gall. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2015, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20651 "2015-03-31T11:44:32Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > And of course, only scientists _ **and engineers** _ accept evolution. I mean, that’s just common sense ! Whoa! Let’s not go overboard. I know from extensive experience that engineers tend heavily towards the woo, and now I have a study to back me up: [http://www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/materials/papers/2007-10.pdf](http://www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/materials/papers/2007-10.pdf) ---
**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 31, 2015, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20652 "2015-03-31T13:47:43Z")
Well, not really. As far as I know even fundamentalist Muslim sects accept evolution. ---
**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 31, 2015, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20653 "2015-03-31T14:48:38Z")
Alabama, **again**. [Let’s let children pack heat!](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/03/31/new-alabama-law-will-allow-children-to-have-handguns/) No, nothing could go wrong with that. Sometimes I think they are trying to Darwin the whole fucking state. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2015, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20654 "2015-03-31T15:03:59Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Obstetrician runs for the state Senate in Alabama so he can get a law overturned that was inspired by a patient who died as a result of his treatment of her.](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/03/30/doctor-wins-state-senate-just-to-overturn-law-inspired-by-his-dead-patient/) Oh, look, he posted a comment himself: > [@](#): > > As I campaigned to be your State Senator, I pledged to limit the size and scope of government - by removing barriers and fostering a stronger patient-doctor relationship. . . Just a few months on the job, I am proud to say that I am hard at work removing one-size-fits-all Obamacare-style laws from the books in Alabama. However, some in the media and elsewhere are attempting to deceive citizens by using tired liberal arguments and falsehoods. Let me be clear: my goal is to make sure our Legislature stays in Montgomery where it belongs and out of the exam room. . . From the original linked article: > [@](#): > > Stutts’ bill, [SB289](http://www.alreporter.com/images/NEWphotogallery/pdfs/stutts/Alabama-2015-SB289-Introduced.pdf), {PDF warning} would also repeal a requirement that doctors, need to notify patients if dense breast tissue might prevent a mammogram from having accurate results. > > If a woman has dense breast tissue, there are alternatives to mammograms to detect tumors, but if a woman isn’t told, tumors could go undetected. So the current law allows women to stay hospitalized after childbirth and mandates providing factual information … and Mr. Stutts is going out of his way to change those two things? 😕 :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2015, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20655 "2015-03-31T15:09:07Z")
Re: Alabama guns: The old minimum age was 18, but the new law seems to provide _no minimum age whatsoever._ There’s been a recent spate of 5-year olds shooting their three-year old siblings. Perhaps Alabamans want those three year olds to pack their own heat so they can stand their ground? ---
**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:** [March 31, 2015, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20656 "2015-03-31T15:11:36Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Re: Alabama guns: The old minimum age was 18, but the new law seems to provide _no minimum age whatsoever._ > There’s been a recent spate of 5-year olds shooting their three-year old siblings. Perhaps Alabamans want those three year olds to pack their own heat so they can stand their ground? At that age and the weight of a gun, it’s more like crawl your ground. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2015, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20657 "2015-03-31T15:27:21Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > So they’re evolution deniers, climate change deniers and anti-vaxxers. I wonder what their thinking is on the the theory that the Earth is round, not flat? Well, as we discussed [before](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18236559&postcount=20317) the earth being round was figured out by Galileo when he bucked the accepted scientific consensus of his day. :smack: ---
**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 31, 2015, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20658 "2015-03-31T15:28:34Z")
It will certainly make childhood games like [del] Cowboys and Indians [/del] Bovine Exploiters and Native Americans a lot more…interesting. Why use a cap gun when you have a real one? ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2015, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20659 "2015-03-31T15:31:23Z")
There’s a gunman waiting in the sky He’d like to come and meet us But he thinks he’d blow our minds There’s a gunman waiting in the sky He’s told us not to ban it 'Cause he knows it’s all worthwhile He told me Let the children lose it Let the children use it Let all the children pack heat (With apologies to David Bowie) ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2015, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20660 "2015-03-31T15:56:47Z")
“I said I want _ice cream_, Mama! _Now_, dammit!” ---
**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:** [March 31, 2015, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20661 "2015-03-31T18:19:54Z")
[Mike Pence says that the reason why Indiana needs their anti-LGBT law is because of Obamacare.](http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/indianas-pence-looks-fix-blames-obamacare?cid=sm_fb_maddow) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1032) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1034)