# 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:** 1063
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21242 "2015-04-28T01:46:35Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > Talk about cute mustaches! And Omar Sharif could’ve played Stalin! ---
**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:** [April 28, 2015, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21243 "2015-04-28T01:48:10Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > By Cruz’s definition, you could argue that there aren’t any Christians in the GOP either. If you’re not willing to handle snakes and speak in tongues you are just faking being a Christian! ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21244 "2015-04-28T02:03:43Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Ted Cruz says there are [no Christians in the Democratic Party](http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/davidbadash/ted_cruz_christians_cannot_be_democrats_because_of_liberal_fascism_on_gay_marriage): Because liberal = fascism. Riiiight. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21245 "2015-04-28T02:30:42Z")
Well, brown shirts, beige shirts. Beer hall, Starbucks. _Deutschland über alles_, show tunes. Pretty close. ---
**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 28, 2015, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21246 "2015-04-28T02:32:14Z")
More and more, I’m thinking that Ted Cruz is an opportunistic asshole who doesn’t actually believe a word of what he’s saying but is simply manipulating the base for his own gain. Yes, I know I just described a good percentage of politicians, but he’s an especially odious example. ---
**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 28, 2015, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21247 "2015-04-28T04:08:53Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Well, brown shirts, beige shirts. Beer hall, Starbucks. _Deutschland über alles_, show tunes. Pretty close. _Deutschland über Alles_? I think it would be more like _… Deutschland is happy and gay! We’re marching to a faster pace Look out, here comes the master race! …_ ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21248 "2015-04-28T04:11:04Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Ted Cruz says there are [no Christians in the Democratic Party](http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/davidbadash/ted_cruz_christians_cannot_be_democrats_because_of_liberal_fascism_on_gay_marriage): If the definition of Christian is praying that gay marriage is stopped, do Democrats want those “Christians”? ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21249 "2015-04-28T04:44:28Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Hitler weren’t no uggo. Oh yes he was. Didja ever see a [photo of him showing him in profile](http://www.mishalov.com/hitler-obit.html?PageSpeed=noscript)? Schnozz that could have been mistaken for an Egyptian pyramid. Receding chin too. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21250 "2015-04-28T07:06:31Z")
_Das meth! Nicht ein einziges Mal!_ ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21251 "2015-04-28T11:34:54Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > More and more, I’m thinking that Ted Cruz is an opportunistic asshole who doesn’t actually believe a word of what he’s saying but is simply manipulating the base for his own gain. > > Yes, I know I just described a good percentage of politicians, but he’s an especially odious example. [Or, worse, he believes it all.](http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/ted-cruz-isnt-idiot-hes-delusional-and-thats-far-more-dangerous) ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21252 "2015-04-28T11:53:00Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [Or, worse, he believes it all.](http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/ted-cruz-isnt-idiot-hes-delusional-and-thats-far-more-dangerous) Yeah, I’ve believed this for a long time. You can hate on him all you want (like I do) but he ain’t no idiot. ---
**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 28, 2015, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21253 "2015-04-28T12:45:08Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [Or, worse, he believes it all.](http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/ted-cruz-isnt-idiot-hes-delusional-and-thats-far-more-dangerous) I’m not convinced. Yes, that article describes a very frightening reality about a large segment of our population, but Cruz strikes me as too slick and rehearsed; someone who knows what buttons to push. He says what his current audience wants to hear, or at least avoids saying what they don’t want to hear. (Not that this makes him any less dangerous. If anything, it may make him more dangerous.) Exhibit A: > **[Ted Cruz Is Guest of Two Gay Businessmen (Published 2015)](https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/24/us/politics/at-new-york-reception-ted-cruz-is-said-to-strike-different-tone-toward-gays.html?_r=0)** > > Mr. Cruz said at an event hosted by prominent gay hoteliers that he would have no problem if one of his daughters was gay, according to one of the attendees. > [@](#): > > But on Monday night, at a reception for him at the Manhattan apartment of two prominent gay hoteliers, the Texas senator and Republican presidential hopeful struck quite a different tone. > > During the gathering, according to two people present, Mr. Cruz said he would not love his daughters any differently if one of them was gay. He did not mention his opposition to same-sex marriage, saying only that marriage is an issue that should be left to the states. > > The dinner and “fireside chat” for about a dozen people with Mr. Cruz and his wife, Heidi, was at the Central Park South penthouse of Mati Weiderpass and Ian Reisner, longtime business partners who were once a couple and who have been pioneers in the gay hospitality industry. > > “Ted Cruz said, ‘If one of my daughters was gay, I would love them just as much,’” recalled Mr. Reisner, a same-sex marriage proponent who described himself as simply an attendee at Mr. Weiderpass’s event. ---
**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 28, 2015, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21254 "2015-04-28T14:05:05Z")
He’d love her just as much, but wouldn’t want her to be able to marry. And those two gay tycoons are getting the just desserts of the shit sandwich they invited in…the boycott against their hospitality properties is on and growing. Not just potential guests…a lot of events are canceling or rebooking at other venues. These are the same guys whose bathtub an ODed club kid was found in the other week. ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21255 "2015-04-28T15:02:40Z")
Log Cabin Republicans? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21256 "2015-04-28T15:02:40Z")
> [@](#): > > Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), chairman of the Judiciary Committee, said Monday he doesn’t expect to bring up legislation to restore the Voting Rights Act, because lots of minority people are already voting …just not as many as were voting before they repealed it. > **[Sen. Grassley: No Need To Restore Voting Rights Act Because 'More Minorities...](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/chuck-grassley-voting-rights-act_n_7153710)** > > Sen. Grassley: No Need To Restore Voting Rights Act Because 'More Minorities Are Already Voting' > [@](#): > > Grassley dismissed the idea that there’s a need to act. > > “It depends on what you want to fix,” he said. “If you want to fix more minorities voting, more minorities are already voting.” > > The Iowa senator said the high court “threw out” Section 4, so the only way he’d consider revisiting the issue is if there was “some other reason” to tinker with the law. > > “It seems to me it’s got to be different than the original intent of the Voting Rights Act because, in the last 50 years, it’s made great progress,” he said. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21257 "2015-04-28T15:20:54Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > These are the same guys whose bathtub an ODed club kid was found in the other week. Well, no hotel is expected to protect its guests from that sort of thing. ---
**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:** [April 28, 2015, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21258 "2015-04-28T17:50:57Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > He’d love her just as much, but wouldn’t want her to be able to marry. And those two gay tycoons are getting the just desserts of the shit sandwich they invited in…the boycott against their hospitality properties is on and growing. Not just potential guests…a lot of events are canceling or rebooking at other venues. These are the same guys whose bathtub an ODed club kid was found in the other week. Well who the hell are they and what properties do they own? I may be traveling this summer, wouldn’t want to be dropping a dime in their pockets. ---
**Author:** ![Spavined\_Gelding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@Spavined\_Gelding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spavined_Gelding)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21259 "2015-04-28T18:31:35Z")
My sister who lives in Texas just sent me this: [http://www.mystatesman.com/news/news/local-govt-politics/meeting-does-little-to-sway-critics-of-army-traini/nk4h4/](http://www.mystatesman.com/news/news/local-govt-politics/meeting-does-little-to-sway-critics-of-army-traini/nk4h4/)? I can’t say with certainty that this is a Republican idea, although that seems likely, but it sure as Hell is stupid. ---
**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 28, 2015, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21260 "2015-04-28T18:34:47Z")
[Oklahoma state legislator threatens to set himself on fire on the grounds of the state Supreme Court if court employees get raises](http://www.rawstory.com/2015/04/oklahoma-republican-threatens-to-light-himself-on-fire-at-courthouse-to-protest-abortion-rulings/). Because, abortion. ---
**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 28, 2015, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21261 "2015-04-28T18:42:31Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Oklahoma state legislator threatens to set himself on fire on the grounds of the state Supreme Court if court employees get raises](http://www.rawstory.com/2015/04/oklahoma-republican-threatens-to-light-himself-on-fire-at-courthouse-to-protest-abortion-rulings/). Because, abortion. Pay raises AND free entertainment ? Sounds like Oklahoma’s the place to be right now. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1062) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1064)