# 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:** 1072
**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:** [May 6, 2015, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21422 "2015-05-06T05:29:57Z")
[ul][li]The US Army is _not_ plotting a takeover[/li][li]Governor Abbott went too far in deploying the State Guard[/li]And a third thing … umm … give me a minute …[/ul] ---
**Author:** ![DrumBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@DrumBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrumBum)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21423 "2015-05-06T12:43:36Z")
Texas again… [chlamydia outbreak in high school](http://thinkprogress.org/health/2015/05/04/3654650/outbreak-texas-sex-ed/) that teaches preaches abstinence. It’s sad that the adults know less about sex than the kids. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21424 "2015-05-06T13:06:47Z")
> [@DrumBum](#): > > Texas again… [chlamydia outbreak in high school](http://thinkprogress.org/health/2015/05/04/3654650/outbreak-texas-sex-ed/) that teaches preaches abstinence. > > It’s sad that the adults know less about sex than the kids. :smack: 😕 . . . A high school suffers an outbreak of a Tattooed Lady?! ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21425 "2015-05-06T13:14:46Z")
[Nebraska woman files lawsuit against ALL homosexuals.](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nebraska-woman-sues-all-homosexuals-liers-thieves-n354301) ---
**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:** [May 6, 2015, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21426 "2015-05-06T13:27:46Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [Nebraska woman files lawsuit against ALL homosexuals.](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nebraska-woman-sues-all-homosexuals-liers-thieves-n354301) I am so hoping the judge subpoenas God and Jesus. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21427 "2015-05-06T13:40:46Z")
[Lindsey Graham is setting the tone of his presidential campaign:](http://www.vox.com/2015/5/5/8554335/lindsey-graham-al) > [@](#): > > “Everything that starts with ‘Al’ in the Middle East is bad news,” said U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina at an AIPAC dinner in Boston on Monday. “Al-Qaida, Al-Nusra, Al-Qaida in the Arab Peninsula,” said the senator, who may be running for president. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21428 "2015-05-06T13:43:24Z")
[Oh, there’s a new epithet about the President:](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/rick-wiles-furious-uncircumcised-philistine-obama-making-joke-about-michele-bachmann) > [@](#): > > On the Friday edition of his show, Wiles attacked the “uncircumcised philistine in the White House” along with the “adoring, obedient, subservient, lapdog news reporters” who attended the dinner. (In 1 Samuel, David refers to Goliath as the “uncircumcised philistine” who seeks to “defy the armies of the living God”). Just thought you’d want to know. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2015, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21429 "2015-05-06T13:44:47Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > The U.S. Constitution? Is that relevant to Texas? After all, the State Guard emblem has gold fringe on it. 😛 (And a U.S. flag with 30 stars; what’s that about? Texas was admitted as state #28. Is it just expressing hatred for California, state #31?) > > BTW, “Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) suggested Tuesday his successor went too far in deploying state troops to oversee a U.S. military training exercise some fear is part of a plot to take over the southwest.” He’s not even a declared candidate and is already abandoning his base to pick up votes from the rational center? Good luck with that, Ricky. In the news now: **Rick Perry to Texas: Stop Being Insane** [http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/05/06/perry-to-texas-stop-being-insane.html?utm\_source=feedburner&utm\_medium=feed&utm\_campaign=Feed%3A+thedailybeast%2Farticles+(The+Daily+Beast+-+Latest+Articles)](http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/05/06/perry-to-texas-stop-being-insane.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+thedailybeast%2Farticles+%28The+Daily+Beast+-+Latest+Articles%29) Rick Perry – RICK PERRY – is the Voice of Reason in Texas right now. The mind boggles. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21430 "2015-05-06T13:49:48Z")
[Quote=Lindsey Graham] “Everything that starts with ‘Al’ in the Middle East is bad news,” said U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina at an AIPAC dinner in Boston on Monday. “Al-Qaida, Al-Nusra, Al-Qaida in the Arab Peninsula,” said the senator, who may be running for president. [/Quote] Everything that starts with ‘The’ in North America is bad news. The Ohio State University, The Bad News Bears (see? It’s right there in the name!!!), The Upper Peninsula of Michigan… ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21431 "2015-05-06T13:54:33Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > I am so hoping the judge subpoenas God and Jesus. She’s claiming to be their “ambassador”, which seems a little presumptuous. I am imagining the level of facepalming Judge Gerrard engaged in while reading this. It must have been continuous and epic. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21432 "2015-05-06T14:08:20Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > [Lindsey Graham is setting the tone of his presidential campaign:](http://www.vox.com/2015/5/5/8554335/lindsey-graham-al) If you’ll be my bodyguard, I can be your long-lost pal I can call you Betty, and Betty when you call me . . . ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21433 "2015-05-06T14:13:59Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > [Oh, there’s a new epithet about the President:](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/rick-wiles-furious-uncircumcised-philistine-obama-making-joke-about-michele-bachmann) > > > [@](#): > > > > On the Friday edition of his show, Wiles attacked the “uncircumcised philistine in the White House” along with the “adoring, obedient, subservient, lapdog news reporters” who attended the dinner. (In 1 Samuel, David refers to Goliath as the “uncircumcised philistine” who seeks to “defy the armies of the living God”). > > Just thought you’d want to know. What absolute rubbish. Everybody knows that Muslims are circumcised. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21434 "2015-05-06T14:15:50Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > [Lindsey Graham is setting the tone of his presidential campaign:](http://www.vox.com/2015/5/5/8554335/lindsey-graham-al) …Al-Abama, Al-Aska, [Al-Gebra](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Melvin_(politician)), Al-Imony, Al-Gore, Al-Lapeanutbuttersandwiches… ---
**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:** [May 6, 2015, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21435 "2015-05-06T14:32:48Z")
> [@](#): > > “Everything that starts with ‘Al’ in the Middle East is bad news,” said U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina at an AIPAC dinner in Boston on Monday. Al-cohol Al-ligators Al-gorithms Al-pacas Al-timeters Al-ly McBeal And Al-Jazeera frequently is literally Bad News. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21436 "2015-05-06T14:34:23Z")
And Al Franken is usually bad news for Republicans, whether he’s travelling or not. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2015, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21437 "2015-05-06T14:35:03Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > [Lindsey Graham is setting the tone of his presidential campaign:](http://www.vox.com/2015/5/5/8554335/lindsey-graham-al) In fairness, Graham also [said an uncharacteristically reasonable thing](http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/lindsey-graham-if-court-rules-marriage-bans-unconstitutional#.ddmRL8M1K) the other day: > [@](#): > > Things are changing, so at the end of the day, being for traditional marriage without animosity is where I stand. If the Supreme Court rules sometime this year that same-sex marriage bans are unconstitutional, then that will be a defining moment in that debate. It will be time for us to move forward as a society. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21438 "2015-05-06T14:44:53Z")
Yes, he can be reasonable at times, when he thinks it’s safe - although he thought he had to be cautious about[opposing armed insurrection and a new Civil War:](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/lindsey-graham-guns-ted-cruz) > [@](#): > > Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz’s argument that the Second Amendment provides the “ultimate check against government tyranny” is a bit too extreme for potential 2016 rival and fellow Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC). > > “Well, we tried that once in South Carolina. I wouldn’t go down that road again,” Graham said, in an apparent reference to the Civil War. “I think an informed electorate is probably a better check than, you know, guns in the streets.” > > Speaking to a few reporters near the Senate floor Thursday, Graham was answering questions from TPM about the Texas firebrand and presidential candidate’s argument made in a fundraising email that the Second Amendment confers a right to revolt against the government. So there’s that. And, about gay marriage, he seems to be hoping it will be safe to come out some day, but that day is not this day. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2015, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21439 "2015-05-06T15:22:52Z")
Well, what about those Commies who just yesterday staged a coup in al Berta? Those fiends have at least two roads across the border that are wholly unguarded, they could invade Montana and we would never know it. (I mean, we would _never know it_.) ---
**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:** [May 6, 2015, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21440 "2015-05-06T16:06:01Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [Nebraska woman files lawsuit against ALL homosexuals.](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nebraska-woman-sues-all-homosexuals-liers-thieves-n354301) She should run in the Republican primary. She’d fit right in. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21441 "2015-05-06T16:15:16Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Well, what about those Commies who just yesterday staged a coup in al Berta? Those fiends have at least two roads across the border that are wholly unguarded, they could invade Montana and we would never know it. (I mean, we would _never know it_.) Montana? That’s in Nebraska, right? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1071) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1073)