# 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:** 1064
**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 28, 2015, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21262 "2015-04-28T18:43:54Z")
> [@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. He gave himself an out. > [@](#): > > “Members, this kind of injustice simply can’t stand,” Calvey tells colleagues, “If I were not a Christian and didn’t have a prohibition against suicide, … Coward. ---
**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, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21263 "2015-04-28T19:08:00Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > 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. [Mati Weiderpass and Ian Reisner](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/24/ted-cruz-fire-island-boycott_n_7136640.html), who own the NYC OUT Hotel and about 80% of the commercial property on Fire Island. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21264 "2015-04-28T20:04:50Z")
> [@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. C’mon, no he didn’t. There is a lot of stupid out there, but the quote in article is not a threat to set himself on fire. He just engaged in a little hyperbole. I’ve got half a mind to chop my own arm off if I see you do this again.🙂 ---
**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:** [April 28, 2015, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21265 "2015-04-28T20:43:41Z")
Again, the master says it better than I could. > [@George Carlin](#): > > And, you won’t see a lot of these pro-life people dousing themselves in kerosene and lighting themselves on fire. You know, morally committed religious people in South Vietnam knew how to stage a goddamn demonstration, didn’t they?! They knew how to put on a fucking protest. Light yourself on FIRE!! C’mon, you moral crusaders, let’s see a little smoke. To match that fire in your belly. ---
**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, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21266 "2015-04-28T22:24:58Z")
[Governor Abbott of Texas orders the state National Guard to keep an eye on the US Army.](https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/593117869904252928) Civil War, anybody? ---
**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:** [April 28, 2015, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21267 "2015-04-28T22:50:29Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Governor Abbott of Texas orders the state National Guard to keep an eye on the US Army.](https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/593117869904252928) > > Civil War, anybody? And when nothing happens, it will be due to the vigilance of patriots. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21268 "2015-04-28T23:38:29Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Governor Abbott of Texas orders the state National Guard to keep an eye on the US Army.](https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/593117869904252928) > > Civil War, anybody? And judging from the comments, it’s a very popular move. I really, really wish that Texas would secede. It’s an embarrassment. ---
**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, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21269 "2015-04-28T23:46:00Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Governor Abbott of Texas orders the state National Guard to keep an eye on the US Army.](https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/593117869904252928) > > Civil War, anybody? Jeez, you’d think [one Texas Ranger](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walker,_Texas_Ranger) should be able to handle that all by himself. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21270 "2015-04-28T23:59:07Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Jeez, you’d think [one Texas Ranger](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walker,_Texas_Ranger) should be able to handle that all by himself. I can see that episode now. The soldiers all drop their rifles and attack him with bare hands, one at a time, so he can kick their asses. ETA: My mom loves that show, and watches reruns every day, thereby forcing me to watch it whenever I’m with her. At 96, she’s right in the sweet spot of his demographic. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21271 "2015-04-29T00:44:41Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Governor Abbott of Texas orders the state National Guard to keep an eye on the US Army.](https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/593117869904252928) > > Civil War, anybody? Oh wow. I just did a little poking around and boy howdy there is some industrial grade whack-a-doodle insanity going on here. Apparently, it started when US Special Forces announced that they were going to be performing some training exercises in the Southwest this summer. This has lead to the mother of all of the “Obama is coming for our guns” conspiracy theories. I’m not even going to type the name of the military exercise ( and hence the CT ) because it might lead to a bunch of new posters jumping in to debate it. But here’s a good link: [http://www.thecommonsenseshow.com/category/martial-law/](http://www.thecommonsenseshow.com/category/martial-law/) The main bullet points are: ISIS fighters are going to start pouring in over our deliberately weakened Southern borders The government will use this as an excuse to send in troops and declare martial law. Canadian troops will help enforce said martial law , cause socialists gotta stick together. And hackers will bring down the banks because Obama - I’m really not sure how this fits in the narrative but that happens a lot with conspiracy theories Run of the mill dissidents will be imprisioned in converted Wal-Marts ( which is why the pesky government is currently trying to shut so many Wal-Marts down with their meddling minimum wage laws - see, it all fits in !! ). Cuba is involved in some capacity, because Obama Super dissidents are heading to Gitmo !!! Fun stuff, this crazy flavor of stupid. ---
**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 29, 2015, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21272 "2015-04-29T00:46:49Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > And judging from the comments, it’s a very popular move. > > I really, really wish that Texas would secede. It’s an embarrassment. Yeah, if they seceded we could invade, kill a shitload of Texans, level the place, nationalize the oil, redraw all the voting districts, change all the laws to Superliberal Max, hang the leaders, jail the assistant leaders and beggar the followers by taking all the white people’s money and property from them. Couldn’t happen to a more deserving bunch. Go ahead, Governor, I dare you! ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21273 "2015-04-29T02:05:31Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > I really, really wish that Texas would secede. It’s an embarrassment. Kindly spare a thought for those of us who are down here voting against these loons. We’re doing our best. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21274 "2015-04-29T02:07:02Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Governor Abbott of Texas orders the state National Guard to keep an eye on the US Army.](https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/593117869904252928) > > Civil War, anybody? And yet, the overlap between the people applauding \*this \*and knee-jerkingly condemning the actual civil disobedience in Baltimore is probably around 100%. I wonder what the difference is… ---
**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:** [April 29, 2015, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21275 "2015-04-29T02:10:36Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > Canadian troops will help enforce said martial law , cause socialists gotta stick together. Hmmmmm sorry eh. Quite a few Canadian troops are actually already in Iraq fighting ISIS, and the rest have to fix a tire on the jeep. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21276 "2015-04-29T02:11:07Z")
> [@bup](#): > > And yet, the overlap between the people applauding \*this \*and knee-jerkingly condemning the actual civil disobedience in Baltimore is probably around 100%. > > I wonder what the difference is… Freedom. ---
**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 29, 2015, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21277 "2015-04-29T02:55:14Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > Oh wow. I just did a little poking around and boy howdy there is some industrial grade whack-a-doodle insanity going on here. > > Apparently, it started when US Special Forces announced that they were going to be performing some training exercises in the Southwest this summer. This has lead to the mother of all of the “Obama is coming for our guns” conspiracy theories. I’m not even going to type the name of the military exercise ( and hence the CT ) because it might lead to a bunch of new posters jumping in to debate it. But here’s a good link: > > [http://www.thecommonsenseshow.com/category/martial-law/](http://www.thecommonsenseshow.com/category/martial-law/) > > The main bullet points are: > > ISIS fighters are going to start pouring in over our deliberately weakened Southern borders > > The government will use this as an excuse to send in troops and declare martial law. > > Canadian troops will help enforce said martial law , cause socialists gotta stick together. > > And hackers will bring down the banks because Obama - I’m really not sure how this fits in the narrative but that happens a lot with conspiracy theories > > Run of the mill dissidents will be imprisioned in converted Wal-Marts ( which is why the pesky government is currently trying to shut so many Wal-Marts down with their meddling minimum wage laws - see, it all fits in !! ). > > Cuba is involved in some capacity, because Obama > > Super dissidents are heading to Gitmo !!! > > Fun stuff, this crazy flavor of stupid. You left off that all of the closed Walmarts, scattered throughout half of the country, are all interconnected via underground tunnels. ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21278 "2015-04-29T03:01:55Z")
Yet another Anti-Gay voting Republican outed. 52y/o Sending Dick pics to a 21y/o on Grindr. If his last name was Wiener I’m sure Republicans would be demanding his resignation, or do they only demand resignations of Democrats for this behavior? [http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2015/04/north\_dakota\_rep\_randy\_boehning\_outed\_as\_gay\_after\_voting\_against\_gay\_rights.php](http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2015/04/north_dakota_rep_randy_boehning_outed_as_gay_after_voting_against_gay_rights.php) ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21279 "2015-04-29T03:53:24Z")
> [@boytyperanma](#): > > Yet another Anti-Gay voting Republican outed. 52y/o Sending Dick pics to a 21y/o on Grindr. If his last name was Wiener I’m sure Republicans would be demanding his resignation, or do they only demand resignations of Democrats for this behavior? > > [http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2015/04/north\_dakota\_rep\_randy\_boehning\_outed\_as\_gay\_after\_voting\_against\_gay\_rights.php](http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2015/04/north_dakota_rep_randy_boehning_outed_as_gay_after_voting_against_gay_rights.php) [Is that Dr. Steve Brule?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBcKAg4bDQo) ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21280 "2015-04-29T04:29:36Z")
> [@boytyperanma](#): > > Yet another Anti-Gay voting Republican outed. 52y/o Sending Dick pics to a 21y/o on Grindr. If his last name was Wiener I’m sure Republicans would be demanding his resignation, or do they only demand resignations of Democrats for this behavior? > > [http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2015/04/north\_dakota\_rep\_randy\_boehning\_outed\_as\_gay\_after\_voting\_against\_gay\_rights.php](http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2015/04/north_dakota_rep_randy_boehning_outed_as_gay_after_voting_against_gay_rights.php) Odd as it may sound, I have weirdly developed a smidgen of respect for this guy after reading that article. I mean, he was an unprincipled shit for voting against legislation to protect gays’ civil rights, but at least he didn’t smother it in a side order of denial and hypocrisy: > [@](#): > > When he was confronted with the evidence, Boehning confirmed that he was trolling for men on Grindr […] > > “That’s what gay guys do on gay sites, don’t they?” Boehning, who is unmarried and says he also likes women, told Inforum. “That’s how things happen on Grindr. It’s a gay chat site. It’s not the first thing you do on that site. That’s what we do, exchange pics on the site.” […] > > Regardless, Boehning says it’s a relief to finally come out. > > “The 1,000-pound gorilla has been lifted,” he said. “I have to confront it at some point.” No floundering denials, no smarmy apologies about having been “led” into “sin” or deeply regretting his “weakness” or promises about seeking “therapy” to renounce his “lifestyle”. Just “well, yeah, you got me, I’m gay”. Kinda refreshing. Of course, it’s early days yet, and I’m not banking that this guy won’t go full-on smarmy hypocrite in the future, but so far I’m personally inclined to show clemency and dismiss his Stupid Republican citation. ---
**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 29, 2015, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21281 "2015-04-29T05:55:13Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > You left off that all of the closed Walmarts, scattered throughout half of the country, are all interconnected via underground tunnels. Most tunnels are underground, as it happens. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1063) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1065)