# 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:** 1060
**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:** [April 23, 2015, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21182 "2015-04-23T23:21:36Z")
More Joe Arpaio courtroom antics. [He has admitted to hiring a private investigator to investigate the wife of the judge hearing his contempt case.](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/arizona-sheriff-arpaio-hired-investigator-judges-wife-testimony) ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2015, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21183 "2015-04-23T23:35:45Z")
They should borrow that lynch mob from Baltimore for an hour or so. ---
**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:** [April 23, 2015, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21184 "2015-04-23T23:46:12Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > More Joe Arpaio courtroom antics. [He has admitted to hiring a private investigator to investigate the wife of the judge hearing his contempt case.](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/arizona-sheriff-arpaio-hired-investigator-judges-wife-testimony) Wanna bet he’ll claim the judge is biased? ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21185 "2015-04-24T00:29:53Z")
[Bobby Jindal finds his inner Occupy Wall Street protestor](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/23/opinion/bobby-jindal-im-holding-firm-against-gay-marriage.html?_r=1): > [@](#): > > In Indiana and Arkansas, large corporations recently joined left-wing activists to bully elected officials > > I have a clear message for any corporation that contemplates bullying our state: Save your breath > > Conservative leaders cannot sit idly by and allow large corporations to rip our coalition in half ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21186 "2015-04-24T00:37:11Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [More Republican Stupid from Kansas:](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/sam-brownback-health-tax-hike-aetna) > > > [@](#): > > > > leaders at Aetna are warning lawmakers that if Brownback’s proposal goes into effect the healthcare company would be hit with $12 million in additional taxes and add $206 to an average HMO insurance policy holder’s bill If they really want to make an impression, their communiques ought to include a mock-up of the first post-enactment bill to be sent to Aetna subscribers – with a prominently featured “Brownback Tax” line item. ---
**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:** [April 24, 2015, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21187 "2015-04-24T00:38:52Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > [Bobby Jindal finds his inner Occupy Wall Street protestor](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/23/opinion/bobby-jindal-im-holding-firm-against-gay-marriage.html?_r=1): But they’re people, Bobby ! Or have you forgotten ? Soylent Green is large corporations !!! ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21188 "2015-04-24T01:56:48Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > > [@Bobby Jindal](#): > > > > Conservative leaders cannot sit idly by and allow large corporations to rip our coalition in half Ermm, Governor . . . the large corporations **are** half of your coalition. ---
**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:** [April 24, 2015, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21189 "2015-04-24T02:47:41Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > [Bobby Jindal finds his inner Occupy Wall Street protestor](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/23/opinion/bobby-jindal-im-holding-firm-against-gay-marriage.html?_r=1): > > > [@](#): > > > > Conservative leaders cannot sit idly by and allow large corporations to rip our coalition in half Well, obviously these leaders are not “sitting idly by”, they are actively participating in the bifurcatory process. ---
**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:** [April 24, 2015, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21190 "2015-04-24T16:52:47Z")
Not going to provide links, because it is a silly stunt, but there is a site where you can go to have a cigar anonymously mailed to Ms. Hillary. big eye :rolleyes: roll ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21191 "2015-04-24T17:23:08Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Not going to provide links, because it is a silly stunt, but there is a site where you can go to have a cigar anonymously mailed to Ms. Hillary. > > big eye :rolleyes: roll That right there is the zenith of sophistication for Republican humor for the last three decades or more! ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21192 "2015-04-24T17:45:01Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > That right there is the zenith of sophistication for Republican humor for the last three decades or more! Truth. After three decades of the letter to John Hinckley that ends with “Did you know [Democrat Running For Office] has been fucking Jody Foster?” I’m ready for a new tasteless, mean Republican joke. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21193 "2015-04-24T18:29:31Z")
All the \*old \*tasteless, mean Republican jokes are running for the nomination. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21194 "2015-04-24T19:42:57Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Not going to provide links, because it is a silly stunt, but there is a site where you can go to have a cigar anonymously mailed to Ms. Hillary. > > big eye :rolleyes: roll Ex-pat cuban or patriotic American? ---
**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:** [April 24, 2015, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21195 "2015-04-24T19:48:12Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > Ex-pat cuban or patriotic American? Given the recent history of the Republican Party, I would expect swisher sweets. ---
**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:** [April 24, 2015, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21196 "2015-04-24T19:48:23Z")
[House Republicans voted to overturn a District of Columbia law which prevents gay people and single people from being discriminated against for having children.](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/04/24/congress-trying-to-make-it-legal-for-gay-people-and-unmarried-women-to-be-fired-for-having-babies/) ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21197 "2015-04-24T20:00:17Z")
[Ted Cruz has filed a Constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage.](http://thinkprogress.org/election/2015/04/24/3651026/ted-cruz-gay-marriage/) This is just getting sad at this point. ---
**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:** [April 24, 2015, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21198 "2015-04-24T20:02:20Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [House Republicans voted to overturn a District of Columbia law which prevents gay people and single people from being discriminated against for having children.](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/04/24/congress-trying-to-make-it-legal-for-gay-people-and-unmarried-women-to-be-fired-for-having-babies/) from the link _… They are also trying to block an amendment to the Human Rights Act that would give LGBT students at religious schools access to bathrooms and other public facilities. Yes, that’s really a thing – keeping LGBT people from using the bathroom._ ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21199 "2015-04-24T20:04:40Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > [Ted Cruz has filed a Constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage.](http://thinkprogress.org/election/2015/04/24/3651026/ted-cruz-gay-marriage/) > > This is just getting sad at this point. Point of order: Cruz’ proposed amendment would ensure that states can keep their anti-SSM laws on the books without federal interference. It would not ban SSM on the federal level. Still plenty sad. . ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21200 "2015-04-24T20:21:43Z")
It’s just now getting sad? The Huckster fears we are heading toward[the criminalization of Christianity.](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/mike-huckabee-defends-ex-gay-therapy-warns-gay-rights-will-outlaw-christianity-god-help-us-a) It’s teh gayz’ fault, of course. ---
**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:** [April 24, 2015, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21201 "2015-04-24T22:27:55Z")
What it comes down to is they want to allow employers to force their religious beliefs on their employees. If an employer can hire or fire based on their religious beliefs, then can a Jewish employer fire you for eating pork? Can a Hindu employer fire you for eating meat? Can an employer fire you for not attending religious services? The implications of these protections of “sincere religious beliefs” are frightening and could impact just about anyone who’s not a government employee (and they want there to be as few of those as possible). They want maximum protection for the freedoms of employers. Employees? Who cares about their freedoms? Typical Republican mindset. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1059) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1061)